MR. JOHN DEERE !

It is growing, just not in the way we hoped it would. Albeit the people that are carving aren't on our gear JUST YET, but when Jonsie made quick a video and stated that a groomer day is just as fun as a back country day, well a bunch of riders started turning their boards again. We all know, the choke hold is the alpine gear availability and the cost. Everyday that I ride, the lifties, ski coaches and other snowboarders, I ALL SAY THEY WANT TO TRY ALPINE. I have offered my quiver and bindings, they just need ski boots, but it never works out. I shared a video on FB last night on what I thought was a great clip of a WC PSL race. My messenger account then blew up. So after the our last LRT race in March, I have 3-4 LRT ski race coaches hopping on alpine set up's. If anyone wants to lend me F2 bindings that would save a ton of time !?!?!?!?! When I coached alpine snowboarding, I always loved the F2's screw driver adjustments. Burton's, bombers, and basically anything else was a nightmare. A couple weeks back, I was getting my Swedish Nanny some snowboard boots as the job required her to be a female shredder. The guy in the shop an old school Loon rider, and former alpine guy, said Never Summer is releasing an "east coast" board for next year. A directional 163 or 158 with camber, titanal and meant for soft boot carving and ice. Getting these big manufacturers to see the light is great for us. Its going to be like introducing a very addictive drug. How can I do it faster, and better, hopefully that makes it way to us. Not sure if other big manufacturers are doing the same, but if they would it would be an epidemic. Either way I'm good, I'm happy to see people that can ride again. It was a " disgrace to our sport " for long time, with these idiots who learned how to skid at full speed, in their pajamas on, on the way to the pahhk.

I'll be at the Kitty 3/8 for a SHRALPing. Spectating the U12 State Championships, on the 9th and 10th. Heavy APRES all 3 afternoons. With the slow roll back to North Conway Grand.

Saturday- Rough one, but a good one all in all. Weapon, Kessler 180 black top/Gecko's, IMO that's allot of board. Beat the crap out of myself, had to crank down the boots to keep my feet from coming out of the boots. Laps on the FIS hill, B netting on both sides, good race hard pack, minimal pockets of gapers. Maybe one, possibly two on Hollywood to close the day out. The sun was out I couldn't resist. APRES: 11 year old B-day party for MACK. slayed it. 20 of her LRT girlfriends at the pool, Then some pizza and an unreal cake. Big thanks to the Swede, she killed it. Lifeguards at the pool portion, Mojo and DUKE. Mrs Mojo, again huge help with the party as well. Sunday Funday - Team, Guy Fatha, Hollywood, Spicoli and DUKE. Weapon, 185 Kessler silver top/Gecko's. Cant say enough how much I love the metal tops, absolute man chub going all day with it. Got about 4 in with the boyz, then had to boogie over to the race hill, to watch Mack's race. It was awesome yesterday, after the 1st run, I went in to check on her, to see how she did. Full blown melt down, one run, not a great finish to her standards, pre teen meltdown. After I settled her down, she gathered herself, gave me some feedback on what her ski's weren't doing. HHHMMMMM, Mack I'll be right back. grabbed a base guide and file, and went to work. Second run, 13 positions better than the 1st !!!!!! It's crazy, that an 11 year old knows when her ski's were tuned differently. Long story short, tried a new shop out, they went with a different base bevel angle, than what she has been skiing since she was 3. Good luck telling a ski tuner what to do. Anyways, off to CO to rack up some pims in the 303 ! 1st stop ABS- possible mountain slope purchase. 2nd stop- Birds of pray with the salesman !!!! 3rd stop - LCI GET SUM !!!!

With Friday’s down pour and dropping temps down into the singles it was a little scratchy. Sunday funday , suns out guns out. Only trail that they rolled verses the old rotor tiller sugar crap was angel street and lower dipper. Felt like a psycho taking laps for 3hrs straight doing the same trail.

RA, what did Loon get the heavy stuff or fluffy and how much ? The fellas and I are going to do a mid week visit soon, what days do you typically ride ? Chappy says your ignoring him, you two all good ?

Weekend recrap: Turned out to be a manufactured good day with da BOYZ. With a couple days of rain then a deep freeze Friday. Most people would have had a rough time, but with some experience on icy conditions, we were able to make a couple turns down Upper Walking Boss and Coolidge Street. A couple of the BOYZ came prepared for battle, with some very sharhp Kesslers and their thick grey beards. I had intentions on mounting up one of AJ Muss's old Kessler's, but after further review, NOTHING IS EVER FREE. So I grabbed a modest 168 Kessler cross, to see how she would do on the ice. Answer= mint. Now on to the debauchery : Fact: the numbers are way down, due to injuries, and in some cases domestics. So its really down to 3 of the BOYZ left. Again VBJ's are as high as ever, and we are still making friends everywhere we go. Still cant figure out how to get a pair of pants to last longer than 4 days for some us, but he has plenty of room in his Van to store duct tape and Free Candy for the kids. Recruiting: Spicoli. Very strong soft boot rider with one day of alpine experience. Old school rider, from back in the day, but he's ready to do the paperwork for a tryout. held his own n the ice on a what looked to be a dull deck, but definitely held his own on the chairlift rides. Sunday while our girls were over at Cannon, we were able to chat for a good 30 min, before my Dad swung over to bust his balls about being a snowboarder. He took it like a champ. So GUY, get your GUY on a set up quick, before he looses his T32 man chubb.

oldie but goodie, only a couple of us left from this particular vid. Cant find the vid from the ECES 2 year later with then new members Blonde, Hollywood, and VIP guest The MAN. Enzo gone, bad hips. Professional hotdog contest trainer. A true MASSHOLE miss that fuhhkker. Stevo moved on to bigger and better things, SPOS to be exact. Still drive a RAM so we cooooo. Mack-chatta stash finally turned 60, actually he's probably 70 at this point, but his darts are still sharp. Mojo, wrecked his hip, permanent nerve damage in knee from it, he ski's now and is the head chef on the grille at the LRT road races.

I'm all booked up, I'll be getting me sum in a couple weeks !!!! Beaver Creek 3/1 with my sponsor LCI 3/2 @ 3/3 with the boyzzzz. 3/3 might be an opt out clause due to fatigue, with an I-70 east instead of west road trip to the GUN !!

Facts: Our verbal blowjob count is way up from previous years. Most impressed are the ski racers on the hill, with daily Ka-clug-clug, big gulp slurpy conversations with them wanting to rail turns on a snowboard. What we don't do is, internally give VBJ's to one another. We are still on the tough love method, with verbal jab aimed at one another, every chance we get. Nature versus nurture up at the Exit 32 on the weekends. True, membership is down to 3 GUY$, but the tip of the $word is still in tact. So..... to answer your question TT, we still $end it !!!!! Trying to get some old friends up/ova for a visit, and a quick little vid from the Main Grip, to put these rumors at rest.

Call Gleb he is unreal, we obviously made his pics look awesome !! I have his cell if you need it. He takes great video's and pulls stills from the video's that are unreal.

Gonna be MINT this weekend, I'm just gonna send it...……………………….on Hollywoods NSAHHHH ! Should be corky Saturday, and chalky Sunday, Love when the trenches are only 1/2" into the snow. P.S I heard there is going to be a mini session at SPOS. Couple wide hipped grey beards on some BX Schticks. aka 7 piles of $hit aka Sunday River

Question: On the Vist plate on the Kessler. Are your mounting plates on the right way. Looks like you would get better toe/heel pressure if you flipped them, no ?

She did well, 14th overall for U12's out of 52 U12's, and 32nd overall for U12 & U14 girls out of 109 girls. Only one other 1st year U12 beat her, so she's pumped. Used a mix between Old snow cold and Old snow universal, seemed greasy, thanks Coach !!! OJ could have used her edges as the murder weapon !?!?!?!?! Like her Dad, Slalom is not her thing, onto GS for the next 4 qualifiers. They take the top 25 out of each age group for State finals. So she should be good if she takes care of business. FSC and WVBBTS are still the beast of the State, LRT is gaining on them, but clearly still 3rd, which is disappointing. I'm convinced that the programs that have a rope tows, and no lift lines have a huge advantage. More cycles through the gates, the whole day on your legs, more alone time on a rope top to gather your thoughts, etc, etc. GFY's

The fellas and I shrapled it up today. Porn Star was carnage by 10, from the 3 of us. The money maker was lower rum, B net, good pitch, my feet almost came out of my boots a couple times. The new Chubb is MINT, literally. Got about 4 Verbal BJ's during lunch break over at LRT a real ski racer strong hold. Quote of the day is a tie between " Do you eva snowbod " and " my machine is at Pro Equipment Rental in for repair......Those F-in guys..………"

RA- How bad was is today ? Just got the snow condition forecast from LRT and they said to put a hairy edge on the kid's slalom skis for this weekends races. Let me know what the snow was like, though ? I'll be out early and hopefully often Saturday with my new Coiler Chubb III. Switching over to the recently warranty replaced Kessler Cross for my afternoon lesson with the Swede. GFY's P.S Survived another week in Vegas. Started off rough though with a 29hr heater, which lead me getting escorted by security back to my room. Left Lincoln NH Monday morning at 1:30am, went to bed at 3am the following day Vegas time. Woke up with one pocket full of black jack chips, and the other pocket I had a 1/2 empty pack of Marlboro lights and I was fully clothed and a dip still in my mouth.

Powda day at LOON = Hysteria !!! The perfect storm, POWDA day, MLK long weekend, all the cliché's in the mile long lift line, then 9,000 people flat out strugglin once it gets chopped up in 15 min !!! Wind hold on all the chairs except the Kanc quad and the Seven brother triple. It was like a crash up derby, carnage everywhere. Still coming down at a good clip, so tomorrow and Tuesday will be a perfect All-mtn day.

Yeah I saw that...………………………..What's funny about that, is we rode with him one day a long while back at the honorably mentioned LOON, I want to say 2004-05. This was the old crew though, Petabilt and Manch Mike and pack of community smokes. JG wouldn't leave the kissing cousins triple chair I recall, which is "easy carving" but not fun. It's so flat you have to do pump turns to keep your speed, That trail is under a low chair lift usually filled with over served cougars looking for low lying fruit, and the trail funnels you to the Bunyan room which has 100's of deck spectators, who have great view of the last 200 yards of the trail. Truth be told the last 75 yards of that trail has great pitch and a single fall line, which is rare for the "easy" terrain. Hollywood loves ending his day there, another plus is its even closer to the 100's of spectators who get a better view of the show. Example: If CMC would ever come up and visit, he wouldn't leave that trail either, he'd eat it up and probably pad his stats in the Bunyan room after !! But we'll take the press, any press is good press, even if its bad press. I'm shocked LOON was even honorably mentioned. I think it was only mentioned because it is arguably the carving mecca of the east coast...…….just sayin !! GFY's and Go Pats !!!! P.S I did however leave LOON that day with a 2nd generation MADD !!!! Thanks to Mike B and John G for trusting me to mail them a check if I liked it, after I rode it the following weekend !!!

Bonzi, I do pet the kitty at the end of the season for a day trip or two. Its great to mix it up with the kids to go to other mountains, but I never left there saying I want to come back in winter conditions on an Alpine board. From what I remember the top is choppy , its like cutting through Boston during rush hour. They do have a wide groomer towards the bottom, with some nice long rollers, but again, allot of zig zagging to get to that 1 trail. What are you riding when you go ? P.S I guess we should getting some snow for a snorkel day on Sunday, because Glen Plake is at the Loaf and he brought snow with him.

RA- how was it on Monday for the weekday screw crew ? I saw the weekend Warriors on Saturday killing it on Hollywood in the slow zone !!!

This was strictly a plan B thread, as they had something that I could have made work that is already built. I somehow have found myself with a limited quiver again, just sending back a Kessler to Switzerland on a Monday, then that following Saturday disintegrating a 2012 Coiler Chubby with lots of miles on her : (( Spoke with the MAN, The relationship is still in tact and strong, I'm sidelined with a rotator cuff issue/nerve damage, so we have some time and Chubby III should be ready for when I'll be ready to get back on the snow. The thread was started before I knew how bad my shoulder was.

Just wondering how the durability is with Prior snowboards specifically their alpine boards. I had a couple Prior 4wds a while back, and they were allot of fun and held up well. Interested in the FLC series, but was wondering about the durability of their product. A friend had some issues with a pair or WCRM's when they first came out, but that was over 10 years ago. Let me know. Thanks JC

"does your ass get sore from riding" no, never guy. " my ass is sore, think it might be my binding angles" no guy, probably not from your binding angles.

Any Grey beards going to be around tomorrow for a Shralping tomorrow. Going to be my 1st hard boot day the season, not sure if I'm ready. See you on the hill whomever can make it.

What's left of da Klub, will be tearin it up this weekend !?!?! New Gondola this year, with a new 704lb weight capacity FYI that wont carry the 4 remaining members in the same GoGo.