Messages posted by : Mike from NS
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Until this video, I've wondered what a dry slope looked like :shock:
http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/2009/02/audi-skis-the-streets.html Mike :wink: |
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In landers :mrgreen:...... :shock: :shock: :wink: |
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ellistine,
Thanks for bringing this back into the fold. I found it most interesting in following the race. When I started the thread in early December with the fleet in the Indian Ocean area, Sam Davies on Roxy was my pick to win. Third to cross the finish line, she came 4th overall out of the 30 starting boats. She won the hearts of the internet followers through her extremely positive and happy attitude. Dee Caffari, finished 6th, has returned to London on Sunday and "parked" her boat near the HMS President on the Thames. ellistine mentions how Steve White was his local town's sailor. Steve had a tough race at times and if I were he I would have hauled out a paddle to finish the race today. He had a very short distance to finish and no wind after about 109 days at sea. How frustrating it must have been. Maybe he could have swam the last mile while towing the boat on a rope held in his teeth. It is well worth going to the VendeeGlobe site and listening to or watching the video clips held in the Media menu on the page. Ian, you too would find it interesting. Read about the flying fish and how Steve felt they must have been wearing crash helmets judging by dents in his boat. Sam found an eyeball in her cockpit one morning. Also listen to Steve's account the other day with close encounters with a cargo ship. Steve too had keel troubles. The sailors from the UK did really well. The entry from Nova Scotia is getting repaired after a complete roll which awakened the skipper, Derek Hatfield, when he landed on the ceiling. These aren't toy boats ... they're 60 feet long. I bet they all ski when not sailing :shock: Mike :wink: |
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LM, Don't you have King Crab on the west coast? Somewhat similar?
Sending lobster would be like sending a block of gold. Do you think either would make it? Mike :wink: |
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I'll play this game too! Especially since I see there may be a Pavel Quiz in the near future. Ohhhh sleepless nights ... they are returning :!:
I'm a wannabe great skier. Right now I can get down the hill in tact. I have only discovered skiing within the last 9 years; so I have a lot of catching up to do. Usually I only get about 15 ski days a year. So far this year I have 13 so I may hit 20 if the weather co-operates. (And I count every run....) Or better stated ... I make every run count! On the work side of life, I'm a self employed mechanical engineer/consultant involved in the areas of machine design and hydraulic systems. Home is near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ... you know -- the land of Peggy's Cove and the Bluenose. What? you didn't know that :shock: Mike :wink: |
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Like you, Mr. Admin, I have never been able to feel comfortable with contacts and although I can get down the hill without my prescription glasses, I prefer not to. My glasses, Easy Clips, have polarized sun glasses attached by magnets. Both fit nicely beneath my UVEX supravision goggles. The polarizing effect of the sun glasses is great on bright days and being able to see properly is generally a helpful thing. :roll: My only problem is fogging (on the glasses)sometimes. I'm reluctant to use anti fog on these glasses since I have all the other treatments applied (anti glare coatings etc...)
The UVEX goggles have an anti-fog coating and are well ventilated. Within the first few feet of the descent the glasses, if fogged, generally clear. (My swim goggles also have prescription lenses. Is is just so much better to see!) Mike :wink: |
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A different ski ... different technique! True :!:
However, Trencher your sensitivity to results from an altered technique is far, far greater than mine ... I don't have that amount of experience to feel subtle changes. Yesterday, however, I started the day with a pair of 180 Atomic 9-20's beta carve skis which I hadn't used this year so far. I expected to need a run or two to get the feel of these back since I have been using a pair of 170 (15M rad) Atomic SX-9's. I did about about 12 runs on the 180's which never failed to give me a great ride before switching to the 170 for a few more. I can't recall needing more than about 20 feet to get the feel back of the longer skis. But again, I don't have the experience to judge subtle differences. My problem is when pressuring the downhill ski (either pair) that I seem to not only push down but must be pushing away as well as my legs may spread out a bit. Probably shows not enough pressure on the uphill ski --- thus the "up hill ski only" drill to try to learn some control over uphill or downhill pressuring. I'm not sure which pair I would credit with the better ride.... guess I'll have to try again :lol: I do know that your suggestions are at the forefront of my efforts. Great fun for sure. And when the skiing conditions are great --- I feel for the people who can't stand the winters. Mike :wink: |
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As Ross points out Trencher's advice has helped me a great deal to understand the "how". Watch his positions and notice the knee positions. Like what dshenberger says the high inside knee helping with the inclination. I have been pressuring the downhill ski to force a curvature of the ski to help whip me across the run. But trying to build some technique into the carving I'm also trying to get to the equal pressure application on both inside and outside ski. To learn this, I've been trying to start with 100% on uphill ski by lifting the outside ski off the snow and get across on the uphill ski until time to transverse back on the "new" uphill ski only.
If nothing else it helps to have as much room for sweeping carves as we really don't want to run into or be run into by someone while we are trying something new. Don't need that distraction! I have managed enough inclination a time or two to just about touch the snow. :D Like anything new ... practice ... practice and more practice... Mike :wink: |
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