{"id":761,"date":"2019-02-03T13:41:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T13:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatnorthamericanskiadventure.com\/?page_id=761"},"modified":"2019-02-06T21:12:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T21:12:14","slug":"ski-the-bumps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greatnorthamericanskiadventure.com\/index.php\/7-best-practices-for-ski-trip\/ski-the-bumps\/","title":{"rendered":"Bumps"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"761\" class=\"elementor elementor-761 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93c5679 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93c5679\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3934e18\" data-id=\"3934e18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d138be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d138be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Skiing The Bumps<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e6c97e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e6c97e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9f965e\" data-id=\"a9f965e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7d3bb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7d3bb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-680 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/greatnorthamericanskiadventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/moguls.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greatnorthamericanskiadventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/moguls.png 306w, https:\/\/greatnorthamericanskiadventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/moguls-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/greatnorthamericanskiadventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/moguls-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/greatnorthamericanskiadventure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/moguls-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/p><p>Moguls are bumps on ski runs made from skiers pushing snow into mounds as they make turns. Moguls tend to grow as more skiers ski the run and follow in the troughs creates by earlier skiers. Skiing moguls bounces us up and down. It\u2019s an adrenalin rush for many.<\/p><p>Surprisingly, we\u2019re universally programmed to like bouncing. In the womb, we bounced as our\u00a0 mother moved around. It\u2019s a surprisingly comforting feel. That\u2019s why as a baby we were bounced up and down by our parents. It\u2019s why we loved bouncy swings. It\u2019s why the bounce house is a favorite at kid\u2019s parties. And its why amusement park rides, real or virtual, often build in bouncing effects.<\/p><p>Bump skiing\u00a0is can take years to master; great bump\u00a0skiing decades. On my GNASA, I met Joey Cordeau at Sun Valley, a four-time World\u00a0Mogul Champion. Here&#8217;s a video\u00a0of him teaching\u00a0at Mt. Hood.<\/p><p><iframe src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/14241002?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/14241002\">Mt Hood summer skiing with Joey Cordeau<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user797436\">Jeff Lind<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p><p>In my early 20\u2019s I wanted to learn to ski the bumps. I remember a perfect day at Grand Targhee where 6 inches of snow had fallen the previous day. I found an uncrowded, wide gully with perfectly spaced bumps. This was going to be my learning field.<\/p><p>I skied this gully all day. I tried everything I could think of to teach myself how to ski the bumps. I extended in troughs, contracted in troughs. I tried to ride the sides. I tried to bank off the sides. I planted poles on the top of the bump and the bottom. I planted my pole behind me, next to me,\u00a0 and in front of me.\u00a0 I twisted my upper body, and kept it still. I kept my body in the fall line, and out of it. I looked at my feet, and three moguls ahead. I tried carving, and sliding my tails.<\/p><p>I fell a lot. But over the course of the day I began to get a rhythm and a sense for what was working. I built on this and over the course of several years I began to feel comfortable in the bumps.<\/p><p>Decades later I started taking bump classes at Taos. The classes changed my bump skiing forever. I had literally spent 15 years with marginal bump skills. I should have taken bump classes early.<\/p><p>Bottom line, take bump classes.<\/p><p>There are numerous ski techniques. They often differ because they were optimized for specific types of terrain. Nowhere is this more legitimately on display than the debate between bumpers and carvers. It\u2019s been three decades since mogul skiing first appeared at the Winter Olympics. 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Moguls tend to grow as more skiers ski the run and follow in the troughs creates by earlier skiers. Skiing moguls bounces us up and down. It\u2019s an adrenalin rush for many. 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