ski racing!

[quteasabutton]

so how many people on AF are actually into ski racing? wijara, nastar, high school, hmm what else. well i'm in wijara and race for cascade mountain in wisconsin and am on my high school team and sometimes do nastar. what are you guys all into?

[2.2 Straight six]

in going skiing next saturday! in in val dis ere (if that's how you spell it) for a week. saturday-saturday. im so excited..

[Steel]

I love skiing, but ive never raced. I think i'd be at least decent at it, because im always "that guy" at the mountain that is tucked and parallel skiing straight down as fast as humanly possible. Sucks to crash at those speeds though.
Haven't gone skiing yet this yer though... this winter has been kinda silly out east.

[BlueFusion6851]

I work at a ski-area.... I love to do the sunday Donut Race. They set up this Giant Slalom course and you go down as many times as you want and you get a coupon for 1 free donut. Pretty sweet.

[sv650s]

why did i know it was you who started this thread? i always wanted to ski or skateboard but i live in florida and it was brought to my attention that you can't ski on sand.

[2.2 Straight six]

Originally Posted by sv650s

why did i know it was you who started this thread? i always wanted to ski or skateboard but i live in florida and it was brought to my attention that you can't ski on sand.

actually that's not true at all. you can ski on sand. in fact in dubai you can go sandboarding and sand-skiing. you ski or board down sand dunes out in the desert.

[Oz]

I love watching all forms of ski racing - moguls, freestyle, slalom etc.

I love skiing myself with as many family and friends as I can rope in each year.

Unfortunately, a small monopolised industry makes skiing even more hideously expensive than usual in Australia. I try to get down multiple times per season (ski slopes are a 6 hour drive away).

I can't wait to go to Canada with my family and girlfriend for my third ski trip this December (Big White, Silver Star, Whistler, Fernie?).

We're planning a year travelling starting mid 2007 based around ski resorts.
My equipment: 2004 Volkl 724 170cm and 2004 Salomon Crossmax 10 w/ S710 bindings (both have a DIN of 8).

[speediva]

Man, I haven't been skiing in AGES.. okay, 2 seasons. This winter has sucked my BUTTHOLE!!! It's been like 50 and RAIN, which of course KILLS any powder the local resorts have actually gotten (not that it's much). I WANT SNOW. Oh, and I want new skis, too. I will just have to wait til the end of the season for clearance time to come.

[2.2 Straight six]

i've been to whistler and its great, i'd reccomend it any day. great slopes, great places to go, everything's great and the signposting ensures you'll never get lost there. it was blackcomb in whistler where i stayed. and that was a few years ago so i'm sure it's even better now.

[Oz]

I know.

Whistler Blackcomb: season 01, season 03 (and soon) season 07, well putting some turns in at least.

[skibum1111]

I raced in high school, occasionally run a nastar course, mostly do steep high speed runs with friends. High school racing was motivated too much by politics and it was something I didnt' want to get into.

[quteasabutton]

i'm so sad..this weekend marks the end of my high school racing. state meet in la crosse, wi. but i am happy that i got 12th on the all conference team and qualified as an individual to race at state. woot!

[skibum1111]

I leave for vacation in 2 weeks, 5 nights 6 days of skiing, and if we dont' get some snow up here soon its going to be 5 nights of partying and 6 days of hangover....

[quteasabutton]

heh i think all of wisconsin had a snowday today. it was frickin sweet. but i didn't get to go to race practice cuz 1) roads were too shitty 2) too windy to race cuz brr, that's just too cold

[2.2 Straight six]

had heavy snow in france. had a crap journey back from Val D'isere back to geneva. skiing was worth it though. falling over is fun. i ever took part in other winter sports, like jumping out the hotel window into the snow...