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Posted by gumby | Mar 7th, 2010
Week 8 of Gumby’s Choppers 2010 was the last day of Choppers and the competition for the Gumby Award. Everyone showed up except for Jacky, Amy, and Laura. Sorry you guys missed the last day To explain the Gumby Award: The Gumby...
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2010 Choppers Week 7...

Posted by gumby | Feb 28th, 2010
Seventh Week of Gumby’s Choppers 2010 was about ‘Pivot Slips”. What are pivot slips? The techno-blab description (PSIA-RM) is “Linked side slips in a narrow corridor ( 2 meters or less) connected by 180 degree pivots...
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2010 Choppers Week 6...

Posted by gumby | Feb 26th, 2010
In the sixth Week of Gumby’s Choppers 2010 we enjoyed the second consecutive week of freshies. It was also the first time we were able to take the Mountain Chief lift in Copper Bowl to get to our favorite run …. Buzzards Alley. ...
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2010 Choppers Week 5...

Posted by gumby | Feb 8th, 2010
The fifth Week of Gumby’s Choppers 2010 was about ‘Graduate Work In Bumps”. We had really nice soft bumps in I-Dropper that also had some nice shape so we could develop good rhythm. Check out the video to see some sweet...
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2010 Choppers Week 4...

Posted by gumby | Feb 4th, 2010
Fourth Week of Gumby’s Choppers 2010 was about ‘Play Time In Union Bowl”. Since Copper Bowl is still closed we had to work for our pow-pow. We had to take the Sierra lift and hike the rest to the top of Copper Mt. (over...
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2010 Choppers Week 3...

Posted by gumby | Jan 29th, 2010
Third Week of Gumby’s Choppers 2010 finally brought us some snow. Not that much (4 inches) but it made for some soft bumps (up top) and some really nice groomers to make some high speed carves! We started the day by heading up to the...
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