Mammoth Mini Pics- 08

[Sinecure]

Hey LB. I gave my son the stickers yesterday. His immediate response "greatest sticker EVER!" He immediately went to the garage, peeled some other stickers off his skis, got an alcohol swab (he knows that stickers will stay better if he cleans underneath first), and put his Go Huck Yourself stickers on his Rossi Scratch BC skis. He'll be rockin those in the fall. I saw one go on his school notebook too.

[hutash]

Hey LB. I gave my son the stickers yesterday. His immediate response "greatest sticker EVER!" He immediately went to the garage, peeled some other stickers off his skis, got an alcohol swab (he knows that stickers will stay better if he cleans underneath first), and put his Go Huck Yourself stickers on his Rossi Scratch BC skis. He'll be rockin those in the fall. I saw one go on his school notebook too.

Did you give him the condoms too?

[Sinecure]

Did you give him the condoms too?

Heh. He's 13 and still pre-puberty. Maybe in a year or two. Or three.

[Spats]

Day 2: Virginia Lakes

Barry and tarkman on the way up


tarkman climbing the stairway, one step at a time


Taking a few minutes to chillax with the view


Sinecure's pictures of me in the chute were great, but made it look like it was about 20 degrees. It was steep:


All paths cross at the Mo-Mart. Stoke level was critical:

[Spats]

Day 3: Virginia Lakes, again

tarkman had a project deep in Virginia Lakes. Lots of gentle skinning and bosque:


A very, very rare shot of tarkman losing his footing. Usually he can skin straight up 40 degree chutes, but somehow he missed a step here:


Things got steep on the way to the summit. tarkman boots as fast as he skins. Do not sign up for one of his projects unless you are in excellent aerobic shape:


YES!


OK, Mr. Smarty Pants, you wanted to go for the absolute top of this line. Now what?

[Tri-Ungulate]

A very, very rare shot of tarkman losing his footing. Usually he can skin straight up 40 degree chutes, but somehow he missed a step here:

Dude, that's way more than 40 degrees. That's over 90 degrees and overhanging.

[Spats]

Dude, that's way more than 40 degrees. That's over 90 degrees and overhanging.

Attachments don't like rotation information Fixed.

More pics! tarkman drops into the gnar:


negotiates the crux:


and runs it out with style!


But wait, there's more...

[Spats]

Dropping Part II of the line:


Going down:


A retrospective:


Thanks, M, for leading the charge, and for putting me up. It was a great weekend.

[Sinecure]

Sinecure's pictures of me in the chute were great, but made it look like it was about 20 degrees. It was steep:

I'm so glad you posted that pic. Because of the my location when I took the pics, I couldn't get them to show the steepness.

Sweet pair of TR's. I still need to finish posting pics and do one from Saturday. I'm getting there. Damned work keeps getting in the way.

[tarkman1]

Day 3: Virginia Lakes, again

"Hey Spats. With the glue sticking to your base, it's probably a good idea for you to go first."

[SchralphMacchio]

Some more stoke ...

I think this marks the spot.


~V~ and BigKuba atop Gaylor


Twins and Asandygal atop Lincoln


"Yo Dude, you getting bored of those guys yet?"


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Sonora Pass Stoke! These are all from the drive home on Sunday. It was ... kind of f'ing gorgeous. To say the least.

I think these are from Sardine Flat ...



I think this is a shoulder of Mt. Leavitt?


Ah. It all makes much more sense now.


Okay these last two deserve some size. What was that one Kerouc book?




Spats


Yeah, I'd say ... it was a pretty fucking good weekend. FKNA!



Thanks all for making this such a rad freaking trip. If you want the higher res versions of my photos, just PM me. I've already got them hosted so I can just send you the linkie.

Cheers, here's to the rest of the season and for everyone to stay healthy so that we can do it all again at next year's mini.

[SkiBrain]

Some of my shots to add to the collection. Here are Shaggy and TWINS part-way up the Fri Lincoln hike.



Schralph Macchio hanging out at the bottom of Avi 1,



and Shaggy on the next slope over after cutting out a tad early.



MilesB, Bob (I think. Don't remember his board name), and Shaggy at the top of the gondola.



Big Tim, MilesB, can't remember his name, and atomicboy enjoying some refreshments, with an interesting shot of asandygal who must have been in the process of sitting up or down, but unfortunately it kind of looks like she's about to take a dump, sorry .



Captain powder, the Dallas duo, Sponsored by duct tape, Katie and Diane, I think, hanging out in front of the Mill.



What's that off in the distance? Is it a bird, or a plane? No... it's a stream of maggots returning from the Sat Lincoln/avi chute run.







Whole bunch of mags just "milling" about the beach after another great day



cdlv, squirrelmurphy, wandering not lost, and infantile egomaniac chilling in the beach chairs, with backside views of LBski, TWINS, and Viva.



Elle Be engaging in some monkey business at the Clocktower Sat night,



and a drinking game (flip cup?) with Spats, Ubersheist, and ???,



while Stroupskier, Shaggy, and a couple of my non-mag friends enjoy a little foosball.



The next day Dookey67 decides to try an alternative form of transportation.



Weeee...



"Not bad, but I think I'll stick with my Lib techs for now"



Nice Sunday group shot at the top of the gondola with Divegirl, Legoskier, Shaggy, LBski, Powpig, Hutash, Gebster, Bklyn, Viva, Elle Be, and Vets.



In closing, here's a shot of Schralphoptimus prime, because it's been a while since the helmet made an appearance. Also like the fact that Divegirl looks like she's having a hard time containing her amusement, but also a little like she's praying for mercy.



Thanks to everyone for making it such a great weekend, especially Elle Be for organizing, and Ubersheist and Shaggy for being my chauffeurs.

[tarkman1]

How about some more ski stoke shots? I'm starting to think Spats, Chunder, and I got more vertical while touring than most of those who skied the lifts.

[hutash]

I think people spent more time sittin' on the beach, then sittin' on a chair lift...Not that there's anything wrong with that.

For the very simple reason you can drink on the beach.

[SchralphMacchio]

Wait, people skied at the mammoth mini? I thought the get-together was just for drinking and roasting emus?

[P_McPoser]

umm schralph--fail posts?

[rehabit]

How about some more ski stoke shots? I'm starting to think Spats, Chunder, and I got more vertical while touring than most of those who skied the lifts.

I guess I'm not with the mostest then
the only time I spent on the beach was for a beer break at lunch or after 3pm.... What's the vert @ Mammoth? Like 2200 ft? I'm guessing I got something like 15,000+ vert per day.

here's a teaser / more later- gotta unpack and scrape all the bugs off my bumper first

t-tips Tim rockin the Rotefella's and the Fiji water bottle - Nice tele turns BTW!


edit:and one more just because!

[cdlv]

skied plenty the weekend and limited beach time to lunch and post ski. here are more action shots so as not to look like some sort of epicski get together

me and rehabit under 23

me giving ricd a nice snowshower

Rehabit and powpig on daves


powpig

rehabit


chad rocking the lotus


rehabit


snownymph in avy one giving me a snowshower and looking happy to do so

[SchralphMacchio]

... BTW that a pretty dam fun road to ride your bike down

I was thinking that exact same thing when Spats and I were driving down. But he asked me if I thought the ride up would be nearly as fun ... ummm, yeah, car shuttles?

[chunder]

I think people spent more time sittin' on the beach, then sittin' on a chair lift...For the very simple reason you can drink on the beach.

Hmmm...in my extensive experience I have never found that chairlifts and drinking are mutually exclusive...

How about some more ski stoke shots?

Tarkman can haz teh smoove


A patented levitation demonstration


Spats defining rock star steeze (nice hat!)


Maggot road kill organizational skillz


Cool rocks from the summit of Black Mountain

[SkiBrain]

How about some more ski stoke shots? I'm starting to think Spats, Chunder, and I got more vertical while touring than most of those who skied the lifts.

I only got one shot of someone skiing and it wasn't good so I didn't post it, but it's not because we didn't ski. Personally, I was too busy enjoying the sweet spring corn and trying to get in a lot of runs to pull out the camera much on the slopes. Having knee surgery in June and starting a new job in New York in August, so this was my last chance to ski for a long time.

[Sinecure]

Here's a quick video of Schralph going big at Fort FKNA. Yeah Baby!...

[Elle Be]

Not everyone stops to take shots when skiing. Most are too busy skiing. And, for me, I can't be bothered to do all the posing or wait for someone to ski ahead and then get it right. I just ride down when I get to the top of the lift. And then I do it again. And again. And...

Partying though, that's an easy shot to take. And fun to view, afterwards. That's what memories are made of - the socializing.

[rehabit]

apologies if you skied that run with us and don't see youself here. my photo skillz are not madd. These are some of the ones that turned out... BTW, all but two of the people skiiing here were new nickels changed for me. FKNA awesome skiin with all of you!!!

This run was easily one of many highlights on the trip. Next year instead of skiing it one at a time, I think we should do a chinese downhill and video it!

more action, candid and scenic shots later >

multiple maggots



What's yer board names again? maybe if I had it in focus


Twins


Dookie


Cinders sequence





?? I am terrible with names, much less trying to remember real names as well.


cdlv



again ??sorry?? Go Leafs!


Shaggy


DG


Tim


Lego



fun times!

[rehabit]

I felt like I was famous with all the cameras flashing at the bottom

Here's a few that cdlv grabbed under 23. 23 right?
I like mmthmtnCA!


Thanks again C! Had a great day skiin with you.

and RicD too! Welcome JONG!