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On 1/20/2024 at 3:50 PM, Barb said:
Is that the end of sneakys ? It's been a few years but big burn has so many full throttle runs. I'd say the freeway is my favorite as sneakys is always working one leg.
Iirc they tend to not groom whispering Jesse alot but that's super good if you can catch it groomed. My favorite lap was freeway across the bridge down to Alpine springs and then rip whatever of coffee pot, naked lady or lodgepole was groomed. That's like solid 10 mins at top speed of just arc arc arc with a billion places to get air especially on lunkerville. If you go back up and take turkey trot to elk camp and go sandy Park or the one under lift that's maybe the best set of fast flowly blue groomers in the US.
I'm super jelly, Highlands is my favorite but I skied Snowmass the most by far because it just has everything and their blue groomers are maybe the best anywhere, the design is just so perfect.
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Pretty much everyone in the house except mixil, maybe the best snow of the year. Main was just full on attack attack, lazy and dis too. Coming Soon is on repeat, ratty but superb grip. ROTD was Widow, midway, lower good midway is a rare treat.
Razors and NMDW go, a little disappointed not to see them blowing on switch, enjo said it first but that's them putting the money first. With the place packed to the rafters hard to argue they don't have the loot.
Last day for a bit with the Jackson crew, may you all be blessed with nipple deep titty sparkles, champagne and the imported strippers from Driggs.
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16 hours ago, momskeeztoo said:
I started skiing 20 years ago, and believe me, it was a lot more affordable then. You could always find a deal- Men’s day, woman’s day, buy one, get one, college discounts. It sure wasn’t anywhere near the price it is now.
I think what I hate most about modern skiing is they turned it so corporate, it's all a business for the most part. Most of the ogs who went out and had the vision to see a ski mtn weren't primarily interested in turning a profit and it shows. Vail decided let's see what the market will accept and bam its 200$ a person just for the ticket. The sport and culture of skiing would lose so much including its core soul if it's a rich person's only sport. I ski alot at DV and 95% of them are not skiers, they are there to be seen or to take pics for the gram and mostly truly because they see it as an status symbol of wealth. It's so lame and for 392822842 reasons the exact opposite of what it's all about.
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18 minutes ago, momskeeztoo said:
Still love watching Tom Wallisch. What style.
Way old but the still watch this, pure filth
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1 hour ago, indiggio said:
I forgot to add, early in the morning we saw a racer come down it, probably hit one of the groomer ditches and ate shite, yardsaling to the bottom.
Blue making Johnny Cash today!
They should have lots of loot for snow making then
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7 minutes ago, Schif said:
I may be wrong, but I heard somewhere it was intended to be mixed with moonshine.
That makes way more sense ! I know JD was close but it's a dry town and my gut said moonshine country. Plus the oj and strong flavor would really make the shine go down.
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27 minutes ago, Kyle said:
Mountain Dew and whiskey is my go to drink after summer round of golf. Something about it just hits the G spot of post activity refreshment
As far as I know its intended purpose was as a mixer for whiskey or bourbon, idk which, I was told it's called a pink panther.
When I went to dollywood I went by where it was invented but sadly there isn't anything mt dew there
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34 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
You’re at a mountain you drink Mountain Dew and you fist bump your homeys…we all have different tastes..I’d be surprised if VTMark was drinking a vanilla latte or Mute was having a mikes harder blue raspberry which I heard are delicious. Different slopes for different folks with an emphasis on stoke.
People really got after it in the 2” that fell yesterday. A ride up the OG six pack revealed lots of tracks on the MBike trails and sidewinder..people really got after it. One lift ride..on one of the corners of lower sidewinder a skier was eyeballing cutting the corner which is easy for us noob it’s intimidating and our chair and the one behind with Indiggio and slim and the bumpers were all like Send It…that’s the sort of thing that makes blue fun.
Also the runaway ski..I’m really surprised warren miller never filmed at Blue…no need to drive all the way to Hunter to film some B roll.
I bet vtmark got mad lattes at the gangbang
One day would be the jackpot of b roll, all the stuff off le chute alone but hot damn that ski was trucking. Normally I'm pro shenanigans but that's majorly uncool. Reason number 2929281849 to never stop moving at blue.
Yelling off the lift at people eyeing a line is a requisite I think, one to stoke them up but two to build tension for the peanut gallery until they actually go.
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22 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
What do you think about mogul skiers now doing aerials. Used to be that a good mogul skier from the Midwest with a few tricks up their sleeve like a daffy, spread eagle, backscratcher and helicopter could drive out to Squaw valley and meet up with other hot doggers and dominate the scene. Then Johnny Mosely came along and hosting the real world/road rules challenge selling fake Ray Bans..and then Sean White comes along, hate it or love it the underdog is on top..so I’m a fan..and Danny Kass straight out of jersey.
Mogul skiing is cool and I feel is alot more centered around actual skiing than aerials. Again it's impressive and requires lots of skill but it's more like diving in the winter.
A good mogul run is cool to watch and gets you stoked, even in the Olympics aerials are impressive but I feel no stoke to ski.
I skied with him years ago at Snowmass, he absolutely destroyed moguls like he's to the downhill ski before you can blink but not a big high speed carver guy.
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18 hours ago, DiMe said:
It's evolving. The male pros have become hard to watch. Competition went from style to regimented super strict olympic type training spinning to win to the point you can't even count the rotations on the tricks anymore. Air bag training and such has become almost a requirement. No longer can you be that grungy park rat from New Jersey or Rutland and climb the ranks like days of old.
New things have come to fruition like Natural Selections and such we can't really relate to on the East Coast. Female XGames and Olympics have become the ones to watch because you can still tell what tricks they're doing.
Rail Jams and that type of park and or events seem to have grown in popularity over the halfpipe and slopestyle days past.
Times have also changed where far more kids play on their phones and PCs than play outside. It seems to be making a bit of a come back though. Big Snow is a big boost to this region for the park scene. It will be interesting to see which direction it goes, going forward.
I still say the trick with the most steeze on skis is still a massive 180, I loved park skiing for like a decade, I still love to watch Casabon, Harlut etc etc but the spin to win stuff just screams aerials to me and that shit while very impressive is like the least cool thing ever. It's just diving with more hassle.
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2 hours ago, toast21602 said:
Snuck out yesterday after work while it was still snowing for some xc miles at Bethlehem municipal 9-hole golf course and some of the little league fields. Felt great getting in some movement on snow and xc boots don't hurt my foot anywhere near as much as downhill boots right now so that is a win. Maybe go out for an evening mile or two or possibly tomorrow while there is still some snow around. Gotta embrace it since last year wasn't feasible.
There were 3 other sets of tracks out there from what looks like the last snowstorm. Nice place to just cruise around.
That's sick xc stoke! Did you ever go out by leaser lake ? When I stop to pee I always think i should bring a rig and check it out.
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The snow today was calling to stay out and ski but the crowds made it impossible. So much would be improved if they just stood around elsewhere. Maybe instead of right in front of the corrals you moved over 20 ft but that's probably wishful thinking.
Upper main was a carpet just do whatever you want skiing mid was like wtf and lower was ok. Lazy and dis were very good but they get so slow in good snow.
Coming Soon the headwall still has primo grip but is still so ratty.
Major props to gss for the mtn dew, no one I know agrees but it's just hyper refreshing post ski and to beer Jesus for the double hook up. I'm going to have to gift you a domestic servant and one of the good ones from Indonesia to begin to return the favor.
I'm cautiously optimistic for tomorrow but another groom never hurts and hopefully everyone went today.
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I was in a line of 18 cars coming over the hill at 703, gonna be a samarai showdown
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11 minutes ago, DiMe said:
Not opposed but I certainly would not want to have to wait until tomorrow in the season for a park to play in.
I totally agree, it should be like 2nd in the rotation, Vista, main st and come around
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1 minute ago, DiMe said:
Said clip lol. Came off the FDF early but the cam got cut off onto the next box by a random pops bumped into camera man, then knocked into the tail of my board as I was going for the double barrel rail lol. All to dodge the features after cutting anyone approaching off lol, no respekt.
Mad props for navigation, that's like trying to slide rails on the OC boardwalk
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27 minutes ago, DiMe said:
I cant disagree but options are limited with terrain available. They only did the upper school hill lastvyear because the new 6 pack wasnt ready but that is a pretty steezy option considering you can hot lap it up there with the carpet. Despite the cluster Barbs Way has been on the busy days; it has truly been enjoyable on quiet weekdays and its builds have been very progression minded. I tip my hat.
Just keep it on Come around, then you have a dedicated run and there is plenty of space to hike a rail or you can just run the goofy ass Vista chair.
Add in Lower Side and what used to be the half pipe trail but keep whatever its called open to go to the lift
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They should be able to adjust it for you in like 5 mins. Basically read the values and adjust the screws but then you know your golden too.
Pivots are always a little weird but I've never heard of boot gloves effecting them. The screws can't be adjusted with the heal down so its not like you can do it by accident either.
Old Soli bindings had a forward pressure screw on the wings that would back out over time so all the sudden you couldn't stay in but I've never heard of them getting tighter though that kinda makes sense for pivots as forward pressure is never as straightforward as lots of other bindings.
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43 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
When blue first opened a terrain park, it was called a snowboard park and I believe snowboarders only.
It was the first year, they would always be yelling at me and my cousin and threatening to pull our passes. We would explain it to them endlessly and show them our park skis and shit but they had zero clue and just kept repeating the rule.
In all the things I've seen at blue that was the dumbest, 99% of people at that time had zero clue and would just case the shit out of every table top.
Truthfully I had only learned a bit before that from some like 7 year old kid who threw down at Mt snow when they left the x games parks open to the public.
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16 hours ago, momskeeztoo said:
Nice! Did you get bindings? And I have a question about the Look Pivots if anyone has an answer. Bought them last year at Blue and had them mounted there early this season. Unfortunately, the people I trusted there to work on my stuff are gone. Anyhow, the one is really hard to get my boot in. All the DIN settings are the same. I don’t think it’s the boot, because it does it on either foot.
Your forward pressure is too high, flip both heels up and using a big Phillips or number 20 pozi if you have one, turn the screws on the arms left. You can see them move and there is little markings on the arms to keep it even.
As you go around you'll feel it turn 1/4 or whatever at a time. I would start at 2 or 3 turns on both sides and test.
You can theoretically get one full size out of the arms but only if it was mounted on the extremes of the arm adjustment otherwise it's more like half
The way to know with pivots is the gap between the heal piece and the boot heal.
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On 1/13/2024 at 7:37 PM, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
@tarponhead stayed at the Ramada Inn in Whitehall which has recently been renovated. The hookers don’t come with the room. I think there’s still a comedy club there. But that’s where I’d stay…a shame blue no longer has ski and stay packages with local hotels. Back in the 90s they had ski and stay packages starting at $69 per person per day double occupancy not including taxes.
That's the one right at 22 and MacArthur? Since I was a kid I always wanted to say there, the comedy club looks trashy AF I bet it's a great time
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Rode this morning with AS, JfDan and nick. Roads are way too clean so kinda busy first thing.
Maybe an inch at blue or more, there is 3 or so in the ding so I'd imagine there is more on the way for blue.
Conditions as you would expect are mostly excellent, lazy and dis are set it and forget it though lazy is a little slow.
Coming Soon the headwall again was a bit ratty but super grip to let them run some.
Upper main is very good though as you move down it gets firmer and more washboardy.
I didn't ski Widow after yesterday but JF said it still needs more time.
They hadn't finished pushing razors so none of that was open.
Blowing on NMDW, le chute and maybe Challenge though I only saw the top gun on.
Tomorow should be le tits assuming it isn't overrun by front platers and all of Delco.
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4 hours ago, C1erArt said:
I worked in an outdoor sulfuric acid plant just south of the Bayway refinery in Elizabeth NJ for several years. Talk about miserable work in the winter. One time we had to put 240 volts on our 120 heat tracing to keep everything from freezing.
More recently worked at a turbine power plant just south of Butte, MT. New plant, well insulated.
I wondered if the new stuff was generally better protected, honestly I didn't believe them at first when they told me so much of it is outside and not even like in an enclosure.
I can't imagine an sulfuric acid plant in the winter, some of those places look straight out of Soviet Era Russia
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4 hours ago, mbike-ski said:
Was only there once, need to get back. Niko and I rode with Indiggio and son on a boot deep day and had a hoot. I remember it was the first "big" day on the new hip and I was skiing a little tentatively, decided to break off after lunch and cruise with the girls. After a run or two Mrs SnoBunski was done so her friend Jan, who is a long time Alta skier and knows the mountain like the back of her hand, took me on a magic tour. I knew it was going to be good on the lift when she asked if I minded a few rocky traverses, lol.
Major props, I think I would go to DV or PC on a new hip
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Rode this morning c1er in the house but he was too fast on rasins and I could never catch him.
I pretty much went up to ski rasins, it looked primo from the lift yesterday and I hadn't ridden it at all.
First chair I was alone and with no AS out front to give me a preview I stuck to 90% speed but about half way down I realized it was straight butter and let them go.
It was so nice to open them up a bit and make endless plunging arcs in what was 9/10 razors. I rode that 4 or 5 times in a row but everyone else had the same idea and it got too crowded for speed runs.
Lazy was most excellent, coming soon is exactly the same, ratty headwall but primo grip.
Sadly the blew and were blowing on upper main so that was far more scrambley then the weekend but still smaller cookies so medium rippage.
Not surprised but sad to see no action on switch or side, they were blowing the yellow fans, upper main and the first headwall on challenge.
Maybe the biggest news I met the dude sleeping in his car. Eric from Maryland he stays at the AT lot as blue wouldn't let him live in theirs. Hyper stoked to ski blue, so much I had to re think my general bitching about all the dumb stuff they do. He was aware of our group and came up to me from my bright clothing but good dude with an interesting story.