What skis make you schwing?

[Let Mikey Ski It!]

I need some new sticks and will be looking to buy once rock season starts
to fade. With the seemingly ever increasing choices, what new boards do you
all have your eyes on? My skiing preferences are no-bumps, un-tracked pow
or crud. Smoothed pack when I can not find the untracked.

Mike...

--
Littleton, Colorado (reply to msaemisch at yahoo dot com)
See my ski photography at: http://PowderDay.us
Carpe powder-diem

[Let Mikey Ski It!]

Kurt Knisely > wrote:
>In article >, Let Mikey Ski It! says...
>>I need some new sticks and will be looking to buy once rock season starts
>>to fade. With the seemingly ever increasing choices, what new boards do
you
>>all have your eyes on? My skiing preferences are no-bumps, un-tracked pow
>>or crud. Smoothed pack when I can not find the untracked.
>
>Why not go with the Volkl Vertigo CMH Edition?
>http://www.xmission.com/~kurt/fall02/volkls.jpg
>Otherwise, I bet you'd like this setup:
>http://www.voile-usa.com/skis/carbonsurf.html in about a 178
>&
>http://www.bdel.com/gear/backcountry/freeride.php
>
>Since Tua is gone now, I'd go w/ a new MtnSurf (Carbonsurf).

There oughta be a law.

>(when is that "spooning" contest?)
>>(goin' to the GWN this winter?)

Yes. Cat skiing near Silverton (we'll post our tentative plans offline).
And, yes.

Mike...

--
Littleton, Colorado (reply to msaemisch at yahoo dot com)
See my ski photography at: http://PowderDay.us
Carpe powder-diem

[Richard Walsh]

"Let Mikey Ski It!" > wrote in
>:

>I need some new sticks and will be looking to buy once rock season
>starts to fade. With the seemingly ever increasing choices, what new
>boards do you all have your eyes on? My skiing preferences are no-bumps,
>un-tracked pow or crud. Smoothed pack when I can not find the untracked.
>
>Mike...
>
>--
>Littleton, Colorado (reply to msaemisch at yahoo dot com)
>See my ski photography at: http://PowderDay.us
>Carpe powder-diem
>
>
>
>
>

Mikey, man,
you gotta get a pair of those Volant Spatulas.
You know, reverse camber, fatter in the waist
than tip and tail. Might make you even better in
those Powder8 competitions.

RW

[bdubya]

On 25 Sep 2003 10:40:20 GMT, (Richard Walsh)
wrote:

>"Let Mikey Ski It!" > wrote in
>:
>
>>I need some new sticks and will be looking to buy once rock season
>>starts to fade. With the seemingly ever increasing choices, what new
>>boards do you all have your eyes on? My skiing preferences are no-bumps,
>>un-tracked pow or crud. Smoothed pack when I can not find the untracked.
>>
>>Mike...
>>
>>--
>>Littleton, Colorado (reply to msaemisch at yahoo dot com)
>>See my ski photography at: http://PowderDay.us
>>Carpe powder-diem
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>Mikey, man,
>you gotta get a pair of those Volant Spatulas.
>You know, reverse camber, fatter in the waist
>than tip and tail. Might make you even better in
>those Powder8 competitions.
>

I wasn't going to be the first to bring those up...First I heard of
them (small magazine piece last spring), I figgered it was a prank.
Now I'm thinking it's a much more elaborate prank. Do they come with a
disclaimer, like "do NOT attempt to ski these anywhere but in fresh
powder"?

bw

[Richard Walsh]

bdubya > wrote in
>:

>On 25 Sep 2003 10:40:20 GMT, (Richard Walsh)
>wrote:
>
>>"Let Mikey Ski It!" > wrote in
>:
>>
>>>I need some new sticks and will be looking to buy once rock season
>>>starts to fade. With the seemingly ever increasing choices, what new
>>>boards do you all have your eyes on? My skiing preferences are no-bumps,
>>>un-tracked pow or crud. Smoothed pack when I can not find the untracked.
>>>
>>>Mike...
>>>
>>>--
>>>Littleton, Colorado (reply to msaemisch at yahoo dot com)
>>>See my ski photography at: http://PowderDay.us
>>>Carpe powder-diem
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Mikey, man,
>>you gotta get a pair of those Volant Spatulas.
>>You know, reverse camber, fatter in the waist
>>than tip and tail. Might make you even better in
>>those Powder8 competitions.
>>
>
>I wasn't going to be the first to bring those up...First I heard of
>them (small magazine piece last spring), I figgered it was a prank.
>Now I'm thinking it's a much more elaborate prank. Do they come with a
>disclaimer, like "do NOT attempt to ski these anywhere but in fresh
>powder"?
>
>bw
>
About a thousand years ago, mid-late 60's to be much more precise,
some folks at Killington came up with a great new idea for skis.

Barrel staves.

Yep, you got it, real, oak barrel staves.

As they got into it further, the barrel staves had p-tex
bases and steel edges.

In the days before the Canyon Quad and Downdraft and
Double Dipper, there was GREAT woods skiing in the canyon
between East Fall and Cascade, since mucked up by cutting
wide, snow-making, groomed trails. Well, Downdraft can
still be hairy. It's where the patrol is checked out for
ability to handle sleds.

Anyway I digress. The barrel staves. Not only did they have
reverse camber and were wider in the middle than at the
ends, they had a completely convex bottom. Got the picture?

Here in the east they sufficed for powder days but I think
they may have been a little short for the western mountains,
around 80cm I think. But a little longer, maybe....

My mention of the tree skiing area between East Fall and
Cascade was to not that this area had been very well
traveled on barrel staves by many folks, including the
pres of Killington, Pres Smith.

A point of trivia. Does anyone besides me remember what
the area between East Fall and Cascade was called? and
who were these two lines (that'a hint) named for?

Back to the barrel staves again, I never skied them, they
scared the daylights out of me, but you can see pictures
of people on them in the book, "Of Men and Mountains, the
Story of Killington" by Karen Lorenz.

RW

[ant]

Let Mikey Ski It! wrote:
> I need some new sticks and will be looking to buy once rock season
> starts to fade. With the seemingly ever increasing choices, what new
> boards do you all have your eyes on? My skiing preferences are
> no-bumps, un-tracked pow or crud. Smoothed pack when I can not find
> the untracked.

Stockli Stormriders for that. I have some softer-flexing Easy Riders and
they are my secret weapon in fresh deep snow (we don't get powder here).
The Storms required too much speed before they'd turn nicely which wasn't
really ideal for teaching! You can get some monster fat ones too, and
there's one with special graphics especially for the US market.

ant

[NE-skier]

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:13:22 CST, "Let Mikey Ski It!"
> wrote:

>I need some new sticks and will be looking to buy once rock season starts
>to fade. With the seemingly ever increasing choices, what new boards do you
>all have your eyes on? My skiing preferences are no-bumps, un-tracked pow
>or crud. Smoothed pack when I can not find the untracked.
>Mike...

Ya like to be under, in, or on top of powder?

What's wrong with good old Explosivs? They are manageable even on
rock-hard Eastern LoudPowder (TM) - I know because they were the only
other skis I had along when my narrow carvers were in the shop one
day.

If you want to float real high, what about the new Gotamas? I'll bet
you'll even get more precision in your 8's this way, but are there
rules about this in pow-8 contests?

Of course, there are always Japmo Daaps & their modern bretheren:
http://biglines.com/photos_large.php?picid=12993

[NE-skier]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 05:22:40 CST, (Richard
Walsh) wrote:

>My mention of the tree skiing area between East Fall and
>Cascade was to not that this area had been very well
>traveled on barrel staves by many folks, including the
>pres of Killington, Pres Smith.
>
>A point of trivia. Does anyone besides me remember what
>the area between East Fall and Cascade was called? and
>who were these two lines (that'a hint) named for?

Is it "Toilet Bowl", or is that further to the right (looking up the
mtn)?

[Richard Walsh]

NE-skier > wrote in
>:

>On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 05:22:40 CST, (Richard
>Walsh) wrote:
>
>>My mention of the tree skiing area between East Fall and
>>Cascade was to not that this area had been very well
>>traveled on barrel staves by many folks, including the
>>pres of Killington, Pres Smith.
>>
>>A point of trivia. Does anyone besides me remember what
>>the area between East Fall and Cascade was called? and
>>who were these two lines (that'a hint) named for?
>
>Is it "Toilet Bowl", or is that further to the right (looking up the
>mtn)?
>
>
>

Further left, Toilet Bowl is between EFall & RoyalFlush,
The area is now called Downdraft, DoubleDipper, & Dipper
Woods. (Hint) the old name was for actual people at K
at that time.

[NE-skier]

On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 13:20:44 CST, (Richard
Walsh) wrote:

>NE-skier > wrote in
>:
>
>>On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 05:22:40 CST, (Richard
>>Walsh) wrote:
>>
>>>My mention of the tree skiing area between East Fall and
>>>Cascade was to not that this area had been very well
>>>traveled on barrel staves by many folks, including the
>>>pres of Killington, Pres Smith.
>>>
>>>A point of trivia. Does anyone besides me remember what
>>>the area between East Fall and Cascade was called? and
>>>who were these two lines (that'a hint) named for?
>>
>>Is it "Toilet Bowl", or is that further to the right (looking up the
>>mtn)?
>>
>
>Further left, Toilet Bowl is between EFall & RoyalFlush,
>The area is now called Downdraft, DoubleDipper, & Dipper
>Woods. (Hint) the old name was for actual people at K
>at that time.

It looks like no one knows.

Ya gonna tell us the answer?

[Richard Walsh]

NE-skier > wrote in
>:

>On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 13:20:44 CST, (Richard
>Walsh) wrote:
>
>>NE-skier > wrote in
>:
>>
>>>On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 05:22:40 CST, (Richard
>>>Walsh) wrote:
>>>
>>>>My mention of the tree skiing area between East Fall and
>>>>Cascade was to not that this area had been very well
>>>>traveled on barrel staves by many folks, including the
>>>>pres of Killington, Pres Smith.
>>>>
>>>>A point of trivia. Does anyone besides me remember what
>>>>the area between East Fall and Cascade was called? and
>>>>who were these two lines (that'a hint) named for?
>>>
>>>Is it "Toilet Bowl", or is that further to the right (looking up the
>>>mtn)?
>>>
>>
>>Further left, Toilet Bowl is between EFall & RoyalFlush,
>>The area is now called Downdraft, DoubleDipper, & Dipper
>>Woods. (Hint) the old name was for actual people at K
>>at that time.
>
>It looks like no one knows.
>
>Ya gonna tell us the answer?
>
Oh, sure,
The lines (not properly trails) were
Paul's Peril and Pres's Delight.

Paul was Paul Bosquet (remember Bosquet's in
western Massachusetts?) who was vice president
of Killington under Pres Smith in the '60's.

RW

[NE-skier]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:48:17 CST, (Richard
Walsh) wrote:

>NE-skier > wrote
>>It looks like no one knows.
>>
>>Ya gonna tell us the answer?

>Oh, sure,
>The lines (not properly trails) were
>Paul's Peril and Pres's Delight.
>
>Paul was Paul Bosquet (remember Bosquet's in
>western Massachusetts?) who was vice president
>of Killington under Pres Smith in the '60's.
>RW

Thanks - I never knew that, but then again, I usually get up to
Killington only once every couple of years, but have been doing it for
a couple of decades now.

Speaking about this part of K-mart, over on EpicSki, two guys are
periodically dropping short but crazy mentions of Royal Flush, Toilet
Bowl, and further down the hill, Mahogany Ridge and the hellish fast
traverse over to its neighbor, Porcelain Ridge. They have mentioned
"cougar sightings" at MR, the need to eat continuously when at MR, and
other give-aways, but thus far, not a single person (other than
myself) seems to have caught on that its a joke.

Cheers & good turns this season ;)

[Richard Walsh]

NE-skier > wrote in
>:

>On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:48:17 CST, (Richard
>Walsh) wrote:
>
>>NE-skier > wrote
>>>It looks like no one knows.
>>>
>>>Ya gonna tell us the answer?
>
>>Oh, sure,
>>The lines (not properly trails) were
>>Paul's Peril and Pres's Delight.
>>
>>Paul was Paul Bosquet (remember Bosquet's in
>>western Massachusetts?) who was vice president
>>of Killington under Pres Smith in the '60's.
>>RW
>
>Thanks - I never knew that, but then again, I usually get up to
>Killington only once every couple of years, but have been doing it for
>a couple of decades now.
>
>Speaking about this part of K-mart, over on EpicSki, two guys are
>periodically dropping short but crazy mentions of Royal Flush, Toilet
>Bowl, and further down the hill, Mahogany Ridge and the hellish fast
>traverse over to its neighbor, Porcelain Ridge. They have mentioned
>"cougar sightings" at MR, the need to eat continuously when at MR, and
>other give-aways, but thus far, not a single person (other than
>myself) seems to have caught on that its a joke.
>
>Cheers & good turns this season ;)
>
Mr. NE,
would you be the same guy who had a bartending gig at
sugarbush last year? Who might have put a spank on
persons who should remain nameless?

If so, drop me an email offline using
mistypnd-at-vermontel-dot-net

It also sound like I ought to go over to Epic and put in my $0.02
worth.

BTW, I have slid down MR from time to time, and on occasion
found myself shakily at the top of Porcelain Ridge.

I also have (posted elsewhere) a picture of the quad
at Mad River Glen.

RW

[NE-skier]

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:33:47 CST, (Richard
Walsh) wrote:
>Mr. NE,
>would you be the same guy who had a bartending gig at
>sugarbush last year? Who might have put a spank on
>persons who should remain nameless?

Nope, 'twasn't me, and for personal reasons, I would prefer to remain
nameless myself. ;) Sorry.

[Richard Walsh]

NE-skier > wrote in
>:

>On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:33:47 CST, (Richard
>Walsh) wrote:
>>Mr. NE,
>>would you be the same guy who had a bartending gig at
>>sugarbush last year? Who might have put a spank on
>>persons who should remain nameless?
>
>Nope, 'twasn't me, and for personal reasons, I would prefer to remain
>nameless myself. ;) Sorry.
>
>
Sorry, you just sounded a little like someone else.

No problem remaining nameless.

However, since you are a NortheEast Skier, I am an ambassador
at Killington and maybe both of us could find it pleasant to
hook up at some point. You can always reach me at the email
addy I gave you in the original of this sub-thread.

I wasn't smart enough to get onto usenet with a pseudonym
(I used my realnym). So everybody knows me, including the
spam address harvesters. It's a little better since I'm now
using a Yahoo adress (which is real) as kind of a spam
catcher, which I rarely check. I've also started using
MailWasher lately to sift out most of the spam, It seems
to be working fairly well with almost no false positives.

I'm about ready to turn on auto-delete.

RW