Soon after the last chairlift stops moving, the wait for next
winter begins. Memories of powder days and great corduroy, although a recent event
seem so long ago due to the realization that summer is right around the corner.
Even though it will be months before another flake falls, there are plenty of
things you can do to make the summer months less torturous.
Chances are you probably took some photos or video footage
throughout the season. Now is the time to sort through everything you gathered
and make something that will forever immortalize this past season. Creating a
video can be fun and time consuming at the same time. Play around with
different music, zany graphics and transitions to jazz up the video. Then when
completed, show it off to all your friends and family. If video editing is a bit
advanced for you, get old school with photos. Print them out and create a
scrapbook. Creating a scrapbook allows you so many avenues to highlight the
season. You could put photos in the book in order by date or you could create
chapters like powder days, rail jam events or ski racing.
Getting in shape for
next season is never a bad idea. Don’t be out of breath on the first run next
season because you sat on the couch all summer. Take up road or mountain
biking. Both are tremendously great cardio workouts and both will remind you of
that fast Meister Cup run you took only a few months ago. Are you a fan of
glade skiing or riding? Mountain biking will give you that same sensation as
you weave your way through a sea of tall trees.
Once the season ends a lot of people will simply throw all
of their equipment in a closet and forget about it until the start of the next
season. Often times people will take their equipment out of it's summer
hibernation to find that they need to sharpen, wax and fix a part of their
binding as they are loading up the car for the first day of the season. Before
tucking your stuff away for the summer, make sure that you have thrown on a summer
coat of wax to protect your base as well as taking care of anything thing wrong
with your equipment. You want to be ready for next season starts.
Buying your season pass now not only ensures that you will be
able to get on the lifts; you will also save some money before rates increase
throughout the summer and fall. The
extra money that will be left in your pocket will help purchase that new
snowboard, a new pair of fancy looking goggles or a filling meal in Zip’s Pub
and Grill.
Nowadays a lot of people prefer to listen to music when they
ski or ride, if you are not one of those people look into becoming one of those
people. Music simply adds to the overall experience. Explore new music through Pandora
and Spotify. Create plenty of playlists to last through the whole winter.
All of these activities will make the days and months disappear
quicker than you would have imagined. Before you know it we will be back on the
slopes of Cranmore Mountain!
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