lowrider Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Been a few years since the majority of the photos went away when I changed server/host sites. I do have some photos though. [ATTACH]37348[/ATTACH][ATTACH]37349[/ATTACH][ATTACH]37350[/ATTACH] After two days on the Skwal I'm thinking only thing scarier than having that back foot strapped behind me would be to have that back foot slide out of that aluminum doohickey at exactly the wrong time. Brian have you ridden that board ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricky Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Windham, NY, liftline, Skiier, from the other side of the lift line says "Wow, a real man's snowboard", seeing my Orange Donek 185FC. Obviously, I said "yes, thank you". Bricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dano Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 After two days on the Skwal I'm thinking only thing scarier than having that back foot strapped behind me would be to have that back foot slide out of that aluminum doohickey at exactly the wrong time. Brian have you ridden that board ??? Yeah, no air between turns...there must have been some great ejections with that thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 I got a few 'cool board' comments last weekend. And a few 'you're the guy that's turning sharp/laying on the snow/etc.' discussions. And a 'man, that's an ancient board!' (2013 Coiler) This guy just couldn't comprehend that the board was one month old and argued until I left, which wasn't very long. ;) Then a guy came over to me in the lodge and asked about what the heck I was riding. He was gushing about how awesome/fun it looked. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwmaron Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Bill and Joan are members of a group of active retirees who take advantage of the uncrowded weekday morning conditions to ski at Spirit mountain; Joan has good-naturedly ribbed me frequently about leaving 'grooves' all over the hill, but she floored me the last time we rode the lift together when she commented that "I'd sure ride like that if I was younger!" I didn't have the heart to tell her that I'm 61. Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 After two days on the Skwal I'm thinking only thing scarier than having that back foot strapped behind me would be to have that back foot slide out of that aluminum doohickey at exactly the wrong time. Brian have you ridden that board ??? No , not yet :) First Skwal?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Girl: "The Kessel Run.. Is, that the run over under Lift 4?" It's a very nice little mountain bike trail in Fruita, and it would make a great boardercross course if it snowed there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabatha Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 I love the Kessel Run outside Fruita - fast, tight and twisty and really well banked. A must if you are every in Fruita biking (and wrapped up with pizza at the Hot Tomato!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbat Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Joan has good-naturedly ribbed me frequently about leaving 'grooves' all over the hill, I've been telling the skiers that bring up my grooves that they are thinking about it all wrong. They're not obstacles, they're banked turns I leave for their enjoyment. All they have to do is enter at the correct trajectory and hang on for the ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn Poop Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 While waiting in line at the rope tow at Powder Mountain: "Hey, anyone going up alone?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Sandman Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hunter NY. A kid wearing plaid flannel snowboard pants: " Is that a ski board?" Me "No. Are those pajamas?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipstar Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 And speaking of Darth Vader...Last week on the lift with an 17-ish couple: Guy: "Is that thing fast?" Me: "Are you kidding? It made the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs!" Girl: "The Kessel Run.. Is, that the run over under Lift 4?" Me chuckling: "Uh, No... remember Star Wars? Harrison Ford? Han Solo? Luke Skywalker? Guy: "Noo...?" Me: Yeah, never mind... the board's VERY fast and turns like it's on rails!" Both: "Cool!" Naturally if you referenced family guy, the odds would have been better.... And gratuitous Thai language joke that is hilarious to me (and possibly less so if you don't speak Thai) (he says in extremely crude Thai, I will kill all of you, I will kill you with my massive gun) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powdahbonz Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Instructor at Wildcat in Jackson NH with his student in line..."when you get better, THAT is what you want to be on..I've been riding 20 years and THAT is what it's all about" Smiled-had a nice exchange...saw a Donek with Cateks in the rack at the mountaian but no one else out on the mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Tat Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 My wife was in softboot lessons with an instructor and two other women so I was riding alone at Sunshine Village on Saturday. While I was riding up Divide Chair in the morning I noticed that sometime during the past week Sunshine Village had groomed all the steep blacks just to the left of the Chair (Angel Flight, South 205, Boundary Ridge). I was pretty stoked to hit these as they are normally a complete mogul field. So I railed turns down the WC Downhill and then crossed under Angel Chair to get to the top of the run. At which point I stopped to take a look at the run and it was much steeper than I had thought. It was so steep I don't think any skier or boarder had actually been carving turns on it as the "cord marks" were gone turning the entire face into a smooth sheet of white looking chalk. It was definitely steep enough that I had to stop and take a couple of breaths to think about what I was doing before I dropped in. When I did drop I was just completely focused on railing it, and managed to hold it together and make nice circular carves with no edge skid, hips on the snow in the turns. I wasn't aware but my wife's class had pulled up to practice riding a face opposite and after watching me ride that, her instructor turned to the class and said "Ok, now he's just showing off." Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slopestar Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 ^ Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breeseomatic Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Not heard in the lift line, but on the slopes at Ajax this morning, maybe a hundred feet away some skiers asked each other "What the hell are those snowboarders doing?" I can only assume that they didn't like us coming down one by one leaving trenches in the snow. What was funny was that we heard them from that far away and at least for me it was motivation to rip a few good turns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricky Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 So, your wife didn't say "Oh, that's just my husband, carving trenches all over the mountain" ? Looks like she owes you an expensive dinner out ! Bricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricky Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 And your wife's age is ............? Bricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricky Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 In the last few weeks, I have been telling people who inquire, to watch the Snowboarding Slalom/PGS racing at the SOCHI Olympics, but must look at the broadcast scheduling because they will probably have to set a DVR or VCR to record it in the middle of the night/early morning, because it won't be broadcast during primetime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebiker Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 ... some skiers asked each other "What the hell are those snowboarders doing?" I can only assume that they didn't like us coming down one by one leaving trenches in the snow. Figures, eh? Some skiers complain about carving boarders laying trenches, and others complain when sliding boarders "scrape all the snow off". :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Tat Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 So, your wife didn't say "Oh, that's just my husband, carving trenches all over the mountain" ? Looks like she owes you an expensive dinner out !Bricky Not so much. But I had picked her up from her lessons at the end of the class a few weeks ago. So I have met him. And your wife's age is ............?Bricky 45, and yet still putting up with my crap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantok Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) Riding up the chair with a skwal: Is that thing hard? My reply: It's like being on a runaway motorcycle,... You try to keep up. Riding under the chair an instructor yells down: How old ARE you?? Edited February 11, 2014 by wantok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Riding up the lift with two six year olds....I said I'm old enough to be your Grandfather :) One says "MY Grandfather is 16 years old " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Lady in lift lines asks: "How easy are those to get into?" referring to my Step-in's "Easier than skis" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieran Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 oh hey! you, mr dayglo orange! is that like the thing they do in pairs in the olympics in the squinty gates with ski boots but on a snowboard? how come you can go so fast but not hit anyone?i just nodded and pretended i was foreign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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