Dan Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Check out the last 24 hours at Mt. Hood Meadows: http://www.nwac.us/~nwac/products/OSOMHM Today's going to be an amazing day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 I guess I should have stayed another week! enjoy the pow - I'll be riding ice till the end of the season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedzilla Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Today's going to be an amazing day! So, why exactly are you even bothering to post? GET OUT THERE MAN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexeyga Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 So, why exactly are you even bothering to post? GET OUT THERE MAN! Damn you, that's about how much we've lost during last week's "good" weather... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin A. Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 totally off the subject but Alexeyga where did you find that Avitar? Ive been looking for that picture for about 5 years now. ________ Gm-ford 6-speed automatic transmission specifications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 even my email spam doesn't claim that BobD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Dahl Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 20 inches of fresh in the last 24 hours at Stevens Pass and I'm stuck at work. Can't even take tomorrow off because of others vacation days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 The report at Bachelor said 12". When I got there it was halfway up my thigh in many places. By day's end the official tally was 29.5", which is supported by the fact that I was finding fresh tracks in low wind at 2:00 PM. Un-f'ing-believable. The best part - temps in the teens to lower 20's all day. It stayed powdery the whole time. To everyone who said tthe OSin 4807 178 doesn't float well - I didn't believe you until today. I hadn't ridden the combination of really deep and really light until now. It did sink today. Any suggestions on where to go from there - would a Tanker 200 do the trick or should I go for a true swallowtail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 So, why exactly are you even bothering to post? GET OUT THERE MAN! Oh, I did, I did. :) I posted that message around 6 a.m. - just wanted to share the stoke. I was parked at Meadows by 8:15 a.m., and in line at Mt. Hood Express a little after 8:30 for a 9 a.m. open. Trust Bryan from Oldsnowboards to get up there early...he was at the head of the line already when I got there, and I wound up about 6 chairs behind him. I was a few chairs from the top when he headed down, so I got to watch him lay the first tracks under the liftline on a 200 cm Tanker...awesome. BobD :lol: You just need better spam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 To everyone who said tthe OSin 4807 178 doesn't float well - I didn't believe you until today. I hadn't ridden the combination of really deep and really light until now. It did sink today. Any suggestions on where to go from there - would a Tanker 200 do the trick or should I go for a true swallowtail? Interesting...I did notice that my 4807 wasn't quite as buoyant in this snow as it is in the usual Cascade cement. And I'm a lightweight rider, mind you. Mike, let me know where you net out on this. Everyone definitely brought out their powder guns today: I saw 3 4807s, a Winterstick, and a Nitro swallowtail (Pow Pow?). I also saw a pair of skis that were significantly fatter than say, a skwal. Awesome to see all that powder gear getting some use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfinsmiley Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 The best part - temps in the teens to lower 20's all day. It stayed powdery the whole time. To everyone who said tthe OSin 4807 178 doesn't float well - I didn't believe you until today. I hadn't ridden the combination of really deep and really light until now. It did sink today. Any suggestions on where to go from there - would a Tanker 200 do the trick or should I go for a true swallowtail? I`ve recently jioned the Tanker 200 club. DEEP powder all season in Japan until I got the Tanker and then it pretty much stopped:(. I have had one day in really windy conditions that was blowing all the powder off the windward side of the ridges, making the leeward side of all the runs about 6 foot deep. The Tanker RULED! I was the only one that could actually access most places and where ever other people were actually making progress I was blowing past them at triple the speed. Admittedly I`ve not seen anyone else on powder specific equipment to compare it to though. DUPRAZ or a POGO Longboard is on my shopping list for next season as I think it will compliment the 200 well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 I MISS MOUNT HOOD! i am an oregonian, born on the mouth of the columbia... ENJOY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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