Pat Donnelly

Haber's CLEAR lens insert is great for thoese days of poor visability. I think I paid $25 with shipping for the clear lens for my specific frame. http://www.habervision.com/product/OuzoRL.aspx

March 10, 2012 Suds and snow. Is there a better combination? Our third annual Brew-Ski Festival at Boyne Highlands Resort features 100+ craft brews, entertainment and an evening of parties. We pitch tents at the base of the slopes where you and friends can gather and sample a variety of craft brews. The frothy samples are served up on snow bars by brewery representatives while you enjoy music, brats and spring conditions. The tent area is open from 12-5pm to those ages 21 and older and admission is free. Tickets for beer sampling can be purchased for $2 and samples are four-ounce pours. Following the outdoor fun, head inside for a party in the legendary Zoo Bar with live music by the Aaron Vaughn Band. A special weekend package including two nights' hotel lodging, breakfast daily, two-day lift tickets, Friday night hors d’oeuvres reception, t-shirt, commemorative mug and five drink tickets starts at $238 per person. For reservations, please call 800.GO.BOYNE (462-6963) or click here. T-shirts and logo pint glasses are also available for purchase at the event. Enjoy some great spring skiing and riding too! Slope hours are 9am to 9pm. http://http://www.boyne.com/BoyneHighlands/AnnualEvents/BrewskiFestival.html?utm_source=home_Brew-Ski&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=Homepage

Delivered Dec 2011 - low hours, excellent condition. Edges set to 1* base and 3* side. Log top sheet. $700 shipped lower 48. PM for photos . . . There is a photo somewhere in the Board Porn thread. Built for 210 lb rider.

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-25ecodZ5yc1v/R-202534505/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=totes&storeId=10051 Have shipped two of the above storage totes and secured with double zip-strips + a double ski SportTube (2 boards [no bindings] & a set of skis) for the last few years via FedEx. This year the shipping weight was about 100 lbs and the cost was around $90 for all 3 containers each way. Works for me!

http://vimeo.com/37041009

As far as I know they do not stream their content on-line within the USA. Here is a synopsis and trailer http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2011-2012/fearless/

Feb 24 - tonight on CBC CBC News: the fifth estate CBET - 9 - Fri, 2/24, 9:00 PM 1 hr "Fearless" New, 2/24/2012, News A look at the life and death of freeskier Sarah Burke, and other top athletes who seek fame and fortune by risking life and limb to compete in a risky sport.

Panoramic view from West Buttermilk LIMITED parking area http://www.aspenportrait.com/buttermilk/b-westpicnic.html

Bob - you are the man of the mountains!! Larry Castruita, Mats and a few others will be at the base of Ajax gondola just before 9:00 a.m. Hello SPAR then transverse to chair #1 side. Should be there till 10:30 or 11:00 Then head over to Bmilk. Grooming should be prime as the owners will be on the MILK Friday , , , buff-buff-buff. Groomers will be on early :-) ANJA please join us if you can.

Reality check - looking through the headlines on http://www.firsttracksonline.com/ I counted 10 skier/rider on mountain deaths between Jan 28 - Feb 6.

Here's a link to Pure Boarding's 2012 WCS Aspen Gellerien http://www.pureboarding.com/index.php?id=aspen-wcs-2012-day-01&L=1

I am 5 minutes from Pine Knob and usually head to Nubs or Boyne for late season. Hit me up thru my profile if you would like to make some turns.

So where do you practice in Michigan???

From 2012 SuperBowl http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VhkDdayA4iA

Try the SEARCH link above. Here is one I recall. http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=26531&highlight=ski+cooper So what can you tell us about carving at Sunlight?

Chagrin Falls on ABC News. What a way to promote buying local http://abcnews.go.com/US/cash-mob-creates-movie-fairy-tale-family-ohio/story?id=15449809

http://www.mtbohemia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=54

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20120125/NEWS/120129893/1077&ParentProfile=1058 January, 25 2012 Staff report The Aspen Times Aspen, CO Colorado ASPEN — For a resort town whose flagship mountain was one of the last to allow snowboarders, Aspen figures with surprising prominence in snowboarding history. So it was somewhat appropriate that a local panel that the Aspen Historical Society identified as the “Members of the Board: Pioneers of Shred” hit Aspen Mountain for a powder day Tuesday before gathering at the Wheeler Opera House to speak during the “Time Travel Tuesdays” program. “I think that collectively there was 240 years of snowboard experience out there riding,” said panelist Chris Klug of Aspen, who won Olympic bronze in parallel giant slalom in 2002. Klug joined fellow locals Larry Madden, founder of Alternative Edge and owner of Pride Snowboard n Ski Repair; Travis McLain, the Winter X Games gold medalist and Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club coach who owns Radio Boardshop; and Susan Saghatoleslami, a 17-year competitor who works as a snowboard pro for the Aspen Skiing Co., on the panel, along with Kevin Delaney, Jeff Grell, Chris Karol and Chris Tribble, whose histories intertwine with that of snowboarding in Aspen. Aspen Mountain famously, finally opened to snowboarders on April 1, 2001, one of the final holdouts, along with Taos, N.M. (Alta and Deer Valley, Utah, and Mad River Glen, Vt., still do not allow snowboarders.) While snowboarding was still a new phenomenon in the 1980s and '90s, gaining a foothold in Aspen necessitated looking beyond Ajax. Snowboarders established a beachhead at Aspen Highlands, which wasn't a part of the Aspen Skiing Co. until 1993. Back then, riding Highland Bowl necessitated getting up at 3 a.m. to hike to the top. “We were willing to do whatever it took to ride the local mountains,” Klug said. For the 1984-85 season, Grell and Karol proposed starting a snowboard instruction program, which Highlands denied for insurance reasons. But their presence here provided an opportunity to begin changing the culture from the inside, beginning with reclassifying snowboards as directional devices, like skis, rather than snowplay devices, like sleds. “Other people were doing things, but I really think it made a difference when Aspen called,” Karol said. In fact, it was at Highlands and the Aspen Thrift Store that Grell developed the highback (then HyBak) now ubiquitous on snowboard bindings. McLain agreed: “Highlands was the epicenter of snowboarding in the world, in Colorado.” But the history of snowboarding wasn't all powder days and what Delaney characterized as drawing smiles in the snow: A video to open the presentation, “The History of Snowboarding in 2 Minutes Flat” highlighted the nadir, Time magazine's anointing snowboarding as the “Worst New Sport” of 1988. “We became a community really fast,” Delaney said. “Many resorts were considering banning snowboarding because it was getting unruly.” Delaney and his brother later would move their adult snowboard camps from Copper Mountain and Beaver Creek to Aspen, further cementing the presence of snowboarding in the valley — and among a higher-end clientele. “The reason I moved to Aspen is because this is the crown jewel in the winter sports crown,” Delaney said. “We had a very elite clientele. The question was, ‘Can I land a (Gulfstream) G4 in Aspen?'” “Time Travel Tuesdays” continue through Feb. 28, before the “Define the Mountain” program begins in March. The next presentation is “AVSC — 75 Years of Greatness” on Jan. 31.

Cortex series is under "wheels" on their site http://www.pocsports.com/en/product/1220/cortex-flow

Speedy recovery to you Todd! Last season Mats sold me on POC helmets as their mission was to build a better product. This link offers some insighthttp://www.pocsports.com/en/content/view/protective-concepts#Helmet Concepts Snow

Aug 31 2011

Link to the each of the mountains "Grooming Report" http://www.aspensnowmass.com/onmountain/reports/default.cfm

SkiCo offers: Child care http://www.aspensnowmass.com/schools/children/childcare.cfm and ski school for 2 to 4 year olds http://www.aspensnowmass.com/schools/children/default.cfm Searched "Magic Carpet" and I believe this is part of SkiCo's program; there is also one at Buttermilk, part of and behind the Powder Pandas building: http://www.aspensnowmass.com/search_results.cfm?searchTerms=magic+carpet The "beginner chair" is near the base of Buttermilk. This is soon to be converted into the snowmobile xcross or whatever they call it for the x-games. The area should be kid ready by Feb 4th. Parking, best chance for close in with a trailer will be at the base of Buttermilk. Next option is not published and a local's secret, and that is near the base of Buttermilk West. It is on the skier's right and above the West lift base. No signage on how to get there, and is not published/promoted. It may prove difficult with a trailer? Come out of the Buttermilk's main lot and go left, I believe the road is aptly named "Buttermilk West". The road goes up the mtn and past some nice properties; the road ends after 4 miles or so at the West Buttermilk lot. You will know when you're close as there is a kind of a fork in the road - stay to your left. You will drive through a (simple, nothing fancy) gate; SkiCo also uses the area to store equipment and other stuff in this lot. There are commercial food delivery trucks that use this same road to deliver food at the base of West for transport by cat or snowmobile to the Cliff House restaurant. The road is narrow. One morning we met a delivery truck (head on) and had to back-up about 40 yards in order to allow the truck to pass and continue down the mountain. There are a few picnic tables + an outhouse at this location. My understanding they do not allow overnight camping at this site.

Good to see Willy Whit again, even though from 2009!!

Hey Ron, Here's a link for SLC retailers if you are looking for right away or out and about http://www.sportlegs.com/buy/utah.asp