yeah,lol i just found this out tonight! Also hear they have $10 tx on sunday nights. Guess thats one of the places I havent been in YEARS
it helps if your riding a lot of rails to make sure you de tune your edges. Also knees slightly bent and be like a spring to ABSORB the kinks... had a bad wreck last year that pretty much put me out for the entire day. I hardly got to ride last and i really really want to get out and ride this. I'm thinking a season pass some place might not be a half bad idea.
Tim if you get one at afton I am usually out there friday - sunday and a few random days durning the week.
just did my little mini tune on the boards, now we just need colder weather!! i want to be riding in 2 weeks!!!
Wild MTN is having DEMO days this weekend. I know my wife (and maybe me) will be out there. She has a K2 board that she wants to demo before we pick it up from the rep on monday. So just an FYI you can ride this weekend. You can even check out new gear before you buy it.
yeah i saw that wild is open, just kinda torn about driving there from brainerd for 1 run being open and most likely being busy as hell
oh, yeah I don't know if i would do it. if you live in brainerd... hell i would just find some good hills or farm land and hike. i guess you have to wait for mother nature to make that snow.
yeah, a bunch of the instructors @ afton... mainly my roommate and other buddy (k2 rep) go to the ice rinks throughout the year and fill the back of the bed of a truck with ice shavings. then set up boxes and ride when ever and where ever. they just shave the ice off and dump it out back to melt. that is when we go and scoop it up to ride. tools needed: Truck tarp to cover ice once in the truck shovel to put ice in and out of truck ice rink to provide ice boxes to slide snowboards, friends and a hill
Picked up a new K2 Fling, K2 Auto-bindings and some new boots for the wife this weekend. as well i put on the snowboard rack. can't wait for SNOW!
I really want to make Utah my next snowboard trip. I have done Montanna and Jackson Hole.... but I want crazy powder. Let me know how you like snowbird.
I have seen a lot of the videos from this year and so far my favorite one is this one. They came from... And transworld has every part online!! http://snowboarding.transworld.net/tag/they-came-from/ Another good one from this year is This video sucks!! Full movie!!!
nice vid!! i have never been real into rails, although that seems to be the 'cool' thing to do now! LOL
The Bird Rocks! Great terrain. I've been going there for the last few years; when am I gonna just move there? And Utah powder is like no other, dry and lofty and tons of it. Oh wait... I mean it sucks! MN snow is better.
awesome, my girlfriend and I have a trip planned to snowbird at the end of Jan. and cant wait! Any tips or must see/do's?
I second this. They are cool to see in videos, but I hate videos that are 50%+ rails. I would rather see park and big back country hits/riding.
See, because I grew up skateboarding, I like watching rails. I also like backcountry and park too. If its equally mixed in a video, im happy
This was the facebook update today: Afton Alps We need cold weather! Hoping to make some snow tonight. Opening date/time still TBD. Please check out our website for more information. Tony and Will I know that you were talking about going out this weekend. If you go hit me up. I am always down to ride. As of right now it looks like we need a few nights of 32 or lower to be able to ride. the day temp won't matter too much. As well i have yet to get an email telling me to come to work.
Just bought my ticket to Colorado today, it was super cheap through Southwest, $195 round trip. And since it's through Southwest, 2 bags are free (I called to confirm, even your snowboard bag is free!) Getting stoked!
Non-stop to Denver. Then I'll either be taking the CME, renting a car for a day, flying, or taking a Greyhound to Aspen. Luckilly there are plenty of options to get to Aspen once you are at the Denver airport. I'll be staying at Snowmass Village for free! Now I just gotta buy those lift tickets.
(Facebook Update) Afton Alps Made snow. Possibly opening sometime on Saturday. Check back for updates. - I am crossing my fingers for cold = fake snow = snowboarding
^^^ crap. if they open I'll have to ride my busted jib board. I sold my board from last year on Wednesday and ordered my new one this morning. It wont be here until Tuesday.
you just picked one up.... dude you should have talked to me. my boy owns a snowboard shop and could have hooked you up. i always have a non-busted board you can ride if we go out tomorrow.
oh no, I got a deal of a deal of a deal. 09 ride kink for $180 shipped. Ive been wanting a kink since they came out in wides 2 seasons ago. My jib board will work another few days.
Good to hear. Afton update to instructors Update – 11.27.09 By nick | November 27, 2009 Guys and Gals - Afton Alps did not open today. Yes, we made snow…but not enough to open up. We have a 50/50 chance of opening for tomorrow; Saturday 11.28.09 and almost 100% chance for opening Sunday 11.29.09
Afton Alps Mother Nature is not working in our favor. We will not be open for skiing & boarding this weekend. We are just as upset as you. Our best chance of opening will be Thursday evening 12.3.09. Please stay updated to this site for more details soon to come. ^ I guess the 100% on sunday isn't as 100% as they thought. That is lame. Tony I think that Wild Mountain will be open. I may or may not be doing electrical work on the house Sunday. It depends on when my friend has time to come over. my attendance @ wild is TBD.
Went to Wild today, the snow was actually good! I think they were opening another run as I left. They'll be open for sure the rest of the weekend.
when did snowboards get so "loud"? maybe i'm a bit on the oldschool tip, but I remember the super clean graphics from 1994 - about 2003, after that... what the crap happened? to this day my favorite board ever is my burton ouiji.. sadly few years ago I broke the tail a bit attempting a front flip. I'll forever keep that plank tho.... that board is a LEGEND! My next board was a Burton code.... which I love. Not as fast as some of the new boards out there, but still clean and smooth graphics. Now it seems I can't find a decent board out there that hasn't been crapped on by the 80's. Anyone ever ridden at Mnt. Baker? I'm craving a trip out there this year now like none other! [YOUTUBE]<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/T79ymI8clKk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T79ymI8clKk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> [/YOUTUBE]
^^^^ come on, you dont like neon? You'd appreciate the board I got. Reminds me of the old slimeballs skateboard wheels from back in the day.
I do dig that board... it's got a good flavor to it... top side is a little loud... but I like it. I'll dig out my board and snap a pic tonight
