Skiing BS Thread

Back in my racing days, I loved it when a boarder would run into me. We wear thick hard shin guards, our poles have hand cover guards (great for punching), and our race suits had big thick pads in them, all of this to protect you from hitting the gates at 50+ mph. Well, imagine it being like a suit of armor. I had a snowboarder come ride into the course while I was racing, cut right in front of me. I couldn't stop/slow down, and I was going about 45 mph. I had no choice but to hit him, or risk going into the trees. I hunkered down, charged up, and when he hit me, I gave it all I got. Just like hitting someone in football. The kid ended up with a broken collar bone, a concussion, 3 missing teeth, a voided season pass for violating posted signs, and a ticket for riding drunk. Oh, and I broke his snowboard bindings. I rolled a few times, but skied away from it. So, all in all, it was pretty fun. Stupid kid.

 

colin, those are some great moves in the park! even if the conditions and terrain couldn've been better this time of year - it's better than work!

 

my cousin just was in colorado for an extended weekend to ride because tahoe hasn't got sh!t...so i took him down to silverton to show him some real snow!

so keep your fingers crossed for some major dumpage before your trip...

 

Thanks man, and you got that right, poor conditions over work any day.

 

So I finally skied out west! I was in Utah for 3 days and spend a day at Snowbasin! It was freakin awesome! My wife and I are considering a move to Utah when she graduates, can't wait to get back out there again.

 

glad to hear it! hope they had some snow and terrain open... i've never skiied snowbasin, but it looks pretty good on their trail map..

 

OK I'll be honest....My wife is a beginner. I went to buy tiks and the lady said you can buy an int ticket for about $30 each and that gets you these few lifts. It was already 1030 so I said sure, Ill upgrade if I want. Those few lifts offered about the same if not better than anything Ive skied in PA or WV, and the conditions I would say would be an avg to good day at 7 springs PA. I was fine with it. I would have loved to ski more, but ill be back again. I love Snowbasin, super friendly staff, service was top notch, lodge and bathrooms were worth visiting alone, and the food was great. All in all a great day spent with the wife.

 

I hope mammoth has some snow next month I am praying for some snow

 

Come up north. We are getting some good conditions up here.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWYUczIJt3k&feature=player_embedded

 

can i go to alta now?

 

hmm,... i see two planks, ...so, yes, you can!

 

i've been to lake louise and sunshine village, ....never been to kicking horse,... how does it compare?...

 

awesome! glad you both enjoyed it! i'm living vicariously through all of you on this thread, since i'm not in the snow...

 

Oh god not a splitboard... I've seen too many idiots come into the backcountry ski shop I worked at who wanted to rent a voile splitboard to use in the resort. Such a bad idea...

 

good enough for me

in the resorts?

maybe they were going BC but played it off for insurance purposes?

 

lol technology -1.

 

I have heard many stories of people going to Alta and the other 2 with splitboards, usually doesn't seem to turn out good

 

No they rented them here in Laramie from the ski shop I worked at, then took them up to our local area Snowy Range to use them. I even saw them up there using them.

 

Sunshine and Louise have more acres but Kicking Horse has more vertical feet at 3880 feet. They have all are pretty good and I usually go to Louise becuase its closer. Fernie is still my favorite as it always has a ton of snow and still close.

If you do decide to come up here I would recomend the above mentioned and look into also Revelstoke, Big White and White Water. I have not been to these three but have had great reviews from those who have gone there. There are plenty of awesome smaller ski hills as well.