Morning folks!
I like that better...
Yesterday was gooey too. But I ended up finding some good lines -- some great lines.
But I did it again, skiing like the Wacko I am! I'm making turnz on the left side of Milt's, heading down to 5. I see some ugly snow and I just
have, to go make a turn or 2. So I do. But I end up missing the last turn before the track out of there and end up in the drink -- nearly. Had it not been for the bushes, Idda gone right in the drink. I'm picking myself out of the bushes as these folks come buy looking at me goin, Jeez!
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It's the last 2 days @ the Big Show. Oh well. It'll be ski season before I know it. !
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Guess what? The gang always has meetings @ the Big Show this time of year. You can't miss 'em. They're always standing around in big circles (they way more standing around than skiing -- those gang he/she/its), going blah bla blah. Anyway, they they were yesterday -- lots of 'em. All standing around, just like always.
You know I really was about over them, at the point where I really can ignore them -- not even heckling from the chair or anything like that!
But yesterday, I just couldn't resist.
You shoulda seen 'em all. Guess what they were working on? That's right! Freakin wedge turns! Instead of working on their skiing, there they were, working on wedge turns! Then, I see them later in the day. They weren't working on wedge turns anymore, but they were making these long, GS turns. They were, "...working on our carving."
I just have 2 questions:
1) When, are ski instructors going to stop teaching the wedge? My Gawd. What is it going to take?
2) What good are gs turns? Why even teach them? A bullet proof short turn and edge control are where it's at, what a skier
really needs.
Carving schmarving!
It's about edge control. Skiers, lead by the gang, have gotten away from what's really important -- what HH teaches from day 1 -- the bullet proof short turn and edge control!
I don't care what anyone says. In bumps, glades, trees, powder, crud, goo, mush, a bullet short turn is a must have. When there's no snow, or very little room to turn, same story.
So here's my conclusion:
If a skier only wants to ski groomers, and only when the conditions are ideal, then sure. You can learn to ski from the gang. You can be one of those that end up learning to make what
appears to be a decent gs turn, but only when the conditions are ideal. Not in the Spring or when it's dumping. You can be one of the skiers I talk to on chair who've been coming to the Big Show for years, but can't/don't ski the best lines. Any bumps but tourist bumps are out of the question. You can ski steeps, but only by using a series of jump turns. You probably fall a lot on powder days. Pay for a lift ticket, but only ski 20% of the mountain.
So if that's your gig, then sure -- the other guys are for you. It looks to me like you'll learn to make a neato little gs turn. Others who really have no idea will probably call you good.
But if you want to ski the whole mountain great, then this is where you need to be and what you need to be following. Nothing else.
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And on that note, I'm off to the Big Show!
Be cool,