- ride switch down our black fluently; well... not fluently, but done the rune once switch and survived. Aww heck, I ride fwd! :laugh:
- get comfortable with air and stomp a certain drop in confidently: check. Done without being a flying squirrel this year
- ride faster, then faster and then cover that certain one damn flat/ascent:check. Done :yahoo: gained confidence quite a bit
- chase the storms, frequently use the "no one's in the office, it's a pow day" sign: meh... there wasn't really pow this year :dry:
- trips to Japan and Chamonix: first is a check and later is in planing mode; Edit: re-planing, scratched Chamonix and booked Svalbard instead
- 40d, hopefully half of them BC: check, even more than half
Goals for next season:
1) Alpine technique courses - don't hurt myself handling iceax
2) Chamonix to Zermatt Haute Route
3) 4 x13000 Saas Fee route
K... now the hard part...
4) get the stamina to negotiate this :dry: already quit smoking to get better lungs for skinning at high elevation, but I hate endurance training!
And the sweetest thing getting me over the off season:
5) plan trips; late season AK for sure, with stop-over at PNH; and maybe early season Siberia?
There's a TV show (where I live) called the Alpine Adventurer, where a guy did the Haute Route. Seemed like an awesome tour.
My one major goal for this season, that I didn't even plan on going for at the beginning of the year and have never done but shooting for it now, is hit 100 days. Just did day 69. Riding season ends here in the beginning of June, so I should *knock on wood* be able to hit it.
you can still come to the NW this season. Bachelor is open through may and we have almost 200" base and 3' of snow this past weekend, still snowing....
Learn a proper and effective snow dance. The season is already coming to an end here after never really starting. I didn't shovel my driveway once this year. One of most local places, which I have a season pass for, closed for the season.
1) Ride switch confidently down greens, hopefully try blues once or twice and begin to carve switch.
2) Get more comfortable on blacks. I might need a lesson or 2, this is a big road block for me even though I can carve blues at high speed no problem.
3) Get comfortable taking more air at higher speeds. I'm just doing slow speed hops/ollies right now.
4) Land 180s confidently.
5) Go into terrain park. Maybe try one or 2 small features. I might need a lesson to make this happen, I don't know the park etiquette.
Who am I kidding? I will need a lesson for all of these. :embarrased1:
I had three goals for this season (my second season riding).
1. Learn switch - This is a tough one to answer. I spent a lot of time working on it but I'm still pretty uneasy and no where near as good as my regular. But I can do it so I'm moving the goalposts and calling it a win!
2. Get out east and ride something bigger - got out to Killington and Whiteface. Still hoping the weather holds up for a trip to La Massif, Mont St. Anne and Tremblant. Not ready to call it quits yet!
3. Handle the blacks - yup! Still need to hit steeper runs at better resorts but being able to ride everything at my home mountain is a step.
For 2016/2017
1. Trips - East: Stowe, Sugarbush, Smugglers
West: Kicking Horse, Revi, Lake Louis, Sunshine, Norquay, big white.
Whupsy,..! I forgot to mention, I would like to "Go Somewhere West of Mid!" :laugh: To a real mountain resort and ride some tits deep! (...I'll settle for knee deep!)
....preferably to finally meet 'n' ride with an SBF member or three from out that way if feasable!
I only started a few weeks ago, but my goal for 15/16 is: make it down the beginner green run three times in a row without falling while getting off the lift or falling during the run and be able to make a clean C turn both heel-toe and toe-heel during the run.
I'd basically like to not fall anymore. An ambitious goal, but I'm told the season can run to mid April in the Seattle area so I have hope I might be able to do it!
For 16/17, I want to be able to be confident on all the green slopes and try my first blue slope towards the end of the season. Specific skills include confidently stopping heel and toe side (again, sans falling) and linked turns all the way down the hill.
Seeing people trying to learn switch made me realize I have sort of the opposite problem. I'm much more comfortable using my heel-side so I tend to ride which ever way will let me turn in the direction I want using my heel side. It doesn't seem more natural right or left foot forward for me, but trying to use my toe-side edge makes me fall all over the place.
15-16 Goals:
Lose weight: nope
Quit smoking: yup, see above
20 + days: nope
Begin to ride switch: nope, see above
Use Mountain Creek triple play Card: nope, see above
Ollies: yup, mighty tiny though
1st trip to the Alps: see ya in a week
Off the groomers: yup, thanks Mystery2Many for the short tour
16-17 Goals:
See above
Well one of my goals was switch riding (just like every season), but this year I did devote some time to it and now I can ride greens switch.
Another goal was to up my progression with tail presses and flatland stuff and I've made really good progress there. I'm getting my board off the snow often again, something I haven't done since wrecking myself a few seasons ago.
I'm sure my goal was 30+ days riding and el nino fucked that up for me. I'll close out right at 20 days unless something crazy happens that lets me squeeze a couple more in.
Goals for next season:
Improve switch- Ride down blues
Progress from tail presses to tail rolls
Add some rotation to my side hits
Improve my backside handling of the halfpipe. I'm fine front side but man I suck on the back side.
My wife and I are expecting in September. I'm hoping bubble wrap and a baby bjorn carrying system will allow for parenting related multitasking on the hill.
1. Get my snowboard quiver down to 3 or max 4 boards. I'm making big progress!
2. Work on steeps off piste, trees, moguls, back bowls made progress:snowboard4:
3. Ride 90 days in Colorado have 49 will most likely only get to 70 :embarrased1:
1. Ride pow. Check.
2. Hit interior BC. Check.
3. Ride more than last yr. Check.
4. Not get wrecked. Hmmm kinda hurt my knee last time out, but seems nothing broke/tore too bad... gave me a good scare. Gotta take it easy for a couple weeks to be safe in case there's some mild tear, so I can check this one.
So for next yr:
1. Ride more pow.
2. Hit more resorts/spots in interior BC.
3. Ride more than this yr.
4. Not get wrecked.
I wanted to be able to do some fs/bs 1's and be very comfortable with ollies and small straight airs and I did. Buttering needed some work. I just could't get it going.
For 16/17 I wanna do at least some simple rail tricks and be comfortable with fs bs 1s and 3s maybe some grabs.:surprise:
Also ride knee deep powder.
Sucks when local hill does not have good park. Been thinking about going to Woodward at Copper.
Oh on this one, I kinda smashed my shoulder into the snow and hurt my AC joint a bit but nothing time can't heal.
I was riding powder this morning and will head back up in a while. I plan to ride over 50 days next season and finish off in march, April, may in Alaska.
Im sure i wrote down some goals on a thread somewhere, but not that one Neni linked to. Also pretty sure mine were to have BS180s solid, FS boardslides and wishful thinking to start trying backflips
Well i got the 180s. Even landed a couple of BS 360s. I also got a lot more comfortable with FS360s.
FS Boardslides.... Not yet. Still not getting the board to 90 degrees, but hopefully i get to practice this a lot more in the spring slush
Backflips... Not even trying... But instead i started trying, and landing Tamedogs! Awesome rush, and it seems anything inverted draws attention (on the small jump line haha), so its great motivation.
So next season it is to go for a FS540 or 720, Wildcats and generally smoothen up my riding/carving
Since my season is over but in my mind I'm still half in Alaska I thought planning the next season out might help. Usually I have big ideas most of which don't pan out, but sometimes they do.
It's been a long-time bucket list dream to go on a trip to Greenland but forever pushed aside in favor of more immediate goals. While in AK I've met and got to talking to one of the guests who recently traveled there. The pics he showed were jaw-dropping. So I'm thinking this year just might be it. I'd also love to see Svalbard.
Other than that I really want to get to Jackson Hole next year. And Whistler. Maybe Les Arcs. Other than that I'm gonna be in Breck as per usual. Modest plans, I know.
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