Self Portraits?

[esh]

Me shooting some critters

 

[Pskhaat]

As per upcruiser's reply:

While old fashioned "straight skis" which had little side cut could carve turns, great leg strength was required to generate the enormous pressure necessary to flex them into a curved shape for carving...

Ha! Scot Schmidt taught me a few things in Red Lodge. Anyway, I had a crazy coach who had some 2x4s where he mounted some strapped Look bindings. Every year he would race all of us who thought our shiny new Dynastars with the cool red anti-vibe bulb on the tip would be fast. He won every time. Lesson learned: it ain't the equipment, its the skier.

A few other things he'd do:

• First 4 weeks of training we could not buckle our ski boots,
• During free ski he'd confiscate 1 ski (first 4 weekends sucked with the loose boots too) and poles,
• He'd dull/round the edges until races (or if you forgot to sharpen and you had to race at Howelson, life blew).
• Taught that the further back you were on the skis and the more out-of-control then the faster you were.

"If you look fast you feel fast, if you feel fast you go fast, if you go fast, chicks dig ya'."

 

[nwoods]

• First 4 weeks of training we could not buckle our ski boots,

Man, that's tough! I used to ski, a lot. One year I was fortunate enough to hit Squaw Valley after 6' of freshness the day before. It happended to be my wedding day (that the snow fell), and I was totally thinking about almost nothing but the slopes! My fiance would not allow me to ski until after I said I Do so that I would not have the risk of being in a cast as I hobbled down the aisle (so to speak). So next day, thusly encumbered with the new wife, I was freed to hit the slopes. I had dreamed about skiing Tahoe my entire life, but this was my first opportunity.

There is a run at Squaw whose name I cannot recall, but its a double black diamond, that is only open once in a great while. That day I was there was the first time it had opened in 3 years! Just a series of sharp kick turns as you plunged down a tree lined rock chute.

So I kicked out and over the cornice and fell about 15 times. I was starting to think I really sucked and did not belong, when I pulled up my pants leg and realized my boot buckles were undone. No wonder I had no control! One of the best days of my life, for many reasons.

I can't imagine running a slalom course unhinged.

 

[Taz]

From Mc Cullough Pass south of Las Vegas, NV

 

[adventureduo]

I posted this pic a couple years ago... but someone just PM'd me with it... so why not bring it back for a encore LOL

 

[kcowyo]

Who is your friend with the Newcastle?

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[adventureduo]

Keebler the beer buddy, i mean Elf. LOL

 

[Every Miles A Memory]

These were taken of me while watching a local mountain bike race in the small town of Ascuncion in Baja Mexico.

The photographer was Diane Trotter just to give her full credit. The little kids loved having their pictures taken and shown what they were doing and Diane captured the moment perfectly

 

[tdesanto]

These were taken of me while watching a local mountain bike race in the small town of Ascuncion in Baja Mexico.

The photographer was Diane Trotter just to give her full credit. The little kids loved having their pictures taken and shown what they were doing and Diane captured the moment perfectly

That looks like a great experience.

 

[Every Miles A Memory]

That looks like a great experience.

It was really cool and dispite all the media on how rough Mexico is right now, we're already planning on heading back down.

Probably the nicest bunch of people we've ever met in our lives. Running the guantlet of the border is a bit scary, but once you're past Ensenada, you're in a whole nother world, and a beautiful one at that

 

[Lost Canadian]

It was really cool and dispite all the media on how rough Mexico is right now, we're already planning on heading back down.

Probably the nicest bunch of people we've ever met in our lives. Running the guantlet of the border is a bit scary, but once you're past Ensenada, you're in a whole nother world, and a beautiful one at that

Almost everyone I hear from who gets into the heart of Mexico says the same thing, it's refreshing to hear a real account from a real person. That's probably why I try to avoid mass media for my news.

Great shots!

 

[adventureduo]

Unicat :drool:

 

[Overland Hadley]

Unicat :drool:

Your next rig?

 

[adventureduo]

I wish!!... cant afford $650k right now, maybe next week! _yeah right LOL!

 

[upcruiser]

Picture from yesterday, on the northern end of a frozen Lake Michigan.