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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

The Art of GTing

Now some of you may be wondering what GTing is. Well I'll try to explain.

GT Snowracer: (noun) a modified toboggan with three skies and one of which is capable of turning the sled...sort of.

First off, you take a GT snowracer...
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...then you find a large snow cover hill and build massive jumps (a pile of snow that you hit at light speed and get launched into the great beyond) on it.
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Then attack the jump!! Below is Jeremy hitting it, with a vengeance!
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If you look close you will see the look of possible fatality in his eyes. More than once my life has flashed before my eyes as I launch into the air...
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Below is Steve (me duh) doing a look-back, or look-to-the-side I guess...
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a failed attemp at a heel-clicker...
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a failed attemp at a Superman...
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So anyway, we got bored of that jump and, being inspired from watching the Aerials from the 06 Winter Games, we decided to build or own Aerials jumps...
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The larger of the two is for pure height and you have to hit it with as much speed as possible. The smaller one is for style and fun. You hit the first jump we made, land it and then hit that one at the bottom of the hill.
Below Andrew launches so high that he goes out of the screen.
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An attemp at a Headbutt. That's when you headbutt your front ski in mid air...
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Thats all for now. But stay tuned for more GT Snowracer action with those crazy guys from Alliston.

Saturday, March 11, 2006

Lately

Today the weather is nice and warm, so I took my dad's bike out for a rip! woo!! you know, just to make sure its ready for my dad to ride. So I checked it all out and then let'er howl! Nothin like the rush of 0-60mph is 3 seconds! I tell you what.
I'm working on a post about my adverntures of GTing this winter. I may even post video's of our sillyness. Yes I said videos!! I was just on Kenny's blog and he has video's of how to get rid of the neighbours dog with a boomerang. haha just kidding...about the dog part I mean, well sort of. bah.
Here's a taste of whats to come...
Yes that is me! I'm 25! no, thats NOT to old to be doing this kind of stuff!!