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They have a distinct advantage over regular instructors in that they have a captive audience for 5 days, two times each day, each person gets excercises that benefit them, and the instructor is able to build confidence slowly because he has such a long period of time. Best money spent for beginners to intermediates, and even I take away stuff that I will use in classes when I teach.
Exactly... The key is the extended days... Especially with little kids... You can have them skiing independently within those five days strung together. It is amazing to see kids barely able to walk ski... That's the time to get 'em.
Last year my son was 5 and it all seemed to come together on the extended trips. Positive ski experience leads to greater confidence.
Right now, I build and give them as much slide time as possible... Even if it means going out in the backyard.
That is why I miss a town like Buffalo... Decent size, ample snow, areas within an hours drive.
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Probably the finest teachers in North America are at Gray Rocks, the staff is level III and above, we have been there 6 times, sometimes with kids and sometimes without. Dpending on the exchange rate, it can be a relatively inexpensive vacation for the whole family, with a lot of great skiing.
I have never skied Gray Rocks... Is that Mt. Tremblant? I have been to Mt. Ste Anne back in the 80's... I real nice trip... Stayed in the old part of Quebec City.
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It's one big **** sandwich and we all have to take a bite...
I should have waited to get the hat...rat bastards city council. Cropp just out to make a name for herself. Christ, I never heard of Cropp before this whole mess, and I live here. And Mayor Tony's lack of personal skills didn't help.
Oh well...it was just too good to be true. Thanks for the coal in the stocking, Cropp!
Hold on to that hat... It might be worth something! Did they sell a lot?
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I think TD only let two go, Price and Brown. I am sure Marcellus Wiley was gone under Butler??
Can anybody confirm this?
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Go to the forum at SiriusBackStage.com.
I think the antenna will work, you have to remove the plastic jacket at the connector end so it will fit... You might get more "drop outs" though.
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Somebody say water?...
Like I have said many times before... sh-- rolls down hill... When somebody reaches for a glass of water in NO, it has already passed through three people. Think of that "Chicagoians" next time you flush!
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I've been skiing since I was ten and learned from some of the best teachers in the world at Gray Rocks, Quebec on two separate week long lesson sessions. Unfortunately, what used to cost 12-16 dollars for a 4 hour pass here now costs 44 . I went from going like 30 times per year to @ 2
Point taken. I do think it was more cost prohibitive years ago though. Right now at smaller facilities an ALL DAY pass is in the 40-50 dollar range... That is usually all day and night (if night skiing is available). Nowadays we spend our income on a lot of other things we didn't have back then. Still, making less years ago, that 12-16 dollars was a lot! Times that by 2 for an eight hour pass and you still paid about 25-30 bucks! Of course now, the big name resorts are well over 50 bucks... It is still cheaper than playing some rounds of golf at certain courses... What do greens fees cost at big name resorts? My point was that for what you get and today's technology, it is relatively cheaper than before. Our disposable incomes are a lot more today. Kids also ski FREE at most resorts (age varies)... It is good to get them going at that point. Also, at minor areas, you can touch unlimited season pass for 300 bucks... Juniors are less... In Buffalo, If you are a UB alum, you get a lot of bang for your buck joing the club. Skiing is all start up. Equipment now has jumped leaps and bounds with the shapes and cuts... It is a lot easier to learn and be successful than at any other point in history... It is also cheaper to attain that equipment thanks to technology.
Technology in all facits of the sport has changed it. It is truly one of the only sports where technology filtered up from the recreational aspect to the pros. You can thank computer design a lot. Look at what the racer is are using now... they are racing gates on equipment that is 30 cm shorter than 20 years ago. Myself, I went form skiing on 205s to 190's when the shaped ski revolution took hold.
So... I respectfully disagree that the sport has got more expensive, it just looks like that since the dollar amounts appeared more appealing years ago.
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Cool... B)
I'll just "leach" of your sig line for the rest of the season if you don't mind...
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That sounds like the XAct unit.
Thanks Jack... Where did you get the channel listings (Sig line)?... I have the game alert feature but, it usually takes to long time (few minutes) to kick in... Since I am usually hunting around anyway!
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Ohh... That brings me up to a Bills point and home announcers... Does anybody have any gripe about John Murphy not announcing the proper "spot" of the ball... It is really annoying... Last week, he is such a "homer"... That he practically jumped out of his seat leaving a quiet void... I think "The Pill", AVP, jokingly said he thought he was gonna have to finish the play-by-play.
I guess it is not so bad, since the Bills are winning... I enjoy listening to radio, it just gets annoying when you can't accurate visualize where the ball is...
I liked Van.
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Most units are FM modulated and can work certain FM freqs with any FM radio... I have had extremely good luck with this root in my car, since I don't have an AUX input... Some people complain about static since strong broadcast "walk" over your radio reception. There are remedies to FM noise.
1. The Sportster has an external FM out wire that aids in transmitting to your radios antenna. I use it and it works great. When traveling, I sometimes have to switch choice freqs due to strong signals.
2. You can unplug your car antenna and never listen to FM again... This will get rid of any strong surrounding signals... The receivers transmit up to about 15 feet... So it won't be a problem.
3. Get an antenna switch... It will hook up to the FM out (see #1) and then wire to your antenna... When you use the sat tuner... It will switch your antenna staff off and give the sat tuner a bee-line to your head unit (Better and less hassle when traveling.).
4. Use a cassette adpater and attach it to the tuner hardwire output (also on the back of the cadle.
5. Hardwire it to the back AUX inputs (I do this on the home cradle).
Don't worry, when transporting, the Sportster doesn't require you to shut off the FM mod if you then decide to use hardwire... It just might cause some interference elsewhere.
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XM has the walkman type with 5 hours record (MyFi)... Sirius will be coming out with one soon...?
I have had the Sportster since mid-September. It cost me $149.00 for for the receiver and car cradle. I bought the home cradle for 49 bucks and the boombox for 99 (I had a 25 dollar Best Buy gift card that i used towards the boombox... So the price was about $74.00)... Subcription is $12.95/month and you get all NFL games (2 broadcasts each... home announcers vs. away team announcers) If you want to add up to 3 more receivers, they are 6.95 each/month extra. Once you subscribe, you get free online streaming... You can try it online FREE for three days but, you can't get the NFL (People would absuse the system and only listen to the NFL for free... I guess??).
The thing works great... I can't live without... I take it from my car (FM modulated, the modulator is built in and can play to any FM radio) to my house (wired out to my AUX port of my stereo) everyday... I listen to the games at work with the boombox.
So, I guess the cheapest to get it up in running in your house or car is about 150... I think there are rebates offered now ($30.00???)
Go to SiriusBackStage.com... They have a forum there... I am registered under Thamus...
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I played football until I realized that everyone else was bigger than 5'6" and I realized that was out, I enjoy golf, but on Long Island there is way too much waiting around to play 9 holes for 4 hours, it's just not worth taking that much time out of the day.
Now my biggest sport is skiing, I am a professional ski instructor (I'm certified level II), Although I am in semi retirement as I havent been working at my resort (Mount Snow VT) in 5 years. I still maintain my cert level and hope to go back to teaching when the kids get older and less dependant.
As Exhiled In Illinois stated, it's a great sport for families, It can get expensive, but what other sport can the whole family do together as a group? I find even when the kids go off in one direction and explore, my wife and I will take our daughter and go another way, we will meet up at the end of the day and swap stories. My sons 18 and 16 are still trying to finally topple the old man (44), but I still have an edge on the race course and on the all mountain tour. Although they may on occasion get to the bottom first, It's usually reckless behavior that gets em there.
That's awesome Guffalo! That is exactly what I meant. Like you said, it can get a little expensive but, considering that you are using a multi-million dollar facility for 8 hours... Weigh in all the other intangibles, it is a great way to spend the winter months with the family.
If I was a little closer to some bigger hills (500' +) I 'd think think about pursuing a career. With my job, there is always a chance that it will go back to be seasonal, that would be great now that I am more financially stable. Go figure? I REALLY, REALLY, just wish I was a few hours closer to bigger hills. Anyway, it is a great learning enviro here for my kids...
The ski-bar thingy is the greatest idea that they ever came up with for getting very young kids innvolved. I have skiied my son all over resorts since he was three... Always felt comfortable getting him down any kind of slope! It really gets them innvolved, sliding, riding the chair without fear, and makes them feel accomplished and confident... It takes all the negative learning out of it... I still remember wallowing with the old plate bindings (man the snow would jam up on those bastards!), runaway straps and what not!
With ski technology (shapes, ect...) kids/beginners got it easy today!
Skiing is such a wonderful skill. BTW, I like the Yukon Cornelius avatar!
If you are ever in the area (WNY, NorthEast... What not, drop me a line/PM... My sister lives in Enosburg, VT... Outside Jay... I sometimes take some time off to be up there.).
I really, really need to get out of Illinois...
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Anybody mention kickers?:
Nick Mickamyer
Who was the place-kicker?... Jackowinko [spelling??... spelled phonetically, Jacque-a-veen-co]... I used to love saying his name!
And Punter:
Marv Bateman
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Think snow!
I would rather have it 20 and snowing than 40 and raining!
How good are you at sports!!!!!
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But... You didn't have kids til recently... That's the way to keep your "head in the game"