Day 4 on the Snow Saturday 1/23/10
Angel Fire Ski Area NM
After 2 full weekends off the snow and on my butt on a couch over the weekends, we finally received some new snow in New Mexico!! We had 3 storms that came through the area, each dumping small 4-8" amounts. Nothing SIC mind you but that’s the hand you deal with when skiing in New Mexico. Headed out early on Friday with Eugene to AF in an attempt to miss the frozen roads expected in the am. The storms covered AF incredibly with a nice blend of heavier powder with a mix of made made snow and AF crust. When I busted up my ribs on day 1 this year, there was still lots of rocks poking through. Not the case this weekend. Overall the snow was soft and incredible. Cold as hell as usual, made it to the backside of the area but it was colder and snowed most of the day. Meet up with a friend from Albuquerque named Mark to teach him how to SkiBike. The guy is an ex moto cross rider and got his head around it very quickly. Had to tell him to slow it down all day but he definitely had a killer time with comments like.....I'll never snow board again!! Came off the mountain at about 2pm exhausted and went to the bar and drank the rest of the day. Very cool day!!!
Day 5 on the Snow Sunday 1/24/10
Angel Fire Ski Area NM
Spent the night with Eugene's dad at his sister's new cabin. Very cool place with an incredible view off the deck. Carl actually offered to buy dinner for us. He's never offered as long as I have known him...I jumped on his offer like a bum on a sandwich!!! Started the day at 12 degress with most of the runs groomed over night. Still lots of untracked and tracked powder if you looked for it. Had to head into the trees for most of it. Meet up with 2 ladies from my work. They had received a day of skibiking for 2 from a united way offer I did through work. Both of them new to skibiking but did very well and had a blast. Completed the day with several tree and WC trail runs. Very cool day, lots of great ridding with my buddy Eugene and Mark from the previous day.
Love...Peace...and SkiBikes.
Randy
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
New Sledgehammer SkiBike Colors
Hello all, over the weekend, we received in the newest Sledgehammer colors that are available.
Currently only available on full suspension models, is Original Orange, Metallic Indigo, Metallic Blue and Metallic Black!!!
Sledgehammer has made a few improvements. The seat has a new cover, the bars are improved a bit, front hook for the o-ring attachment, new style skis and great new paint!!
Same price for the new colors and upgrades.
Come check them out.
http://www.skibikefun.com/SHFS001.htm
Randy
SkiBikeFun.com
Currently only available on full suspension models, is Original Orange, Metallic Indigo, Metallic Blue and Metallic Black!!!
Sledgehammer has made a few improvements. The seat has a new cover, the bars are improved a bit, front hook for the o-ring attachment, new style skis and great new paint!!
Same price for the new colors and upgrades.
Come check them out.
http://www.skibikefun.com/SHFS001.htm
Randy
SkiBikeFun.com
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Hello all- Just got in a new set of SkiBikeAlley Comics for the year.
Please enjoy!!
http://www.skibikefun.com/SBAMAIN.htm
Ensure you press F5 on your key board when you are at the page or refresh.
Randy
http://SkiBikeFun.com
Please enjoy!!
http://www.skibikefun.com/SBAMAIN.htm
Ensure you press F5 on your key board when you are at the page or refresh.
Randy
http://SkiBikeFun.com
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Day3 on the snow 09/10 SkiBike Season
1/02/10
Had my 3rd day on the snow yesterday at one of my favorite local haunts Sipapu Ski Area. Melanie manned the SkiBikeFun table and Eugene and I hot lapped the mountain and worked getting new skibikers down the mountain safely.
http://www.sipapunm.com/
We complete 4-8 demo days a year with these folks. Its a mutual win for both involved but the guests at Sipapu are the real winners. Free skibike demos with a lift ticket, (equipment and lesson) and if we are not waiting on new lessons, we let you ride the equipment!! Sipapu is a great little old school resort with a heart 7 times bigger!! Great folks, great lift ticket prices.
Any whooo...we had 18 students over the day. We had a huge range of students ranging in age from about 12- 60. We had a few people that remember us from previous demos that were there to watch a bit more. There were a few match ups that tickled us. One was a grandfather and his grand son. Both were skiers, played at Sipapu all the time, been wanting to try it for a while and when he did, I know we changed his life. He and his grand son ripped that mountain the rest of the day on Brawlers only after 10 minute lesson and a guided tour down the mountain. I heard grown man giggling!!! Another was a young lady age 12 by the name of Abby and her dad. She was an beginning skier and dad had been in 2 class and still was not the beginners area. ( Not on the main lift) He was terrified of skiing yet had some confidence around the bikes. ?? 15 minute lesson, 1 guided run down and the two of the rode our bikes the rest of the day also!!! We actually received a $40 tip in lieu of rental from one guest. He stated, I was going to rent skis today and ended up ridding you bike instead. It was more than worth it to him.
I loved the conversation in the truck between Myself, Melanie and Eugene. We were exhausted!! Getting folks on bikes, teaching and getting up/down the mountain is a butt ton of work. We all work our part, we all work our parts well. The demos are never about a sale, its about getting folks the SkiBike Experience. While we were exhausted....we are always very rewarded by the outcome of the work. As my buddy Eugene says, "Theres nothing like watching them get their cherry popped!!". I like to say, I am really rewarded when I see the light bulb come on!!
We had planned to meet up with our buddy Patrick but he bailed. We had planned to play at Angelfire on Sunday but anything else...would have been an boring encore!!! We were able to sell back our room at Sipapu and drove back that night. Eugene and I need to figure out a better way to haul the Brawlers. installing/removing skis from these beasts are very time consuming.
Sipapu, thanks for having us!!!! Its always our pleasure spending the day with you all!!
Randy
Had my 3rd day on the snow yesterday at one of my favorite local haunts Sipapu Ski Area. Melanie manned the SkiBikeFun table and Eugene and I hot lapped the mountain and worked getting new skibikers down the mountain safely.
http://www.sipapunm.com/
We complete 4-8 demo days a year with these folks. Its a mutual win for both involved but the guests at Sipapu are the real winners. Free skibike demos with a lift ticket, (equipment and lesson) and if we are not waiting on new lessons, we let you ride the equipment!! Sipapu is a great little old school resort with a heart 7 times bigger!! Great folks, great lift ticket prices.
Any whooo...we had 18 students over the day. We had a huge range of students ranging in age from about 12- 60. We had a few people that remember us from previous demos that were there to watch a bit more. There were a few match ups that tickled us. One was a grandfather and his grand son. Both were skiers, played at Sipapu all the time, been wanting to try it for a while and when he did, I know we changed his life. He and his grand son ripped that mountain the rest of the day on Brawlers only after 10 minute lesson and a guided tour down the mountain. I heard grown man giggling!!! Another was a young lady age 12 by the name of Abby and her dad. She was an beginning skier and dad had been in 2 class and still was not the beginners area. ( Not on the main lift) He was terrified of skiing yet had some confidence around the bikes. ?? 15 minute lesson, 1 guided run down and the two of the rode our bikes the rest of the day also!!! We actually received a $40 tip in lieu of rental from one guest. He stated, I was going to rent skis today and ended up ridding you bike instead. It was more than worth it to him.
I loved the conversation in the truck between Myself, Melanie and Eugene. We were exhausted!! Getting folks on bikes, teaching and getting up/down the mountain is a butt ton of work. We all work our part, we all work our parts well. The demos are never about a sale, its about getting folks the SkiBike Experience. While we were exhausted....we are always very rewarded by the outcome of the work. As my buddy Eugene says, "Theres nothing like watching them get their cherry popped!!". I like to say, I am really rewarded when I see the light bulb come on!!
We had planned to meet up with our buddy Patrick but he bailed. We had planned to play at Angelfire on Sunday but anything else...would have been an boring encore!!! We were able to sell back our room at Sipapu and drove back that night. Eugene and I need to figure out a better way to haul the Brawlers. installing/removing skis from these beasts are very time consuming.
Sipapu, thanks for having us!!!! Its always our pleasure spending the day with you all!!
Randy
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