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ChiRider Posts : 81 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 15, 2009 anyone have any idea what the first place too open up is in the midwest?

texfrost "Kum den" Posts : 1951 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 15, 2009 Normally a place up in the northern parts of Wisconsin lowers of UP Michigan.
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bernwern Posts : 1130 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 16, 2009 Not worth it for opening day....most resorts on the north shore need mother nature to cover, so you may as well wait for season to begin in earnest. If you want machine-made, some in WI open earlier than around the Twin-Cities metro, but usually Welch or Wild open first up here or sometimes even Buck Hill. -B
	Ride now, work later! All work and no play is totally missing the point.

wazzy53 Posts : 642 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 16, 2009 chi - probably closest you (assuming you are in chicago) would be Tyrol (most likely)
	"All you had to tell me was Haha good one or something like that."

ChiRider Posts : 81 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 16, 2009 yeah tyrol isnt anticipating opening till nov 19th...i cant wait another day let alone another month

ChiRider Posts : 81 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 16, 2009 yeah tyrol isnt anticipating opening till nov 19th...i cant wait another day let alone another month

texfrost "Kum den" Posts : 1951 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 18, 2009 Then I suggest you kill yourself, because your gona have to wait. If you can't wait, that is the only option. Good bye.
	Save water, Piss Outside Hey look....I can change my signature

bernwern Posts : 1130 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 19, 2009 If you can't wait, go buy a Freebord and find some hills nearby to shred. One of the few purchases I made this summer and I have not regretted it at all. Closest thing to snowboarding, plus limited/no travel required. Here's the link: www.freebord.com -B
	Ride now, work later! All work and no play is totally missing the point.

wazzy53 Posts : 642 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 19, 2009 No need to kill yourself THIS close to season...... Grab your buddy's pick up, a few shovels & head to the closest ice rink..... Never ridden a freebord before, but long boarding can definitly be fun to work on those turns...
	"All you had to tell me was Haha good one or something like that."

ChiRider Posts : 81 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 19, 2009 have you guys seen the banchi bungee or sumthing like that?

bernwern Posts : 1130 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 20, 2009 Posted by ChiRider have you guys seen the banchi bungee or sumthing like that? Is that the silly thing the urban riders use instead of a collapsable ramp? If so, I've heard of it, but I have no use for it as I am not an urban rider/jibber/park-rat. -B
	Ride now, work later! All work and no play is totally missing the point.

wazzy53 Posts : 642 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 20, 2009 I won one at a wakeboard event last month.... haven't even used it yet... banshee bungies....
	"All you had to tell me was Haha good one or something like that."

ChiRider Posts : 81 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 20, 2009 well if your from the midwest your kind of forced street ride. its the smartest invention ever.

bernwern Posts : 1130 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 20, 2009 You are not forced to...you choose the easy route. I've been in WI/MN for the past 19 seasons. I have yet to hit a single urban "session". I also avoid the parks at resorts around here, not just because of the crowd, but because of the shitty snow and shittier landings. You can find all kinds of fun if you are willing to hike it, or if you change your riding style. That and take trips out west :) -B
	Ride now, work later! All work and no play is totally missing the point.

texfrost "Kum den" Posts : 1951 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 20, 2009 I found me a new place to hike this summer. I'm pretty stoked over it. I can even to ledge drops and shit there. I'm so ready for it.
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ChiRider Posts : 81 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 21, 2009 where r u guys from?

texfrost "Kum den" Posts : 1951 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 21, 2009 I'm on the east side of the big lake...
	Save water, Piss Outside Hey look....I can change my signature

bernwern Posts : 1130 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 22, 2009 Eau Claire, WI originally. I am in the Twin Cities now...so about 2 hours west. We used to spend time in the summer/fall scouting places to hike. We would clear paths through the woods even to make riding easier and better when we got some crappy snow. Some of them were a bitch to get to, so we also built a lean-to with some dry wood in case we needed a place to warm up at or if someone got injured. Yes, we have been breathing and eating snowboarding for years :) -B
	Ride now, work later! All work and no play is totally missing the point.

wazzy53 Posts : 642 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 22, 2009 North IL/South WI region
	"All you had to tell me was Haha good one or something like that."

ChiRider Posts : 81 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 22, 2009 lucky..yeah im stuck in downtown chicago...so now do you see what i mean when i say im kind of forced to street ride... weekend resort is usually alpine valley..and we ocassionally take the 3 and half hour ride to chestnut or casecade.

bernwern Posts : 1130 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 22, 2009 Posted by ChiRider lucky..yeah im stuck in downtown chicago...so now do you see what i mean when i say im kind of forced to street ride... weekend resort is usually alpine valley..and we ocassionally take the 3 and half hour ride to chestnut or casecade. OK, I understand your current plight. You are listed as 22 on your profile, so maybe a student or a fresh grad with a new job? Either way, you don't sound like you are willing to relocate (like me...for the time being). So until you decide to make the leap to real mountains, learn to enjoy what you have around you! I have a 45 minute drive to Afton Alps from home, but only about 15 minutes from my work, so it could be worse. Start planning and budgeting for snow vacations only! Seriously, about 50% of my yearly discretionary budget gets blown on snowboarding (equiptment, passes, vacations, etc). Eventually you will either burn out, or you will get serious like some of us and make plans to move to the mountains. -B
	Ride now, work later! All work and no play is totally missing the point.

texfrost "Kum den" Posts : 1951 ONLINE	Posted on Oct 22, 2009 Posted by bernwern Posted by ChiRider lucky..yeah im stuck in downtown chicago...so now do you see what i mean when i say im kind of forced to street ride... weekend resort is usually alpine valley..and we ocassionally take the 3 and half hour ride to chestnut or casecade. OK, I understand your current plight. You are listed as 22 on your profile, so maybe a student or a fresh grad with a new job? Either way, you don't sound like you are willing to relocate (like me...for the time being). So until you decide to make the leap to real mountains, learn to enjoy what you have around you! I have a 45 minute drive to Afton Alps from home, but only about 15 minutes from my work, so it could be worse. Start planning and budgeting for snow vacations only! Seriously, about 50% of my yearly discretionary budget gets blown on snowboarding (equiptment, passes, vacations, etc). Eventually you will either burn out, or you will get serious like some of us and make plans to move to the mountains. -B I'm waiting for a girl friend to graduate. Reason being, she wants to move to real mountains with me. Got about 1.5 years, so I can save bank for a place when I or we move. We may be goin to New York for her to go to college to play Volleyball first. Though she has gotten some letters from Colleges in Washington as well. :) She'd rather go there.
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