The MES 2010

[trent]

It’s time again for us to get together and play as a group. Being that our hills are small, and limited on space, we’re going to do this on a weekday. That’ll mean more corduroy for us!

When: Wednesday, Jan. 27th, 2010
Where: Afton Alps www.aftonalps.com (http://www.aftonalps.com/)
Time: 9:30am - ?
Cost: $28 for an all day ticket, plus any food or beverages.
Who: Anyone you know who likes to dig trenches.

We will schedule a few meeting spots and times to regroup with lost riders and take some group rides. Let’s start with meeting at 9:30 by chairlift 2 off the “Alps” Chalet and take some runs down the front hills while waiting for some late sleepers. Same chair again at 2 pm to regroup with anyone lost.

Pass this on to anyone you think would be interested!

-trent

[Call me jack]

i'll be there

[Scott.Creer]

I am gonna try to make it. We will see how crazy work is that week.

[Bubba]

will be there.....sweatshirts & tshirts again this year?

[trent]

sweatshirts & tshirts again this year?

not this year. my planning / organization is off this year.

-trent

[bonzo]

I'd be there, except I have to be in Colorado. Riding, not working. Is this a once a year event?

[thebionicman]

Work will have me out of town. Oh well, there is always sunday morning at Buck!

[trent]

bonzo - yep, it's once a year. but there are a bunch of us who ride on a regular basis. put up a post when you're back from co if you want to find a group.

col. austin - that sucks. calling in sick won't work very well, will it? hope you're somewhere with mountains.

-trent

[wjholm]

I hope to make it. Not sure I have met any of the MN crowd. Looking forward to it.

[trent]

a few more picts from last year.

[bobble]

anyone
bringing
cameras?

[powell1.8]

I plan on bringing a camera.

I don't want to miss another chance at sighting and photographing the highly secretive Hover board and lazer enhanced goggles.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_gfCb1EyJmPo/SXlmydeG5nI/AAAAAAAAC44/cheSkD1hPTc/s720/DSC01057.JPG

[powell1.8]

Some more pics from 2009

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_gfCb1EyJmPo/SXlnW8axanI/AAAAAAAAC_I/qUcwvJZdCbo/s720/DSC01117.JPGhttp://lh4.ggpht.com/_gfCb1EyJmPo/SXlndFvqX_I/AAAAAAAADAQ/DUncEL4DOk0/s640/DSC01144.JPGhttp://lh6.ggpht.com/_gfCb1EyJmPo/SXlnsXevV_I/AAAAAAAADDE/TJodjYykTro/s640/DSC01195.JPGhttp://lh6.ggpht.com/_gfCb1EyJmPo/SXlkp4UpwMI/AAAAAAAAClI/Cm0wfWEam3c/s720/DSC00792.JPG

[powell1.8]

Some more
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_gfCb1EyJmPo/SXlkroeVEOI/AAAAAAAAClY/L_RkM2t1JKI/s720/DSC00795.JPGhttp://lh6.ggpht.com/_gfCb1EyJmPo/SXlk_ZzvIGI/AAAAAAAACn0/Qp-45Qo-gp4/s720/DSC00875.JPGhttp://lh6.ggpht.com/_gfCb1EyJmPo/SXllPjESvRI/AAAAAAAACqE/hLJfhOhrW6o/s720/DSC00901.JPGhttp://lh6.ggpht.com/_gfCb1EyJmPo/SXllWhKO9EI/AAAAAAAACrQ/2l23pGXukIc/s720/DSC00910.JPGhttp://lh3.ggpht.com/_gfCb1EyJmPo/SXll32V-fKI/AAAAAAAACvs/AwDi6SqRrTc/s720/DSC00976.JPGhttp://lh5.ggpht.com/_gfCb1EyJmPo/SXlmBthhBeI/AAAAAAAACxI/vplynmP2WbQ/s720/DSC00987.JPGhttp://lh5.ggpht.com/_gfCb1EyJmPo/SXlmcYJ-ouI/AAAAAAAAC1c/9c4vcAHJF5U/s720/DSC01021.JPG

[powell1.8]

The light was terrible last year. Hopefully this year we'll get some sun.

I did notice going through my pictures that JoeD dominates the camera. His tongue is hanging out on many of the pics as well. Hope you make it Joe.:D

[trent]

those mittens above are hot!

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[powell1.8]

Giggling at Bobbles frustration is almost mean, but it made me giggle too. Props to Bobble for working through the curse and letting the world know who really owned that hill.

[Call me jack]

how come some of the related videos are rap videos? Is MES a gangsta gangsta throw down?

Minnesota
Ebonics
Session

[Scuff]

Giggling at Bobbles frustration is almost mean, but it made me giggle too. Props to Bobble for working through the curse and letting the world know who really owned that hill.

Ditto!

Thud.. Thud.. Thud.. Thud.. Thud.. Thud..

[trent]

nat is a wicked carver, even if he's a 2 planker! and he's got the cool cylon goggles like mud. :)

[trent]

one week to go!

[trent]

some autographs on the hill.

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[BobD]

Nearly 24 hrs of freezing rain. Ice skates may be the best carving tools :freak3:

BobD

[pebu]

http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=20086&stc=1&d=1263951728

This looks like a very comfortable carver.

[BobD]

http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=20086&stc=1&d=1263951728

This looks like a very comfortable carver.

I never noticed before, how huge Bob's left hand is. Is that a specially made glove Bob ?

[powell1.8]

http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=20086&stc=1&d=1263951728

This looks like a very comfortable carver.

I'd agree, but look at what happens when he's just a bit off.
http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=20049&stc=1&d=1263856593
It's hard to make out in this clip, but someone came down to see if Bobble was ok after slidding out on a heelside. Bobble procedes to knock the guy down and literally pound him into the hill. In this clip he's just packing down the last of the snow covering the poor guy. As angry as Bobble can get he does like to keep the hill in good shape.

[bobble]

This looks like a very comfortable carver.

thanks but actually i'm doing one-arm pushups in front of the camera. chicks dig it.



I noticed before, how huge Bob's left hand is. Is that a specially made glove Bob ?

carving gauntlets... dakine gloves from REI and the Kombi glove protectors. they might look bigger from the snow packing under the Kombis.

i liken my gloves to astronaut gloves. the only thing missing are the metal coupling rings. after a day of riding the gloves become so stiff from snow pack that i can't use the fingers to pick things up or pull the step-in release.



It's hard to make out in this clip, but someone came down to see if Bobble was ok after slidding out on a heelside. Bobble procedes to knock the guy down and literally pound him into the hill. In this clip he's just packing down the last of the snow covering the poor guy. As angry as Bobble can get he does like to keep the hill in good shape.

indeed. time for some ground-n-pound. :eplus2:

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anyways, looking forward to wednesday. should be fun!

[BobD]

Looking much better for Wednesday. Two, maybe three nights of frozen grooming before, and some blue skies :biggthump

BobD

[Call me jack]

Looking much better for Wednesday. Two, maybe three nights of frozen grooming before, and some blue skies :biggthump

BobD

They actually started making snow, tonight. which is a good/bad thing, depending on the quality of the groom

[BobD]

They actually started making snow, tonight. which is a good/bad thing, depending on the quality of the groom


Buckhill today was actually pretty good, so hopefully Afton are doing as good a job.

Bob

[Diggin in MN]

I think tomorrow will be awesome riding conditions. Cold, mostly clear. See you there!

[Scott.Creer]

Today Rocked! Pleasure Meeting everyone and seeing all the rest of the TDs out there.

-scott

[bobble]

good time today. great turnout :biggthump

towards the end i was dragging. could barely function. i think the cold got to me.

anyways, some videos... scroll through the playlist.

sorry i don't have everyone uploaded. my sony POS is flaky - keep getting dropped frames... be patient. i'll try to add more tomorrow or the next day.

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[trent]

great day yesterday! thanks to everyone who came out to play! :) the bar is raised for next year... we had 20 riders, and a few of us stayed until 7. it's now a tradition. ;) i'm very tired today, but still smiling.

i'll get the group shot up soon, and work on getting the video i took posted somewhere.

-trent

[trent]

here's the group picture. bobd left before this was taken, we'll photoshop him in later.

i also noticed after lunch, that the only equipment in the racks was carving gear! :biggthump

i've got 20 minutes of video. borrowed a friends hi-def camcorder... it's not playing nice with my computer right now. i'll get something posted once i can get something watchable.

[Bubba]

Had a blast again....left shortly after the group picture. Don't know what it was, but I could not get warm even after being in the chalet at lunch. Made a few painful runs and decided to pack it in. Toes finally thawed out when I hit Rochester. It was all good though! :biggthump

[powell1.8]

I'm sore :biggthump

[Speedzilla]

Got some pics posted here (http://squarelogo.smugmug.com/Other/MES-2010-Afton-Alps/11082785_ywB7Z#776005901_zNtcF).

I wasn't too thrilled with the photos, the lighting was very tricky with sun coming from behind coupled with the dark colors most people wear. I'm sure I missed some of you, sorry about that.

http://squarelogo.smugmug.com/Other/MES-2010-Afton-Alps/11082785_ywB7Z#776004102_FN5JG-A-LB

[bobble]

the pictures of greg cheezing it up crack me up!

[powell1.8]

Really nice pics. There are a few jems in there. I particularly like the shot of the trenched up run with a carver silhouetted on the top of the run. I also am impressed at the sharpness of the images.


Now I'm regretting not taking some time out to take a few pics. I just couldn't bring myself to break away from riding.

[trent]

nice picts dave! thanks for spending so much time taking them. :biggthump

greg, you should do all your heelside turns like that. :)

[Scuff]

Excellent pics Dave!!
Thanks Trent for organizing!!

[Call me jack]

Excellent pics Dave!!
Thanks Trent for organizing!!

hey scuff, is your real name ben?

[bobble]

i've added a few more videos... not thrilled with my camera work.

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or go here (http://www.youtube.com/user/imakeruts#grid/user/694F8C386AB0A810).

[Scuff]

hey scuff, is your real name ben?
Nope. Sorry...I'm not Ben.
It would be easy to confuse us though, as Ben and I are an awful lot alike.

So Dave - How did the longer F2 work out?

Cheers,
~Karl

[Call me jack]

ahh i remember you!

i liked it a lot. so much i, ended up buying it from him... its actually help me figure our where my knees are supposed to go, and how to rotate my hips better

[trent]

sorry about the delay. totally not worth the wait either. my pc really isn't ready for trying to edit hd video. i just deleted the worst bits, but that's all i could do. maybe when i get a faster machine, i'll try to clean it up more and put everyone's clips together. sorry.

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[bobble]

sorry about the delay. totally not worth the wait either. my pc really isn't ready for trying to edit hd video. i just deleted the worst bits, but that's all i could do. maybe when i get a faster machine, i'll try to clean it up more and put everyone's clips together. sorry.

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:biggthump:biggthump:biggthump

[trent]

check this out. not bad after breaking both legs last year. way to go, clay! i know some of us got to see the x-rays at mes.

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