Jarcode Posted January 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2023 Day 34, Manning Another easy day, went a bit longer this time, and managed to carve a lot more. Still taking it very easy, but my flexibility has already improved a lot over yesterday. Working on really leaning into my heel side and staying straighter, since my usual posture is not exactly comfortable right now. Had a 2.5 hour private lesson today, all bunny hill shenanigans. Tested my patience a bit, but we persevered. Still cutting the day short to stop myself from doing something stupid freeriding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 21, 2023 Report Share Posted January 21, 2023 A dry morning turned into a spectacular pow day. I had a bit of time to ride, aside from usual Saturday morning "floating trainer" duties. Few laps with Patrick. Tony and windsurfing crew were spotted too. I was still on the ElDiablo. Just because. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarcode Posted January 22, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2023 Day 35, Manning Riding harder today, I can really feel the shocks in my back on heel side carves... really focusing on leaning into the turn and avoiding any flexion of the lower back. Kicked up the forward lean on my front foot a bit, it was clearly too straight before. Feeling better the more I ride, which is a good sign. Rode the WCRM today instead of the bastard, I feel like I can trust the edge hold on it a lot more. The bastard is also getting even more epoxy repairs now, this plank is unlikely to survive the season. No lessons today, just got some talks with the club out of the way and put myself on availability for walk-ins. Excellent carving conditions. Steady light snow through the day, cleared up at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 23, 2023 Report Share Posted January 23, 2023 Good snow, poor vis. I wasn't feeling it today, left early from our L4 training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin of Beagle Posted January 24, 2023 Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 Foggy and flat light in the morning. BlueB spotted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 25, 2023 Report Share Posted January 25, 2023 Compact moisture laden snow, very grippy. No crowds. On and off visibility. Instructor sessions. No "customers" in the am, so I joined the park group. Ethan and Levi joined the carving fun in the pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarcode Posted January 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2023 Was a really productive session. My carving felt a lot better than usual, partially thanks to my injury which was punishing my bad habits, and the rest was due to @BlueB's training. This is why I continue to make the trek out to Cypress. Lessons were really fun. Students that I started the program with seemed happy to see me again, and apparently they were asking for me! Ran into Ray in the middle of my lesson, who seemed surprised I was teaching on hardboots. If the conditions are nice next Tuesday, I may join for both the morning and afternoon carving sessions. After the long drive back to Manning and unpacking, I'm still awake at 2AM, so I'm going to sleep now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarcode Posted January 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2023 Day 37, Manning Three lessons: one large school group at the start, two staff lessons afterwards. Enjoyed a little bit of freeriding, had a low-speed fall on the flats where I hooked my nose unexpectedly and slightly folded it. Not sure what I did wrong but I'm operating on insufficient sleep and too much caffeine, so I just called it after that. Back is surprisingly fine, front ankle sore because the cuff plastic dug into it on the fall again. Annoying, since I seem to keep doing this by accident. Going to keep taking it easy just in case. Otherwise, the carving is incredible. Was greeted with extra snow when I returned, and hero groom conditions in the morning. Way better than the mush at Cypress (although that was carvable mush). The training from @BlueB yesterday is paying off, my toe side feels completely different now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarcode Posted January 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 Day 38, Manning Three lessons again, two very fun school group lessons... quite advanced! Got two kids carving, which was good to see. So much improvement out of these returning students. One private staff lesson afterwards, also fairly fast progression for a beginner. Helped the short-handed ski patrol with sweep. Snow was excellent in the morning, visibility was "variable" (far from Cypress fog). Showboated around the CSIA and CASI L1 courses running today. More tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 (edited) We started a new staff session, tonight. 5 people showed up. It would be an ongoing thing from now on. Moist, but carvable snow. Vis so-so... I'm back on 3800 - Ethan "confiscated" my Vertigo Edited January 27, 2023 by BlueB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roch Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 The Burton 3 straps also saw their final day on snow lucky they had 3 straps so one could hold on. Sadly the Burton lifetime warranty only applys to bindings made post 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Frozen washboard everywhere, in the am, except Sky Chair! It got better later, though... cried was quite big too. My student left early, I spent the rest of the day exploring around. Eventually I've settled on riding moguls down the Ripcord. VSR and ElDiablo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarcode Posted January 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Day 39, Manning Today, we had a school trip that required "guides" for all of their students, so all of the instructors were taking on a slightly different role today. Mostly assessing skill level, and showing people around terrain. We were getting both skiers and snowboarders in our groups. There was chaos involved in trying to get people in the appropriate skill levels. Lots of bored advanced snowboarders in my group waiting for others, although I did finally manage to shed some students in the morning to let them have some fun in the powder. I had to teach some rudimentary skiing (wedge turns, coming across the hill to control speed, weighting the downhill ski). There were some students mistakenly put into my group that shouldn't have been with me, and I had to improvise some instruction to get them down the hill safely. It seemed to work, but helping skiers put on their skis on a steep slope is not pleasant. In the afternoon, my group grew to 11 people! Thankfully we shed some students later, and were left with some faster riders. One of my snowboarders slowly slid off a cat track into a treewell and got stuck... no injuries, but I guess that's why we're guiding them around. Snow was excellent today. We got a bunch of snow and there was powder to explore in the morning, hardpack will be great tomorrow after another round of grooming. Most of the students were Cypress regulars, and they were happy to ride on something soft. Some of the snowboarders were afraid to commit to their riding because they're not used to being able to trust the snow! There was a bit of unrelated drama at the end of the day. Left me in a foul mood.@BlueB glad to see you're getting a lot of use out of that AMT I traded you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Yeah, it's nice for teaching. So soft, it starts to carve on greens without going Mach2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarcode Posted January 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Day 40, Manning Today's weather was the most erratic I've ever seen. From blizzard to sunny within five minutes, clouds clashing overhead leading to a lot of surprise snowfall. Conditions were excellent through the day, good carving, but the grooming took a considerable drop in quality. I was getting airtime carving up featherstone due to the ridges. My schedule was surprisingly light today, so I ended up booking a ski lesson after morning carving. Got to parrallel turns pretty fast, lifting up the inside ski... not quite sure what to do with the poles. Lots of things to think about at once. Had an extremely fun private lesson with a new kid today. Got an incredible amount of progress, and had his parents tag along on the final run... they were in shock with how much his riding had changed! Looks like I'll be seeing him again. Today feels like I'm back to normal flexibility. My carving feels really good now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 Another full day in the Smurf uniform... Floating between groups in the am, then an unexpected private request in the pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarcode Posted January 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Day 41, Manning It got a bit cold today, started at about -20C in the morning, but the sun came out and made for a really nice bluebird day. The grooming and hardpack was perfect, extremely grippy snow. I had a lot of free time to carve in the morning, and just kept going over and over. Pure bliss. Some free ski instructors joined in on the carving fun with me. Had a lot of comments about my equipment today... Two lessons in the afternoon, one public, one staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Sunny, cold day at Cypress, lots of MMP. L4 training session and a bit of filming. 3800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Mixed bag of conditions, but I guess pretty decent pm conditions, for Cypress. A ripping session with instructors 2 alpine boards and 2 softboot setups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarcode Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 @BlueB Thanks for the training! More stuff to work on... Lots of snow during the drive back to Manning, but it got progressively lighter the more I drove inland. I'm really sleep deprived, ended up hallucinating a snowboarder on the highway and swerved out of the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarcode Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Day 43, Manning@roch and his brother come out to Manning to get a taste of our perfect carving conditions. Clear visibility with breaks of sun, our usual high-quality grooming, and grippy snow for carving. Featherstone was groomed really nicely today. One school group lesson, and one no-show. Pretty much a full day of freeriding. Made an effort to practise what we were training on yesterday, it really helped in the steeps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BlueB Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Looks like you guys had fun at Manning. I'll try to join next time. We had a pretty good training day at Whistler too. Not stellar snow, but better than Cypress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarcode Posted February 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Day 44, Manning Today we were operating in the red; no school groups today, and only 17 tickets sold online at the start of the day. The resort was dead, AGS went to skeleton crew mode and I had no lessons booked. The thing is, it was a clear blue bird day with the same excellent grippy snow, all freshly groomed... Naturally, I rode with a bunch of staff (mostly on skis) and went until my legs and knees started to get sore. We were riding orange streak over and over, and I was leaving my signature trenches. Eventually one of my coworkers started to complain about them, and then patrol complained about my tracks! We got some clips today, camera's HDR decided to malfunction though so they're all going to come out with an annoying blue tinge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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