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Everything posted by Johnny Law
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Beards are awesome, gonna grow a yeard maybe but the wife isn't hot for dombledore so not sure about timing. Maybe when I'm 70 and my dick no longer works. Thread jack away
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Sister's pro form, haven't had them out yet, waiting on bindings but they are super light and way more comfortable than alpine boots.
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Good memory, my understanding is it kind of snowballed. Betsy started the ban really to deal with like 5 people and all the sudden lots of people were snowboarding before she really ever thought about it again. I think it will change, the co op will go belly up if they don't get snowmaking long term, Alta and DV will hold out for a long long time.
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Smoke....seriously it's the only positive of smoking, your brain adjusts your heart every time you light up so when you go somewhere high it's pretty much the same thing. Athletic young males get it the worst. Old people get it terrible, kids like everything else don't even seem to notice.
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There are lots of little things I don't like about Blue but I will give them credit in that their communications as of late have come early and clear. I may not like the message but at least they are communicating. Sorry about CB, that place is weird about stuff sometimes, due to the insane amount of peeps riding their I don't think they care as much about the individual customer.
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The funny thing is MRG was one of the first places boarders were allowed. Jake worked out of Londonderry and there was a small core of dudes riding the snurfer and later variants at MRG. A women whose name I can't remember owned MRG at the time, some snowboarders derailed the single chair and when confronted she felt they acted like assholes and put the snowboard ban in. The single chair has a very fast haul speed and she claimed they were unable to load properly Many years later it is now part of their identity, along with the no snowmaking and co-op deal. Legally the issue is 100% clear, snowboarding is not a protected class as such they can do whatever it is they want. From a business perspective it does make some sense though they aren't Deer Valley so how long this can last I don't know. The no snowmaking thing isn't going to last, eventually climate will dicatate at least a basic amount of snowmaking. IDK I don't like the idea of keeping a certain group out based on something as arbitrary as equipment however I do respect their right to do so. It's like the KKK or something, I wish they didn't exist, I hope people would not act in such a manner but I do support their right to speech and assembly.
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I was surprised how many people were there and how many of them were learning. Maybe 200 people, 50 of which were patrollers, nearly all of the rest were on rental equipment trying to learn on Paradise. This particular lady appeared to be a Mennonite, I used to see them at Bear alot and they were always in a dress, generally on the coldest day of the year. I would imagine they have quite the protective mat down their but I've never had the opportunity to investigate.
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Holy shit was it fast, nearly scary fast, like a wc course lots of speed with a little grip. Glacial in spots. Mostly newbs, one lady was in a dress..her vagina may never recover...because it was certainly mitten weather. Blowing pretty much everywhere. Temps were cold but fine, the wind however was unreal. The boot buckle gap felt like the chasm of Paris Hiltons vagina, I can now identify each stich in which the six year old in China didn't quite close on my pants. It was raw and brutal and I savored every moment.
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That's nuts and not conducive to a solution. We can fix nearly anything that doesn't violate fundamental laws of physics and nobody is even certain of that. Right now we don't care, the anti people are nearly all so because they don't want to care even though they know as a knowledge thing they are wrong. Their emotions are overriding the logic or knowledge part of their brain. We can fix this and most of the other things that we perceive as threatening (QFT vaccum state I believe we are fucked ) we just have to want to and we have to change the way we view certain things, primarily money. Money isn't real, it is a tool for use by humans, it can be anything we decide it is, to say something like we cannot fix X when X is a species survival thing because it's too expensive is beyond insane. Imagine trying to explain that to aliens....... Regardless post deep freeze we get a warm up and then it looks like back into the freezer.
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Around both poles a vortex forms every winter, basically nearly all the air moves in a west to east pattern in a giant circle around the poles. This pulls super cold air down from the upper atmosphere, the longer the vortex does it's thing the colder the air gets. GW or whatever you want to call it fucks with the jet stream and rossby waves, this introduces a wobble effect. Generally little bits of that air leak out into the mid latitudes and give us a quick blast of cold air. What happened this year is somewhat strange. Approx two weeks ago a historic sudden warming occurred in the stratosphere and this pretty much killed the polar oscillation or vortex, this heating fucks with the low that forms over the pole that all that air circulates around. Multiple vorticies then form and all this super cold air leaks out into the mid latitudes. Because the air is super cold it is also super dense which is part of the reason it doesn't mix well with the warmer mid lat air. From what climate persons can tell this years polar vortex is fucked, it probably won't heal until the usual destruction in spring which means our chances for super cold air are good. Additionally this plays into what's called a positive PNA, basically the jet stream, the large air stream moving west to east over the US and probably the biggest factor in weather, moves very high in the west but then plummets very far south over the Midwest and east coast. Generally north of the jet stream is cold and south is warm so this combined with a fucked AO and negative NAO means very good odds for cold air. This is good for snow sports certainly, this is the air that keeps the arctic cold so it's gonna work for snow and snow making. Before you get all boner city on this shit remind yourself that this is the only place you and every other thing in known existence has to live for what will likely be a very long time relative to humans. Your planet is acting very strange and thus you should be quite concerned about what the long term holds. That's certainly a downer so I'll end on this, the Bearing Sea rule has worked out pretty fucking well this year and that means a big honking Nor Easter should show up Jan 24-28 for the EC. No guarantees, this is weather after all and it could end up an Apps runner but are odds are the best in many years.
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Forgot about the bush, castlerock alone is worth the trip. MRG too but I think Kyle rides so that is a no go.
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Today was total boner city, buttery smooth and diamond dust for pa.....please god let this happen again soon.
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Nah got home yesterday, will be at blue tomorrow morning and then in DE for the weekend as my sister is flying up.
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Your not thinking of taking the Green Mtn Flyer from 30st or something.....that is a poor decision generally....... though you will have lots of time to contemplate alternatives if that is your method of transport to Rutland.
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In the process of a new touring setup. Technica Cochise Pro Light with Dynafit Mansaslu. Only bindings left, can't decide between Radical Speeds or Plum's, might not be worth the extra loot for the Plums.......gonna need new skins as the old one's are in a tree at Bennie's Brook..........
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The Beast !! First and foremost enjoy the experience, Killy gets a bad rap because it was too popular for it's own good but it is a very nice mtn, from an overall perspective top 5 on the EC. You will probably realize your skills while supreme for PA are short in VT, here you run out of hill before you can get dangerously mach looney that isn't the case in VT. This isn't a knock it's just something you deal with due to geography. A UT head can't ride VT ice, it doesn't mean they aren't a good skier it just means your good at what your used to. Start your day at either Ramshead or Skye Ship, nobody remembers Skye Ship exists so it's generally the least crowded of the lodges, if you don't have a car or something start at Ramshead. Only ride Ramshead for the groomer directly under the lift and only between the hours of 8am-9am and 3pm-4pm, noobs love this side so it gets crowded with idiots. Take a lap on that groomer and then ride the connector all the way over to the K1, get a waffle, peep those views from the peak, if you have time walk up the stairs and check out life from the top. Smoke, meditate, jerk off, whatever your deep thinking thing is and then rip a couple laps on the front blacks, don't forget Julio if it's open. Skip the bullshit on the now crowded K1 and ride Superstar lift, rip big arcs on Superstar and get your steep mogul game on Ovation. Take one more ride up Superstar lift but this time ride Great Eastern all the way to the bottom, it's the best trail in the EC but there's a catch. The first time you ride it you can't maintain enough speed because of all the various junctions and turns, learn them and then take Skye Ship up and do it again. This time ride it like a downhill course, always be carving, get mach looney and take the touchdown variation at the bottom. If you run a pure speed lap with big carves on every turn you will know why it's the best on the EC. Take Skyeship up to the top and run Beartrax to Bearclaw to Skyeburst, get mach looney. Run that lift one more time and run the Stash, keep you eyes peeled because shit is everywhere in their and you might miss a cool tree bonk or whatever. Run Bear Mtn Quad and work you mogul game on Outer Limits and Devil's Fiddle. Lastly work your way back to Snowdon and ride the Snowdon Poma, that shit is the best poma in the world, mofo launches your ass and then run Bunnybuster to mousetrap back to the transfer trail to Ramshead. Drink beer, if by some miracle you find Heady praise Jebus and savor that fucker because it truly is the best IPA in the world. When your done, skip the access road shit, the access road is for suckers and herbs from NY. It is the anomaly of the state, the restaurants suck though some of the gear stores are top fucking notch. Eat at Back Behind Saloon past Skyeship, or Table 24 in Rutvegas, the Palms is pretty decent too. If you must eat on the access road go to Pepino's or something decent. Ride your ass off, bell to bell shit and eat a muffin for lunch on the lift. Soak all that shit in because your gonna need it for when you get back to PA. Enjoy VT and stay awake for the drive, VT is weird in a most wonderful way, there are 1000 towns that are cool as shit that you are gonna want to go back to some day. Signage is poor get used to it. Get pancakes and enjoy real actual maple syrup, it's light years better than that corn shit we eat. Go back to VT and ride Magic, Sucide Six, Stowe, Smuggs, Burke, MCSB and Jay. Ignore Slowkemo, Stratton and Mt. Slow. If you have a girl stay in Burlington and eat at Trattoria Delia, get the Gnocchi as it is the best in the world, do church st and then hold her hair while she gives you the bj of your life. VT is a magical place, a strange respite from the rest of EC America, savor your time there. EDIT: Fuck forgot about Little Harry's..if you have a girl and want to put it in her butt and can't do Trattoria Delia in Burlington go to Little Harry's.
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I prolly posted this before and understand the hate but there are lots of places that don't even have bars. Alta is a prime example. The only scientific study of the subject found as many people fell off with the bar up as down. Children in particular tend to slip under fucking around or reaching for the bar. They are alot like seatbelts on an airplane. I dont care what you do with the bar as long as you dont drop that shit on my head. Which leads to the other ever popular fodder for ski forums helmets which is almost always self serving sanctimonius bullshit wrapped in a saftey flag. Riding the lift is like thing 20000000 on the list of shit to worry about....I mean I've seen a bunch of you fuckers drive lol
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Is cold in vt single digits but not too bad. 7" yesterday but stoked to get back to blue if it snows.
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This rain sucks hairy testicles.....
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I believe this trip had additional considerations hence the location.
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Maybe upper 20's but pitch is tough, I have a slopemeter I should bring it and find out. Tonight was good, Challenge was cookies but everything else was nice. All SEPA roads suck and will for some time, the state way under funded to among other things build lots of jails. They need to catch up to the tune of approx 9 billion dollars.
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It's because 99% of the people that ride at blue can't ride for dog shit. Exclude employees, racers and people you know, now count the number of people that can actually carve that you run across in a given day. Maybe a dozen, that means 99% cannot carve really at all. So you come out of the upper lodge and it's flat and wide enough that they feel ok moving a bit, then when the crest the hump there right in front of them is a trail that appears to fall off the face of the earth for a moment. Now they only have two skills, full out, which takes no skill because it simply means gravity works and full stop, throw the skis or board sideways. It's like Yoda says, control, control you must learn control. They cannot keep the board or skis moving to control their speed so they come in like a hot potato and then jam the breaks on so they can make the turn out onto Main St in a reasonable distance. If you have any reasonable amount of skill you'd skootch the top section before the roll over and then pocono shuffle your way down before making a decent skid turn at the bottom. 98% of peeps can't even do that. Watch people ride at blue, most make a full stop at every place you can't simply go straight. Lazy they stop at the top were you turn off Tut's, then they stop at the sweeping right before it splits into lower lazy or falls, they then also stop at the split. If they go falls they will stop at the top of falls and then proceed to flail there way down 100ft before heading back up the lift for another sick run. It's hilarious in some sense but most peeps can only go straight and if you only ride at Blue you can get away with that to some extent. It would be interesting to figure out why their clientele is so fucking retarded generally. Spring Mtn is a piece of shit with generally terrible riders but even there you don't see the kind of shit you see at blue, albeit the terrain is comparatively spicy.
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As of last night they can open pretty much anything they want. Razor's will take awhile to groom. Main St will probably take half a day or so. Sidewinder maybe this weekend if the groomers can put that much time in. I'll be there Sat morning and maybe Sunday if it doesn't rain.
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They have a heavy base down on pretty much everything excluding Switchback, Nightmare/Dreamweaver. Considering at least 30% of their snow ends up in the woods it's amazing how much snow they've put out.
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Nice root, XC is cool, some dudes in WV kill it on XC at Whitegrass.