Spent days 6/7 at Sipapu Ski Area giving Skibike demos.
They had received snow earlier that week of 18" (thank heavens, no snow through Jan) and the snow was in good shape to play. We were able to get 41 people through demos on Sat/Sun without an incident. Had lots of fun giving lessons and ripping runs on the 3ski.
Shared the snow with another good friend Patrick from Stalmach. Very much enjoyed his company and sharing snow and runs with him. He had a hoot on the 3ski. He needs to get a regular jobby- job so we can all celebrate on the mountain.
I love spending time at Sipapu. Its 2 very hard days of work but to see the laughing and smiling on those bikes is life changing to me!!
Showing posts with label Sipapu Demos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sipapu Demos. Show all posts
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Day 2 and 3 OTS
My day 2 & 3 on the snow, was a good one.
We had our first demo days at the super neat little ski hill called Sipapu Ski area. (http://www.sipapunm.com/ )
We had 2 full day demos scheduled on Sat and Sun. We brought our normal collection of bikes for demos to include the newest bike called the 3ski (http://www.3ski.com/) from New Zealand. Melanie and I were shocked at how much extra work it is with just 1 person down. It took us almost an additional 40+ minutes longer to get set up w/o Krusty's help. Don't want to bust on him as he showed up at about 11am, with no sleep from his night shift job and jumped right in doing lessons. We had the sun on our face both days and it was warm enough that I rode bikes and gave demos in my lightest ski pants and a polar fleece top. It even warmed up enough for 3+ hours each day that the snow got real nice under the boards. We had a great turn out of 28 people that signed up for formal lessons and demos over the 2 days. This year we decided to enter demo participants for a free skibike give away each demo weekend. A local man from Albuquerque, NM that came up for the day just to check out skibikes, won the give away bike as was more thrilled than a kid in a candy shop!! I played on a lot of runs on the newest toy in our box called the 3ski. What an amazing machine that is a thrill to ride!! I found it much more friendly in the sketch and was just meant to go..very very fast!!! I gave 4 lessons on it and all 4 folks nailed ridding the bike in just 1 run. 1 participant hot lapped the hill for all 2 days when it was available. I'm looking forward to getting some more time on it this season.
We spent the night at Sipapu on Sat night. We got a 2 room condo there for like $95. What a smoken deal. My buddy Eugene (aka..Krusty) said it best to describe the place. "This place has a fine patina on it!". Very true. The place is old but the price is right and value can not be beat!! If you get a chance to find and ride Sipapu..tell them SkibikeFun sent you!!!
Day 2 and 3 are down....looking and planning for day #4!!!
Keep it shiny side up and slippery side down!!
Randy
SkiBikeFun.com
We had our first demo days at the super neat little ski hill called Sipapu Ski area. (http://www.sipapunm.com/ )
We had 2 full day demos scheduled on Sat and Sun. We brought our normal collection of bikes for demos to include the newest bike called the 3ski (http://www.3ski.com/) from New Zealand. Melanie and I were shocked at how much extra work it is with just 1 person down. It took us almost an additional 40+ minutes longer to get set up w/o Krusty's help. Don't want to bust on him as he showed up at about 11am, with no sleep from his night shift job and jumped right in doing lessons. We had the sun on our face both days and it was warm enough that I rode bikes and gave demos in my lightest ski pants and a polar fleece top. It even warmed up enough for 3+ hours each day that the snow got real nice under the boards. We had a great turn out of 28 people that signed up for formal lessons and demos over the 2 days. This year we decided to enter demo participants for a free skibike give away each demo weekend. A local man from Albuquerque, NM that came up for the day just to check out skibikes, won the give away bike as was more thrilled than a kid in a candy shop!! I played on a lot of runs on the newest toy in our box called the 3ski. What an amazing machine that is a thrill to ride!! I found it much more friendly in the sketch and was just meant to go..very very fast!!! I gave 4 lessons on it and all 4 folks nailed ridding the bike in just 1 run. 1 participant hot lapped the hill for all 2 days when it was available. I'm looking forward to getting some more time on it this season.
We spent the night at Sipapu on Sat night. We got a 2 room condo there for like $95. What a smoken deal. My buddy Eugene (aka..Krusty) said it best to describe the place. "This place has a fine patina on it!". Very true. The place is old but the price is right and value can not be beat!! If you get a chance to find and ride Sipapu..tell them SkibikeFun sent you!!!
Day 2 and 3 are down....looking and planning for day #4!!!
Keep it shiny side up and slippery side down!!
Randy
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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