Showing posts with label snowshoe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snowshoe. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Isaac and The Snowshoe AirForce

Isaac has been SOOOO obsessed with skiing.  But he comes by that obsession honest.  He spends most of the 3 hour drive looking for new skis and gear.  He put together quite a bag of trick for goofy costumes to ski in for the last weekend.  He teamed up with a young man from the Beckley area that he has watched all season at both Winterplace and Showshoe.  I dubbed them the Snowshoe AirForce.

Here he is in his DragonBall Z outfit with a neck tie and Fox hat.
 The stinker has been launching the jumps all season.
 He loves to slide the box rails.  His typical move is to slide sideways and land switch (backwards).
 I wish that I had a better shot of him in the X-up.  The side shots don't quite give the effect.  But still, he's rockin' it.
 This is one sweet picture.  Even more impressive when you know that he is traveling from right to left in the picture and rotating to land switch.  This was a sweet little jump under the lift that he used all weekend.
 "WooHoo!! Remember the 80's..!!!"  he shouted as he dropped in to this mogul run.  He's been watching 'Hot Dogging' videos on YouTube and was blazing down these runs.  Wait until you see the video.
 So, season totals for Isaac:  13 days, 3 resorts, one EPIC season...!!

Lexy Rocking Snowshow

So, we've been ski bums lately.  Ever since we got the Ridiculous Passes for Snowshoe we have spend all of our somewhat free time up there.  We've been six days since the first of March.  That works out to be $33 a day so far, AND we have all of next season.  Enough of all that, let's get to the pictures of Lexy.

This is hitting the slopes first thing in the morning on Saturday.  Bundled up and read to ride.  Is there a cuter ski bunny?  I submit that there is not.
 We took a break mid-day on Sunday to watch the skimming.  Lexy got herself a nice seat to see it all first hand.
 Here is is cruising a groomed carving run.  She has her tunes in her ears, pretty descent form, and plenty of her own speed.
 We spend plenty of time on Saturday trading silly items to ski in.  Here's Lexy in the DragonBall Z top, with a tail and a neck tie.
 Lexy is not afraid for the jumps.  She blasts over them as well as any 9 year old.  If you look at this one she in just finishing a grab of the right ski on this jump.  Yep, with style...
 I wasn't so sure about this, but she showed me... Here she in mid-mogul run.  She even to the time to thumbs up as she passed me.  She picks a line, controls her speed, makes her turns, and concurs the slopes.
 Lexy launching the side jump just below the lift.  She jumped in all weekend.  This jump seemed to get better and better as the weekend went on.
It's bitter sweet to have the season over.  Skiing is such a fantastic time, however, I am exhausted.

Season total for Lexy 10 days, 3 resorts, one EPIC season...!!