Why can't mountain bikers ski?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- We are not skiers, but we do ski- and board! After a fantastic 2024, I had to treat Logan and Reilly to a “Christmas party” on the majestic slopes of our local ski hill, the famous Mt Baker Ski Resort. This channel may have my name on it, but I couldn’t make these videos without help from both Reilly and Logan.
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East coast has been hammered with snow this year (okay maybe just a foot here and there), and I've been skiing more. I rode the lift up with an instructor who learned I was a mountain biker and she stated "Mountain bikers make the best skiers, because you already know how to descend with 1 foot in front of the other" and since then skiing has never made more sense to me!
I can ski very well, I'm just REALLY bad at MTB
Hahaha oppo problems! 😂
same :) and my mtb friends that are very good never want to go ski (if u guys read this.. wtf lets go ski)
MTB’s and Ski’s in this channel? Im down for it. This is gonna be good
Hahaha not sure how much more skiing will be on the channel! Definitely more motorcycles than skis…
This is fun!
I've been skiing my whole life and only recently picked up mountain biking and it's been amazing how much the two sports have to teach each other. Learning to bike has taught be how to be better about bending my knees skiing, learning how to hit bigger park style jumps by pumping into the transition, and my personal favorite thing as of late is treating moguls like "doubles" where you can launch off one mogul and land on the back side of another.
Thanks Azzy! Agreed on how fun it is to gap Moguls… but I have a hard time finding Mo small enough where I can actually do that! 😂
@@JeffKendallWeed The ones on the side of blue runs are a good place to practice because they're usually smaller, you can duck out at any time, and even time them to launch you back onto the groomed run.
I skied with Mike Kloser on the Pro Mogul Tour in the ‘80s before he began his phenomenal mtn bike racing career. Dave Wiens was also a hard core ski bum before becoming a star cross country racer. Seemed to go hand ‘n hand during the early days of mtn bike racing.
I’m just an old fart marveling at what what you youngsters are doing these days, really enjoy your vids!
Thanks for watching, Bruce! I know Dave’s name. But not Mike’s! I’ll have to google him! I’ve learned that mountain biking is always best when there’s mountains- and often in mountains for part of the year there’s a lot of snow!
Just wish I could manual😂! At age 71, it’s not going to happen. I’m a gear head though, love seeing the new tech that’s out there.
Funny that in the enduro races I do, the best guys are also alpine skiers!
perhaps something about reading terrain?
Beautiful Baker day! Thanks for sharing.
Tip from 60 years of skiing - snowboarding should be illegal and will never catch on!
Just like no one needs suspension on bikes (too heavy)!
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Thank the guys for all the video, sir!
Thanks for watching, Schwang! How does a snowboarder say hello? “Sorry dooood!”
Very cool of you to take the crew skiing! I started skiing before mt biking existed, so, speak for yourself ("why cant mt bikers ski?)!😬
Mid eighties for me. Started mtb in 92 or so.
Thanks! I’m a little self-conscious. We don’t need more cool stuff like this!
I think there is alot of crossover between skiing and riding... ok, maybe not as much as skiing and skating (hockey), but still... the principle of cornering is surprisingly similar, which truly is all you do on skis (basically fighting gravity all the way down).
With biking and skiing, there is a bit of unweighting, which is essentially countersteering (which we do naturally, and yes feels more unnatured on a motorcycle), which then sets you where you want to go.... the next part, just like biking, is to stack over the inside edge (on the outside leg), putting as much edge down as possible, while "stacking" over that edge to give it as much traction as possible.
You also, just like mountain biking, have to consider the variations of pitch and terrain that dictate pressure and traction.
Also jumping is very similar on how you would load and push off the jump, right to the lip and how you rise first and then tip back down.
Thanks for the note! I like how both have a lot of of basis in picking and holding lines. That and just being able to jump and freestyle all over is super fun! It’s nice to totally suck, provides great humility!
@@JeffKendallWeed we can't all be great at everything haha
that said, though I'm a competent enough rider, there are just many things I wouldn't do on a bike that I would skiis. Too many upper body injuries from bad crashes, where on ski's I've had plenty of yard sales and just needed to collect my gear :P
That’s part of why I enjoy skiing so much! Similar jumping to mountain biking, but slightly less consequence if the snow is soft.
I can. Ski, xc Ski, snowboard and snow Sk8. The past few years have been mild winters tho 😂 so! more time to bike ! 🤘🏼
Ya riding in the winter can be fantastic! BUt it's fun to do other things too... XC ski and snow Sk8 are not things I've tried. I'd be into ski touring or split boarding before XC skiing tho
You guys need to hit the Baker road gap. Highly recommended. Haven’t hit it since the 90s but it was sick!
Thanks for the note! Well, I have been getting more brave with my jumps, but I think that road gap is about 40 feet too long for me! We could probably talk Logan into it though.
Is I suck at surfing too a good answer?
I think activities I can do from my front door and can do daily are the ones I get good at. Mtb, BMX, skateboards..
LOL I can't surf either! I love all the things associated with surfing- baja road trips, hanging out in nature, being healthy, but I've met too many negative a-holes out in the water to validate learning it. I lived in Santa Cruz for 7 years, and only surfed a few times!
@JeffKendallWeed I think mtb has one of the best cultures associated with it. Generally exceptionally good people everywhere you go
Totally! Often the folks I prefer to moto or ski with I also ride bikes with, too!
Because they snowboard silly!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Ha ha ha thank you seth!
Buying a sno-go ski bike was the best decision I ever made
Hahaha the snow bike! I'd rather just do the proper ski thing! I like how its not biking. But maybe itd be fun to try!
I for one can't ski because I'm old and my knees are wrecked. But I can still mountain bike for some reason
Sorry to hear about your knees, dragon. But if I had to pick between the two, I would pick mountain biking!
I miss skiing the pow but it's ok.
Skiing was the Sirens Song of my youth but mtbing has become the high performance rocking chair of my impending decrepitude.
Brought my Mtb skills skiing in January, omg I leaned back when bending my legs, it was a shit show, before I leaned forward, and started to pick it up again 😳🤭
Way to get back on it wonder!!!
How baggy where ur pants😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Not baggy enough! 😂
Hi Jeff, I met you up there a few weeks ago, just now notice you wearing an old motorcycle helmet? Are you working on a new fashion lol. Great video as always, Cheers
Thanks, Wayne! Did I meet you on lower honkers? Or on the lift? The helmet works really well! Yes, it’s an old motorcycle helmet from Kali. It’s a lot warmer with more coverage than a ski helmet.
@@JeffKendallWeed Yes we met on lower Honkers, I have a great picture, well at least on your behalf, great smile..
😂 I remember really struggling that day! See you up at the hill again soon!
@@JeffKendallWeed Hope to see you up there or maybe Whistler/Squamish on bikes. It is amazing how much our brain gets in the way of being in control. For me while skiing I constantly talk tips to myself, weight forward or get on my toes ( athletic position). Mountain biking I struggle hitting doubles so there's that lol
U honestly took to those moguls like an absolute champ..
Thank you, drifter! I definitely have good days and bad days… unfortunately I was not skiing or boarding very well on This particular trip! And since I’m so new every trip up to get better at something. That beginner stage of a new activity is always so fun.
I'm a better skier than Logan but I never attempted backflip. Maybe that's why I'm not good at MTB....(or not)
Speak for yourself!
Hoping to get better throughout the remainder of this season!
This mountain biker can snowboard. I tried skiing and pretty much got it. I think MTB is harder on the extreme end
I found skiing to be very easy to learn, but hard to get “good” at. Snowboarding was hard to learn but easy to get “good” at. Mountain biking, well I have no idea! If you come from Bmx or Moto, it can be pretty intuitive, but if you don’t have that sort of background, it can be a real challenge!!!