Originally posted by Redeye
those trees are still there, I was lucky enough to hane a friend who was on vail's ski patrol so we pretty much got away with anything. The quad lifts are really nice with not only a ski rest, but also the wind bubble when the weather is bad up top
So you know about threading the needle?
God I really miss doing that lol.
MrS
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Dec-16-2003 03:22
Trancer-X
mutatis mutandis
Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Shambhala
quote:
Originally posted by Mebot
ive only skied once in my life. it was at ski liberty. I dont know how to stop on skis so i just fall down at the end lol
i love going really fast too but i dont know how to turn at all so i would fly off into the trees .. luckily i didnt die lmao
wow that mustve been about 3 or 4 years ago.. im not a big skier. altho like i said once i get on the straightaway i go as fast as i can. it was so much fun
I have friends that you would enjoy skiing with. One of them HAS TO crash in to someone else in order to stop, he knows no other way.
It makes for some serious belly-aching laughter!
Dec-16-2003 03:22
Redeye
Call a Cab!
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: somewhere between here and there
quote:
Originally posted by Mebot
LOL that was me!!!! course i never went down a black diamond but i did as much damage on the bunny slope and the green slopes
lol
yeah, everyone learned the wedge at some point. When I was at Vail I was actually taught to slalom by only skiing with 1 ski. Makes you learn the balance a lot faster than relying on a wedge that basically makes you look like a retard going down a hill and ruining the snow for everyone else
Dec-16-2003 03:23
Mebot
Maverick
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Seattle
quote:
Originally posted by Trancer-X
I have friends that you would enjoy skiing with. One of them HAS TO crash in to someone else in order to stop, he knows no other way.
It makes for some serious belly-aching laughter!
hehe yep... if im going down might as well take as many people as i can in a blaze of glory!
Dec-16-2003 03:24
Redeye
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Registered: Nov 2000
Location: somewhere between here and there
quote:
Originally posted by MrSquirrel
So you know about threading the needle?
God I really miss doing that lol.
MrS
the back bowls are all about threading the needle unless you want to remove your nuts from a tree trunk
Dec-16-2003 03:24
Mebot
Maverick
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Seattle
quote:
Originally posted by Redeye
yeah, everyone learned the wedge at some point. When I was at Vail I was actually taught to slalom by only skiing with 1 ski. Makes you learn the balance a lot faster than relying on a wedge that basically makes you look like a retard going down a hill and ruining the snow for everyone else
pardon my stupidity.. whats a wedge?
Dec-16-2003 03:24
Redeye
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Registered: Nov 2000
Location: somewhere between here and there
quote:
Originally posted by Mebot
pardon my stupidity.. whats a wedge?
also called a "plow" where you point the fronts of your skiis inward as to not go so fast down a hill. You see everyone doing it on the bunny slopes
Dec-16-2003 03:25
MrSquirrel
Auf Wiedersehen
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: In a Tree.
quote:
Originally posted by Trancer-X
I have friends that you would enjoy skiing with. One of them HAS TO crash in to someone else in order to stop, he knows no other way.
It makes for some serious belly-aching laughter!
I am laughing pretty hard now after reading that.
One thing I learned very very well the last few times I went skiing. I was probably capable of skiing on the single blacks at Vail when I was 7 (I was a little too chicken to try them though...espcially when the blues were so much fun )...but after not having skied in so long and not having been super technically skilled as a little guy, you pretty much need to relearn to ski when you are now a 5'10" tall 250 pound adult who is more than a little out of shape.
Thus why I really need to get into shape before I go skiing again....my knees are currently too weka to deal with the stress. SIgh....old fartiness again.
MrS
EDIT: THIS WAS REPLY 2900 WOOOOOOHOOOOO!
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Dec-16-2003 03:27
Trancer-X
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Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Shambhala
quote:
Originally posted by Redeye
unless you want to remove your nuts from a tree...
but he is after all, Mr. Squirrel!!! Haha.
Dec-16-2003 03:27
Mebot
Maverick
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Seattle
quote:
Originally posted by Redeye
also called a "plow" where you point the fronts of your skiis inward as to not go so fast down a hill. You see everyone doing it on the bunny slopes
oh yeah..thats what they told us to do if we wanted to stop. Never worked for me so i just fell down lol
besides the bunny slope was fun and easy for me coz i like going super fast down it.
it was those damn turns on the green slopes that fucked w/ me. I cant stop or turn on skis but i sure can go super fast straight
Dec-16-2003 03:27
Redeye
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Registered: Nov 2000
Location: somewhere between here and there
quote:
Originally posted by Trancer-X
but he is after all, Mr. Squirrel!!! Haha.
trying climbing a tree with skiis on
Dec-16-2003 03:28
daffodil
don't worry about it
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: brooklyn, usa
quote:
Originally posted by Redeye
trying climbing a tree with skiis on
)...but after not having skied in so long and not having been super technically skilled as a little guy, you pretty much need to relearn to ski when you are now a 5'10" tall 250 pound adult who is more than a little out of shape. 
