SkiBam
Angel Diva
I've been doing quite a bit of fast skiing the past couple of days - thanks largely to very hard-packed conditions. Being on the Temptation 88s gives me so so much confidence to let it rip. (Ski Tracks today clocked my fastest speed at 70 kmh.)
Some people have said it's important to be able to stop and I don't disagree. However, there are times when it's just not possible to stop - on steep ice for example. We hit this yesterday on a double black at Tremblant (Zig Zag) which didn't look bad from the top - nice and smooth. What quickly became apparent was that it was VERY smooth - as in very icy. Once you started down the pitch, you Could Not Stop. One of our group (all advanced skiers) had a small collision with an instructor who was standing in the middle of the run (nobody hurt at all), and one went at warp speed straight down feeling 100 percent secure on her Black Pearls. I was somewhat more cautious but at some point you just had to throw all ideas about being able to stop out the window and go. Sometimes you just have to have confidence in your skis and tell yourself to stay upright no matter what.
Or stay home and take up knitting....
Some people have said it's important to be able to stop and I don't disagree. However, there are times when it's just not possible to stop - on steep ice for example. We hit this yesterday on a double black at Tremblant (Zig Zag) which didn't look bad from the top - nice and smooth. What quickly became apparent was that it was VERY smooth - as in very icy. Once you started down the pitch, you Could Not Stop. One of our group (all advanced skiers) had a small collision with an instructor who was standing in the middle of the run (nobody hurt at all), and one went at warp speed straight down feeling 100 percent secure on her Black Pearls. I was somewhat more cautious but at some point you just had to throw all ideas about being able to stop out the window and go. Sometimes you just have to have confidence in your skis and tell yourself to stay upright no matter what.
Or stay home and take up knitting....