Baller Fatroll Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 It's not skiing, but we will take it.
Baller fu_man Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 wow, that looks like some good ice. Do you always get ice like that or is that your once-in-five-years conditions?
Baller_ Wish Posted January 17, 2014 Baller_ Posted January 17, 2014 As far back as I can remember, that's a once in a decade thing in MN. And this year was one of them. And there I was with no skates and actually in MN in the frign winter. Yrs back my brother in-law, a collage hockey player from Cali, had never been on natural ice. As soon as his skates hit the ice he was GONE. He'd never been on ice that fast. He was a speck in the distance. We weren't sure when he'd come back.
Baller MattP Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 @fu_man there is such thing as good ice?!
Baller 6balls Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 It is fun when that happens...especially when freezes clear and you can look right down through it to the bottom. We skated 500 acres freely one year.
Baller wtrskior Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 @wish. That happens fairly often around us, just depends on when it snows again. @mattp. Most certainly there is; bad ice is white and flakey, good ice is clear, black or blue. You can skate safely on 4" of good ice. Snowmobile on 6-8" and drive a small truck on a foot. I'll be out tearing around on my sled this weekend, love riding the ice when I can't ski on it :)
Baller andjules Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 Wow, looks like the Zamboni just finished. Perfect!
JMLVMI Posted January 17, 2014 Posted January 17, 2014 Really jealous beer league hockey player from the south here...
Baller chris_logan Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 @MattP have you been iced lately?
Baller Skoot1123 Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 AWESOME pics!! PERFECT ice..... @mattp - you have to experience the other state of water in this way........at least once in your lifetime. At least I have hockey in the winter to keep me somewhat "sane...ish"
Baller Fatroll Posted January 17, 2014 Author Baller Posted January 17, 2014 The variable weather in northeast Ohio makes it tough to have consistent ice. We went from -10 to 50 in 3 days last week. Although, we tend to get 1-2 perfect days like this every year. Most of the time, there is a ton of shoveling. This was very good ice, very fast. It snowed on it last night so there will be a prework shovel workout tomorrow morning for our Saturday afternoon skate. Great way to embrace winter.
Baller_ The_MS Posted January 17, 2014 Baller_ Posted January 17, 2014 Our lake froze clear with a nice sheet of glass this fall. You get some great skating for a few days until it gets snowed on or ruined by sleet.
Baller swc5150 Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 That's a rarity to take advantage of! I grew up on a chain of 9 lakes, and this only happened to me once. It was awesome!!
Baller Bulldog Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 I can remember chasing fish while skating on clear ice. A unforgettable experience. "Do Better..."
Gold Member Than_Bogan Posted January 17, 2014 Gold Member Posted January 17, 2014 @Bulldog Now THAT is cool. I'd pay good money for that experience.
Baller_ The_MS Posted January 17, 2014 Baller_ Posted January 17, 2014 We found all of our jump course sub buoys and marked them.
Baller behindpropellers Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 Fatroll, Where are you at? How much ice is left? I'm in Ohio also.
Baller xrated Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 Why not flood the ski lake when the ice gets rough?
Baller Chef23 Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 @xrated we flood my lake. We cut a hole in the ice and drop a sump pump in and run an extension cord up to my house. Our ice is mostly gone right now though. We had a couple of weeks of skating but we kept getting some snow which messed stuff up. We never got what @Fatroll had.
Baller oldjeep Posted January 17, 2014 Baller Posted January 17, 2014 We do that out at my parents lake place, but it involves first blowing the snow off the ice. there are small springs on their side of the lake so it overflows the ice from a couple spots and really keeps it smooth (but still thick enough)
Baller Fatroll Posted January 18, 2014 Author Baller Posted January 18, 2014 @behindpropellers, Aurora Lake
Baller RazorRoss3 Posted January 18, 2014 Baller Posted January 18, 2014 We hit the frozen lake yesterday with an ATV a snowboard and a ski rope. Who needs a mountain when you have internal combustion.
Baller slalom frog Posted January 19, 2014 Baller Posted January 19, 2014 Living in the north, have to find things to do. Here is what has been occupying my time and benefitting my kids. First year that I have ever made a rink. Glad that I did it and sorry that I did not do it sooner. Priceless watching them skate and skating with them.
Baller Andy Posted January 20, 2014 Baller Posted January 20, 2014 @slalom frog that is impressive. Family memories like that are priceless.
Baller gsm_peter Posted January 20, 2014 Baller Posted January 20, 2014 In Sweden there are 10 000 of lakes. Most are Frozen during winter. Unfortunately the surface are often choppy or covered with to much snow. During great days a lot of folks are skating on them. I went out Saturday doing 22 km (typ 15 miles). The Ice was thin. 4 cm is the bare limit (thickness Exp2) * 5 = dimension weight.. One test with an pike and learn how thick it is. We had 8 cm down to 5 cm. Saw a 'beaver-house' and an Eagle! =0)
Baller Razorskier1 Posted January 20, 2014 Baller Posted January 20, 2014 RazorRoss3 swerving behind the ATV.
balsamcutter Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 pulled my 12 year old behind a snowmobile on a snowboard I found yesterday. we both were wondering about a slalom ski set up for snow a few minutes into it. so razor what are you skiing on?
Baller andjules Posted January 24, 2014 Baller Posted January 24, 2014 [thread hijack:]Currently sitting in the Toronto airport, looking out at the snow blowing across the tarmac in the frigid wind... heading for Fort Lauderdale and expect to be in the course by noon tomorrow![/thread hijack]
Baller andjules Posted January 24, 2014 Baller Posted January 24, 2014 [thread hijack:]Currently sitting in the Toronto airport, looking out at the snow blowing across the tarmac in the frigid wind... heading for Fort Lauderdale and expect to be in the course by noon tomorrow![/thread hijack]
Baller Fatroll Posted March 16, 2014 Author Baller Posted March 16, 2014 Hopefully this is our last skate!
Baller BraceMaker Posted March 16, 2014 Baller Posted March 16, 2014 @gsm_peter - I hear of skates like that - normally from reading guides from shape sharpening machine companies discussing blade profiles. Interesting to see them in use - is the stance a bit more upright/weight back on those than you'd use on cross country skis or hockey skates?
Baller dbski Posted March 17, 2014 Baller Posted March 17, 2014 Two years ago I had my dock in and had skied several times by March 16, yesterday I iceboated on 20" of ice. Gotta luv spring in Mi.
Baller gsm_peter Posted March 27, 2014 Baller Posted March 27, 2014 @BraceMaker - Yes The position is quite stacked. The skates has a very long very flat edge. Hockey have typ 3" and these has type 12". This is a bit hard to explain but I will try. The best guys with very strong technique skate with S turns and put pressure on the outer side of the blade in the first part of the S. Then on the edge change body position move over and pressure are in the down course direction again. A bit surprisingly is the the skate moves a slight bit into the center line the very first part of the S turn and the skater then generate down course energy here as well (for a short while). The best guys can almost skate without lifting the skate from the ice. On perfect ice and no wind cursing speed can be type 17 mph and top speed type 25.... Once I skated with a lot of tail wind and made 10 miles in 1/2 hour with out having to hardly skate at all =0) Why do you not try it next winter?
Baller BraceMaker Posted March 27, 2014 Baller Posted March 27, 2014 @skibrain why the thumbsdown! S makes sense - same move as backwards skating almost?
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