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Gone Ronin: Ski Days 18 & 19: Flippin' Cold and Flippin' Awesome
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Aside from being marginally interesting to friends, family, some sports fans, snowsports enthusiasts, and beer drinkers, this is a near-colossal waste of bits and web surfing time, and it should not be viewed by anyone. There. You've been warned. Ski Days 18 and 19: Flippin' Cold and Flippin' Awesome. So, we spent the morning over on Multorpor, tweaking things and working on reinforcing stance/balance and their importance to good, smooth transitions in the handles an on the tail rope. I think it help...
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Gone Ronin: Ski Day 25: Still Winter @ Ski Bowl, Kinda
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Aside from being marginally interesting to friends, family, some sports fans, snowsports enthusiasts, and beer drinkers, this is a near-colossal waste of bits and web surfing time, and it should not be viewed by anyone. There. You've been warned. Ski Day 25: Still Winter @ Ski Bowl, Kinda. Not much else to say except that the off-piste stuff was terrible in the upper bowl, having gone through a melt-freeze since the last snowfall. The groomed stuff was firm and fast, and in great shape all day. Smugglers...
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Gone Ronin: Ski Day 24: Toboggan Testing at Ski Bowl
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Aside from being marginally interesting to friends, family, some sports fans, snowsports enthusiasts, and beer drinkers, this is a near-colossal waste of bits and web surfing time, and it should not be viewed by anyone. There. You've been warned. Ski Day 24: Toboggan Testing at Ski Bowl. After taking a weekend away from patrolling, I was kind of excited to get back into it. I'd been sick the couple days prior, which meant missing out on dragging pal Barkernews. I'm not going to go into the other person w...
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Gone Ronin: Ski Day 23: Another Tune-Up
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Aside from being marginally interesting to friends, family, some sports fans, snowsports enthusiasts, and beer drinkers, this is a near-colossal waste of bits and web surfing time, and it should not be viewed by anyone. There. You've been warned. Ski Day 23: Another Tune-Up. No real exciting or memorable moments came from the day's session, however. Pretty routine day of toboggan training. We started off with some drills, then dragged sleds around, pretty much like last time. View my complete profile.
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Gone Ronin: Ski Days 21 & 22: Tryouts and Tune-up
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Aside from being marginally interesting to friends, family, some sports fans, snowsports enthusiasts, and beer drinkers, this is a near-colossal waste of bits and web surfing time, and it should not be viewed by anyone. There. You've been warned. Ski Days 21 and 22: Tryouts and Tune-up. Day 22 was Saturday the 19th, and it found me back coaching again, this time at Meadows. As part of my bid to become an Instructor-Trainer (IT) for the patrol, I was asked to put together a training plan for a more fo...
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Gone Ronin: Ski Days 28 & 29: Sunny Nuts & Bolts
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Aside from being marginally interesting to friends, family, some sports fans, snowsports enthusiasts, and beer drinkers, this is a near-colossal waste of bits and web surfing time, and it should not be viewed by anyone. There. You've been warned. Ski Days 28 and 29: Sunny Nuts and Bolts. Friday also was probably the best ski day, since it was a little cooler. We got to venture out west of Palmer a good ways and really crank and bank out in the untracked windpack. Gorgeous day, great snow, epic fun. I got...
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Gone Ronin: Ski Day 20: Training in the Glop @ Ski Bowl
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Aside from being marginally interesting to friends, family, some sports fans, snowsports enthusiasts, and beer drinkers, this is a near-colossal waste of bits and web surfing time, and it should not be viewed by anyone. There. You've been warned. Ski Day 20: Training in the Glop @ Ski Bowl. Saturday was another training day, and I found myself back with B Team once again. One of their regular coaches couldn't make it, so I joined them for some more toboggan training over at Ski Bowl. Since I didn't want ...
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Gone Ronin: Ski Days 26 & 27: Last Chance Saloon, Closing Time @ Bowl
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Aside from being marginally interesting to friends, family, some sports fans, snowsports enthusiasts, and beer drinkers, this is a near-colossal waste of bits and web surfing time, and it should not be viewed by anyone. There. You've been warned. Ski Days 26 and 27: Last Chance Saloon, Closing Time @ Bowl. A view of Tom Dick Peak, from Outback 1. Day 27 was the last day of 'normal' winter operations at Ski Bowl. The announcement about that came via e-mail about a week beforehand, and I managed to sni...
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