liquidfeet
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
OK, New England Divas, it snowed on you today, right? It's Sunday Dec 16th 2007, and a nor'easter hit all day long, at least in New Hampshire and I bet in Vermont and Maine also.
Was anybody out there skiing today? Tell your stories here.
I'll start. I skied at Attitash 8:00 - 3:00, and snow came down fast and heavy all day long. We had 8 degrees at the start, and it maybe got up to 19 by 2:00, plus there was some wind at the top just to keep us awake. The snow fell a bit heavy and solid. There were few people out, so we diehards had the mountain to ourselves.
I was determined to learn how to ski real snow. Over the last three years there has been precious little of it here, and when it fell I was usually not on it. So today was the day. I had midfat skis I was using for the first time, and lots of time and determination to figure out how to do this thing.
Did it! By the end of the day I'd figured out how to keep both feet/shins cemented together, working them in tandem with always little more weight to the outside ski, tipping the inside ski to lead the turn, doing some significant hip action, and moving the body's weight a little forward at turn initiation and back a wee bit at turn finish. The rocking, angulating, and tipping happened seamlessly for about 60 % of the turns by the end of the day, and felt absolutely effortless. It felt like my skis were slithering their way through the snow. It was buttery, and I was the butter knife. WWOWW!!!! Loved it. Mission accomplished.
Was anybody out there skiing today? Tell your stories here.
I'll start. I skied at Attitash 8:00 - 3:00, and snow came down fast and heavy all day long. We had 8 degrees at the start, and it maybe got up to 19 by 2:00, plus there was some wind at the top just to keep us awake. The snow fell a bit heavy and solid. There were few people out, so we diehards had the mountain to ourselves.
I was determined to learn how to ski real snow. Over the last three years there has been precious little of it here, and when it fell I was usually not on it. So today was the day. I had midfat skis I was using for the first time, and lots of time and determination to figure out how to do this thing.
Did it! By the end of the day I'd figured out how to keep both feet/shins cemented together, working them in tandem with always little more weight to the outside ski, tipping the inside ski to lead the turn, doing some significant hip action, and moving the body's weight a little forward at turn initiation and back a wee bit at turn finish. The rocking, angulating, and tipping happened seamlessly for about 60 % of the turns by the end of the day, and felt absolutely effortless. It felt like my skis were slithering their way through the snow. It was buttery, and I was the butter knife. WWOWW!!!! Loved it. Mission accomplished.
