I wanted to get out today for some training before next week's race. I got my race skis all ready this week and I was prepared to get out. Then it snowed. Jer showed up this morning with his Insanes in tow and wanted to do some skiing. I agreed. I grabbed my Asylums and we went skiing. We told ourselves we were training with heavier gear so we would fly on the lightweight stuff when we both knew that we were just out there to make some killer turns today. We skinned our way up pole line pass and over to LSB. There were some interesting moments on the skintrack due to my
skinny skins and my wide skis. Visability was next to nonexistant which required us to basically feel our turns rather than see them. I figure this is good f
or us, though. It is a lot like in Karate Kid when he wears the blindfold - only we are skiing down mountains rather than being beaten up by old asian men. The skiing was really good on the North side. There was at least 6 inches of fresh and it was pretty soft u
nder that. This made for some sweet turns while the flat light made for some humorous spills toward the bottom. We skinned up to the East in Cardiff and made another run down something - I don't know what it is called, but it was a fun, steep line. We then skinned back up to the saddle at the top of pole line and skied down the most Eastern facing slopes we could find. These provided the be
st snow conditions. My big fat skis were not the best for the crust that was underneath. If I hit it I would begin to skip and slide around. I really should just be out on my I
nsanes right now, but it is so hard to leave a new pair of skis at home all alone.
I wanted to get out today for some training before next week's race. I got my race skis all ready this week and I was prepared to get out. Then it snowed. Jer showed up this morning with his Insanes in tow and wanted to do some skiing. I agreed. I grabbed my Asylums and we went skiing. We told ourselves we were training with heavier gear so we would fly on the lightweight stuff when we both knew that we were just out there to make some killer turns today. We skinned our way up pole line pass and over to LSB. There were some interesting moments on the skintrack due to my
skinny skins and my wide skis. Visability was next to nonexistant which required us to basically feel our turns rather than see them. I figure this is good f
or us, though. It is a lot like in Karate Kid when he wears the blindfold - only we are skiing down mountains rather than being beaten up by old asian men. The skiing was really good on the North side. There was at least 6 inches of fresh and it was pretty soft u
nder that. This made for some sweet turns while the flat light made for some humorous spills toward the bottom. We skinned up to the East in Cardiff and made another run down something - I don't know what it is called, but it was a fun, steep line. We then skinned back up to the saddle at the top of pole line and skied down the most Eastern facing slopes we could find. These provided the be
st snow conditions. My big fat skis were not the best for the crust that was underneath. If I hit it I would begin to skip and slide around. I really should just be out on my I
nsanes right now, but it is so hard to leave a new pair of skis at home all alone.
Reading this blog is like being beaten up by an old Asian man.
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