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jeri534 
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 Topic: Captain's Log, 2011 (AKA Rider's Log)Posted: Nov/29/2010 at 7:33pm |
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spenser
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Posted: Nov/30/2010 at 4:43pm |
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the only way i know how to describe today is "f*cked-up deep." i havent ridden deeper untouched fresh snow in my life, and it was only that much more amazing that it was PNW blower pow. and yes, i have pictures and gogglecam footage. rode my new charlie 58 and its sexy, but damn i wished i had the fish. unfortunately not every part of the mountain is on the steeper side so i hiked out of places that were too flat to keep going about 3 times... how are you supposed to keep going in over waist deep pow on a mellow incline.. haha. the snow conditions today were what we dream of. definitely mounting the fish for tomorrow and its only gonna be deeper. for now.... i dont know what im going to do with video cause the contour stuff never turns out as good as i want. i dont really like the perspective/wideness of that camera. bummer, but oh well. haden went up after me (he had class in the morning) and called me after, said the same thing, best snow hes ever ridden, "balls deep"
waist deep fresh
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rook
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Posted: Nov/30/2010 at 4:46pm |
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^^^ Literally "Balls Deep" shtooking awesome....... send that storm south when you are done with it.
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spenser
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Posted: Nov/30/2010 at 9:36pm |
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heres the video, just a quickie. too bad it wasnt a gopro... |
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Corpion
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Posted: Nov/30/2010 at 9:42pm |
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Wow i didnt think that was possible lol. How cold was the temperature?
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spenser
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Posted: Nov/30/2010 at 9:45pm |
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it was 28-29 at the base according to my car, probably 26 or so at the top
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Sintexo
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Posted: Nov/30/2010 at 9:50pm |
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So jealous. Currently getting drenched with rain, can hear it outside over the TV. Please just be January so I can go to Colorado.
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Duneluder
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Posted: Dec/01/2010 at 11:31am |
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Day 1: Mt. Spokane 11/28/10
Pretty good first day, went up with a group of people I have never ridden with (except one of them) so it was cool getting to know some new people and explore the mountain. Mt. Spokane is pretty tiny, but it was only $38 for a lift ticket and was closer than Schweitzer in ID. Snow was pretty good, soft groomers with some pow on the sides, got a few pow turns but mostly just cruised on the groomers. As a group we taught a friend how to ride, by the end of the day he could do toe side turns and falling leaf, pretty good for his first day. Last run was a powdery mogul run which was challenging and exhausting, but in a good way, felt good when I got to the bottom and I feel like the next time I'm on a run like that I'll be able to do more consistent turns. Half the group was pretty tired around 3pm so we chilled in the lodge bar until the rest of the group had gotten their fill. Lots of smiles and "woohoo!"s throughout the day. Felt great getting my board back under me, hoping to hit up Schweitzer in two weeks for some bigger mountain riding with some good tree runs, Mt. Spokane's trees were really close together and a bit above the groups skill level. Pics:       |
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dragonkingdude
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Posted: Dec/01/2010 at 6:46pm |
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Whats up, just wanted to show one the fun I had today at Sierra@Tahoe. This picture pretty much sums up how the day went! Snow was great, along with the weather. Happy shredding to all.  |
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robsta
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Posted: Dec/01/2010 at 7:35pm |
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rook I was at snowbird that day also. The cirque was insane
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spenser
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Posted: Dec/01/2010 at 10:44pm |
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today was amazing. pictures. video is coming soon, should be done in a half hour. me on the way up.... pardon my face.  yarrow and scotty b hiking up  poder boards!  group photo minus chris who took the photo  after the sickest run ever, jerms buried, and chris  at the bottom. jeremy doesnt smoke but it completed the photo.  screenshots deep poderslash goin fast.  terrain!  haden pow drop  dylan pow drop  |
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EMHM00
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Posted: Dec/01/2010 at 10:55pm |
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^^ Why pardon the face Spence? Acceptable face for the conditions. Shoulda' seen my face last time i rode that kinda shite. Chokin' on it doesn't look half as good.
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spenser
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Posted: Dec/01/2010 at 11:57pm |
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VTBear
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bear at beaver creek Joined: May/23/2007 Location: 34 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2538 |
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Posted: Dec/02/2010 at 12:29pm |
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damn sick... you always post great stuff spenser..
we have yet to see a drop of snow on the east coast.. or freezing temp for the matter.. |
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RideTimeless
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Posted: Dec/02/2010 at 12:56pm |
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what did he say at the end? He didn't know he was able to...in one day...5 min?
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Epicentre
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Posted: Dec/02/2010 at 5:48pm |
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I'm so jealous of your Spenser... I missed our first pow days of the season at school, but my first day is coming this saturday! Sadly I'm skiing though as I'm teaching ski wee at the local mountain. Should be snowboarding in the week after or something ilke that.
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spenser
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Posted: Dec/02/2010 at 6:08pm |
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day 9, fish again. another amazing pow run. fairly steep, deep, and almost totally untouched. the run has a bunch of shelves basically so you just keep dropping. pointed it and it was killer. im bummed the contour footage didnt show it as well but it was like a 15 foot shooter to pillow to 15 foot shooter. felt awesome. great day. video will be up pretty soon, just gotta save it and upload. pictures.... hiking up. dude on the left in the back is michael penn, i think the prime photographer for our local paper. haha. ill have a picture from the paper probably tomorrow..  more hiking  the lighting was AWESOME on the mountains way back there.. this is just one shot, from the top  ryan before we dropped  screenshots ryan cortes, the shralper from some of my skate videos, dropped off the lift offload station into a killer pow line. he was stoked. his first day and he borrowed hadens malolo 58.. board is perfect, hes an aggressive surfer and skater.  backside slasher  me from the contour... this was the run. shelf after shelf covered in blower, pointed it. awesome.  poder!  turn!  |
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spenser
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Posted: Dec/02/2010 at 6:58pm |
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todays video. i had the contour rotated so it would be looking up a little more, just one notch on the circle, but i also wore my strap a little lower which brought it up more. i think inbetween that and how it was yesterday would be perfect, to see your nose a lot but also see whats ahead of you better. in the shot where i follow ryan in the orange jacket, after he drops off the little spot and then flies away into the pow as i follow him, thats where i pointed the double shelf thing. bummed it didnt turn out that rad on the contour, you cant really tell much, but most of that till i slashed was in the air. felt sooo awesome. |
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robsta
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Posted: Dec/02/2010 at 7:06pm |
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am I the only one who can't see spensers videos?
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spenser
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Posted: Dec/02/2010 at 7:58pm |
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are they just not showing up here?
try going here.. if it works then theres just something funky with your computer reading the embed code on this site |
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Sintexo
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Posted: Dec/02/2010 at 8:03pm |
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They work fine here. Makin me jealous one post at a time.
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Posted: Dec/02/2010 at 8:16pm |
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Bring it hard or don't bring it at all.
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Jerry
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Posted: Dec/03/2010 at 1:22am |
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Here's another one from earlier this week. These were my first park laps of the season, and it was a fun day at Keystone. Too bad most of the features are so dang huge that I don't feel like warming up on them.
On a side note, I've had some similar issues with the contour as Spenser, but after messing around with the settings I've found I like the results a little better than with the default settings. I've found the 60 fps and lens options look a little better and work better for me, but you have to have a pretty fast computer to edit the footage in HD...
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jeri534
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Posted: Dec/05/2010 at 2:35pm |
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Day 18 Finally got my first day out on the split and explore some of the sweet backcountry Utah has to offer....started the trailhead at the last alta parking lot I believe? Im not too familiar with the zones but we went up to the overlook where you can see Soli, Brighton, Bird, Alta and Park city one of the best days Ive had           HD |
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Krazylegz1485
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Trollin' Ain't Easy Joined: Aug/19/2007 Location: 39 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3854 |
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Posted: Dec/05/2010 at 3:39pm |
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Day 5
Threw together a video quick of what little footage I got from yesterday. 8.5" of fresh is definitely a pow day in MN. With the Saturday crowd it definitely got tracked out fast, but it was still a good time. My woman's first day for the season and Kimchi's second. She's wearing green pants and purple jacket, he's got green pants w/ gray jacket.
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Piranha
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Posted: Dec/05/2010 at 5:03pm |
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bizzare how eaglecrest can have that much ridiculous pow and not even be open yet.
Down here in the southern sierra nevada, resorts have been open since thanksgiving. We've already had two deep (2') powder days since opening (nothing like eaglecrest) and I haven't even been up, yet...so f*king spoiled. Supposed to drop over a foot by tomorrow morning, but I still haven't got around to scraping my storage layer off  .nice snow krazy...but I have to guess kimchi is missing tahoe, nevertheless definitely getting the craving from you guys photos |
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Scorer099
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Posted: Dec/05/2010 at 5:12pm |
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What a waste of a Charlie Slasher... |
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I'm just here to look cool...
www.angrysnowboarder.com |
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psubballfan12
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Posted: Dec/05/2010 at 5:53pm |
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my (pretty pathetic) resort opens in like 5 days. sooo stoked
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Protect your domes
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andydeckerrr
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Posted: Dec/05/2010 at 6:11pm |
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Hoping to go to Killington this weekend.
Wishing everyone a safe and fun year on the slopes. |
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EMHM00
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Posted: Dec/05/2010 at 6:44pm |
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The Jerk Store called; they're running outta you!
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not-ewrx
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Posted: Dec/05/2010 at 7:38pm |
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I really wish I made it up on monday? Is this filmed with a GoPro? Is it just me or is that board too small for that much pow. Looked like it was sinking too much. |
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My internet driving abilities are > YORE internet driving abilities.
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spenser
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Posted: Dec/05/2010 at 7:44pm |
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it looked like the runs were just really flat. its hard to float when its too mellow. the steeper the better.
we need a lot of coverage because the mountain is so rough underneath.. trees, logs, stumps, and just hairy terrain in general. if it were just dirt runs like so many other resorts we would have been open some time ago.
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jeri534
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Posted: Dec/05/2010 at 7:57pm |
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the bboard is a 160 burton fish, best pow board ever, those parts where it was sinking i was waist deep low angle trees and it was going through it with ease |
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not-ewrx
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Posted: Dec/05/2010 at 8:14pm |
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Wow, that camera makes it look small. I need a GoPro so bad.
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My internet driving abilities are > YORE internet driving abilities.
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spenser
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Posted: Dec/05/2010 at 8:17pm |
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well the fish runs about 4cm shorter than it actually is because of the way its designed. my 56 is only as long as a 52.
its the fisheye though, that makes it look shorter. you know with a 160 fish, that nose is way bigger than it looks.
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spenser
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Posted: Dec/05/2010 at 8:18pm |
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we should get this thread stickied
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koji3
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Posted: Dec/06/2010 at 2:01am |
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If only Queensland had snow...
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spenser
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Posted: Dec/06/2010 at 7:31pm |
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day 10. it warmed up and the most recent snow was wetter so it wasnt really poder anymore. still fun and good to get outside today. not a very exciting video but maybe if youre really bored or high. there are a couple warmsnow slashes. what i would have liked to ride instead:  me  screenshot from pat's iphone  |
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Piranha
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kimchijajonshim
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Put in day 1 last sunday at Welch Village. I was taking gaper falls everywhere getting my legs back under me, but it was a lot of fun.
Put in day 2 on Saturday. I'd guestimate that we got around 6-8" overnight and it was a fabulous pow day by Minnesota standards. A lot of it got tracked really quick but there was actually a lot of relatively fresh stuff immediately adjacent to trees on the side of runs. One thing I've noticed about Minnesotans... they don't ride near trees. There was also a sweet jump... not sure if it was man made or just happened to be there, but it was perfectly shaped to throw stuff off of. The landing was a little sketchy, but still soft enough to power through. I threw a nice non-tweaked method. Popped off perfectly, grabbed, and held solid. Came down a little tail heavy, but overall it was the cleanest trick I've thrown in my life. Now that I think back it was probably the only clean trick I threw that day, but it was an awesome feeling.
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ROLL ON, BISHES.
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AlexanderJ
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Posted: Dec/07/2010 at 9:51am |
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Had my first day yesterday and it was awesome!
Me and my brother went up to Hunter Mountain, NY..they only had five trails open and conditions weren't the greatest, especially since it was their most difficult terrain that was open and the snow quality made it harder, but for a first day it was amazing. We got away with both using the big lift card so it was only $17.50 for the day, I had a great time. 
I also took a really crappy video, I was trying out my gopro, def have to get on some smoother runs and grab a tripod so it's not right in my hand...this was my first time filming myself so I'll get better as the season goes on. |
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rook
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What's the difference you are their all time best seller......... |
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Piranha
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Posted: Dec/07/2010 at 10:15am |
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^^was gonna fix it for ya alex, but that vid is pretty bad...especially the part where you tried to stick the camera up your butt
. Having your friend film you woulda been better. Conditions didn't look that bad though |
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Duneluder
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awesome pictures and videos guys, keep em coming!
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Rylander
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Posted: Dec/07/2010 at 11:45am |
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Wow just went through the whole thread... cant wait to go this weekend. I'm kinda freakin out here.
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richardvoyageur
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Damn, so insanely jealous right now. Sweet vids Spenser, keep them coming man.
Still waiting on day 1, it might be a while still. Ontario blows
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yuhui
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^ blue's opening on the day after tomorrow
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giftedhands
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This was my Day 2 filming with the GoPro. Day 1 was a much deeper powder day, but I ruined the footage by having the angle too high
 . Anyhow..Edit: ok, i cant embed a vimeo. wtf.
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Krazylegz1485
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Copy and paste the "old" embed code. I'll show you what you need to save from it.
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giftedhands
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Thanks Krazy.
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