Day 62 - Keystone

Out 8:30 to 2:00 with warmup and lunch breaks in the car; clear and very cold with no wind, -17° in the parking lot this morning and 9° when I left; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups and the Volkl M5 Mantras; 17 runs, 27,964 vertical; nobody else was out; groomers, bumps and trees; finally made it to The Outback and did The Grizz, Pika Glades and Timberwolf; did Geronimo, Bullet and a couple down Starfire on North Peak too; the flatter stuff on The Outback had much better snow - Timberwolf was fantastic; Life Flight helicopter landing.

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Day 52 - Keystone

Out 8:30 to 12:00 no break; snowing lightly with temps rising into the twenties and very little wind - maybe 1" by the time I left; 10 runs; 16,642 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; groomers; a few people today - small lift line at Montezuma most of the morning; Team Summit Masters - SL training on the NASTAR hill; did 6 runs thruough a 30 gate course;

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Day 45 - West Mountain

Mid-Atlantic Master SL. Out 8:30 to 11:00 with a quick warm up break in the car before my only race run; coating of snow overnight with cloudy skies and temps in the twenties; 6 runs, 5,112 vertical; skied both pair of Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; groomers; holiday crowd; skied horribly again; DNF'ed first run and just left.

- 51 Burns, Martin M7 DNF DNS -

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Day 68 - Killington

Day 1 with the Radvanyi's and Company. Out 8:00 to 1:30 with a coffee break in the Peak Lodge; warming into the twenties with an ever lowering cloud layer and very little wind; 19 runs; 21,500 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; mostly groomers; weekend crowd, but we were able to avoid most of the lines; Lower Ovation was groomed - it was excellent.

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Day 13 - Killington

On the hill 9:00 to 12:00; temps rising past 40° with an in and out K Cloud and at time a pretty strong breeze; skied the 2015 Volkl Race Tiger SL World Cups; 20 runs; overnight grooming quickly gave way to a deep heavy layer of mush; things look ugly - lots of rocks and bare spots; not much of a lift line, but lots of people on the hill; sick of Rime; over the past couple of weeks Karen's given me a couple of things to focus on for engaging cleanly and effectively at the top of the turn: 1) patience, wait and build max pressure in the apex zone 2) make sure to move the hips across the direction of travel toward the inside of the next turn during crossover, this will position the hips further inside as you build max pressure in the apex zone... I see this one as a precursor to 'low to go'.

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Keepin' It Skinny

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Day 64 - Copper Mountain

Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a ski change and a lunch break; clearing, 2-3" overnight with diminishing clouds, temps in the teens, and very little wind; started with the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups and almost immediately changed to the Line Supernatural 108's; 9 runs, 17,500 vertical; groomers and bumps; saw John Matisko today;

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Day 57 - Steamboat

Five for Five. Out 9:00 to 11:45; sunny with temps rising through the twenties; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; 2 runs, plus a dozen on Bashor doing NASTAR; 5,000 vertical; took the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's out first thing, but changed skis when I looked at the NASTAR course; ski and drive today; 7 hcp - Platinum.



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Day 56 - Steamboat

Late NASTAR. Out 9:15 to 2:00 with a long, early coffee break when NASTAR was booked for a private function until noon; high, thin overcast barely dimmed today's sunshine - temps near freezing, no wind; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; 3 runs and maybe 20 over at NASTAR - ran the training course 4 times before coffee; early groomer was pretty firm on the pitch; right hand is a little sore today after hitting it on a gate yesterday; 13 hcp - Platinum

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Day 54 - Steamboat

NASTAR and a nap. Out 830 to 3:15 with lunch and a nap; sunny with temps around freezing and no wind; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups and the Line Supernatural 108's; 10 runs or so and 15+ over at NASTAR; 19,000 vertical; big crowd for Tuesday; things are starting to firm up on the groomers, otherwise it's skied in but still soft; very tired this afternoon exploring, I guess NASTAR is more work than I give it credit for; 8 hcp - Platinum.



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Day 15 - Killington

ASRA Race Camp Day 2. Out 9:15 to 2:15 with an hour for lunch; increasing cloud cover, very little to no wind, temps steady around freezing; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; 15 runs, 18,000 vertical; a little more snowmaking and another night of light grooming had things looking a little better today, i.e. a little less granular and a little less variable; AM session: drills and short SL drill courses - long leg/short leg (building pressure through leg extension), engage the tip and maintain forward pressure (where does the snow start to come off the ski? at the tip or just in front of the binding?); PM session: real SL course - 40 gates or so with a flush and 3 hairpins; be patient, don't rush... ... ... engage the edge and build pressure slowly at the top of the turn while saving the hard knee and hip angulation for later in the turn when you need to finish the turn and for the skis to travel across the fall line to the rise line for the next gate; my skiing was a bit of a mixed bag today - some good and some bad; helicopter work today on the Snowdon Triple rebuild.



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Day 14 - Killington

ASRA Race Camp Day 1 - Out 9:30 to 2:45 with an hour for lunch; sunny with temps rising into the low forties and very little wind; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; 17 runs; 10,500 vertical; variable granular with tons of rocks; in Fred Deiffenbach's group with Didier, John, Larry, and Bill; AM session worked on balance drills: falling leaf, pivot slips, javelin turns; PM session, multiple short courses on Bunny - dual brushes, stubbies, and short SL; skiing OK - I think all the drills are helping a little; ASRA/NEMS races this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday have been cancelled; had a fantastic weekend on FSR - three global top 10's in six races has me in 8th place overall globally!

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Day 90 - Nub's Nob

Today I actually had a choice, sidewalk or curb. Out 9:00 to 12:00 no break; overcast with temps rising through the twenties - flurries when I left; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; here's a picture of the curb from the parking lot.



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Day 84 - Sun Valley

Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a quick coffee break; cloudy, thirties, little to no wind; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; I'm so tired my skiing is devolving.

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Day 79 - Mt. Bachelor

Relatively cold and windy; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; they had some snow; out early, skied some groomers, had coffee, and left when I came back out and there was a line.



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Day 73 - Park City

NASTAR - 16.31 Gold

Out 9:30 to 12:30 just to do some NASTAR; more of the same weather wise - sunny, temps in the forties, no wind; 14 runs; 17,750 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; tough set today even for a NASTAR course - 15-17m set with 15ft offset; it took a little while but I finally figured it out a little - my last four runs were my fastest.



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Day 72 - Park City

NASTAR - 12.04 Platinum

Out 9:00 to 3:00 with a long lunch after NASTAR; temps in the forties with brilliant sunshine and no wind; 22 runs; 27,500 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's, the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups, and the Blizzard Brahmas; spring conditions;





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Day 64 - Seven Springs

NASTAR - 18.01 Gold

Ski Trip Day 2. Out 9:00 to 1:45 without a break; light, wet snow accumulating to a couple of inches - temps steady around 30° 29 runs; 14,000 vertical; tried lots of skis today - the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's, the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's, and the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; late grooming left Gunner a little to mushy for my liking, but I did 8 quickies anyway; broke a pole at NASTAR today; got a retro Seven Springs NASTAR Gold Medal today; did not ski very well today.

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Day 63 - Ski Roundtop

ASRA GS - 37.05 (18)    37.97 (23)    1:15:02 (19)

ASRA SL - 45.75 (10)    46.04 (12)    1:31.79 (10)

Ski Trip Day 1 - an ASRA 2-fer. Out 9:00 to 1:00 with a quick break between races; clear, cold, and windy - temps rising from some where around 10° to about 20°; 15 runs; 3,500 vertical; skied the Atomic D2 3.0 Race GS's and the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; good snow on the hill; absolutely horrible skiing in the GS - not sure what's wrong; I felt much better in the SL despite a NASTAR handicap in the thirties; up early enough to miss all traffic this morning - made from my house to Roundtop in 3½ hours with a stop for coffee and a stop for gas; already off plan - today was supposed to be Tussey. #justgivemeagroomer    

Day 59 - West Mountain

ASRA SL - 1:03.19 (12)    1:03.55 (12)    2:06.74 (12)    +21.01

Out 9:00 to 12:00; sunny with temps in the upper twenties and light winds; 7 runs; 5,000 vertical; skied the 2015 Volkl RaceTiger SL World Cups; skied a little better today - not fast, but no real mistakes;



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