Now that the nights are getting cold, I find ALL my thoughts turning to winter and skiing. I bought a new pair of skis yesterday(176 Gotamas) and spent the majority of last night staring at them. Who else is over summer and ready for ski season again?
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08-22-2006, 08:23 AM #1
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So who is ready for winter?
Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.
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08-22-2006, 08:26 AM #2
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Will it at least snow this winter? If it doesn't, then I'm not going.
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08-22-2006, 08:31 AM #3
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quiver: check
snow tires: check
heat included with my rent (!!!): check
I would say so.
Bring it, winter!
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08-22-2006, 08:37 AM #4
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just started going through the preseason gear checks
need to replace poles, socks, and underwear
still have to thin the quiver a bit cause its getting a little bloated
other then that I've got about 60 days until ski season should be starting
For sure, you have to be lost to find a place that can't be found, elseways everyone would know where it was
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08-22-2006, 08:58 AM #5
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I am also ready to ski...
This year my 4 year old and 7 year olds will be joining me on the slopes here in Michigan. They want to learn as soon as possible how to jump and slide on rails... This will be a very fun and memorable season coming up...MOM, there's Chicken on the rug!!! - Jack McFarland
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08-22-2006, 08:59 AM #6
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I got a new job that allows me to take every other Monday off... so I'm ready to rock out with my cock out. Bring it!
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08-22-2006, 09:05 AM #7
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Short answer: YES I am more than ready for winter (except the waistline)
Long answer: If I get around to it I’ll post it in Xover’s “The Turn” thread. No disrespect Mule, his was first.There's a lot to be said for nowhere.
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08-22-2006, 09:15 AM #8
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I WANT TO SKI NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(yeah, I'm ready)
Sprite"I call it reveling in natures finest element. Water in its pristine form. Straight from the heavens. We bathe in it, rejoicing in the fullest." --BZ
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08-22-2006, 09:19 AM #9
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Been ready since about July 5th. And now it's cold again in the mornings!!!! Sweet!
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08-22-2006, 09:32 AM #10
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hell no, winter sucks. i hate snow
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08-22-2006, 09:32 AM #11
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hell no. Fall awaits.
"It is not the result that counts! It is not the result but the spirit! Not what - but how. Not what has been attained - but at what price.
- A. Solzhenitsyn
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08-22-2006, 09:38 AM #12
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Not ready. I feel like i'm finally in peak mountain biking shape and it KILLS me to see the nights getting shorter. I know I'll feel differently when the mountain opens and the snow is here, but I hate seeing summer end.
“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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08-22-2006, 09:47 AM #13
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Not one bit.
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08-22-2006, 09:55 AM #14
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ready in spirit, but my gear & supplies are not.
-need to cut a couple cords of wood & running out of weekends to do them
-snow tires...gotta buy some for the 'buru
-quiver...non-existant...but I have a decent amount of $$$ saved up for just such a purpose
-helmet...think I might finally get one
-physically in the best shape of my life from all the hiking & mtb, and running (high altitude living, baby), but still probly need to do some wall-sits to get those quads in gear for season.
-poles, new goggles? hopefully to be acquired in the auctions for Plakes'
so I've still got to acquire some goods for the season. tick tock tick tock
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08-22-2006, 10:05 AM #15
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Same here.
Originally Posted by watersnowdirt
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08-22-2006, 10:09 AM #16
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another vote for late summer/fall. Still got some backpacking, mtn biking, and water trips in the old quiver.
but if someone will sell me a pair of mantras, hey, I'm down.
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08-22-2006, 10:09 AM #17
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Not ready but will be. I still have skis to buy, a car to get under and fix, and a destination (Whistler) to get to. I'm stoked for sure!
Originally Posted by StuntCok
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08-22-2006, 10:23 AM #18
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POLES! I need new poles! Originally Posted by laseranimal
just started going through the preseason gear checks
need to replace poles, socks, and underwear
still have to thin the quiver a bit cause its getting a little bloated
other then that I've got about 60 days until ski season should be starting
I was kind of depressed...I thought I didn't need or want anything that I could afford.... But poles....I can do poles. I'm gettin' me some frickin awesome poles before the season starts.
I've been fully planning on getting into awesome skiing shape and dropping about 15 pounds of muscle/fat before the ski season starts....or at least moving my body mass south, where it's useful..... Haven't really achieved any of that yet.
Gotta get crackin'...Last edited by focus; 08-22-2006 at 10:26 AM.
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08-22-2006, 10:30 AM #19
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i have been watching at least 3 ski movies a week.
purchased powder and ski magazines
179 bros on the way, getting them next week
still have to find a shell to wear, dillon patagonia outlet store
studded tires hanging in the garage
going to get 2 chords of FREE firewood from friend
still need to get skins for new bros
so ya i guess i am ready
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08-22-2006, 10:43 AM #20
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I glued five pennies to one of my skis..
I haven't put it back in the closet yet. it's still sitting out in the living room.. a daily reminder that winter is coming.
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08-22-2006, 10:47 AM #21
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I've booked my first weekend trip for October (Zermatt) so I must be ready.
Looks like we are going to have an early season mini. The Europe mags are READY!!Monty Python's version of the cougar phenomenon:
"This is a frightened city. Over these houses, over these streets hangs a pall of fear. Fear of a new kind of violence which is terrorizing the city. Yes, gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless, fit young men".
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08-22-2006, 10:53 AM #22
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Last week I sold a pair of skis... and ordered BROs. Yesterday I had an inventory check to see what stuff will last another season. Today I bought new boot liners, and some bindingstuff.
Soooo Bring it on!!!!!
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08-22-2006, 10:57 AM #23
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Guess the old physique may not be quite so readyLast edited by Mrs Roo; 08-22-2006 at 11:00 AM.
Monty Python's version of the cougar phenomenon:
"This is a frightened city. Over these houses, over these streets hangs a pall of fear. Fear of a new kind of violence which is terrorizing the city. Yes, gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless, fit young men".
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08-22-2006, 10:59 AM #24
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Does this mean you'll be changing the avitar soon? [fingers crossed] Originally Posted by Mrs Roo
I've concluded that DJSapp was never DJSapp, and Not DJSapp is also not DJSapp, so that means he's telling the truth now and he was lying before.
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08-22-2006, 11:01 AM #25
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Hell no!
Monty Python's version of the cougar phenomenon:
"This is a frightened city. Over these houses, over these streets hangs a pall of fear. Fear of a new kind of violence which is terrorizing the city. Yes, gangs of old ladies attacking defenseless, fit young men".
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