telus last year was the first time i had ever

been to whistler... or bc for that matter.  i had a great time and made some great friends... (and maybe some who are a bit more than friends!)  basically, i had a great time...

 

 

 

this year, i was a little worried that it wouldn't live up to last year.  lucky for me, it was a great festival.  it was quite different than last

year but in no way worse.  got to meet some great new people, saw some members i hadn't had a chance to see for a long time, plus a couple friends from ontario were able to come out and visit and enjoy the ski and snowboard festival...

 

 

the riding was great... i was worried because last year, the conditions were great... i mean really... who expects powder days in april?.. surely not an ontario kid... now that i've had them two years in a row, i'd have to say its almost common! 

yeah.. nice powder...

 

this year, there wasn't the same parties... wasn't the same night sccene with the photo comps, all the different bar nights and such, but we all managed to have a great time pretty much every night anyway... at the begininning, it was obvious that i hadn't been drinking much lately... had a rough next morning (when i didn't make it up the mountain without having to stop and uneat my breakfast at the mid-point of the gondola ride)... but by the end, i was quite capable of holding my own amongst some of the drinkers... still don't want to come near a jagar bomb in the near future though...

 

 

 

this year a few people weren't able to make it (rawstylus, board-stupid, robvalentine, lakia, coco, poser, barry, etc...) but a few new ones were able to make an appearance.  it was great to finally get to meet a few of the regulars who i had been eagerly awaiting meeting. (cusano, meggo, reachben, mowgli, matti_non_swede, cp_safety,  pink_daizy, et all...)

 

 

 

 

so to all who were there, thanks for the memories, or loss thereof.. and to those not there... what the hell are you waiting for?

 

 

 

cheers to everyone that was there!!!!  and alright fine... even to those who weren't...  already looking forward to next year.

 

 

Edit:  as a note to some (tom!) two of those pics were from last year... showing a couple things that were different... 1) kendra and i just friends, and 2) going to the photo comp with mo and kendra... there ya go!