Sasa-Boo-Boo

Well,

What can I say. The season has been awesome, and the closeout was nothing less than delicious. We rolled into sasabune for the awards ceremony.


Payne doesnt like nori, so I got an added bonus of eating my rolls and his rolls at the end. worrrrd. We talked about plans for next season. I wanna hit 30 days. and it's possible. At least I think it is. We'll see.




This is the part we've all been waiting for. The bill. HaH! Next year we may have to up the stakes....

Victory Lap

The Victory lap at Mammoth.

Bethany and I closed out the season and the WIN last weekend. I found my camera charger, and was able to document the trip. It was the first time I've gotten to ride my new board, which has recently been stamped with the cadillac symbol of luxury.

My old board was a Burton Baron 162. Wide board for my long feet. This new one is a 159. Shorter by 3cm, but what a difference. The board is about 15% stiffer, so I'm able to cruise pretty good on it, but it's WAY lighter than the baron. It felt like the board was about half the size of the other one. I was whippin' that thing everywhere. Still glad I got it on deal, cause the board still sells for $649.

Anyway, Mammoth was sweet. Half the mountain was closed, so it was main lodge and the mill. Eagle and canyon were done. Kinda sad, cause then we miss out on most of the other side of the hill. Crowds however, were sweet. We didn't wait once for the lift. Riding solo in the gon-DOLA pretty much every time. It was sweet. Bethany was taking the main face down since chair 14 was shut down for a "special event". She's really come a long way this season.

Everything was so easy. Since it was just us, we'd stop whenever we wanted, take breaks, have beer or just keep riding. It was our mountain. The crazy thing is we would get there at about 8:00am and then be done by 1:30 cause it was straight riding. No waiting for anything or anyone.

After riding on saturday we made reservations at the Alpenrose Grill. It has "become" our favorite up there, cause it's easy, has good wines and some more taste.

After Dinner we went to the movies. haha.. It was a real dinner date with the movie included. Iron man is sweet by the way.

Sunday was even more empty than Saturday. Bethany got a little bit of the leg burn and had to take a break.



She wasn't really as sad as she looks.

So this is the end of the Season. It began and ended in the same place with the same girl. :) word up. 21 and 1/2 days. I gotta get at least 30 next season. Especially now that the whistler thing is gonna be an annual event. I'm not counting my 13 days riding at camp (even though) toward this season or next, cause I feel like it's more training than anything. I will definitely be bloggin about that. Oh, I also will be getting a video camera, so look out for some sweet music to accompany my midrange snowboard skills. Oh, and dont forget about the sasabune. That will take place next week. One more word up for the road!

WORD UP!

The snow is gone, but the mammoth still gleams (like the cube)

Summer already?

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Oh summer. Warm days, sunny weather and YES. Snowboarding. I'm going to camp this year. Back in the days when I was skating, I wanted to go to woodward PA for skate camp. I couldn't pay and my parents weren't able to either. Times have changed though. I have a refrigerator, I have reynolds wrap. Now snowboarding is my friend. I have the money, I wanna go and my parents can cheer me on, since I sign my own waivers now :) I did some research and ended up in whistler once again... Camp of Champions. Its gonna be SOOOOO good. I wish everyone was going with me, but I'm goin solo on this one. 2 weeks in july. Say word, son.




A park just for us campers. Afternoon activities and plenty of annoying spoiled children that cant wait to make fun of my old ass. Haha... I dont think there are gonna be campfires and sing-a-longs, but I'm hoping at the very least for a karaoke bar somewhere. I wasnt looking last time I was up there. I'm VERY excited. Especially since I just got that new ride. I'm literally training for it right now. 2 weeks of straight up park riding is sure to be tough on me.




But not too tough I hope. This year they're gonna have the bagJump. Its basically a "high-fall" stuntman bag that the dudes in the movies use when they jump off buildings. Someone turned it into a snowboard landing pad. Straight cane sweetness.


Anyway, I was supposed to go up to mammoth this weekend, but it's not lookin good because my foot is hurting just a little. I'm takin it easy. I'm also pretty sure mammoth isn't lookin too good now anyway. (I just keep telling myself that, I have no research or info to back it up) As it stands I am set to win the contest. And enjoy it's raw delicious spoils.