bigwavedave Posted March 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Been a bit under the weather, but planning to come up for some slush surfing Thurs & Fri. @khoward straight paraffin (canning) wax works well on sticky snow and slush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khoward Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Using Straight Paraffin on the Prior. The Hydraulic fluid all over 4Pipe Tuesday melted it into a gooey mess. Moral is don’t carve through pink snow. Maybe out Thursday and more likely Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khoward Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 According to my reliable source at the Spirit Mountain Board Meeting this evening, there was a “situation” with one of the groomers on Monday night, and the Board approved trading in the old one and purchase of a new Pisten Bully 400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwavedave Posted March 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 Okay...avoid the pink snow...walked up to the bottom of 4pipe this evening about closing time. Looks like full-on granular spring slush. Should be fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwavedave Posted March 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 Really nice snow today About 6"+ of granular on top of a harder base. Carving became slarving. It was surfy fun. Hooked up with @Leighton, a former softbooter, avid pavement longboarder and now looks to be a fully addicted hardboot carver.Rode from 10-12:45 on the express side. Only saw one patch of pink snow. Snow was fast, no sticky/sucky like I heard yesterday was. Slarve city That's Leighton's board on the right. He was making some nice tight carves. Looks like a vintage board to me, so I figured I'd post a pic for the old farts @b0ardski to reminisce about the good old days. See ya out there tomorrow! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwavedave Posted March 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 Missed following @rwmaron down the hill today, but luckily I found a couple of old videos. Riding that old 180 Tucker Incline? Snow looks soft and spring-like. Pre Grand ave chalet and xpress chair. Youtube says 7 years ago, seems much longer... Man, you used to be such a good carver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leighton Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 @bigwavedave Snow got very bad about an hour after you left, ended the day with very dirty bases and looks like I'll be spending my night cleaning and waxing again! The price you pay for a nearly 60* afternoon, still worth it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwmaron Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 17 hours ago, bigwavedave said: Man, you used to be such a good carver ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwavedave Posted March 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 Not quite as nice as yesterday and a little busier. It was still 50° at 10pm last night and below freezing this morning at 10am opening , so we started out with a crusty, uneven groom on the express side. Things were better over on the Gandy side. Surfy slarving at its finest on GandyDancer. Making trenches that would rival a @big mario trench Rode with Ken from the start. I was done after 1½ hrs when things got bumpy. My chronic knee needs a rest (and ice). Might be my last day of the season unless winter returns... Tracks created by the Superconductor! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khoward Posted April 2, 2019 Report Share Posted April 2, 2019 Jane podiumed at USASA Nationals in GS riding the Rossi Board 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwmaron Posted April 3, 2019 Report Share Posted April 3, 2019 Rock Star! And you’ll never get the Rossi back for sure now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khoward Posted April 6, 2019 Report Share Posted April 6, 2019 Finishing up our season with USASA Nationals at Copper. Jane smoked Slalom with the Rossi Board. I rode the Generics mostly. Groom was still good, and we had a lot of fun riding with our friends. Starting on our way back to Minnesota 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwavedave Posted April 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 On 4/6/2019 at 3:51 PM, khoward said: Finishing up our season with USASA Nationals at Copper. Jane smoked Slalom with the Rossi Board. I rode the Generics mostly. Groom was still good, and we had a lot of fun riding with our friends. Starting on our way back to Minnesota Hey, those boards look familiar! And I just noticed that you're goofy and your wife's not...well I guess we all kinda suspected that. Looks like I'll be moving to Duluth for real now. I have a solid offer on my home/office (closing early May), so I'll be out of work and homeless in one swell foop. Not to worry. My escape plan; a tiny house parked in the marina at the base of Spirit Mt....and I might just get to live one of my sailing dreams and spend the summer living on the sailboat sailing around Lake Superior!...and beyond... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khoward Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Thought you'd like to see your old boards. Getting in to off-season training - running, elliptical and weight-training. Congratulations on selling your practice and retiring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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