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He's a first year J2 in his first year of FIS competition and skis out of Mission Ridge, he's currently on 204's for SuperG and did pretty well out at Schweitzer this last weekend in his first SuperG's of the season. He's going to race downhill at the speed week at Bend next month and needs some REAL downhill skis! He's got a great coach too... Greg Needell is the FIS coach, hopefully my son will get some time from him, he's pretty busy with the hotshots on the team. (Greg was on the US WC ski team staff from 2002 to 2009) BTW the Mission Ridge team has got an event coming up sometime next month with the US ski team coming to do a demo on the mountain prior to going to Whistler. cheers, Eric elinden@earthlink.net
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Dave.... I'm not so sure that your buddy Plake is really that good... Just fearlessly stupid....
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I don't think he would disagree with you, but he is a good skier. Plake just never raced.
![]() The intro to one of the films that introduced me to Plake.
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Blizzard of Ahhhs,, probably the best ski film ever..Plake still lives and ski's here all the time.. great guy... Sid,, yeah he's that good, I"ve seen him rip the bumps on 220 skinny ski's
Dave you should come up to Tahoe sometime ... MikeZ,, WTF are you ?? You owe me a phone call
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Ya... He's good.... Still insane...
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Plake is very good, I seem to remember him getting injured to end racing career. Pretty cool guy though, even with the silly mohawk. When I met him it was a different color, very different.
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I think it should be... insanedave now... I have more than just the skiing to back up my logic....
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While I'm thinking about it- screw speed skiing.... this is the real stuff right here:
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The thing I always liked about Plake was that he loved to ski moguls. Many of the big "extreme skier/jumpers" couldnt bother with skiing bumps.
I think it was Coombs who talked shtt to Plake about him "wasting his time" skiing bumps. I think it made him one of the most complete high profile (and still alive) skiers out there
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