South America Snow Report

[dude_le_skibum]

surf was good today. 2 X 3 hour sessions. please enroll en dude le skibum's weight loss cold water program. eat all the fat you can. caught a seal on my first wave and penguins chilled around all day...looks like its raining in termas....hopefully it will shift...

[comish]

Yep, one time I surfed in Pichi I almost died. That place is definitely not warm. I'm a bit of a wuss for cold water and SoCal in the winter is about the coldest I can regularly tolerate.

How were the waves?

[dude_le_skibum]

no wind untill pm. surfed all morning. waves went from waist to shoulder. overhead past the puntilla. they were soft. idont know if you can say that in english. you can in french. kinda not steep. paddle in like a fucker, keeps ya warm.

its cool though i can run to my shower once i get out of the water... all for 12 dollars...we even got satellite for the down time...

[snorkeldeep]

es muy bueno.

dudele - we met some french guy that knows you from termas the other day.. hes down here with his girlfriend. i thought at first it was phils friends who came and visited me in new york as they looked similar, but they were not.

[Spats]

Big tour yesterday up the Glacier Martial above town. breez and TeleRob led, snorkeldeep and I followed, and we picked up Oswaldo the local halfway through. Snow was windbuffy but temps were good so it stayed fresh and creamy. Cafe and cervezas in the refugio and some stunning pictures...huge mountains one way and Ushuaia the other.

I´m out today with sore throat and a cough, probably brought on by partying all night in BA with ducktherope. And by all night I mean barhopping with local chicas and closing the bar down at 7 AM and going to a diner with them and drinking more beer at 8 AM and then getting on the plane to Ushuaia. Nights don´t start until 2 AM here. It´s nuts.

[Tippster]

FKNA!! More...MORE!!!!

[Phil]

This tread is giving me shivers. I'm with you guys in spirit, may the good times roll. Stuck in Kamloops with no snow and no sign of any home for rent. Rogers pass is calling, soon...

Rip it up down there ! Yeah

[The Reverend Floater]

Originally posted by Phil
This tread is giving me shivers. I'm with you guys in spirit, may the good times roll. Stuck in Kamloops with no snow and no sign of any home for rent. Rogers pass is calling, soon...

Rip it up down there ! Yeah

Can you git to I-da-ho and fit into a ski bag? We'll miss you this year.

[dude_le_skibum]

its puking rain in termas.....it will shift it will shift...


still in pichi this morning. dudes i thought i had lost a ball...talk about srinkage...

[dude_le_skibum]

i think you saw nico, he s a french guide i think...i missed him in termas...

[Phil]

Sir Rev,

T"wood be nice ! I'll be getting to Idaho someday though. I hear some people down there take a brake from patoto picking to ski somethimes.

Pictures please. Have a great trip yo.

Dude watch out for those nutz man, they can be useful used in the proper way. Speaking of which have you seen any heary chileno children about one year old walking around pichilemu ?

[shamrockpow]

Originally posted by Phil
Speaking of which have you seen any heary chileno children about one year old walking around pichilemu ?

Any little blond kids conceived the day after the Sox lost to the Yankees would be mine, but I think that girl was from Tacna...

[dude_le_skibum]

no blond kids.
no hairy dwarfs
but tonight is SATURDAY...

no snow either. anybody got anything but rain ? its too fuckin warm...

i might just have to go down to ushuaia....anybody still around....untill when...

surf is fun and all but i need to ride....

storm has moved out of here and sun is out...

i hate rain...

edit : emotions falling to the darkside, must turn hate off. but spoilling powdery dreams...must focus and bring powder.

edit 2 : rev, when are you comming down.

[ducktherope]

Originally posted by dude_le_skibum

i might just have to go down to ushuaia....anybody still around....untill when...

It is warming up here but no rain, sunny days. Most of the crew is here until at least September 4, get down here mang!

[powslut]

dude - go to brazil. i ditched the ski gear last year and did not regret a second of it. decent surf, warm water and HOT girls.

This is just a quick flight and bus ride away from Santiago:

http://www.yanniskarlos.com/images/itacare.jpg

[splat]

Dudele-

we`re in for another week, mostly b/c.

[The Reverend Floater]

Originally posted by dude_le_skibum


edit 2 : rev, when are you comming down.

We'll be in Bariloche starting 9/6. I think Cletus gets there 9/4 or something. Get down there, biatch!

[dude_le_skibum]

so many places to go down to
i am drunk it is 4pm...
the storm is still langering off the coast. i feel like termas might be the place to be....if not i ll drop`to bariloche...no further south too far. drop me a pm of an hotel.

[Squirrel99]

Originally posted by dude_le_skibum
so many places to go down to
i am drunk it is 4pm...
the storm is still langering off the coast. i feel like termas might be the place to be....if not i ll drop`to bariloche...no further south too far. drop me a pm of an hotel.

Dude, post a report from Termas when you get there. We're in San Rafael on Thursday/Friday this week, a week in Lenas, then probably chasing the snow in the same area (Bariloche-Termas-Lenas).

[dude_le_skibum]

i m gonna sell my extra tickets for chillan and i am heading to bariloche. most probable area for snow now.

[The Reverend Floater]

Originally posted by dude_le_skibum
i m gonna sell my extra tickets for chillan and i am heading to bariloche. most probable area for snow now.

I'll PM you and email your dude account when I know where the fack we're staying. Cheers.

[dude_le_skibum]

rumor has it in snowed in chillan i am in between buses now. will keep ya posted tomorrow or so...

[Squirrel99]

Originally posted by dude_le_skibum
rumor has it in snowed in chillan i am in between buses now. will keep ya posted tomorrow or so...

Cool. Reports coming in have said it's been very windy with not much snow in LL except areas above Marte. Damn, I sure hope the Santa Rosa makes it.

[OldnSlow]

Spent 10 days with Splat, Spats, Telerob, snorkeldeep (aka Senor Swandive), ducktherope (aka Senor Pisco) and the other boys "chaperoning" my 15 year old son. I hope we didn't cramp their style too much. It didn't appear so judging by the post-party 7am arrivals.

WHAT A TRIP! WHAT A COUNTRY! I'd call it a lifechanging experience.

Thanks to Splat for putting this together and giving my son a ski trip he'll never forget (nor will I) and hopefully the first of many more. Start planning for Ushuaia '05. Here's a pic from the top of Cerro Castor looking out over the backside to whet your appetite.

http://www.billsworkshop.com/Argenti...P1010129_3.jpg

[ole2planker]

Isn't it great taking your kids skiing? My daughters are now 21 and 18 and I love taking them skiing. My older daughter is in to it more than my younger daughter. In the powder, my older daughter just has me beat (it's my eastern ski background holding me back). It is a great joy to be able to share the experience of skiing (for us older guys, in Kennedy-esque terms, to pass the torch to a new generation). Thanks for taking you son on this trip. AND POST MORE PICS!