I don't believe you've met Glen Plake

[skimoore]

Never skied with him, but definitely have seen him quite a few times at the 'wood....

[Johnny Sicline]

I thought RSN's Reel Thrills created Glen Plake? You're telling me he skied or something before this?

[Art Shirk]

I have a little disagreement with a friend of mine about the potential length of those skis in the first pic (the elusive standing mutegrab). Anyone care to enlighten me with their thoughts.

In response to the disagreement, I received this from my buddy...

[Dside11-11]

My cousin and I saw Plake a few years back at Killington in the early season. From my impression of him as a kid, I expected him to be 9 feet tall. I was disappointed that he was only about 5'9" - 5'10".

[Pierre LeCouloir]

I've never met the man, but I saw him at Mammoth at the end of last season, and he was ripping it up on skinny K2s that had to be 210s.

[Showtime06]

met him in 1996 i think when i was 6 or something... signed my poster "Dear Todd, Don't eat yellow snow" -Glen Plake-

I still have the poster in my college dorm

[The Suit]

met him in 1996 i think when i was 6 or something... signed my poster "Dear Todd, Don't eat yellow snow" -Glen Plake-

I still have the poster in my college dorm

Did you eat yellow snow?

[Flexon Phil]

I was disappointed that he was only about 5'9" - 5'10".

I actually thought he would be shorter, like 5'5"-6" or so.

I have a little disagreement with a friend of mine about the potential length of those skis in the first pic (the elusive standing mutegrab). Anyone care to enlighten me with their thoughts.

In response to the disagreement, I received this from my buddy...

They are K2 Xtremes IIRC the longest they were available were 207 or 208's, knowing what I know of Plake, they are the longest that were available.

[Art Shirk]

I actually thought he would be shorter, like 5'5"-6" or so.


They are K2 Xtremes IIRC the longest they were available were 207 or 208's, knowing what I know of Plake, they are the longest that were available.

grassy ass phil

[Showtime06]

Did you eat yellow snow?

I think it might've been too late...

[4matic]

I've seen Plake many times at Heavenly and Kirkwood. Always a monster smile.

I'm wondering what you all think of Jonny Mosely. To me, that guy has done more for skiing than anyone since Jean-Claude Killy. He turned the table on snowboarding as the cool way to slide. Jmo..

[Flexon Phil]

I've seen Plake many times at Heavenly and Kirkwood. Always a monster smile.

I'm wondering what you all think of Jonny Mosely. To me, that guy has done more for skiing than anyone since Jean-Claude Killy. He turned the table on snowboarding as the cool way to slide. Jmo..

Jonny came up huge in Nagano, thats for sure. No one has done more for skiing than Plake though.

[ANON-505]

In 1993 (ish...'92, 94?) Plake did the "down home tour"...it was a tour of America's smallest 50 ski resorts. I think it was his wife and his honeymoon. I also think it was a K2 thing.

We didn't know this, and one day at Boston Mills ski resort, we see this guy (mohawk was not up) r i p p i n g the bumps up on our 250' bump run at our little hill in Ohio. He was taking lap after lap, and we were completely opposite, watching this unknown (which is almost impossible in OH) skier just kill our bumps from the chairlift. Then, he took a massive yard sale. like....huge.

A little while later a bunch of our friends came out of the lodge telling us the Glen Plake was in the 'loft' (the upstairs area where us bad kids hung out) signing autographs. He signed my skis (not k2 verticals, dynastars...ummm...the pink ones). We totally hung out with him all night, played mini basketball and took runs in the rain, then back inside for more mini baksetball.

it was so fucking rad! I was like 13 years old, and he was totally all of our idols. He had a great time hanging out with us, and was just psyched to be out skiing, even in ohio, on ice bumps in the rain!