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They have 2,100 beers to choose from. OUCH, there is a God.

Yea I dig Boddingtons but my favs are the following and I dont see any of them on the side of NASCAR vehicles, thank God. Chimay (any color), typically Red but had some Reserves on Sat night Maudite (Unibrou out of Quebec) Don De Dois (Unibrou) Magic Hat #9 Are a few off the top of my and I drink Coors Light to rehydrate when I'm at the beach. I have a beer imporium down the road from my hose (Shangy's) and it's like walking into the Wal-mart of Beers. He keeps all the crap at one end and the the rest is just pyramids of import beers, well over 400 differetn kinds. I usually spend about 2 hours in there just talking to employees about what they like and learning. Here's a cool link I found http://www.foamrangers.com/stores.html

Mark It was good to ride with you today and I stand corrected on the Aggression question. My board is an aggression and I assumed it was a Volant b/c of the topsheet. The guy that sold it to me sold it as a Volant so I assumed it was. I didnt realize any other outfits used the metal topsheet. Now just looking for the website. All I get when I look for it on line is retail store ads. Take it ez and and see you out there. Greg

Anyone have the website for Aggression Snowboards? I searched for about 15 minutes and couldnt find anything Thanks GReg

That made me openly laugh which I needed. Been hobbling around all afternoon and evening, all ginked up from catching a toeside edge while sideslipping towards a crowded liftline area. It was like being on the end of a fly swatter. brunt of the impact was on my head and right hip pointer. Knocked the wind out of me as well. Anyway, I hope you find the reason for your boob or goiter. My board started delaminating last week and I'm looking for a cure. Later Greg

CU in the morning. Jesse and I just got done tuning and waxing. I'm bringing the Mini DV and cybershot to get some shots. Be there for first chairs. It should pan out for a good day. WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO

All I can say is that I dont know of a dog I have ever seen that would tolerate a helmet and even less on motorcycle, unless it was all hopped up on downers. If I see my brother get one of these for his Boxer (Chance) when we take the bikes out this spring, I'll vomit and then ask him for whatever he gave the dog. Although for Chance, I would put some custom chrome spikes out the top and a sticker on it or t-shirt for Chance that says,"If you can read this, the bitch fell off" Get it.......... female dog........ bitch...... Ok Ok I'll go back to work.

Ripster I just went through the process of starting from scratch to get a basic tuning kit from Tognar.com. If you are interested, send me an email an I can send my shopping list. It was generated from help from some other folks and my own research. gregory.troxell@zurichna.com Greg

JP1 I see you have made friends with others and you say I have been ignoring you, "Well I wont be ignored Daniel" Just kidding. sounds like everyone had a good time up north while us PA shcmucks stood in lines down here. Making me salivate. Cant wait til Friday BMES, 8:15 for first chairs. I have a conf call at 10am for about 30 minutes but I'll be ready to get back at it afterwards. Went this morning, a bit lumpy. Later Greg

Just wondering when the service is and where they are being buried. It's times like these that make me appreciate to beers that are safe in my fridge. I dont let them go out on Fridays and Saturdays and if they do I either go pick them up or give them money for taxi. These types of tragedies do not have to happen. Honey, where are the tissues?????

Looking at some of those pics of guys on a shovel and tubes make me grit my teeth. Woudl the tube experience enough friction to "blow" like the speed suit? I guess not.

I will be showing up Wed night and riding Thur, Fri and hopefully Sat morning. I could have used that beast this evening. got about 2 hours in on partially heavy piles of mashed potatoes with minimal numbers of ppl. Not matter how hard I edged, it held. All I could think about was being on the board. I will let you know about okemo for Sat. With that in mind, does Okemo get crowded Sat mornings, I wouldnt want to risk plowing someone over. Later Greg

Are you going to be at the Okemo get together in March? If so, and if you still have the board, I would be interested in taking it for a spin with serious interest in purchase. Greg

Thanks for the correction, but all in all thats is what he has.

Alex Very tempting but that kind of machine need too much room to run for where i ride. I'm in the trees enough as it stands. Beautiful board though. Greg

Tim I have just gotten into it this season after 20+ years in softs. You will never go back. Be sure to do your research and there is always plenty of used equipment on this site for sale. Feel free to email me and I can help you thru the learning curve as I have done so this year . I would say start with some TD1's to keep costs down and look for an all-mountain to start with a smaller sidecut (8 or 9). I am 205 lbs and ride a Volant GS 172. It took me a few days to get used to the handling of it and now I think I have it down pat. Looking back I think I would have been better witha board with a more forgiving ride to start. There are loads or more educated folks on the site and I'm sure they will help you out as well with better knowledge. Good luck to you and see you out there. Greg

Check with Bryan oldschool snowboards. he indicated he may have some coming up for sale soon.

Going that fast you have to have a set of big ones but, I dont see where he could tuck them. I cant imagine catching and edge going that fast. Great pic though. I thought I rode fast.

All answers were many I could relate to, but Jacks answer was one that made me openly chuckle. I think the perma grin would come out in on of those bad boys.

If I recall,SES Vid 2004 has one in it. I'm getting to about 320. I say it takes good flat groomed snow, proper speed. Limit any dragging of the hands. I have found too much makes the size of the turn too big, solid confidence in that edge and a steep slope to partially flat back to sloped again. At least that is what I have been trying on. Oh and most importantly, the belief you can do it. good luck

The intent of my original post was for a couple reasons. To give props on such and excellent display of carving workmanship and the ability to capture it in a unique circumstance on that day. And to acknowledge a piece of carving in the only Snowboard Mag that I can tolerate. My apologies go out to those who were involved with its making. No harm was intended. Hell, if was me who took the pic, I would be jazzed as pigs in mud to have it shared with folks who appreciate TSJ for the great mag it is. I forgot that we live in a society that someone can get a copyright on Let's get ready to R%$B#E!! And sue if it is used without permission. A bit ridiculous.

D-sub How do I knwo if it is that type of item (jpeg). I took them with my Cyber shot and DL's to my laptop in one of my pic files. How do I look to see what they are? ..... Properties? Greg

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Booster You are absolutely killing me with your sequences. I love 'em. I know you posted what type of equipment you use to create those animals and I will try and find it again. If I recall it was for helping skiers and riders work on their form. And I think it was very pricey to get. I'd be interested in talking to you about it if you have the time. Do you have a website to access all of your work? D-Sub I will see what I can get to you. And holy Sh*t, do you earn frequent threader miles with all of your posts?:D Thanks for the input. Greg PS I tried to posts some items on ebay last night and I was able to select photos to put in my auction but when I hit the "next" button on that page, I kept getting an error message about photo services not being able to attach the photos. It indicated to keep trying but didnt work. Any advice?

Jim I am hoping to be shopping for a new ride for 2006 or 2007 and I am a big freak when it comes to customer service. I have a few manifacturers in mind and I'll see how it goes. Donek is of course one of them. Two guys I ride with are on Doneks and they love them. GReg