Where did you learn to ride?
I have to give most of the credit to Tyrol Basin, WI. That and a few summers at Mt. Hood.
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Where did you learn to ride?
I have to give most of the credit to Tyrol Basin, WI. That and a few summers at Mt. Hood.
Breck n Key stoner
Willard Mountain, NY
PCMR and Bellayre, NY
Frog Island Park, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Saddleback, ME, and Val d'Isere, France.
Lake Louise AB.
Hyland Hills and Buck Hill
Crystal Mountain and White Pass Washington.
seven springs PA
Now that i live out west, i will probably never, ever ski back east again except to teach my kids how to ski in like 20 years.
as a wee lass: Killington and other North Jersey Hills edited to say: Vernon Valley, Bitches! 10 minutes from my place of birth
as a teen: Copper, Keystone and small southeast hills
present day: Mammoth & June Mountain
Val D'Isere, jesus I hated French ski school
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Originally Posted by couloirman
I 2nd SS. It seemed like the shit when I was growing up. We used to just lap Stowe before they started letting skiers in the park.
Mt Spokane. Oh yeah. And singing Journey and Loverboy on the chairlift.
Bradford, MA
Winning times for high school GS races (using full vert of the hill) were under 20 seconds...
Then Sunday River and da 'loaf...
ski roundtop in central pa
Perisher-Blue, NSW, Australia.
Our hills do not compare at all to the 'real-mans' mountains you guys have to enjoy!
Poconos:
Jack Frost
Camelback
Blue Mt.
Loving the east-coast-crap-tinyplace representation here...
Copper Mountain is where I learned to ski.
In bed with your mom, JONG.Quote:
Originally Posted by turfsk8r
2nd......used ta' teach there.Quote:
Originally Posted by turfsk8r
Been back recently?
Now that's some good shitQuote:
Originally Posted by Viva
Alpental and Ski Acres
Don't stop believin, hold on to that feelin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schmear
Then,
Turn me loose. I gotta do it my way.
Thanks Schmear. 2/3 of a Trifecta. You left out Foreigner,
you Juke Box Hero.
No Ass - Snoqualmie Pass WA
Good call. Those indeed are the three.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mofro261
from age 2-6 Copper and birthoud
from age 6+, Loveland
London Mountain, British Columbia
hah try finding that on a map.
Heh.
"I search for friends on Chair 2 while Dad clocks in to teach at the ski school. I lap Northwest Passage most of the morning, bouncing in and out of the trees to catch air off of small jumps. I'm reckless, invincible in my grey stretch pants, blue-padded wool sweater, and mirrored I-Ski sunglasses. Everyone's watching, to see what you will do...
"I burn through bumps and exit onto the cat track, burning a hard right, knees low, skis fully on edge. Everyone's lookin' at you, oh...
"I weave around others on the track, easily the fastest skier ever, and take a sudden, hard left-hand turn (the crowd roars its elated surprise!) and launch off the edge of the track into suspended animation. Everyone's wondering, will you come out tonight?
"I hang in the air for minutes, at least. Slow-motion, weightless, flying. The dream. Everybody's goin' off the deep end...
"I cannonball into the corn snow in a spray of white fireworks (again the crowd!) and stick the steep landing, then point 'em straight to the base of Chair 3 with lights and sirens blazing behind me. You wanna piece of my heart, better start from the start. I'm twelve years old. I'm totally on fire. You wanna piece of the show, c'mon baby let's go! "
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Originally Posted by Schmear
i still ski like a twelve year old. and i still ski at stevens pass. though i have to give my four years at baker a bit of props.
Stowe, Vt. until age 12, then we started traveling
nice to see some other seven springs skiers.... go lars skylling!!! somebody was telling me that they're most likely going to get one of the few casino/slots licenses that are going to be made available in PA. can you imagine that place with gambling? i always knew 'der was a reason why dey called dat lake up 'ere lake tahoe, n'at. yew know da el-evation of lake tahoe is 2,992ft? git ahhht!!
Red Lodge, MT
Eldora. Passes were cheap and the bus ride was 2.50 each way. One year I must have skiied there 60 times. Not much of a mountain by colorado standards though.
When did you teach there? I taught there for half a season they fired me for doing jumps while on call. What a joke? If they want to tell me what to do they better be paying otherwise piss off. I still have to give don and sue props for everything they did for snowboarding in the midwest. I started the snowboard team at Cascade back in 2003. That was the last season I was home. Now I'm out in CA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pow4Brains
Seven Springs as well. I'd like to go back sometime just to see what it's like now that I've been out west for 5yrs.
Saw there were a few peps from Cooper and Brick. They are in my top ten right now. I have had some of my best days riding at Cooper. The scene there rules lots of good riders pushing it.
pennsyltuckians representing. remember first time i went to 7 springs after skiing roundtop and thinking it was huge. oh to be young and uninformed.
Age 3-11:
Big Birch (now called Thunder Ridge) in Brewster, NY
Butternut in Great Barrington, MA
Age 11+:
Killington
Stowe