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  1. High West Distillery

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    Every place has their own liquor laws - being born and raised in New Orleans I didn't know this until my later years living in Colorado.

    I had the same experience when I moved from my native New Orleans to California. They almost pissed themselves when I asked about a go-cup...lol.

    I didn't know you were from the city Michelle. Nice to know, I'm headed down to see my grandma this week.

    Now I live in a state with ABC stores and all that, but it doesn't bother me cause I no longer imbibe.

  2. Poll: Ride it or make a bench?

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Lol, no but seriously, I'd add a piece of lexan or something and put my softies on it and ride the snot out of it.

    Hope you come up with a replacement for it. I love the board for all around, and have even taught beginner lessons on it on pow days so i could hit freshie runs in between lineups.

  3. Alaskan Rover's opinion of hardbooters.

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    Neil, I adressed it in the "Anyone ride Lib Tech..." forum where it all started: " Anyway, I was somewhat non-plussed to find that the very first reply was discourtious, and then, except for one, continued in that same vane. I probably wouldn't have been so chagrined had I not seen the very same reaction to another newbie or "jong" posting a simple question about snowboarding, by the very same people that same night. I truly meant it when I said it was like being lowered into a cell-block of some maximum-security prison...the psyche was about the same. I have had the good luck to work around the world, and so I am used to working with all different types of folk, so that night I just figured that was normal, so I fought back. I regret that I didn't realize that CarveDog's reply was his form of TGR welcome, but I think I explained that to him later."

    My words with Carverdog in that first post on TGR were less about his being a "hardbooter" and more about my confusion as to his completely different face on TGR. I didn't realize that was a welcome from his "evil twin", and so I fought back, is all. Why Buell felt a need to infer that I felt that way about all hardbooters is beyond me. I have a friend who rides hardboots...we jib each all the time about our different equipment, but he respects my abilities and I respect his abilities. We both like to carve. and we both enjoy the mountains. End of story.

    After I read his own reply, I went on to say:

    "If this place is about adventure and finding the raw, beating heart of life...and grabbing hold of it and hoping that it will pull us up from this hospital stretcher/geriatric ward of existence that we call "Modern Society"...then MAYBE this is the place for me. I don't mind the hazing...I enjoy it.

    BTW, Thanks for the welcome. "

    Well, it's almost 2 pm....and I haven't done sheeet yet. I've got a ton of my sails to repair and varnishing to do...my GF will be back next week from her seminar and will be pissed that I hadn't gotten half of my side of the project-list done...I don't think using the excuse that the sky was too blue will work, I've used it before. I'm gonna go climb one of the masts, that'll be a good way to get some air and get my azz in gear. :)

    BTW: I am here because I am going to be setting up a splitboard (maybe even Jones' new one) for use with my Scarpa hardboots...as there are some peaks that I have a date with, and I don't want to continue needing to fall back on my AT ski gear in the harder sublimated crud found on some peaks. The reason I want to go to hardboots on a splitboard is mostly that the ascent would be far easier. I can't kick steps with my softboots. Labrador/Greenland has some great coastal icefields and we have the boat to get there. But not unless I get off me adze.

    I gotta go...some sails have my name on them and ANOTHER storms abrewing. Haven't had my coffee yet...GRRRRRR!

    1. Discourteous

    2.vein

    3. jibe

  4. 9AM Open ,Your Resort Opens At ?

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Hours of Operation

    Monday - Friday: 8am to 4:30pm.

    Sat. Sun.& Holidays: 7:30am to 4:30pm Close: Last ride up at 4:30pm

    Very little sweeping at Baldy, it's hopeless anyway...The patrol basically puts up ropes before the sudden cliffs on the sides of the trails.

    Winterplace West Virginia, 9 am - 10 pm m-f, 8 am-10 pm s+s

    Booyahh! most weekends dead till 10 am at least:biggthump

  5. Best type of sofboots for POW?

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    I'm busting his balls, He is in VA. They just got dumped on for the first time in a very long time a few weeks ago. I was being facetious as most people "down south" have never stepped in snow deep enough to cascade over the top of the boot and get down inside them. :eplus2:

    All in good fun, just a lill ribbing is all.

    I teach at a resort in southern WV dave, and yes I'm AASI and PSIA certified:eplus2:, and we have had over 160 inches on the season, with many days over a foot! Never thought I'd see a waist deep blower day here, but I have, and I never needed the duct tape. We see alot of camo and jeans down here, but usually our boots are in good repair.

    I'm glad to have worked this season down south. Granted, I've been chest deep in christmas tree bowl in steamboat, but we have the goods for this season, so pipe down there! ;)

  10. Steamboat

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Last time I was there was for my 30th b-day, March 2008.

    1st 2 days warmish but not worse than east coast spring, then 3 days of straight up powder. Rode my 3800 in waist deep in christmas tree bowl, dropped a small cliff into chest high pow. Awesome. Last two days, amazing groom, got my girl snowboard lessons. I wanted to move to steamboat after that trip, but we are moving to vt in 2 years instead.

  12. Did I break my collar bone?

    in The Lodge

    Posted

    I have broken both clavicles, rt one as a child, and rt and left as an adult, both with serious separation of the broken ends. Torn rotator cuff in rt shoulder along with ruptured bursa, stretched labrum, and huge freaking bone spur. surgically repaired. left shoulder separated 2x and dislocated once.

    As the proud owner of 2 screwed up shoulders, I can definitely say that an a/c separation of type 1(minor) is the least painful injury that I've had, and the easiest rehab I've experienced. I wish on you a type 1 at most.

  13. Broken!

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I was working on some things one of our level 2 instructors taught me in between classes, dug my nose in really hard and I landed right on my shoulder and head, thank you Bern helmet, have seen the xrays again and i have not broken it in 2 places, i have basically crushed the middle of the bone into many chunks:eek:

    There is no pin or operation for my type of break according to the surgeon i saw but if I work really hard at healing i may be able to make a trip to Colorado after the southeast season is over... anyone got a free couch?:ices_ange

    I'll be fine, the pain is nothing that i cant handle, even without the use of narcotics! I'm taking my calcium supplements, eating right, and I hope that my 3 week xrays show some healing.

  14. Broken!

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    me, not the board....

    Broke my left clavicle in 2 places on monday, no more snowboarding for the rest of our really short season, which means no teaching, which means, no $$$$.

    I'm gonna stick around and work in group sales and maybe set skiis and stuff, in hopes that i will at least be able to instruct on my skiis, albeit without poles in a couple weeks.

    just wanted to feel sorry for myself for a bit:(, the upside is though, that we've been getting lots of new snow, so go get some for me eh?:biggthump

  16. Snowshoe 1-9/11

    in Appalachia

    Posted

    and i'll be at the campout mellow, so TICK bring the extra board man!

    i'll try to remember to pack my boots:eplus2:

    so stoked to get off the molehill and hit the mountain, i know my legs are in shape for it this time:biggthump

  17. Snowshoe

    in Appalachia

    Posted

    granted it rained this afternoon, but they've laid down a monster base.

    No one on the slopes. but thursday we have a 50 person group...:eek: for less than half our slopes.

    yikes, come by for a visit when any of y'all get a wild hair.

  19. Who wants my autograph?

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    way to go mellow, if you hadn't posted your rockstar photo of the day I would have!:biggthump

    wait a sec... this does not compute... you're carving it up in North Carolina, and I haven't ridden yet in Maine? wtf.

    UM, yes jack thats right! not only did one of our hills open before halloween, but since then I have had 7 days on the slopes including 2 powder days at snowshoe 12 and 16 inches respectively. And I live in Raleigh North Carolina! 4+ hrs from the nearest slope. I have been thanking Ullr so far for making my first season as an instructor a great one.:D

  20. Snowshoe

    in Appalachia

    Posted

    i havent had a HB board for a few years, as i got too fat for my last one and gave it away, happens when a girl approaches thirty i'm told.

    i think it happened when i got promoted to a desk job at UPS, but anyway i quit that job (for MANY reasons) and will be instructing full time, so i'm betting i'll be back to fighting weight soon.

    Thanks Tick, i'd love to borrow some gear. Heck I'll even "rent" it from you. I have my old boots and even a set of old snowpros that i threw on my osin 3800 for a few runs last year, but i really prefer to use my softies on that board, i'm afraid i'll crank it too hard and bust my powder ride.:freak3:

    DrCR I have HB at WP only one time, i actually liked to take compromise to either snowbowl or drop off, I like carving on steeper stuff as long as the place is pretty empty, and if you want to see empty try WP any weekday, lol.

  21. Snowshoe

    in Appalachia

    Posted

    those are my picks for the snowshoe side as well.

    granted i'm still alpine boardless and broke, but gimme a few weeks of instructing at winterplace and i'll meet y'all up at the shoe, i've got several free weekday lifties, and a discount on day passes as well.

  22. women's softie setup

    in Want to Buy

    Posted

    I have an older (2000ish) 148 burton custom with burton custom bindings, its in excellent condition, so ggod infact that i was going to teach on it this year, but i could definitely part with it for someone who needs a new setup

    I also have an old rossi pipe board, the alexi litovaara pro model, that i used for some racing. its a 153 sort of a beater, but cheap. on that one i would have to scrounge for some bindings, i think i have a set of usable liquid bindings, or a 4 hole disk for the old customs

    both solid setups, either one for under $150 plus shipping

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