[s-cars] Subject: Re: Scirrocos, GTIs, Shelby, and now Skis

[tbickle99]

Tom Winter said... 

>You will not that my recommendations do not include mogul skis
>(any old straight ski will ski bumps as well as the new "mogul" skis)
>or racing >skis. I hate bumps and I retired from ski racing a decade
>ago.

>MAC: With all this ski talk, it's making me think we should try to do
>a //ski //fest. I'm thinking the last day of the season at Loveland
>ski area, in Colorado (early May). If there is enough interest I'll
>set it up with discounted group tickets, etc.


Sorry, Tom, but I'm going to have to disagree with your take on mogul
skis.  I'm a bump addict (having been coached in the Winter Park
Masters Freestyle program for many years), and I've been skiing almost
exclusively on mogul skis for the past 8 years.  In my opinion, the
current generation of "shaped" mogul skis (Dynastar Twister, Rossignol
Scratch Mogul, etc.) are light-years ahead of the old straight skis. 
Three years ago, I upgraded from a classic straight mogul ski (Dynastar
Assault) to the new shaped version (Dynastar Twister), and the
difference was like night and day.  This is not just my opinion-- ask
any mogul competitor or coach, and they'll tell you the same thing.

Mogul skiing technique has also evolved dramatically to take advantage
of the new skis.  Today's competitors use a rounded turn with lots of
knee angulation.  This technique makes them smoother and a LOT faster
than the backseat bashers from the '80s and early '90s (a la Edgar
Grospiron).  

I'd definitely be up for a //ski fest at Loveland.  Please keep me in
the loop.  I think that it would be really cool to see a fleet of
S-cars in the Loveland parking lot!  I'll bring my non-mogul skis for
this one...

Mandatory Audi content:  Mogul skis are like UrS cars.  Only a tiny
minority of the general public actually want them, and those people are
most likely JNR.

--Eugene



 
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