Pusbag Posted December 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Made 2 runs on chair 2. Left massively deep ruts in the 12 to 16 inches depth range. Then off to ride 7-11 slurpee for 4 hrs. What a fun day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 best last day of the year in a long time, I avoided the sunshine saturday new year crowds and went strait up Big Blue (n. back country). Snow was very spring like with a corn glaze but the steep untracked turns on the face were glorious. after that I was chillin at the wang shack and hooked up with some of the lifty crew to check out the newly monikered "hippy hut" off the back of little blue ridge run. I brought battery powered christmas lights to brighten the place up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pusbag Posted January 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Started off the new year with a half day of riding. Good conditions on the slopes today. Had some voodoo going on though. Sent 1 guy to the hospital (fell on ramp twisted ankle) and had another guy hurt his knee(tree well). Both of them had never ridden with me before, both tried keeping up with gimpy, both went home with tail between there legs. Lesson don't try to keep up with gimp ass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Holy spring skiing batman, scraped up slush on hard pack made for happy turns today. Hooked up with a skilled sit skier from michigan today. He was making nice turns on the most complex state of the art mutilink sitski suspensions I've seen yet. looking forward to riding with Conner & his brother Hank the rest of the week. Hoping for more snow and getting all gear heady. This is the second guy I've talked to about getting Donek to build a custom squal sized ski (120-130 waist around 190 length) built for the hardware of a sitski. nice to see the adaptive evolution:biggthump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pusbag Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 The alpine board builders are a godsend to us gimpasses. They can and will build custom products to suit our needs while the big companies are not able to be as flexible. I ride a custom 4x4 prior(thanks, Chris) which accomidates my 12 inch stance along with other things to make me rip. Will be having thirst boards from right here in north idaho make my next ride. Then donnek will make me one after we ride together again @ NICE next year. Sean is A1 for making badass sitski boards. If that was my situation, I know I'd need a pow stick and a full blown carver too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pusbag Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 So had a awesome day of carving it up with kram and boardski. Really good groomers and sunshine to soften it up a little. We got almost everything lined out for NICE, schedule coming soon. Hope everyone else had as much fun as we did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Prokopiw Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 put me down for Wednesday after lunch for a clinic and Thursday at 10:00 if that works for the schedule.As for video it does seem most effective to have an actual time to have riders pass through an area that I would be filming but I do intend to randomly follow people around with a camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 great turns today with the crew, spring ski conditions and really good cover considering the recent drought. If we even keep the pack we've got (racers coming here to train) NICE will be a success. Talked to Fran yesterday and the condo is a go. Will start another thread soon to sign up and reserve a bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 The ski racers coming here from all over were liking it. I liked it better after changing to a board with sharp edges:biggthump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pusbag Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Was pounding the plate with boardski and kram. Not the funest to ride but was rewarding due to the fact that if you didn't have your technique perfect board would want to washout on you. Forcing you to do everything right. Praying for a good pow day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Prokopiw Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I'm sure the Easterners would feel right at home and have no complaints;but we're a little spoiled so it kinda sucks right now at Silver.Way better than nothing however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pusbag Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Another day of boilerplate carving conditions, did have a skiff of new snow though. . Rode with kram till 11ish then a big lunch before work @ 1pm. See you all out on the slopes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pusbag Posted January 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Nice to have a powder day not only for the fun of it. It allowed me a good excuse to ride my powder board and get a fresh tune on the prior. Sharp edges rule! Will be @ stevens pass for 2 days so will post when I return home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Schwietzer rub in <hr style="color: rgb(51, 153, 255);" size="1"> :p1st good pow day in 2 months at 6" of fresh brought the powhounds out of the woodwork Tue. and the summit pack up to 72" the front side was hacked up by 10am. Overnight was clear & cold so wed. morn (dried out tue's snow) was the best carving groomers of the season, the drive up Got the 185 carbon gs higher on edge than ever before. switched to the 165 nidecker for the bumps and steep, carved run wide perfect c's on b-chute (40*+ winchcat run in the pic) after making a couple bump runs and powder 8 tracks __________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnuts514 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Heading up tomorrow, will any other hardbooters be observing the holiday? First day on the donek plate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pusbag Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Heading up tomorrow, will any other hardbooters be observing the holiday? First day on the donek plate! Have to work till 1pm then should be hitting the slopes. Maybe some other guys will be there. Russ 208-290-8023. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnuts514 Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Russ I think you have my number, I'll have a radio on channel 1 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pusbag Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Wow what a pow day ! Rode my prior 4x4 and probably should have rode my pow board instead. Did a little swimming today due to the board choice but also laid over a few turns on the groomies. Had a guy comment on our tracks apparently the ruts stick out like a sore thumb. Hope everyone had a good day of riding. I know I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnuts514 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Wish I could come back up this week! That snow was just starting to hit on Monday towards the end of the day. But the wind, cold, and trying to get my girlfriend to actually link turns carving made it a short day. Still got a few good runs in on vagabond. Loving the donek plate, my softboot buddies were complaining about the ice and my prior was railing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 After the pow yesterday ice seems like a distant dream. Epic conditions of face shot, blown-in pow on siberia, after they reopened 6(snowghost). Found ourselves trying to traverse thru knee deep pow to get back to the run off stella, Should have just turned in the fall line and walked out the nordic trail. lesson learned Today should be almost as good even though it's tracked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pusbag Posted January 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Had to work till 1 pm but still managed to get in a hour plus of riding. Found some refrozen windpacked powder that was fun to ride off trial run. Groomers were too soft for all out carving however I did lay a few trenches for good measure. See you all out on the slopes tomorrow with Thirst snowboard carve session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pusbag Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Started off trenchin' up chair 2 since it opens first. Groomers were a little firmer today. Then I couldn't take it anymore, riding up chair 2 you could see the pow glowing on the top of the triple so off I went. Nice wind pack about 6 inches or so. Then to the backside for some lakeside chutes which was very delicious however the lift lines sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Becki and I got up there just before lunch time, talked to Brudda Dane in the parking lot as he was leavng. Even though the snow was skied up and turning to moguls by noon, Becki was having a great time on her new atomic powder skis, and I found the oxygen proton 185 gs (once owned by Anton Pogue) to be amazingly forgiving in the soft bumps on Revenge and chewed powder, even switch. It's either built for someone much lighter than me(195#), rather worn in or a bit of both. I was just amazed at how well it ripped the steep, soft bumps, and change-up crap off piste. Switch was a breeze but really hard carves would wash out. Such a different animal than the 185 Identity carbon gs, which has bombproof edge hold, is uber stiff, though same dimentions w/a bit more effective edge, but is very unforgiving in chop. anyway happy wife = happy life:biggthump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhD Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Troy I plan to be at Schweezer for the USASA racing this weekend, so perhaps I can hook up with you and some of the folks for a few runs. Glad to hear Becky's sound and skiing again. Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Thanks, Becki's new acl seems to be close to 100% Good luck in the race Dennis. I'll definitely be up sunday late morning, hope to make some runs with you. Russ and maybe Dane will be there part of the day. Talked with a hardbooter while sitting around the fire in front of the outback sun. afternoon. Cliff had a burton coil and suzukas, he kinda mention having old gear but I told that was a great all mountain setup. Invited him to NICE, hopefully we'll have a few 1st time participants this year. PS the 185 proton Kicked a$$ in soft bumps and even pow:biggthump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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