wintersteiger

Its Here!!!!!
The machine finally showed up, now we just need to dump more money into bridges, transformers, electricians, belts, bits, jigs, files, guides, and utilities.
but....
shes beautiful!

psia level one

so i was not so sure about doing the psia level one exam, i thought that i wasnt going to learn much, that it was going to be full of people that dont take their skiing seriously and that it was going to be a waste of my time and money.

the good news:
i did learn quite a bit, i made a couple cool friends, and got to work on my skiing before the season really goes.

the not so exciting news:
it was full of a bunch of people that dont take their skiing seriously, it was expensive, and i am happy i did it.

The bottom line:
I passed with flying colors, whoda thunk? and am making the realization that people who are involved with organizations like psia on a high level (examiners, tech team, demo team) are nontheless passionate and talented athletes despite what their weekend warrior psia bretheren show us on the hill.

And i had a great time skiing the patches of deep pow that were steep enough to shred at Flatstar.



















Heres a cool photo from the first sunny bit after the first storm----Perfect Timing?




















and thanks to Jill for her help this week!

little steps- tasty dinner

today i finally pulled the trigger on joining PSIA to further my education into being a pro ski instructor...85 bucks plus countless more buy ins to make sure that i know how to teach skiing...do i sound a bit disgruntled???i am..a bit.anyways, i feel like im making steps in the right direction to being able to make a real living here, and im stoked to be able to help people share the sport that has changed (ruined) my life.:)on other notes:



I made a super awesome split pea soup for dinner and it is totally vegan which is cool for you hippies out there as well as for my girlfriend...smelly hippies.

She told me to write down the recipe so we can make it later.

here goes the recipe:
2 whisky cokes....start cooking.
5 cloves garlic
3 carrots
2 potatoes
1 bundle green onions
1 yellow onion
olive oil
salt
pepper
quite a bit of dill (maybe table spoon or so.)

All that stuff above goes into the pot to sautee and get clear/softened.
probably about 20-30 mins.

while that stuff is simmering- soak splitpeas in water to shorten cook time.

combine 2 cups split peas with sauteeing goodies plus 6-8 cups water, a few pinches of salt and a huge spoonful of trader joes veggie boullion.

simmer for about an hour until the flavors have settled a bit and everything including split peas are soft and tasty.

serve with hippie sprouted 19 grain bread and vegan butter for hippies.

it was pretty tasty.

heres a photo.

good morning.

ive got three things that are great today.
1)snow is coming on the 12th woot woot!
2)i have the day off---aka i get to ride my bike, drink coffee and stack cords of wood.
3)chimpanzee riding on a segway.

good day.

new computer!

yoyoyoyoyo...
new computer sick!!!!
kris

at least im good looking.

1)cant use email.
2)cant spell.
hmmm

today was a good day.

spent the morning today helping people fix their bikes, drinking coffee and talking about how rad its going to be when we get our ski tuning machines in this week.


there she is....150 mm wide stone, 350 wide belt, attached side edger, its gonna be the shit. Its supposedly the same kind of stone and dressing system that volkl and a bunch of other companies use to dress their factory skis.....broken linear stuctures all day anyone????

then i got a raise, and i didnt even ask for it. my boss just pulled me aside and said that im doing a great job and hes stoked to have me onboard.
sick.

Then a guy who frequents our bike shop offered some scrap building materials that will be just perfect for building some bomber workshop benches to sit next to our new machines.


then i get chocolate chip cookies for dinner, with pasta for desert...not bad for a skibum.




CHEERS!
kris