BlueB Posted December 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 I'm back. Way less pow then expected. It started late and stopped between 10-12, then started again. There seems to be more in the city!? But anyways, it was a great morning. There's going to be a lot of snow tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted December 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 Powwowwow! We are having an awesome season so far! Crew: Gary, Rod, Roy, Patrick, Luka and I. Tony and Geo were spotted too. My toy: 3800 I rode almost everything that was open and fair bit of closed runs ;) I think that I enjoyed the Ripcord and Bowen face the most. My beasty kid can come down the Trumpeter on skis! Way to go young man, you'll be making circles around papa, pretty soon! ::) Lots of white stuff to still come down tonight. Keep those pow stick handy, boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted December 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 (edited) Another powwow day, getting a bit boring ;) Chairs started late aND huge lineup former at entry gate. When it opened, people literally ran to the chair, to get first tracks! Never seen anything like that! :) Patrick was a great learner this morning! Way to go buddy! Edited December 12, 2016 by BlueB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Time to unpack the Winterstick Swallowtail 185 Silver Anniversary model and get its base waxed up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted December 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Any updates, you bunch of lazies? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted December 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 It was great to get back on snow, even better on a big pow day! However the 49cm on the website was a bit too optimistic... Anyways, getting on and out of mountain was "interesting" and painfully slow. I almost got taken out by an out of controll car getting into an uphill spin!? Lions opened late but had better snow then Ravens. The Boven face was more or less closed of, but possible to get on legally, through a maze of ropes. That resulted in no traffic and pretty much intact Midway below it! That part felt like a magic carpet! Toy of the day: Dynastar 4807! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 We're at Big White this all this week, arrived on Boxing Day and staying until New Year's Day. I finally figured out why they call this resort "Big White": when weather fronts come through the Okanogan, this mountain gets dumped on, but then the visibility drops down to ZERO. I'm talking full white room, no frame of reference for the horizon, making you nauseous from vertigo. I had the hardest time trying to stay upright on my board, even the ski patrollers were falling down while snowplowing. On the plus side, when you keep doing face plants while trying to heelside down green runs with only 4-5 feet of visibility, the Okanogan powder is very soft... Hopefully things will improve later on this week. Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted December 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hehe, not Big White, but Big Whiteout ;) Have fun buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted December 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Bluebird morning at Cypress, with beautifully soft packed snow... yet I had lessons to teach all morning... We left at about 1pm, crowds were insane by that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 A very interesting day, today... First of, way less people then expected on a Saturday. Probably everyone was preparing for new years eve? Conditions vere more then strange - hero snow with decent grooming, yet shocking visibility. Indespite sub 0 temps, we had some sort of freezing rain that created a solid layer of ice on almost everyone's goggles. After trying various runs, eventually we settled down on Midway, which had best visibility and grooming. Rain changed to snow, which gradually became stronger... Crew: Patrick, Roy, Boris Toys: MK, Coiler, Kessler bxn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 Happy New Year, everyone! Winter idila this morning! Back to the hill tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliechocolate Posted January 1, 2017 Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 It was somewhat cold today. High clouds, some sun, hero everywhere. Crazy crowd by 10 AM, then it died down after an hour and a half. Tony poached some soft stuff off coyote, while I stayed on the groom. You guys missed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) Amazing carving day, today! Cold, sunny, firm groom... Chairs started early so we've got quite a few turns before the crowds started at 10:30. At that stage we retreated to Raven, which remained reasonable. View from the top of Raven chair: Today's crew: Tony, Roy, Patrick, Pierre, Gary, Boris Weapons: Over and above riding my trusty OES SL, I tested Patrick's new Madd Killer! The board is a hoot, I'll write a more detailed report in the MK dedicated thread... Edited January 3, 2017 by BlueB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 Another amazing day, good crisp snow, sunny, no big crowds... Some of the runs had yesterday's groom, but still holding well. Crew: Rod, Federico, B... also did a run with Mel, our staff training coordinator... My toys: MK and Proto. I'll write about today's "torture" of the MK in that dedicated thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) I will be there tomorrow - Thursday, I think it is. Just got to Vancouver from blue River, where they gave my Kessler SL the best tune ever. I even have a car, so no more public transport for me (did I mention I sold my company?) Right, this time there's snow and even here it's cold. Bring it on. P Edited January 5, 2017 by philw Fix typos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 Hey Phil, I'll be in US in the morning, but will bring my son for ski training at 5:30pm. I could ride on Friday from 10am too, if you'll still be around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 I'll be riding on Cypress this Thursday evening after work, see you and Luka there! I went up Tuesday evening to get re-acquainted with the Coiler RC 179 that I bought off of Roy 2 seasons ago- got 22 laps in on Jasey Jay before my legs wore out. The snow guns were blasting, so it was good carving weather, a 2cm dusting of snow on top of bulletproof East Coast "packed powder"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Well good conditions here today.. I managed to ride from around 09:00 through now, but I'm a little burned and that hotel sauna is starting to tempt me. One more sunset ride down rainbow should do me. I will catch up with you guys one day! Off to Whistler tomorrow unless something changes. If you see any trenches, the are mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BlueB Posted January 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 Great pic Phil. I was watching that biblical sunset from my car, on the way to the hill... Yeah, conditions held pretty well into the evening. I was on a new to me Coiler AM 169/24/9. The thing is a beast, it might prove to be quite a quiver killer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 My Coiler AM 172 is the only board that I would never part with- I drive it hard but try to keep it in good nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Nice hardback in the morning, but big crowds later on... I had 2 hours for ripping, then 2 hrs private later on. My toys: AMT 169/24 for fooling around, old trusty LTD 163 twin for teaching, set quack with plates ;) Crew: Roy, Rod, Patrick, Tony, Pierre, B... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Awesome hard pack in the morning! Eagle opened early, no crowd until 10:20. I rode with Perry all morning and we saw Tony very briefly. Perny rails on that Fullbag and softies! I rode the OES Loony in the AM. It has the edge hold bordering ridicoulous! Switched to Proto for the PM.... It rained on the pm at the lodge elevation, but it should dump nicely tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Nice session with instructors this morning - we did mostly steeps/moguls and finished of by a lap through park. There was about 10cm of fresh over night, that made steeps really nice. However the snow stopped on the am which caused the fog to roll in... Toy: Proto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xy9ine Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 On 1/8/2017 at 5:42 PM, BlueB said: Awesome hard pack in the morning! Eagle opened early, no crowd until 10:20. I rode with Perry all morning and we saw Tony very briefly. Perny rails on that Fullbag and softies! I rode the OES Loony in the AM. It has the edge hold bordering ridicoulous! Switched to Proto for the PM.... It rained on the pm at the lodge elevation, but it should dump nicely tonight! Good riding with you - thanks for the tips. Getting the itch to break out the hardboots now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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