Hey John

I won't make it this weekend but might try for Monday. Which resort and Mountain High is best for alpine? East or West?

I will be up there that weekend, but with my ski club. If the mountain gets a substantial dump of fresh, I may be on skis instead of the board.

The worst in years. Especially at Stump and Gold Rush. The improved Chair 5 wasn't bad though. I think the closing of June may have had something to do with this.

Conditions were awesome, especially in the morning. But don't even ask about how crowded the slopes were.

I'll be out there today (saturday) and sunday. On a silver F2 Silberpfeil. Dark burgundy voodoo jacket if I wear one today.

3/9-10 would be my preference.

Thanks Andrea. I'm well aware that filming this stuff can sometimes be a distraction, but I wanted to thank You, Julian, Lance and George (and everyone else) for your patience in helping me set up some of the shots. It wouldn't have been as good without everyone's help.

This looks like a contender based on specs. Seems to have all the important features. Size could be an issue though.

Here is my list of features that are essential when shooting fast action sports activities like skiing or snoboarding: 1. Wide angle lens at the short end of the zoom. (i.e. wider that 30mm. Most video cams only go to 34mm at best.) This is much more important that having an extreme telephoto at the opposite end. Which I almost guarantee you will never use. But a telephoto zoom impresses a naive consumer so the manufacturers keep upping the telephoto end. 2. An effective optical image stabilization. (Avoid cameras with electronic stabilization. What this does is enlarge the image and then crops into the frame, giving you softer image. It also limits the cropping you may need to do later in the editing stage. 3. 60 fps (60p as opposed to 60i). That said, I have yet to find a small video camera that has all three of these features. That is why I somehow find the space to carry the Sony CX360v. The colors are not the greatest but it has everything else I need. The GoPro doesn't have an image stabilizer, but the angle is wide enough that it doesn't matter in most cases, if I'm lucky. And again, don't put too much emphasis on the zoom range. For one, it's amateurish to zoom back and forth while filming. I only zoom slightly at the wide end and never use the long end. Without a tripod, it's too unstable and the "aerial perspective" effect causes the image to be hazy.

Most of it was filmed with the Sony CX360V. The lift chair scenes and anything hitting the camera was done with the GoPro.

The Session for Southern California. <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ORJT6tHnzQg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

The weekend in 9 minutes. Definitely the highlight of my season. You can view it on YouTube or download your own copy from mac.com, but you will need quicktime to view it if you download it. http://gallery.me.com/heyjaa#100000 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ORJT6tHnzQg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

You can count me in on that as well.

Depending on how things go at work on friday, I'm planning to show on saturday.

About a month earlier in January, while waiting for the red line, I saw someone raking the lawn in front of their condo. Now that was truly a sad sight!

I was there the weekend of Feb 18. I'd describe it as adequate. Never hit any rocks, but there were a few areas where the ground was beginning to show. The snow was looking old by monday. It's snowing up there as I'm writing this and more is forecasted for later this week. But unless they get another mega storm where the snow is measured in feet, it's looking like this will be a very short season.

Did I miss something. What is this talk about a February Demo Event at Mammoth?

Work schedule permitting, I should be able to make it for this one. Looking forward to it.

Try Ski Net Sports on Ventura Blvd in Studio City. Ask for Claude. He did mine last year. http://www.skinetsports.com

I'm planning to be there, before 7:30, depending on traffic.

Got in the loop a little late on this one. Which Wednesday are we talking about here? November 10 or 17 ?

Don't know if this has made the rounds yet but I just found it in my YouTube recommended list. Without having much in the way of an engineering background, I don't know what this would accomplish on the board, but it look interesting, if not a bit precarious. Definitely using with new TD3s. <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=746j644zQfY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=746j644zQfY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZNE55ue2HE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZNE55ue2HE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

Loc, Those photos were excellent. Much better than I'd normally get from my point & shoot, which in similar conditions, would be dark silhouette of the subject. Thanks for bringing all the camera equipment to the slopes.

They had the number printed on cards and left them at the ticket counters and elsewhere. I almost forgot that I had programmed it as a contact on my cell. Fortunate to have coverage at that time, too. 760-934-6011

One of the last photos take at the end of the day on Sunday. (Actually taken by Bev)