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I had a great morning at my local resort with my youngest daughter, who turns 15 in a few weeks. She was on her Head 94s and I was on my Spruce 120s. Spectacular weather: 15 degrees F to start and 27 degrees F when we finished; crystal clear blue sky, bright sun and pretty good conditions. We always are one of the first people on the lift in the mornings to get the best conditions and avoid the crowds. Today that paid off again. We rarely waited more than a few minutes for a chair and often had the chair to ourselves, which gave us a chance for quite a few nice conversations on the way back up the mountain.
To me this is what it is all about. Being out on a beautiful morning, doing something I really love to do, spending time with my daughter and making some nice memories. She rode great today and had a lot of fun. I was rocking the 120s and was riding very fast and aggressively at times because I felt so locked in. We even had a good time with some teamwork - the resort has a lot of flat areas and it is a good amount of an uphill to get to 2 of our favorite runs. The Heads are heavy little tanks for their size and wear her out after a while with the amount of skating required. So, I wait for her on the uphill sections at the point where she runs out of steam, I flip my poles around so I am holding just about the snow cups and she grabs the grips. I skate her up the incline with her doing half-skates behind me. Good workout for me and helps keep her on the mountain for a bit longer.
I saw Dave Lynam as he was coming in from the parking lot on his way to compete in the Rail Jam competition. He didn't recognize me at first but spotted my Spruce 120s. We got to talk for a few minutes, which as cool.
A few photos:
Here is my favorite view at the resort - from the top of one of my favorite runs - a fun short black run with a little steep corner area that leads to a classic wide open blue cruiser. This is the same shot as the picture of my daughter with a tighter close-up of the hotel and lodge. This shot was from a few days ago:
To me this is what it is all about. Being out on a beautiful morning, doing something I really love to do, spending time with my daughter and making some nice memories. She rode great today and had a lot of fun. I was rocking the 120s and was riding very fast and aggressively at times because I felt so locked in. We even had a good time with some teamwork - the resort has a lot of flat areas and it is a good amount of an uphill to get to 2 of our favorite runs. The Heads are heavy little tanks for their size and wear her out after a while with the amount of skating required. So, I wait for her on the uphill sections at the point where she runs out of steam, I flip my poles around so I am holding just about the snow cups and she grabs the grips. I skate her up the incline with her doing half-skates behind me. Good workout for me and helps keep her on the mountain for a bit longer.
I saw Dave Lynam as he was coming in from the parking lot on his way to compete in the Rail Jam competition. He didn't recognize me at first but spotted my Spruce 120s. We got to talk for a few minutes, which as cool.
A few photos:
Here is my favorite view at the resort - from the top of one of my favorite runs - a fun short black run with a little steep corner area that leads to a classic wide open blue cruiser. This is the same shot as the picture of my daughter with a tighter close-up of the hotel and lodge. This shot was from a few days ago:
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