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Thread: It is lame to ski moguls?
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01-25-2005, 01:51 PM #26Originally Posted by Dr. Gaper
Now if i had the venture a guess, the AVERAGE length at any given resort is about 180ish??
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01-25-2005, 02:01 PM #27Not a skibum
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I'd imagine the Average Length would be even less on the EC, or maybe thats just around here?
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01-25-2005, 02:04 PM #28
its not the length that matters, but it helps
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01-25-2005, 02:09 PM #29Originally Posted by VTskibum
Damn thats short.
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01-25-2005, 02:11 PM #30Donkey Puncher
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How the fuck do they make those bump courses for comps? Is there some kind of Bump Zamboni?
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01-25-2005, 02:18 PM #31
It's more lame to never learn how to ski them. Bumps are a part of skiing and like it or not, you're never going to be able to completely avoid them if you're skiing expert terrain all the time. All those days of hammering ice bump zipperlines down Skiddah at the Loaf have definitely made me a better, more complete skier. Sack up Ladies!
Old's Cool.
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01-25-2005, 02:22 PM #32Originally Posted by KeoniOld's Cool.
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01-25-2005, 02:24 PM #33
Do what makes you happy…not what makes others happy!
Having said that…bumps are totally fucking gay.
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01-25-2005, 02:25 PM #34Originally Posted by Keoni
I've seen one at Holiday Valley, NY.
We have the Pipe Dragon (that cuts the superpipes), why shouldn't we have the Bump Bunny (or whatever it's called)?Thrutchworthy Production Services
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01-25-2005, 02:29 PM #35Originally Posted by Keoni
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01-25-2005, 02:33 PM #36Donkey Puncher
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Those things are too perfect, even I could manage to avoid looking like a total spaz. They need random sized bumps, 18 inch deep ruts, a few stumps, rocks and other assorted oddities thrown in to make it like real bump skiing
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01-25-2005, 02:43 PM #37Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles
I agree with Plakespear, though. You just hate them if you can't do them. Funny how a lot of the best big mountain guys got their start in bumps- but yet how everyone else bags on them
Last season, when the snow stopped falling in March- Alpental's "International" run was a force to be reckoned with. It reminded me of a steep and brutal Spiral Stairs. I'm a sissy these days- with 2,280 vert of VW size monsters, those delivered a severe beating
As for current mogul skiers, Bloom has got to be one of the most underated skiers out there. I've remember that kid ripping 360's on A-Basin's Slalom Slope when he was 11. Now if he'd only focus on some big mountain stuff - like to see more of that guy tearing up biglines.
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01-25-2005, 02:48 PM #38Originally Posted by Dr. Gaper
We found that ALTA had the most consistant lines. (NO SNOWBOARDS)
I couldnt ski them in a straight line on my BIGS so I mached the tops with GS turns. It was ugly but effective.Points on their own sitting way up high
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01-25-2005, 03:13 PM #39
I wouldn't call it lame, but there generally is more desirable terrain to be riden, especially if there is some relatively fresh pow around. When spring rears it's ugly head and the bumps get soft and juicy and there is some nice music playing(ala Bear Trap @ Mount Snow) bumps can be very enjoyable. The only problem is that they often beat me up real bad, especially my knees, which I am sure is a problem for many folks.
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01-25-2005, 03:23 PM #40
This thread makes my knee hurt.
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01-25-2005, 03:23 PM #41
Well, I don't really know how to turn my skis so skiing bumps is kind of a problem...
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01-25-2005, 03:29 PM #42
No, it's not lame. Bump skiing will always be fun, even with the difference in equipment on the hill and the changes in the line because of it. A zipper line rush on a sunny, corn slush day still ranks #2 to a two foot dump of powder in my book.
Yes, the perfectly made bumps you see for comps are definately manufactured.
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01-25-2005, 03:44 PM #43
i don't love bumps. i like 'em somewhat. but, i guess in order to get in touch with my skiing heritage i should probably pull out the tampon, practice my twister-spreads on a trampoline, put on a knee brace, buy some vintage skiis and shit, and go kick some ass. ... on the other hand, that sounds like a shit load of work. i'll just stick to the soft stuff.
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01-25-2005, 04:19 PM #44Originally Posted by Vinman
That's what I tell these spoiled Utards. Though I ski Alta/Bird now, my roots are the Sugarbush and Mad River Glen bumps of home.Always charging it in honor of Flyin' Ryan Hawks.
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01-25-2005, 04:29 PM #45features a sintered base
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Originally Posted by Keoni
As a kid at Blackcomb I remember riding up with a little (150 pound) guy on the French team, and his Salomon bindings were set at 20!! Edgar Grospiron used to sit in the Rendezvous with ice on his knees every day. Insanely good skiers (I also remember watching an X Games awhile back where some French bump skier smoked everyone in the skiercross).[quote][//quote]
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01-25-2005, 04:42 PM #46
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01-25-2005, 04:44 PM #47Originally Posted by Dexter RuteckiWaste your time, read my crap, at:
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01-25-2005, 05:43 PM #48features a sintered base
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Dammit, you're right. Crazy fucker threw a 360 over the last jump, as he won.
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01-25-2005, 06:02 PM #49
If there is no pow, I am in the bumps. Bumps around here are brutal, normally ice, rutted to hell, inconsistent, 3 and 4 feet dropoffs, etc. Nothing like the feeling of your brain bouncing around in your skull and your chin slapping your knees.
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01-25-2005, 06:49 PM #50Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoelaces
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