Timeless

Ouch! That's one way to start your season.... Get well soon

Any time, already got mine.

One big thing with engineering here in the US is that it's recognised as a profession and paid as such. In England a well qualifed (and experienced) engineer could earn maybe $70k in telecoms, as little as $40k in some of the less demanding markets. It's easy to double that over here. When I was 21 (yes, many moons ago) I was the lead electrical designer for the oxygen generation system for the (then new) F-22 "raptor". I was paid less than $30k. Now I manage teams of engineers in a US telecom's company and even my tech's get paid more than that (even allowing for inflation).

That's awesome news. I assume you guys are just blowing piles at the moment, which trails are you blowing on?

Not quite 40 yet, maybe when you finish high school you'll be able to add and spell. Hope you have a great season too.

True I assume I missed your first grown up response then.... Interesting that you would make such a decision based on my being there given that you don't even know me.

Why? I started this thread on a positive note, I'm sure everyone local to CB is really stoked that they are firing up the guns. Find me one positive (or even neutral) thing Mr Shadows has said about CB in the last 6 months and I'll post a full apology.

They're going to make snow and be open in 2 weeks.

CB have just posted on their website that they are going to start blowing tonight, aiming for an "early december" opening.

That was his intention, to buy this instead of getting rentals, I'll point him towards a better solution.

It's not for me, I'm more than happy with my current stuff and I would only go upmarket from there. I was asked for an opinion at work and don't have any personal knowledge of their stuff so thought I'd ask those in the know. It's funny that they are owned by Huffy, my daughter had a Huffy bike with tassles on the end of the handlebars...

Anyone got any first hand experience or views on Lamar boards? They don't seem to rate very well in any magazine tests but I suspect that these are heavily advertiser biased.

My understanding was that's it's the liner that's "one-shot" not the shell. Once the foam has compressed once (as it's designed to do so your brain slows in a controlled manner) it's no good to do it again. Pro-tec has moved to a "multi impact" liner for most of it's range now. I had to replace my Giro Fuse this year after banging it hard on some rocks last season, I think it saved me a severe injury (punctured the shell in a couple of places). Giro offer a service to check your helmet after an accident but it seemed pretty obvious in this case so I didn't bother.

Hmmm where to start: Burma road: interesting but full of (slow) traffic. Paradise: flat, slow, full of idiots. Raceway: 30 yards long Chute? where is that? Switchback, Lazy Mile and Razors were good Sidewinder would have been OK if it wasn't full of park stuff You forgot mainstreet ( good, but short) and Challenge (good but felt the same as razors) Don't get me wrong, I really like riding at Blue and the new trail next year should make it even better. I don't smoke....

That's a pretty interesting site, some interesting information: Sullivan express (main quad by lodge at CB) only 671 ft Stevenson (by cliffy) only 797 ft Blue's main quad 1083 ft Shawnee aparently had a 970 ft lift installed even though they only claim 700ft vertical Shawnee's Tomahawk quad 671 ft (same as CB's ) So it would seem for vert freaks that Blue is the clear choice. Now if only they could learn how to make "un-lumpy" snow and make the runs more interesting they'd be a clear winner.

Will the PASR freestyle team enter?

That bit about Blue mountain sounded like Doug wrote it, the only thing missing was the phrase " mo-fo booters"

Unfortunately there is no mention of any new trails or lifts. It seems from the (very extensive) description in the magazine that the stevenson lift will be directly outside the hotel, as will the tubing park, so that pretty much defines it's position. The downsides I can see are: No more parking on the east side for acces to the stevenson unless you are staying at the Hotel. Increased traffic on the eastside of the mountain, especially early in the day when it's usually quieter. The upsides? As a local I can see none, unless the extra money it generates leads to more trails.

Given that CB have dates on the calendar through March 17th weekend, I can't see them closing earlier (or later) than that.

It's claiming it'll have "the biggest indoor waterpark in the poconos" so it'll be interesting to see how well Great Wolf will do, especially given their lack of success in their "feacal (sp?) matter" testing.

I picked up a CB magazine this morning while getting breakfast and there's a huge spread about a new hotel complex between the stevenson quad and the tubing park. Supposed to be up and running by Fall '08

OK, so to summarise: Buy smaller adult board Buy a larger kids board Buy a cheap board (no adult / kids choice) because she'll outgrow it in a year. Thanks for the input anyway, especially ForumYoungblood, as someone who's been riding a "too short" board for some time. The differences of opinion just about reflects my though process at the moment but as Glenn said I probably cant go too wrong with the quality of gear nowadays. Has anyone ever ridden a board that was too big for them? To the extent that they couldn't turn it or flex it properly?

My daughter will soon need a new board and she now falls into the range of either larger kid's boards or smaller womens boards (she's 11, 80lb's not sure how tall but a 138 board comes to the tip of her nose, size 5 boots). I want to get her the best fit for her riding (she's now 3rd season (30 days?) and very competent), but I'm concerned that a 138-141 womens board will be too stiff, long or heavy for her. The specified weight ranges on something like a Ride Vista is like 70-130lbs. On the other hand I dont want to buy another "kids" board and find she's over-powering it. Any small people out there riding bigger boards? Any recommendations?

That's a beautiful thing to see Looks like they might make their November 11th opening prediction come true.

Ever heard the expression "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth...." With this (and the PA scheme for 4th graders) the ski areas see it as a way of attracting future customers and they rely on the kids either needing rentals (not free) or at least coming with one / both parents (also not free)