Day 46 - Seven Springs

Annual trip to ski with family. On the hill from 9:00 until 1:45; 20° overcast and snowing; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's; another poor racing performance - 27+ handicap at NASTAR today.

Day 45 - Killington

On the hill a little over 2 hours starting right at 8:00; skied the Blizzard Brahma's; Needle's, Superstar, and the Canyon; right knee is bad, bad, bad.

Day 44 - Killington

Waited for it to start snowing - out for a couple of hours at the end of the day; 2" by 4:00PM; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's.

Day 43 - Killiington

Day 42 - Pico

After 3 days of rain there's not a stitch of snow around - without snowmaking Pico would have < 1% snow coverage; out for a couple of hours in the afternoon; overcast with temps in the teens; Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's.

Day 41 - Killington

9:00 to 1:00; skied till it rained; Timberline, Supe, and Cascade; overcast and windy with temps in the upper thirties; Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's.

Day 40 - Killington

Out 9:00 until 2:00 with a quick KBL coffee break; overcast and windy with temps in the twenties; skied the Blizzard Brahmas; miles; skied with Sardelli and Bud's NJ posse.

Day 39 - Killington

No real progress today - still skiing like shit. Out from 9:00 till 2:30; warmer today - teens warming into the twenties; full on K-Cloud this morning, with a heavier overcast by the afternoon; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's and the brand new Blizzard Brahma's; another crappy Ski Bum result today, 28th overall - even finished behind the Women's B winner; the Blizzard Brahmas ski shorter than their 180cm length.

Day 38 - Killington

Really, really struggling - hope to regain some sense of competence soon. Out for 3 hours at the end of the day; cold, windy, and snowing; skied the Rossignol Experience 98's; tons of people on the hill today despite the cold - big PSIA event this week; didn't get scanned for the second day in a row.

Day 37 - Killington

Just out for a couple of runs to get the day. Very cold overcast with a fairly stiff breeze; skied the Rossignol Experience 98's.

Day 36 - Killington

ASRA GS: Run 1 - 40.32 (83)   Run 2 - 40.19 (88)   Overall - 1:20.51 (82)   +15.05 behind 1st place; Clear, cold, and still - 7 below at Snowdon this morning; skied the Atomic D2 Race GS #1's and the Atomic GS-12's.

Day 35 - Killington

ASRA GS: Run 1 - 41.21 (44)   Run 2 - 40.94 (36)   Total - 1:22.15 (38)   +14.85 behind 1st place; 10° and snowing with 5" of new snow; nailed both pair of GS skis, but really fucked up the #2's.

Day 34 - Killington

ASRA Race Camp Day 3/Ski Bum 1. On the hill from 9:15 until 2:00; overcast with light winds; temps in the teens; skied the Atomic D2 Race GS #1's; AM fall - third fall of the season; skied a comfortable first Ski Bum of the year - 32.29 (22)/(5); PM - single GS run on Bunny plus a single re-run the Ski Bum course; woke up this morning with a sore toe - skiing today did it no favors it still hurts like hell.

Day 33 - Killington

ASRA Race Camp Day 2. On the hill from 9:15 until 2:00; overcast changing to light snow; temps in the low twenties; skied the Volkl RaceTiger SL WorldCups; not every day's a good one.

Day 32 - Killington

ASRA Race Camp Day 1. On the hill from 9:30 until 2:00; snow, wind and freezing rain; temps in the twenties; AM skiing drills; PM brushes and stubbies; skied the Volkl RaceTiger SL WorldCuups; Ric - change edges without changing direction then pressure, no rotary; John - make something happen between the turns... too static... move forward, pole plant, anything, something...

Day 31 - Killington

Killington Race Camp Day 5. Only on the hill in the AM - left at lunch; hard rain overnight, but it stopped just before 9:00; windy overcast with dropping temps - around freezing when I left; skied the Volkl RaceTiger SL WorldCups; slalom gates on Bunny; brought home new skis - Blizzard Brahamas.

Day 30 - Killington

Killington Race Camp Day 4; on the hill from 9:00 until 3:00 with just a lunch break; overcast and windy with temps in the thirties - despite the forcast no rain today, it may be a different story overnight; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17 & 19's; today was Race Day   41.29 (6)   41.14 (6)   1:22.43 (6) +8.00 from the winner +0.43 from (5th); skied the race course a ½ dozen times after the race before they pulled it; East Falll was really good this afternoon - our group made our final run of the day on it, it was so good I did 2 more despite having to use K-1.

Day 29 - Killington

Killington Race Camp Day 3; on the hill from 9:00 until 2:30 with just a quick lunch break; partly cloudy with temps in the thirties; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; lots of gates today - full length GS on Bunny both AM and PM.

Day 28 - Killington

Killington Race Camp Day 2; on the hill from 9:00 until 2:30 with a ¾ hour lunch break; brightening overcast with eventual peeks of sunshine; temps in the thirties - snowmaking continued, but only at higher elevations; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 19's; full length GS on Bunny this afternoon; skiing better with the softened Dobi's; use loopy turns to stay in the course - jump hard on the fronts while using the ankle, knee, hip progression to make the ski turn across the hill.

Day 27 - Killington

Killington Race Camp Day 1. On the hill from 9:00 until 3:00 with just a 30 minute lunch break; overcast with in and out fog; temps in the low thirties, so no snowmaking today; skied both the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17 and 19's; DT's group - go figure?; balance drills - up and over for angulation - White Pass turns for inclination; other crap; still having trouble with speed control using anything but skidding - DT's recommendation more forward pressure earlier in the turn and higher edge angles to tighten the turn radius thereby controlling speed using turn shape; went to Peak after today's session to soften the Dobi 150's in an effort to allow me to actually make small forward moves to engage the tip of the ski.

Day 26 - Killington

On the hill from 8:00 until 1:00; Overcast but warmer - upper twenties for first chair, mid-thirties on the way home; 15 runs; 12,500 vertical; skied the Head i.Speed GS Cheater 17's and the Rossignol Experience 98's; DT lead our KSC Masters group today - fairly productive morning; 1,000 steps, up only - garland turns, across only; shorter turn progression - ankles, knees, hips; pass the poles behind Schlopy; to affectuate forward pressure use ankle flexation and big, hard, dramatic forward move; while doing drills, don't be subtle - demonstration required exaggeration.