Kohut? As in the crazy dude with the DH wheelchair?crashing_sux said:Favorite quote from nsmb.com, "If I'm in your way don't Kohut me, just yell and I'll move over".
yeah, there is a big debate over him supposedly yelling at people for gaping on A-line. People say he thinks of it as his trail or something...I have no opinion on the matter but there is a multi-page thread on NSMB about it all.thaflyinfatman said:Kohut? As in the crazy dude with the DH wheelchair?
Gaping as in staring, or did you mean "gapping" or something else altogether? I don't see how either of those would cause issues :Spunkassean said:yeah, there is a big debate over him supposedly yelling at people for gaping on A-line. People say he thinks of it as his trail or something...I have no opinion on the matter but there is a multi-page thread on NSMB about it all.
crashing_sux said:I can completely understand why people get pissed at riders rolling over all of the jumps at A-Line but I think they also need to understand that these people have nowhere else to go. You certainly can't learn to hit the jumps on A-Line by riding B-line. There are plans to turn B-Line into a mini A-line with smaller jumps just to solve this issue, it can't happen soon enough.
gaping as in "flailing" or riding like a "kook" it more or less comes down to Stacey getting upset with riders who he (supposedly) thinks "shouldn't" be on A-line due to lack of skill or technical ability...thaflyinfatman said:Gaping as in staring, or did you mean "gapping" or something else altogether? I don't see how either of those would cause issues :S
I would be willing to be the groomed whistler will seem technically easy but fast. I doubt you will have a problem.SprungShoulders said:This brings up something that's been on my mind...
I'll (hopefully) be headed up to Whistler in August; never been there B4. So, what would be a recommended progression of trails to work "up to" A-Line? I'm coming up from Utah, am used to steep and loose, drops to tranny (<=10ft), but no really big gaps, etc. outside of some doubles at the local dirt jumps. If there's kind of an unwritten series of trails to hit if your a newbie to Whistler, that's what I'm interested in. Even some guidelines. I have no delusions about my skill level: I just moved up to Expert DH, and I'll hit some decent stuff once I work up to it (36 years of bumps and bruises has taught me a bit of "look before you leap" caution), but I do like to get a good bit of warm-up in before going full-bore. Hence my question about what might be a good way to work into a week-long Whistler trip such that I a) don't kill myself in the first half-hour, and b) don't piss off half the mountain trying to scope, study, and warm-up on a run inappropriate to that particular activity.
Still just rumours. Nothing solid from the mountain yet. As a beginner I would love a place to start. A-line is really easy once you get used to air. But to start there from scratch is a big step (imo)Are there any immediate plans to groom B-Line into a mini A-Line? It certainly sounds logical in terms of a progressive difficulty...
This is A-line....Yeah, I'm probably thinking about things too much , but it's like getting seeded in a race right ahead of a guy you know can smoke your arse, and then kinda mentally looking over your (edit)shoulder the entire run wondering when he's going catch you and run your sorry, slow butt off the course.
Cheers!
LOL! I'll have to using the word "seasoned" more, outside the context of food...it sure beats "over the hill old fart"....here is nothing on A-Line that would be above your "seasoned" expert DH capabilities