Comments on: Ready For The Mountain http://www.oipom.com/2009/01/07/ready-for-the-mountain/ Meggan talks about her life, which includes a husband, a little boy, and the hobbies of an eighty-year-old lady. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Katy http://www.oipom.com/2009/01/07/ready-for-the-mountain/#comment-12493 Katy Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:04:22 +0000 http://www.oipom.com/?p=1013#comment-12493 I go like once a season so I haven't learned to carve yet either! =( I go like once a season so I haven’t learned to carve yet either! =(

]]> By: Cristina http://www.oipom.com/2009/01/07/ready-for-the-mountain/#comment-12492 Cristina Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:47:35 +0000 http://www.oipom.com/?p=1013#comment-12492 Good luck!! I've never done any kind of snowboarding or skiing , and I have a feeling I'd be terrible at it. I admire anyone else who can do it, haha! I'd rather just go down a hill on a sled. :grin: Good luck!! I’ve never done any kind of snowboarding or skiing , and I have a feeling I’d be terrible at it. I admire anyone else who can do it, haha! I’d rather just go down a hill on a sled. :grin:

]]> By: s http://www.oipom.com/2009/01/07/ready-for-the-mountain/#comment-12491 s Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:55:02 +0000 http://www.oipom.com/?p=1013#comment-12491 Aw, you can do it. Try just going down the whole hill totally toe-side. Nice and slow since you cant seen anything (facing up the hill.) You're body will remember the feeling. Then later when you get in a flatish spot practice going from usual heel side, to physically swinging your body into that toe-side position. It's a total body hurl and turn. I did that over and over in small slopey area, totally slowly, till I felt comf with that move. After that, you're carving! Have fun! I'm jealous you're getting up on the Mtn this year! Delicious powder. Aw, you can do it. Try just going down the whole hill totally toe-side. Nice and slow since you cant seen anything (facing up the hill.) You’re body will remember the feeling.

Then later when you get in a flatish spot practice going from usual heel side, to physically swinging your body into that toe-side position. It’s a total body hurl and turn. I did that over and over in small slopey area, totally slowly, till I felt comf with that move. After that, you’re carving!

Have fun! I’m jealous you’re getting up on the Mtn this year! Delicious powder.

]]> By: gem http://www.oipom.com/2009/01/07/ready-for-the-mountain/#comment-12490 gem Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:37:15 +0000 http://www.oipom.com/?p=1013#comment-12490 I went skiing yesterday for the first time in two years and forgot about how absolutely awesome it is to be one bad bump away from tumbling down a steep hill, going increasingly fast and only slightly knowing how to slow it down, balancing on two pieces of wood that I only sort of know how to control... You're going to have so much fun!! I went skiing yesterday for the first time in two years and forgot about how absolutely awesome it is to be one bad bump away from tumbling down a steep hill, going increasingly fast and only slightly knowing how to slow it down, balancing on two pieces of wood that I only sort of know how to control…

You’re going to have so much fun!!

]]> By: Kaylee http://www.oipom.com/2009/01/07/ready-for-the-mountain/#comment-12489 Kaylee Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:54:03 +0000 http://www.oipom.com/?p=1013#comment-12489 I've never tried snowboarding, but I'm hoping to try sometime this winter. One would think that after seven or eight years, your equipment might be outdated... I still skate in my older brother's old skates, though, and they're at least seven years old :P Good luck with snowboarding, and have fun! ^^ I’ve never tried snowboarding, but I’m hoping to try sometime this winter. One would think that after seven or eight years, your equipment might be outdated… I still skate in my older brother’s old skates, though, and they’re at least seven years old :P

Good luck with snowboarding, and have fun! ^^

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