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what a clumsy uncordinated bitch
Aight, so here goes. I'm opening up a shit storm, but I am going to have to say real on the fall.
Seeing those conditions reminds me why I have never had the urge to go skiing back East. I grew up skiing that stuff, and VT conditions like that could make Bode Miller look like a n00b. I'm not saying this girl is a great skier, but it would have taken a pretty good athlete to duplicate that fall with all the rolls. The way she was rolling with her skis still on and her legs torqued like that; you don't do that on purpose. Also at the bottom she was in a push up position and she still slid for another 40 feet.
Everybody out West sees snow flying up in spots and thinks that stuff is soft. BS, those are frozen ruts from the first run or from training the day before. On the World Cup, they spray courses down with water to get them to that point. Back East they get that stuff naturally.
There is another thread out about how skiers out West have it easy. It's true, nobody I ski with has ever had the pleasure of skiing in hefty garbage bags in the rain. They don't know what it's like to ski across three completely different snow conditions at a ski area that is only 500 vert ft. They haven't had the experience of skiing over a mogul that is so saturated with water, that you can see dead grass and shit inside of it.
I think it would actually be fun to take my guys on a little field trip to session the Poconos. They'd love Round Top and Elk Mountain. Then we could cruise up and ski Killington or Sugar Bush in January. Any invites? We'd probably need a place to crash. I think I'll run it by the boys the next time they start bitching about the conditions in Vail. Who am I kidding? I'm the biggest pansy out there. It happens when you move to Colorado from Snowshoe, WVA.
Major props to everyone doin it back East.
Wheres the MEGA MO?
somebody... somebody cares? Roundtop is my home mountain, along with bear creek, blue and camelback. Everything he said is entirely true, but that's just what skiing is for me. Learned 360's in the rain, can never get the right speed for mandatory gaps cause conditions change too quickly, overzealous ski patrol, bases so thin you get grass stains on your skis when you butter...
Ok, you can have your thread back, but i was touched. Thanks Mr. Huck. I'll be at Lehigh next year, feel free to stop by and appreciate the east with me!
