TR: SitSki + BRO + Steamboat Powder = STOKE!!

[SitSki13]

FKNA!!





Today was my first day on the BRO, and it rocked.



Steamboat has been awesome for the last week and with a good 6 inchs of fresh overnight it was a great day to go cat-skiing.



I'd been kicked out of the parkade at the resort the night before (thanks Mr. Security guard who woke me up at 3am to kick me out and wouldnt take any of my "dude!, just pretend you havent seen me" ), so I just slept in the van outside the powder cat office.

Steamboat Powder Cats are awesome and well set-up for sit-skiers, so everything went smoothly early this morning as we loaded onto the cat for some major stoke.





The plank of wood for a ramp is a great way to get into the back of the cat. I got in the sitski in the morning, loaded into the cat and stayed in the ski all day, even eating lunch in the hut.







This is a seriously photo heavy post, I would appologise, but fuck it, these pics dont even come close to the awesomeness that was today.

After my last cat trip to Vail Pass I was well prepared for a few wipe outs as my outriggers got caught in the powder again. I havent had a chance to make a set of powder outriggers yet, so had to ski using them as little as possible.

But today was totaly sweet, no wipe-outs at all, just more stoke than you can shake a big stoke-ridden stick at. The pitches were slightly steeper than I had ski'd at Vail, which allowed me to carry more speed and so have enough momentum to bank into turns without falling into the turn. I barely used the outrigger and just rode the powder. The best day skiing I have ever had. Srsly, FKNA, thnx.

Anyway, here's the visual stoke:

When I sink this deep in a sitski, the fancy plastic cover over my legs acts as a shovel in the powder and is a recipe for face shots. It also means that if I stop, I'm stuck. So I dont stop.





































Taxi!

[SitSki13]

I managed to break the binding on the BRO hucking off a small cliff mid-way through the day and had to change onto the K2 seth that I got from the Vail Powder Guides. I have video of the jump and will try to get it uploaded later if this crappy starbucks connection will let me.

This next sequence is the closest you can come to the face shot equivilant of an overdose. It was sheer awesomeness.































White room indeed.

This next sequence is a really pathetic little jump at the bottom of one of the runs, but I'm posting it here to show my snow ninja skillz. Look closely.
























That hasnt been photoshopped at all, it is truly the first documented piece of pictorial evidence showing a paraplegic snow ninja traveling back in time. I cant tell you exactly what time I travelled to, because of obvious snow ninja secrecy rules. But Britney Spears was still hot. say no more.

A seriously awesome day, times 239510.

Thanks to Steamboat Powder Cats and gonehuckin for setting me up with the BRO, even though I kinda broke it.

[MOHSHSIHd]

THIS FUCKING RULES!!




Keep up the awesome stoke man!

[montanaskier]

Great stoke.....way to get after it.

[TWINS]

FKNA! Just put a big smile on my face.Nice T.R. and way to get after it.

[snoboy]

AWESOME!

[iceman]

that's fucking great, more powder to ya.

Somebody asked in one of the earlier threads, I never saw an answer, but what about a snowboard or a monoski for the pow? I think that would rule.

[Huckwheat]

The ninja sequence takes it.....WOW. FKNA

[Endlessseason]

Now THAT is phenomenal!!!!! What a stud.

[XtrPickels]

FKNA
thanks for the stoke

[MOHSHSIHd]

SitSki13, I am about to destroy one of my Spatulas (top sheet is barely held on by marine epoxy) and when I kill it you want the good one?


Don't know if it would be awesome or sucky for a sit ski, but there is only one way to find out!

[skiingsamurai]

SICK dude

keep em comin

[mitch buchannon]

Great shit. You're having an excellent winter.

[squirrelmurphy]

FKNA!!!!

that fucking rules so much. you are my hero

[IrieRon]

Dude you are RIPPING that freaking sit-ski. Get it in!

p.s. I can't believe you skied out of this:

[grskier]

Again, awesome work, the continous face shot is pure stoke!

[iceman]

Originally Posted by IrieRon

Get it in!

Ummm, what?

[Trackhead]

That face shot sequence was kickass.

[IrieRon]

Originally Posted by iceman

Ummm, what?

It's like, "Get after it," or "Get into it," or "Get on gettin' it." Get that sh*t in!

[smitchell333]

FKNA is right!

[300hp]

dude, I am so glad you found TGR. Keep on ripping man, you deserve every bit of it. And I guess I'll be the first to say it, but throw some Salomon 920s or a P18 on there and never worry about bindings again.
Hunter

[jon turner]

oh my! You sir are truly an inspiration. You make me want to go skiing.

FKNA indeed!

[powdork]

fantastic!!!!


we already have a 'the point' thread. now we need an 'it's good' thread.
this is the winner, hands down (get it?)

[filthyfrenchbum]

Wow, great stoke, and you are awesome! You redefine dedication!

[Mother_of_all_Moms]

That made me smile real big. . . and I have the stomach 'flu, so that's not easy.

Good work, good times, good photos!

Cheers!