David Glynn

Class 1 separation? Did it once; hurt like hell. Healed up fairly fast. hope you heal quickly

Here are 3 more pics from the 17th. Seb thanks again for the rider IDs

Here are some pics from the 17th's PGS. Seb thanks for the rider's ID. It was fun being so close to the action. Love it!!

Here are some more pics.

Here are some results. I was a gate keeper for both races. The riding was awesome. I did not get a results sheet and my camera battery was dead at the end of the day (both days) so I could not take a picture of the leader board. And I'm sorry that I could not remember the women's names. The women rode awesome in the finals.Tues there was a problem with one of the starting gate timers so they had to qualify as singles. We did not get off the hill till about 5. Today went off with out a hitch Tue. 15th Morrison (Canada) 1st klug 9th Jasey Jay Anderson 9th (Canada) Vic. DSQ Trap did not quallify Thu. 17th Jasey 1st His teammate( name started with an L) 2nd (also made the olympic team) Sorry that is all I can remember. A Russian woman won the woman's side I can't quite figure how to attach images. If someone can walk me through it?

This is my take on turn initiation for carving the groomed. Initiate the turn with the downhill(outside) ski, with your little toe, by trying to push it down into the snow. That move will push the ski a little forward but more importantly will pull the hips and every thing else along with it into the new turn. If you continue to focus on that little toe into the new turn you will find your weight more evenly distributed on both skies. Then it is a mater of whether you choose to keep it there. Personally I'm a big fan of the downhill ski, especially on steeper runs. I tend to use my uphill ski a lot in moguls but the dominate ski is still the downhill ski. The downhill ski will tend to move forward in the initiation and then catch up to, and then pass the new downhill ski through the turn. This is a function of biomechanics, and happens naturally. It can, of course, be reduced or exagerated for various reasons. I have an issue with that natural move being countered in some of today's instruction methods especially to lower and mid level skiers. I also like to turn my brain off when free skiing and just feel. I hate it when it gets in the way. I think it is one of those man made obstacles we are warned about on the back of our passes.

I've taught a lot of people to ski. A shorter ski is good, make sure it is from the current vintage of skies. I.E. shaped. I would not go with snow blades or that type of ski. Get some real skies. Take a lesson. Stay on the bunny hill till you can relax. Relaxation will open the door to learning. Skiing is not hard. Just to get use to your skis, move around with one ski on; after a few minutes, switch feet. Then put them both on and do the same. you will not need to spend much time with this. Learn to side step up an incline. Learn to snowplow. Without going through a whole lesson the best thing I can tell you is to look where you want to go. Your body posture will automatically get you doing the right thing. If you want to go left look left. If you want to go right look right. If you don't want to hit something quit looking at it. It really is pretty simple to get started. Laugh a lot.

I just heard today that the Olympic qualifiers for Boarded Cross and PGS are going to be held here in Telluride. Don't know what the venue for PGS will be. Milk Run would be the best venue, but I have serious doubts that it could be ready in time. Hope we have a good early winter so Milk Run can be ready.

Neil, Sorry to hear about your injury/surgery. I hope you heal fast and well. How did Tara's season go?

I got a Prior WCR Metal 183 mid winter and find it to be an awesome board in all respects. Could not be more happy with it.

My acl tears were 40 and 60%. They healed up fine. My son had an 80% acl tear and he healed up 100% in a few of months. Prolo works. Hope you are 100% soon.

Mike sorry to hear of your injury. Glade to hear that you know about prolotherapy. I've posted about it a few times here. I think every athlete should know about it. I've had it on both knees for partially torn acls and mcls. Had very good results on both knees. Hope you heal fast.

I'm with Jack, I don't see a 6* bumper in those pic's either. Is that a delam along your edge? A 6* will be almost 15/16 of an inch tall and will have 6 dimples in the top.

Fastskiguy It was a little resort in S.E Wisconsin. They had added to the top of the hill. Had a T-bar and rope tows. Only skied there a couple of times. We would ski from first lift to closing after dark. It was my first ski area experience. We had so much fun. We even tried to poach the rope tow before opening. Up till then our ski experience was hiking and skiing the hills around lake Buelah. I don't think it is operating any more or maybe it has another name. No one seems to have heard of it. That was way back in 1964 I think this was before Alpine Valley opened.

I figure I only have about 1,400,000 vert this year. I say only because it use to be so much more. This is carving and skiing combined. I'm not as rabid about it as I used to be. Now when I get my fill I'd rather be doing something else to keep my on hill time fresh and exciting. Just look at my avatar to see another important part of my life. My secret for a lot of vert is to live where I do, next to a Colorado ski town. I have friends that ski over 3.5 million vert a year and that's just our winter here in Colorado. The most I have ever logged is about 2.4 mil. Fastskiguy Do you remember Mt. Fuji in southern Wis?

BryanZ welcome to the club. Yes it is easier to learn on a shorter/tighter radius set up. But you can learn on what you have so in the mean time take it out again while you are looking for something smaller/tighter. I have taught some people on longer setups and it worked for them, however our slopes are very empty. Find the empty times if you have them. Look for and wait for your openings. You'll need them for that longer board. Be careful. Try going 5 degrees steeper on your front foot. Remember the higher you get it on edge the tighter it will turn. Again be careful. Also learn to skid that thing, it is an essential skill. Don't worry too much about getting laid out; it will come.

For me it is a very tough thing to verbalize to a beginner carver. But we do talk about it to a small degree. They do, as we did, have to feel it and work it out by experience. My experience is that unless you are teaching someone who is very cerebral it is a waste of time to verbalize this to any depth. However there is a drill that I have them do that seems to help and makes this thing which is hard to verbalize very obvious through feel. I pick a spot for us to stop and I have them carve to a stop. I tell them to get the board as far away from themselves as possible and up on edge as high as they can and then to end up LAYING on the snow with no intention of standing up. I then demo it and have them follow. I have them do this both toe and heelside. It does a few things: It teaches them what a deep carve feels like, it teaches them what it feels like to go beyond the point of no return in a carve and consequently a close approximation as to when to back off into the next turn. It seems to condense the learning curve considerably and it usually brings out a lot of laughter. I'll usually do this on the first day. Getting this through feel seems to work well, then we can start talking about it and have understanding in our words.

Go see Johny Haas at his shop Easy Rider just up the sidewalk from the free box. Best tune in Telluride.

Well I screwed up this quote from hot beans so here it is the best I could fix it Hot bean's Quote "I started skiing early and fell in love with moguls/tree's/jumps. I forget what year it was that when I went to update my ski's, all that were available at my local shop were the "new" shape ski's. Rep said "ohh, way easier to turn. You just get up on the edges.". Well, after spending a day on a set of demo's, I realized that I HATED these new ski's. Where was the pop? Load the nose? Pffft. Who wants to ride centered and just sway from side-to-side? Boring. Everything I loved about skiing seemed to NOT happen with the new shape ski's." End Hot beans quote. My reply: Don't know what you demoed but there are so many great skies out there now that I can't understand how you would like the old over the new.But you are talking about your own experience so there is no arguing with you. IMO though there is nothing that can be done on the old that can't be done better on the new . As far as metal goes in snowboards. I love it. Yes I agree that glass has more pop but when I'm carving (and yes I like to go fast) I like my edge in the snow right now. My Prior wcr metel is so quick it makes up for any loss of pop. If I want to get air in between turns believe me I can get it three feet of the ground if I want. But left to it's own it will hug the slope. Give metal a try, throw all your aggression at it and I'll bet you'll be surprised. If not, buy glass.

As a ski instructor ( former instructor, but that is another story) I have found that the shaped ski is much easier for the students to turn but over all they really have no clue how to use them. The biggest hurdle for them is their lack of desire to go fast( or their fear of speed) so consequently they will skid the beginning and end of every turn and only carve the middle. They also have a hard time getting the ski away from them and not just standing over it. If the desire is truly there they can pick it up. Once they recognize the feel they are up and running. Most people that take lessons don't seem to have the desire to learn to carve a ski they are totally happy skidding and making smooth round smear turns. Most skiers don't take lessons and are even more clueless as to how to use a shaped ski. They have no idea what wonderful tools they have on their feet. Bottom line is that everything is easier on a shaped ski. They are so fun in all respects, even for those who will never know how to really use them.

Mike T It's good to hear that others have heard of Prolo and have had it with good results. Our doctor was great. The results can be awesome. My son had an 80%+ tear of his ACL and two different surgeons wanted to cut and graft a new acl. He opted for prolo and was running down mountainsides within three months after only two sessions. I recommend that any athlete familiarize themselves with this procedure so that if the time of need comes at least they will know that there are SOMETIMES options to surgery. Personally I also found the pain of the injections to be quite bearable. Bob heal up soon.

to hear that. I'm no doctor and I have no clue as to what your ankle issue is. But you may want to check out Prolo thereapy. I've had it on both knees as has my son on one of his and my daughter on one of her's. All had good results. It is non surgical. My issues were partially torn ACLS and medial colateral damage. Just google it and do a little research and see if it might be for you. All of my injuries were old and still responded well. Check it out. Good Luck and heal soon

I have ridden and skied both. They are very similar. It is the tongue design that really is the key and the tongues are practically identical. I like the Dalbello more than the flexon. I used to break the cables and crack the lower shells of the flexons. Fourth season in my Krypton Pros and they are doing great. I use the thermo flex liners and the grey ( softer) tongues. I weigh 165 lbs.

Krypton Pros rock. I ski also and it's nice to have the same boot for both skiing and carving. I lever off the top of the boot cuff a lot and find the response to be immediate and powerful. Love everything about the Dalbello. http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/images/smilies/1luvu.gif