Michiganders where you at-

I'm not sure when all I'm gonna be up there, I know I'll be there Christmas time and a few days later, but my gf wants to take me to Wyoming in either jan or feb. but I wanna go a lot more this year if possible.

I lived downstate in Battle Creek and hit up Bitter Sweet a lot. Usually would hit up Caberfae once or twice a season. Now I go to School at MTU in Houghton in the UP so I have mont ripley, mont bohemia, and the porkies

My x8 finally got in yesterday! Wew! Gonna go look for bindings tonight, wanna see if I can find last years purple customs, if not I might buy some winter fresh cartels on here lol I'm stoked.

I may go to Boyne next weekend depending on my girl. Gotta go see my mom lol

Originally posted by MikeD13559 Originally posted by ctoma Anyone heading north next weekend?  I'm going with a buddy to hit Nubs Nob on Friday, Boyne Mountain on Saturday, Crystal Mountain on Sunday. I'm going up on Friday (or Thurs night) for the 6 for 1 lift tix at Boyne on Friday the 16th! I'm sorry U are going to crystal....  so flat... and crowded

Originally posted by MikeD13559 haha!! Ok ctoma   Just wanted to let U know. U can use the cards at both Boyne resorts?  Do U maybe meet up w/ my crew on Friday at Boyne Mt for the 6 for one lift tix.. maybe save the boyne Mt ticket for later in the season?  Just a thought.  Hit me up if U want to meet-up & shred

Originally posted by iamjason10 ^ good thinken with nubs not being crowded, i have been to boyne before but never nubs, how does it compare?

Originally posted by iamjason10 ^hear anything about their park? i have only been to boyne highlands and wasnt too impressed with their park. they have a pipe but i have never tried it

6 for 1 can be intense, but i usually stay on the back of the mountain on that day. less people there for the most. this is the first year i havent gone :/

That was where we stayed last year was that back area.  It was cool because they had probably 85% of the mountain open last year (well, you know, you were there too).  It is an awesome deal though.

On a plus note Mt. Holly is saying they'll be open for a pm session today.  Not sure how many runs (probably one or two), but they have snow.

Speaking of having snow,  My backyard looks lovely after only one night with the gun on.  Tonight we're riding and it'll be the first time all the features will be useable after one night.  My old setup used to take a week or so to get to this point.  I'm sooooooo jacked.  Now I don't have to keep my neighbors up night after night with the hum of the compressor and the hiss of the gun  So tonight I ride the hood lab

it's actually not that bad if you make one yourself chillman.   Check out snowathome.com, they have a gun they added to the line up this season that as a package (with compressor and pressure washer) is like $700ish.  That is a bit steep, too steep for me.  So I used the plans they have and made my own.  Lowes had all the parts I needed to make the gun (nozzles I did have to order from SAH), harbor freight had the compressor and electric pressure washer.  My setup cost less than half what SAH wants for basically the same thing.  It's an investment of a few hundred, but sooooo worth it.  They have plans for a basic gun on SAH, we used that for two seasons, it works, but this works so much better.  I started my gun yesterday@ 4pm, tonight we ride 5 features including the wall (which requires lots of snow for the approach).    

We don't have much space, but we do what we can.  The car is my wifes old GTI, I've been sitting on my thumbs about getting the engine and trans out (they need to go into another GTI in the garage).  It's actually there to do stalls on.  The plan is to drop in from the ramp next to it, hit the wall, then stall the car.  Last year we'd hit the wall, then run into the car or the garage, this year we do a trick at the end instead.

Originally posted by snowj720   If you're ever bored and downriver hit me up ctoma.  At least 4 of us are in our mid-30's, so it's not like any of us is getting too crazy back there.

Thanks guys.  It's been 4+ years in the making.  Every season it's evolved.  Hey chill, you're in high school, that's old enough to get a job   Seriously, if you've got flat ground like we do, it's not that bad to at least build a drop in and a box or two.  We're the experts at doing a park on the cheap.  A drop in like the one for our wall ride might be a hundred in lumber and screws.  And that's a really solid drop in.  I think I built the 14' box for under 50.  Start out with one thing (a drop in and a box) and then add something or improve every winter (think about it in the summer too).  By the time you've got your own place you'll know exactly what you want in a backyard park.

Need to get you making some rails to sell.  We tossed around the idea of setting up backyard parks for people, drop in's, features, getting them set up with snow making equipment.  Jibs for cribs wants a buttload for their features.  Make something more affordable, and you've got a winner.

I could makes some rails pretty cheap and easy. I'm sure it wouldn't have to be the usual material we use for cars so it could be thinner and cheaper. Plus I have pipe notcher and bender. But no radius bending like rainbow rails. But still could bend in 2 places to get a rise,flat, and then a drop out of one rail.

My bindings are in the mail right now and I'm going to cheapskates in a bit to look at boots lol.

Steal tube runs from 2-7 bucks per foot, and that's at my price lol. I'd gladly help throw something together with ya.

Yeah I sold two full setups last season cause I was planning on moving to Chicago. I just sold my last board and picked up an x8 on here and some used winter fresh cartels. The bindings should be in tomorrow or Tuesday. Just need the boots which is my mission for today lol

I'm easy lol, god that sounds bad ha. I'm prolly gonna scale back. I had old hail boots and from what I can see, the new motos and invaders look a lot alike. If I can find last years model too I might buy another set of bindings that I really like and maybe some new pants lol.

4 work days until I head north for my opening weekend... those 4 days are going to drag.

Welp, should be ready tomorrow or Wednesday. Tried on a bunch of boots yesterday and was gonna wait till today to go to another store for more choices but went on eBay and found last years hails in my size for 75, talked to the guy and he took it off eBay and we did a PayPal thing and he took them to FedEx last night. So I'll have a x8, cartels, and hails, pretty stout setup if you ask me :)

Yeah I was trying to go the capita route but I'm not 100% enthused with the past two years graphic and it's so hard to find the sierrascope/horrorscope with the eyes and mouth. I'm still keeping an eye out for some forces too. Maybe after Christmas I'll get new forces or brand new est bindings. Well see. But I'm wanting to check your park out for sure!

So I'll never pay extra for second day am shipping lol. I had them sent out Friday and they were supposed to be here this morning....nope. Pushed it back to tomorrow but the tracking has zero info. The guy I bought my boots from is in the same area as the bindings guy and my boots went normal ground a day later and are almost here. I just want it all here, I might go to Boyne now this weekend since its my moms bday lol

yeah i ordered a bunch of clothes online and they were shipped out of ohio black friday and i got them the following friday......from ohio....WTF?! lol  

Yeah I thought I'd never sell my custom but I did to a buddy so I know it's in good hands. But he got all my one set up and i parted my othe set up out. Made like 600 bucks back lol. But now I'll have a fresh setup and get to try ics. My bindings and boots are sitting outside my place right now so I'm dieing to get off work lol