Ajamil
2nd March 10, 12:52 AM
I have emerged beautiful from this trip. I have gained a gorgeous parallel curve to my skiing. A wonderful lesson has shown me the error of my previous, heel-heavy and wide legged ways. Now my knees are as tight as NoB's...everything...is loose. I am carving, I am flexing and extending, I am digging in sharp with my toes and leading my turns with my hip. You want me. I am so pretty I should be fornicating, but I am skiing.
Days after the big snowstorms, we arrive in Whitetail to brave the slopes and their slushy-made ice/snow. But the skies were pretty and the air warm.
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3854/cimg0198p.jpg
Mom has her skis, but my nephew Andrew and I got a full package deal - rental, all slopes all day, and a lesson at your level for $95. Pretty good deal. Once suited up, we took a light run and posed for the before shots. Note the cheapskate bike helmet.
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9374/cimg0197w.jpg
And after all that, Mom doesn't even wear a helmet. Should've given her mine.
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/857/cimg0200q.jpg
Slopes were recently groomed, so it wasn't good snow, but throughout the day there were less people on the slopes than it seemed at the bottom. I guess a lot of people didn't like the day and went home early or just sat around the lodge. Here's a nice shot of the valley.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6274/cimg0201r.jpg
And now a shot of some serious shredding!! By shredding, of course, I mean sliding parallel through a just forming mogul - flattening it's life and it's hopes forever.
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6633/cimg0203.jpg
A few runs and Moms joints rebelled, so she went in and we went off to our lesson. He was a laid back guy about my age named Chris (his dad was an instructor on the slopes too). Our lesson took a half hour longer than normal, I'd say mostly because my and my nephew's ADD was stronger than his lesson plan determination. Anyway, it really helped my ski thinking, but this metamorphosis had to wait. Wait until the world changed to fit my new form, my new essence.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3995/cimg0219.jpg
And so we mastered the art of going straight down a mountain. And we mastered the art of not freaking out in mogul fields. Well, not really, but I can do them pretty confidently now. Next up? Why the ramps, of course.
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8799/cimg0205y.jpg
Which were absolute horrids to try and capture with my cheapo camera. This is Andrew scoping out the second jump in the mini park. There was a halfpipe park at another slope, but I wasn't in the mood to try that on skis. We didn't get any good pics of the jumps, but there were some wonderful vid shots that you can laugh at. At least I'll put mine here for proper ridiculing. At least on this recording I didn't wipe out.
pcSFKERiPgw
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5397/file12931.mp4.th.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/my.php?image=file12931.mp4)
Days after the big snowstorms, we arrive in Whitetail to brave the slopes and their slushy-made ice/snow. But the skies were pretty and the air warm.
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3854/cimg0198p.jpg
Mom has her skis, but my nephew Andrew and I got a full package deal - rental, all slopes all day, and a lesson at your level for $95. Pretty good deal. Once suited up, we took a light run and posed for the before shots. Note the cheapskate bike helmet.
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9374/cimg0197w.jpg
And after all that, Mom doesn't even wear a helmet. Should've given her mine.
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/857/cimg0200q.jpg
Slopes were recently groomed, so it wasn't good snow, but throughout the day there were less people on the slopes than it seemed at the bottom. I guess a lot of people didn't like the day and went home early or just sat around the lodge. Here's a nice shot of the valley.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6274/cimg0201r.jpg
And now a shot of some serious shredding!! By shredding, of course, I mean sliding parallel through a just forming mogul - flattening it's life and it's hopes forever.
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6633/cimg0203.jpg
A few runs and Moms joints rebelled, so she went in and we went off to our lesson. He was a laid back guy about my age named Chris (his dad was an instructor on the slopes too). Our lesson took a half hour longer than normal, I'd say mostly because my and my nephew's ADD was stronger than his lesson plan determination. Anyway, it really helped my ski thinking, but this metamorphosis had to wait. Wait until the world changed to fit my new form, my new essence.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3995/cimg0219.jpg
And so we mastered the art of going straight down a mountain. And we mastered the art of not freaking out in mogul fields. Well, not really, but I can do them pretty confidently now. Next up? Why the ramps, of course.
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8799/cimg0205y.jpg
Which were absolute horrids to try and capture with my cheapo camera. This is Andrew scoping out the second jump in the mini park. There was a halfpipe park at another slope, but I wasn't in the mood to try that on skis. We didn't get any good pics of the jumps, but there were some wonderful vid shots that you can laugh at. At least I'll put mine here for proper ridiculing. At least on this recording I didn't wipe out.
pcSFKERiPgw
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5397/file12931.mp4.th.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/my.php?image=file12931.mp4)