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So the boys' dad took them up this weekend and I just got a call that my youngest fell 15 feet off the lift. This is his 5th season on skis and he knows how to get off a lift, but for some reason this season he is scooching his but up on the chair way too far and early. I have talked (and yelled) about it many times with him. I told his dad to say something to the race coach this weekend since he wasn't listening to me. He's fine, good thing we had a lot of fresh snow.

Give him a break, maybe he's a grower not a show-er

I'll be there with my boys. It would be nice if Melissa and Leslie would come. I still have yet to meet Melissa.

jfbb website has a reference to this thread in their blog.

Thanks

We got to boulder at 8:10am and had the place completely to ourselves until 10;30. It really started filling up at 11:30. We mostly stayed on th new beginner park on Tannanbaum, which is so boring for me since I won't try any of the rails. But my kids were having a blast on it. Lapped MittlI-weg a bunch of times. My son won a silver medal on that trail the other day at the mountain dew challenge. /shameless bragging mother rant. After a very inexperienced skiier came within a foot of taking me down on Bunny,s it was time to call it a day. Heading to Frost in an hour. I haven't slept in one day of this super long Christmas break. I may even blow off my son's ski team lessons tomorrow.

We'll prob go to boulder. We crapped out today due to the wind. I'm sitting at Split rock waterpark right now sweating my ass off in a turtleneck. My husband who does not ski agreed to come with us tomorrow and take a lesson. I'm happy he's gonna give it a try.

Back on topic...pretty sure we are going to Boulder. I'm very happy they built a beginner park this year. I could barely drag my son off of it yesterday.

Welcome, Heather. We are here a lot too. Mostly at frosrt on weekends because of the race team. I'll keep an eye out for you, maybe our kids can take some runs together.

Glad to hear they finally added a beginner park. We'll be at Frost again today but hopefully ride BB this week.

I like your pictures, Jeff. I wish I could make it to Stratton in that time. It takes me a solid 6. I'll be there in March, looking forward to it.

That makes sense, they were blowing snow underneath the lift. Any excuse not to blame it on my shitty ability.

I'm glad you said that, I thought it was just me. My son just wanted to keep lapping Expedition and Demattes demise so we had been taking the same lift all day. Then on about our 8th run when I put my board down to get off the lift I wasn't moving and it did feel like I was stuck. Then of course the chair kept moving and I fell pretty hard, slammed my tailbone (of course) and my head. Good thing I had a helmet on. My son fell also and when we got up he said he felt like his board was stuck in glue. It was embarrasing but I do feel pretty beat up today.

Thanks so much for helping my son out, Phillycore! My older son was riding very badly and I finally realized why. His feet grew so much they were hanging 3 inches over his board. I told my brother we were going to take a quick run over to mike and matts to get them adjusted. My brother is such a goofball I told him to meet Stephen @11 for lunch. Since we don't ususally go to frost I guess hwe was a bit unsure of himself. This is also the first I am hearing of this story. I also met lineskier18 who is a race coach for the little kids. I know he'd rather be training the bigger kids but he should take it as a compliment, not everyone can work with little kids. Posting from a blackberry is annoying.

Then you'll probably have my son, he's 8.

Which age group do you work with?

I would like to meet some new PASR'S. I have brown pants, light blue jacket, black helmet. My son has all black pants and jacket fur on the collar. We have only really been to Frost twice in the last two years so I am not too familiar with the terrain. I suspect we will not be riding East mountain, maybe by the end of the season. I'm sure my other son who will be in the race program will be zipping down it before I do.

Wait, the race team started this weekend? My son is signed up for that and they said it wasn't starting until the 13th because they wouldn't do it at BB. I love JFBB but they are lousy communicators.

Yeah, I thought I saw Jeff in Guest Services at 8am. I was just about to say something to him when I saw him getting a season pass photo taken. I said to myself, no that can't be Jeff. But then every time I saw him on the slopes he had a huge smile on his face. BB was fun Sat morning. No crowds at all until around noon when we left. We were planning on going Sunday but when I heard the freezing rain hitting the window of my bedroom, I reconsidered. Jr. Race program begins Dec 13 at Frost. I guess I'll be over there a lot this season.

Dec 13 projected opening. I called yesterday.

Its not listed on their website, hours only go till Fri. Do they open at 8 or 10?

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just won instantly. Also won last year and was able to use it. Thanks for the reminder Phillycore.

I broke my tailbone the first season I learned to snowboard. I fell a lot and didn't know how to stop so I would either fall to my knees or on my butt. Then I bought an AZZPAD which looks absolutely rediculous but helped a lot. Plus if you sit down to strap in it keeps your butt warm and dry. If someone had told me to invest in one when I started I'm sure it would have made a big difference. After almost 3 years I still can't kayak for more than an hour or take long car rides with out it bothering me. The first few times I go out this season I will wear it until I get my snowboard legs back. If you see me you can point and laugh.

All rain and insane wind in Avalon. Electric lines are down everywhere, debris all over the streets, saw a port-o pottie knocked down from the wind (yuk) and the flashing is coming off my roof (ahh). The bay almost looks like it has little waves.