Corduroy Artisan

Cool Video Dave! Nice sunny day for some filming!

I'll be there, If there is snow?!

Im going. Im flying and is wondering if anyone is driving and could bring some gear out for me?

Thanks Karl, and no disrespect to the other 30-39 men. I just think with training and a more zen philosophy of riding it will be fun to compete again. It will be more fun to take home gold. Please keep me up to date on training opportunities. I really appreciate it!

Just booked my flight to the Nationals. $205 round trip to denver and two of my old Montana roomies reside in summit county so I got lodging covered. I wanna know if anyone can provide some challenging training opportunities. Slalom on Chicken at Welch, or the run next to chair 9(?) at afton and maybe some high speed GS at Spirit or Giants Ridge or anywhere with some Length and speed. Its been 13 years since I competed and it woke up a sleeping demon. I dont want the open class (yet), but I wanna destroy the 30-39 & a little training could really boost my confidence out west. God Im looking forward to this~:D

Unfortunately I cant make it. I only work 3 days a week and Wednesday is one of them. Have fun, Ill be there in spirit!

Rode the $12 ticket this morning. Really flat light but great snow! I skied for the first time in probably 8+ years while I let a friend ride my race board in the afternoon. I think my friend is hooked, and I got a nice compliment from an attractive skier lady that noticed that Im not bad on one or two planks :p

Where might I get a half price tuesday ticket?

First turns of the year at Afton Today/night. Super Ego Snow:) Id be down for running some gates. I might even race this year...

Its a cap, i dont want to sell it, but if someone really wanted it, its available...its unbelievably stiff and super scary fast fun!

One of the last ones made as far as I know. I heard the mold was destroyed. Mine just doesnt get any use and I could really use the money. That said, I dont wanna sell but I need money so lets say the first $650 gets a purple piece of carving history... its near mint condition~

Who won this last year? How does the scoring work? I think my racing days are over but this looks like fun. I might have to give it a shot on two planks as well...I looked at my skis and they screamed, "We are champions and we deserve some use!!"

The tapes say High grade 8. They are sony tapes. I may just have it done professionally and then put anything good onto youtube. I know theres at least a little great stuff. The Garrett stuff should be good too cause he'd be about the last person I would have expected to make it to the world cup, maybe I just wasn't a very good coach. There was a good training crash of his that we all watched over and over as a what not to do. Honestly I'd be afraid to hear my commentary during the taping?!?! I know that one whole tape is probably a slopestyle comp at Hyland. I shot the whole thing begining to end without coming in off the hill and it was dangerously could out. Im pretty sure that I got hypothermia 'cause I got tunnel vision and I couldn't turn my key in my car lock and had to go defrost myself in the chalet. I slept really well alot of winter nights because of coaching...Im quite tired just thinking of it!

Hi-8 video camera still. I just found all the video I shot while coaching for 3 seasons. I have been looking for these tapes for along time and had begun to think they did not exist. I know there's some video of Garrett crashing really hard while learning and theres probably some video of Troy that he would hope no one would ever see. I remember shooting Mark Fawcett riding in the lane next to ours at Hood. I remember watching it over and over and saying "how the hell does he do that!" Does anyone have the ability to convert it to DVD or recommend somewhere that can???

This is a great thread!!! Im so computer incompetent that i cannot post mine but its really cool!!! Thanks to the MES get together I have some cool pics of me carving, I've only been doing it half my life now. It was about time I got some pics:biggthump