Best Session of the year so far. We headed up to Beech Mtn. Monday after work. They got about 20 inches of snow over the weekend so it was perfect. When we arrived it was about 27 degrees and no wind, perfect! There was so much fricking snow! Even in Boone it was stacked all over the roads. Biggest snow event they had in 15 years up there. The conditions proved it too.. The Quad was open up top and Robbins was open.. on the lift up we saw White Lightning had a ton of PoW on it and some people were poaching it even though it was not open yet.. later that night we gave it a shot.. powder up to the knees!! it was killer. About half way down, we got stopped by ski patrol dammit… clipped out lift tickets and we were done.. It was an awesome story and night session. Met some new people at the bar, and Tracy the bar Tender was there.. she is super cool.
Headed to Beech Mountain ON a cloudy Tuesday with Dave and Karl. It was the first time I was out on the mountain with my Friends… Me and Karl were racing all day long… I told myself I did not want to charge it that hard yet, but we were gong crazy. The conditions were good, snow was soft and very fast. I beat Karl 2x and he had me about 3 or 4 times. It was fricking awesome. Only things is that we felt a little bad because we would have to wait up on Dave at times. He is good, but does not bomb the mountain like us. Karl’s wife and kid were there too, they were coming back from vacation and met us there. There was some Drama trying to find them in Banner Elk, but all ended up well. That is my last session of the year I think, but I already have the First Tuesday in Jan off ot hit it again, and we are planning a trip to Snowshoe in mid Feb.
Garden State changed my life… let go and let God
we are all characters in a story.. but the character does not create the story the writer does..
Went to Beech Mountain for opening day… conditions were variable, poor at best when I first headed up. Managed to jump a creek and ride switch a good part of the day. My body is super sore, but a good sore.. get the kinks out so I am ready for my session on Tuesday with my Crew.. Base should be up to 20 inches by then, cold weather in the 20’s the next few days..w00t!
My sadness, this time of the year, when we would hunt up north in the snow… My Dad has been gone for 16 years now… I think now I am just old enough to realize how much I miss him.. My endless search for someone, or something thing traces back to how much I need a Father. I am going to find a picture of him tonight, to place by my bedside so I can look at him and be thankful of the short time I was lucky enough to be in his presence.
Well, We had a little bit of snow in the Mountains over the Holiday.. by little, I mean little. Like 1-3 inches. Anways, Karl and David and I planned on heading up there on Tuesday, but Sugar Mountain is barley open, so I think it is a waste to go just yet. They totally want to go, but snowboarding on grass spots is not my idea of a session. Anyways, just wanted to kick things off. I will be blogging each session this year here since my site I created last year is out of commish… Peace, Pray, and Pray for Snow!
