big mario

Last week, "ride fast take chances" from a tele skier admiring my evil looking virus, this week:" how long you been riding a speed board" from a skier I was sharing a chair with, But the best was at the entry to the lift maze as I was helping old acura with a busted intec cable: "I want to ride like that, you are a great rider", That one made my noggin swell a little. Thank ya ma'am mario

All's i'm sayin ' is he did it again, and is onnnne step closer.... mario ps. and he looked good doing it!

it rocked today mario

Dave, have a blast tomorrow, and tear it up. Monodude, myself, and the rest of the lovey crew will do the same. Groomers are a wonderful thing, I like how they get rid of the piles of ****e those skidders leave as well as our trenches. There is one steeper run we hit, spillway, that is usually filled in by the time I come up the lift for another run, I can't even admire my handy work. mario

Guys, my silly little post was done in an entirely sarcastic and satirecal vein. Jack, I was unfamilliar with skawalling and didn't know poles were used, I was just making a commentary on the apparent joining of three discliplines after a really fun day on the slopes. Dave, have you not felt that way after passing a slope you have been riding all day? sorry to those I have offended, it was all in fun mario

Willy, Met John and John when I was bouncing at a punk club at the Jersey shore back in 1990, very nice, cool, down to earth guys. good times, mario

go back to your first post,click on edit, then on delete, then on yes, done anyone riding this weekend? mario

and I become a better rider! cool! And I thought it was all of that actual carving.:rolleyes: silly me. mario

8:30 lift 1, time to follow up on that breakthrough John. Inky, cannot wait to see you kill it on my old board, esp. since you tuned it:rolleyes:. D, glad you are acting more mature than I could! mario

Ink, Concussed, Shelly, are youse guys in? D, don't even think about it or I will smack you down sooooo quick:nono: ( I mean that in the nicest possible way, rest that knee mister!) LLR, John, Steve, I am callin' y'all out:D hope to see a few other carvers up on sunday, mario

AP Loveland Monodude, a featured, rider in Warren Milllers OFF THE GRID showed up at Loveland Basin without his new yama on sunday. Instead of riding in his usual side by side stance on a monoski, Monodude, also known as Don from Arvada, was seen riding a 165 Thias skawl with his left foot in front of his right. Still sporting ski poles and boots, Monodude has created yet another lightly populated subgenre of snow sports, skiwarving. Monodude was seen in the company of a stout hardbooter absoulutely destroying the slopes at loveland, leaving hundreds of sinewy trenches all over the mountain. When asked about the damage he had left on his new conveyence, Monodude replied " It was fun, I can't wait to do it again." ap mario

Most certainly works for me, nicely done sir, might have to take another shot at it myself tomorrow, though there wont be anyone around to shoot any video however. mario

very cool Don, shaping up like you and I will be the only freaks on the hill. Just told my wife I will be riding with a movie star, to which she replied "Tens of them show up.....". I think I will give the salesman a shout. mario

sorry kimo, Already made plans with my sweetie for tomorrow, and Tpalka may be coming up for sunday. Besides, I already know what it's like to ride lovey in the cold and gray, I'm looking foward to riding in sun and temps near freezing. mario

:lol::lol: six days of riding in the sun at aspen may change your mind a bit:D: mario

Sunny skies forecast for sunday, and more than likely lighter crowds, I think I am leaning towards going up then. mario

what days are people planning on riding this weekend? mario

yet another bump:biggthump

What does this have to do with carving you ask? Plenty says I. Loveland and Tommy Knocker brewery are both out of Tommy K's winter brew, a delightful little porter with a touch of cocoa and a hint of honey. This is a major harbinger that the end of carving draws nigh for yet another season. But more importantly, I am not quite ready for the light, cloudy wheat ales of summer. Guinness is a nice substitute, alas, those mid day carving breaks for the next month and a half will not be the same without cocoa porter.:( until october, (next batch, checked yesterday) mario ps. Recon , Get thy buttocks out to colorado like you have been planning. If you dont do it now, you'll be at least one year older when you do!! tm pps. or get on a long board for the summer

I would stay away from the mega destination resorts. That being said, there still seems to be a higher jackass factor everywhere during spring break. mario

I'm glad some of my nonstop blather did someone some good! There is still almost 2 months left, hope to see you on the hill John!! mario

But it just made me surly and act inapropiatly. My wife and I where going to a gym together a few years ago, and she agreed to do the meathead lifting I wanted to do if I took yoga classes with her. We went to classes that were taught by older boulder hippy chicks, and soon found myself, a deceptively flexible barrelchested bhuddabellied meat head, in the unlikely role of teachers favorite. Well, I have trouble keeping my wiseass sarcastic new jersey attitude in check to begin with, and yoga seemed to make it worse. As the classes progressed, I started asking my wife in my best north jersey guido voice soft enough so only she could hear, things like "my bawls, what am I supposed to do with my bawls" in any pose that was uncomfortable, or changing "nameste " to "oh*****'*a", causing my honey to break into giggles and get dirty looks from those around us. This, and a few incidents with clueless pedestrians from the burbs in the "big city" post class led us to rethink the relationship between myself and yoga. somethings are better left alone, mario

Lee, I had my forums wrong, its over in the carving community in a thread about montazuma bowl, sorry. mario

I might make it up for a day in that time period. mario

Awesome 2 days, sublime grooming, no crowds, and bluebird skies. Rode with a few locals, Larry, AJ, and Cliff who used to make pure carve boards. Lee, too bad you were up on business, it would have been fun to make some turns with you. Tiehack and javelin where awesome, I was killing it as well as maiming it on my vampire:1luvu: mario