Any Skiers on the Forum?

[highfigh]

I used to ski, but now I'm one of those pot-smoking hoodlums with a snowboard you old ski fogies are always complaining about.

I'm stuck in the south east, so my ski options are fairly limited unless I drive a ways. The closest ski resort has 3 of 8 slopes open with a 10-15" base.

Complain about 'boarders? Nahhh! We just push them down, give 'em a face washing and shove snow down the neck of their sweater.

 

[malovich]

I've been skiing for 18 years, since I was 3. I learned at a little place in the extreme southwest of NY state called peek'n peak. I now work there as a ski instructor for the extra cash a college student needs. Vertical is a maximum of 360' with a max run length of about 3000'. I race NASTAR(username mal759) and ranked 14th fastest out of 424 racers last season there. I'm skiing Fischer Race SC skiis at 165cm long 14m radius.

 

[Geno]

Are those boots for alpine skiing or Telemark?

Since you mentioned Mammoth, is the legend true, about the Darwin Award winner who ripped a chunk of padding off of a tower and slid down the hill, ending by doing a face-plant into the same tower?

I'm strictly alpine, although Telemarking looks like something I'd love to learn. About Mammoth: I didn't hear about the face-planter, but a couple of years ago a couple of skiiers fell into a void that was emitting poisonous volcanic gasses - and died. The kicker was the ski-patroller who tried to rescue them died as well.
Since the lift-ticket price at Mammoth went to $80 last year, I chose not to go. Not to mention I'm allergic to poisonous volcanic gas.