Captain's Log 08/09

nice vid spense

less than 2 weeks til i go now.....watching ur vids makes me wanna go even more, and i didnt think that was possible.

I have 4 days in so far this season.  3 at loveland and 1 at keystone/a basin.  I have been riding fairly apprehensively this season as my shoulder still isn't 100%.  I guess I need to get that first big fall over with and see what happens.  The only problem is I already have to get an MRI on my shoulder because 8 months out from surgery it is still hurting like a biatch at times.  I guess I will know more in the next couple of weeks....

I have to get to 100% before my annual tahoe trip.  I promised MikeM I wouldn't wuss out on kickers and the stash this year!

first days coming this weekend!  

nice little vid, invest in a tripod though.

i kinda like slightly shaky videos because it makes it look more genuine but not so shaky that you cant focus on the video

i just watched you vid with that gap and that looked like a ton of fun

34 days to go

thats tight that alaska is already getting dumped.. i had to work to get not even a inch so i could do a little backyard jib session thing today..

yeah im pretty sure hes fine.  sounds like he just tweaked it bad and he wanted to be extra careful.  he could move, like when you see them lowering him into the sled, he could have done it himself, but its worth being careful so he doesnt blow his season, or especially something worse like being permanently hurt.

i asked him and he said hes probably fine, just gonna take it easy for a bit.

gnarly fall though.  that drop was about 20 feet and you fly way out.  even with that wide angle it still seemed so much bigger when you were down below.  he was going for a switch 5 but didnt pop right.

well i'll just be updating this post all winter with my days like i did last winter.

DAY 1 - 12/19/08 - Mt Spokane - Burton Supermodel - Allright snowboard season has officially started! today was an awesome day full of some early season pow, and and lots of groomers to get the feel back. it was lightly snowing all day and was very fun.
DAY 2 - 12/20/08 Mt Spokane - Burton Supermodel - day 2 yay! today we got u super late to the mountain, like 11ish. got some fun pow and groomer turns in and just kinda was dickin around all day and havin fun. my friend ran into a tree and smashed his boa crank on his boot to hell . so he rode the rest of the day with a super loose boot. sucks to be him. thats why i only trust laces
DAY 3 - 12/22/08 - mt spokane - Burton Supermodel - well today was another fun day up there. def early season conditions, and i got a few good knocks in my base, but no worries. it was snowing all day so visibility was a bit sketch.
DAY 4 - 12/22/08 - mt spokane - burton supermodel - so originally today i was gonna go up with a bunch of friends but that went down the tube and i ended up going with one friend. the coverage was a lot better than yesterday, but still sparse in some places. fun day just to get out on the snow though
Tuesday -  i was planning on going up today, but my car had other plans and didnt wanna start so my whole day was me gettin my car fixed.
DAY 5 - 12/24/08 - mt spokane  - burton supermodel - today was by far the best day of the season thus far. pow runs all day, hardley anyone up there cause it was christmas eve. it was EPIC!
DAY 6 - 12/26/08 - mt spokane - buton supermodel and custom - so today i woke up a bit late, and got up to the mountain around 12 or so. yay for season pass haha. anyways, it was pretty freakin packed up there. i had to park far away. like far enough i had to take the shuttle to the lodge. it was a sick bluebird day til the storm clouds rolled in around 1, and i walked back to my far, changed out goggle lenses from mirrored to yellow ones, and on the walk back i noticed ppl were already leaving cause of thr storm, so i jumped in my car and parked bout 3 spaces from the lodge. it was awesome haha also at this time i switched onto my friends custom that i had sitting in my car cause i figured since i was gonna be staying for night riding, the supermodel wouldnt be the best board for park haha. anyways i hit up the park from about 3 till 7 when i left and the weather just went south like madd on us. i could hardly see in front of me, the wind was whipping like the wizard of oz, and it was snowing at the rate of a good 2 inches an hour. luckly the park is in a space between two walls of trees, so it was sheltered form the wind a bit. all in all a fun night of borarding of park.
DAY 7 - 12/29/08 - mt spokane - custom/supermodel - so today i went up with one of my buds, and when we got there is was snowing like madd, but no wind so it was a lot of fun boarding. we hit pow runs all day till around 2, when the clouds went away, and it was perfectly bluebird for bout 10 minutes. then all the sudden pitch black clouds rolled in and it strts snowing and the winds were the strongest i've ever seen up there. it was seriously scary riding down to the lodge cause there was so snow definition and you couldnt see 2 feet in front of you. we were just riding out of muscle memory back to the lodge. when we got back to the car finally, it had a good 8 or 9 inches of snow on it and that all fell in the 5 hours we were there. crazy madd. then on the drive home the wind would kik up all the suden and would blow all the snow from the trees onto the road, so there was NO visibility. literally i had to stop the car and put on my e

seriously lucky.

i dont even know if this counts as day 9

http://www.vimeo.com/2365112

4 days. 3 at Keystone 1 at Breck. On my most recent day I might have broken my nose on a down rail. Hopefully it isn't broken... I might see a doc soon

Day 2

If you dont drive how do you get there?

day 10, hero, mini shred in the crap snow

wet snow but not sticky like last time.  hero is so fun.  i kept doing stuff that i didnt think i was gonna land because the snow was super heavy and grabby + a flat landing, but its like you cant fall on this board, haha.

screenshot for now.. its weird, when i was doing them, it felt like i had a super grip on the tail but im barely grabbing it

heres the video and another screenshot

http://www.vimeo.com/2381646

it was a good sammich

Day 2. More of a mellow day with family and friends. No hard charging runs and lots of group cruising! Fun. I usually hit it as it opns and run all the groomed trails early. Not today as we were on "relax & take it easy no rush to get there before 8:00 AM" mode.  I never spent this much time in the shack on the same day! lol But all for fun as well.

made something new from yesterday, first try at a gif where the line is meshed together.

i got footage and edited it together?

Did N star finally open Mx2?

^^^Opening day today!

thats pretty sweet ^