snowboard talk/BS

yup you got it , check for nicks, nacks, the bottom of the board for any excessive damage, if its a used board it will have some damage but shouldnt be too bad if the guy knew ho to take care of it.

 

im over here in Germany and gonna head to Switzerland and Austria to do some boarding sometime in the near future bus as of right now i have a trip scheduled for the states, ill make sure to post up pictures of the mountains and slopes

 

sweet man! and please do!

 

so far this is what my MWR (Morale Welfare and Recreation) organization has planned out

 

im gonna put in for a pass from my commander for the trip on the 9-11 in austria and check it out

 

omg. can i go? lol

 

yea man just come on over they take care of everything for you, transportation, hotel and all you do is pay for the trip and your lift tickets. they usually have trips on 4days to some really great mountains.

 

it snowing a little bit at my house.

 

lucky. its supposed to snow here tonight but i dont think it is going to anymore. Our local resort is going to start snowmaking tomorrow night though....they expect to be open on tuesday but i doubt it...its been way to warm here.

 

yeah it’s not sticking at my house. it’s 35*

 

damn. i think its in the 40s here right now...i hate this weather!

 

not bad. i kinda like it.

 

massanutten plans on opening tuesday! so excited. it will be a nice break from finals!

 

doing a practice chair evacuation on saturday

 

ober is making snow. so happy. yet so sad.

 

how does that work? like is it during regular hours?

 

we are not open for this one, so we have volunteers including the ski school go up in the chairs and we stop the lift. we have these guns that shoot ropes onto the chair line. after that we get them secured , and lower people down using this stick/harness thing. It's my first time doing it though so I don't know fully how it works.

 

oh okay. I was about to say...either way thats pretty cool. i never even really thought about what would happen if a lift stopped.

 

We have strict local protocols here in case of an event like that. It involves calling patrollers who aren't on duty at home to get them to go in. fire dept. comes on scene to aid us. and an ambulance is automatically dispatched to us.

 

when's Ober gatlinburg open up this year?