If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#41
|
|||
|
|||
BarryT wrote:
"Scott Elliot" wrote in message news:ZyyQd.44981$K54.35596@edtnps84... Based on that , hockey stop ability must be an inherited feature for natural born Canadians. ;) Scott It is because we Canadian boys are all born with hockey sticks in our hands and skates on our feet! Canadian girls find it more difficult because, until recently, they were all born with figure-skating skates, with which you can't really do such stops... ; ) What about the Norwegians then? They are born with XC-skiis on their feets. Wonder how theire mothers sees it, it must be a hell to give birth when the baby having a 130cm XC Madshus pair of skiis on allready... ;-) JAnne G |
Ads |
#42
|
|||
|
|||
I am a trail groomer. It's hard to determine what is "normal" in terms of practices, but I don't set tracks on hills - its easier to herringbone up or snowplow down if no tracks are present. There is a lot of differing opinion on this though. As a very non-expert skier with no edges, I have been known to put my poles between my skis and ride them like a witch's broom down the hill. Hey - whatever gets you there! It's not about looking good....
Quote:
|
#43
|
|||
|
|||
I believe that setting tracks is normal on hills where there is room.
Part of the fun of skiing is being able to stride up the hill as far as one's kick will go and to ride down the hills in the tracks. Even skaters sometimes use the tracks for downhills (if the trail allows skating). Plus, how can your novice and intermediate skiers improve if you take away choices for dealing with hills? Playing to the lowest common denominator of ability means that's who your area will attract. Reputations for grooming are passed around among skiers and tend to stick. Gene TheGroomer wrote: I am a trail groomer. It's hard to determine what is "normal" in terms of practices, but I don't set tracks on hills - its easier to herringbone up or snowplow down if no tracks are present. There is a lot of differing opinion on this though. As a very non-expert skier with no edges, I have been known to put my poles between my skis and ride them like a witch's broom down the hill. Hey - whatever gets you there! It's not about looking good.... |
#44
|
|||
|
|||
Gene Goldenfeld wrote:
I believe that setting tracks is normal on hills where there is room. Part of the fun of skiing is being able to stride up the hill as far as one's kick will go and to ride down the hills in the tracks. Even skaters sometimes use the tracks for downhills (if the trail allows skating). Plus, how can your novice and intermediate skiers improve if you take away choices for dealing with hills? Playing to the lowest common denominator of ability means that's who your area will attract. Reputations for grooming are passed around among skiers and tend to stick. Gene I believe our groomer friend is incorrect, unless there is something wrong with the underlying ground surface he is working on. I'd say that track setting is crucial on downhills for classic skiers. I've even seen that worded into the instructions given by the World Masters Assn. to the Organising Committee at a proposed venue. At most competition venues and tourist venues simply staying in the set track will get you safely downhill and round the bend at the foot of the hill. Of course there may be exeptions but even where the sheer volume of traffic has wiped out the set track and formed a sort of banked cresta turn its still possible to stay on line, even with limited skills, without resorting to full snowplow defence. Mike |
#45
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
1. The general public is invited (free) - all abilities, all ages. 2. The area is unattended - if you get hurt, you are on your own 3. Since it is a preserve, there are real limits on trail widths, trail contouring, etc. I can't cut trees or move dirt (beyond the haul roads I currently use) 4. The machinery used is slightly limited in the conditions under which it can set an effective track. I'm not running a power tiller. Leave the mentality of a very capable skier behind and consider yourself to be a 50+ couch potato housewife or a 5 year old. Do you want to snowplow or would you rather ride potentially icy tracks down the hill? I watched a family struggle to get their small daughter to herringbone up a well groomed 5% grade - it was her first day on skis, and she couldn't walk up it, ski up it, or herringbone up it. That's my "market." So I would suggest I am not "incorrect." I'd suggest the "correctness" is dependent on goals, and goals are dependent on the market. Since my market is average to never-evers, I am trying to achieve a safe and enjoyable experience for them. |
#46
|
|||
|
|||
Thanks for your explanation.
And thanks also to you and your fellow groomers for the excellent work you guys do for us. Mike |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Tug Hill Try it XC Classical 25K | [email protected] | Nordic Skiing | 1 | January 8th 05 04:18 AM |
make the hill less steep | Ken Roberts | Nordic Skiing | 4 | February 23rd 04 07:48 AM |
The Tug Hill Tourathon, Can Entries Ever Reach The Level | Clara Bingham | Nordic Skiing | 0 | January 27th 04 10:17 PM |
The Tug Hill Tourathon, Can Entries Ever Reach The Level They Once Were? | Douglas Diehl | Nordic Skiing | 3 | January 27th 04 03:32 PM |
Yet Another Donek Question | Michael G. Matola | Snowboarding | 6 | January 27th 04 02:21 PM |