10/11 Tahoe Weather, Conditions, Stoke, and What's Up Thread

[powdork]

damn dhelihiker, we're gonna miss the unicorn shirt this weekend. You're gonna miss me flailing down Summit on Ottime's 210 ARCs!!! I don't even know how to ski straight skis, let alone those burly pieces of lumber with the Atomic logo on them!

Those 220s must have a massive BSL mount as well

edit: Frush and Ty haven't chimed in recently ... you guys coming???

you heading up from south lake, or straight from the bay? i'm thinking of making some turns somewhere high prior given the forecast.

[SchralphMacchio]

going straight up tomorrow morning via I80 ... hoping to score a good parking spot to make the beers easily accessible

[splat]

Left Squaw at 3 and it was snowing nicely up top and snowing in the parking lot.
Tomorrow should be awesome for weekenders. The snow is great.

[RaccoonFace]

Wow, I just noticed how many posts are in this thread...

I'll buy a beer for the 5000th poster... If that poster is Jim S I will substitute a chicken breast for the beer.

okbye

[flipsRscary]

Left Squaw at 3 and it was snowing nicely up top and snowing in the parking lot.
Tomorrow should be awesome for weekenders. The snow is great.

'Got there around 2:30. Randomly my first time out on a pair of your skis.

By 3:30 there was enough new snow to.get a couple (shallow) powder turns. It's still coming down.

[unpossible]

going straight up tomorrow morning via I80 ... hoping to score a good parking spot to make the beers easily accessible

Sorry guys, can't make it to LBD, got some friends in from out of town and they are skiing Squaw (tried to convince them to hit AM). I am sure you will have fun without me.

If you are going to be drinking in the parking lot after close I will try to stop by and say hello.

[The Dad]

Sinecure asks me to post that anyone who needs AM tickets meet him at 8:45am at Treats, just on the right of the breezeway. He'll have comps.

I'll probably be up mid-morning, and will lead the charge of the longboardless.... or at very least, will lessen your embarrassment.

[Ottime]

youre skiing on 210's? scary, be carefull those things have minds of their own.

No they don't. They just go straight.

[tahoearmada]

Ill be at alpine tomorrow with HiGrade1... not on longboards though

Mountain was awesome today, as long as not too many people show up it will be even better tomorrow!

I wanna see some longboard trains... down thru marhangis or off the wolvie cornice would be cool!!!

[Sinecure]

I'll be at Treats in the morning. I have a couple of comps and a few tix a friend wants me to sell for $30ea. Plus I have a couple two-for one vouchers, but I don't think they're good on Saturdays.

Big snowboard is waxed. I did my best to repair the big skis - they're skiable but spats beat them up pretty good a couple years ago. I'm planning to go bi tomorrow. Snowboard some, ski some. I mounted up the skis with some Pivots that have a pretty large bsl range so someone else can ride them too.

If you don't know me, I have a reddish beard, will be wearing a captain america helmet and some Reusch gloves from the 80s.

[Spats]

Big snowboard is waxed. I did my best to repair the big skis - they're skiable but spats beat them up pretty good a couple years ago.

Hey! I put one edge compression in them at LBD three years ago, probably from skiing over a Kleenex because the edges are about the width of a human hair (being genuine WC race skis from the 1970s). Any other damage was done by someone else in the years since then.

Remember, you were just going to make them into a rail slide for your kids I still felt bad, though, so I left you those Volkls to use instead, and the 747 Equipes so future riders wouldn't rip their legs off with the green spring 727s that were on there.

They're actually a boatload of fun to ski, as they go exactly where you point them, at any speed. I recommend them to anyone with 335+ BSL.

[Jim S]

Keeping an eye out, RF.

[powdork]

if i recall correctly there were about a hundred 5,000th posters last year, of which i was 2.

[Sinecure]

Just busting your balls spats. That's the repair I did. Fixed the edge compression, although it actually broke the tabs off the edge so a real repair will require screws - not worth it. The edge is also coming out at the tail, so hopefully it won't pull completely out.

Dork - got your PM. Sent you my digits, but Schralph has them too. Call when you get here.

[brannen]

still need the alpine tix? i am broken, so that is why i cant use them

[The Dad]

Made it to Alpine around 10:30, skied for a couple of hours. Vis sucked on Summit anywhere above the Face, but not bad on Scott. Hit an ice bump on Bobby's, spun around, slid backwards, and tweaked my left calf trying to edge and stop. I'm guessing it's a muscle tear. Currently icing the calf at the house.

Sorry I didn't get to meet up with the LBD crew.

[powfiend]

anyone headed up to/through truckee on monday from the bay??? Im in berkeley and willing to split gas. thanks!

[Vets]

Heavenly served up some sweet whipped cream cheese on toasted bagel turns today (much better than typical dust on crust.)

[powdork]

sorry we missed you. had a smallish group with four longboarders and one panty wearin' beyotch on little missiles. sorry you got hurt. hopefully you and little miss sinecure heal well. i haven't looked at all the pictures yet, but i'm guessing schralph will be the poster boy. all 210cm off the ground at one time. yeehaw!!!

[Sinecure]

Today was lots of fun. The weather and other factors didn't cooperate, but lots of laughs were had. My daughter got hurt on the first run. We went to First Aid and they sent her home with instructions to go to the hospital if she got worse. I switched from the giant snowboard, which was more challenging that I wanted, given that I haven't snowboarded all season. She would call me just after lunch not feeling great and I'd have to head home to take her to the hospital. An ultrasound showed no spleen injury, the main concern, and she was sent home to relax. We were in and out of Tahoe Forest Hospital in one hour - that place is efficient if it isn't high season. Now we're home relaxing and watching the Bruins kick some Hab butt. Hope the Sharks can do the same.

In the handful of runs we got in, we had some good moments. I'm sure PowDork will post up some better photos, but here are some I took on my P&S.

In the morning. I rode the big snowboard first. Whiteout on Summit made me fall right on my face in an early turn.



Powdork, Schralph and Me posing in the lift line:



Me getting radical on the box:



And catching a little air:



Schralph goes HUGE off the box:




Next try resulted in a sweet hip-check:



Powdork takes it smoooth:



Schralph warming up for some Skier666 impressions. Keep in mind this guy learned to ski this season and he's on 210 Red Sleds.

[Sinecure]

More fun pics.

The crew in the morning. Just three of us. Schralph's non-mag friend Andrew would join us after lunch.




Goofing around on Roundhouse:




And at the base. Me, Schralph, Powdork:




After lunch, and just before I had to run to take Little Miss Sinecure to the hospital, I let my inner SpongeBob out:

[TR Report Card]

TR Report Card
Prepared for: Longboard Day 2011

Quality of Photo(s): F-

Participation: F-

Quality of Video(s): NA

Powder Rating: D-

Additional Comments:
LBD has jumped the shark.

[powdork]

or perhaps TR Report Card has jumped the gun, since this isn't even a TR.

[Spats]

I'll be closing the Heave tomorrow, and most likely Sierra on Monday ($25 tickets, 9A-2P, Customer Appreciation Day). PM for digits.

[flipsRscary]

TR Report Card
Powder Rating: D-

Dunno, I'd have given the upper mountain at squaw a C yesterday, I suppose Alpine is just a bit lower, so say a C-?

Speaking of the snow conditions yesterday; the fresh while heavy was nice. The stuff under it, in combination, was oddly hooky and grabby.

LBD has jumped the shark.

Or perhaps the weather just wasn't as springy as it should be for such an event. Sun and corn might well have convinced me to patch up and pack another set of boards and swing over to Alpine yesterday.