^ Sweet video. She's showing those Jr Gotama's a good time!
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^ Sweet video. She's showing those Jr Gotama's a good time!
Great video storm day! How old are those girls?
The stoke of being a skier parent is mind blowing. My kid is so amped to ski every single day.
He went night skiing with dad last night and charged the slalom course with the race team top to bottom (not bad for a little 5 year old). Hooked his first gate with a great wipe out. He was so stoked talking about it. He's got the fever for sure. I love it.
Speaking of charging the snow berm, this is what happens after watching a MSP flick while I packed the car
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Big day. 4K with no break. Brings out the smiles. And the "Let's go, daddy!"
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Hopefully I can get him out one more day before the lifts close. Been a great season.
Awesome Chad!
11 and 8.Quote:
Originally Posted by scarlet begonias
The Jr Gotama has been a great ski for them. On both their ski teams, which are freeride/all mtn teams, almost all the kids are on Jr Gotama.
Owen and his buddy Jake tied for 3rd for the season overall in the Central Series U10
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I'll post some more in my Little Ripper thread
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Great stoke...Congratulations!
Nice Mike. Little ripper for sure.
I'm such a stoked father!
I got my 18 month old daughter out 3 days in a row on the magic carpet this past weekend. Here is a video of our last run of the day!
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I have been working on a very large project at work for the past 6 months which has been taxing on both my family and my skiing. It has gone beyond the work week and cut into many weekends with me working at home or being forced to do work travel over the weekends in order to be back in town for project meetings.
I finally realized that another winter had come and all but gone. Early on I had taken Anna up to Alta for a few "after 3:00" days; but, as winter pressed on, the month's have slipped by without any skiing. Not skiing with your kids DOES make you a terrible parent!
I was reflecting on this late one night and decided that I needed to take the next day off and not let anything stop me.
With Anna already asleep, I collected all her ski gear and clothes and laid them out nicely in the basement family room. I then tied a string around her bed post and ran it around the house in a maze ending at her gear downstairs with a note that said "Do you want to ski with me today? Mark yes or no".
She awoke the next morning to an awesome surprise. I would not be going into work. I then had her call my office to inform the secretaries. With the happiest little 7 year old voice she told them that her daddy couldn't come to work today because he was taking her skiing.
Each day can become pretty redundant and chunks of life can slip right by us if we are not careful. Days like this (calling off work and spending it with a loved one) are the moments that will remain with us forever. Sometimes we need to consciously create the moments that will stick out from the monotony of the daily grind ...even when work is so damn busy that we don't how it could be possible.
We skied at the Bird. On our second tram run, Anna veered off and headed down Primrose Path (black diamond) and slayed it with good turns. Awesome to follow your own little ripper as she chooses a decent steep all on her own and then gets after it.
There are no action shots to go with this story. The story and the idea of sometimes needing to work to create memories is the important part.
Posers on top of Hidden Peak:
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Apres Ski action ...which can be just as important as the skiing itself. Skiing is a lifestyle:
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I went to work the next day and sat in a 6 hour project meeting. It didn't matter to anyone in the room that I took the previous day off; but, it mattered to a 7 year old girl at home.
I hope you all get/make a chance to finish this season up right.
^^^^^ stoke!! Way to get after it, dad!
from the first real storm back on president's day
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not all falls are bad
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especially on a storm day
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Girls had a lot of fun at Keystone early April. First time taking all three girls on a trip out west. ..and we were there with another family with 2 girls too....man I need a boy dog. Attachment 154933
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^^nice^^
three girls? :eek: yikes
young Owen got a letter this week letting him know that he is the recipient of Dodge Ridge Race Team's 2013-2014 Bobby Rapp Memorial Scholarship
Bobby was the younger brother of a friend of mine who patrolled with me at DR a few years ago - Bobby was killed by a bomb in Afghanistan in 2008 - he was 22 - I never met him - the run we use for our GS race is named Bobby's Freedom Run after him - Bobby was a member of the DRRT from age 5 to 14
I'm quite proud of my little man, and we are honored to continue a fine tradition of young men skiing fast and taking chances.
Sgt. Rapp
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Congrats to Throwin' Owen!
And to Mom & Dad...
Congrats to Owen and the telemike family!
Last lift served turns of the season for my little one yesterday. She loved it. Can't wait for next year, when she learns how to rip.
Logan ended up with 22 days this year. Not bad for a 2 year old. Some days were short, some were longer, but they all kicked ass. Like Danno, I can't wait til next year when he starts to actually learn how to ski, stop, shred. 1 proud daddy!
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My 8yr old twin daughters skinning up to the top of the triple chair for an overnighter at Schweitzer last weekend.
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Originally Posted by acinpdx
mrs acinpdx & the boy framed it for father's day...pretty cool gift, I thought!Quote:
Originally Posted by uglymoney
Last ones of the year....
Mammoth over Memorial Day
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and Fathers Day at the Patch near Kirkwood...(first 'backcountry' day, ha)
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Great stoke!.... Thanks for posting.
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Originally Posted by acinpdx
And 666 killing it with the kid stoke as usual.
I posted this in photo of the day but it belongs here as well. From my phone this spring at the end of March - Sage was still 3 by a couple days and dropping Warpath at Chestnut. Wife is underneath her on the steep run.
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She's had no trouble translating her mad snowskiing skills to the water this summer now that she is 4.
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Hey, thats good fun….I have a 1 month old squealer in my lap…..pics like that are a long way away.
Young Owen's 8th birthday today. Rager starting to wind up.
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Piñata
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Hopefully this one can actually be broken by a child. The one I made last year was almost indestructible.
My girl is tearing it up behind the boat now.
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My 4 year old has no fear...
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Also got to let all the girls do some climbing for the first time when we picked our oldest up for camp
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Rope management was not the 4 year olds strength.
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That is a wonderful picture.
My son at 5 years old last winter
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& golfing this spring
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building a pair of skis for/with my son Teig 12.
cutting top sheets
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form
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spreading epoxy with son Max 15.
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in the press
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out of the press with lots of work left to do but fun to see shape and camber
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Can you be my dad?
That is awesome.
Thanks, yea I try and remind them how great I am but they see right through the b.s. It's been fun to have them take an interest in the shop now that it relates to something they crave.
Love this thread and the stoke that kids provide
Since my kids never took to snow sports, I rely on the young'uns at Oregon Adaptive Sports for my fix. My last lessons of the 2014 season were with Luke, below. He's 7 but due to an extra chromosome he cognates at about age 2. He'd never skied before, but by the end of the second day he could make wedge turns down the bunny runs with the tethers loose. His vocabulary generally consisted of "All Good", "Go Faster!", "AAAGGGHHH!" and the occasional "I ski by myself!". We tried to show him the difference between Pizza and French Fry, but he would just laughed and say "Chicken Nuggets". On the chair rides he would yell down at each person who had crashed, "Get Up! No sitting - you ski NOW!".
Towards the end of our last day while I was manning the tethers, he looked back and yelled "I ski by my..." and faceplanted. I had time to think "Don't crush the kid" before going over the top of him. Thanks to my ninja tumbling skillz the only contact was his helmet against my ribs.
Good times
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Right on Bob!
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Kid is also a fashion model. Mommy too.
I've been wearing a shit-eating grin this whole past week thanks to my 3 1/2 yo. Last winter was her first on skis and lessons and now that summer has taken an autumnal turn here she's been nagging me that shes "so anxious" for winter and skiing again and that she likes the winter best.
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Very cool. Do they now travel with an entourage?Quote:
Originally Posted by telemike
I still remember and laugh about O's "more ski school, less preschool" pronouncement
TGR Issued Junior skis with errr junior! Hoping to get him sliding around on the magic carpet last this upcoming season.
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Looking at the skier type thread, I'm wondering what's the general advice on the best overall winter with your first kid? He turns 1 in December, and crawling now but not walking yet. We've got the chariot with ski adapter, but not biking with him in it yet based on safety advice.
Coming from a couple that has lived near lifts for a long time and aren't afraid to tour, what's the best plan? I think we've already decided not to buy passes this year, maybe just 4 packs for our home mt. (bach), and if things work to do a little traveling, great. I can see low-angle touring with the backpack a little bit, but we're not going to do any real downhill with the backpack or bjorn. We've got fat XC gear for mostly off-trail or at least ungroomed.
Do we just get skate skis and embrace the chariot on groomers this year? Even think about looking for tiny skis for the little guy to play in? Consider gentle low-angle touring? We've had enough big days in our lives that we're more thinking long term and want him to have fun. And I'm sure we'll get a sitter for those few epic can't miss days.
Tons of useful info about this on here, but not a lot about that first winter, other than getting them to have fun in snow, a given.
at that age, I think skis for junior is silly.
You can do more than just skate with the Chariot, but we got the kindershuttle for more bc oriented touring (better than the Chariot for non-groomed, but more resistance on the groomed). We did plenty of xc touring, but didn't look for any turns. Mostly just relatively flat trails. I really think that "getting them to have fun in snow" is really all there is to winter at that age, and figuring out how you can have fun, whether it's touring, skating, or trading off so you can get some lift-served.
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Kindershuttle worked well for us. Might have one for sale soon.
Young hippy says high!
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