Johnny Law

I wanted to post that too but it had no bigger message for the thread, except don't get molested. I had a season pass at Bear for years, its a good little mtn. Everyone there tries to do the absolute best they can do, sometimes mother nature fucks them in the ass sometimes she doesn't. Whatever its PA......the biggest bull shiter is Elk, its like VT but in PA !!!! Except its nothing like VT, buddies running knee deep blower off Madona at Smuggs on Sunday, meanwhile at Elk its disco dirt and marketing.

Hahaha I forgot about the liquor store problem, I think you can get shitty beer at the gas station at the bottom of the hill. Dudes are going to want to party and its gonna be piss water and lunchables.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0CYJNw9YJQ

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2012/12/03/summit-series-buys-powder-mountain-to-create-entrepreneur-community/ Summit is ok, bunch of rich douches who like to really party it up. Disregard whatever bullshit is presented above they will change the place but probably less than they would want. As long as Powder is still incorporated in Eden the town will never vote them the water rights necessary for major development. Still going to be interesting, I really wish some mega rich dude would buy that place and simply leave it the fuck alone.

This is actually right, the problem is they have way too much debt in relation to revenue. Lots and lots of ski areas have or had made this mistake. You load up on debt because banks will lend it to you because you have collateral, you figure with all the improvements you'll get lots of new money to cover your increased debt load. Then inevitably shit happens like opening your water park two seasons late or whatever and now although you still have that same core group of customers you can't make ends meet because your debt load is so high. So they restructured their debt and kicked the can a couple months, the underlying problem is still the same too much debt. If you made me guess they will end up selling it to a group of peeps who can get a debt write down, they smartly will realize they need to be careful with financing and the place will be one of those middle of the road sleeper deals. There is nothing wrong with that, if I have to go to Southern VT, I go Magic rather than Bromley. Money does not equal good skiing.

We should change it then, I love everyone you are all unique little snowflakes. lol

I don't know how its spelled but here are the french phrases I know, I have spelled them exactly like they are pronounced. Ah Putan - Oh Fuck Putan Merde - kinda like Fuck Shit but I don't think it directly translates Schuss walabiet put - Suck my dick bitch Onie Va - Lets go Enjoy the travels dude, Massif is cool because it looks like your going to ski into a giant lake, Mt St Anne is near Quebec City if a remember right. I don't know your status but if you have a significant other take them along and go to the historical section of Quebec city, spend some money and he or she will be naked before you get back to the hotel. That town is a real panty dropper. Also the Chateau Frontenac is there which is kinda like a castle, bitches love castles.......

Do it, I wasn't around for the first shit show so I'd love to see a round 2.

Not nearly enough hate........ lol

Aliens Loon....now that is a name I have not heard in a long time....nice dude

Shandy I believe started in Germany or England and was shit you ordered for the teen age boys when they went to the pub for the first time. LOL If I wanted lemonade I'd drink a god damn lemonade, German shandy's use sparkling lemonade and holy shit are they tart. What the fuck were we talking about again.....

Nice dude good to see you back up, your going to end up a full time Mainiac. Its like hotel California up there you can never leave.

Not trying to be a dick but can we all agree we understand its weather permitting. Is there anything we do that isn't weather permitting ? Hey guys the Yellowstone super caldera just erupted.....so when do you think Bear will open.

Now that's drinking beers, no pussy shandy's or shit wheat beers with fruit. lol Big stouts and IPA's......outside of the Pliney's Two Hearted is probably the best IPA in the country.

Cocky is probably the right word for most of this crowd, they start at 8....back in the day maybe but I really like my knees and appreciate them now. That said they are pretty much indestructible, still see lots of dudes running the older GEZE toe and besides the little half moon pieces you can't really break them assuming you have relatively normal skills. x2 on njoypow, stick around dude people who can talk shit are always appreciated

If anybody has interest in a machine let me know, my buddy has two bigger Wintersteiger stone machines. It would be about $400 freight which is actually a pretty fucking good deal. Hit me up and I can get you in contact with him if you have interest.

Its got to be quiet, the kind of quiet when there is lots of snow around and little wind. No sun, rather that weirdish early morning grey and cold, low teens. Now the real key, diamond dust, the kind where barely perceptible tendrils of wind suspend bits of snow in the air. All your peeps are around but there's not much talking everyone knows the deal, there is electricity in the air, everyone contemplative of the possibilities. Then you drop, effortless, you can feel the energy building up in the ski, little roll of the feet and bam the perfect first turn, snow just fucking everywhere, rolling up and under your helmet. The turn where you can feel everything all coming together, the weather, all the everyday shit of life, millions of people all working together to make skiing possible, all the hundreds of muscle's firing in perfect order and the pow bounce is on. No time for thinking, the thinking part of the brain is asleep just doing, just being. Then you get to the bottom and its the legitimate big fat smiles all around, nobody needs to say shit everyone understands, the silence is like reverence to the extremely delicate nature of the experience. That's what makes a perfect run, the specifics are all bullshit if the other shit isn't right. I've had terrible runs in Mineral Basin to Pali and I've had all time only thing I remember when I have Alzheimer's runs on 20 degree 800 vert pow pastures that run into the parking lot.

Royersford

That is behind my uncles machine shop in rofo, its three phase so I would have to get an electrician out to run shit to my house so for the time being we just use it there. I have some good friends who run some shops and one told me at the end of last year they were going to scrap some machines they pretty much never used. Buddy called me and my cousin a few months back and said if we paid 300$ to get it freighted it was ours, done deal. Its older but pretty much unused, the belts didn't even have wax on them, with a little TLC fucker runs great. Base work is stupid simple now we just have to figure out how to sharpen edges, it came with this guide plate but it doesn't work as well as we would like. Think we are going to rig up a spring system. Excellent pick up. EDIT: I'm a dumbass and uploaded a microscopic picture

So far so good, patience is the key early season. Too much cold now and not enough later... the EC is a fickle little bitch so I'd gladly exchange some Nov warmness for a sustained January.

Montana machine Will try to post some pictures, pretty much up and running as of last night. Now we can base grind, edge work, base weld, sidewall fix etc etc. Now all I gotta do is get a rotto cork, my skis won't know what the fuck is up previous to this endeavour they got a tune once every 5 years unless I dry docked them and then it was throw down some ptex and roll out.

Love it dude, living the dream...well the dream has a helicopter but that's not really relevant.

I can do Nov 2

Good luck dude, hopefully they can get it turned around. I admit to being one of the big your fucked people and you are fucked but I hope by some miracle things turn around and you guys stay open. Chapter 11 can be good if its done correctly.

This, plus they weigh terrain equally with the off hill services like daycare and whatnot. For many people that is not a equal conversion but that's why DV scores so high....they do have very nice off hill shit and when it snows your fighting like 10 peeps for snow. Still small flat hill with alot of attitude.