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Haha...I know that guy! All hail hail skiin'
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Haha...I know that guy! All hail hail skiin'
Kirkwood This morning
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yeaaaaah you could ski that
Caught a glimpse of hourglass from pleasant valley this morning... it's getting close!
Car was pretty well plastered this AM up in Serene Lakes.
Snowing lightly in Incline right now, though not even close to sticking at 6500, looks like it's about 40 degrees.
Graupel is currently coming down in north reno / golden vallyey and sticking to some roofs. In September? Should be an interesting year...
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Originally Posted by sruffian
When it comes to forecasting a season I think reading goat entrails may be as good a predictor as September snow.
But what the fuck do I know, I'm only a local by Benny standards.
I saw some fat squirrels the other day when out on a ride. I like that indicator as much or more than any other this time of year. Same case last year and it worked! Although I'd certainly be down for another La Nina ala 2010/11 if you want to go with weather patterns.
Yay!
Now the low clouds & drizzle (& hail) have cleared a bit, can see a dusting from our front door in CC.
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Have not brought tix yet, but we are prolly going to ski flick at Moment plant in Sparks tomorrow.
Anyone else likely to put in an appearance?
Word. I think it's new thread time. Dookey and Vets, go ski on this shit so we can make it official.
Just do whatever we did last year, except without electing Trump, or maybe electing him was what caused it to dump so much. That is a dilemma...
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Jeez - makes the $125 seaplane from Sausalito seem like a bargain.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
I was gonna try, but the boy's last water polo tournament ever is Saturday morning. Plus, can't drink on doctor's orders. Enjoy....Quote:
Originally Posted by TurxSki
Second.Quote:
Originally Posted by LightRanger
Shit, I wouldn't even take my rock skis out on what we got today.Quote:
Originally Posted by LightRanger
:)
Well, where it fell on top of the stuff you've been skiing....
But that is still Patch skiing.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad
I need more than 18 turn runs, on snow that will not melt away in a couple days, to qualify my New Season.
For example, the October that we skied pow down the edge of Red Lakes road. It had length and 3D depth, but it was obvious that it was temporary snow. Not a New Season.
It gets confusing with WROD's...
Edit: Damn. The pictures look nice.
All snow is temporary snow. I'm sad that I am stuck in the bay until I finish this remodel and will miss out on the freshies. (Or are they the dregs of the last season?) Where is the line between the North and South Pacific? There isn't really one but there is a point when winter stops moving towards the southern hemisphere and starts moving to the northern. For me, the new season starts with summer solstice, when we stop moving away from winter and the days from then on are returning to winter. So it's already happened for me but it's all arbitrary anyway.
Just think good thoughts
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This train doesn't have brakes
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If I wasn't at work, in the Bay, had kids to pickup...I'd be making a turn right about now above Roundtop Lake. :)
Got out with Somethingcleaver for some fun Sept turns, big thanks to Vets for the location beta
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If I didn't have all those things and break my ankle on Wednesday, I'd be there too. Suddenly I'm okay with a shitty surf season and a late start to winter.Quote:
Originally Posted by skier666
Now, are these technically turns on new snow, or is it not counted because the base is old. Just curious about a new thread.
I'm pretty sure powdork skied on grass today.
Well, NOAA is forecasting 90F in SF on Tuesday...
It's going to feel like summer again real quick, but I'd say those fresh turns are worthy of a new thread. lepistoir should do it since that seemed to work out pretty well for 16/17.
Bummer about the ankle Ott - how'd you do it?
This thread was started on 09-25-2016, maybe start a new one on the same day a year later, not that I'm a superstitious person, but what the hell...
Goddamn we're some serious fucking dorks. :biggrin:
Shit mang. Fuck that. Vibes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
Were you doing summat *hero*, or summat "pedestrian"?
Heal up!!
Marmite is good for that.
Like the commercial says... it's not superstition if it works. Or something like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by LightRanger
Surfing. The lip got me good. The best part is I was surfing at the base of a 60' cliff. Fun climb. Might be a good time to start watching GOT. I've got time to kill.Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
Saw the first ski movie of the season last night. (at least the first one shown in the Reno/Tahoe area, to the best of my knowledge)
Kudos to Moment for always throwing a nice, mellow shindig that, in all the years I've been attending, has never been disrupted by asshats or jack nuggets, which is surprising since they serve unlimited beer. Folks in attendance were all polite, courteous, and stoked on the films (they show local shorts before the main film).
As has been the case for years now, the spotlight film was the latest from Level 1. After last year's just-okay (imho) film, Pleasure, the production team returns with a genuine, quirky, and well-filmed winner entitled Habit (fwiw, their 2015 film, Small World, is one of my all-time favorite ski films). While a bit urban jib-centric, the film is set with a great framing sequence and some off-kilter humor (reminded me a lot of how Powderwhore's Elevation had that nice, quirky humor element), plus some really cool skiing sequences. Oh, and lots and lots and lots of crashes. For my taste Level 1 always has the best soundtracks in any of the major ski movies and this one does not disappoint. Highly recommended because it's fun and entertaining and doesn't take itself too seriously.
Really? ok then.
We were too dumb to realize it was an outdoors showing, bring a chair thing.
(Coldest night for a while around here).
Sorry we missed you. We liked the milk stout.
My taste in music is pretty much diametrically opposed to what I perceive to be the average skier's, but it's really rad to hear a classic Can track in that trailer as opposed to, well, pretty much every track used on every other ski edit.Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
Saw the new TGR flick at Squaw last night (KT base) under some cold and starry skies. The movie was...cool. More styley skiing than TGR's usual big mountain face-melting stuff.
Jones and Sammy Luebke were there (as was Elyse S), and the boys had a really awesome scene from the High Sierra. Jones mentioned in his opening remarks that he's tried for years to get a High Sierra scene in the TGR flicks, but this was the first time it worked out. I recognized University Peak (I think?), but most of the other lines I couldn't ID (maybe Dragon Pk?). Anyone see it and can ID any of those shots?
Also, saw this post from the Palisades (the BIG ones) from Friday: https://www.instagram.com/p/BZXdkmHAyV6/ But dangit, it ain't time yet! Trails are riding too good, and it'll be 70 in Truckee next week.
FWIW, Round Top (specifcally some of the Wu-Tang Clan patches) skied nicely yesterday.
And it was crowded like Squaw on MLK holiday w/e: 3 different parties for a grand total of 4 boarders, 4 skiers, and 2 dogs...
CM and Noa
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Vets
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Okay. Now I'm interested in hearing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jorion
University seems pretty pedestrian for a ski flick.Quote:
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Bollox! That went totally under my radar.Quote:
Originally Posted by meter-man
Where is FilmTour420 when you need him?
Seems like we're already posting new season stoke. Maybe we should just keep this thread going until the next drought? I can edit the title...
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That's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, if'n ya know what I mean....Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeBC
Fuck, mang. Heal quickly and well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ottime
Speak for yourself. Oh wait, you are.Quote:
Originally Posted by LightRanger
Nicely played.Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
Another photo from Saturday.
Dookey67.
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++vibes to Ottime.
Nice job on bluebird TAY at Carson Pass! Man I already miss South Lake ... all 3 parties who skied Sisters were friends of mine, funny to compare the various photos on fb/tgr/instagram!