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Does anybody have a schedule of events for the World Championship?  I can’t find anything on line. 

Trix:

Pato gold. Jake Silver or bronze. 
 

Erica gold. Anna Silver or bronze. 

My buddy Coach Marc Bedsole must be over the moon. Fantastic skiing. 

That B5 can kick anybody’s ass. Great skiing Jake, in spite of Lyman’s soapy, funny colored water that is the bane of lesser trickers like me and skiing a different boat. Good warm up for Worlds. 

I’ve had good luck using charcoal lighter fluid. 

I had a lot of trouble with Piriformis last season. No amount of stretching and PT seemed to work until I discovered what for me is the miracle stretch. Or actually a modification of a stretch I had been doing.  Lay on your left side, reach behind you and grasp your right ankle, with your back straight, pull up gently to stretch the thigh. The trick is to push your right hip forward as you do this to engage the sciatic nerve at your hip/back. Hold 15-20 seconds. Repeat on the other side. 
 

My Piriformis symptoms disappeared. I now do this stretch before and after skiing. This is the first season I have not had any pulls or strains requiring  PT.

I got good service when ordering Reflex from Miami Nautiques. 

A headline caught my attention today.  Divers working with police found 32 submerged cars in a lake just west of Miami International Airport.  A map was included with the article. Unless I’m mistaken, the lake appears to be the old Miami Ski Club site where the Nationals were held. 

Check it out. Can anybody confirm if I’m  right? 

Counting the days…

Matias Gonzalez just ran a potential 12,000 plus run at Polk City Open. Waiting for scores. 

Matias Gonzalez just ran a potential 12,000 plus run at Polk City Open. Waiting for scores. 

@Jody_Seal OK, you got me on that one. I skied on a Kimball once. Definitely an Old School Old Fart icon. 

Two pages and still going strong….😛
 
The generation gap is interesting to see. In my mind, anything involving a fiberglass ski is not Old Fart material. 

@Cooper_Trelawney similar dimensions but made out of 2x6 s and tongue-and-groove flooring with oil drums for flotation. 

From my wife:  when you borrowed a pair of banana peels to learn how to ski backwards. 

@Jody_Seal …with no side aprons. 

I was that kid. He’ll come around on his own time. 

…you can remember:

Narrow gates in slalom. 
Form points in jumping. 
Rideout bonus in tricks. 
Mixed Doubles as an event. 
 

Who’s next?

Ah. More than one guy. It was a worthy effort and I give them a lot of credit, but if I knew nothing about the sport, I think the explanations of the three events would leave me scratching my head. Some simple graphics would have helped greatly. 

We make a car awning from a tarp. I tie one edge to the roof rack and stake out the opposite corners with poles and parachute cord.  

That’s what she asked. 🙂

Yes, thanks so much for sharing. This really brings the war close to home. Kudos to Danylo. 
 

When Russia’s criminal aggression is finally over, Ukraine will rebuild and come out way ahead of its enemy in the long run. 

(My ski partner and significant other is third generation Ukrainian.)

Call congratulations. Say hi to Bill and Teddy Wenner for me. 

Err on the side of caution. The fall that hurts you or scares you into giving up trick skiing you can’t take back.