I am not a pro boarder. In fact I am a very late fan of the sport. This is more a diary than anything else, although comments and suggestions are appreciated. I'm going to try to keep track of how I do (and what I do) from season to season; what works and what fails; and how I improve over time.
Double Meh
Posted 03-07-2013 at 07:26 PM by Donutz
I had taken today off because my wife was supposed to be going skiing with her school (grade 7 ski lessons). Unfortunately wife has had the flu so couldn't go, but I still had the day off...
Well, the first disappointment is that the Seymour park crew still hasn't rebuilt the beginner jump line. Just 3 pathetic rollers. They had plenty of time of course to rebuild the Young Guns jumps for yet another competition.
So that's it. I'm done with Seymour. They obviously don't give a crap about beginners, so fuck'em. Unfortunately, as my wife has pointed out, Cypress is a zoo on weekends. Also, as I found out checking the website, the seasons pass for the 3 of us would be $1700+ if we bought it before April 15th and $2300+ if we bought it later. I think what I need to do is go on a weekend and see what it's really like. Or just post a question on the forum, I guess.
Anyway, rant done. Now about the day. There was some new snow -- not a lot, but enough to make turning feel somewhat controlled. I actually hit some new highs. I started riding down the steep sections to the right on upper Northlands. I've always eyed them from the chair, but they always looked just a bit too steep. So today, I finally hit that. Especially the part that dumps down into lower Friendly, which was completely untouched -- until I touched it.
I also spent several runs going into the Pete's Run trees. Finally figured out how to go heel/toe/heel/toe dependably in tight quarters. I think that's a skill that's going to pay off in several areas.
I did Noel's a couple of times, but didn't do well. Kept washing out heelside. I think I should try to watch a couple of people handle Noel's properly, then try to duplicate it.
All in all, not a bad day considering. But I'm pretty pissed right now with Seymour.
Well, the first disappointment is that the Seymour park crew still hasn't rebuilt the beginner jump line. Just 3 pathetic rollers. They had plenty of time of course to rebuild the Young Guns jumps for yet another competition.
So that's it. I'm done with Seymour. They obviously don't give a crap about beginners, so fuck'em. Unfortunately, as my wife has pointed out, Cypress is a zoo on weekends. Also, as I found out checking the website, the seasons pass for the 3 of us would be $1700+ if we bought it before April 15th and $2300+ if we bought it later. I think what I need to do is go on a weekend and see what it's really like. Or just post a question on the forum, I guess.
Anyway, rant done. Now about the day. There was some new snow -- not a lot, but enough to make turning feel somewhat controlled. I actually hit some new highs. I started riding down the steep sections to the right on upper Northlands. I've always eyed them from the chair, but they always looked just a bit too steep. So today, I finally hit that. Especially the part that dumps down into lower Friendly, which was completely untouched -- until I touched it.
I also spent several runs going into the Pete's Run trees. Finally figured out how to go heel/toe/heel/toe dependably in tight quarters. I think that's a skill that's going to pay off in several areas.
I did Noel's a couple of times, but didn't do well. Kept washing out heelside. I think I should try to watch a couple of people handle Noel's properly, then try to duplicate it.
All in all, not a bad day considering. But I'm pretty pissed right now with Seymour.
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