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A theory I have for why people dropped out of snowboarding is that they primarily did it when they were younger for the social aspect of it, not necessarily because they were personally stoked on the sport. My brother skied for a long time but stepped away from it. Kind of coincided with him going to college and his ski buddies from back home spread out and didn't go as much. I think that the kind of people that stick with the sport long term are the kind of people that can do it alone. I think it's safe to say that everyone here on PASR has been up to the mountain solo and had an awesome time. Obviously it's awesome to hit up the mountain with a bunch of awesome people, and occasionally bbq and drink beer with them there, but it's not a prerequisite for getting out there and shredding.

Halfpipes used to be awesome. I remember being 13 or 14 and getting super stoked to go to Camelback because they had a halfpipe and Montage didn't. By the time I was 17 I realized that I had never once been in a well maintained pipe and it was tough to ride a misshapen crusty ditch and I lost complete interest. I get the feeling that the drop in the park scene around here in PA is directly related to the downfall of snowboarding. You can see it all over. Fewer young kids on boards, less of a selection when you go to shops. Last Sunday I rode the lift with a guy and his little daughter, both on snowboards. I feel like this is where the next generation is coming from, shredding parents getting tiny little boards for their kids, not the hoards of teens getting snowboards for Christmas like when I was coming up. Totally a wild guess, but I'm getting the feeling that kids nowadays aren't really into hucking themselves down a mountain on their own anymore. There are 10,000 things to watch on the internet and TV now so the novelty of seeing the X games or something like that isn't striking a chord like it did for my generation and making kids want to get out and try snowboarding.

Pretty much everyone I started snowboarding with back in the day has completely dropped off the mountain.

Thursday night for me.

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Seriously amazing day. Yesterday is what it's all about. Good dudes, great grilling, sunshine, and awesome snow. Also serious hats off to Enjoralas. Man you have some serious skills. Very thankful and impressed.

I could bring a table too, I just need to track down my caution tape before I commit to it.

I'll bring a bottle of Champagne and I'll probably get a growler filled over the weekend. Also maybe bacon? Unless there are too many people who are Kosher.

I monitor that pH daily anyway so it wasn't much of a burden.

Last time I looked on WebMD it told me I had Aspirin poisoning.

Thats what I was seeing. I feel like early afternoon will be the time it starts piling up.

Hopefully both. What time do you guys think will be the sweet spot to be up at Blue tomorrow?

Work is being lenient with "working from home" tomorrow. Hoping the roads are bad enough to avoid the office but good enough to get up to Blue

Most warehouses are, but yeah Amazon is the worst.

it's dumping like crazy in Blue Bell. Lights flickered twice already and a big tree branch already slammed into the window. Gonna be leaving soon.

Looks Killer. Can't wait to read the report.

I never bought a beer at Blue either. I used to drink at the bar at Montage every now and then though.

I'll be up Sunday.

We had a 6 disc CD changer hooked up to our gigantic wood paneled stereo system from the 70s. When I was a kid the TV was wood paneled too.

I had it on CD, I guess my parents were progressive like that. I had some cassettes but this wasn't one of them.

What was the answer? My guess is Titanic, though my second choice would be a soundtrack I owned, Space Jam.

I could probably do Saturday. I'm supposed to go to Scranton that Saturday for a Parade Day Party, so I could potentially do Gaper Day then head North, or maybe skip the party all together. We all know the shenanigans in the lot would be more fun than hanging out in Scranton.

I'll be there on Sunday. The 8 Seconds at the top and the 14 seconds at the bottom add up when these guys cruise through the VIP gates so I rarely get more than one run at a time with the whole crew haha.

I enjoyed Main Street last time I was on it. I second the question from Sally, what makes it sketchy?

Gonna check the weather and hopefully get a night session one day this week.