BobD Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 You might need that Spirit Mountain season pass this season. I just preordered 3 tickets at the discount rate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted December 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 You might need that Spirit Mountain season pass this season.I just preordered 3 tickets at the discount rate no kidding! hey, did you go to buck? right now its sunny. wondering if its better. i'm going to a christmas party now. i bought the welch/spirit pass so i should be good to go. i'm going up to spirit on sunday afternoon. coming back either tuesday or wednesday. we're staying in canal park this time. i really hope there's some good snow up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 i happened to check the buck cam at 7:30 this morning.... the chairs were running, and there were skiers already out. so i'm sure with all the race camps, it was pretty crappy by the time they officially opened at 9. afton was much the same, slush, ice, ruts, and fast. but i was only on the bunny hill with parker. she did surprisingly well, given the conditions. i'll still be out to buck to play tomorrow. it's tradition! -trent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedzilla Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 Conditions will be the same nearly everywhere right now. I'm blaming Sven Sundgaard for the crap weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 You guys are so Fargo, yaar. I had to look it up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Sundgaard BobD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebu Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 Scuff I still have a bit to go before I get a week of vacation. No vacation time yet. And I don't particularly like cabrefae. They don't really groom well and the only runs that are worth going down are icy moguls. I do go to Crystal Mtn. every weekend though. As for the ski shop... The only one that I can think of in town is Sun N' Snow ski shop. They've been there for a while. Good guys too. Lookin to buy a helmet and get a couple more boards tuned up some time this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted December 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 went to the magic mountain. in attendence were myself, trent, dave, bob d, flavor flav, and some other carver (i think doug?). conditions were excellent. all our slopes are belong to us. it was pure pleasure carving deep into the loines of the mountain. trent brought out the cameras. dave was so overjoyed he felt the need to really connect with trent. looking forward to see some pictures of this joyous event. i think its fare to see good time had by all. my legs effin' hurt. stop the cat box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 a rather good morning. With two days of rain and the high daytime temps, buckhill did an awesome job. conditions were imo 75% on the carvability scale. This last two years I have been totally impressed by thier snowmaking and grooming. BobD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted December 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 i just pray that the season doesn't end prematurely. sitting here in duluth and there isn't any snow except spirit. boggles my mind. christmas and no snow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtap Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 Saw this on the welch village website. It looks like a carver, anyone know who it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted December 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 forgive me BHD, for i have sinned. its been 48 hours since my last carve session at le mont buck. my sin - i was out on a different mountain. her name is spirit. she didn't mean anything. it was just a one time fling (actually more to come). spirit mountain... they reported yesterday that only 60% of the runs are open. its really brown up there. absolutely no snow in duluth except on spirit and thats only where they've set up their snow guns. i was told by another carver, russ m, that there have only been 4 brown christmas' in the past 100 years. the last one was in 1979. its gotta be killing all the snowmobilers. the good news is they are blowing snow but there's just so much area to cover. the grooming was very good but there's ice underneath. after about 2 hours i felt like i was riding on peanut brittle. there was no sun this morning until around 10:30 or 11am so i stayed over by 4-pipe. went down skyhook a couple times -- very good run. problem was getting there, there was no direct route due to lack of snow. you had to head to the main chalet and veer to the right towards 4-pipe. also met bump rider or bumpy rider who frequents this forum. he's from seattle and picked up an F2 at the house. it got dicey with the crowd so i left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedzilla Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 went to the magic mountain.in attendence were myself, trent, dave, bob d, flavor flav, and some other carver (i think doug?). conditions were excellent. all our slopes are belong to us. it was pure pleasure carving deep into the loines of the mountain. trent brought out the cameras. dave was so overjoyed he felt the need to really connect with trent. looking forward to see some pictures of this joyous event. i think its fare to see good time had by all. my legs effin' hurt. stop the cat box. I still feel like a bit of a douche bag for slamming into our videographer. I'm just thankful that nobody was hurt. Trent, I owe you some beers. I'm really looking forward to the Carving Cup on Saturday, let's hope the weather cooperates. The sheep dont like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Pebu: Yeah, I've had good and bad experiences with Caberfae, but Crystal always seemed a lot more inviting. Bummer about vacation time. (I feel your pain brotha!) Let me know if you make it out to MN. We'll have to borrow/scavenge for some boots in your size, but I've got a couple extra boards you are more than welcome to demo. ~Karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 snow is carveable but very soft. for awhile there was corduroy. it wasn't icy as i thought it would be. i fell down alot when the board sank into the snow. right near the chairs it would give way. there's open water out on crystal. that lake is going to be stinky and weedy this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedzilla Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Trent got some amazing photos on X-mas eve. This one of Bobble is one of my favorites. You can see each individual row of cord being destroyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 You guys should post that one up on the main forums. It is awesome how you can see each cord going up in the air from the board. What kind of camera was that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Wow - Very cool photo! :D It reminds me of fireworks on the fourth of July... Or machine gun fire into open water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Already changed my avatar BobD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobble Posted December 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Trent got some amazing photos on X-mas eve. This one of Bobble is one of my favorites. You can see each individual row of cord being destroyed. the exploding cords make me think of the water fountains at the bellagio. i do like picture. i bet i fell down on that one. my heelsides have been terrible lately. got that budweiser thing going on the rear hand. trent, please consider a career as a sports photographer. you are the man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedzilla Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 the exploding cords make me think of the water fountains at the bellagio. i do like picture. i bet i fell down on that one. my heelsides have been terrible lately. got that budweiser thing going on the rear hand. trent, please consider a career as a sports photographer. you are the man! Nobody needed to know that you didn't pull out of that one. :p For those that want to see me attempting to take out our star photographer, you can see it here: www.speedzilla.com/oh_crap/Crash.mpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trent Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 $trider, it's just a point-and-shoot camera. canon g4. someday i'll get a digital slr. then i won't have to take 200 picts to get a few good ones. :p -trent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Trent and Dave, you have to send that in to AFV. 20 grand can buy a lot of boards. It also illustrates how deceptive pics and video can be of snow conditions. Although the snow snow looks of hero quality it was actually only marginal in carvability. That shot of Bob L is extremely good. Never mind the motor drive, that's one in thousand. The light is perfect. BobD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Nobody needed to know that you didn't pull out of that one. :p For those that want to see me attempting to take out our star photographer, you can see it here: www.speedzilla.com/oh_crap/Crash.mpg ROTFLMAO - 5 STARS!!!!!! That is priceless.... Don't worry guys, the carving ain't so hot in Telluride this week either. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Ha ha ha ha! That's Hilarious! :lol: Trent/Dave: (Glad there were no injuries.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldkey Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 ....where have you been hiding? When ya coming home to visit? The kids would love to show you how they have progressed. Hope that all is well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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