trent Posted January 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 nice triple crown! thanks for coming out to play. wish i could've stayed longer. -trent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott.Creer Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 It was really nice this morning on 7. Almost blew right past trent after he snowed me with his skis. Sorry Trent, didn't realize it was you at first and with head phones in I was ignoring the world. I stopped to help out a downed skier at the bottom of 7, told the lift operator to call patrol for the snowmobile. 7-8 minutes later a patroller came on skis, and radioed for the snowmobile. 10-15 minutes after that the snow mobile came (probably playing rock paper scissors in the shack to determine who had to put their boots on to help). The woman was holding her knee (which she had previously injured). The patroller on the snowmobile then started pulling out the splint, and was having trouble figuring out how to size it, so I explained it to him how to adjust it. After fumbling with the splint he and the other patroller put the splint on upside down, and did not put any support below the knee to keep it in the bent position the woman wanted it in. I casually mentioned "the splint is upside down guys," and "you might want to put batting under the knee to support it." Which they replied "I did that on purpose." They then tried to help the woman into the sled, without holding the injured knee. When they picked her up, "ouch!". They then let her down, and she slid on her but into the toboggan. So happy I am not a part of this any more, although I am slightly worried if these two patrollers come to my rescue. I think I might request Bonzo save me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 locks? necessary?? <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LhHx5lKLOQULJyEmBAnUGMgklddK1gPjhHgSXz5aCew?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P1MYTSXC5l0/TxN9CzKARKI/AAAAAAAAG-g/Zr_ZHcLOK9g/s640/IMG_5228.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/trentj02/HostingPicts?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCP2ZgLOer5aSKw&feat=embedwebsite">hosting picts</a></td></tr></table> saw the monoskis in the rack again yesterday. but the best part was when i saw someone take one out. i was on skis with my 5 yr old, and i go over to the guy as he's getting in line for the lift and say, "cool! is that a carving snowboard?". :D i get a scowl and this reply, "no. it's a monoski.". at which point i couldn't keep a straight face anymore and told him i was kidding. it still made my day to see the look on his face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Snow guns running everywhere except 1 and 2. Afton is making snow as fast as they can. Didn't wax with extreme polar, felt like I was boarding on sandpaper. Most disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 powell1.8, scott.creer, mrs.creer, and i rode in the mist/sleet/fog this morning. the light super sucked! couldn't see much, but the trenches helped with the definition. if i could see & follow a trench, i was ok. if there were no marks, i was borked and got slammed. repeatedly. but the snow was great. just couldn't see it. 2, 7, and easy 12 were all good. 16 was good for a few runs, but then we seemed to find all the loose snow. eventually, the goggles were icing up by the bottom of a run. fun times. we all left by noon. my ice jacket. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jqfcrBdLxEvEfTcZjiyKFsgklddK1gPjhHgSXz5aCew?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KO-JCpQVNxk/Txxvj4Py4rI/AAAAAAAAG_c/AmYXXvorqE0/s640/IMG_2120.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/trentj02/HostingPicts?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCP2ZgLOer5aSKw&feat=embedwebsite">hosting picts</a></td></tr></table> see y'all weds! -trent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 <table style="width:auto;"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> saw the monoskis in the rack again yesterday. but the best part was when i saw someone take one out. i was on skis with my 5 yr old, and i go over to the guy as he's getting in line for the lift and say, "cool! is that a carving snowboard?". :D i get a scowl and this reply, "no. it's a monoski.". at which point i couldn't keep a straight face anymore and told him i was kidding. it still made my day to see the look on his face. Saw two members of the ski and ride school sporting the peculiar "sliding devices" Sunday at 4:30 PM on the top of 7. Following Trent's lead, I skated up to them and said "cool snowboards." I got a chuckle out of one, the other was not amused. This is a fun game that you invented, Trent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 snow was great this morning. they're blowing snow on 2, but it didn't take away too much riding space. 2, 7, and 16 were all good. 12 looked like it might be a few days before it's open. lifts covered in snow, and big mounds on the run. see y'all tomorrow! -trent @bonzo, that's hilarious. i take it you were in your ski patrol gear too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 snow was great this morning. they're blowing snow on 2, but it didn't take away too much riding space. 2, 7, and 16 were all good.12 looked like it might be a few days before it's open. lifts covered in snow, and big mounds on the run. see y'all tomorrow! -trent @bonzo, that's hilarious. i take it you were in your ski patrol gear too. I was the last one down 2 to tonight. Will be the first one down tomorrow. With grooming, it will be an epic day tomorrow. Yes, I was in uniform while having fun with our "front stance snowboarders". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 much better at afton, than it is at welch. yes, the light still sucked, but there isn't the hard, bumpy ice under the soft snow. and the snow is fast! and wet. chair 7 was good. chair 2 wasn't running, but they had 1 and 3 running. 1 was ok, but some invisible bumps at the top. 2 was pretty good if you remembered to go to the right lift after your run. nobody was on 2 due to the lack of lift. actually, there was hardly anyone anywhere due to the crappy weather we're having. come on winter! show yourself!!! :D -trent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 not so fun. soft groom over ice. could carve, but only standing upright. no aggressive riding made it to the bottom of the hill today. probably could've skied, but didn't want to be some sort of wussy who can't carve on crappy conditions:p received a call on the hill, this was the message. "i carve better than you!!!! i ski better than you!!!!". after that, i headed straight to the car. been crying ever since. why are people so mean? -trent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 here's what happened on chair 7 when i tried to actually carve. yes, mystery caller, you CAN carve better than me. but can you chatter better than me?! oh, and this happened both runs. at the same tower! i thought i was going to hit it the second time. after that, no more aggressive riding. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sZ2w6uLsRTTOVlqqI6zc_8gklddK1gPjhHgSXz5aCew?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5eq6VwPZCY8/Ty3rxTZToQI/AAAAAAAAHQo/7Pi_EIVXrl0/s640/IMG_2137.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/trentj02/HostingPicts?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCP2ZgLOer5aSKw&feat=embedwebsite">hosting picts</a></td></tr></table> -trent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 One of those times when the expression "it is what it is" is appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted February 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 started the day at afton. i was a little worried it'd still be soft snow, over ice. it wasn't! had chair 2 to myself for 3 runs. then there were a whopping 4 people on it. tried to do a figure 8 before others wrecked the hill with sliding. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fONa7dvCgQu-rUGBKYwPi8gklddK1gPjhHgSXz5aCew?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6HUGB53PnOI/TzCEd1iSTYI/AAAAAAAAHRc/MlcVh4Poarw/s640/IMG_2158.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/trentj02/HostingPicts?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCP2ZgLOer5aSKw&feat=embedwebsite">hosting picts</a></td></tr></table> moved to chair 7 for a bit. it too was excellent. practiced for the next time bobble wants someone to try and jump the camera. yes, i think i'll break his camera too. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xgSJOuACPbK0sZcSEFdlr8gklddK1gPjhHgSXz5aCew?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0GM-Dc_CK_A/TzCEdj5zkXI/AAAAAAAAHRY/1W5q6fv2K34/s640/IMG_2181.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/trentj02/HostingPicts?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCP2ZgLOer5aSKw&feat=embedwebsite">hosting picts</a></td></tr></table> took off after a couple hours for some nicotine. -trent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted February 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 it was better than expected today. a little crunchy, but carveable. i was mostly on chair 7 and 2. lots of school buses, and lots of kids who actually could ski. unusual. chair 2 was a little crowded with the tues race league and this - it's the event where all the ski shops get to see and try out next years gear. too bad there wasn't a carve board to be seen. i talked to some of the reps, and it's all super fat skis! yuck! riding up with one of the shop guys, he couldn't wait to get rid of the huge skis he was demoing. seems to be the trend, even though they're made for powder, not groomers. not many "carving" skis in the mix. the tents will be there again tomorrow too, and some regional race is happening on thursday. -trent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerg Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Section 5 High School race on Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 went to afton. conditions were decent. parked over at chair 7. snow was good. trent showed up and went to chair 2. the bowl had powder. got to chair 2 and they had gates set up. snow was soft down the center. we did a several runs. i kept falling over on heelside, blowing up the cord and just making a mess of things. too soft. went to chair 6 (?) and were trying to do toe-side turns off the wall. did that for awhile. trent was trying for heel-side euros on the bottom. we put on a good show. went to chair 7 and it was busy with ski patrollers doing that thing where they drag a sled down the hill and yell turns. i don't get it... if i'm injured i want the quickest way down the hill. just hook it up to an ATV or snowmobile. did a few runs there and left for the highlands. chair 15 was a bit much for me. i was riding the rossi and the run felt a narrow. played in the highlands for awhile. trent had to get rolling so went back to the cars. i took my donek out for awhile. felt strange riding it. very stiff and lots of vibration. eventually went back to chair 15. on my second run i blew a toe-side and chattered hard. some how i had snow up my rear leg and inside my boot. not sure how that happened. at the bottom i went to clear the snow out of the cuff of the boot. after i rebuckled my boot felt loose. i looked again and found one of the black straps was almost cracked in half. it was ready to come apart. i nursed the board back to the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 This snow is too soft. This snow is too hard. This snow is juuuussssst right! I finally figured it out; bobble was Goldilocks in a previous life :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 2/14/12 Total hero snow under 7 tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 2-16-12 Deep trenches were evident under 7 still at 6PM. Nice job Trent. This was the final night of practice with the ski patrol candidate before their big test on Sunday. That means you will have to waint until next year until we do some serious pushing of snow downhill. Also, there is a big USSA race at Afton on Sunday. Racers will be inspecting the course before 8 AM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D. Posted February 17, 2012 Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 USSA race at Afton Saturday 2/18 also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted February 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) 2-16-12Deep trenches were evident under 7 still at 6PM. Nice job Trent. hopefully the ski racers liked them under 2 as well. snow was excellent on 2 and 7 yesterday morning. highlands was too soft from all the sun. hopefully it wasn't too soft by the time you were there. and from the welch thread.... never go to the back bowl! it's always junk! USSA race at Afton Saturday 2/18 also. ugh. i'm there with parker for d-team all day. looks like i'll be stuck in highlands. i think i'll bring a book too. thanks for the heads up on the weekend events boys. -trent Edited February 17, 2012 by trent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted February 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 busy! chair 1 and 2 were covered in ussa racing. chair 3 and 7 with d-team. ski jammers were also in attendance. i was able to squeeze in a few runs on 7 with the d-team, but the lift line bothered me. headed back to the highlands to see if it was less busy. chair 16 had gates too! argh! saw bonzo 2 planking it, and proceeded to show him proper crashing and chattering technique. it was loose snow over ice in the highlands. made one run, chatted with bonzo until the radio called him to save someone, then headed back to 7 and the bowl. tried skiing after lunch. meh. lines still sucked everywhere. didn't last long. got out the camera, and tried to take some pict of our daughter skiing. sunday is supposed to be much of the same with ussa and d-team. d-team doesn't start until 12 on sunday, so you might get a few hours in the morning before everything has gates on it. -trent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 2-18-12 & 2-19-12 On Saturday, saw Trent and chatted on 16. In his defense, snow was unstable for serious one planking. Loose on top, bulletproof below. Skis were a wise choice for me. Sunday, the conditions were similar. They were less than great for carving, but ideal for slide slipping. Perfect for the 13 Ski Patrol Candidates demonstrating their toboggan handling skills to the examiners. All passed. Snow is coming along with warmth. I predict the snow should improve this week. Or maybe I am optimistic since I get the last run at Afton on Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 2-21-12 Mardi Gras brought fast snow. It was well rutted by 6 PM. Groomers have a lot of work to do. Had to encourage a few soft booters to take their last run. Somehow the lack of running lifts or lights wasn't enough of a hint. Must have been a Mardi Gras thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted March 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 yuck! only made 4 runs, then left. way, way too soft. snow would not hold any type of aggressive carve. not even semi-aggressive. days like this, it's good to have a season pass! -trent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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