Dear Splat

**Blurred** · 02-18-2008, 12:04 AM

Things have a way of working out.
You say this a lot.

Lets hear your philosophy behind it.

**splat** · 02-18-2008, 12:05 AM

The proof is in the pudding.

It's that things do work out and they tend to get big when emotions run high and less so when things have a little time and retrospect behind them.

But in the end, no matter how dismal things might seem, they (and all of us) will always be just fine.

**BobMc** · 02-18-2008, 12:06 AM

Never take any wooden nickels.

BobMc

**iceman** · 02-18-2008, 12:09 AM

Hey I've gotten this far with nothing but a quick smile and a mellow disposition.

That proves something.

I have to go back to baiting Nanuq now, but I'll be back.

**Blurred** · 02-18-2008, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by splat

The proof is in the pudding.

It's that things do work out and they tend to get big when emotions run high and less so when things have a little time and retrospect behind them.

But in the end, no matter how dismal things might seem, they (and all of us) will always be just fine.

So basically, situations find a resolution and that isn't affected by irrational intangibles like emotions, (unless those emotions are the basis behind particular actions) and said emotions tend to make such situation seem insurmountable, when in fact, they aren't. gotcha.

**splat** · 02-18-2008, 12:22 AM

Or - it's comforting to know that even though shit couldn't be much worse than it might be at the moment, the universe is conducting balancing acts on a continuing basis in the main ballroom. And admission is free!

Edit: I just got out of the theater after watching Steep.
I am hands-down/tits-up high on skiing as the sport exists in today's world right now.
To see so many people I know and respect putting the feelings into words was just beyond.....words.

**f2f** · 02-18-2008, 12:23 AM

i don't get it. does blurry want a pair of skis or something?

**Phill** · 02-18-2008, 12:38 AM

I really really really want a pair of 195 bro models. like really really.

Will that work itself out?

**Blurred** · 02-18-2008, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by splat

Or - it's comforting to know that even though shit couldn't be much worse than it might be at the moment, the universe is conducting balancing acts on a continuing basis in the main ballroom. And admission is free!

Edit: I just got out of the theater after watching Steep.
I am hands-down/tits-up high on skiing as the sport exists in today's world right now.
To see so many people I know and respect putting the feelings into words was just beyond.....words.

Sometime/some day, me thinks you should smoke a big fuckin' J, and just do some line of thought post about how you feel about the soul/state of skiing.....
no editing allowed, str8 from the dome/soul.

Wish Steep was playing here, want to see it for sure.

**splat** · 02-18-2008, 01:09 AM

I'll try to get some time for that after the season.
It was a big deal for us to take the time from building skis to go see the movie, but I have to say, I'm totally fukkin reinvigorated.
Catch it. See it. Bathe in it.
Support the sport by buying a ticket.

**DEVO** · 02-18-2008, 07:13 AM

So in other words...just ignore the problem and it will go away.

**bklyn** · 02-18-2008, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by Phill

I really really really want a pair of 195 bro models. like really really.

Will that work itself out?

The universe may conspire to put a few hundred dollars in your path. What you do with that money is up to you.

Originally Posted by DEVO

So in other words...just ignore the problem and it will go away.

No, don't focus on the problem so much that you miss opportunities for resolution.

When you ski trees, you see and acknowledge the trees yet your main focus is on the spaces that form your line. If you stood there and put all your attention on the obstacle, you would not see a way around it.

**Gordyman** · 02-18-2008, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by splat

Edit: I just got out of the theater after watching Steep.
I am hands-down/tits-up high on skiing as the sport exists in today's world right now.
To see so many people I know and respect putting the feelings into words was just beyond.....words.

Expletive, I want to see that movie a whole bunch.

I like to watch the movies of guys ripping the big mountain lines (like I've never done), but I also like the story behind those lines. The mundane, tedious work that goes into making those big lines possible.

I want to see Swift, Silent, Deep. That movie promises more than just the spectacle of extreme skiing, but the culture of the people who do it. THAT is something I wanna see.

**skifishbum** · 02-18-2008, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by Phill

I really really really want a pair of 195 bro models. like really really.

Will that work itself out?

Ask Mom if you can have an advance on your allowance

**gamma** · 02-18-2008, 08:01 AM

ditto on the jaf movie swift, silent, deep.

steep was amazing. just great footage, great story and sick skiing.

things usually work out somehow in the end.

**Gordyman** · 02-18-2008, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by splat

I'll try to get some time for that after the season.
It was a big deal for us to take the time from building skis to go see the movie, but I have to say, I'm totally fukkin reinvigorated.
Catch it. See it. Bathe in it.
Support the sport by buying a ticket.

AAAAAAYYYY-MEN BROTHER.

Gotta check the Boise listings, three hour drive be damned.

**kailas** · 02-18-2008, 09:51 AM

10,000 posts, 9700 posts, surely you have better things to do with your time.

**cptpowder** · 02-18-2008, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by kailas

10,000 posts, 9700 posts, surely you have better things to do with your time.

Oh boy here we go.....

**DaveTV** · 02-18-2008, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by kailas

10,000 posts, 9700 posts, surely you have better things to do with your time.

**skibumnh** · 02-18-2008, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by splat

The proof is in the pudding.

It's that things do work out and they tend to get big when emotions run high and less so when things have a little time and retrospect behind them.

But in the end, no matter how dismal things might seem, they (and all of us) will always be just fine.

"The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners."

**ACHTUNG** · 02-18-2008, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by kailas

10,000 posts, 9700 posts, surely you have better things to do with your time.

**hutash** · 02-18-2008, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by BlurredElevens

Sometime/some day, me thinks you should smoke a big fuckin' J, and just do some line of thought post about how you feel about the soul/state of skiing.....
no editing allowed, str8 from the dome/soul.

What makes you think that Splat isn't already in that condition when he posts

Originally Posted by Phill

I really really really want a pair of 195 bro models. like really really.

Will that work itself out?

GWB just signed to fulfill your wish, but it will be awhile before you get your check. See, things have a way of working out, just as Splat philosophized.

Originally Posted by bklyn

The universe may conspire to put a few hundred dollars in your path. What you do with that money is up to you.

No, don't focus on the problem so much that you miss opportunities for resolution.

When you ski trees, you see and acknowledge the trees yet your main focus is on the spaces that form your line. If you stood there and put all your attention on the obstacle, you would not see a way around it.

As usual bklyn shows a wisdom far beyond her years.....

though, sometimes those spaces are still limited.

**pechelman** · 02-18-2008, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by BlurredElevens

Wish Steep was playing here, want to see it for sure.

It was playing back at the speakeasy in breck a month or so ago.
Played it for a few weeks.

bummer you missed it

and yea
i definitely agree with pat's philosophy
things do work out one way or another
they may not be the way you expected though!

**Big Tim** · 02-18-2008, 11:04 AM

grasshopper...........

**IrieRon** · 02-18-2008, 11:14 AM

If you walked by a street and you was walking the concrete and you saw a rose growing from concrete, even if it had messed up petals and it was a little to the side you would marvel at just seeing a rose grow through concrete. Same way is it that when you see some ghetto kid grow out of the dirtiest circumstance and he can talk and he can sit across the room and make you cry, make you laugh, all you can talk about is my dirty rose, my dirty stems and how am leaning crooked to the side, u can't even see that I've come up from out of that.

2pac