2nd. When sping corn bumps reach just the right liquid sno-cone consistency they’re hard to beat. Pitch is pretty mandatory though.

IME CO rarely sees the full potential of slush-bumps...

^I recognize a bunch of those skiers, even though my BMMC run didn’t start till ‘94. One of their offspring, Hannah Soar got 3rd for 2021 FIS moguls. Her mom and dad, Sue and TJ were/are good...

I remember seeing a galande comp at Snowbird circa 1985 or so.

There’s an annual gathering of mogul skiers at Mary Jane, usually the first week in March. Attendance was lower than usual this year,...

So funny how many old dudes there are still around who can ski with their feet together. It’s becoming a lost art, and while I enjoy watching current competitive mogul skiing, I don’t think it’s...

I googled him. We’re both 58. Wonder if his back is fukt too? I can’t believe he’s a pro... :-P

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Spina

Was at the ortho a week ago, getting a back issue checked out. Doc sees my spine, which looks like a Jenga puzzle someone’s about to lose, and asks if I’ve spent my entire career on my feet, carrying...

I skied 1080’s, 1080 moguls and Power Mambas in the same season. I liked the PM’s the least, and gave them and a pair of K2 Holmes/Outlaws barely used to some Russian dude a few years back.

PM’s...

Not me, I make it all look like perfect left/rights on park skis.

Seriously though, bump skiing is great, but a lot of retro-grouches in this crowd. It’s not all ruined because of snowboards and...

No, but it is lame to not progress over a span of 30 years, and then bitch about everyone else having fun.

If only someone would post more raw footage of shitty skiers...:nonono2:

I'm out.

more basement archive shenanigans...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyOYXDfvles

No need to post the whole library here I think. Pretty much all the Ktown vids on my youtube/vimeo pages.
https://youtu.be/N0gQFv76YvQ

Wouldn’t know, wasn’t there.

I didn't get invited to the big house 2 years ago, so Jeff Lind is dead to me, but I'm not bitter!

If there was ever a skier I tried (unsuccessfully) to emulate, it would be Edgar.

In general, I find straight skis just want to take me for a ride anymore. I think they’re probably a good tool for forcing commitment to the fall-line, but I’m over it already. The B-Nasty is...

Jean Luc was already throwing hudge cossacks by this point, and guys like Holmes screaming semens. Jim Moran spinning with iron crosses and grabbing skis long before Moseley thought to copy him.
...

IIRC Killington made it to June 22, 1997, but I didn't make the last weekend.

https://vimeo.com/manage/12948964/general

Today's installment; 1997
https://vimeo.com/manage/11151131/general

That was me. IIRC it was a Russian dude named Roman who had me drop-ship to Florida, and then forwarded to RUS. I was never going to use them again, and kind of cool to know they were appreciated and...

Next time you see Ruffus fall or not make a section, tell him Tom said CONGRATULATIONS!

I remember being all nervous around the people I knew were pros, most turned out to be genuinely nice...

I’ve only heard of Valhouli, mostly from Frendel. Ruffus was a good skier, but now apparently more into tea-bagging on the kite-board and raising kids.

I miss those days and people A LOT! I feel...

That was Hammer. My Killington years were 1993-2002. I stayed at the Roach Motel with Stopher and got to know most of the local rippers. Kind of derailed my bike career at 30, but changed my entire...

Ah video, great tool for improvement IMO. Your friend might blow smoke up your ass, but the camera never lies! I never saw so many people’s illusions about their skiing shattered as during my K-Town...

First mistake; trying to learn anything about mogul skiing on Pug. 2nd here.

MA is PSIA for I can’t do it, but I can tell you how you’re doing it wrong.

Soar.
Killintin expatriate, I used to ski with her mom and dad. She gets it from mom, sorry TJ.

Dooood, you were gluuuuued!

If everyone went straight we'd just have rows of long bumps.
Then where would we be? Nowhere, exactly.

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Today at Loveland.

Made me wonder how jacked I'd have been to be heading out on these 15+ years ago before I turned into such a faggot.

I never thought I'd say it, but WC bump skiing has become boring to watch. Duals might be more exciting, but course skiing has just become unrelateable IMO.

Being able to sell a turn where there isn't one, and make hammered out mish-mosh look like a zipper-line isn't lame, it's an art-form.

I've never regretted having a bump turn in my quiver. Yeah,...