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bahhhhh..... makes me...... want to skiiiii
and btw... HOW does he do that on straight skis???
and btw... HOW does he do that on straight skis???
Originally Posted By: langleyskier
and btw... HOW does he do that on straight skis???
Plake has always done it and still to this day rips on straight skis.
If he wanted, I'm sure Schmidt could tear it up on just his boots. Seriously, do you see how little time that guy actually spends with his skis touching the snow?
Age 16 - Got Blizzard of Ahhhhs
Age 17 - Drove from OH to Breckenridge
Age 17.5 (summer) - Emptied bank account, loaded skis into my car, and was 1/2 way through IL before turning around (just couldn't do that to my parents).
Over 20 years later I'm still waiting to make that move. Looks like it's 12 years away when my daughter graduates HS.
Age 17 - Drove from OH to Breckenridge
Age 17.5 (summer) - Emptied bank account, loaded skis into my car, and was 1/2 way through IL before turning around (just couldn't do that to my parents).
Over 20 years later I'm still waiting to make that move. Looks like it's 12 years away when my daughter graduates HS.
Originally Posted By: MadMonk
Age 17.5 (summer) - Emptied bank account, loaded skis into my car, and was 1/2 way through IL before turning around (just couldn't do that to my parents).
I contemplated it more than once (but in College)I am a big admirer of Nils Larson's Freeheel Productions and of Nils himself, a great guy and a great skier.
http://www.freeheels.com/permalink.asp?id=287#287
His movies are different. Over the past 20 years or more the bar for what constitutes 'extreme' keeps rising. While fun to look at, ski videos now seem to me to be more closely related to high tech video games than to actual skiing that mere mortals like myself might aspire to. Freeheels movies are not rad dude-ish; but instead just great skiing in great powder in great locations. The skiing is both powerful and beautiful. The free heels are barely noticeable. The skiers both parallel and tele. The powder is often so deep you can't tell what kind of turn they are making anyway. It is all the same anyway. You turn by changing edges, not by changing the lead. The only purpose of a telemark lead is fore-aft stability when the heels are free.
My favorite of these great movies is; Big Mountain Little Skier. I highly recommend it.
http://www.freeheels.com/permalink.asp?id=287#287
His movies are different. Over the past 20 years or more the bar for what constitutes 'extreme' keeps rising. While fun to look at, ski videos now seem to me to be more closely related to high tech video games than to actual skiing that mere mortals like myself might aspire to. Freeheels movies are not rad dude-ish; but instead just great skiing in great powder in great locations. The skiing is both powerful and beautiful. The free heels are barely noticeable. The skiers both parallel and tele. The powder is often so deep you can't tell what kind of turn they are making anyway. It is all the same anyway. You turn by changing edges, not by changing the lead. The only purpose of a telemark lead is fore-aft stability when the heels are free.
My favorite of these great movies is; Big Mountain Little Skier. I highly recommend it.
