Finally Figured Out My Skis!

This is my second season on my skis, which are Rossignol Zenith Z1’s.  I purchased them new at a ski swap in Hailey in the fall of 2006.  Since the snow this year has been so darn good, last week was only the third time this season that I have used them; normally I’m on a snowboard.  However, once the time in between winter storms changes from every few days to every couple of weeks, skis are a better option for me!  It isn’t that the snowboarding is no good, but that I’ve only been on a board for 2 years and I still fall at least once per run! 

Anyways, I was skiing up at Sun Valley with a few friends of mine.  One of the guys and I decided that rather than attempt any sort of technical precision, we would simply race as fast as we could from point to point.  Four inches of new snow from the previous evening helped quite a bit with the conditions, but it had also piled up to form moguls in the groomed runs that could send you soaring if hit at full speed.  The skis are still a little new to me so it’s tough to know when I’m in control and when I’m not!  As I hit high speed I was amazed at how responsive the skis were; they turned so quickly that you really had to be careful not to over extend.   Verdict:  It’s easier to go fast than slow.