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  1. Where to Carve in Utah?

    in Utah

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    Hey, what is the effect of the Film Festival on the town, PCMR and Canyons? Can a person reasonably expect to be able to ride during this period, or do film-goers go ski and clog everything up? Is it better to just run away and hide until it is over?

    The slopes are generally less crowded during the Film Festival. All of the Film Festival people are in town to watch movies, not ski / ride...

  3. Where to Carve in Utah?

    in Utah

    Posted

    I'm staying in Colorado for this winter but need to make a move next summer for wherever the next place is. Jumping over to the SLC area is easy enough, I think. If you had your choice of a single resort to carve at, which would it be? I primarily enjoy easygoing carving on long, wide, uncrowded cruisers, with a steep pitch thrown in occasionally. "Steep and deep" resorts don't necessarily appeal to me. I'm not (yet) a powderhound. Snowmaking is important so that I can rely on having at least a couple of decent groomers no matter what happens with the weather.

    I'll ride primarily on weekdays, with a few weekends when it isn't stupid crowded. I don't need to live in the core of the city. While I'm not Mormon by any means, I don't drink so the quality of the public library is more important to me than the bar scene. I just need a reasonable 1BR, studio or MIL to rent at an economical rate.

    At this point I think that the front-side Cottonwood resorts are less attractive to me than the Park City side and the north. I'm thinking about PCMR, The Canyons, or Snowbasin? How does resort ownership and pass sharing work in the area? Are there any multi-resort passes at all?

    Thanks Much...

    From your description , PCMR would probably be the best fit. PCMR probably has the largest bunch of dedicated Alpine geeks in Utah also, with Snowbasin and Solitude after that.

    As far as ownership and pass sharing, all of the resorts in UT have different owners. The only "shared" passes I know of are offered by Ski Utah, and can be a bit pricey, but they are available:

    Ski Utah Gold and Silver Passes

  6. Don't Pat the Dog

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Dang it all to heck, I forgot to include the correct tags in my first post in this thread.

    [sARCASM]Jeff's shoulders are "above" his hips here too? :eek:[/sARCASM]

    I believe this was a Mike Jacoby drill in a magazine I read once: Hold your arms out to your sides, and pretend you are holding a bucket of water by the handle in each hand as you turn. Keep the buckets level with each other, and try not to spill the water...

    I can't count the number of times I've used that example with folks...

  8. Are Private Lessons Legal?

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Last season, I was the recipient of some excellent coaching on-hill at a northern Utah ski area. Because this ski area, as well as ALL other Utah ski areas don't offer 'hard-booting, carving, racing, or alpine-style riding' lessons or coaching or anything related to this subject, I was forced to obtain coaching, lessons, from someone I hired to teach me.

    Just want to clarify that there ARE options in Utah for Alpine coaching / instruction (besides FAST - working with Chris K would be incredible...) Both The Canyons and Park City have qualified folks that can teach hardboot lessons (The Park City instructor being the most qualified.)

    Maybe what Mark meant is that there were no AFFORDBLE options. Firsthand knowledge from The Canyons is that if someone wants hardboot-specific instruction, they are required to book a full-day private. I'm not sure about Park City, but more than likely it is close to the same. Show up with hardboots to a group lesson expecting specfic instruction, and you'll get some blank stares. Due to the extremely small demand for hardboot specific instruction, it's also highly unlikely that an instructor with the gear and knowledge to teach alpine would actually have that gear readily available without prior warning either...

    Back to your normally scheduled "Bomberonline Court TV" programming...

  11. Colorado/Utah Locals, need resort advice

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Speaking of Utah (And probably CO. too) Conditions will be totally dependent on Mother Nature. There could be great snow, or there could not be great snow. As long as it's cold, there will be plenty of man-mad schtuff to ride on.

    As far as the City / Town is concerned in UT: If you stay in Salt Lake, you have access to 5 world-class resorts within a 20-30 minute drive (if you have a car) probably double the travel time if using public transit, but still the opportunity to hit all of those resorts. There are also two other resorts within those boundaries, but they don't allow snowboarding, so we won't mention them. Also within about an hour's drive from Salt Lake are 2 more excellent resorts to the North.

    If you stayed in Park City proper: Access to 2 resorts and all the distractions the girls could want, all easily accessible via public transit fairly quickly. (Again we won't mention "that" resor that doesn't allow our kind.)

    Also keep in mind that Salt Lake is around 20 minutes from the airport, and Park City about 40, so once you get off your flight, you're pretty much there - no long travel times to the resort.

  13. Utah Skate Sessions 2011

    in Summer Carving

    Posted

    Any sessions going down soon? Never tried the long boarding thing, and been years since I rode a skate board, but I'd love to get into this sport.

    Wouldn't mind coming and hanging out sometime.

    No big group sessions planned in the next little while. Martin is injured, and the hype has died down a lot. I still skate alone quite often...

    If you're on facecrack, check out the "Slalom Skateboarders of Utah" group:

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/groups/106052755249?ap=1

    A bit more activity / updates there...

  14. Sliding help

    in Summer Carving

    Posted

    ...if you are trying to slide a hard lipped wheel (like Zig Zags) speed is also going to be a greater requirement

    What Gecko said...

    You mentioned that your wheels are 80a. What type of wheels are they?

    I'm also just learning to slide. I haven't done any sliding on skateboards since the late 80's early 90's. Things have changed a tad since then. On my own boards I've slid 81a Abec11 Flashbacks and some crappy Kryptonics. On other folks boards I tried BigZigs, Otang Stims, Venoms, and I don't remember what else. So far my favorite is the Flasbacks. The BigZigs would SUCK to learn to slide on, especially if they were not well broken in.

    For me, when I initially learned to slide, it was easier to grab the board. I guess I just felt more connected or something. Now I'm getting so I'm able to do Colemans, and they're easier now that I've learned the grab-slides (whatever those are called.)

  16. Utah Skate Sessions 2011

    in Summer Carving

    Posted

    Session being planned for 6/5 beginning around 4:00 or 5:00 PM near Heber City.

    Some folks are planning on coming down from Utah's Great White North (Logan).

    PM me for directions or if you have questions.

    Also planning on some lunchtime skating this week if anyone is interested.

  20. Utah Skate Sessions 2011

    in Summer Carving

    Posted

    There are a group of us (some of whom are BOL members) who like to get together every now and then and carve some pavement in the warmer months of the year. Mostly slalom skating, but any type of skateboard is welcome.

    We'll be having a session in the South-West portion of the Salt Lake valley tomorrow evenging - 5/14. If anyone would like to join us, send me an email via BOL and I can get you the location and exact time. Plenty of gear to go around, so if you're interested at all, hit me up.

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  22. Show your oldies!

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Skully, you are 'da Man!. Nice knee drop and stylin' threads!!

    Mark

    Mark, don't be messin' with the Quicksilver shell, or I might have to pull out photos of the old Marker Wolf Mountain uniforms... :eek:

    (P.S. I wore the Quicksilver jacket today, in your honor....)

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