Miguel Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 All along this year I've strived to get to a higher level of riding, meaning feeling comfortable on steeper runs. I was never really able to bleed off enough speed and stay in control. Through sheer determination I started staying lower, angulating more, switching edges sooner yada yada yada...you know the rest. Anyway, I finally reached the point where I'm able to actually carve uphill before ripping that mofo around sweeter than I ever knew possible. But that's not the real story. Something happened that had never happened before. I was layng out a sweet toeside turn, gettin'nice and low when when "It", happened.....I actually booted out!!!! Now normally booting out is not such a good thing but on this particular day old Miguel (closer to 60 than 55) was proud as a peacock! And let it be known that this didn't happen on soft Aspen corduroy but on East Coast Granite! I must confess that my rear boot (the one that hit) does hang over a tad but not that much. :) Anyway, I'm not really bragging or anything, just sharing the joy and letting everyone know that this has been my most rewarding season ever. I'm heading up to K-Town this weekend to round out the season. Everyone have a great end of season run. Miguel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derf Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Cool! I hope to get there soon, this is the next step for me in my progress (controling speed in the steeps). I'm working hard on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy D Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 I've made quite a bit of progress this year too, especially on steeps! Congratulations! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Yep, it's a cool feeling when you realize the you have to crank your angles higher because you're able to bring the board up so far. It must be the expert tune that you've been putting on your board. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fmwind Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Time to put that parachute back on while riding. Fred (from dinner at Okemo) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason_watkins Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 I know the feeling. I've barely gotten to ride this season, but I've had a few days where I was hitting a level of technique consideribly above what I thought I was capable of. I keep bummping above a breakover point where suddenly everything just starts working unconciously. It's frustrating because I don't think I'll be able to put in enough mileage in the season that remains to really push myself accross that breakover point permanantly. I'm going to have to rediscover some of this in the first few days of next season :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtslalom Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Way to go Miguel. I especially like the fact that you were on east coast hard pack (better known as ice). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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