snooooooooooooowboarding (Read 351585 times)

slackline · January 28, 2009, 01:59:13 pm

Quality pics Lagers

SA Chris · January 28, 2009, 02:14:01 pm

Quote from: lagerstarfish on January 27, 2009, 11:12:33 pm

Glen Plake abbed down that rock slab to the right in The Blizzard Of Ahhs - soft twat.

You actually look like Cookie the Swede. Can hear Propaganda soundtrack already!

(PS I have Blizzard of Aaahs on DVD if anyone want to copy).

lagerstarfish · January 28, 2009, 05:52:49 pm

Check out my home made touring kit. Used a couple of hinges from a hardware shop to fix my old bindings (sans highbacks) to some sawn off skis, scrounged some old skins and cut them to length and shaped a block of wood to wedge between boot and binding to act as a heel raiser.

Mont Maudit or M B du Tacul

lagerstarfish · January 28, 2009, 06:08:32 pm

Fuck me I've had a good life!

SA Chris · January 28, 2009, 06:10:04 pm

Good effort actually stopping for powder pics. I can normally never be hooped.

lagerstarfish · January 28, 2009, 06:14:05 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on January 28, 2009, 06:10:04 pm

Good effort actually stopping for powder pics. I can normally never be hooped.

We were having such an awesome season (ticklist completed and repeated in first month) that we thought we'd better get some pics. As you know, there are never any pictures taken on the best days coz you're too busy having fun.

lagerstarfish · January 28, 2009, 06:31:14 pm

Casty getting to the top of the Grande Autannes (sp?). That's the top chairlift at Le Tour waaaay down in the background - doesn't it look flat?

This one is a little off topic, but I was on my board. This is Rick on the lower slopes (45⁰) of the north face of the Col du Plan below the steep abseil section. The top slope was in mint condition and even going over a small 'shrund part way down was pure joy. It gets 55⁰ in some guides, but in deep stable snow it felt like 40⁰. This lower bit was well crusty with icy sections lower down - check out the chute debris in the picture.
The skis that Rick is using are the ones I found in a bin when looking to make my touring set up, but they were better than his so we swapped. That boy has skills.

SA Chris · January 29, 2009, 08:22:57 am

What board was "Casty" riding? Base looks distinctly like my old Burton Air.

lagerstarfish · January 29, 2009, 09:29:19 am

Quote from: SA Chris on January 29, 2009, 08:22:57 am

What board was "Casty" riding? Base looks distinctly like my old Burton Air.

I think it might have been a Burton Craig Kelly Air, although he did have another slightly shorter Air

SA Chris · January 29, 2009, 12:22:05 pm

I sometimes think I should get mine to a shop and get it fixed, but the blown out edge is probably unrepairable. And it would probably feel like shit compared to newer boards (esp my Baron 167)

tlr · February 03, 2009, 12:37:04 am

Cracking pictures indeed Lagers.

We are currently in Park City Utah. Fantastic snow for the first 4 days (about 30 inches or more). The last few days have been clear blue, and no more snow forecast unfortunately - sounds like the UK is the place to be for snow.

Saw the World Mogul Champs and Aerial Champs the other night - all rather impressive. Also experienced Superbowl Sunday yesterday, which was pretty good fun in a beery kind of way.

Off to the hot tub with a beer now.

Paul B · February 03, 2009, 12:57:00 am

Is that pic from park city? I swore I recognized it but then told myself to stop being such a fool. There are two runs off that lift if I remember correctly and somewhere to buy coffee at the bottom, a tiny hut. I only remember this so well as it was my Uncles 50th the night before and he was chucking up green stuff whilst I enjoyed the best powder I'd ever experienced. The pocket rockets on my feet (for once that fortnight) were great fun!

Paul B · February 03, 2009, 12:58:00 am

Sorry for the double post, are you trying out any other resorts? Snowbird and Alta were amazing but if anyones on a board the latter is out of the question.

tlr · February 03, 2009, 01:42:40 am

Picture is from the top lift in Park City called Jupiter, it just accesses double diamond areas, some by a short hike. No coffee shop at the bottom though.

Been to Park City, Canyons and Deer Valley so far. Off to Snowbird or Alta on Wednesday. We are all skiing, so no worries there. Deer Valley doesn't allow snowboarders either, but its not that great so they aren't missing much.

I can't believe how many of the chairlifts don't have safety bars! Seems odd in such a litigious society.

Paul B · February 03, 2009, 12:35:16 pm

Ah k... I liked Park City but it wasn't the best we visited. The lack of safety is insane! a measly little chain on some really high lifts.
I think we did:
Park City - a little busy
Deer Valley - expensive
Canyons - a litte small
Snowbird - amazing
Alta - amazing
Snowbasin - some fairly grand lodges left over the olympics, massive four way fires and huge wooden columns.

tlr · February 03, 2009, 05:42:28 pm

Park City certainly isn't busy at the moment. Apart from the weekend we have literally skiied straight onto every single lift, its been great. Most of the time we are the only people on a slope.

This is supposed to be the quiet time though, it must get a lot busier.

Top lift on Canyons (99-90) is good, rest of the resort is nothing too special.

Johnny Brown · February 03, 2009, 05:58:09 pm

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The lack of safety is insane! a measly little chain on some really high lifts.

Have you considered making this fascination with Health and Safety into a career Paul? Seriously, from the guys I meet it seems a fuckin easy life if you're that way inclined...

Seen a few snowboards being carried up through the parks in Sheff this evening. Apparently there is a kicker up and running in Hathersage too...

Norton Sharley · February 03, 2009, 06:33:25 pm

Paul, I hear there are even places where you can jump off cliffs and things

. You can even spin whilst dropping. Outrageously dangerous imho.

cofe · February 03, 2009, 07:02:46 pm

not snowboarding but fuck it. saw some bits from this ski vid at the weekend. some seriously jawdropping footage. check this fella's first jump. the opening sequence has the final countdown as the music. that takes fucking balls.

apparently travis rice has just made a snowboard vid with a $6m budget. shit.

tlr. that looks rubbish. i'm not jealous. no sir.

Johnny Brown · February 03, 2009, 07:07:45 pm

Shit dog. I thought he was going to pull out a BASE rig at the top of that first jump.

When is someone going to film me on Deliverance from a helicopter?

cofe · February 03, 2009, 07:14:42 pm

Quote from: Johnny Brown on February 03, 2009, 07:07:45 pm

Shit dog. I thought he was going to pull out a BASE rig at the top of that first jump.

When is someone going to film me on Deliverance from a helicopter?

his first jump is stylish as fuck. wasn't sharma filmed on Jumbo Love from a chopper?

the travis rice one is 'That's it, That's all':

apparently most of it is shot in 35mm. some seriously stunning cinematography.

cofe · February 03, 2009, 10:15:43 pm

cofe · February 10, 2009, 07:51:15 pm

anyone got any tips for websites to get boarding holidays for 'fuck all'. i seem to have exhausted my resources.

SA Chris · February 16, 2009, 10:18:18 am

Quote from: cofe on February 10, 2009, 07:51:15 pm

anyone got any tips for websites to get boarding holidays for 'fuck all'. i seem to have exhausted my resources.

http://www.ukcompetitions.com/holidays.html

Had good Whistler trip. Base not that great, but had a couple of storms of a bout a foot each. Then went Cat skiing at Powder Mountain, now ruined for resort skiing for life. Pics to follow.

tlr · February 16, 2009, 11:04:29 am

Quote from: SA Chris on February 16, 2009, 10:18:18 am

Then went Cat skiing at Powder Mountain, now ruined for resort skiing for life. Pics to follow.

You're not wrong. I've had some fantastic off piste holidays, but I do find it really hard now to be arsed to go skiing on 3 day old pistes, especially when anything steep is mogulled to buggery.

Lift accessed powder is fantastic, but usually very shortlived unless its actually dumping whilst you are skiing.

I am seriously thing that next year might have to be 10 days cat skiing somewhere. It'd be expensive, but if I only have 10 days skiing instead of 3 weeks then costs should be comparable.....