skidude Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 Haha yupp. She came up to me after the race and was like "You just hadddd to do that infront of me, didn't you??" and I'm like uhhhhhh. Anyway we shall see.... Quote
First Grade Teacher Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 lookin good in pic 1 Late. Look how low in the track he is. Then he had to cut the line to make the next gate and that's why he ended up "punching" it. Actually a nice job for how low he was. Get them at Elk! Quote
AtomicSkier Posted February 14, 2007 Author Report Posted February 14, 2007 Late. Look how low in the track he is. Then he had to cut the line to make the next gate and that's why he ended up "punching" it. Actually a nice job for how low he was. Get them at Elk! Good job looking up those terms I was refering to his angulation and form... Quote
First Grade Teacher Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 Good job looking up those terms I was refering to his angulation and form... Because you look good doesn't make you fast! Remember that! Quote
AtomicSkier Posted February 14, 2007 Author Report Posted February 14, 2007 Because you look good doesn't make you fast! Remember that! But, that day, he was pretty fast. Quote
Ski Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 Good job looking up those terms That's just uncalled-for. (My Doug impersonation) Quote
Ski Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 I was refering to his angulation and form... And if you were interested in informing 1st Grade, you might mention that the only time you can look at a photo and judge the proper line from tracks/ruts is somewhere in the mid-FIS range on up. Quote
Ski Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 Because you look good doesn't make you fast! Don't subscribe to the whole video analysis "fad"? Did you learn that from Wikipedia???? Crap, you got me. Quote
First Grade Teacher Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 And if you were interested in informing 1st Grade, you might mention that the only time you can look at a photo and judge the proper line from tracks/ruts is somewhere in the mid-FIS range on up. Now don't take this as a jab at Skidude because it's not.............When you finish 32 in a run and you almost kill yourself with a gate, your on the wrong line. It happens. All you have to do is look at the first picture and look at the 31 tracks that beat you. It doesn't have to be a FIS race to figure this out. Keep hammering Skidude and have fun. Great first run! Quote
skidude Posted February 14, 2007 Report Posted February 14, 2007 Late. Look how low in the track he is. Then he had to cut the line to make the next gate and that's why he ended up "punching" it. Actually a nice job for how low he was. Get them at Elk! The low and late line is more fun For the record my first run was super low (and late) the whole time, esp. the headwall (I'm sure Jeff who was there will agree with that)... Anyway it is what it is, and all I can do now is some practice before my next race... Quote
AtomicSkier Posted February 15, 2007 Author Report Posted February 15, 2007 The low and late line is more fun For the record my first run was super low (and late) the whole time, esp. the headwall (I'm sure Jeff who was there will agree with that)... Anyway it is what it is, and all I can do now is some practice before my next race... I wasn't there for your first run Quote
Ski Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 Now don't take this as a jab at Skidude because it's not.............When you finish 32 in a run and you almost kill yourself with a gate, your on the wrong line. It happens. All you have to do is look at the first picture and look at the 31 tracks that beat you. It doesn't have to be a FIS race to figure this out. How do you know "it happens"? 31 tracks didn't beat him...you have no f*cking clue what you're talking about. It's stating the obvious that he got tangled in a gate, but you can't look at a couple of photos from a gate in a PA Cup race and judge a racer's overall line. How do you know what happened above that gate? How do you know he wasn't too high and making a correction? How do you know he wasn't just trying to snap that gate to get back to where he wanted to be? That would be my guess. If 'Dude had his inside hand in a better spot, he would have picked up his line. A race run is often a series of corrections. Someone like 'Dude will almost always have times that are consistant even when he makes errors, because he makes changes as he goes. If 'Dude fell out of the start house, he'd probably cut the second and third gates and have a similar split to what he would have had anyway. Racers that reach 'Dude's level have a clock built into them---making a mistake turns them up a notch and often is a good thing. Some racers work better that way. And if you were paying attention to racing's evolution over the last decade, you'd recall the difference in lines taken. Today's racers are tremendously lower and straighter into the gates. Go find a video of an early Michael Von Grunigen (the most amazingly graceful GS skier EVER), then compare it to Hermann Maier's low and straight brutal style. Von Grunigen retired in part because the high line just wasn't competitive any longer. So, yeah, I'd suggest you study some FIS races... Quote
First Grade Teacher Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 How do you know "it happens"? 31 tracks didn't beat him...you have no f*cking clue what you're talking about. It's stating the obvious that he got tangled in a gate, but you can't look at a couple of photos from a gate in a PA Cup race and judge a racer's overall line. How do you know what happened above that gate? How do you know he wasn't too high and making a correction? How do you know he wasn't just trying to snap that gate to get back to where he wanted to be? That would be my guess. If 'Dude had his inside hand in a better spot, he would have picked up his line. A race run is often a series of corrections. Someone like 'Dude will almost always have times that are consistant even when he makes errors, because he makes changes as he goes. If 'Dude fell out of the start house, he'd probably cut the second and third gates and have a similar split to what he would have had anyway. Racers that reach 'Dude's level have a clock built into them---making a mistake turns them up a notch and often is a good thing. Some racers work better that way. And if you were paying attention to racing's evolution over the last decade, you'd recall the difference in lines taken. Today's racers are tremendously lower and straighter into the gates. Go find a video of an early Michael Von Grunigen (the most amazingly graceful GS skier EVER), then compare it to Hermann Maier's low and straight brutal style. Von Grunigen retired in part because the high line just wasn't competitive any longer. So, yeah, I'd suggest you study some FIS races... I thought you promised Atomic that you wouldn't respond to my posts any longer? Integrity Ski! Integrity! Quote
Ski Posted February 15, 2007 Report Posted February 15, 2007 I thought you promised Atomic that you wouldn't respond to my posts any longer? Integrity Ski! Integrity! Yeah, you're right. Quote
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