CaRtharsis

Vorlage tomorrow morning.

Sitting here and my mind is racing with all the "S" words that I could use to completely derail that post.....LOL

Ian and I are heading to Cascades Thursday evening if anyone cares to join us.

Double post.

Depending on how you set up your bindings you can provide some degree of safe play in the interface. The Cateks were nice for the adjustability. You can have most of that with the TD's, and the security of no single point failure mode. Once you have been riding a while and get most of that sorted out you really no longer need to play with them that much. Yes I am a big Guy. Yes I ride hard. I was bending my VSR today into about 4m circles. If you've ever seen it you would know that is no easy feat. Not once did the issue of binding failure cross my mind. I had more concern for how long my $6k engine build is going to hold together on the drive home. Just sayin.

I was there last night from 7 till close. Spent most of the night on the far side carving up the steep bits. I saw one other carver on our last run up the quad but was on my way into the bar after that run. Didn't see any sign of you Brian. You sure you were at Cascades.....? ;-)

Suck it up princess!! I skipped tonight. I'm game for tomorrow night.

Anyone riding tonight?

Had a great time today. Looking forward to riding there again. Was great to see old faces and make the acquaintance of new ones. Next time we park on the North Side and hit those runs for the morning. That way if the lift breaks again we won't have to worry about making it back to the other side.

For future reference never go to Cascades on a Friday night...kid straightliners everywhere!

Received mine a few days ago. Thoroughly impressed and satisfied. Coin well spent. I will echo a few comments from above. Jack's Sugarloaf article made it personal as Powdahbonz had said. That was a fantastic trip. I would be willing to chip in an extra couple bucks next year for sturdier packaging. The postal service was not as gentle as one might have hoped. Obviously not carvers. ;-P

Heading to Vorlage on Saturday morning if anyone wants to ride for a bit. Apparently I have been granted a kitchen pass for Sunday so I'm in for a road trip.

And Cheese Curds.

There are people who are NOT meatatarians? What craziness is this?!?! ;-D

I rode Vorlage yesterday morning and I have to say it was pure ****e. It was as bad as a week ago was good. Unfortunate really as the crowds were sparse. Glare ice and impossible to put an edge into. Just means I need a new board I guess.:D

Yeah at times I was even one of them. Ohhh my poor belly LOL.

Nope, not effective at all. Perhaps Ian could comment on the penguin we saw last night?

For future reference, ice rash on your belly is just as bad as road rash. Just sayin.

Ok so I've paid. Now stop smothering me already!!! Geesh. :D

Ian and I are just heading back from Cascades. His quote is " Its a thin layer of granular snow over machine groomed ice". Translation... It's carveable but hard and fast. Choose gentler slopes. We rode the back side all night and had an absolute blast.

1. jimcheen: Traditional carve Wednesday morning. Intermediate 2. Mark Bennett: Pure Boarding Wed. morning. Intermediate, Traditional carve Wed. afternoon. Intermediate. 3. Mark Brown: Traditional carve Wednesday morning. Intermediate 4. Tabatha: Traditional carve Wednesday morning. Intermediate 5. jp1: Traditional carve, Wednesday morning, Intermediate 6. Michael Mercurio (aka lafcadio), Pure Boarding Wednesday Morning, traditional carve Wednesday afternoon, Novice/Intermediate 7. Stéphane Paquette (Surf Quebec): Traditional, Wednesday morning intermediate 8. Bill Coates (wiremaker): Traditional carve Thursday Morning, intermediate 9. Jean-Philippe Veilleux : Traditional Carving Wednesday morning. Novice/intermediate 10. Derek Bonser(powdahbonz): Intermediate Traditional Carve Wednesday morning 11. Ken Pure Boarding Wed morning, Traditional Carving Wed afternoon, novice 12. David W. PureBoarding Wed AM. Traditional Carving Tue or Thursday AM novice/intermediate 13. Khanh Vu : PureBoarding Wed morning. Traditional Carving Wednesday afternoon. Novice 14. Hilux: Traditional Carving Wednesday A.M., Pure Boarding Thursday A.M, intermediate 15. Deb: Traditional Carving Tuesday A.M. Novice 16. John: Traditional Carve Thursday A.M., Intermediate 17. Thursday morning, traditional carving, advanced please 18. Dan Lambert: Pureboarding Wed AM, Traditional Wed PM, Intermediate 19. Chris Hampton: Traditional Carving Wednesday AM, Pureboarding Thursday AM, Intermediate

1. Geoff Vincelette: both (background raced a little 18 years ago) 2. Alex Juhasz: Both (currently racing) 3. Steph Juhasz: Both (currently racing) 4. Mark Bennett: Both (No racing background) 5. Eric Whittelsey: both (currently racing) 6. Jim Cheney: Both(Never been through a gate) 7. Michael Mercurio: both (no racing experience) 8. Dave Morgan: Both (minimal race experience) 9. Derek Bonser-powdahbonz-Both(minimal ski racing experience) 10. Khanh Vu: Both (no racing experience) 11. Stewart Hodgins: Both (currently racing) 12. John Philkill: Both (never raced 13. Ian MacKenzie: Both (minimal ski racing) 14. Mark Brown: Both (raced only about 3 times) 15. Ken Boivin: Both (racing) 16. Mia Cravin: both (recreational racing... badly) 17. Spencer Cole: both (recreational racing) 18. David Wang: Both (no racing experience) 19. jburrill:raced 20. Atom Ant: both 21. John: Both (Looking to bump up to B class this season) 22. Ben Schurman: Both (why are there flags on the hill?) 23. Dan Lambert: Both (no race experience) 24. Chris Hampton: Both Why not! Looks like I'll be waiting for Ian anyhow!

http://www.catskiing.net/default.htm Blomidon Cat Skiing. Website looks a little dated so I'm not sure if Glenn is still in business. When I patrolled at Marble Glenn would often invite some of us along for a day of riding and babysitting. If you had a good group the days were awesome. Free boarding and getting fed too!! Just keep in mind Cat skiing in NL does not imply waist deep powder as it would in BC. Our snow is far to heavy for that.

I'm in for Cascades. You driving? ;-D Any chance you could make a Sunday trip to Mont Blanc. My Saturdays are all booked.

I know I know!! Have to wait till I have the diagnosis for my car which should be this week. Hard to justify to the wife taking a boarding trip when I could be facing a $6k engine rebuild 4 months after the last $6k engine build.