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Been shredding as often as I can, assuming conditions are at least OK.  I refuse to ride on ice and crap this season.

 

So yesterday it started snowing around 11AM.  High temp of 7° yesterday, so snow was very light and dry compared to typical MN snowfall.  I was kicking myself in the ass for not coming prepped to leave from work, but I knew I had domestic responsibilities with my wife gone a few days.  As I left work, i knew I needed to ride the freshies, so I busted ass to get my errands done.

 

What was usually a 20 minute trip to Afotn turned out to be 70 minutes courtesy of dipshi*ts doing 20mph on the multi-lane interstates.  As soon as I got on the regular highways I easily did 55 with no issues.  I got to Afton about 6:10, ans on the slopes by 6:30.  Hardly anyone was there!  Even better, those that were there had crappy wax jobs and/or didn't know how to ride in fresh snow!  Most were in the chalets :)  I had free-reign!  Snow was slow in the flats, but no issues if you pumped your legs to build speed.  Soft and easy to cut!  Best night at Afton I have had in nearly 2 years!  No groomers out to ruin the fresh stuff either :)

 

The only draw-back was the cold.  I was warm and had to open vents to dump heat, but sitting on a snowcovered chair caused it to melt, then freeze to my legs and ass on my next run.  This took it's toll ad required 2 pitstops to the chalet for a Rusty Nail.  I lost about 45 minutes of riding, meaning I only got a little over 2 hours on the slopes.  I made the most of it, shedding like a mad man and possing people left and right (the few that were out there).  One skier was keeping up with me....or should I say I was keeping up with him?  I had to strap and unstrap afterall, and we were always 1 chair apart.  Most times I would get 2+ runs in before others made it down, and I like to lay some deep lines.

 

So, all in all, Afton is doing pretty damn good.  They are 95% open now with good coverage.  More snow in the forecast on Thursday night and Friday AM, so hoping this will be a great winter!

 

-B

 

EDIT: forgot to mention I started ordering new gear yesterday....boots and board are coming already, but the bindings are awaiting new stock and I was told the website will be updated in 1-2 days.  I'll post pics once it all arrives!

Dear child, they're asking us to move
I watched her taking off her shoe
(Let the shore tide take you in, let the shore tide in)
Unwary i'm not quite rusty yet
This could be obvious to you
(Let the shore tide take you in, let the shore tide in) 
In this short time we've been setting up

 

I've bee trying to reach you, but my extension cord
wouldn't reach that far
(Now you've lost your chance)
I've been patiently waiting
The indicator light is flashing on
(Now you've lost you're chance)

 

Dear sleeper you could've had the better bed
I loved to watch the way you grew
We're out, we're out the door
We're out, we're out the door
In this short time we've been setting up

 

I've been trying to reach your but your extension cord
doesn't reach that far
(Doesn't Reach that far)
(Reach that far)

I've been patiently waiting
the indicator light is flashing on
Is Flashing on
Flashing on

 

In this coma, sleepless dancing
We've been trying now

I've been trying to reach you but
your extension cord couldn't reach that far
couldn't reach that far
reach that far
I've been desperately waiting
the indicator light is flashing off
its flashing off
flashing off

 

 

 

Just posting some bs cuz i'm bored. Glad to be back on snowboard.com again, it's great for killin' time.

ok so this blog is gonna be like, 2 blogs in 1 cuz i don't want to make 2 different ones

 

omg so i went up to turkey sale right after school friday with riley and we went and i got like brand new boots and bindings for like hella cheap and riley got leopard coloured crowbars for 100 dollars and i saw tom kato and it was probably like, the highlight of my day....and now i'm really excited to go riding

 

 

Flavor Country Premier

We walked on glass all day long< with eyes rolled back.

It came with smiles, it came with gestures, and it came with motives.

 

Investing flowers in one hand and a blade in the other,

This is between me and this blade, and my heart.

Distributing rusty knives in these countless attractive letters,

with a directional diagram of a guilty heat.

"Insert knife here."

Lack of thought on this subject has attested catastrophic.

Come one, come all, introduce knife to heart.

With our eyes rolled back.

alright well this is my first ever blog so don't be critical...

 

   so anyways me and my friend jared braverman (canadian1st or something like that) went up with wvsc to ride in the coc park (which was pretty freaking smurftastic!!).

   first day we all met in the morning it was me, him, joe, rob, oli, gage, brian, hajime, and little shredder trevor (that almost rhymes) and then henry and his friend zander joined us at lunch. ya it was a pretty sweet first day we got to try all the different hits and jibs...some memorable stuff were the 40ft boxes, the 32x16ft nomis dancefloor box, that down flat, and also that weird flat down at the bottom....pretty sick park if u ask me. later that day me and jared got to chill in the village for some zogs for dinner (jared ate a whole 20 piece mcnugget meal, pussing lip and all)... i speant about 3 and a half hours of some h-core tech-decking, challenging all of the random guys who came in and out of showcase (its true ask jared he wanted to leave after 15 minutes or morgan who was working at the time)...ya on the second day we met...i was a bit less tired...and we went up with the same crew (with the exception of hajime because he hurt his back? and henry and zander who had to peace it back to the city) and then jared had a wicked sunburn, so bad that his lips started pussing (EEEEEEWWWWWWWW) and we got to head up fairly early. in the morning before we headed up, rob was nice enough to bring everyone some pretty cool little sticker packs. unfornutaely in the afternoon jared pulled a knot in his lower back so he had to take it easy for the afternoon...we all pretty much chilled in the side handrail section. they had a really nice green shotgun rail sloped down a bit which i really wanted to hit but i never got a chance... o well, atleast i hit it during the season (its the same shotgun that was set up in the whistler park with the step up to the flat pad to the rail...)

   so anyways on the third day we met in the morning again but this time, there was no oli! instead morgan came up and then we got to meet a pretty sweet guy named rusty and i got to interview him on the three chairs and the bus and we saw some cool animals(a bear by the pipe, a deer droppin a deuce and then a little gopher guy just chillin while we were on the bus) and he was also pretty freaking amazing hes gonna also give me his free nomis xxl hoodie and his '07 carty bindings. we're currently bff's so yai'm pretty sure i like him ALMOST as much as tom!(not quite as much, toms something else!) ya we switched gloves for a while, kuz hes such a nice guy. unfortunately i had to leave at like 11.30 to make it home so i never had a chance to showcase my cab 9s to rusty and throw down a train behind him when he pulls off his 270 on to switch-up 180 to nose slide to back 270 off on the fatty 40 footer boxes...and first hit at that...wow that guys a god. o and also watching him pull of 1440 spins on the big nomis box.... wow...speechless...... 

   it was also hella tight to be able to check out all the pros there like tj shneider and dennis bannock doing some crazy stuff like handplants on the tall and narrow wall ride...pretty crazy...anyways it took like an hour and a half to write this so i'm gonna peace it soon...just wish me luck for my first ever tech deck comp at showcase soon! i'm so good w/e but i'll have to catch up with u later....

 

[maybe my next blog will be about the td comp!!!]

 

peace!

   -ryan