CarvingScooby Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Thanks for Tenorman keeps his commitment to carv and to BlueB keep his KST under his boot as soladiraty. Definetly Tanker will be ready as after lunch deck. I got 2 more fellow carvers had enough with local melt down and confirm for next Sunday: http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=281093#post281093 Pierre Jairo Let confirm Cheers Roy:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 $60.00 for a full base grind, base welds, edge repair and sharpening. I get it done to my rock boards when they get too bad to tune at home, or when a new board that I've just purchased needs some TLC to get it up to scratch. They have a loyalty program that gives you 10-15% off for repeat customers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvingScooby Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 $60.00 for a full base grind, base welds, edge repair and sharpening.They have a loyalty program that gives you 10-15% off for repeat customers. Bud, how`s their result and how long u`ve to wait...Upff that $60:eek: gonna dig a big hole on my pocket, times....decks. Cheers Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvingScooby Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 noooo! i USED to think i was special... Ahhhaa...BlueB found it in a stash outside the showroom and place it right infront of my nose...My reaction is like a Great Dane throw a chunk of steak . Yeah she`s a beauty, u got a 177... Cheers Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 They do good work. They don't grind the crap out of everything and I have even had them do more advanced repairs like missing steel edges, stripped inserts, and ptex and sidewall delams. Turn around is about 3 working days- the only time that it tends to get really busy is the week right after the ski show, and right after the first big snow dump of the season.... It's like someone flicks a switch and all of the skiers and boarders decide to look at their decks and say, "WTF dude, my bases are trashed!" I have gotten good volume breaks from them by bringing in 4-5 boards all at once at the end of the season in May or June.... It gets u ahead of the sheeple. Of course, for guys like u and Doug and Boris, y'all might qualify for a ski school or rental fleet discount.... I'm just sayin. Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xy9ine Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Ahhhaa...BlueB found it in a stash outside the showroom and place it right infront of my nose...My reaction is like a Great Dane throw a chunk of steak . Yeah she`s a beauty, u got a 177...Cheers Roy yep. poor thing is gathering dust currently... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 OK, it's official- Roy, YOU SUCK.... Nice board bro- does this mean that the other metal Prior boards in your quiver are now on the block, or are they wallflowers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvingScooby Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 yep. poor thing is gathering dust currently... Uuuh, Is she 177Wide? Cool, I got the regular carving waist. Man, how cud you waste her sitting in the dust:smashfrea. She's shouting to have you on top man:eplus2:! Look at the red high heels:1luvu:. What are you thinking:confused: Bring her this Sunday to Blackcomb and let her high heels wrap your legs and release her energy YIIIHAAAA:biggthump OK, it's official- Roy, YOU SUCK....Nice board bro- does this mean that the other metal Prior boards in your quiver are now on the block, or are they wallflowers? :o I know I'm weak...I'm not strong to let them go, always feel want to if part to one of them. I blame :AR15firinBlueB for infecting me with this "HAREM" disease syndrome. I think xy9ine got the same problem, and ruwi and tenorman and you and last not least BlueB got it from Dave*. Ahh Dave*= he's already in stage 10 if not more, meaning he's uncureable = no way he'll let one of his:( to cured him, I've heard he's got a dedicated room with heating for all of his "HAREM". So far only Beagle and Speedtrials still have the strongest immune...Pierre already lost his, got his Scalpel but still keeping his Swoard, I try to cure him to take care of her, so I'll take the bad disease :rolleyes:. So anyone here in West side or Great White North has a space...we can talk. Geo, bud, you need to release her too this Sunday, shame on you:D Ruwi, how's your stuffy nose. I hope the spicy soup works...thn drag Geo with you this Sunday and Pierre. Cheers Roy:lurk: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xy9ine Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Uuuh, Is she 177Wide? Cool, I got the regular carving waist. pics! no, it's got a wider (25.2mm) hammerhead nose tapering to a standard(ish) tail; ends up just slightly wider at the waist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvingScooby Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Vancouver Games officials give up on Mother Nature Stephanie Levitz And Jim Morris, THE CANADIAN PRESS Jan 20, 7:36 pm EST VANCOUVER, B.C. - Winter Games officials have given up on any help from Mother Nature and will now be trucking in snow for the freestyle skiing and snowboarding events at Cypress Mountain, on Vancouver's North Shore. The forecast for the week ahead suggests that there will be no new snow for the mountain, nor will it get cold enough to allow them to make any, the organizers said Wednesday after their final board meeting before next month's Games. "We are planning that we will not have snow," said Cathy Priestner Allinger, executive vice-president of sport and Games operations for the organizing committee, known as VANOC. <SCRIPT language=javascript>if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object();window.yzq_d['ABRLE9GDJHU-']='&U=13eul9cif%2fN%3dABRLE9GDJHU-%2fC%3d655378.13829665.13834499.1385748%2fD%3dSKY%2fB%3d5349989%2fV%3d1';</SCRIPT> Contingency plans are now being rolled out which include using straw and wood to take the place of snow to build the base for the courses. But Priestner Allinger says they believe there is enough snow elsewhere on the mountain and they will use trucks, snow cats and if necessary helicopters to move snow to the event sites. "We are going to create a fantastic field of play and we are just doing it a little differently than we had originally planned," she said. Christian Hrab, high performance director for Canada Snowboard, said the design of the course is what matters most to his athletes. "What we are looking for is shape," said Hrab. "How it is built is irrelevant to our performance. Usually it's made of snow. If the builders in VANOC find alternate ways of giving us a great course, it will not affect us." The lack of snow could result in a less demanding course for the ski cross and snowboard cross races, but moguls and aerials don't require much snow, said Peter Judge, chief executive officer of the Canadian Freestyle Ski Association. "If they don't have the material they can't build the features (jumps) as big or as radical as maybe they had originally planned," said Judge. "That may have some affect in terms of dumbing the course down a little bit." Judge doubted the change would harm the image of the Vancouver Games. "Everybody understands we are dealing with outdoor sports and with venues that are susceptible to these kind of things," he said. "I don't see it would be something that would be extremely negative. "At the end of the day it's all going to come off, it's going to be white and it's going to look good." Mild temperatures and heavy rains earlier this month forced officials to close the mountain ahead of schedule, as snow gave way to mud. Organizers were always prepared for weather challenges at all of their outdoor events and said Wednesday in some respects they were thankful that they were only having the one problem so far. Whistler has snow, but that doesn't mean it hasn't posed its own problems for Olympic organizers. Lenders have moved to auction off the assets of Intrawest ULC, including the B.C. ski resort that will be home to the Olympic downhill races next month. Intrawest said it will be "business as usual," despite the possibility Whistler-Blackcomb could be on the auction block even as Olympic athletes grace its slopes. Dan Doyle, VANOC's executive vice-president of construction, said the venues in Whistler are ready. "It doesn't make very good business sense for people to put them out of business at the time of the year when they're making their most earnings," Doyle told reporters in Vancouver following the local organizing committee board's final meeting before the Games. Doyle said bankruptcy doesn't happen overnight. "It's a long process, it's a process that takes months. Given all of that, we're very confident that the Games will go on at those two venues in Whistler, and they'll go on with the co-operation of the people that are running the mountain," he said, noting that Games organizers have sought legal advice on the situation. Whistler Mountain will host the alpine skiing events, while sister mountain Blackcomb is the site of the sliding centre. Both mountains make up the Intrawest resort. While Mother Nature isn't helping organizers, it is helping is helping VANOC's bottom line. "We have a snow clearing budget which we haven't had to use, so we've put that effort, that equipment and people against moving the snow to the course as opposed to clearing snow off bleachers," said Dave Cobb, the committee's deputy executive director. But Cobb didn't rule out being forced to dip into the committee's $50 million operational contingency fund in order to cover off the costs associated with moving to their plan B.:o Updated Jan 20, 7:36 pm EST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Yep, I stand vindicated over at my house. When US Thanksgiving rolled around, I was adamant that my family get out on the hill as often as possible, because I was was worried about the Pineapple Express season that was threatening to deliver a sub par snow season. I figured between the potentially sketchy local snowpack and the blackout and travel restrictions that were going to descend on the North Shore mountains because of the Winter Olympics, that every opportunity to ride had to be maximized. So now, I'm looking at 20 days of riding under my belt so far, with my riding legs in good shape, and opening the maps out to see where we can go to get some good snow.... Gotta go, my Ullr sacrifice pyre is getting kinda low and it needs stoking... Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 is here: http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28598 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted January 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Just came back from Cypress, where I had to return the jacket. Couldn't get through the Vanoc securiy point, but was able to see most of the slopes pretty well. Pretty bizare situation: Raven runs, especially lower halves, are completelly barren now; From the lodge on, everything is white again!? Even the Midway and Rainbow, that were stripped of snow purposelly, to create the stashes for the Olympics, are covered now. Freezing level seems to be just about 100-200m above the lodge, as the tree tops are white. So, boys, battle is not lost yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crucible Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 More sacrifices to Ullr will be made! Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin of Beagle Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Anybody know about conditions at Grouse? Wonder if it's possible to not gouge bases on rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvingScooby Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Anybody know about conditions at Grouse? Wonder if it's possible to not gouge bases on rocks. Unless you plan to park/railing ride the next day:o or plan for a new deck:p The way to go is carving in these days:rolleyes: Cheers Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruwi Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Anybody know about conditions at Grouse? Wonder if it's possible to not gouge bases on rocks. Tony, Don't bother going to Grouse with your nice board. Was teaching last night and it is bad. The little amount of Snow over the weekend was washed again. Hopefully we get some new snow by February. But lots have melted, it will take a good snowstorm to recover. Ruwi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xy9ine Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 a couple pix as of the 27th. black mountain: mogul / ariel run: bx course: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvingScooby Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Better thn I thought (on the last 2 pixs). Showed good coverage on all runs (1st pix) Showed that Panorama still covered with Snow. How you get access thru the Vanoc Security:confused: Cheers Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin of Beagle Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 So the first pic are the Eagle Chair runs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin of Beagle Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Oh wait. I can see the first pic are the Raven Chair runs. I'm guessing they scraped the snow down to the ground so they could stockpile it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapster Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Pretty country! (Even with the lack of snow.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Thanks for conditions report and pics:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xy9ine Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 so the balmy vancouver weather continues, and they've now resorted to trucking snow in (from 2 hours away no less). awesome. can only imagine what all this is costing. http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2010/02/02/spo-cypress-weather-olympics.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 "The green games". Each one of those bumps on the mogul run is going to have the carbon footprint of a jumbo jet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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