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04-13-2009, 01:27 PM #1
First Chair. Last Call.
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TR: April Showers Bring Spring Powder
Epoch: April 8, 10, 11
Dominion: Kirkwood & surrounding vicinity
Conditions:
Participants: thefrush, hop, Tyrone Shoelaces, AKbruin, Arty50, davep, lph, S.P.C., Jrosen32, dblatto, ShawnB, tahoe_rider, powdork, tahoetrash, Ottime, pogs4ever, etc...
Image Capturers: thefrush, hop, AKbruin, tahoetrash, powdork, Ottime, pogs4ever
Muzak:
Breakdown:
A storm rolled in midweek and deposited a foot of snow Tuesday night, and continued to sprinkle through the end of the week. Skiing in-bounds Wednesday and Friday may as well have been out-of-bounds with how empty it was, and when the crowds came on Saturday, it was out through the gates. With skier666's arm left somewhere behind in Florida, it was up to us to capture the MOMENTS.
Wednesday & Friday:
Scattered snow showers, zero wind, empty mountain.
ShawnB gets all Helen Keller in the Palisades.
Photo: powdork
thefrush follows with much less style.
Photo: powdork
ShawnB points it through one of Norm's nostrils.
thefrush doesn't think this snow is snotlike at all.
The fun continues on Friday...
Photo: powdork
Ottime puts the Praxis Pow Boards to work.
thefrush dances through a rock garden on Vista.
Photo: Ottime
thefrush slots it through a bush in Thunder Saddle.
Photo: Ottime
And flashes his bases through chop on the runout.
Photo: Ottime
These folks prefer to slide on melted snow.
Those old Markers give out on the in-run.
So close...
Just like surfing.
Skinny skis can float too.
The guy copying skier666's clothing colors gets another shot, and sticks it.
((. The joy I get from skiing...
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((. That's worth living for.
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04-13-2009, 01:28 PM #2
First Chair. Last Call.
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Saturday:
These guys were on hand to make our experiences more enjoyable.
Our various tools:
AKbruin makes first lines into Diagonal Chute.
The maggot collective assembles in Temple of Doom area.
powdork sends it on skier's right side.
Photo: tahoetrash
Jrosen airs to tail scrapeage.
AKbruin points it.
Arty drops in.
And hits a double.
hop, hops.
lph slides into a steep line.
Loses his ski in the gut, but points it to safety on one ski.
S.P.C. gets all styley with a double.
And makes it look easy.
Tyrone Shoelaces becomes professional ski retriever.
Billygoats the 196s to get the job done.
Reeeaaaaaach.
davep gets airborn.
Jrosen points a line through Soul Searcher.
And flashes his MOMENTS at mach speed.
hop gets all alpine-turny.
At this point, my cameras settings got changed and I didn't notice, losing multiple pics to massive over exposure, including Jrosen skiing V Tree, which anyone can tell you was sick.
Arty is blinded by the over exposure on the Spur.
S.P.C. wonders where all the contrast went.
Settings adjusted in time for hop to drop a knee on sunbaked pow.
thefrush submarines on the Spur.
Photo: hop
Loves this shaded wintery pow, doesn't love the sunbaked glop he's about to hit.
Photo: hop
Jrosen drops into some crazy gnar.
And once again flashes his bases on the exit.
General mood at the end of the day? Stoked.
((. The joy I get from skiing...
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((. That's worth living for.
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04-13-2009, 01:37 PM #3
Not on IR. For now.
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Nice bud. I'm guessing a pair of Dukes are in your future.
Originally Posted by Ernest_Hemingway
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04-13-2009, 01:48 PM #4
Lord of Bones
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Hell yeah! Very, very fine.
"I said flotation is groovy"
-Jimi Hendrix
"Just... ski down there and jump offa somethin' for cryin' out loud!!!"
-The Coolest Guy to have Ever Lived
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04-13-2009, 01:52 PM #5
High-Five Artist
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fkna.....rad rad rad...
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04-13-2009, 01:58 PM #6
Ocean Beach's #1 Kook
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Nice shit, gotta love the guido's in the first picture
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04-13-2009, 02:48 PM #7
Foredeck
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Nice... wanted to hit this, looks like the snow stayed pretty good over there Originally Posted by thefrush
Saturday:
AKbruin makes first lines into Diagonal Chute.
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04-13-2009, 03:22 PM #8
Powderhound Billygoat
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this photo RULES it!
Temple of Doom one-ski slayage!
Waste your time, read my crap, at:
One Gear, Two Planks
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04-13-2009, 03:51 PM #9
...darkness is beautiful
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This TR is torturous to my soul....in a good way. Hot damn the snow looked tasty. But this pic is wonderful...thanks for sharing, but you owe me $49.99 for stealing my TR form.
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04-13-2009, 05:05 PM #10
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^^^Those were some fun turns. Too bad my camera crapped out as Frush skied through the chute.
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04-13-2009, 06:24 PM #11
thisisyourbrainonSONAR
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Good times.
Putting the "core" in corporate, one turn at a time.
Metalmücil 2010 - 2013 "Go Home" album is now a free download
The Bonin Petrels
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04-13-2009, 06:41 PM #12
Deepo days
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FKNA Sick. That shot going into Diagonal is juicy. As well as the single ski Temple slayage.
Frush - good to see you got out to the Spur. It is a sweet line. My verbal directions do not match a guided tour.
Saturday just look delicious. I remember looking up at the Temple on Friday, thinking it looked nicely filled and I wanted to throw myself off of it - but with the Saddle so untracked, that never happened. Nice to see it thoroughly slayed in a matter of minutes. I can imagine peeps coming over to 4 looking up a bit and thinking "what the fuck are all the flashing colors over there?"
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04-13-2009, 09:51 PM #13
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^ ^ ^ Boy did I fuck this up by going to Alpine on Saturday...
Tried to be friendly to some old friends; apparently they are not my friends but mah frenemies. Fuck you, jerks!!
Great post, Frush. Nice, nice pics to all the many who slutted, and especially those who sacrificed their turns to snap the deliciously sleeeeazy pics of said ho-bag skankz. You, sirs, you band of brohams, are what makes this li'l passle of ones and zeros so addicting. Awesome.
Long board day: I will have my revenge.
-Shawn
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04-13-2009, 11:42 PM #14
Wax on, scrape off ...
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yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
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"Strapping myself to a sitski built with 30lb of metal and fibreglass then trying to water ski in it sounds like a stupid idea to me.
I'll be there." ... Andy Campbell
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04-14-2009, 12:51 AM #15
The Book of Love
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Hey look, you're not dropping your inside hand. Gordy would be proud.
Nice TR, frush. Great skiing with you Saturday."I knew in an instant that the three dollars I had spent on wine would not go to waste."
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04-14-2009, 01:14 PM #16
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heh - this is great! some nice shots.
glad my big brother is ok after that gnarly one ski escape from doom chute or whatever it's called. Sheesh.“Within this furnace of fear, my passion for life burns fiercely. I have consumed all evil. I have overcome my doubt. I am the fire.”
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04-14-2009, 02:09 PM #17
average gaper
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Solid work all around!
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04-14-2009, 07:58 PM #18
The Book of Love
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It's called the TEmPLe of DOOOOOOM!!! Originally Posted by watersnowdirt
"I knew in an instant that the three dollars I had spent on wine would not go to waste."
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04-14-2009, 08:17 PM #19
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04-14-2009, 08:41 PM #20
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A few more pics, for my pal skier666.....
who had to go Naples. Yup, the one in FLORIDA!
hop getting some of the pow
Arty more of the same
jrosen getting ready to drop in (we should gone with him. stupid, stupid, stupid)
more of jrosen
He pulled this out. He is good at skiing.
Last edited by lph; 04-14-2009 at 08:56 PM.
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04-14-2009, 09:07 PM #21
Tahoe Rad ...as in MRI
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Good god that is epic!
Every man dies. Not every man lives.
You don’t stop playing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop playing.
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04-14-2009, 10:20 PM #22
Um, yeah, that guy
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looks like a fun day
www.dpsskis.com
www.point6.com
formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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04-14-2009, 10:29 PM #23
First Chair. Last Call.
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Touring gear probably not, beacon/shovel/probe most definitely. I still like my lift assist. Originally Posted by SCUTSKI
But you reminded me of something I forgot to mention, this was my first time skiing beyond the ropes! Couldn't have been more awesome.
Check's in the mail. Originally Posted by skier666
This TR is torturous to my soul....in a good way. Hot damn the snow looked tasty. But this pic is wonderful...thanks for sharing, but you owe me $49.99 for stealing my TR form.
Yes, it was this awesome. He lacks the suck at skiing. Originally Posted by lph
((. The joy I get from skiing...
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((. That's worth living for.
.))
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04-15-2009, 12:07 AM #24
Orange Mocha Frappuccino!
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Great shots of Temple of Doom (and elsewhere)!
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04-15-2009, 01:20 AM #25
The Book of Love
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When I saw that the line skier's right of v-tree went and I missed it, I wanted to commit seppuku with my ski pole. Originally Posted by lph
"I knew in an instant that the three dollars I had spent on wine would not go to waste."
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