Ooof, those guys in the first vid get any style points for bouncing off those rocks?
Lake Louise Big Mountain Challenge 2013
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please do!
please do!
Well it was okay, I didn't come in last place!!! :yahoo:
Unfortunately it was on a different slope than I expected, so all the training we'd done in the last couple weeks on a slope called ER3 was useless. Add to that really flat light and neither of us made the cut for day two.
I can't remember the last time I felt that much adrenaline pumping through me though! By the time I got to the bottom I was so out of breath I can't believe I made it in one run!
I'd like to say I'll try again next year, and this time get more practice in, but it was sort of poorly run (the 8:00 start meeting didn't happen until about 8:45, and the 4:00 results meeting didn't happen until 5:00). I'll wait until next year to decide to compete.
In other news, it was only ONE RUN to prove your skill, so I decided to ride the Virus. Big mistake. I blew out one of the edges landing on a rock... I'm going to try to fix it but I may have fucked the board! :sad:hmy:
Unfortunately it was on a different slope than I expected, so all the training we'd done in the last couple weeks on a slope called ER3 was useless. Add to that really flat light and neither of us made the cut for day two.
I can't remember the last time I felt that much adrenaline pumping through me though! By the time I got to the bottom I was so out of breath I can't believe I made it in one run!
I'd like to say I'll try again next year, and this time get more practice in, but it was sort of poorly run (the 8:00 start meeting didn't happen until about 8:45, and the 4:00 results meeting didn't happen until 5:00). I'll wait until next year to decide to compete.
In other news, it was only ONE RUN to prove your skill, so I decided to ride the Virus. Big mistake. I blew out one of the edges landing on a rock... I'm going to try to fix it but I may have fucked the board! :sad:
hmy:
Thanks yeah I may bring it to them. Took the T7 to Ski Cellar but they didn't do a great repair on a rock gouge...
I'll post pics of the damage soon. Right between the bindings on my heel edge, there's a piece about 6" long x 1" deep that has slightly bent up. It's bent enough to actually crack the base material lengthwise about 1" in from the edge. I fear that that entire section is now significantly weaker.
Was debating about heating it up and clamping it between two 2x4s, but I think unless I'm melting resin and base material I'll just be weakening it even more.
Chances are if I just use it as a groomer bomber it'll last many years like this, but it's SOOOOOOOOOOO good in the powder! :sad:
I was even thinking of cutting off several layers of FG/CF and then bending the area down, and patching it with new FG, but that'll be pretty hack. :dizzy:
Last option is sending it back to Germany to see what magic he can work on it, but I think I've well and truly fucked this one! Still want me to try that kessler?!?
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