Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Mr.7 on November 01, 2005, 01:39:50 PM
Post by: Mr.7 on November 01, 2005, 01:39:50 PM
The Blue Beast is now done for 2005 and it is time to pull the Rosignal Skis out from under the bed.
Were do you guys go to ski/snowboard?
All we have here is a glorified hill called Mad River Mountain (Mountain-Yeah right!! :roll: )
http://www.skimadriver.com/
I have also been to Snow Shoe Mountain in West Virgina, very cool :thumb:
Were do you guys go to ski/snowboard?
All we have here is a glorified hill called Mad River Mountain (Mountain-Yeah right!! :roll: )
http://www.skimadriver.com/
I have also been to Snow Shoe Mountain in West Virgina, very cool :thumb:
Title: Re: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Roadstergal on November 01, 2005, 01:42:37 PM
Post by: Roadstergal on November 01, 2005, 01:42:37 PM
Quote from: Mr.7Were do you guys go to ski/snowboard?
Dave goes to Seattle.
He was kinda pissed that we didn't have any snow.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: ginoe on November 01, 2005, 01:48:17 PM
Post by: ginoe on November 01, 2005, 01:48:17 PM
catching just a little air up in killington, vt
some of the crew up in lake placid, ny
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b255/ginoe/Air_Gino.jpg)
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b255/ginoe/placid_99.jpg)
some of the crew up in lake placid, ny
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b255/ginoe/Air_Gino.jpg)
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b255/ginoe/placid_99.jpg)
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 01:50:21 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 01:50:21 PM
BOING!!!
I can't friggen wait!!!! I didn't go once last season. :x I usually go at very least a half-dozen times.
I can't friggen wait!!!! I didn't go once last season. :x I usually go at very least a half-dozen times.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: davipu on November 01, 2005, 02:00:09 PM
Post by: davipu on November 01, 2005, 02:00:09 PM
so i spent all last winter living within a two hour drive of mt.hood, a three hour drive from batchlor, and a hour drive from the carnie park on 20. I had the coolest mountian rig, a 87 trooper II on 31's with a rack to haul snowboards. and the only times I hit the mountian was when i was in socal up at bigbear.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 02:01:31 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 02:01:31 PM
You wanna hit Mt. Baker this year davipu?
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: davipu on November 01, 2005, 02:12:22 PM
Post by: davipu on November 01, 2005, 02:12:22 PM
as soon as my board catches up to me I'll go.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: jen_ on November 01, 2005, 02:34:34 PM
Post by: jen_ on November 01, 2005, 02:34:34 PM
OMG OMG OMG I CAN'T WAIT!! *snow*
I was in Denver last weekend and 2 resorts are open already (not completely). So Cal resorts are testing out their snow machines and getting ready!!
Me at Heavenly in Tahoe a couple winters ago:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/mckennitt/snow/jen_nevadatop.jpg)
Snowed in late november here in so cal last year:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/mckennitt/SnowNov212004/s_patio.gif)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/mckennitt/SnowNov212004/s_mormonrocks.gif)
A record snowfall year, hope this winter is just as awesome!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/mckennitt/snow_feb2005/roadtosunrise10_sm.gif)
We ski mostly at a little ghetto resort in so cal called Mountain High (http://www.mthigh.com). It's small, and is completely overrun by thug snowboarders. Seriously, if you wanted to see snowboarding's equivalent of squids, this is the place. But it is a super easy drive to get there (45 mins) and early season passes are $250. Unfortunately, we get a little snow, and everyone kid in LA that has ever seen the X-games comes up to learn to snowboard.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/mckennitt/snow%20Jan292005/coyotecrowd.gif)
I was in Denver last weekend and 2 resorts are open already (not completely). So Cal resorts are testing out their snow machines and getting ready!!
Me at Heavenly in Tahoe a couple winters ago:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/mckennitt/snow/jen_nevadatop.jpg)
Snowed in late november here in so cal last year:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/mckennitt/SnowNov212004/s_patio.gif)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/mckennitt/SnowNov212004/s_mormonrocks.gif)
A record snowfall year, hope this winter is just as awesome!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/mckennitt/snow_feb2005/roadtosunrise10_sm.gif)
We ski mostly at a little ghetto resort in so cal called Mountain High (http://www.mthigh.com). It's small, and is completely overrun by thug snowboarders. Seriously, if you wanted to see snowboarding's equivalent of squids, this is the place. But it is a super easy drive to get there (45 mins) and early season passes are $250. Unfortunately, we get a little snow, and everyone kid in LA that has ever seen the X-games comes up to learn to snowboard.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/mckennitt/snow%20Jan292005/coyotecrowd.gif)
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Roadstergal on November 01, 2005, 02:46:03 PM
Post by: Roadstergal on November 01, 2005, 02:46:03 PM
Quote from: davipuas soon as my board catches up to me I'll go.
Get the freaking job in Lynnwood so you can go party with Ryan.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 02:54:26 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 02:54:26 PM
Quote from: RoadstergalGet the freaking job in Lynnwood so you can go party with Ryan.Yeah! Since someone else never does. :(
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Jake D on November 01, 2005, 02:55:32 PM
Post by: Jake D on November 01, 2005, 02:55:32 PM
I snowboarded about 13 days last year (not bad for a flat lander). The last three of which were at Whistler where there was NO FREAKIN' SNOW! :x
This year, I'm hitting up Utah first.
This year, I'm hitting up Utah first.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 03:01:23 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 03:01:23 PM
There was no snow around here last year... Friggen sad turn out.
I'm hoping we get snow this year... If not, there will be trouble. :guns:
I'm hoping we get snow this year... If not, there will be trouble. :guns:
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: manofthefield on November 01, 2005, 03:08:22 PM
Post by: manofthefield on November 01, 2005, 03:08:22 PM
Don't think I'll get to ski much this year, but then again it depend on where I wind up and whether I have a job or not. :dunno: Last year I skied about 8 times and maybe 2 times the year before. I used to race so I could get out 3+ times a week.
I'm actually trying to sell at least one pair of skis because 3 is just too many when I don't have a job and don't ski as much. Anyone interested in a pair of 180cm Atomic BetaRace 9.20's? About 5 years old but well maintained
I'm actually trying to sell at least one pair of skis because 3 is just too many when I don't have a job and don't ski as much. Anyone interested in a pair of 180cm Atomic BetaRace 9.20's? About 5 years old but well maintained
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Roadstergal on November 01, 2005, 03:27:27 PM
Post by: Roadstergal on November 01, 2005, 03:27:27 PM
Quote from: RVertigoQuote from: RoadstergalGet the freaking job in Lynnwood so you can go party with Ryan.Yeah! Since someone else never does. :(
I tried to go out on Saturday... I was just going to put on the 17T before I did... and it took me too long. :(
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 03:35:27 PM
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 03:35:27 PM
I am so excited, I can hardly stand it. I skied probably a dozen days last year, and would have a lot done more if the mountains hadn't been closed so darn much. Jen's record season came at the expense of our season, I'm afraid. Damn pineapple express.
I check the weather reports here every day. Finally started snowing in earnest this weekend, and looks like it'll keep it up.
Update: I just checked the conditions at Crystal for, like, the 5th time today. They're gonna open this Friday!
(It seems to me like a lot of us our gonna end up being skiers or borders. Seems like the sort of thing that makes motorcycles appealing (speed, thrill, corners, whatever) are the things that also make skiing and snowboarding appealing.)
I check the weather reports here every day. Finally started snowing in earnest this weekend, and looks like it'll keep it up.
Update: I just checked the conditions at Crystal for, like, the 5th time today. They're gonna open this Friday!
(It seems to me like a lot of us our gonna end up being skiers or borders. Seems like the sort of thing that makes motorcycles appealing (speed, thrill, corners, whatever) are the things that also make skiing and snowboarding appealing.)
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 03:41:56 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 03:41:56 PM
Quote from: aaronstjThey're gonna open this Friday!OMFG!! :o
Steven's Pass (aka my mountain) has NOTHING for snow. :(
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 04:06:28 PM
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 04:06:28 PM
My mountain, too. Except I don't have a season's pass for Stevens this year, and Crystal's actually gonna be a buck cheaper at Crystal.
And Stevens does too have snow. Just not as much: http://www.stevenspass.com/webcam/
And Stevens does too have snow. Just not as much: http://www.stevenspass.com/webcam/
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Mr.7 on November 01, 2005, 04:28:06 PM
Post by: Mr.7 on November 01, 2005, 04:28:06 PM
At least I have somewhere to go that is 45 min. from my house
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 04:31:31 PM
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 04:31:31 PM
Snoqualmie is about 45 minutes from Seattle. It sucks though. (But not as much a yer hill. 300 feet vertical? :lol:)
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 04:31:45 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 04:31:45 PM
Same here... 45 minutes for crappy snow (Snoqualmie (http://www.summit-at-snoqualmie.com))... 1.5 hours in two different directions for good snow (Steven's (http://www.stevenspass.com) || Crystal (http://www.crystalmt.com/))... 3+ hours for great snow (Baker (http://www.mtbaker.us))... and 4+ hours to great snow, great beer, and Cuban cigars (Whistler!! (http://www.whistler.com/))! :thumb:
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Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: kvgs on November 01, 2005, 04:37:15 PM
Post by: kvgs on November 01, 2005, 04:37:15 PM
My brother got a job with Hiatt hotels, so were getten some free lodging and going to Colorado(ski heaven) this year!
Anybody know what skiboards are? Thats my thing.
http://www.davidchun.com/gfx/nickski.jpg
If youve seen some skiboarders on the slopes its possible they had been some real hosers. That not my case, double blacks to terrain parks baby.
Anybody know what skiboards are? Thats my thing.
http://www.davidchun.com/gfx/nickski.jpg
If youve seen some skiboarders on the slopes its possible they had been some real hosers. That not my case, double blacks to terrain parks baby.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 04:40:14 PM
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 04:40:14 PM
Quote from: RVertigo3+ hours for great snow (Baker)...I haven't been a huge fan of the snow at Baker (otherwise, it's a really neat little area). But then, I've only ever really skied there much last season (since everyone else was closed). I found they'd leave they're snow ungroomed for way to long (holding on to the illusion that it was still powder, I guess), so it would all go to crap and be a pain in the ass to ski on and all chunked up.
That, and I'm no good at skiing moguls. :)
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 04:42:55 PM
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 04:42:55 PM
Quote from: kvgsMy brother got a job with Hiatt hotels, so were getten some free lodging and going to Colorado(ski heaven) this year!I have a friend that works at the W Hotel in Seattle, so guess who's staying at the Westin Resort & Spa this year.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 04:44:02 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 04:44:02 PM
Quote from: aaronstjThat, and I'm no good at skiing moguls. :)SISSY!!
Mt. Baker is boarding heaven...
Towards the end of season before last, they had snow into April... I went and got a second degree sun burn...
What a sunny day that was. Next time I'll bring SPF 5,000 sunblock.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 04:47:01 PM
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 04:47:01 PM
Hey, I'm new. This'll be only my third season on the snow.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 04:50:03 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 01, 2005, 04:50:03 PM
Quote from: aaronstjHey, I'm new. This'll be only my third season on the snow.Oh... Well, you haven't seen any good seasons then... No wonder.
OK... We'll do a Meet & Greet: Seattle Area Snow Day!
I wonder if anyone will show up for that... :dunno:
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 04:52:25 PM
Post by: aaronstj on November 01, 2005, 04:52:25 PM
I'd go. Does Roadstergal ski/board? She kinda looks like a skier. :)
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Roadstergal on November 01, 2005, 05:59:51 PM
Post by: Roadstergal on November 01, 2005, 05:59:51 PM
Never done downhill. I'm game.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: pslamp32 on November 01, 2005, 06:13:49 PM
Post by: pslamp32 on November 01, 2005, 06:13:49 PM
Lived 7 years in Portland, OR. Boarded all the time on Hood and Bachelor. Moved to Vail, CO for two years and I could practically touch the lifts from my deck. :) Now I live in Asheville, NC. I'll probably get up a couple of times this season in Boone. I sacrificed a little snow for year-round kayaking and riding (well, nearly year-round). So far I'm happy with my decision, though I definitely do yearn for the 'Big' mountains sometimes. :P
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Mr.7 on November 01, 2005, 08:00:15 PM
Post by: Mr.7 on November 01, 2005, 08:00:15 PM
Quote from: aaronstjSnoqualmie is about 45 minutes from Seattle. It sucks though. (But not as much a yer hill. 300 feet vertical? :lol:)
I know it sucks,
Go Mad River Hill!
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: davipu on November 01, 2005, 08:40:24 PM
Post by: davipu on November 01, 2005, 08:40:24 PM
ps,
you should have moved a hour south into the valley here, you are at most then 2.5 hours from everything, and if you have skills in a kyack, I may have to invite you out to go play and now thanks to NRS you can play in the water year round. here in the valley there are only about two weeks a year that there is ice on the roads. I'm a hour and a half from the gorge and the best windsurfing in the world, never mind the sturgeon fishing. I'm a hour from the coast, some of the best cold water surfing in the world. and some of the best hanggliding. im 2 hours from anythign on mt hood, 3 from batchlor (best board park in the nation) and 10 minutes from world class trout and steelhead flyfishing. I'm 5 hours from the Rouge 45 minutes from the Santiam, 2 hours from the Dechutes, and no more than a days drive from almost every other river in the NW. and portland is the microbrew capitol of the nation.
you should have moved a hour south into the valley here, you are at most then 2.5 hours from everything, and if you have skills in a kyack, I may have to invite you out to go play and now thanks to NRS you can play in the water year round. here in the valley there are only about two weeks a year that there is ice on the roads. I'm a hour and a half from the gorge and the best windsurfing in the world, never mind the sturgeon fishing. I'm a hour from the coast, some of the best cold water surfing in the world. and some of the best hanggliding. im 2 hours from anythign on mt hood, 3 from batchlor (best board park in the nation) and 10 minutes from world class trout and steelhead flyfishing. I'm 5 hours from the Rouge 45 minutes from the Santiam, 2 hours from the Dechutes, and no more than a days drive from almost every other river in the NW. and portland is the microbrew capitol of the nation.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: ImJustPondering on November 02, 2005, 12:39:08 AM
Post by: ImJustPondering on November 02, 2005, 12:39:08 AM
Yah I'm a thug!
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/ImJustPondering/mtHigh.jpg)
I'll see you at mt high with all the other homies 8)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/ImJustPondering/mtHigh.jpg)
I'll see you at mt high with all the other homies 8)
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: aaronstj on November 02, 2005, 12:51:32 AM
Post by: aaronstj on November 02, 2005, 12:51:32 AM
Damn boarders are always sitting in the snow.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: pslamp32 on November 02, 2005, 07:14:36 AM
Post by: pslamp32 on November 02, 2005, 07:14:36 AM
Quote from: davipups,
you should have moved a hour south into the valley here, you are at most then 2.5 hours from everything, and if you have skills in a kyack, I may have to invite you out to go play and now thanks to NRS you can play in the water year round. here in the valley there are only about two weeks a year that there is ice on the roads. I'm a hour and a half from the gorge and the best windsurfing in the world, never mind the sturgeon fishing. I'm a hour from the coast, some of the best cold water surfing in the world. and some of the best hanggliding. im 2 hours from anythign on mt hood, 3 from batchlor (best board park in the nation) and 10 minutes from world class trout and steelhead flyfishing. I'm 5 hours from the Rouge 45 minutes from the Santiam, 2 hours from the Dechutes, and no more than a days drive from almost every other river in the NW. and portland is the microbrew capitol of the nation.
Where are you? Salem or Corvallis? Yeah, I miss the Pac. NW all the time. I've spent much time at all those places you named. Are you familiar with '3 Pools'? Used to love hangin' out there in the summer. One thing I dont miss though....
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: jag69 on November 02, 2005, 08:02:30 AM
Post by: jag69 on November 02, 2005, 08:02:30 AM
Skiing? I still have to use my mesh jacket. It will 85 degrees today. :P
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Blueknyt on November 02, 2005, 11:12:25 AM
Post by: Blueknyt on November 02, 2005, 11:12:25 AM
sigh, nothing but flat land here, seen frost on car window once or twice
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 11:21:44 AM
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 11:21:44 AM
Quote from: aaronstjDamn boarders are always sitting in the snow.Them's fightin' words!! :guns: The only problem with skiers is... Everything. :lol:
Really though... There are thugs and asshats on the hill, some are boarders, some are skiers, some are ski-boarders... Thugs are just thugs. :dunno:
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: aaronstj on November 02, 2005, 11:40:42 AM
Post by: aaronstj on November 02, 2005, 11:40:42 AM
Quote from: RVertigoReally though... There are thugs and asshats on the hill, some are boarders, some are skiers, some are ski-boarders... Thugs are just thugs. :dunno:Yeah, but you'll only ever see boarders sitting on the hill. Skiier have to stand. :)
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Badger on November 02, 2005, 11:42:56 AM
Post by: Badger on November 02, 2005, 11:42:56 AM
Quote from: aaronstjDamn boarders are always sitting in the snow.Most of them aren't sitting...that's just how they ended up after coming to a stop.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 12:38:27 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 12:38:27 PM
Quote from: aaronstjYeah, but you'll only ever see boarders sitting on the hill. Skiier have to stand. :)Yeah... It's like the "gimp walk."
It's nice to be a skier when you're getting on/off the lift... The rest of the time, it's nice to be a snowboarder. :mrgreen:
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: davipu on November 02, 2005, 01:16:31 PM
Post by: davipu on November 02, 2005, 01:16:31 PM
that's just because all the noobs never learned how to drop into a pipe on a skateboard getting off the lift is the same thing. then you just have to remember to strap in before bombing down the hill.
f%$king CAMPERS!!!!!
f%$king CAMPERS!!!!!
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 01:21:53 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 01:21:53 PM
I strap in on the lift and head straight down the hill to the chair, repeat.
Sitting is done on the lift and in the lodge (unless I'm waiting for slow-asses or hurt myself bad enough that I can't stand).
Sitting is done on the lift and in the lodge (unless I'm waiting for slow-asses or hurt myself bad enough that I can't stand).
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Jake D on November 02, 2005, 01:27:43 PM
Post by: Jake D on November 02, 2005, 01:27:43 PM
Okay, I snowboard with a skier. By time he puts those straps around his wrists and fixes his goggles and hat and gloves and tightens his boots again because his feet hurt so damn bad he might die, I've got my board on and I'm waiting on him (and I don't even have Flow bindings).
And when you are on a steep slope and you stop to wait on a skier because he had a yard sale and lost the 10,000 things that were strapped to his dumb ass body, you have no choice but to sit down. You have one edge to work with and a butt. Pull up some butt and enjoy the view.
And I ride park most of the time anyway, so you have to wait for the landing zone to clear before going. More sitting.
You still couldn't pay me to put skis on again. I'd rather never see a moutain again.
And when you are on a steep slope and you stop to wait on a skier because he had a yard sale and lost the 10,000 things that were strapped to his dumb ass body, you have no choice but to sit down. You have one edge to work with and a butt. Pull up some butt and enjoy the view.
And I ride park most of the time anyway, so you have to wait for the landing zone to clear before going. More sitting.
You still couldn't pay me to put skis on again. I'd rather never see a moutain again.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 01:34:12 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 01:34:12 PM
You know what I was thinking about the other day?
Waterproof motorcycle gear... Goretex (or similar) right? Same as snowboarding gear... BUT!!!
Motorcycle gear has armor!!!
I'm kinda thinking about wearing my moto gear snowboarding... We'll see...
Waterproof motorcycle gear... Goretex (or similar) right? Same as snowboarding gear... BUT!!!
Motorcycle gear has armor!!!
I'm kinda thinking about wearing my moto gear snowboarding... We'll see...
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Mr.7 on November 02, 2005, 01:42:48 PM
Post by: Mr.7 on November 02, 2005, 01:42:48 PM
Jake D:
It sounds like your friend needs to learn how to ski if a yard sale is a common event. He should also get new boots if they hurt his feet, because I couldn't be more comfortalbe in mine.
It sounds like your friend needs to learn how to ski if a yard sale is a common event. He should also get new boots if they hurt his feet, because I couldn't be more comfortalbe in mine.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: davipu on November 02, 2005, 01:54:30 PM
Post by: davipu on November 02, 2005, 01:54:30 PM
you know your getting old when you start thinking about armor.
last year I broke out the old football girdle with the hip and ass pads and grabbed a pair of foam knee pads under the snow pants.
last year I broke out the old football girdle with the hip and ass pads and grabbed a pair of foam knee pads under the snow pants.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 02:02:48 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 02:02:48 PM
Quote from: davipuyou know your getting old when you start thinking about armor.Over the years seriously I hurt one knee twice and the other knee once... I've screwed up both wrists, fracturing one, and hurt everything else on my body at least a little... All while snowboarding...
That's not even counting the paintball stupidity... Or the time I broke my nose doing yard work. :x
The pain just isn't worth it anymore... You're damn right I'm getting old... :lol:
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Badger on November 02, 2005, 02:23:09 PM
Post by: Badger on November 02, 2005, 02:23:09 PM
Quote from: davipulast year I broke out the old football girdle with the hip and ass pads and grabbed a pair of foam knee pads under the snow pants.Football padding is bulky...I'd recommend getting a pair of baseball sliding shorts. Less padding, but more or less in all the right places.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Jake D on November 02, 2005, 02:53:11 PM
Post by: Jake D on November 02, 2005, 02:53:11 PM
Quote from: Mr.7Jake D:
It sounds like your friend needs to learn how to ski if a yard sale is a common event. He should also get new boots if they hurt his feet, because I couldn't be more comfortalbe in mine.
Not really. My point is that skiers annoy snowboarders as much as we annoy them. Not to start a war here, but you guys stop at the top of every cool jump. You never have any idea if a fast rider is coming from behind you . You nail us with your poles when you sit on the chair lift. And you feel to comfortable bitching at snowboarders for every little thing. Etc. I'll be the first to admit snowboarders get annoying sometimes. I'm evan a snowboard apologist. But skiers have there little bugaboos too. We should all learn to get along. Or skiers should just stick to Taos and let us have some fun.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 02:56:18 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 02:56:18 PM
My favorite thing to do when a Skier pisses me off is to follow them and flatten all their moguls. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: aaronstj on November 02, 2005, 03:07:41 PM
Post by: aaronstj on November 02, 2005, 03:07:41 PM
If yer gonna sit, don't do it in the middle of the damn run!
Also, I've been hit serveral times by snowboarders, and only once by a skiier, who immediately apologized.
Also, beer is for the lodge, not the top of the lift. It's annoying enough to dodge you guys strapping up coming off the lift, I don't want to have to the strappers and the cool kids with Miller in a can, too.
Also, you guys look so silly on the flat spots. :lol:
That being said, there are just as many @$$hole skiers as snowboarders, it's just more fun to make fun of the other guys. And I live to far from Taos, I'd ski there if I could.
I actually tried snowboarding last season. Towards the end of the already crappy season, me and my wife decided we were tired of skiing on rocks with our gear, so we rented snowboards and roade the bunny hill all day. It was a lot of fun, and I'll probably do it again. I didn't like feeling like my one leg was trying to drag me off the chair. Looking over my shoulder while pointed downhill was a little weird.
And I swear snowboards were designed for maximum pain when you fall. It was either forward onto the knees (ouch) or straight onto my butt (ouch!).
Other than that, it was a ton of fun. But I already own all my ski gear, and I'm finally getting kinda good at skiing. I really don't need to waste another two seasons falling.
Also, I've been hit serveral times by snowboarders, and only once by a skiier, who immediately apologized.
Also, beer is for the lodge, not the top of the lift. It's annoying enough to dodge you guys strapping up coming off the lift, I don't want to have to the strappers and the cool kids with Miller in a can, too.
Also, you guys look so silly on the flat spots. :lol:
That being said, there are just as many @$$hole skiers as snowboarders, it's just more fun to make fun of the other guys. And I live to far from Taos, I'd ski there if I could.
I actually tried snowboarding last season. Towards the end of the already crappy season, me and my wife decided we were tired of skiing on rocks with our gear, so we rented snowboards and roade the bunny hill all day. It was a lot of fun, and I'll probably do it again. I didn't like feeling like my one leg was trying to drag me off the chair. Looking over my shoulder while pointed downhill was a little weird.
And I swear snowboards were designed for maximum pain when you fall. It was either forward onto the knees (ouch) or straight onto my butt (ouch!).
Other than that, it was a ton of fun. But I already own all my ski gear, and I'm finally getting kinda good at skiing. I really don't need to waste another two seasons falling.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Jake D on November 02, 2005, 03:43:10 PM
Post by: Jake D on November 02, 2005, 03:43:10 PM
I've got the ulitmate A-hole snowboarder story.
I was teaching my buddy Klink how to snowboard. He'd never done it before. He had skied a few times but thought snowboarding would be easy because "he was damn good skateboarder when he was a kid." Anyway, we are on the second or third run and he was having a lot of trouble turning and controling his speed (no big deal, right?). Before us, I saw an older couple, husband and wife, skiing. Sure enough, Klink bee lines it for the old man and tries to slide out. His snowboard slams into the back of the old man's legs and chaos breaks out all over. Yard sale, etc. The wife is reading Klink the Riot Act, screaming and pointing, so I get out of there and ride down 50 yards or so to watch. They finally get the old man back together, scream at my friend a bit more, and get on their way. Klink is sitting there the whole time with this, :dunno: "so sorry" act going. The old man and woman get about 15 yards down the run when Klink stands up to come join me below them. Sure enough, he makes a bee line for them again! Same couple! This time, he nailed the old woman! Nearly destroyed her!
I'm sure I've never seen anything like. He finally gets to the bottom where I'm waiting. I asked him, "Do you hate those people or something?"
I was teaching my buddy Klink how to snowboard. He'd never done it before. He had skied a few times but thought snowboarding would be easy because "he was damn good skateboarder when he was a kid." Anyway, we are on the second or third run and he was having a lot of trouble turning and controling his speed (no big deal, right?). Before us, I saw an older couple, husband and wife, skiing. Sure enough, Klink bee lines it for the old man and tries to slide out. His snowboard slams into the back of the old man's legs and chaos breaks out all over. Yard sale, etc. The wife is reading Klink the Riot Act, screaming and pointing, so I get out of there and ride down 50 yards or so to watch. They finally get the old man back together, scream at my friend a bit more, and get on their way. Klink is sitting there the whole time with this, :dunno: "so sorry" act going. The old man and woman get about 15 yards down the run when Klink stands up to come join me below them. Sure enough, he makes a bee line for them again! Same couple! This time, he nailed the old woman! Nearly destroyed her!
I'm sure I've never seen anything like. He finally gets to the bottom where I'm waiting. I asked him, "Do you hate those people or something?"
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: aaronstj on November 02, 2005, 04:32:11 PM
Post by: aaronstj on November 02, 2005, 04:32:11 PM
Heh. I very nearly plowed over a little girl on my second or third time up on skis. I got going way faster than I knew how to handle. And I was going so fast that I knew it I tried to turn and bleed off speed I would surely die (at least, that's what it felt like), so I just had to keep going. I see this small girl right in front of me. I scream "look out!" and barely miss her, right before crashing losing complete control and crashing spectacularly.
That was a lot of fun.
I didn't have a with speed on a board, 'cause I just scrape down the whole bunny hill on my heel side. And I don't think your friend was the @$$hole so much as the shouting skier, especially if you were on the bunny hill. shaZam! happens, and it's not like he was trying to hit them. You have to cut the noobs some slack. He apologized, and no one got hurt, so no big.
That was a lot of fun.
I didn't have a with speed on a board, 'cause I just scrape down the whole bunny hill on my heel side. And I don't think your friend was the @$$hole so much as the shouting skier, especially if you were on the bunny hill. shaZam! happens, and it's not like he was trying to hit them. You have to cut the noobs some slack. He apologized, and no one got hurt, so no big.
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 05:07:48 PM
Post by: RVertigo on November 02, 2005, 05:07:48 PM
A friend of mine nearly killed a teenage girl because she was standing UNDER a jump... Right in the landing zone... :x
He managed to miss her by inches, but really screwed himself up... After recovering enough to move on, we went by the same jump and she was still sitting there!!!!!!!
Yes... She was a skier... Did you have to ask?
He managed to miss her by inches, but really screwed himself up... After recovering enough to move on, we went by the same jump and she was still sitting there!!!!!!!
Yes... She was a skier... Did you have to ask?
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: jen_ on November 02, 2005, 05:12:21 PM
Post by: jen_ on November 02, 2005, 05:12:21 PM
armor=good. I board with my rollerblade kneepads under my pants. Also helps because most so cal snow isn't really snow at all. It's white, and it's frozen solid, but it ain't snow. Wrist guards are a MUST. I broke my wrist like my 3rd time on a board, at night--went to fast, caught the back edge, ka-pow.
My husband skis and I board so we are quite the odd couple on the slopes. I tried skiing last year and had a blast. Not having to stap-in bindings was niiice. Bought some used skiis in Vail last weekend, so I plan to do a little more two-planking this year.
Thousands of noobs where I ski, most spend the majority of their day sitting on the hill with a snowboard strapped on. I like to cut over to the bunny hill and spray snow on them. :nana:
My husband skis and I board so we are quite the odd couple on the slopes. I tried skiing last year and had a blast. Not having to stap-in bindings was niiice. Bought some used skiis in Vail last weekend, so I plan to do a little more two-planking this year.
Thousands of noobs where I ski, most spend the majority of their day sitting on the hill with a snowboard strapped on. I like to cut over to the bunny hill and spray snow on them. :nana:
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: aevans17 on November 02, 2005, 05:42:07 PM
Post by: aevans17 on November 02, 2005, 05:42:07 PM
I only got to board 1.5 days last year and that was in Tahoe. (Don't eat the chilli in a bread bowl at Heavenly because a friend and I got food poisoning. That's where the .5 day came from! I was pucking the whole flight home.) As others have said WA didn't get any snow last year, but this year is looking promising!!!!
Here's a picture of me and a couple of friends at Heavenly in Tahoe!
(http://www.wamail.net/~aevans/usens.jpg)
it was awesome, I wore a t-shirt and camel pack both days because it was too warm for a jacket.
Whistler/Crystal open 2morow so let the snow season begin!!!!
This second picture is funny because my buddy nate totally wiped out!!!!
(http://www.wamail.net/~aevans/nate2.jpg)
Here's a picture of me and a couple of friends at Heavenly in Tahoe!
(http://www.wamail.net/~aevans/usens.jpg)
it was awesome, I wore a t-shirt and camel pack both days because it was too warm for a jacket.
Whistler/Crystal open 2morow so let the snow season begin!!!!
This second picture is funny because my buddy nate totally wiped out!!!!
(http://www.wamail.net/~aevans/nate2.jpg)
Title: Skiers and snowboarders, the time is almost here
Post by: Mr.7 on November 02, 2005, 06:58:41 PM
Post by: Mr.7 on November 02, 2005, 06:58:41 PM
Quote from: Jake DNot to start a war here, but you guys stop at the top of every cool jump.
Well I am a skier who has a friend that snowboards so on the lift we take turns picking where we want to go next. Of course my friend wants to go to the terrian park almost everytime, so I have grown accustom to jumps (I am probably the only skier that has around here)