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Next up, a flock of bactrians and a few dromedaries. Could someone warn us of the day the release the Asps though, I don't think I want to be there for that one.

So clutch......

Did the patroller grabbing you happen in the lodge or on the snow? The story suggests on the slope, but last time I checked there weren't a whole lot of cameras on mainline.

I have a wig left over from halloween......

My $0.02 on this issue. Why not throw some more rails in there? I was looking at some of the pics of the park from CB's website and it looks empty. This would solve a lot of issues. First of all more features, especially side by sides, creates less traffic on them. If half the people hit the left rail, and half hit the right, then you've got half as much rutting to deal with. This would also make more people happy. I understand that LG is the "Progression Park", but having 3 or 4 ride on rails isn't progressing anyone anywhere. All the jibhonks here would love a huge battleship or an urban set up, but I understand why you wouldn't put it in there. Why not go for something just a little bigger then? A good example of this is the Freedom Park at Boulder. I don't want to start a comparison thing here, but even just one box like they have in that park would go a long way. A long flat box, maybe 1-2 feet off the ground, with a little gap to it. This would allow a simple medium for people to start learning gap on moves before they graduate to Rhodo, and will keep the more advanced riders happy as well. I don't think anyone on here would be opposed to a nice smooth box to get tech on. Well theres my 2/100 of a dollar. Who knows if it will change anything, and it really doesn't affect me all that much because I don't go to CB a whole lot anymore (too expensive for a day ticket), but it kills me to see a mountain with more than enough capital having a bad little park "because eventually we'll have a big one!"

Thats really creepy TP4 Back to the clear cutting though. When I was up there for opening day there weren't any trees between the trails, but there were enough rocks, stumps and pipes to keep me out of there. Are they planning on opening that area up for skiing/riding this season? If they do they're gonna need a ton of snow to get above all that stuff.

This free ticket thing sounds promising, it may make the drive worthwhile. I may be there now, it kind of depends on what the scene is like here next weekend.

I agree 100%. You showed me the light that is the on snow Waffle Haus

Thats why I think it would actually work at Boulder if they went all park. Its hard to find a trail there that I would actually want to ride for the fun of it, especially anything to skiers left of Merry Widow.

So the jist of the matter is that ski areas and other big companies work on a kind of "free nights and weekends" plan?

Whats up with Montage/sno and C boxes. The first box they ever had was a C and now they're putting in 4? Seems like overkill if you ask me.

Hey I understand its tough with little kids, but ski, you've got to adress Ty's gaper gap issue. Personally I find that one more offensive than the other headgear.

Thanks a lot method. I'm replacing a 2001 Burton Floater. They don't make them anymore. I'm definately in the market for a new one now. I'm looking for something that I can play with in the park, but will still hold its own in the trees and steeps. Here comes the death blow though, I wear a size 12 boot so I guess it'll have to be a wide board.

There is no way I would go all the way out west and just watch people ride. Its like the old carrot on a string, but you're the one holding the stick.

Totally right, you would think Doug was on Blue's payroll for the amount of plugs he's giving the boot. No one else brags that much about their mountains. (even when they are 10 times better than your boy blue)

I would imagine its mostly because of your first point stever. Its marketing. To a person from the city who has been there one or 2 times, and especially for the one that hasn't been there at all, they want to see a lot of trails. I think thats why CB is more popular with the tourists than with us (aside from all the other reasons, but no need to bring them back up here). When someone is planning their ski vacation, they look at a bunch of places, and then decide on the one with the "most" trails. You can probobly cut camelback's trail count almost in half if you took a trail as one route top to bottom, but having more means you look good on a brochure, or online. There isn't a mountain around that isn't guilty of it.

I was there. Great time, rain wasn't too bad. And then it happened....... Around 12:15 I was unstrapping from the bottom of Merry Widow and going to head over to Freedom. I look at the nose of my board and its completely blown out. The edge was bent out, sidewall blown, and a solid inch of base was missing. I'm freaking out now and hoping that it just happened on the wallride at the bottom and i was only on the snow for a few seconds afterwards. (I really can't think of anything else my nose would have been even close to except the wallride). So I go into the repair/rental area and confirm that my board is indeed done for the night. The guy gives me tape and I tape up the hole so no more moisture would get in. I go put the board in the car and then go back to the snow. My friend felt bad, but didn't want to leave just yet so I said he should just go on without me. He then suggested that I go try to grab a rental board. I wasn't about to drop the cash for a rental, but maybe the people in the shop would feel bad for me. So I go in and ask as nicely as possible if I could just take out a rental for the next hour or so. The guy that hooked me up with the tape was there and a few other people. As soon as I asked this fat lady in there just started shaking her head and kept telling me I had to go and pay for a rental and then come back. The tape guy agreed. So I'm walking back out and I'm on the snow chilling and waiting for my friend to come down. A few minutes later the guy from in the shop comes out and comes up to me. He said that the fat lady was the boss so he couldn't do anything with her there, but she just left and he was going to hook me up! So I go in with him and he hooks me up real quick with a board and boots. I run out real quick so the fat lady didn't see either of us. So I spent the second half of the night cruising around on a terrible rental, but at least it was a board. I couldn't thank the guy in the shop enough, and he referred me to Mike and Matt's to get my board fixed. The night with the rental wasn't all that bad. I didn't feel solid enough on it to try to jump, but it was really soft so I had a lot of fun on the rails. I got some funny looks when I showed up on Freedom the first time and the stupid step ins wern't working right for me. It took me entirely too long to get into them.

Any particular reason?

I absolutely can't stand anyone telling me to slow down on my board. Thats a lot of the fun of the sport is to be able to fly down a slope. Why should I slow myself and have less fun just because there are other people around that may not be quite as good as I am. Its kind of like "no child left behind", the smarter or better have to suffer because of people that are behind the curve. The place for learning and going slow is the bunny slope. Once you graduate to the rest of the hill you've on your own. I love ripping down smooth cruisers, just because you decided to head off the bunny too ealry doesn't mean I should suffer.

If its just trail quality then Sno is your best bet at this point. They're slightly lacking in ammenities (the food court is in a tent), but the restaurant looks pretty nice. The North Face is unlike any other area of blacks in the Poconos. Everything down there is steep. Cannonball is one of the most fun trails in the world, very steep, but not dangerously so. I love to rip down that one(some great air if you jump the headwalls). The double blacks are unbeatable in terms of quality. Depending on how long they're open before you get there, possibly some great bump runs down there too.

Correct me if I'm wrong on this one. I can go for the sunday night special for $20, then at 9 upgrade the ticket for $10. So I can go from 4pm to 3 am with an hours break for $30?

spot check

That was the first thing I thought of when i started down whistler yesterday. Definately my best Montage memory too. That was such a fun night. I'm gonna be headin back to school on monday, but this season has just started, we've got to ride a few times before its over.

I was up there today from 12-530, and then I went back at 730 til 10. I've got a bunch of pics so I'll put them up tomorrow. I'd definately call it a good day. There were some nice jumps on Whistler, and I hit that foam bonk thing once. The "powder" on skiers right of whistler was just incredible. Another huge plus was that the only ice on the entire mountain was in people's drinks.

I'll be there. Tan pants, tan/red jacket, red goggles. I'll start off wearing my red helmet with a PASR sticker on the back.