Keenan

After today it's a confirmed slush slayer.

He must have burned through his orange pants already.

55-50 with 28 mondo.

I just took it out in 7-10" of new. I even did some tree runs, which was a little scary until I realized that you can maneuver it like a much shorter board. Not only does it float, it's pretty easy to turn. I was able to get fresh stuff in some flat sections that nobody else dared, It never got stuck, just floated on through. Then I railed some pretty tight turns on the groomers. Someone needs to buy the one that Mark has in stock, you wont be sorry.

Damian Sanders & Tom Burt.

Tacoma to White pass is 2 1/2 hours. No lines. More consistently pitched groomers than Crystal and you don't have to deal with the trudge through Bonney Lake and Buckley...just sayin'

Thanks. The website says they are only open Fri-Sun, I wasn't aware of this. I wonder how much the limited hours of operation contributed to the bankruptcy.

We just did a room in our house with Costco flooring. It was less expensive than any other I've seen and it looks good.

I'm supposed to be going to McCall next month for 2 days at Tamarack and 2 at Brundage. Does anyone whose been there have any advice? Other than "Go forth and prosper."

I got to ride it today, first day of the season for me and there was enough coverage to warrant riding a new board. So here's the story. I've always wanted a Tanker 201 but they were a little wider than what I prefer to ride. I also heard that their build quality suffered when they moved production to China. So I hassled Mark for over a year to build a board like the Tanker but narrower and Thirstier. He did, it rocks. It snowed a couple of inches yesterday so the groomers were pretty soft today. A carving board would have been fine if you didn't try to tip it on edge too much. The TS was perfect. I took it through 2" of fresh, down some steeps, through chopped up groomers, I did fairly short radius turns on a cat track, and cranked some big deep carves as well. This is the longest board that I've ever ridden and is surprisingly forgiving. Mark built in a generous amount of flex in the board, and a fair amount of rise in the tip and tail. As I drove home I was thinking, if I was to go on a trip where I didn't know what the weather would be and I could only take one of my boards, which one would I take? The TS. I will update this when I get to ride on some hard pack. I'm pretty sure it will rip.

https://www.sportlegs.com/ I use these early season and when riding multiple days.

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Ditto.

Last season, I had never been to Ski Bluewood in SE Washington State. I bought an online deal 3 advanced tickets good for any day for $40 off retail price. The closest town is Dayton (about 45 minutes from Bluewood). I shopped online and chose what appeared to be the least offensive of the two fleabag motels. I drove 5 1/2 hours on Thursday and checked in. After paying I noticed a small sign behind the counter that said "No Refunds". Now when travelling alone I have pretty low standards, so I thought, how bad can it be? I moved into the room, I was the only one in the hotel and they had just "cleaned it". The motel was from the 1950's and I'm pretty sure it was all original, the sheets, towels and carpeting all so thin you could see through them. The stench was too much. I ended up moving to the Best Western and forfeiting about $250 for the room. I drove to Bluewood the next day and it was raining so hard that I did 2 runs. I was on a 175cm board with fresh wax and I couldn't turn because it was too sticky. I almost went head over multiple times. Back at the hotel I watched the ever changing weather pattern, heavy rain. I got online and bought a 'good for one day' ticket to Anthony Lakes in Eastern Oregon (about a three hour drive). The next day Bluewood was closed due to flooding, so was the highway out of town. So I had to drive an extra 2 1/2 hours around the flooding. When I got to I-84 (the way to Anthony Lakes) it was flooded. I drove home. 14 1/2 hours of driving, $550 on lodging, 4 purchased lift tickets and 2 runs. I was able to make it to Anthony Lakes 3 weeks later where I paid about $22 a day for lift tickets and had great time.

I bought a pass and 2 social distancing boards, a Thirst 195 and 202. I saved money by not riding this spring, not paying for summer camps, cancelled spring break, filling the gas tank about 75% less than usual, no dining out. The list goes on.

Apparently, I have used up too much file to download any more. I don't know if I will be able to upload more tomorrow. I tried to delete the picture and upload a PDF with all of the pictures but no luck. Thirst TS 202: 202 cm 169.5 effective edge 22 cm waist Big floater nose and a sweet flex for groomers, powder or crud. Second one is in the press, you know you want one. Absolutely beautiful board and the blue sidewalls matched with the colors of the top sheet is just so smooth.

I made it up for one final day today. They were practicing social distancing so no one ran over the tail of my board.

I tried it the first day. They were supposed to go on sale at 9AM I logged on at 8:55 and they were all taken.

They open tomorrow with limited reserved spaces. Reservations go live at 9AM according to the website. I logged on at 8:55 and they were sold out. https://www.timberlinelodge.com/coronavirus-updates

They just added Mt. Bachelor to the list for Ikon.

https://winter.mtbaldyresort.com/

Good news, you don't need a chairlift anymore. You just need $5,000 and a can of gas.

Our spring break/family ski trip to Anthony Lakes just got shut down. Are the restaurants in Sandpoint still open?