johnnypowder

for what it's worth, i understand that Neptune prefers making half pipes without digging dirt. i was told by Sno mgmt last year when they were blowing all the snow for the 22' pipe that Neptune liked having the flexibility of "moving" the pipe as they cut it and not being limited by the dirt hole.

It's this Saturday!

Buckman's Ski and Snowboard Shops presents the 2008 Bonfire Snowboarding Fall Movie Tour for it's exclusive East Coast appearance! Sponsored by Bonfire, Salomon, K2, Dakine, Big Boulder Park, and Temple Univ Snowboarding Club. An Annual Benefit for Boarding for Breast Cancer. ($5 donation requested) Movies, Prizes, DJ's, Giveaways All ages welcome! Saturday, November 8th 7pm - ?? Fox and Hound Pub & Grille 211 Mall Blvd King of Prussia, PA 19406 (1st movie will start by 7:30pm) About The Movies: Overseas by Pirates Productions http://www.pirate-movie-production.com/ Pirates Productions have produced high quality 16 mm films since 2003. The strong following the crew has in Europe is a testament to the caliber of films that they make. This year, they bring their game

Yep, looks like NC wins! from Saminfo.com ------------ MID-ATLANTIC RESORTS FIRE UP SNOWMAKING October 27, 2008 SAM Magazine

from Killington's e-newsletter "The Drift" - ---- GREETINGS DRIFTERS! Seven inches of snow fell on top of Killington Peak Tuesday night (10/22) and into Wednesday (10/23) and more on the way for next week. Check out the freshies on the photo gallery. http://www.killington.com/winter/the_mount...ry/daily_photos ---- it's all around us!

this week through Sat the 18th is also Buckman's Pre-Season Sale (Tent Sale & Swap). we have received a lot of consignment items so some great deals are to be had. Tents are at Montgomeryville, King of Prussia and Reading.

Hey, Want to hit Camelback this season but not planning on buying a pass? Buckman's has an exclusive new item from Camelback called the Triple Ticket Card. For $79 you get a card which is valid for 3 open - close lift tickets to Camelback. (Good ANY day except MLK weekend and President's Weekend.) That's only $26 for a lift ticket. "Triple Ticket Card: The card retails for $79.00 per card and it will give the user 3 lift tickets good throughout the 2008-2009 winter season, with the exception of MLK weekend and Presidents Weekends. The Triple Ticket Card offers up to 50% savings over the retail day lift ticket prices. The card is easy to use, go to any ticket window at Camelback Mountain Resort hand the card to the ticket clerk, the card will be swiped and out comes an open-to-close lift ticket for the day. Please note the card can only be redeemed for one ticket per day. The Triple Ticket Card is non-refundable and non-transferrable, and it is only valid for the 2008-2009 season." You can only buy the Triple Ticket Card in Buckman's stores now through 12/13. Not available online. Offer is gone after 12/13/08.

If Liberty University tries it, I am sure others will follow! ------------------------ FALWELL

shame you two don't live closer to each other, you could just trade houses!

Not that anybody really cares but Rich Wiseman just landed as President of Bromley, VT. AND the guy who was President even took a "demotion" so that Rich could step in. ---------------- BROMLEY SHUFFLES EXECUTIVE DECK May 2, 2008 SAM Magazine

don't think it's a "Memorial" as in he died so he's being honored. think it's a "Memorial Day" event as in the national holiday that it is being held close to.

I'm there (here) now. Got 4" new snow last night. 160+ trails open. A little warm in the afternoon but really good spring conditions. Chevy Open going on at Bear Mtn.

Looks like Peak Resorts is entering the New England pass wars: ----------- March 10, 2008 SAM Magazine

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Elk knew going in that their last 2 Winterfest dates wouldn't have demos. The February 1st date was the last day of the SIA Vegas show. I know we sold tickets to that date and clearly advertised that there would be NO demos. The February 29th date was the last day of the Edison, NJ show. If all the reps are tied up at shows then they can't be at Elk doing demos. The only demos left in the region are Shop Employee only demos. If you really want to try next year's gear head to a demo center up north or wait until next December.

Oh yeah, here are the results: Grommet 1st - Austin Lamoreaux (#111) 2nd - Justin Colletti (#102) 3rd - Jake Orzech (#106) Female 1st - Christine Shurilla (#123) 2nd - Jackie Kling (#110) 3rd - Stephanie Beaudry (#108) Open Skier 1st - Kevin Thomas (#91) 2nd - Teddy Kling (#81) 3rd - Ben Faturos (#85) Open Snowboard: 1st - Thomas Weiss (#11) 2nd - Emory Callison (#59) 3rd - Matt Busedu (#49)

Hey, here are some photos. Most were taken by Mike Estes from the top of the ramp. They are pretty small since they were from his phone. More will start to surface by next week. Thanks to everyone who came out. Every time we do this it will continue to improve. Pencil in the same weekend next year - 2/21/09 - for our 3rd Annual Rail Jam.

Hey, just wanted to pass along that now is the time to save big money in the shops. We are doing a Buy 1 get 2nd for $1 sale on all apparel. (of course 2nd item is of equal or lessor value) Grab a new parka or pants and get the 2nd item for $1. go into next season with brand new stuff. Don't need 2 items? Bring a friend and each get 1 item then split the cost. Don't have any friends? then take 30% off a single item. All our gear is on sale as well. It's March Clearance Time!!!!! just in case you don't know where our shops are: King of Prussia Ardmore Montgomeryville Doylestown West Lawn (Reading) stores are open 10a-9p M-F and 10a-5p Sat. CLOSED Sun.

The biggest Cardboard Derby will be Friday the 29th at Jack Frost. It's the Preston and Steve (WMMR) Cardboard Box Derby! you can find video on wmmr.com of theirs. Don't even think you need a lift ticket because they do it on their tubing hill.

Check out the photos at this other topic

Ok, here's the deal - First, check out the gallery with photos from set up today. The course is side by side flat/down and up/down finishing with a mini wall (the black Red Bull feature). Competitor Check in is at 1pm Practice is 1:30-2:30pm Competitor meeting 2::45pm Qualifying Heats begin 3pm Pro Session approx 6:20pm Finals start 7pm Awards 8:45pm (all times approximate) Going to be a great time even if you aren't competing. Loads of giveaways. See you tomorrow!

Just be careful! Most resorts can invalidate the tickets if they find out they were re-sold. Anytime they give tickets/vouchers to ski clubs or other organizations as donations they clearly state that if they are sold they are void. since you didn't pay for them, why not spread the love and simply give them to someone or just let them expire.

Ok, just found out from Atomic that Ian went off on his own and booked a trip to the Nippon Open without telling Atomic. That said, they have booked Tim Durtschi instead. Tim had the opening segment of Poor Boyz movie this year plus a segment in Rage Films. for you boarders we also just confirmed David Audbry courtesy of Oakley. as we get closer to the event we are still working to finalize Pros. stay tuned!

Weekend/Holiday discount voucher for Sn

I was there this morning until about Noon and.... snow conditions were ok. typical sugar snow. if they get another night of blowing and grooming they will be good. It's just the curse of rain, cold temps then warm temps and a lot of people using the slopes. Don't get me wrong, they were in good shape overall. Just not ideal but who is at this point? BUT it was crazy crowded. The line to get into the rental shop was taking 2 hours. They had to extend the 4 hour lift ticket because everyone was spending 1/2 there ticket standing in line for rentals. The lift ticket line didn't really start to clear out until 11am and was probably taking 30-40mins to get a lift ticket. They were parking in the very first parking lots as you come in (the gravel ones) by about 10am. Amazingly the lift lines weren't that long (probably because everyone was standing in line to get rentals and lift tickets) but were on the increase. Get there early, park close, stake out a table, make some runs, don't eat during the peak times, wander into the bar and relax!