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Best ski day of my life

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:02:50 GMT

It has been a while since I've offered any "chatter" but today I have to. Absolutely have to !!!! We all can remember the best day we have had on skis and today was my best! Dave Mac ...listen closely ... you may be a tad jealous after my story. Your name came up on the Jordon Bowl chair left at Sunday River today. I do like to brag when I get a chance.....

OK enough rambling. I had the most distinguished privilege to ski with the Great One! The Great One who has offered such helpful advice to all of us. I skied with Pavel !!!! Yes that's correct ...Pavel and I skied together this afternoon!! Well ... I followed. Near the end of one ride up we talked about you Dave .... all good comments - of course.

The skiing was wonderful and let me assure all of you Pavel has not only great advice ... he has vast amounts of patience and guidance. Today I was 4 years old again..... Well he told me that ... I couldn't ski then either !! Maybe there was a message in that comment !! But I feel more like 94 right now. I hope one day, you all get to experience an afternoon skiing with Pavel. It is an experience that I know I will never forget. Today's skiing was a bit more intense than yesterday's when both my wife and I skied with Pavel and his friends. Two days both my wife and I will never forget !! If you happen to see this note Pavel .... Thank you ... thank you ....one hundred-thousand thank yous!!

Mike

Re:Best ski day of my life

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:07:50 GMT

Good for you mike.

Re:Best ski day of my life

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:16:56 GMT

:thumbup: :thumbup:

You lucky man :P

Re:Best ski day of my life

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:35:11 GMT

He exists then? Good work, sounds like you are beaming!

Re:Best ski day of my life

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:09:44 GMT

He is top man ... lucky you :thumbup:

Re:Best ski day of my life

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:26:32 GMT

Thanks for your comments guys .....I do indeed feel very lucky. The weather here has been perfect and 20cms expected tonight. Pavel took time from his 3 friends to enlighten me in skiing technique. He's a difficult person to keep up with. He tried to have me follow a mere 3 meters behind him down a trail about 6 times. That lasted about 2 seconds and he was gone. One short stretch I was starting to catch on but by then my thighs were burnt out and wouldn't co-operate. Yes he exists and this morning my wife and I happened to ride the chondola in the car before the happy quartet. We greeted them at the top with a boisterous "Bonjour mes amies!!" I would post a photo of this moment -- "The Arrival" -- but Pavel would not appreciate that.... so this will not happen !
Mike

Re:Best ski day of my life

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 11:01:31 GMT

Mike.
Did you literally bump into him or did you arrange to meet? If not, how did you know it was him?
And where does he actually hail from? I had come to the conclusion he was Slovakian or something?
He certainly comes across as some kind of figure from a fairy tale sometimes!

Re:Best ski day of my life

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 15:08:57 GMT

Well done Mike. Pavel and I keep saying to each other - "One day"! I have the same regular conversation with a retired Austrian world cup skier ~ of course that will be much easier to arrange!

Pav & I are both still young in skiing terms, so there is a good chance!

We have viewed each other ski videos, so we both know what to expect!

Would that Trencher was there also!

Re:Best ski day of my life

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 19:58:30 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:
Would that Trencher was there also!

Utah 13?

Re:Best ski day of my life

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 20:51:07 GMT

Trencher wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:
Would that Trencher was there also!

Utah 13?

Already am first reserved for Niederau, Vail and Aspen for next year, the latter two with free accomodation.

Have also become friendly with a US lawyer who has a large chalet in Steamboat Springs.

Utah would be an overstretch just now, but I do want to go there.

Re:Best ski day of my life

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 21:49:01 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:

Trencher wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:
Would that Trencher was there also!

Utah 13?

Already am first reserved for Niederau, Vail and Aspen for next year, the latter two with free accomodation.

Have also become friendly with a US lawyer who has a large chalet in Steamboat Springs.

Utah would be an overstretch just now, but I do want to go there.

Ah, I'm getting the picture now.
Freeloading can be a professional past time.

Re:Best ski day of my life

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 22:45:11 GMT

If I'm driving to Utah, Steamboat isn't too far out of the way :wink:

Re:Best ski day of my life

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 23:24:32 GMT

Now, we know two things about Pavel..... 1) His ski knowledge and interest in the sport is legendery and 2) he is a very private person. So with this in mind I want to fully respect that. I will tell you something Pavel tells others about our original "meeting". When I took up skiing I found a site where I posted a question as to the value or not of using candle wax to wax skis. He happened to see this question and took pity on my obvious state of interest yet lack of any knowledge. He has been most helpful in grooming my ski interest and ski life. So when I decided to take this Sunday River trip I called Pavel and told him. We arranged the meeting. You guys should see him ski. Such flow !!! So smooth and so soft and graceful !! Sights I will never forget ...... as he vanished behind on berm and another --- as I tried desperately to keep up. He treats his skis as he does women... with gentle love, kindness and respect.

I didn't see Pavel and his friends today. Today is a powder day at Sunday River 12 inches so far and supposed to snow all night. What is the comment about friends and powder days ? I imagine he was in his element like no other today. Too bad we all leave for the real world tomorrow ! But as I said before we spoke of some of our internet skiing contacts on the chair. Dave Mac and Trencher and a friend we knew from the other site. My hope is to develop skill worthy of skiing with DaveMac and Trencher when they ski with Pavel. That would be heaven for sure.

Mike