Comments on: The 100th Day: Freezing Cold http://zaskoda.com/2008/12/19/the-100th-day-freezing-cold/ Don't follow me, you won't make it. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:06:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zaskoda http://zaskoda.com/2008/12/19/the-100th-day-freezing-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Zaskoda Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:22:48 +0000 http://zaskoda.com/?p=444#comment-450 Nuttycombe - I decided to try one the other day and didn't remember what you said about downhill. I almost made it around but caught and edge and went down. I'll probably have to take a few more stabs at it to get it. Halln - I found a course that's spread over 2 weekends. The first 2 days are in the classroom and the last two are in the mountains. I haven't seen a local one that is entirely in the mountains and none that are connected to snowboarding. What you described sounds like a blast! Nuttycombe – I decided to try one the other day and didn’t remember what you said about downhill. I almost made it around but caught and edge and went down. I’ll probably have to take a few more stabs at it to get it.

Halln – I found a course that’s spread over 2 weekends. The first 2 days are in the classroom and the last two are in the mountains. I haven’t seen a local one that is entirely in the mountains and none that are connected to snowboarding. What you described sounds like a blast!

]]> By: halln http://zaskoda.com/2008/12/19/the-100th-day-freezing-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-451 halln Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:38:06 +0000 http://zaskoda.com/?p=444#comment-451 You can check off your first 3 goals by taking a good avalanche course through a mountain guide service. I took a 4 day avy 1 course out in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and we snowshoed into the backcountry each day and dug pits and used the beacons in the mountains, then snowboarded back down. The best part was the 2 feet of snow that we got and 60 mph winds. It was the real deal. I think there might be some avy courses like that in Colorado that take you out into the mountains for the whole experience. Took my avy 2 course at Brighton, that's a great mountain. You can check off your first 3 goals by taking a good avalanche course through a mountain guide service. I took a 4 day avy 1 course out in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and we snowshoed into the backcountry each day and dug pits and used the beacons in the mountains, then snowboarded back down. The best part was the 2 feet of snow that we got and 60 mph winds. It was the real deal.

I think there might be some avy courses like that in Colorado that take you out into the mountains for the whole experience. Took my avy 2 course at Brighton, that’s a great mountain.

]]> By: Nuttycombe http://zaskoda.com/2008/12/19/the-100th-day-freezing-cold/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Nuttycombe Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:34:19 +0000 http://zaskoda.com/?p=444#comment-449 Congrats on the 100th day, dude! Backside 180s are cake, at least when you're not trying to throw them off of a huge jump. Just keep your weight forward and dig the toe edge of your forward tip, kick your heel around, turn your head and keep your weight downhill. I'd been riding for years when I finally tried one, and I was like "that's all there is to it???" It's easier than you think. Congrats on the 100th day, dude!

Backside 180s are cake, at least when you’re not trying to throw them off of a huge jump. Just keep your weight forward and dig the toe edge of your forward tip, kick your heel around, turn your head and keep your weight downhill. I’d been riding for years when I finally tried one, and I was like “that’s all there is to it???” It’s easier than you think.

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