dan egan's all-terrain skiing this weekend ...

[brownman]

well ... none of the Egans have World Cup or Olympic Gold.
Donna, even now, could outbump nearly anyone here.
Queen of the Pasta Pot. One awesome Jersey girl !

[JerseyGuy]

Dan Egan is still alive?

[Ski_the_Moguls]

$350 to ski with that guy??? I'd rather buy a 6 pack of LT and ski with Stormchaser - I'm sure it would be a WAY better experience..

Are you saying that Stormchaser is a better skier, or just that he is a lot more fun to ski with after the 6 pack?

[skiladi]

It looks like Dan doesn't want to dust the person he is skiing with nor the videographer. I think he made those little icy Okemo bumps look pretty good and the Egan bros have always been about making the mountain look good and not themselves. I 've see Dan at Sugarbush but never skied with him. I have skied with John and learned more in an hour than any lesson or clinic I've taken in the past 30 years. A regular group lesson at K for 1 3/4 hr. for 2 days is $118 plus lift tic adds $172 so $290 with no lunch. Dan's deal @ $358 includes lift , lunch , lesson and vid analysis and last 2 Full days. Plus you ski with an icon that has starred in several WM films and has vast life experience and knowledge and a great outlook on life. Yeah , he's older and heavier than he was "back in the day" but for the average skier and not you big dogs I think it would be fun. I will agree that the conditions aren't conducive to a great ski weekend but you WILL learn a lot from skiing with Dan Egan. Just sayin' http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1810379/e ... ploration/

[biged]

Dan does appear to be a fun person to ski with. No value to myself to ski with him. From the analysis above it may be worth it for a certain level skier.

[Nevada West]

It looks like Dan doesn't want to dust the person he is skiing with nor the videographer. I think he made those little icy Okemo bumps look pretty good

Looks like he also doesn't want to finish his turns either. Or plant his poles.

[Stormchaser]

$350 to ski with that guy??? I'd rather buy a 6 pack of LT and ski with Stormchaser - I'm sure it would be a WAY better experience..

Are you saying that Stormchaser is a better skier, or just that he is a lot more fun to ski with after the 6 pack?

Ski off! Come find me Dan...

[skifaster]

[Mister Moose]

Looks like he also doesn't want to finish his turns either. Or plant his poles.

Who cares. This isn't a level III certification demo film. It's a feel good piece for Okemo, probably done with very little prep on a day he happened to be there. Okemo, folks.

I would reserve judgement until you've skied with him. We all have runs when we're on and when we're not.

In the one short bump sequence, several times he catches air off a bump, and lands with both his skis well off the center line positioned for the next turn. At 1:18-1:19 he clearly pops off on his inside ski, and lands in perfect balance, finishing out the turn. He may not make the competitive bumpers here happy, but he's not competing either. Say what you will, but I'll bet the number of skiers on this board who can jump and land on their inside ski in the bumps in a turn, not straight ahead, is a very short list.

[tellitlikeitis]

[quote="Mister Moose"][quote="Nevada West"] Looks like he also doesn't want to finish his turns either. Or plant his poles.[/quote]

Who cares. This isn't a level III certification demo film. It's a feel good piece for Okemo, probably done with very little prep on a day he happened to be there. [i]Okemo[/i], folks.

I would reserve judgement until you've skied with him. We all have runs when we're on and when we're not.

In the one short bump sequence, several times he catches air off a bump, and lands with both his skis well off the center line positioned for the next turn. At 1:18-1:19 he clearly pops off on his inside ski, and lands in perfect balance, finishing out the turn. He may not make the competitive bumpers here happy, but he's not competing either. Say what you will, but I'll bet the number of skiers on this board who can jump and land on their inside ski in the bumps [i]in a turn[/i], not straight ahead, is a very short list.[/quote]


uhh.. what in God's name are you talking about " pops off his inside ski and lands in perfect balance?...you do realize that that is exactly what you do not want to do when skiing bumps right dude ?.... that is some of the most awful bump skiing i have ever seen being perpetrated by an alleged expert!!!!!... what the heck happened to dan egan?... even his flat skiing was awful....the tips of his skis are all over the place... his weigh shifting is non existent and his hands are flapping around like a couple of plucked flounders..... trying to avoid the camera man? what!!!!! ... man, there has been some pretty funny stuff put up on this site but that clip is up there in the top 5 for sure....

if i were you moose, i would reserve judgement on bump skiing until you get a clue....

this guy advertises a plus 300 dollar clinic to ski all terrain, which i assume would include bumps

if you are gonna pay 300 to ski with anyone, jen heil would be a better choice....

based on that video, ski dork's son would be a better choice....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXpQtfgRpNQ



i think i'd rather ski with jersey dope and Geoff....but not G smashed... he'd be to drunk to ski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXpQtfgRpNQ

[Mister Moose]

He may not make the competitive bumpers here happy, but he's not competing either. Say what you will, but I'll bet the number of skiers on this board who can jump and land on their inside ski in the bumps in a turn, not straight ahead, is a very short list.

uhh.. what in God's name are you talking about " pops off his inside ski and lands in perfect balance?...you do realize that that is exactly what you do not want to do when skiing bumps right dude ?.... that is some of the most awful bump skiing i have ever seen being perpetrated by an alleged expert!!!!!... what the heck happened to dan egan?... even his flat skiing was awful....the tips of his skis are all over the place... his weigh shifting is non existent and his hands are flapping around like a couple of plucked flounders..... trying to avoid the camera man? what!!!!! ... man, there has been some pretty funny stuff put up on this site but that clip is up there in the top 5 for sure....

if i were you moose, i would reserve judgement on bump skiing until you get a clue....

this guy advertises a plus 300 dollar clinic to ski all terrain, which i assume would include bumps

if you are gonna pay 300 to ski with anyone, jen heil would be a better choice....

based on that video, ski dork's son would be a better choice....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXpQtfgRpNQ



i think i'd rather ski with jersey dope and Geoff....but not G smashed... he'd be to drunk to ski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXpQtfgRpNQ

#1, see the part I highlighted in red. I wasn't talking about today's freestyle criteria for judging bumps.

#2, ok, ski with me this season and show me how you can land the inside ski in a turn, in the bumps. It isn't going to get points with the judges, but that doesn't make it easy either. Then, and only then, can you tell me to get a clue.

[brownman]

kinda' sounds like the East German 'judge' got shorted on SWAG.
...fwiw...on Sunday, Eli throwing interceptions off either foot is fine

Back on topic, will be interesting to see the size of the Egan posse.
Losing a TV show has a way of forcing other revenue options.
Just a guy trying to stay ahead of it...nothing more or less.

[tt431]

Somebody, kick Dan in the balls while he's down.

[LINYbob]

$350 to ski with that guy??? I'd rather buy a 6 pack of LT and ski with Stormchaser - I'm sure it would be a WAY better experience..

Are you saying that Stormchaser is a better skier, or just that he is a lot more fun to ski with after the 6 pack?

Definitely the first part. And I'm sure he is pretty cool after the second too.

[pwdrskier]

This is gonna come off the wrong way but, but after viewing that vid, I thought he would be a more dynamic skier.
We see skiers skiing like that and better all the time.
Maybe because it was at slokemo....

He had to take it back a notch prob cause of all the dont jump signs and Slow signs