Ski Sundown 11/28/2008

[Severine]

Where: Ski Sundown, New Hartford, CT
When: 11/28/2008 morning
Conditions: hard pack, death cookies, softening up as the day wore on, all man-made snow

Report:
Started out my 3rd ski season on opening day at my home mountain! Woohoo!!! A few gremlins to deal with considering my ACL tear in February and just general life stuff, but I made it. I used to warm up for a few runs on the beginner area to break in my boots, but one of DH's buddies joined us so I went straight to the top with them where the only way down was one intermediate trail or the other (for me). :D I was on my Roxy Joyriders (which I've barely skied on before) in my basically new Nordica Olympia Beast 10 boots, so new equipment for me to get used to. Nervous about my injury, nervous about making a fool of myself in front of DH's friend, but I did well. I didn't look pretty and my turns were really sad looking, but I made it down. And again. And again. And again. :D DH ditched me a few times to ski the moguls, but his friend accompanied me down so I wasn't alone. We skied 8:30AM-11:30AM.

A few things:
*It's great to get out again!!!!!!
*CW-X is a god-send! Great stuff; really helped manage muscle fatigue while I was skiing. I was a tad warm wearing that an unlined ski pants in the temps we're having today, but it was worth it for the benefits.
*Whatever my new boot guy did to my boots, he should be worshipped! My feet have never felt so good in ski boots before. Barely any cramping at all, went away quickly, the part that I thought was irritating me was fine when I skied. Very nice indeed!
*I need some stance work. LOL. Who doesn't!
*I'm liking the Joyriders. Cut through all that frozen crap nicely. Hoping to try out the Line Celebrities tonight if it doesn't firm up too much. It's supposed to be in the 40s today (46*F last time I checked) so might be okay.

My season has started!

 

[SnowHot]

Severine,

I just nudged a new member to approach you about the Roxy's. Guess that's out of the question, eh!

By the time you go to Abasin with me in May, you'll be rocking the Cornice with me!!!!

 

[ski&bfree]

Woohoo!!!! Glad you enjoyed your day out:D

 

[Severine]

Round 2 didn't go as well. I had a hard time getting used to the Celebrities, especially in all the freshly groomed loose granular. I think part of it was psychological (lots of boarders on the trail at the time and I still get freaked out when there are too many people around me) but I froze up pretty badly. Part of it could also be that I fell backwards which freaked me out... started to think right away about re-injury. :( Luckily, DH was nice enough to suggest doing drills over on the learning slope. So we did several runs there, I did one more run from the top, and then my quads were killing me (from bad form, I know) so I headed in to the lodge to work on some homework. I didn't plan on skiing the whole night anyway so I'm okay with that. Just happy to have gotten out there. :D

Not sure what the verdict is on the Celebrities yet. Seemed like good conditions for them but I was flailing. They definitely ski longer than my Maries (which technically are the same length).

Great first day back into it! Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow!

 

[SnowHot]

you'll get it...........just wait!

Glad you got out there. I'm betting you'll have many great days ahead!

 

[Severine]

Today was even better than yesterday! :D

Yeah, those Joyriders may have a permanent place in the quiver. I used them again today and I am IN LOVE. They worked great on the variable conditions that were out there (loose granular, hardpack, ice, crud). I'll have to ski the Celebrities a few more times before I make an assessment on them, but the Joyriders are going NOWHERE anytime soon!

 

[SnowHot]

Severine, I think you have new equipment gremlins. You just have to get out on them without thinking that they are new.
As Weems said, strap those babies on and make that snow your b!tch!!

 

[w.ski]

Hi Severine, Just give yourself time to get used to your new skis. At the beginning of the season it always takes me a few days to get my "ski legs" back even when I'm on skis I'm used to. It was fun to hear about Sundown - I used to ski there a lot (we live less then 10 minutes away. I met my group of ski buddies at Sundown, but now (starting in January) we ski on Tuesdays at Mohawk. Did they have moguls on Nor'easter yet? If you're ever at Mohawk on a Tuesday, join us! I don't think you'll miss us - we're generally laughing and non too quiet!

 

[Severine]

They're making Temptor the dedicated mogul run for the first half of the winter (which it was fully bumped up on opening day, including from the sundeck area of Nor'Easter down). The plan is to switch to bumping up one side of Gunny at half season. DH is thrilled; he pretty much exclusively skis the bumps at Sundown.

If I'm over at Mohawk, I will look for you! I love Mohawk but Sundown has always felt like home for DH so that's where we usually ski.

Thanks for the encouragement, ladies!

 

[cyn]

You'll be fine. Just look at how far you've come in a couple of days!
Relax, enjoy the Roxys, and wait for more mid winter conditions to jump on the Lines. And please let us know how they perform, because I have my eye on them, too.