New Schoolers and Icelantic are having a “Design the 6th Sense” top sheet design contest. I’m hoping to win the contest but I need your votes to help me win! So far i have two designs in the contest (click on a pair of skis to vote for them):
Please vote for both of my ski designs…
Thanks,
-Conor
Hey guys, it sounds like AK isn’t going to Happen for me flights are backed up form 3 days of cancellations and i cant get up there in time for Telepalooza, if your in my same boat i have a proposal for you…
there is a Tele-race this weekend in Sun Valley (april 4th), its a fun DRESS-UP day, dual GS “race,” tandem Challenge(two people on one pair of teleskis), telemark Parade, BBQ… the works!!!
my mom has offered her house for a place to crash to anyone who wants to drive on over to SV and make the best out of a crappy situation… its not Telepalooza but its still a great time! give me a shout 208-721-8084
Two weeks, two comps, and 3000 miles later, I’m finically back home in Sun Valley, Idaho. It all started with the Subaru U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships in Crested Butte, Colorado. In typical ski bum style, North Parker, Bryce Newcomb, and I all mobbed over to the Comp in my mothers Big Blue Van. We were greeted with a much need blanked of fresh snow, followed by an amazing blue bird sunny weekend. With these ideal conditions I had the most fun I’ve ever had at Crested Butte. North kept his Jr. title for the second year in a row, and Bryce and I both fell which caused us to place further back than what we wanted(I ended up in 36th). I also skied the most burly line I think I have ever skies and aired a 50-footer at the bottom of the Dead End Chute. I got to meet lots of the alpine athletes and make friends outside of the SV-Possy. Then we were on the road again headed back to Sun Valley. After I dropped Bryce and North off, I only had time to Unpack, do laundry, Repack and get some food, before I was on the road again headed to California for the first extreme Telemark comp at Alpine Meadows.
The Alpine Comp was another great competition, and it felt good to be back in the company of so many rippin’ Telemark Skiers. The First day I skied well but I had an unfortunate bobble upon landing the bottom cliff out of the “Key Hole,” but I redeemed my self second run, with the highest total run score for the whole comp, which put me into 3rd place, right behind Jake Sakson, and JT Robinson. The next day in the Finals I was hoping to bypass JT and Jake by skiing the “money-line” faster and better than I had done the day before. I ended up being too aggressive and I lost my balance as I dropped into the keyhole and I fell in the “NO-FALL Zone.” Obviously my scores suffered, but I with the great run the day before, I was able to pull off a 8th place finish.
Now it feel like have time to breath, but im back to training, Crested Butte is coming up in a few weeks…
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I bumped, jumped, GS-ed, hiked, and Slalomed my way into first place overall last Saturday in the first Sun Valley Tele race of the new year. I also won the “air” category as a was the only one to land a 360, gotta spin to win…
This morning I woke up and I was ecstatic that mother nature gave us over two feet of fresh light fluffy snow for Christmas! There was so much snow in fact, that I couldn’t find my car when I went out side to look for it! Anyway, after standing in line for 2.5hrs with my friend Chris Tatsuno, the ski patrol finally declared the lower portion of the mountain open at 11:00. The scene was awesome, people were hootin’ and hollering and laughing and there was a vibe of an old resort, where everyone is in a great mood and having a blast. Chris and I stormed down for first tracks on Exhibition, passing about 50-60 poeple, and we continued charging down the whole morning. We ended up getting eleven runs in on the Exhibition chair before the top opened at 2:00. By the time the top opened the mountain had already tired out most of its morning skiers, and we had to many untracked lined to choose from the rest of the day. During a quick water break, Chris and I met up with Lynsey Dyer and Sven Kueenle and we skied until the mountain closed at 4:00. This was probably one of the days I’ve ever had at Sun Valley resort, and it was the best present I’ve ever received for Christmas
Dude where’s my Car?
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Lift Line
Megawatts=best powder ski ever!!! I love these skis
Chris and I are loving life!
Besides the cliché half-binding/half-brained hippy statement: “because the turn looks and feels so sweet dude,” I telemark because it is a key to unlock the hidden treasures of the mountains and because it allows access the backcountry. Telemarking allows me to enjoy mountains, and express myself better than I could do with tradition alpine skiing. “Then why don’t you just A.T.” you might ask? We all know that A.T. means “Almost Telemark.” I feel that A.T. doesn’t allow the seamless and fluid movement through the mountains, that telemarking does. I believe that A.T. is a great way for beginners to experience touring, but why not loose that clunky heelpiece?
To me, telemarking is like using handwritten calligraphy instead of type: it’s more technically challenging, it boasts additional style, and it contains an individual flair unique to each artisan… Plus it just looks cooler. Duh!!!
Haig Glacier
I try to compete in as many events as I can each year, here is my 2010 line-up so far:
Alpine Extreme Freeskiing Events
-January 6-10, 2010 – The Canadian Freeskiing Championships, Revelstoke, Canada
-January 21-23 Canadian Open Freesking Championships
-February 4-6 2010 – Subaru Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier, Telluride, CO, USA
-February 17-21, 2010 – Subaru US Freeskiing Championships, Crested Butte, CO, USA
-March 3-7, 2010 – Subaru North American Freeskiing Championships, Kirkwood, CA, USA
-March 16-21, 2010 – Subaru Freeskiing World Championships, Snowbird, UT, USA
SV Telemark Events (Dates Are Not Posted Yet)
-January – All-Terrain at Sun Valley (Bumps,Jumps,GS,Hiking)
-February – Idaho’s Original Bob Marley Day (All-Terrain, Big Air, Tele-Powder8’s)
-April – Hawaiian Nationals- Duel GS, Tandem-Tele-Challenge, Parade, Rail Jam
Telemark Extreme Freeskiing Events
-Feb 18-21, 2010 – Alpine Meadows Free-Heal open
first poster I'm on!!!
-March 18-20, 2010 – Crested Butte Extreme Freeskiing Telemark Nationals
-March 23-28, 2010 – Telemark World Championships Alaska
2008-2009 Competition Highlights:
1st big air category of all terrain Comp Sun Valley Tele
1st Overall Sun Valley Tele All Terrain
Highest Ranked Telemark skier: Canadian Freeskiing Open
36th Crested Butte Freeskiing Championships: Subaru Freeskiing tour (best on Telemark)
Highest Scoring Run: Alpine Meadows Free-heal open
8th place Alpine Meadows (fell in super final)
10th National Extreme Telemark Championships
Other Life Highlights 2008-2009
-As far as I know I invented a new tele-surf technique (video coming as soon as the snow falls)
-127 days skied, at 14 different resorts in the US and Canada, and 20 days of amazing back country touring.
-expanded my bag of tricks with: Back Flips, 720’s, Lincoln Loops and others inverts.
-Biggest air I’ve ever hit: 50ft ish from takeoff to landing… stuck it
2007-2008 Season Competition Highlights
-1st Bob Marley day big air telemark comp.
-7th Extreme Freeskiing telemark world championships– Alyeska resort AK
-9th Canadian Freeskiing open– Red Mtn. BC (alpine comp i did on my tele’s)
-10th US Extreme Freeskiing telemark nationals–Crested Butte CO
-lots of top results in the mens elite class for the Sun Valley Telemark Series
Other Life Highlights 2007-2008
-two week yurt ski trip in the Sawtooth Mountains “Boulder Yurt” with friends
-148 days skied (37 in backcountry)
-Three week trip to Moab, for river rafting, Climbing, and Mountain Biking
-Graduated High School!!! (and i even gave a speech)
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