Sand Skiing Pictures [Archive] - T4T Forums

11-14-2003, 05:03 PM

Here ya go everyone. SkiPit (aka Patch), Freebird and Dejango (and M@) all had an excellent sand skiing expierence. It was better than I thought it would be!

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skicdave

11-14-2003, 05:11 PM

Fantastic! LOL Whata hoot!

Man that looks steeper than tucks! Nice air, hope you had enough sand to make a turn before hitting the flats.

Fun shot with your daughter in the background M@!

Have fun at the :beermug: and movie.

skidude

11-14-2003, 05:15 PM

I LOVE IT. I really gotta find a pit and ski in it. :p Your like the :cooldog: in town. Ohh I wnat to do that SOOO badly

None of this post was sarcastic incase it sounded that way :)

2plankerider

11-14-2003, 05:23 PM

HA! we got the REAL stuff up here :snowflakes: :snowflakes: :snowflakes: :snowflakes: :snowflakes: :snowflakes: :snowflakes: :snowflakes: :snowflakes: :snowflakes: :snowflakes: parts of North Central VT got up to 20+ inches of white stuff last night. walked the :dog: 's today and had to break trail up to my knees.
i'm only GLOATING cuz i know it's probably gonna melt by next week, but i'll take it thankyouverymuch.

GREAT pics on the :sandpit: tooooo funny

2plankerider

11-14-2003, 05:25 PM

oh yeah, skiing in yer JEANS?
classic. where's yer hsit kickers? ayuh!

skicdave

11-14-2003, 06:00 PM

2plankerknuckledraggerVTr:
oh yeah, skiing in yer JEANS?
classic. where's yer hsit kickers? ayuh! Hey skiing in jeans was big in the 70's! Is that one of those yellow 'do not cross' police tapes in the 2nd photo with M@? Bad bad!

I wonder how many 'runs' the boys managed as well has how much vert they squeezed in before the movie.

BladeGirl

11-14-2003, 06:32 PM

Man, its DARK out there!

-BG

kmrnskier

11-14-2003, 09:24 PM

How COOL are you guys (I mean that)?? I wish I was there :(
And, M@ - how CUTE is Annabanana in the background!
You guys must be having just a ball at the movie :skiplow:

11-15-2003, 12:37 AM

http://www.weirdtable.org/~m/skipits/IMG_0870.jpg
The movie was fun, some really sick skiing as usual. Some damn fine fishing as well. Nobody in our group won anything all that great. An innertube, some t-shirts. Hit the pool hall for a bit afterwards and met some Atomic people.

Got a bunch of Cannon $10 cupons, and couple extra Sugarbush vouches from the floor as people left. If you go to this movie: Get as many of those bags they hand out as you can... within reason of course. If I had known I coulda got like 10 tickets to cannon/sugarbush.

Thanks again Ski&Ride for the tickets!

Think Sand... I mean, think SNOW.

(Damn, that just bumped up my average words I bet)
M@

11-15-2003, 12:43 AM

The sand skiing pictures look a lot darker than it was. It's the flash doing that. I didn't have a tripod, or the knowledge of my camera to get better lit pictures. The drop was actually enough to get in 4-5 turns if you wanted to. I had fun going straight.

Everyone got in maybe 2 or 3 runs before it got too dark. Now that I have sand skiis though - I'll probably head back over when there's snow.

One more picture:
http://www.weirdtable.org/~m/skipits/IMG_0860.jpg

Skilasnow

11-15-2003, 01:37 AM

Yeah! that was fun! It was sort of like skiing on slush with a really bad wax job. I will definately do that again.

Skilasnow

11-15-2003, 02:33 AM

skicdave:
Is that one of those yellow 'do not cross' police tapes in the 2nd photo with M@? Actually, that was me, and we didn't notice the yellow tape :D :rolleyes: It was twilight... but hey, the gate was open

djangoski

11-15-2003, 12:35 PM

Heh.. those pictures are even funnier than I imagined they would be. We're the obvious choice for next years WM film.

Sand pit, KC's, Journey and more, last night was a lot of fun. Thanks guys.

11-16-2003, 08:59 AM

I'm pretty sure that is "police line -- do not cross" tape. The pit is right under the power lines, and if you were following the trail from behind the pit, you could come up to the pit and be in for a bit of a suprise.

Props to Django for pointing out that this will be an excellent sledding/skiiing spot once the snow comes.

M@

Freebird

11-16-2003, 11:41 AM

I think we estimated our vert to be about 100 feet, is that right guys? That's 100 feet off my half million for the year! 499,900 feet to go! I might head back... Perhaps a video?

KC's rocked; great sized :beermug: too. :D

Thanks for many smiles guys (and gal).

Skilasnow

11-16-2003, 11:50 AM

Freebird:
I think we estimated our vert to be about 100 feet, is that right guys? I was going with 80 myself... wouldn't want to overexagerate :D "I once caught a fish that was THISSSS big"

Freebird

11-16-2003, 12:17 PM

Alright, 80 it is! Guess that just means I'll have to ski an extra run this year, oh no! :skismile:

I'm sure that fish was bigger than the one's Tommy Moe was catching! I wasn't aware you could fly fish for Whales!

djangoski

11-16-2003, 01:22 PM

Freebird and I were at Ken Jones yesterday and ended up mentioning Sand Pit Skiing to Woody (not sure if you remember, but he was at Journey giving out prizes). As soon as we said Sand Pit Skiing, he said "Sand Pit Skiing? I haven't done that in 35 years!"

He went on to say that they used to do it in the summer regularly to help satisfy their craving. Furthermore, he gave us some advanced information on how to grind down our bases so we would have less friction on the sand.

So we're not the only crazy ones :skiplow:

Skilasnow

11-16-2003, 02:03 PM

djangoski:
Furthermore, he gave us some advanced information on how to grind down our bases so we would have less friction on the sand.

So we're not the only crazy ones :skiplow: Sweet!

M@ and I were chatting about it on our way back from Manch. We were thinking that epoxying a piece of sheet metal to the bases might be a good idea too. Sheet metal must have a much lower friction on sand than a regular ski base.

djangoski

11-16-2003, 02:12 PM

HA! Freebird and I came to the same exact conclusion Saturday morning. Sheet metal would be perfect... Remove 1-2 mm of base, put down epoxy and then sheet metal.

Then we could probably start to do some carving.

Freebird

11-16-2003, 05:47 PM

More pictures from my camera... I couldn't take more, I was laughing too much by this time. (Thanks M@ for being the photographer)

http://www.djangobliss.com/show_image.html?imgid=1160&rsize=3&picid=137&surpress_layout=true

http://www.djangobliss.com/show_image.html?imgid=1161&rsize=3&picid=137&surpress_layout=true

http://www.djangobliss.com/show_image.html?imgid=1162&rsize=3&picid=137&surpress_layout=true

ski&ride

11-17-2003, 08:48 AM

Nice :sandpit: pics Freebird!

11-17-2003, 10:11 AM

Freebirds's pictures catch the lighting much closer to what it really was.

M@

Bannick

11-17-2003, 01:11 PM

skicdave:
2plankerknuckledraggerVTr:
oh yeah, skiing in yer JEANS?
classic. where's yer hsit kickers? ayuh! Hey skiing in jeans was big in the 70's! Is that one of those yellow 'do not cross' police tapes in the 2nd photo with M@? Bad bad!

I wonder how many 'runs' the boys managed as well has how much vert they squeezed in before the movie. Denim kills...ask a patroler.

I trust you guys dug a pit to determine the nature of the sand pack? It pays to be avi savvy.
I can't believe I jsut typed that....must be monday.

ski&ride

11-17-2003, 02:18 PM

M@:
Freebirds's pictures catch the lighting much closer to what it really was.

M@ At least you were able to capture the moment up close, they were great shots. In fact, having a dark background makes sand pit skiing much more ominous! Oh, and love the 1st shot w/ Anna in the back. She's the cutest!

ski&ride