nekdut Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 I'm out guys. I've had enough rocks and ice in Mammoth already. I may come up for the afterparty, but I will see as the day progresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcarve Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 It was cold and windy up here last night. The temps at Summit were in the 20's, so I'm hoping they blew some snow last night. My hotel was too far away to confirm Edit: I just checked Summit's web site, they were blowing snow all night!! Should be good today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfnsnow Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 So...how was it today at Summit? I ended up padling out at lower Trestles. It was small but fun. Did I miss some decent snow after all, or was surfing the better call. If the snow was good, let me know, but...don't rub it in too hard. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slopestar Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 It was fun! Lots of smiles and decent snow! http://www.youtube.com/user/MrSlopestar?feature=mhee Link to my video page. Shot video from my iPhone from yesterday at Mt High and today at ASSESS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCrimson Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 I had a blast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcarve Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 It was great meeting everyone! Awesome day of carving! 9 hours of snow making the night before made for some nice conditions today. The après carving party was very cool! The chili was awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissracer Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 What a great day! Had a blast with better than expected conditions. This was probably the best turnout in quite a while. Being able to hang out with you guys afterwards was just the icing on the cake. For those that couldn't make it....there's always next time. I'll have some pics up tomorrow. I gotta go through what looks like a bunch of bad pics :( New camera to me and still messing with settings. I had the wrong shutter speed and focus setting, so quite a few came out too blurry to be decent. I'll sort through and get at least a couple though. (sorry) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleevez Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 wow, it was such a sweet and welcoming session for me. I just moved out here from Toronto about 6months ago. It was totally unexpected to see so many talented carvers out there. you guys looked pretty badass ripping down those runs!! It was great meeting the soca crew! hopefully i'll be able to meet up and ride with you guys more often. Cheers, Jacky <- I was on a yellow factoryPrime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slopestar Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Great day indeed. Sorry we missed the after party. Duties and the onset of rigor mortis on my part led to our early departure. Really fun day. Hope to see you again at June in a couple months! Pray for snow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullwings Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 It was great seeing everyone one again and nice to put some faces to new names. It was an awesome day. For those of you that missed it, I won't rub it in too hard, but uhhhh today was probably one of the best days of the season so far and better than what you'd see at Mammoth, Heavenly, Mt. Hood, Mt. Bach, etc. etc.... (for now that is - what with our lack of snow/rain and temps being so high) What made it even better was the lack of crowds and the number of carvers on the slopes - we rutted up those runs. Good stuff, I'm looking forward to seeing more of you on the slopes again in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltie Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for a fun day! Wish my "desk legs" would have lasted a few runs longer. Guess I need to get in shape for SNES this year. Thanks for Andrea and Mike for taking the time to shoot photos and carrying that extra weight on the hill. We have a good crew and lots of stoke for carving! See you guys again soon. Thanks again!! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekdut Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 I really hope we have enough snow to have SNES this year. :( I'm going to visit June on Tuesday to see how things are going and will speak with Carl and Eric about scheduling our session (given they are able to open up more eventually). Lets hope this isn't 06/07!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carvingchef Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 that was a great get together, nice to see some old friends and meet some new ones, thanks Mike and Jenny for hosting the apres-carving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfnsnow Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 After reading all of the replies on how much fun it was yesterday I guess I made the wrong call and should have headed northeast to the mountains instead of southwest to the ocean. I'm just glad you guys had some decent snow and such a good time. :) Sorry I didn't make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronG Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Great Day with even great snow!! It was great to see all you guys again and meet some new carvers. Thanks again to Jenny and Mike for hosting the get together. I had a blast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeS Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Yeah, it was a fun day. nice to ride with everyone again. Thank you Mike and Jenny for the great hospitality! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Kienitz Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Bummed that I missed it but I was sick all weekend. I even payed for my all day ticket . I will definitely make the SNES. There better be enough snow. I've got a new full system Tinkler on the way :) Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullwings Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Yeah, since I didn't mention it in the last post. Thanks to Mike and Jenny for hosting and offerring their place for the after carving gathering. And thanks to Mike and Andrea for taking pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissracer Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Hey all, here is a link to the pictures. https://picasaweb.google.com/101599992119231161855/ASSESS182012?authuser=0&feat=directlink Decided just to upload pretty much all of them to Picasa. Due to their size, it started to shrink down the quality towards the end, so if you would like me to send you a particular one, just let me know. Sorry for the not so sharp shots. I set the shutter speed just a touch too slow and didn't notice until much later that the focus point was set to the wrong setting. Still a learning process with this new camera. Guess I could've just set it to auto, but what's the point of having a DSLR then :rolleyes: I hope Andrea's turned out better. We had so much fun having you guys over that we're thinking of doing another get-together at the end of Feb or beginning of Mar (depending on my schedule), and then one more at the end of the season like last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rus_11 Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Mike and Jenny, Thanks for the hospitality! That was awesome to catch up with friends and meet new one's as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCrimson Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Mike, SLRs are great. There's a finite number of snowboards you can reasonably own..but there's ALWAYS a lens that you need for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissracer Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Mike, SLRs are great. There's a finite number of snowboards you can reasonably own..but there's ALWAYS a lens that you need for some reason. I'm sure I'll find that out in time, but first I have to learn how to use all the fun features. All the best lenses in the world won't help if the user has the wrong settings selected :rolleyes: This was one of the first days of shooting action with the camera, so it can only get better from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCrimson Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 I'm sure I'll find that out in time, but first I have to learn how to use all the fun features. All the best lenses in the world won't help if the user has the wrong settings selected :rolleyes:This was one of the first days of shooting action with the camera, so it can only get better from here. Beyond shooting surfers and skaters, I do a lot of photography from a moving skateboard on the boardwalk in Pacific Beach (tons of crazy portrait opportunities) and for all those I end up shooting on auto or at least shutter priority with a fast shutter speed and the C focus mode where it constantly tracks when the shutter is halfway down. My body is like 10 years old and that function wasn't very refined but it works well enough at short focal lengths. I don't think anyone should ever feel diminished shooting on auto though, especially for sports. I'd probably still play with cameras even if they didn't take pictures.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissracer Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Beyond shooting surfers and skaters, I do a lot of photography from a moving skateboard on the boardwalk in Pacific Beach (tons of crazy portrait opportunities) and for all those I end up shooting on auto or at least shutter priority with a fast shutter speed and the C focus mode where it constantly tracks when the shutter is halfway down. My body is like 10 years old and that function wasn't very refined but it works well enough at short focal lengths. I don't think anyone should ever feel diminished shooting on auto though, especially for sports.I'd probably still play with cameras even if they didn't take pictures.. I was in shutter priority at 1/200 and 3D focus, which is supposed to keep the moving subject in focus. I finally noticed that it would sometimes focus well ahead of the person or even the snow spraying up, but by then Andrea took over the shooting duties. Looks like C mode is definitely better for action shots like this, and some of these pics would have probably still turned out, despite the slightly slow shutter speed. I'm definitely loving this camera though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slopestar Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Great shots Mike! Thanks for a great Day! And to Andrea and Julian for the deck. A memorable day for sure.:biggthumpI love snowboarding:1luvu: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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