i am going skiing/snowboarding for the first time at wintergreen w/ some friends for the day. i used to skateboard when i was younger, i know how to water ski and wakeboard (not well, but i know how).

i really want to snowboard but i don't want to spend the whole day learning and falling down and not being able to have fun. i'm not really interested in the terrain park too much (although that could change when i get there ?).

my brother has tried snowboarding, skiing, and those short snowblade ski things. he recommened the snowblades b/c they're easier but you can't go as fast as someone on normal skis.

which of the 3 should i go with? any other tips?

1/14/2008 3:04:31 PM

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"i really want to snowboard but i don't want to spend the whole day learning and falling down and not being able to have fun"

yea its going to take you more than a day to learn to snowboard, you will spend your first week learning and falling down

1/14/2008 7:30:47 PM

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"I fucking HATE weathermen! Weather Channel this morning said 6-8 inches tonight and then 1-2 tomorrow morning. Now they say 1-2 inches and flurries tomorrow. Fucking hell "

yea tell me about it.

1/14/2008 9:20:26 PM

if you plan on coming back often I would try snowboarding

if your friends are any good you will probably get left (on purpose or by accident) unless they are really really patient all day long

otherwise i would do snowblades

1/14/2008 10:48:15 PM

w00t!!! I'm headed to Snowshoe tonight to snowboard Wednesday and Thursday. They should actually be getting snow too!!!

1/15/2008 7:23:06 AM

^^my bf (Fumbler) has been once, 10 years ago, and will be moving slowly. i don't know about the skill level of the ppl we're going with, but i think one of them is pretty slow too.

i think i'll go snowblades, if those aren't available i'll go for the snowboard.

1/15/2008 8:21:19 AM

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"Ohhh my man wants to take me to West Virginia this weekend... I am sooo excited cause we're suppose to get a deuce-load of snow! "

i'll be up there. leaving Friday morning and staying through Monday. we rented this huge house (sleeps 20, pool table, fooseball table, air hockey, poker table, hot tub) right on the slopes. it should be rowdy!!

other then that i have a trip planned for squaw valley at lake tahoe in late january. i can't wait for that!!

1/15/2008 9:47:32 AM

YIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPE! Im going snowboarding in Wyoming for spring break!

1/16/2008 4:10:02 PM

sweet. where?

1/16/2008 7:12:57 PM

2 days until i get to try out my new gear at big bear. i think i'm going to take 2 trips to mammoth this year. we've got 1 already planned for 2 weeks from tomorrow, but we might do another 4 weekends later.

1/16/2008 7:21:21 PM

sparky: what house @ Snowshoe did you rent? where did you find out about it? Is it listed online?

1/16/2008 9:39:16 PM

^^^^ although...why did you pick WY for a spring break ski trip?

I skiied Park City one year for spring break...I figured you'd wanna go ski somewhere with more places to drink, party, and get properly boned, since it's still spring break--even if it's not at the beach.

1/17/2008 1:49:58 PM

ANYBODY GOING ON ANY TRIPS SOON???

1/17/2008 2:34:26 PM

darius_iss@yahoo.com is going i heard

1/17/2008 2:38:04 PM

Maybe Mt. Hood this weekend, or maybe Stevens Pass, or Mt Baker again.

if I could find anyone to go to Whistler, I'd go there.

1/17/2008 11:02:54 PM

Wonderful snow at Snowshoe yesterday, but I broke both my wrists

1/18/2008 2:47:00 PM

im going to Jackson Hole. Going during spring break bc thats when i have off from school, durh, and one of my best friends is a manager at the four seasons and she said it slows down in march. She said that most ppl dont normally think the mountain will be good for skiing then so people dont come.

Im stoked!

1/18/2008 3:08:22 PM

i'm moving to south lake tahoe in a week, should be awesome, i hope to go riding a ton.

1/18/2008 3:19:18 PM

Nice... I try and get down there 2 or 3 times a month in winter to hit up Heavenly... with school though, it's not looking likely I'll be able to until March

1/18/2008 3:21:42 PM

had such a good time yesterday at big bear mountain (southern california). probably the best experience i've had there. never waited in line more than a minute or so, everything was open, my new ski gear worked perfect. can't wait for mammoth in a couple weeks now.

1/19/2008 5:53:43 PM

^^^i would totally run myself broke between the snowboarding and gambling. took me like 4 months so pay off my trip there ~2 yrs ago

1/19/2008 5:56:26 PM

sugar was nuts today....made my first run around 7:45 a.m. sun was still rising and the lights were on . figured id get out there and get as much good snow as i could before the families wrecked shop. as predicted, by about 12 it turned into a circus. tom terrific and whoopdedoo were both open with whoopdedoo having some of the best snow ive ever seen on it early in the morning. naturally by about 11 it was an ice sheet. still a solid day overall. terrain park still m.i.a....then again...its sugar mtn.
stopped at a supermarket parking lot on the way back and filled the truck bed to the brim with snow in hopes of settin up a couple hits on some local rails tomorrow in raleighwood. please keep snowing. off to the bball game...lets go pack.

on another note: spring break in park city area is looking more promising than ever. wooooooot

1/19/2008 6:31:41 PM

^^well, i'm moving there for poker so......but yea i'm gonna try to get a part-time job at sierra or something to try to score a free lift ticket, but if not season passes aren't that much.


well i mean poker is one of the reasons, obviously there are a ton of other reasons to move there too.

[Edited on January 19, 2008 at 6:34 PM. Reason : fgd]

1/19/2008 6:33:20 PM

Goddammit, we'd planned on skiing Stevens Pass today. My roommate dragged ass worse than a woman and had us leave the house 30-45 minutes late...then when we stopped at the sporting goods store for him to buy a pair of snowboard boots, he took like 20-30 minutes looking for a pair (which he should've done the night before, anyway).

Then we drove about an hour up to meet another friend of ours on the way. We were supposed to meet him at the AT&T store, where he was taking care of a billing problem. Well, what he told us would take 10 minutes ended up taking 45.

At that point, I said "Fuck it, it's stupid to even go at this point", so we ate lunch and drove an hour back home.

Now my roommate wants to sit on his ass and watch football tomorrow. My other roommate is down in Oregon skiing Mt Hood. Nobody else wants to or can go...

So, I've been off work since Friday morning and don't have to go back until Tuesday, and I'll still only get to ski ONE fucking day out of this weekend (on top of the fact that I was already a little irritated because we'd been talking about going to Whistler this weekend, then people backed out).







more proof positive that snowboarders are slower than shit at just about everything, then fuck it up half the time anyway.

[Edited on January 20, 2008 at 2:12 AM. Reason : asdfads]

1/20/2008 2:11:05 AM

Went out to Mt Baker again today...totally clear, not a cloud in the sky! that's almost unheard of there--usually it's overcast, flat light, can't see shit (and often snowing).

Slopes were well groomed (first time I've really seen that there, too), but there were some slightly icy spots since they somehow haven't had snow in a few days.


I only fell twice today, but one of them was the mother of all yard sales. I lost my hat, goggles, both skis, both poles, and unbuckled one of my boots. It was tumbling, sometimes airborne, flailing trip down the mountain for 100-200 yards. Not good.

1/21/2008 10:32:31 PM

for those of you that hit up the mountains west of denver (breck, arapahoe, keystone, etc) where did you get your best deal on a lift ticket?

1/22/2008 12:44:40 PM

They have discount lift ticket coupons (usually will get you a ticket for around $45-50 instead of the usual $82) in the entertainment books in the area, and people often sell the individual lift ticket coupons for a few bucks on ebay.

example:

http://tinyurl.com/2ed84a




[Edited on January 22, 2008 at 12:57 PM. Reason : Indians outjew jews on a regular basis]

1/22/2008 12:56:25 PM

not bad

the best deal ive come up against so far is $234 for 3 of 5 days, which is exactly what i need...and its the pass that lets you do keystone, breck and a-basin, plus one day at either vail or BC if you so choose

and thats basically exactly what i need....so to have it all bundled like that for $234 is not bad...that's pickup in person though, the next best deal is like $250 online ordering

1/22/2008 1:01:51 PM

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" I only fell twice today, but one of them was the mother of all yard sales. I lost my hat, goggles, both skis, both poles, and unbuckled one of my boots. It was tumbling, sometimes airborne, flailing trip down the mountain for 100-200 yards. Not good."

lol, I love getting those on video when I'm riding up the ski lift (cruel, I know) -- glad you're alright!

1/22/2008 7:11:22 PM

^^^^ Alta was cheap last time I was in SLC, if you end up going to UT instead of CO...and if you're not a filthy snowboarder.

^ haha, yeah, I was pretty close to the lift. usually you get laughed at or heckled from the lift, but this must've been a really good spill--people from the lift yelled down to ask if I was ok!

1/22/2008 7:45:13 PM

Yay for snowboarding!

1/22/2008 10:54:46 PM

holy crap!



josh - lk and I will be visiting megan and ingle in portland the 8th - 11th (feb) - not sure exactly when we are going to Mt. Hood just yet


we'll be sticking to the green slopes

1/22/2008 11:27:45 PM

dude, i didn't know ingle lived in portland

my roommate went down to Hood this weekend

1/23/2008 12:29:32 AM

will anyone be going this weekend?

1/23/2008 1:58:00 AM

yeah

prob either Stevens Pass or Crystal Mountain

1/23/2008 2:11:32 AM

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"for those of you that hit up the mountains west of denver (breck, arapahoe, keystone, etc) where did you get your best deal on a lift ticket?"

I usually go to Winter Park, but you can get the best deal on lift tickets if you can find the "Four Pass". It's basically a pass for any four days of skiing they sell in grocery stores, etc. in the area, and works at several of those areas. I have had someone I know in the area pick one up, gotten one off of ebay, and this year bought one from a local ski shop (local in Virginia, not Raleigh). You may want to search online for them.

1/23/2008 6:47:41 AM

Just got back from Brighton.

I think I could live in Salt Lake City.

and I might.




[Edited on January 25, 2008 at 11:55 PM. Reason : .]

1/25/2008 11:54:55 PM

too many mormans

1/26/2008 12:40:17 AM

...back to Stevens Pass in the morning

1/26/2008 1:40:40 AM

you must be going broke on lift tickets bro!

1/26/2008 2:12:20 AM

eh, it's only about $30-35/day...Mt Baker and Stevens Pass are fairly cheap, and then I get a military discount.

Today I bought a ticket from a dude on his way out in the parking lot for $25.

they got about 6" of snow today...nice snow conditions--crappy visibility.

1/27/2008 2:57:59 AM

what happened humandrive?

I was kinda not going all out (in order to not break anything) when I was up there.

1/27/2008 4:28:25 AM

duke, where do you live?

1/27/2008 7:53:23 AM

whidbey island, WA

(between oak harbor and coupeville)



[Edited on January 27, 2008 at 4:33 PM. Reason : fad]

1/27/2008 4:33:14 PM

Right across from Victoria

Definitely check that out if you havent already, cool little town.

1/27/2008 7:07:29 PM

yeah, i've hit up vancouver...victoria is on the list. don't know if i'll make it before ski season is over, though.

1/27/2008 11:07:37 PM

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"too many mormans"

the quality of the skiing is worth it.

1/28/2008 12:41:56 AM

yeah, utah rocks

1/28/2008 1:22:24 AM

heading up to mammoth on thursday for a couple days of skiing. i'm getting excited, it's getting a pretty good dump right now. i went last year around this time and they barely had any snow.

1/28/2008 5:34:11 PM

It's no Mammoth, but I'm getting out to Wintergreen this weekend.

I'm still pretty excited though.

1/28/2008 5:35:48 PM