Ski

Headed over for a couple of quick runs this afternoon. The lot was pretty empty by 3pm and it didn't look like it had been all that busy earlier. Sno got 4 or 5 inches and the slopes look a lot better. Oh, and three employees did a trash run under the Iron Horse yesterday so the place didn't start looking like Blue (eh, sorry Doug, but you Booter guys are pigs)... Kind of interesting that even by 4pm, not a single person skied the narrow cat track that connects Switch to Spike under the the lift. There was one pass by a snowmobile, but not one ski track all day. The six or seven inches on Sunday night combined with this morning's snow has left a good starter base for the snowmaking that's about to happen. Ty and I just skied one run each across the upper hill, finishing with a run down the park. I imagine it's not the best Smartstyle, but the coaches let the kids use the ramps as little jumps on an angle. We'll have to remember to tip Nick next Xmas for fixing the sides of the jumps, but she was catching some mini air all the way down. Oh and I guess with the snow pack you can see the new trail from the light by the hotels. And I was sort of wondering if when they open the newly cut top of Mainline if they plan to move the wall ride... Anyway, it was a great way to spend a little time on the first...

My challenge was written in English: Chinese downhill from the top of the mountain to the bottom of Cannonball. Winner gets the loser's skis. I haven't heard anyone accept my challenge. All I hear is that it isn't fair. That a skiercross type of challenge is too unfair and too hard and that it's too much like skiing through poles. Oh, and I also hear how people own other people by flaming instead of actions. Now, back to the cool Viagra jokes.

And yet the bottom line is that you were all chicken when challenged. All talk, no balls. Too afraid to air off Cannonball's headwalls unless you're styling'? Hahahahaha! Owned with words and not actions? Hahahahaha! Let's have some more Viagra jokes!

Rob, what sort of competition would require park skills and racing skills? Can you think real hard for a minute and come up with any sort of head to head matchup that involves speed and landing big air and making it through a bunch of different natural terrain features? Hmmmm, think real hard, Rob. A Chinese downhill doesn't have gates, Rob, just lots of big air and speed. This is now way beyond dead horse beating. My sincere apologies to Glenn and the other mods. I really did try to take it off your MB and out on to the snow.

Do you really speak and read English? Listen: it doesn't matter if you are 10 or 90. So you're saying it's cool that a 14 yr old kid flames somebody, but not that he gets called out? Really? All of a sudden a 14 yr old skier is afraid of being smoked by somebody he's been calling ancient and brittle. TOO FUNNY!!!!! Go try and find a message board were you can just flame and flame and then cry you're just a kid. Did I see that coming, or what? Sno Mountain Skier would NEVER have backed down. I don't know him very well, but I know he's got guts. And last night, you kids learned a little about yourselves, eh?

I say settle it on the mountain versus settling it with a stupid flame war. I didn't suggest racing through gates and I wouldn't expect them to suggest a rainbow rail. Straight up Chinese downhill, any route from top to bottom. It's pretty easy to call someone names, say they are 60 and so brittle that they're going to break there spine from falling over. Maybe on some other message boards, using Viagra commercials is wicked clever...sh*t, that's just so funny, I don't know how he could have ever thought it up on his own. I challenged them to put up or shut up and they ran away shouting meaningless insults. Some of my good buds are park rats. But anyone that looks down on kids who like to go fast is an idiot. Period. Anyone that looks down on racers who wear speed suits which have a purpose, is an idiot, especially if they are wearing lime green pants who's only purpose is to get noticed. Bottom line: you kids mouthed off and were told o put up or shut up. And you were chicken. Case closed.

Yeah, Chinese downhills are just so pussy compared to what you do. Well, enjoy your hairless lives, little girls. And remember the last thing you did in 2007 was to puss out on a challenge. Off to a party now with grown up women.

So, we have one chickenshit in the house.

Top of the hill to the bottom of Cannonball. First to the bottom wins the other persons skis. Put up or shut up, little boy. I say you are a claimer and don't have a set of balls. Again: put up or shut up.

Awwww, do you start crying next?

Hahaha..do you have a 3 year old little brother? Does he give you the finger while picking his nose? That's all you mean to me. Now, go eat you're snot, little boy. Who gives a shit what you think. Scream and bitch away in your 4th post.

Yeah, sure, claimer boy. Welcome to PASR from TW. Pretty cool to be 14 years old and in college! Jealous of a kid living in Macungie? Maybe I'll sell my place 17 minutes from Jackson Hole to get a slopeside at Bear Creek!

Ha, you're not seeing 2008 until about noon tomorrow.

I don't seem to remember you ever being in such a good mood... Must be the poe.

Pffffft... Pffffttt.... Ha, thanks Nick. It's funny how racing is like an STD to park rats. No worries. I was about to ask that one kid how far his house is from his home hill at Park City, but sometimes it's best to just let a poser be a poser.

Great report, but be nice 'cause on Rocket and Marjie's you're just a gaper from AC to others.

Agreed. Smoke can be harder because it often bumps into pretty big bumps below the second headwall. If both are groomed flat, Smoke is easier, but yeah, if you are comfortable on one, then you're fine on the other.

Great input, Rob. If you aren't part of it, you sure do want it to suck.

Ha, thanks, Philly, but I'm just a lowly copycat. Meant as such.

Yeah, I was thinking about trying them or the blue one's the World Cup skiers were using at the night slalom.

Nick and I don't spend much time on the NF on weekends...pics or you weren't there

Ha, jeez guys, it's probably just mom typing for her kid and you probably just scared the crap out of the family. Congrats, LJJ! Sorry if PASR gave you nightmares for tonight.

We pulled in at 8am to a pretty empty parking lot again. It was a Buckman's snowboard demo day, or something like that, with tents but no free soda or t-shirts, so we just went about our business. BTW, people don't come to Sno until after 10am---we had fresh cord for a couple of hours, then the lot started to fill and they probably had a pretty decent number of ticket sales. Funny, but the slopes remained empty except for the bunny hill. It was like everyone was a newbie and the ski school business was hoppin'. Coverage between the slopes was real sketchy, so there was no off-piste skiing like 1st Grade teacher has at Blue. Anyway, one of Ty's coaches moved up to teach an older group and so Ty's been with one of the same girls plus a really super guy who's also a dad of one her teammates. His style of coaching is upbeat and energetic, which the kids love. He was even nice enough to make fun of the lousy line I took through a tight set on the headwall After lunch, the devo team raced NASTAR, ran a stubbie course set for the older kids, then went down to the NF and skied Cannonball. I ran into Nick, who has worked his way from rental shop to park crew and has promised not to land on Ty when they go through the terrain park. BTW, Nick: "Japan four" is from Freddie Got Fingered. I probably seam like one of the more retarded grown-ups you know, but you'll meet Doug someday... Oh, and at lunch I noticed someone had moved my Timberland boots and actually laced them up. A little old lady at the table told me they belonged to Donald. She also got pretty mad when I pulled Donald's Atomic backpack from under the table, which magically had my stuff in it. Later, Donald came in wearing his own boots and she was really sorry. She also fessed up that her grand daughter had been wearing them around outside. Any little thing I can do to make other people more comfortable... All in all, it was an awesome day at Sno.

Ha, maybe the thinest ever. I don't know why I bother to ski. I should have come down and raced NASTAR at Blue today

Jeff, until you experience just how dim the current one's are, it's hard to imagine...they really are that dim. So far I've noticed one new one at the top of Smoke's upper headwall; one halfway down Cannonball; and, there's one between Switch and Spike. I went ahead and bought clear lenses for night skiing until they get busy with the changeover.