Freaking free style skiers Grumble grumble

[Margaritaville Skier]

Oh Sh_t !!! He's back. The mouth that roars.

 

It was nice and quite for a while.

[skidude]

Noticed a huge trend at Steamboat last week. It seemed as though every 17-20 yr old guy in the lift lines was on twin tips but the park was empty all week? Now why would that be? OH and DUDE........ you should have seen all the Team Summit Kids in the park on there SL this and that before and after the race.

 

 

Lets see what could possibly be the reason for skiing a ski with an 85mm waist in the rockies? I don't know.

 

 

And why do I care about that those kids were doing after their races? Any 'good' skier should be well rounded. Tails, gates, park...I don't see what that has to do with anything...

[Papasteeze]

Lets see what could possibly be the reason for skiing a ski with an 85mm waist in the rockies? I don't know.

And why do I care about that those kids were doing after their races? Any 'good' skier should be well rounded. Tails, gates, park...I don't see what that has to do with anything...

 

I was trying to point out that there were a lot of freestyle skiers on slalom skis wearing spandex in the park and a lot of twin tippers on the groomers who looked like freestyle skiers but probably aren't, thats all.

[Ski]

Some patrollers have racing experience so you wouldn't necessarily be able to tell them from racers. Likewise some park rats also may have raced when younger.

 

No way. I've never met a ski patroller in PA that has any race experience beyond skidding 50 handicap NASTAR's (well, maybe one guy at CB with a 25)...

 

'Dude's example was pretty dead on...and it's not a stereotype and it's not necessarily negative. If you're grinding rails, there's no way you're going to be carving turns. And if you have a soft boot setup for jumping, those boots are mushy and can't hold a turn. They are made to cushion landings, among other things.

 

Patrollers? Well, it isn't too often you see red jackets pushing the envelope in PA...it's my experience, from the guys I know and the one's that work at our hill, that the vast majority are intermediate, recreational skiers that have passions beyond ripping high speed turns.

 

Racers? I can spot one from one turn, a mile away. From the youngest devo team kids through Masters, a racer rolls his/her ankles up on edge in a way that nobody else does.