chasing a high

**The Dude** · 01-06-2006, 03:48 PM

damn J, that's fucking sick.

Also glad to hear you cleared it and are safe. I'm looking foward to a day or two at the basin next month.

**Stu Gotz** · 01-06-2006, 03:48 PM

MD9..Congrats on the balls-to-wall accomplishment.

It was your Boss Hogg footage that first drew me to this board, and now you have stepped it up another 1^X notches. Good stuff.

This board and its participants never cease to amaze me.

**meatdrink9** · 01-06-2006, 03:50 PM

Stoy, I thought for sure I was breaking new ground. I guess there must be more crazies at Basin than I imagined. Oh yeah, and before I knew it had been hit before I named it "the madness". It's way better name than big bertha.

I'm guessing the actual pics may not get posted here. Maybe GT can offset some of the costs of his new set-up by selling some images? I can guarantee a shot of the bombhole (to show the fullsize) will get posted. Maybe even an image of my carcass creating the bombhole/explosion.

**truth** · 01-06-2006, 03:52 PM

That's my boy!

Congrats on slaying the beast J.

13 · 01-06-2006, 03:58 PM

It got did? Hell yeah!

**Stoysluttie1** · 01-06-2006, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by meatdrink9

Stoy, I thought for sure I was breaking new ground. I guess there must be more crazies at Basin than I imagined. Oh yeah, and before I knew it had been hit before I named it "the madness". It's way better name than big bertha.

Yes there are! and you are one of em! I believe there is only one or two lines yet to be skied and last year was the year but nobody hit em. Both coming off near Ogden Peak.

I do know of a cliff that hasn't been hit yet thats about the same size as that one..if you are interested?!!! I'd be happy to let you be the guinney pig on it, if the landing is filled in, which i am sure it is.

I'm sure we could get some photogs up there with some serious cameras to capture it too! I think it would be one of the sickest sequence shots up there...three turns and off you go!

hasn't been hit..hasn't been named...but if i hit it, it would be named Finger lickin' good...hint hint.

**meatdrink9** · 01-06-2006, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by Stoysluttie1

hasn't been hit..hasn't been named...but if i hit it, it would be named Finger lickin' good...hint hint.

Gotcha. I've actually had my sites set on a few airs in there. Exposed traverse into a band on Mount Ogden facing back into the fingers bowl?

CS · 01-06-2006, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by Stoysluttie1

I'm sure we could get some photogs up there with some serious cameras to capture it too! I think it would be one of the sickest sequence shots up there...three turns and off you go!

Interested. If you guys do it, let me know.

**Lone Star** · 01-06-2006, 04:15 PM

wow. what a great followup. way to get 'er done!!!

**el_jefe** · 01-06-2006, 04:20 PM

DIRKA DIRKA DIRKA!!

MUHAMMAD JIHAD!!!!

nicely done.

**Ireallyliketoski2** · 01-06-2006, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by meatdrink9

Stoy, I thought for sure I was breaking new ground. I guess there must be more crazies at Basin than I imagined. Oh yeah, and before I knew it had been hit before I named it "the madness". It's way better name than big bertha.

I'm guessing the actual pics may not get posted here. Maybe GT can offset some of the costs of his new set-up by selling some images? I can guarantee a shot of the bombhole (to show the fullsize) will get posted. Maybe even an image of my carcass creating the bombhole/explosion.

I'll pay for a pic of your wife's reaction to the pics.

**ninjabirdman** · 01-06-2006, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater

I think that while logic tells us that these things are exactly what should slow us down, it's these things that keep us devoted.

It doesn't matter what your particular envelope is--For Meaty it's a 70 -90 foot huck. For the Pope, it's presumably high speed bomb runs on Tele Skis. For me, it has become the motion of achieving of absolute fluidity in any terrain. For someone else, it might be merely linking powder turns.

All of these are only relative to the skier involved and the location of that envelope. And the envelope is what keeps enthrawled, focused and devoted.

great posts by meat and the reverend . . . this is what gets me amped on a day at the office

**Zeedashbo** · 01-06-2006, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by meatdrink9

I'm guessing the actual pics may not get posted here. Maybe GT can offset some of the costs of his new set-up by selling some images? I can guarantee a shot of the bombhole (to show the fullsize) will get posted. Maybe even an image of my carcass creating the bombhole/explosion.

am i missing something here? does GT not post stoke on tgr anymore? i tend to miss things when i disappear from the board for months at a time.

**powderwhore** · 01-06-2006, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by Stoysluttie1

I'm sure we could get some photogs up there with some serious cameras to capture it too! I think it would be one of the sickest sequence shots up there...three turns and off you go!

Would love to! Anyone have any hookups for passes?

**meatdrink9** · 01-06-2006, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by Zeedashbo

am i missing something here? does GT not post stoke on tgr anymore? i tend to miss things when i disappear from the board for months at a time.

We'll post some stuff up. But myself and GT are newbies to the whole submitting photos to magazines thing. From what we've heard it's not good to post the "A material" so we've held back thus far this season. There will be "B material" from this huck posted in just a few minutes.

Personally I'm fine with posting everything we get all the time, but what I've heard from others is that may hurt us. GT went out and bought a really spendy set-up which I may or may not have encouraged him to do.

It would be cool for him to get some of that money back.

**natty dread** · 01-06-2006, 06:11 PM

Holy crap J.

Glad you're OK.

**jibij** · 01-06-2006, 06:18 PM

Heh... I could've bet money that we'd be reading your recount of hitting that today. Congrats on doing it safely! Can't wait for the pics.

GT's gotta be completly conflicted about shooting this stuff.

**Hutch** · 01-06-2006, 06:24 PM

anyone else been refreshing this thread for 2 hours waiting for the pics?\
EDIT: totally understand about the "A" stuff, but want to see the "after" shots.

**nutcase** · 01-06-2006, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by Pope Benedict XVI

anyone else been refreshing this thread for 2 hours waiting for the pics?\
.

+2

"eight characters "

**Tap** · 01-06-2006, 06:32 PM

**Dantheman** · 01-06-2006, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by CS

Interested. If you guys do it, let me know.

Also interested, but not in shooting it.

**Yossarian** · 01-06-2006, 06:39 PM

dood, having just been there three days ago...

, that's all I can say.

Way to send it.

Don't post the A pics, but DO post the B pics!

**meatdrink9** · 01-06-2006, 06:40 PM

Here's the first frame and the last frame of the sequence. It'll give you a feel for the size. You can see the little puff with two skis in the lower right hand side.