Freestyle Fridays at Ski Club of Ireland

Fattes

Guys starting in January we will have a regular freestyle night at the Ski Club of Ireland.

Dion a world freestyle tour judge will be providing lessons and the park will be open to everyone who can ski/board in control on the main slope. All you need is yourself as boots and skis will be available as with any normal class or practice session at the club

With 8 features and various jumps available weekly the park layout will evolve with the standard of riders and we have plans in place to add to the slope furniture. We have a couple of sponsors lined up and there is some really exciting stuff on offer and planned.

Skiers and Boarders are welcome and we have some real special stuff lined up over the next few months,

Ski Tests

Themed nights

Prizes and guest coaches

Airbag nights

And so much more.

granty1987

Good job man! thats great to hear. fraid i wont be able to avail of it in the near future as im living the life in Alpe d'Huez!

paulharte

Good work. Look forward to it

Airbag nights

And so much more.

That would be ridiculously class!

I_luv_2_ski!

sounds deadly!!!

was up there 2day and didnt see ya at all!!! typical!!! lol

Fattes

I_luv_2_ski!Was up there from 8 am to 12 today waxing my amazing new skis! Had to get home to finish the Gingerbread house see FB for proof


Thanks Guys keep an eye on the FB group and we will be organising a Launch night for it Here is to happy shredding.

I_luv_2_ski!

Fcukin typical...i got there bout half 1 and was there till just after 5!!! lol

should have seen my sister falling off the lift...twice...in one go!!! haha so funny!!!

sarsfield06

Well done Fattes, great work, will it start the first week in Jan as would like to support this as much as possible.

Dion is a great coach, maybe some of us will be entering freeride comps in the near future...

Fattes

Guys we are working to get everything together and want to do it right but it is looking like the 2/3 week of January.

Will let you all know as soon as we decide on a date

zagmund

What time is it planned for, and for those of us who aren't ski club members (yet) what's the damage ?

z

Fattes

zagmund, still finalising it but it will probably be similar to current free ski and class prices working on making it as accesible as possible to everyone.

Fattes

Guys Friday January the 8th Will be the first Freestyle Night. Park will be laid out from 8 and prices will be a regular practice sesion.

Any questions please let me know

Rebrabuk

So what's the word on the freestyle night it still going ahead or has anything been hampered by the recent snow(if anything it should be the opposite!)?

Fattes

Guys we are all set to go tonight and even better we have snow! May even go the whole hog and put up a snow kicker for yall!

See you there guys

davmol

Can you give a brief layout of the course you'll have ??cheers

Fattes

There will be 6-8 features from 6 inch flat boxes to 1o inch shot gun rails. Park will be set up by about 7:30 - 8

We will have to see how the conditions are tonight but it will be set up with an easy and more advanced line for riders.

rgt320q

Probably a bit of a silly question here, but are there any buses that serve Kilternan running today? Dying to get up for the freestyle session.

Fattes

44 bus from Townndsend street and it is running conditions are great up here at the moment Kickers are being groomed and plenty of snow out there to ski on

I_luv_2_ski!

so jealous i wasnt there!!! but i am just back from playing on the real things on twin tips!!! AMAZING!!!!!!! ;-) think i might have to invest in a pair...even though i said i'd prob never buy my own skies!!! lol

are u not gone away teaching yet fattes???

Fattes

Great Turn out on Friday night nothing to do with the snow I am sure Good mix of boarders and skiers and the freestyle classes was full full full.

I_luv_2_ski! Been and back good week and had a chance to test some of my new kit. Good week away thouhg and some hours clocked up for my next assesment.


Guys Rails etc will be out as long as the snow is there this week and Friday Freestyle will return funnily enough next Friday

I_luv_2_ski!

fattes...i keep forgetting how far into jan we are...the time has flown!!!

i might try get up during the week to play about...might get my sis up 2have a go as well...once she dont break anything...on second thoughts she accident prone and is going away skiing in 4weeks so she can play about over there!!!

da7a

I was thinking of trying to make it up to this tommorow night. Anyone know if its on and what its like up there now? Has all the snow melted?

Do you need to book in advance?

Cheers.

Fattes

Conditions where awsome last night! There was mogules!!!

Freestyle class is booked out but you can just come up and freeski and hit the features as long as you have a helmet

Park will be set up and open by 8

I_luv_2_ski! Welcome home

Fattes

Another awsome Friday freestyle night despite the terrible weather. Class was full with 12 people and most of the night spent hitting jumps.

Couple of newbies where throwing down some incredible stuff and starting to expand the scene. Full set of features will be out next friday night. Everything from the flat boxes to the shotgun rails.

Fattes

If you want to know how good our freestyle coach is on a Friday night in Kilternan he gets to work as a judge on the world freestyle tour

http://www.freerideworldtour.com/en/the_tour/presentation/presentation_27-84

DaveIR180

Fattes, can you rent twin-tips on the friday nights?

Fattes

The ski club dont have twin tips to rent at the moment but you can use the regular rentals which are included in your free ski / class price.

To be honest they are as soft and flexible as any twin tip.:D

sarsfield06

Fattes wrote: »

If you want to know how good our freestyle coach is on a Friday night in Kilternan he gets to work as a judge on the world freestyle tour

http://www.freerideworldtour.com/en/the_tour/presentation/presentation_27-84

We're soon all going to be ski film stars and competitors soon! Going to Austria this Friday to watch the downhill lunatics:D, so will miss Freestyle Friday this week

Fattes

sarsfield06 Keep an eye out for a couple of the older Irish instructors will be out there in Kitzbul this weekend aswell

Make sure you have a run at the Hahnenkamm grab yourself a pair of GS skis and have a run at it on Sunday or Monday

DaveIR180

Do you reckon they'll be getting twin-tips in the future at all?? Would buy a pair but don't have the funds! Unless anyone has a decent 2nd hand pair around 170cm, I'd be interested..

Fattes

DaveIR180I think sarsfield06 is selling a pair of Thrusters in good condition. Twin tips are not essential for doing freestyle they just make life easier for people skiing switch or doing switch tricks.

The club rentals are soft enough to do allot of stuff on and have very blunt edges so they are great for doing rails.:D

Plenty of cheap twin tips on line especially on ebay,and whitemountian

DaveIR180

Nah saw them they're too short. Ya I know I'm the level of doing switch tricks. Is there any possibility that the Ski Club will be getting a few pairs in? Or no chance?

Fattes

DaveIR180 The question has been asked but to be honest I have no Idea if it will happen anytime soon to he honest.

Just keep an eye peeled for the video that will be going up this week we have allot of the guys doing plenty of switch tricks on both club and race skis so if you have the ability switch is possible on normal skis

DaveIR180

Where abouts will that video be going up?

Fattes

Having serious technology issues at the moment but will put the link up here for You tube and if you want to have a look at what is going on there is a facebook group called freestyle for Kilternan

sarsfield06

Fattes wrote: »

sarsfield06 Keep an eye out for a couple of the older Irish instructors will be out there in Kitzbul this weekend aswell

Make sure you have a run at the Hahnenkamm grab yourself a pair of GS skis and have a run at it on Sunday or Monday

I had my tricolour but no Irish approached me! Had a go on the following Wednesday with my twin tips! Straight from the start gate had difficulty gripping the ice sheet, avoided the Mausefall jump and rejoined the course after that, the ice and the steep sections made it a tad difficult even though there had been fresh snow the previous day! Would have been fine on race skis but what is so scary about the course is the speed they go at, they are so fast I didn't get one photo on my camera of a moving racer. I see why some skiers just do slalom.

Fattes

Guys a Couple of shots form the Jumps from the last few weeks

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=89407&id=1368871577&l=63e4f34e9a

DaveIR180

Just making sure that the Freestyle night is on this Friday? It'll be me and my mate's first chance to get up.

Fattes

DaveIR180: Yep we will be there with bells on this Friday and every other one between now and the end of the season

Fattes

WOW What a night last night the standard really is just getting higher by the week. Some super tricks being thrown down and great atmosphere! Going to add the pipe to the park next week

Photos are up here

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=89407&id=1368871577&l=63e4f34e9a

Fattes

Guys back to Business as usual this Friday. Park will be out from 8 PM come one come all sure what the hell else would you be doing

sarsfield06

I haven't been down in a while, ski holidays, Irish snow and tiredness have been my excuse! Hope to make it again this Friday.

Static M.e.

Hi Fattes

Question, when you board\ski on the dry slopes do you use your new gear or do people use old gear.

Does the dry slope do any damage to your boards/ski?

Curious

Fattes

Static M.e.: Wouldnt dream about using good Skis/Board on Plastic:eek: I have skis especially for up there! But the club stuff is included in the cost.

Boots and clothes will be fine but the hardware is not designed for the heat and friction generated by skiing on plastic.

Static M.e.

Perfect, thanks Fattes.

I have an old board which should do fine. I am hoping to get up some Friday in the coming weeks to give it a shot. (In College most Friday nights)

Fattes

Guys no session for the next two weeks. Dion is in Verbier judging at the worlds Freestyle champs and I will be of ripping up Swiss Snow.

Normal Service will resume ASAP.

sarsfield06

If anyone is looking for full tilt boots they are still available in ski Bartlett in London. Got a pair of high fives yesterday. Had great service from boot fitter alex and they even drove me back to the rail station. Even if u don't want full tilts there fitting service was great.

Fattes

Guys a couple of shots form this season's sessions

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=141348&id=1368871577&l=d93b113ef2

Static M.e.

Where's all the Snowboarders!? (Whistler?)

Fattes

Static M.e; No idea we get them on various nights but they have been thin on the ground this year.

Funny thing is our Snowboard instructors now have 4 qualified Frestyle instructors now!

Static M.e.

Thats quite a lot of Snowboard instructors considering we only started getting snow last year...

We will have to organise a snowboard night, I'm woeful at boxes\rails but I'll give it a go so people can get some laughs

Fattes

Snowboarders are more than welcome on the Friday nights, We would love to have more of them about.


There is a snowboard specific night on a Sunday with a few skier knocking about starts at 8 I think