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On Apr 29, 11:32 am, taichiskiing
wrote: Lines/tracks of flatboarding/flatskiing 1,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcDsmw13aC4 Have fun, IS Wow. You can make perty lines on groomed snoozers. So can 75 percent of the people on this newsgroup. yawn. |
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Yabahoobs wrote:
On Apr 29, 11:32 am, taichiskiing wrote: Lines/tracks of flatboarding/flatskiing 1,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcDsmw13aC4 Wow. You can make perty lines on groomed snoozers. So can 75 percent of the people on this newsgroup. yawn. In earlier times actual film would have been wasted to record that. We are indeed fortunate that only electrons were used to immortalize that sequence. And HD space, of course. Anybody know how long youtube keeps this stuff alive? -- Cheers, Bev ********************************************** "I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have never experienced any prob |
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On Apr 29, 12:01 pm, The Real Bev wrote:
Yabahoobs wrote: On Apr 29, 11:32 am, taichiskiing wrote: Lines/tracks of flatboarding/flatskiing 1,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcDsmw13aC4 Wow. You can make perty lines on groomed snoozers. So can 75 percent of the people on this newsgroup. yawn. In earlier times actual film would have been wasted to record that. We are indeed fortunate that only electrons were used to immortalize that sequence. And HD space, of course. Anybody know how long youtube keeps this stuff alive? -- Cheers, Bev ********************************************** "I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have never experienced any prob If it's for five minutes after he posted it...It's too long. |
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On Apr 29, 1:23*pm, Yabahoobs wrote:
On Apr 29, 12:01 pm, The Real Bev wrote: Yabahoobs wrote: On Apr 29, 11:32 am, taichiskiing wrote: Lines/tracks of flatboarding/flatskiing 1,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcDsmw13aC4 Wow. *You can make perty lines on groomed snoozers. *So can 75 percent of the people on this newsgroup. *yawn. In earlier times actual film would have been wasted to record that. *We are indeed fortunate that only electrons were used to immortalize that sequence. *And HD space, of course. *Anybody know how long youtube keeps this stuff alive? -- Cheers, Bev ********************************************** "I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have * never experienced any prob If it's for five minutes after he posted it...It's too long.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I would consider that kind of skiing on that terrain a failure for myself. When I ski turns like that I try to leave two tiny thin lines the entire way except for the few feet at the transition point from edge to edge. But even that is pretty boring. 205's make it a little more fun (and fast!). |
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On Apr 29, 5:00 pm, pigo wrote:
On Apr 29, 1:23 pm, Yabahoobs wrote: On Apr 29, 12:01 pm, The Real Bev wrote: Yabahoobs wrote: On Apr 29, 11:32 am, taichiskiing wrote: Lines/tracks of flatboarding/flatskiing 1,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcDsmw13aC4 Wow. You can make perty lines on groomed snoozers. So can 75 percent of the people on this newsgroup. yawn. In earlier times actual film would have been wasted to record that. We are indeed fortunate that only electrons were used to immortalize that sequence. And HD space, of course. Anybody know how long youtube keeps this stuff alive? -- Cheers, Bev ********************************************** "I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have never experienced any prob If it's for five minutes after he posted it...It's too long.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I would consider that kind of skiing on that terrain a failure for myself. When I ski turns like that I try to leave two tiny thin lines the entire way except for the few feet at the transition point from edge to edge. But even that is pretty boring. 205's make it a little more fun (and fast!). Totally agree. Trying to make two infinitely close lines all the way down the groomed snoozer is an exercise in vanity. A boring one too. |
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On Apr 29, 5:45 pm, Yabahoobs wrote:
On Apr 29, 5:00 pm, pigo wrote: I would consider that kind of skiing on that terrain a failure for myself. When I ski turns like that I try to leave two tiny thin lines the entire way except for the few feet at the transition point from edge to edge. But even that is pretty boring. 205's make it a little more fun (and fast!). Totally agree. Trying to make two infinitely close lines all the way down the groomed snoozer is an exercise in vanity. A boring one too. Well, pretty much anything you do down a groomed snoozer is an exercise in vanity, unless you are a beginner, making it an exercise in terror. I would be trying to leave trenches in a trail like that, which, in addition to being an exercise in vanity, also creates a hazard for the inept and unexperienced. Some might argue that my skiing is more "functional" than Itchy-scratchy's, but really it's not. I always overcommit to the fall line, to my edges, to the carve, when really I can get by with less. It's just so damned fun to be out of balance, knowing you can pull it together with a twitch of your skis. Don't you think it's nice that Itchy's found a way to get his groove on? And that he's willing to share it with us? We should all have such dedication to our personal style. |
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On Apr 29, 10:25*pm, Not That Dave wrote:
On Apr 29, 5:45 pm, Yabahoobs wrote: On Apr 29, 5:00 pm, pigo wrote: I would consider that kind of skiing on that terrain a failure for myself. When I ski turns like that I try to leave two tiny thin lines the entire way except for the few feet at the transition point from edge to edge. But even that is pretty boring. 205's make it a little more fun (and fast!). Totally agree. *Trying to make two infinitely close lines all the way down the groomed snoozer is an exercise in vanity. *A boring one too. Well, pretty much anything you do down a groomed snoozer is an exercise in vanity, unless you are a beginner, making it an exercise in terror. It is hard to determine the tilt on that slope. Given what I know of his "technique", and the fact that he only slid the turns a few feet, probably not much. But the turns that I had in mind on a slope like Sunnyside at PCMR would have you going somewhere over 50 mph in my estimation. A slope that looked pretty smooth develops some pretty good rollers going that fast. The run also ends at the bottom onto an almost 90 deg. turn onto a cat track. Which also added some interest at high speed. I would be trying to leave trenches in a trail like that, which, in addition to being an exercise in vanity, also creates a hazard for the inept and unexperienced. Some might argue that my skiing is more "functional" than Itchy-scratchy's, but really it's not. *I always overcommit to the fall line, to my edges, to the carve, when really I can get by with less. *It's just so damned fun to be out of balance, knowing you can pull it together with a twitch of your skis. I guess I didn't go into enough detail. I was amazed that someone would post proudly the tracks of such an intermediate technique. My two thin lines also turned into trenches at the apex of the turn if the snow was as soft as it appeared in that video. The hardest part was trying to keep from getting thrown out of the turn by the centrifugal force, and trying not to think about what would happen if you did. Plus skiing all the time with bindings set to handle that force. Don't you think it's nice that Itchy's found a way to get his groove on? And that he's willing to share it with us? I suppose it is. I think that the problem is the way he presents it. I wouldn't have a problem if he had more of a "look at what a goofy, unorthadox way I have found to have fun" attitude. But I think he tries to present it as a possible alternative or actual legitimate way to get the most out of your skiing. It just isn't. We should all have such dedication to our personal style. I do. But mine works. If I was still slipping the flats like that without the ability to ski it I wouldn't like it. I must say that these days I do ski those runs that way when with beginners in order to keep the pressure of wedging down that **** to a minimum. It hurts to do that. |
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On Apr 30, 9:18*am, pigo wrote:
We should all have such dedication to our personal style. I do. But mine works. If I was still slipping the flats like that without the ability to ski it I wouldn't like it. I must say that these days I do ski those runs that way when with beginners in order to keep the pressure of wedging down that **** to a minimum. It hurts to do that. I confess that I have made nice knees-together tracks down a blue cruiser when the conditions are right - quick snow, light traffic, and fresh snow or untracked groom down along the lift line, and then check out my tracks on the next ride up to see if they look as good as they felt. But I don't take a video and post it on youtube as if it were an athletic breakthrough. |
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On Apr 30, 1:11 pm, Richard Henry wrote:
But I don't take a video and post it on youtube as if it were an athletic breakthrough. Let alone a breakthrough having anything, at all, to do with 'eastern' spirituality. |
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