Re: Food for thought (new thread)

On Jun 13, 7:45 am, lal_truckee <lal_truc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
taichiskiing wrote:
On Jun 11, 6:47 pm, "JQ" <jqwad...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You know they
have some extreme competion that the line you chose to get to the bottom of
the mountain is up to you. The only rule is get to the bottom without
killing yourself.

Yes, it was called "Chinese Downhill" in the movie "Hot Dogs"; from
the top to the bottom, the skiers choose their own line, and first one
crosses the finish line wins. Yes, choosing one's own line tests not
just the one's skiing skills but mountain knowledge as well. So
Chinese Downhill covers more aspects of all-mountain skiing than those
"on course" ski racing.

Two items:

One - Alpine Meadows ran an open course downhill this spring summit to
base mass start (called the Mad Cow Downhill - we wouldn't be so coarse
as to misappropriate the fine name of China) - first prize was a Full
Season Pass. Winner schussed the Face, monster moguls and all.

"Mad Cow"? sounds descriptive, nevertheless, I like the name "Chinese
Downhill," fine name makes good race, nothing wrong with it. Come to
think about it, I also like the idea of "head to head Chinese
Downhill" I proposed on the last post. I think I'm going to trademark
it--TCS Downhill, short for TaiChi Skiing Downhill, :)--or TCS
challenge, if someone would like to challenge me skiing, that's how
we're going to do.


Second - Itchy, you completely missed what JQ was talking about.

Maybe, but I don't think so, since he is not an extreme skier, nor
into the extreme skiing, what he did is called "praise [others'
skiing] high to insinuate [my skiing] low," a common practice for 'net
bashers when they wouldn't want to admit that their opponent was
right.

I suspect JQ was talking about extreme competitions where a selected
nearly impossible slope of cliffs and ravines and wild snow is used for
the "course" and the competitors are judged by selected line difficulty,
panache, and balls, as well as speed. Alpine Meadows (once again) has
been hosting an annual extreme telemarker competition on the keyhole and
the buttress slopes.

Extreme skiing may reflect a skier's courage and spirit but not
necessarily the techniques and skills. TCS Downhill would challenge a
skier's all around abilities of all-mountain skiing, courage and
spirit included.

Maybe we try some next year, :)
IS
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