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  1. #1
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    TR: The Real Skiing Begins

    First off: Feel better mc_roon and get better in time for me to ski with you in January. Props to toby and whoever else was with him, sounds like you guys had it together from what soul said.

    mc_roon the last time he was in the hospital:


    now on to the fun stuff:

    We've been back at the usual winter routine now and it feels great. Lots of time at stowe and elsewhere and a brief trip to the 'dacks. Its been a great week of skiing despite the finals. This TR is a little half assed, I'm still trying to finish up some school work.

    watch allen's video before you look at the photos: (how do I embed?)



    now the pictures.

    lines that vanish by the end of the season are fun again


    ahhh, back at the office for another season


    no leaning over to make it look deep here:


    here neither:






    backcountry ben


    allen taylor: professional ski tail stiffness tester


    feels good to be home again


    top down:


    bottom up:


    allen hard at work:


    greg following his lead:


    i don't have any particular beef with trees, and you'd think after spearing one last year, i'd have learned my lesson, but i just love skiing through them.


    greg getting his, moments before the face shot sequence from the video


    greg is now banned from the foliage skis for getting too many face shots:


    don't be jealous:


    and a few from the 'dacks, i'm hoping greg has more because i got cold and didn't want to take pictures.


    the objective


    taking the slow speed quad up...


    anyway, hope I didn't waste your time. no humor for this TR as I'm still stressing on work, i'm officially done with college tomorrow though!!!!!

    sam
    Last edited by samthaman; 12-15-2008 at 07:43 AM.

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    yo fuck you guys. kmart blew. ice. i need to get to stowe.... nice tr. yes, I am jealous.
    "If you make a splash, You SUCK!"
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    here is my perspective on the whole thing... what a week...

    when you are trying to ski with the UVM boys, you find yourself waiting around a lot since they are always drunk and hungover and get to the mtn late. hence i take all sorts of scenics whenever i ski with them

    stowek



    okay well now that those dudes are here, that would be the end of my waiting game... time to play catch up!

    sam dusting me


    allen doing the same


    sam getting sloppy seconds on allen's mosaic line from above


    allen: "ugh... i dont know about this guys... i think i may be doing damage to the forest"


    sam: "whatevs!"


    this is what we worked for!






    now framed in the "hourglass lounge" in the hotel across the street



    before we left, allen wanted a nice picture of the mountains, so we gave him the camera. unfortunately sam and i can't help but ruin every picture we get into


    then on friday it was supposed to snow... we got some rain on the tail end of the storm and it made for some wet snow... ben and i made the best of it though

    backcountryben dropping in


    and then getting his cement groove on


    on friday night a deep freeze moved in, and we had heard tales of cold smoke in the adirondacks.... or maybe we just made that part up... in any case we decided to pile into sam's car and get over there to check it out. allen, K_C and myself met at 6... sam thought we meant 6pm and was a half hour late... oh well. the day went on

    it was COLD. when the sun came up at rest area in VT near the crown point bridge a bit of humidity whipped through the air and some tiny lake effect snowflakes began to fall... trippy... ohhh...ahhh


    then sam tried to make up some time and got... BUSTED


    sam continued the pace regardless though, and actually did manage to make up some time. he had to hammer down on this unplowed road to do it, and we thought we were all going to lose our lives... but we did save a whopping 10 minutes!!


    allen with "the point"


    climbing over a big steaming pile of "mountain shit"... yum!


    it was COLD.... i think it topped out around 4 or 5 degrees at the height of the day. it was LONG... the snow wasn't that deep, and some of us maybe thought this wasn't worth it... looking back on it though, i'm glad i came. the skiing was fun, and if we had a bit more daylight, and a bit more warmth i think we could have left with morale a good bit higher... oh well. good times.

    sam skiing through his cold pinky finger


    allen


    AT even found a little drop


    K_C enjoying the fruits of her labors


    Colden at sunset from Marcy Dam... next time...(?)


    thanks for looking!

    see you EC'ers when i get back in January... UT, MT, and WY mags: hope to ski with a few of you over the next few weeks!
    Last edited by gpetrics; 12-15-2008 at 12:57 PM.

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    the snow we had this weekend was great for jumping off shit.
    I just need to learn to scope my landings better, my left ass cheek is bruised nicely

    nice work guys
    Live

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    Sick shots as usual. Weekendwentoff.
    Uno mas

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    Fun turns. I would appreciate any constructive criticism anyone has on the film. I'm trying to get better at this.
    Last edited by allenataylor; 12-15-2008 at 08:14 AM.
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    i miss those EC trees

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    So, since you guys are going on your road trip, and someone obviously has to provide the EC stoke, I think that yall should give me a vauge idea of where that stuff is so that we can do our part to make the East Coast look as rad as it is.
    Marcus, lets go exploring
    "If we can't bring the mountain to the party, let's bring the PARTY to the MOUNTAIN!"

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    outrageous! Awesome TR.
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    Powder snow skiing is not fun. It’s life, fully lived, life lived in a blaze of reality. What we experience in powder is the original human self, which lies deeply inside each of us, still undamaged in spite of what our present culture tries to do to us. Once experienced, this kind of living is recognized as the only way to live–fully aware of the earth and the sky and the gods and you, the mortal, playing among them. Dolores LaChapelle

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    Love the shot of the second cameraman on the pillow below. Looks like some sort of childhood fantasy fort.

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    sic pics dude. Thanks for sharing!

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    I love the composite - great work, and nice skiing!

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    That was not the sUck....

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    Thats the sickness. That made me hate the library even more than I already do. and killington for having an amazing death crust. way to get after it.

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    why I am here taking finals right now. sooooo jealous.

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    Just imagine the lines you guys could clear with a full summer of some crystal meth and a weed wacker!
    Besides the comet that killed the dinosaurs nothing has destroyed a species faster than entitled white people.-ajp

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phall View Post
    So, since you guys are going on your road trip, and someone obviously has to provide the EC stoke, I think that yall should give me a vauge idea of where that stuff is so that we can do our part to make the East Coast look as rad as it is.
    Marcus, lets go exploring
    im in, but I might ski 1, tops 2 more times before my trip in 2 weeks.
    Live

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    solid photos dOOd.
    strong to very strong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phall View Post
    So, since you guys are going on your road trip, and someone obviously has to provide the EC stoke, I think that yall should give me a vauge idea of where that stuff is so that we can do our part to make the East Coast look as rad as it is.
    Marcus, lets go exploring
    Hard telling not knowing.
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    Thank's for posting some real skiing. I am trying to get my son interested in college in the east. Seeing some real skiing helps make my case. Good action.
    off your knees Louie

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    Pretty sick. Nice lines.

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    Radical!
    eating and sleeping is serious business

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    Quote Originally Posted by BFD View Post
    Thank's for posting some real skiing. I am trying to get my son interested in college in the east. Seeing some real skiing helps make my case. Good action.
    UVM/ burlington area is the place to be. I'm in my last year and I wouldn't change it for anything.
    Alcohol Caffeine Taurine Hybrid
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    Without a chainsaw silviculture is just a theory

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    Good stuff.... and keep at it.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by samthaman View Post
    top down:
    nice perspective

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