A victory for Canadian justice.

It has just been announced in the last few minutes that the 3 shafias have been found guilty of first degree murder in the deaths of their 3 daughters; Zainab, Sahar and Geeti. As well they murdered shafia's first (and real) wife Rona Amir. I have followed this story for quite a while and I can't hide the fact that the verdict makes me quite happy. If I believed in hell it would be my wish that the three murderers rot there. They are very lucky they didn't commit their heinous crime in a US state with the death penalty because the majority of folks would have no issue with ending the lives of these pieces of human garbage.
While following the trial every day it became obvious that the three pieces of human garbage suffered from a superiority complex, thinking they were smarter than the police, the defence and in the end the Canadian public. They sat in the witness box lying through their teeth, confident that the gullible Canadians would be duped by their idiotic alibis and nonsensical explanations for the events the day of the murders. When it became obvious that their lies were transparent they were incapable of doing the truly honourable thing, admitting their guilt. Snivelling cowards like these three know nothing of honour and never will. Despicable trash, all three.
For years the young girls hated their lives, one saying she wanted to die, another running away to a shelter to get away from these pieces of human garbage. All they wanted was the life their Canadian friends had, one of freedom of choice, freedom of thought, but for women from patriarchal societies run by tiny minded little men (in body only) there is little to do but hope your father or brother is not living in the dark ages. And these two were. Sadly the second "wife" believed the garbage she had been fed for her entire life and went along with the plan.
I hope the three never get out of prison and even more I hope that this verdict makes anyone else living in the dark ages who decides his honour is more important than the life of a woman to think again. Canada will never tolerate this kind of behaviour which is being brought into our country. Never.
Goodbye Zainab, Sahar and Geeti. Goodbye Rona Amir. You all deserved so much more from life.

Hero snow

Today at Blue mountain was a hero snow day. That's the kind of day where the grooming has been well done and the snow is consistent to the point where anyone, even myself, can look like a skiing hero on the hill. I don't rightly know where the term originated but just mention hero snow and everyone at Blue understands what you mean. Another thing that made today a ton of fun was that although it was a Sunday the crowds were not bad at all.
We also had a good laugh at the Silver Bullet chair when a lady right in front of us didn't get forward far enough and was knocked down by the chair as it turned to head back up the hill. She was smart enough to lie flat as the chair sailed over her so the only thing injured was her pride. Her friend who was on the chair may have injured a vocal cord by screaming "STOP THE CHAIR, STOP THE CHAIR" like it was a train about to run her over. She should have been more embarrassed for freaking out like that.
The lifty helped the fallen lady up, got her back on the chair and learned that her name was Lois. He then turned and yelled at all the skiers waiting that Lois was the reason they were waiting and that they would never get that 30 seconds of their life back again. He continued on shouting that there would be another stop in a few minutes so the lifty at the top of the hill could pick Lois up again. Very funny and kudos to Lois for taking it so well.  All in all it was a great day at the hill.

Technique and technical.

To this point this year I can't say I have been happy with my skiing although it is early and there are a couple of excuses I have. First of all getting used to new ski boots has been a bit of an issue although they are now starting to feel better and it is nice to have warm comfortable feet. Secondly my skis feel a bit foreign to me because they are relatively new to me as well and I keep forgetting that they will never be as quick edge to edge as my Atomic SX9's. I loved those Atomics and now regret selling them. It would be fun to once in a while break them out and have a slalom like day.
As it stands the Dynastars are a fantastic ski as well. I was not skiing them well the first couple of times out because of poor technique caused by laziness more than anything else. Watching some racers yesterday made it abundantly clear that I simply wasn't working the ski properly. The racers were really using their legs, pressuring and then releasing the edge to do quick carved turns. There was no scraping, no sliding of the ski laterally. When I took my snowboard instructors course it was called flexion and extension, the act of straightening at the knees to release the edge followed by bending at the knees to set and hold the edge. It's no different in skiing.
One reason I wasn't flexing and extending properly was the new boots. They were a bit too stiff for me which my friend Steve mentioned might be one reasons for my turning woes. He suggested removing one or possibly both of the allen bolts at the back of the boots. Take the top one out gives a bit more flex, the bottom one even more and both removed would afford a lot of flex. I removed the top one and gave it a go. What a difference. Without a doubt the Lange RX120's were a bit too stiff. I was now able to flex the boot on my turns which resulted in a better edge and more controlled turns. Sometimes the simplest thing can make a big difference.
I must admit there is one small problem with my skiing down the hill at high speed doing nice controlled turns. How the hell is anyone going to know it's me?