What is that?!?! Oh like the kite-boarding where it pulls you and you get propulsion from it? Tooooooo many trees in Lake Tahoe but not a bad idea!

Moe Gull wrote:

Get a snowkite?

💯✅ 2 cents = $100K in my book.

needawax wrote:

I'm getting up there, so I prefer powder bumps as opposed to tracked out bumps - softens the blows.   nice carved turns on a groomer also.  never been a huge fan of skiing on simply 2' of pow - but I'm primarily a northeast skier, so keep that in mind.  just my two cents.

Crush wrote:

Thoughs? I actually have arrived at the feeling that powder skiing is kinda boring perhaps because I have done a lot of it and it is like "blah blah blah" now. I think Glen Plake said (paraphrasing here) would you rather ski 2 feet of fresh powder on a big old boring heli bowl or would you rather ski 2 feet of fresh powder on a bump run? I think even at my age I choose bumping. Or making perfect carved turns. People have always told me I am a wackadoo so feel free to trash-talk me.

 Powder bumps suck, crushawackadoo. 😆 Though with two feet of fresh, same as a boring Heli bowl.

False choice by Plake.

Two feet in steep trees or undulating terrain, yeah baybee! Or with mini ledges and drops, woo doggie.

Hey Crush,     

No Bumps for me now. Hip Implant restricted.

The risk is if the left leg is high on a bump and the other leg and body are low, the angle of the joint can cause it to dislocate.

The surgeon used a larger ball and socket to increase racing angles. 

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I like the unforgiving surface, never a dull moment.  Powder what is that?  Like my fast food 1 time a month, when you taste it, feels good. 

I have never been to Tahoe.  

All the best 

Zardog 

 try to be honest lol - yeah tree skiing still gives me a thrill but not always the good time!

JohnL wrote:

Crush wrote:

Thoughs? I actually have arrived at the feeling that powder skiing is kinda boring perhaps because I have done a lot of it and it is like "blah blah blah" now. I think Glen Plake said (paraphrasing here) would you rather ski 2 feet of fresh powder on a big old boring heli bowl or would you rather ski 2 feet of fresh powder on a bump run? I think even at my age I choose bumping. Or making perfect carved turns. People have always told me I am a wackadoo so feel free to trash-talk me.

 Powder bumps suck, crushawackadoo. 😆 Though with two feet of fresh, same as a boring Heli bowl.

False choice by Plake.

Two feet in steep trees or undulating terrain, yeah baybee! Or with mini ledges and drops, woo doggie.

Dog! 

I am so lit you are still doing it! Keep turning and making it real! Ruh Roh channeling Pat Benatar "no promises no demands" !

ZARDOG wrote:

Hey Crush,     

No Bumps for me now. Hip Implant restricted.

The risk is if the left leg is high on a bump and the other leg and body are low, the angle of the joint can cause it to dislocate.

The surgeon used a larger ball and socket to increase racing angles. 

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I like the unforgiving surface, never a dull moment.  Powder what is that?  Like my fast food 1 time a month, when you taste it, feels good. 

I have never been to Tahoe.  

All the best 

Zardog 

   Denis! damn you for never hooking up at Kirkwood ha ha maybe we can make some turns together in the 2023-2024 season looks like we might have a number of dumps where N > 10 ?

 E-

Denis wrote:

I’ve been all of those things and have the memories and surgical scars to prove it.  Nobody has yet mentioned backcountry, earn your turns.  If the snow is halfway decent I’d happily trade 10 days of lift served for 1 day of backcountry.  It is a fact that unless you are an extraordinary athlete it takes a lot of miles of skiing to develop the range of skills needed for backcountry.  And, that means riding lifts.  Nevertheless - - -.

 So ... ice in steep trees or on mini drops, even wooier doggie?

JohnL wrote:

Crush wrote:

Thoughs? I actually have arrived at the feeling that powder skiing is kinda boring perhaps because I have done a lot of it and it is like "blah blah blah" now. I think Glen Plake said (paraphrasing here) would you rather ski 2 feet of fresh powder on a big old boring heli bowl or would you rather ski 2 feet of fresh powder on a bump run? I think even at my age I choose bumping. Or making perfect carved turns. People have always told me I am a wackadoo so feel free to trash-talk me.

 Powder bumps suck, crushawackadoo. 😆 Though with two feet of fresh, same as a boring Heli bowl.

False choice by Plake.

Two feet in steep trees or undulating terrain, yeah baybee! Or with mini ledges and drops, woo doggie.

Too much drama for me bonne_chance[ ((ice+trees)*age) ].toString().toLowerCase() === 'hospital';  

You however have a thrill-issue and I suggest kicking a$$ in there!

djop wrote:

 So ... ice in steep trees or on mini drops, even wooier doggie

When I crash-and-burn talking about is way more exciting for me!

chaga wrote:

talking about skiing is way more exciting than actually skiing for me!