Cypress Diaries 2011-12

[BlueB]

Welcome to our annual thread!
This is the earliest opening day, ever!

I believe Cousin of Beagle is there today. Roy and me might go tomorrow and on the weekend.

There might be some very good news re. alpine – stay tuned…

We wish you a lot of days like this:

[Cousin of Beagle]

Rock star parking at 9:30. First chair just after 10:00.

Upper Maelle Ricker to mid and lower JJ was the only run open.

Snow is mostly from guns. Off trail, the natural snow is sparse.

Spring conditions. Good coverage. No rocks at all on-piste. Flat light. Slightly drizzly.

[crucible]

The hill is looking GOOD... let's keep our fingers crossed that the temperatures stay cold for the rest of the week.



Geo

[Cousin of Beagle]

Only one run was open, so meat-gates were aplenty.

Think: the Whistler ski-out at the end of the day.

[xy9ine]

subscribed! might head up sunday morning to blow off the cobwebs if the weather doesn't look too crappy...

[Cousin of Beagle]

Yours truly at 0:32. Flashing the shaka!

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[west carven]

howdy cypress gang
hope you hit a rock and knock some sense in yah! (hehe).... just jealous!!!
waiting for a big dump here in mt. tonight.

[xy9ine]

went up today to see what's what. pretty dismal conditions really. a single narrow run, huge line & minimal coverage (some nice brown snow). an exercise in dodging rocks & meat pylons. and they shut down the hill 2:30ish after a close lightning strike. not sure opening the hill with such minimal coverage was a great idea; more of a marketing ploy than anything methinks. anyways, looks like more (natural) snow in the forecast for next week, so hopefully things will improve for net w/e. i'd personally stay away until more runs are opened.

[pan]

Will go up to Cypress tomorrow? Probably, go skiing to teach friend. After, if time permit, will change on snowboard in the afternoon. Can't wait to get on snow!!!

[CarvingScooby]

howdy cypress gang
hope you hit a rock and knock some sense in yah! (hehe).... just jealous!!!
waiting for a big dump here in mt. tonight.
Where r u located?


Will go up to Cypress tomorrow? Probably, go skiing to teach friend. After, if time permit, will change on snowboard in the afternoon. Can't wait to get on snow!!!
Snow still scares and meat gates are too many on to little space, also not quite ready for with the gears prep...
Have we got yr email in our list? If not email me: carvingchanel at yahoo dot ca or email BlueB

C u soon,
RT

[Cousin of Beagle]

Panorama is opening at 11:00 today.

[pan]

Oh YEAH!!! :biggthump

[Cousin of Beagle]

what it looked like last year:

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[pan]

Paid ~4$ for lift ticket with CASI card. Great deal!

Condition is pretty good for carving, except too much traffic and big line-up. Hopefully, more run will be opened and still discount lift ticket. :1luvu:

[CarvingScooby]

Paid ~4$ for lift ticket with CASI card. Great deal!


Thanks for the update...

Have you tried The Alpine Gold Medal Card http://cypressmountain.com/alpine-gold-medal-card it might be even cheaper with CASI card.

RT

[CarvingScooby]

Looks great...hope more run will be open this week...

Date of Update: November 14, 2011 6:00AM

Alpine Area Update:
Cypress Mountain will be open today from 10 AM to 4 PM - afternoon rates start at 1 PM!! - with Eagle Express Quad Chair scheduled to be in operation accessing Upper Maelle Rickers (Upper Fork), Mid & Lower Jasey Jay, and Panorama. Please see details in the 'Latest News' section for details on Ski Lessons on the Magic Carpet.

Let it be more snow,
RT


Pix Sunday Mov 13, 2011

[BlueB]

Luka and me will go ski a bit, today!

[BlueB]

We did few runs down Panorama, in nice sunny weather. Pretty busy for Monday!
Machine packed with some loose from snowguns. Lots of loose rocks and some ice chunks.

This afternoon we still played 1hr of tennis. Gotta love Vancouver!

[kaz]

I went to Cypress today too!
I didn't see you guys:(

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I picked up some rocks and throw them away for you guys:biggthump
But still so many rocks were there.

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orange : rock (blue : icy)

lots of people, rocks and out of shape...:(
But it was good for my exercise.


I smelled pot at run and parking lot. What the hell?
Innocent people might get hit by those potheads.
Please enjoy smoking at home.
I don't like people who don't give a sh!t about other people's safe.

Anyway, it was fun today and I might go there again until this weekend.

Thanks BlueB for letting me use your snowboard.

[CarvingScooby]

Wow half pipe??:eek: Is that yr pix u just made today?...


I went to Cypress today too!
I didn't see you guys:(
Boris went w/ Luka and try convince me...need to finish my 6 years lists of things to do...Sorry kaz.


I picked up some rocks and throw them away for you guys:biggthump But still so many rocks were there. .....lots of people, rocks and out of shape...:( But it was good for my exercise.
Thx for cleaning up the run at least I can safe my back from bending too much...well unless I forgot and "pet the dog";)


...I smelled pot at run and parking lot. What the hell?
Innocent people might get hit by those potheads...
I call them SKUNK butt face:lol: and I say out loud when I smell their butt I mean their face...oh their s**t, that can not be...it came from their mouth those smell...:eplus2:


...Please enjoy smoking at home...
I don't like people who don't give a sh!t about other people's safe....
Agree 100% ...



Anyway, it was fun today and I might go there again until this weekend..
Why only till this weekend? I might go there on Thursday if plan not change


Thanks BlueB for letting me use your snowboard. Yeah...BlueB :biggthump:biggthump

Thanks for the update...BTW did u check the board base:eek:....maybe it's time for 2nd rock board...;)

Cheers
RT

[BlueB]

I wish they rebuilt the superpipe! Unfortunatelly it's just an old photo...

Kaz, I think that I've seen you... Luka and me were inside the lodge when someone walked past, outside in RED hardboots.
He's too slow to start running after the people, especially when wearing ski boots...

Pot on the slopes and pretty much everywhere - welcome to Vancouver. Didn't you smell two guys in the car, when we skated on Saturday? Sad.

Roy, I think Kaz does think BEFORE weekend...
Yeah, Thursday is the plan!

[BlueB]

Uh, almost forgot to mention:
I got taken out from behind, by a softbooter. Not a very viollent hit, but still went right under me and released my ski in the process. I was gratefull that he missed Luka :(

We've also seen someone taken down in the tobogan, by the patroll.

[CarvingScooby]

Uh, almost forgot to mention:
I got taken out from behind, by a softbooter. Not a very viollent hit, but still went right under me and released my ski in the process. I was gratefull that he missed Luka :(
We've also seen someone taken down in the tobogan, by the patroll.
Just like u predict for not going last Saturday, gd thing both of u ok. Better wait when more run r open so the crowd will be spread...

RT

[kaz]

Yeah. I meant BEFORE:( sorry... easy mistake.:smashfrea
I must be tired:sleep:

I used the map picture from cypress homepage.
I'm not sure it's exact but it was like that.

A young guy cut in my line from behind. I don't like it too.
Some people just go straight and fast. They don't know how to make a turn.
But they wanna show off jump and stuff. Shame on you.
Learn rules at run and then making a turn.

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[ruwi]

I picked up some rocks and throw them away for you guys:biggthump
But still so many rocks were there.orange : rock (blue : icy)


Have fun early in the season my friends. I will wait until at least 1m of descent coverage. I love my Rock Board so much:o. Also more coverage will be more friendly with my stiff back if I wipe out. Most likely to happen. So out of shape.:(

ruwi

[eastcoastcarve]

I went over to the dark side and road my soft boots for a few years. So it is time to break out he Trench diggers again. Just waiting for enough snow so I don't find rocks at the bottom of said trenches.

I don't as of yet know any local hard shell riders so I hope to meet a few of you as we get more snow.

John

[CarvingScooby]

I went over to the dark side and road my soft boots for a few years. So it is time to break out he Trench diggers again. Just waiting for enough snow so I don't find rocks at the bottom of said trenches.
I don't as of yet know any local hard shell riders so I hope to meet a few of you as we get more snow.
John

Welcome, John. I hear ya, need rock board for several week maybe less as the cold start coming in as tonite.
Tomorrow BlueB, kaz, Edgy & me will make some turn for a few hours and may b Cousin.. will join us.

We keep contact and update each other thru emails during winter seasons. Shoot me an email and I can get in touch with local booters, I call them YVR Carvers :). Email me: carvingchanel at yahoo dot ca

Cheers
RT
You can search Cypress Diaries and u''ll find YVR Carvers...

[CarvingScooby]

Have fun early in the season my friends. I will wait until at least 1m of descent coverage. I love my Rock Board so much:o. Also more coverage will be more friendly with my stiff back if I wipe out. Most likely to happen. So out of shape.:(
ruwi

No excuses bud. :p
U know where I am and you u know what I have in line...;) and if u can't find any...u always can shift your LandCruser in neutral and glide down to BlueB garage...just don't break the garage door :eplus2:;)

C ya soon, btw did u manage flip those intac?
RT

[Cousin of Beagle]

Mid-season groomer conditions.

[CarvingScooby]

Arrived 10 ish with BlueB. Manage to get 2nd row right behind where JESUS Park his Toyota Sienna. (Too bad I didn't take pix ;)

Glad to be back...glad to see and play with great friends...nice environment. Cousin, kaz, Rod"Edgy"

Got chest and face plant on JJA on the 3rd run...:freak3: Lucky camera...:rolleyes: Sour right arm...
Glad I had my Winter"Rock"Stick

Cheers
RT (1)

[crucible]

Maya and I are heading up for our first day of the season tomorrow, right after lunch...

Hope to c u guys there!

Geo

[CarvingScooby]

Maya and I are heading up for our first day of the season tomorrow, right after lunch... Hope to c u guys there!
Geo

Geo...high traffic hour but they'll open Lions might be not to bad. Cypress Mountain (http://cypressmountain.com/)
We are scheduled to open LIONS EXPRESS Saturday for expert Skiers and Riders Only on Collins!...

I'm most likely off :(

Have fun,
RT

[Puddy Tat]

... to open LIONS EXPRESS Saturday for expert Skiers and Riders Only on Coilers!...

Fixed it for you. :D

[Wee Eck]

Awright Folks, I'm just new to this hardboot malarky. I got given an old Alpine board and bindings so I thought I should give it a go. Ruwi sorted me out with a pair of boots and pointed me in the direction of you boys. So if you see someone stumbling down the hill on a Hot Shine don't be afraid to hurl abuse or even just say hello. Hopefully I will see you on the hill very soon.

Alex

[eastcoastcarve]

Fixed it for you. :D


Sweet that means I can go... if only I wasn't to busy to break out the boards:(

[CarvingScooby]

Fixed it for you. :D

Hey what about Prior, Kessler, SG etc.....:rolleyes:

Any plan soon coming to West Coast, make sure have spare time to make some turn with us. Don't need decks just drag yr boots....

RT

[CarvingScooby]

Awright Folks, I'm just new to this hardboot malarky. I got given an old Alpine board and bindings so I thought I should give it a go. Ruwi sorted me out with a pair of boots and pointed me in the direction of you boys. So if you see someone stumbling down the hill on a Hot Shine don't be afraid to hurl abuse or even just say hello. Hopefully I will see you on the hill very soon. Alex

Email me and I can get u intouch with other YVR Carvers

U might see crucible and his doughter. I haven't heard from xy9ine he might make some turn too.

Enjoy,
RT
Email: carvingchanel at yahoo dot ca

[Puddy Tat]

Hey what about Prior, Kessler, SG etc.....:rolleyes:

Any plan soon coming to West Coast, make sure have spare time to make some turn with us. Don't need decks just drag yr boots....

RT

I'd like to get out there, but I'm taking an MBA part-time for the next couple of years and it is really eating up my life (and vacation time).

A lot days feel like this :smashfrea.

I like reading about the YVR crew riding at Cypress. It's great to see such an active carving community.

Dave

[Cousin of Beagle]

Road were a bit slippery. There was only one car rolled over in the ditch on the Cypress Bowl Road. Rock star parking at 8:20.

9:00 Eagle Chair opened. Available runs were JJ, Maelle Ricker, Panorama, and Sidewinder. No crowds.

Mostly packed powder corduroy groomers. Along the side of JJ, there was 4" to 12" of freshies, which lasted several runs. The snow had slight moisture content, but it was dry enough. No stickiness. Light was slightly flat, increasing in contrast throughout the morning.

I made the CBC evening news.

When I left at noon, the queue was approximately 5 minutes.

Weapon of the day: Dynastar 3800 - 163 cm.

[eastcoastcarve]

Do most of you carvers have full seasons passes or do any of you only do the one day a week pass. I think I am going to have to invest in something.

[crucible]

The majority of the regular YVR carving crew have full season passes- Boris (aka BlueB) of course works there, so his pass is part of his job.

Maya, Brenda and I made it up there by 1230- spent an hour on the North side running down Collins, then went over to the other side and spent the rest of the afternoon zipping down Panorama and Jasey Jay. LOTS of people, made slaloming through the meat gates a real challenge, but it felt great to be on the board again. There's still lots of small stones embedded in the runs, so keep on bringing up your rock boards- I had 5-6 shallow nicks in my base by the end of the day.

Didn't see any carvers, but I did see a guy rip by me on a 178cm monoski, which was pretty cool.

Geo

[xy9ine]

went up sunday morning. did a warmup lap on colins then headed to eagle. amazing the difference a week makes. runs were full width now, and there were no rocks. guns were blasting nonstop and conditions were decent for carving. quiet for the first couple hours (no wait in the singles line), then started to get backed up a bit near noon - my cue to leave. was on the 156 kessler (w/ expectations of many bodies and narrow runs) - fun turny little thing. great workout. blowing off the cobwebs; sure am out of shape though. legs were fried.

sweet olympic legacy hardware:

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[BlueB]

Awright Folks, I'm just new to this hardboot malarky. I got given an old Alpine board and bindings so I thought I should give it a go. Ruwi sorted me out with a pair of boots and pointed me in the direction of you boys. So if you see someone stumbling down the hill on a Hot Shine don't be afraid to hurl abuse or even just say hello. Hopefully I will see you on the hill very soon.
Alex

Welcome Alex!

I teach hard boots at Cypress Snow School. Let's start you the right way. I'll give you a free setup/carpet carving clinic, like I do with all interested newbies, then let's do couple of lessons at Cypress. Snow cover is getting very good already. Contact me for more info on various packages / discounts, etc...
Email: boris at blueb dot biz

[Wee Eck]

Thanks BlueB
I may just have to take you up on that offer. I will give you a shout when I know I am definitely going up the hill, which will probably be this weekend with any luck.

[Cousin of Beagle]

9:00 to 2:00

Overcast. Light was flat, but corduroy, pits, and bumps made the snow easy to read.

There was about 12" of fresh wet snow at the sides of Jasey-Jay. Otherwise it was corded groomers.

In the morning, the snow was mostly moisture-laden and compacted. Softened to semi-mush in the afternoon.

Eagle side grooming was better than Collins on the Lions side.

At 2:00, the fog and rain arrived, so it was time to leave.

Good coverage. Saw a couple of rocks at the entrance to Collins.

Weapon of the day: Dynastar 3800 - 163 cm with Burton P1 bindings.

[eastcoastcarve]

Hey All,

Looks like the weather will be good on Friday so my plan is to come out and try and carve off the rust, the plan is to be there for first tracks.

First time in the new shells and bindings so we will see how they feel.

Deeluxe 700T and TD3SI. BlueB are you around Friday to get some feedback on the setup I currently have?

[BlueB]

More likely tomorrow then Friday.
However, I just head another project requested for the morning, not even sure that I'll make it to the hill :(

[xy9ine]

went up for the first night of the season. pretty quiet up there. snow was hardening up as temps dropped. humpty to horizon now open & general coverage is looking good - ie, people were hitting rainbow & bowen during the day (was closed when i was there). things are shaping up.

heading to whistler tonight for a couple days...

[BlueB]

I was expecting a bit of snow over groomed and brought Highlander and Proto... However it turned out it's a real blizzard up there... Ended up riding the Proto all day.
It's snowing even below the viewpoint - nice and cold, windy though. Visibility was medium, no crowd. By 1:30 when I left, it was feeling as a real pow day and the tracks were filling quicker then we could make them. Looking good, Rainbow and Bowen filling in, Humpty great, part of the Cat Track/Glades open, some ice still exposed on steeper part of Horizon... Eagle mountain was way too windy, so I did only 2 runs down JJA.

I ran into Kaz and we carried on together. His Ogasaka SL performed really good in the miged conditions! Very nice modern shape, rounded tail, metal... Kaz rides with really clean race inspired technique - right on buddy!

Tomorrow should be sunny, should be hero after all this snow! I need to see if I can finish my stuff quickly in the morning...

[eastcoastcarve]

Off to Cypress for the morning / afternoon to dust off the cobwebs.
Todays Ride Custom Coiler 166 Pure Race

[eastcoastcarve]

Holy Crap am I out of shape! I mean I own a gym for God sake so you would think that doing a few runs on a snowboard work be a cup of tea but I was quickly reminded that when you can't remember how to let the board do the work for you, your legs start burning very quickly.

Run 1: was a bit of a write off as I had the bindings set up completely wrong so all I succeeded in doing was tiring my self out and make some sketchy turns. This kind of sucked because the snow seemed like it was awesome to really cave some good turns.

Run 2: got the bindings a little better but still not quite right and actually made some turns that looked like I knew what I was doing on the flat stuff but went to complete hell as soon as it got steep.

Run 3 I think my brain was starting to remember what my body was supposed to do but my body was refusing to comply.

Run 4 Brain and body started to work together a little bit and linked turns that would probably resemble a solid beginner that just learned to carve.

Run 5 Brain and body were agreeing what to do but for some reason my legs no longer responded. At this point I thought I should pack it in for the day but decided to give it one more run to see if my legs would recover.

Run 6 Ran into BlueB and Kaz where both carving some very nice turns proving my thoughts on run 1 that the snow seemed like it was awesome to really cave some good turns. I on the other hand Tried my best but just couldn't hold an edge to save my life...

Run 7 Ya I know I said that I was done at run 5 but now I had people to ride with. This proved to be a bad idea as I had to sit down 4 times on the way down as my leg was cramping and when I stopped at the bottom I almost fell over because my quads were done!

Nice to meet you guys It can only get better from here.

[Cousin of Beagle]

... However it turned out it's a real blizzard up there... ...

In Tsawwassen the wind was SE 45 to 50 knots yesterday. Was a really good day of windsurfing.

P.S. It'll be windy on Saturday.

[Cousin of Beagle]

9:30 to 1:00.

Sunny. A little colder. Probably -2°C. Snow was dry by North Shore standards. Softpacked grippy corduroy with enough firmness for nice carving.

Meat-gate rating: sparse to medium.

Weapon of the day: Prior 4WD - 169 cm.

[CarvingScooby]

9:30 to 1:00.
Sunny. A little colder. Probably -2°C. Snow was dry by North Shore standards. Softpacked grippy corduroy with enough firmness for nice carving. Meat-gate rating: sparse to medium.
Weapon of the day: Prior 4WD - 169 cm.

All runs was open? BlueB & kaz was there, dunno what time they start thou...I had to bail out, most likely nxt wk will join u guys.

Today weather not good...probably Sunday too.
...As a result Cypress Mountain will be closed for night skiing tonight - operating today from 9 AM to 4 PM only. Increasing winds or high wind gusts....

Date of Update: November 26, 2011 8:38am
Weather Conditions: Snowing
Base Temperature: Alpine 0C
Visibility: Variable
Winds: Strong

RT

[BlueB]

Raining...

[crucible]

The girls and I went night skiing for the first time this season Friday evening- great snow, OK visibility, and best of all, no lift line ups... We hammered it without break from 6:30 untl 9:30, then our legs went all noodly and we had to go home.

I took out my Prior 167 ATV with some soft yellow BTS springs in my boots for the first time, and had to make some very dramatic adjustments to my body shifting mechanics during the turns, otherwise I ended up on my face...

[Cousin of Beagle]

10:15 to 2:00.

Rock star parking lot. A bit hardpacked. More hardpacked in the afternoon. Sunny. Weapon of the day: Prior 4WD 169 cm.

[kaz]

I saw a female alpine snowboarder yesterday:)

[xy9ine]

i did a nightowl run last night (8-10). snow was dumping nicely, and there was 6"+ fresh over a hard base. not many bodies up there, so no lines and lots of relatively unmolested snow to play with.

had the prior atv out for the 1st proper runs, and despite some opinions to the contrary, it turned out to be a super fun board for these conditions. nice forgiving nose, and tight-ish scr made for a playful poppy ride. had a great couple hours.

[crucible]

I saw a female alpine snowboarder yesterday:)

Did u get her number?!

Geo

[kaz]

Did u get her number?!

Geo

No way.
I didn't want her to think like I'm trying to pick up a girl.:(
And also I was going to leave there when I saw her.

I wanted to check her gear but I couldn't talk to her anyway 'coz I'm not fluent in English.
If I see her next time, I might say Hi. That's it.:(

But I wish I could talk to her.:cool:

[BlueB]

Action...

[Cousin of Beagle]

Hero snow, blah, blah, blah.

It was Free Burger Day. A celebration of the new month.

Here is my review:

Burger #1. The patty was soft and moist. Dipped in orange special sauce until the burger was dripping. The bun was quite flavourful. No condiments were needed. The overall effect was one of satisfaction, because the burger was free.

Burger #2. Not quite as much orange special sauce. No condiments. I think the burger was a bit more satisfying, although less squishy due to the lack of drippiness. A sugary Sprite washed it all down. Surprisingly, the drink tasted sweeter than usual.

[Wee Eck]

Mr Cousin of Beagle

Excuse my ignorance but has your back binding got a steeper angle than the front and is this normal with hardboots? :confused:

[Cousin of Beagle]

Mr Cousin of Beagle

Excuse my ignorance but has your back binding got a steeper angle than the front and is this normal with hardboots? :confused:

yeah I know. Something is screwed up. I think the angle indicators are flipped or something.

[Cousin of Beagle]

yeah I know. Something is screwed up. I think the angle indicators are flipped or something.


ok I figured it out.

On Monday, I adjusted the angles, mixing up the "regular" and "goofy" settings. This morning, it felt really weird. Looking down at my feet, it looked weird too. I even asked someone to look at it, but he didn't catch it either. I'm glad it wasn't my imagination.

[BlueB]

Hero snow on JJA, Panorama, Fork.
Crappy mixed conditions on Humpty and Horizon.
Good solid hardpack on Midway, but some shrubs still sticking out. No rock, though.
No crowds.

Crew: Federico, Kaz, Scooby, B
Boards: Coil 166, Ogasaka 162, 4WD 174, Kessler BXn 168, Proto 167

Carving frenzy first, then some monkey business later...
.

[BlueB]

High overcast at Cypress. Was snowing in the late morning, then stopped. Base temp just above 0 I think. No crowd!?!

Ski instructor Elia is back to h/boots! He just took over my Generics.

Luka is starting to rediskover ski carving again :)

[BlueB]

Spent all day in Instructor's training... We've got a nice new trainer, Andrew, it was a great refreshment course. Lot's of new faces, lots of interest into h/boots, too!
I froze my bum when the sun went down - had only shell and base layer...

Almost forgot: lower Humpty and lower Horizon have lots of rocks! Mid and lower Horizon and lower humpty have lots of ice too.

Spoted: Scooby on one of his new Kesslers, 170 or 180. Review, Bro?

[CarvingScooby]

aRRIVE 8.45AM @ Lodge park lot, already busy - park at the last 2 rows. Hero Corduroy. Met Yoshii & parents, forgot to take pics:(. Yoshii doing great as the 1st day on HB this season. Keep up the good work...


Spent all day in Instructor's training... We've got a nice new trainer, Andrew, it was a great refreshment course. Lot's of new faces, lots of interest into h/boots, too!... ?
Bro, that's more great news :biggthump ...From Midway chair I can see some of the instructors was paying attention to my gears thn listening to the trainer :rolleyes::eplus2:



...Almost forgot: lower Humpty and lower Horizon have lots of rocks! Mid and lower Horizon and lower humpty have lots of ice too...?

Yeah... leave Horizon side alone for at least 2 dumps. I've check Raven Chair on Crazy Raven(#1) ; Upper and lower good coverage but right on the steep section some srubs still afloat, one more dumps will be good. First Sun (#3) need 2 more dumps as the Cat track and boulders are still showing. Mid way need one more dump.



Spoted: Scooby on one of his new Kesslers, 170 or 180. Review, Bro?

Test Drive both 170 & 180:
210-220lbs incld gears.
Setting TD2F55*,0*Cant - R50*,0*Cant
Stand 19 1/4" Hard/Red E-Rings on AIR SUSPENSION (http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=30599&highlight=air+suspension)

Kessler 180:
Decided 180 to come out first as traffic to none .
I thought I have to get the feel for the first few runs on a strange board, na..ah:cool:, deck as if part of my quiver for long time. After the first run I have to tell my self to ease off to finish my warm-up laps but as soon as I pass upper JJA I just can't hold the temp and let it go... deck just following the way I want to carve, EC or Extreme C. Deck has alot of edge hold and very forgiving. Seems deck has more solid feeling compare other metal boards I've ridden - just like my PRIOR WCRM 177 and COILER PR179 two character combine became KESSLER 180.
Compare to KST185 is much easier to handle and to controle speed, is less work out.

Kessler 170:
I switch to this board after 16 laps on 180 and as traffic start to build up.
This board is a fun board and does everything 180 does but being 10cm shorter to 180; less edge-less hold - you have to stand right in centre.
Fun fun board.

Left at 12.30PM

Cheers
RT
BlueB: Next report on these 2 Kesslers

[crucible]

I got up to the Cypress by 1300 - but alas, everyone had gone and all I could see were the faint traces of your trenches....

Spent 2 hours touring the entire mountain to get a good recon on snow coveage, Raven runs, Sky Chair runs, JJA, Collins, even Humpty Dumpty and Slash...

Midway in the mid afternoon turned out to be the best- no line ups for the very slow chair, plus it gave me much needed recovery time between runs.

Raven side still has a lot of surface rocks on the slopes, same with Humpty Dumpty.

Geo

[eastcoastcarve]

Very nice day up here today! Bindings adjusted and i have finaly remembered how to carve :)

Also the runs have been between the clouds all day so it has been clear

[xy9ine]

did a late rip last night. solid snow w/ a few ice patches & fog. had the 156sl kessler that turned out to be great in these kind of conditions. amazing how this thing can grip when you crank it over and let it do it's thing. been making improvements in my problematic heelside on steeper slopes (driving the rear knee / angulating more / reaching for the front boot) and linked carved turns are coming together. neat carving clean c's when everyone else on the hill is sliding around. so much more civilized really. again, i'm amazed this isn't catching on. too much fun.

[eastcoastcarve]

Heading to the hill tomorrow from about 10am to mid afternoon for some turns if anyone is around.

[CarvingScooby]

Heading to the hill tomorrow from about 10am to mid afternoon for some turns if anyone is around.

Kaz most likely will trenchin.

I have to recoup, still rusty after today's play :o

Have fun,
RT (4)

[BlueB]

Blue bird day yesterday, with exception of one thick cloud passing right through the valley. Scooby and me, no sight of other h/booters. No crowd either. Hard pack conditions, with some fluf around edges in snow making areas.
I really enjoyed Scooby's new Kessler 180. After a while I figured out what to do to turn it into an awsone EC board. Yet, I still think it's a tad too big turning/fast for our local mountains. Looking forward to test ride the 170.

When the cloud rolled in, I switched to play board and did some monkey business. Sun came back and Scoob took some good shots...

http://www.blueb.biz/snowsports/Jump-20111208.jpg

[eastcoastcarve]

Kaz most likely will trenchin.


I saw Kaz at the top and though he was right behind me and a friend but when we got to the bottom I didn't see you anywhere sorry we didn't wait but were just about at the end of our day and wanted to get a few more runs in.

Cheers,
John

PS Nice air time Boris... Its good to show the softy's that plates are not stuck to the ground :)

[eastcoastcarve]

Also just a note:

There are rocks all over the bottom part of Bennys!!

And Horizon has a few patches with dirt and rocks coming through. Not to bad but they are always just past a roller to you don't get much warning :eek:

[CarvingScooby]

Also just a note:
There are rocks all over the bottom part of Bennys!!
And Horizon has a few patches with dirt and rocks coming through. Not to bad but they are always just past a roller to you don't get much warning :eek:

Ouch, you missed these 2 posts :( I hope you still hv smooth base.

...Almost forgot: lower Humpty and lower Horizon have lots of rocks! Mid and lower Horizon and lower humpty have lots of ice too...?


Yeah... leave Horizon side alone for at least 2 dumps. I've check Raven Chair on Crazy Raven(#1) ; Upper and lower good coverage but right on the steep section some srubs still afloat, one more dumps will be good. First Sun (#3) need 2 more dumps as the Cat track and boulders are still showing. Mid way need one more dump.


Stay at Eagle Chair for now: JJA (PGS), Maelle Rickers (Fork & Lower Fork), Ashley McIvor (Cascade), Panorama, Windjammer. Next week look promising for more snow.
How's the traffic?


I saw Kaz at the top and though he was right behind me and a friend but when we got to the bottom I didn't see you anywhere...
Kaz => Samurai style :cool:= clean cut and silent; he probably chasing the girls at Colins:eplus2::ices_ange;)

WATCH for SPEED CONTROL on Collins and Panorama and some of them have new DARK ORANGE Jacket and some are still in the old YELLOW.

Most likely I'll miss Saturday ridin but maybe going for Sunday

Cheers
RT
John, do I have yr email? Email me: carvingchanel at yahoo dot ca

[xy9ine]

nice booter boris! funny, i have no issues doing stuff that size on a bike, but i'm totally sketchy airing a snowboard. guess i should work on that. i'd pull the old man card, but dammit you're of similar vintage.

[Wee Eck]

Is anyone riding tomorrow, Saturday. I'll hopefully be on the hill for 11am, first time on an alpine board:D

Like I said before don't be afraid to say hello.

[BlueB]

Perry,
I'll be 43 in March... I wouldn't dare it on a bike, though.

Wee,
Come say hi to Luka (kid) and me on skis, on Easy Rider. I'll give you some pointers and explain the lesson discount available for alpine brotherhood ;)

[BlueB]

Ski day today, as usual.

Light drizle and fog above Midway in the late morning. Cleared and started snowing very lightly in the early afternoon.
No crowds at all.

[Cousin of Beagle]

Ski day today, as usual.

Light drizle and fog above Midway in the late morning. Cleared and started snowing very lightly in the early afternoon.
No crowds at all.


Hi BlueB. How were the snow conditions?

[Wee Eck]

Today was the first day in as long as I can remember that I have been afraid on a snowboard :eplus2: Alpine boards are a whole other beast, SO FAST!!! First 2 runs were torture until I got the forward lean sorted on my back foot and then it was happy days:D I did have a look for you Boris but couldn't see you and my legs gave up after 3 hours, I obviously need to work on my technique. Roll on next time :biggthump

[BlueB]

Cous,
Today, some sticky fresh over hardpack on Easy Rider. Thursday on JJA was hardpack border line to "Hero".

Wee,
Luka and I are asy to spot - 5 year old kid carving (sort of) skis behind an old fart carving skis backwards :D
We were there from 11:45ish am to about 2:15 pm.

[kaz]

I saw Kaz at the top and though he was right behind me and a friend but when we got to the bottom I didn't see you anywhere sorry we didn't wait but were just about at the end of our day and wanted to get a few more runs in.

I'm slow when I'm by myself. I'm always thinking what I should do to improve my snowboarding skill. So I stop so often in the middle of the run and correct my bad habit.

My task is how to finish toe-side-turn quickly and how to begin heel-side-turn quickly and stable.
Catch the snow with front edge and start to weight snowboard early in heel-side-turn.

like this ↓
http://blog-imgs-45.fc2.com/d/j/k/djkanabun/kohei-b.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=rhxyqXoXGys

I don't know if my explanation makes sence. It's difficult to explain in English about this topic.


Kaz => Samurai style :cool:= clean cut and silent; he probably chasing the girls at Colins:eplus2::ices_ange;)

Not on Friday:)
My ancestors were Samurai. For real.

[Wee Eck]

My ancestors were Samurai. For real.[/QUOTE]

best quote have I have ever read.

Is there a particular shop that everyone uses to get there boards serviced or do most of you do your own?

Apologies if this is the wrong place to post this

[Cousin of Beagle]

Is there a particular shop that everyone uses to get there boards serviced...?

Try Vancouver Ski Services. 271 East 2nd Avenue, just East of Main Street. http://www.vanski.ca/

[Cousin of Beagle]

10:30. Rock star parking was full, so parked at the main lot. Walked to the Raven entrance, and rode down. Up the Raven Ridge chair, down Panorama, straight to the lodge for demo day.

Snow ranged from double-M (man-made) over hardpack, cruddy, icy, to cushy softpack. Overall the snow was ok for demoing.

Wanted to try rockered soft boards.

Burton Custom Restricted 158. Hybrid rocker with some camber. Did not want to hold an edge too well. Skidded turns were easy to do. Did not like this board.

Never Summer Premier F1 159. Hybrid rocker with some camber. This thing was fantastic. When doing skidded turns, you could feel the rocker. Bumpy groomers were not a problem because you never caught the wrong edge due to the rocker. When railed on edge, it felt like a conventional cambered board. It carved like a champ. Quite damp for a soft-boot board. The shovel and waist width were very close to my Dynastar 3800 - 163 cm. It would probably work ok as a pow board. They're also available in longer lengths.

Crowd wasn't too bad for Sunday. Most people were away Xmas shopping. Lift lines at Raven Ridge and Sky chairs were zero. Other chairs were 3 or 4 minutes.

[xy9ine]

was up sunday morning (on skis!) w/ the kid. surprisingly quiet. nice carving groom on the usual runs, though we were sticking to the greens. we really need some more snow up there to open up more terrain.

saw someone w/ a kessler bx board; didn't chat him up though. didn't see any hard boots on the hill. felt bad for not representing.

[CarvingScooby]

was up sunday morning (on skis!) w/ the kid....felt bad for not representing.

Mee too...:(

I'll be alot more active soon...:ices_ange

Cheers
RT

[Cousin of Beagle]

11:00 to 3:00

Snow ranged from firm softpack to slight hardpack. Sunny. Groomers only, of course.

Weapon of the day: Prior 4WD 169. Too bad another canting disk fell off the UPZ boots. I'm convinced the extreme punching (approximately 1 inch wider throughout the entire length) has something to do with it.

[CarvingScooby]

...Too bad another canting disk fell off the UPZ boots....

Sorry u lost it again....try blue Loctite

Boris & me will make trench-in tomorrow for the skier ;).. U in?

RT

[BlueB]

High overcast, flat light, no crowd...
Hard packed but grippy snow on JJA, very hard packed on M. Ricker.

I tested Scoob's Kesler 170 - way more Cypress fiendly then 180. Softish, tuns much tighter, indespite of long SC. Excellent for EC too. It skidds the turns like a sub-160 board, yet holds the edge like a 175+ board... A bit on soft side.

When it was time for monkey ride, later, I got onto F2 ElDiablo. Stiffer and slightly less aggile then Proto, yet carves a bit better. Still jumps nicely. No wild photos from today...

[xy9ine]

It skidds the turns like a sub-160 board, yet holds the edge like a 175+ board...

my 174 kessler seems similar; long tip & tail decamber (at least compared to my priors) makes it surprisingly easy to unlock & slide despite it edge length, but grips like crazy once you crank it over on it's edge. surprisingly forgiving. perhaps that's a necessary trait when your pining a rutted race course at 10/10ths.

[BlueB]

Big crew today: Scoob, Edgy, Kaz, Couzin, Bryan, Gabe, BlueB...
A bit of freshies overnigt, a bit of whiteout, lots of people for a work day = dificult conditions.
I wanted to test a new to me Tomahawk 182, but wasn't comfortable with hig speed and low vis, so I quickly reverted to F2 ElDiablo. Scoob tested a new helmet cam, we'll see the results later...

[BlueB]

Yesterday's rain didn't do too much damage. However, there was no freezing temps overnight, so snow stayed soft and moist. Pretty fast for the conditions.
Medium crowd.
Instructoress Nova is quite interested in h/booting.
We met another alpine rider, Mike. He was on skis today but noticed the Alp I casrried as a loaner to instructors' shed and approached me. He might stop by here, to say hi!
Luka did 12 laps today - record!

When we left at 3pm, the clouds were thickennig up, but no rain...

[SaKa]

Hey, that's me! I'm Mike, pleasure to meet you all!

This is only my third season carving, so I'm not very good yet. I was inspired to pick it up after volunteering at the FIS snowboard world cup event on cypress back in '09.

It's nice to know that there's a local scene here; before I ran into boris, I think I'd only seen other hard booters once or twice. Looking forward to riding with you guys and learning a thing or two!

[BlueB]

Hey Mike!
Welcome on Bomber!

Drop me a line on:
boris at blueb dot biz
to get onto our local mailing list. That way you'll know when the crew will ride, buy/sell deals, lesson specials, etc. There are about 30 people on the list. CarvingScooby (Roy) is the mail administrator.

[CarvingScooby]

Date of Update: December 19, 2011 10:00am

Weather Conditions - Observed at Base
Weather Conditions: Low Overcast
Base Temperature: Alpine 0C
Visibility: Variable - Limited :(
Winds: Calm

RT

[kaz]

9:30am to 3:30pm

Visibility was bad until 11am. After that, cleared up.

Colins run was slushy.
JJ(PGS) was slusy until 1pm and turned icy.
I felt JJ like a skating rink that's why I left at 3:30.

We need some natural snow, otherwise this icy condition might continue as it is.
Let's ask Santa Claus.

[CarvingScooby]

We need some natural snow, otherwise this icy condition might continue as it is. Let's ask Santa Claus.

Not a great news..definetly need fresh snow :(
Icy condition :rolleyes: we sud be fine with our Alpine decks :cool: and the best... most jibbers crying home :eplus2:;)

I'm off tomorrow...man my day's isn't adding :o

RT

[ruwi]

Not a great news..definetly need fresh snow :(IRT

I have some time off next week but if good snow is a no show.. This is what I will do..:sleep:and lots of it.

ruwi

[BlueB]

Luka and me went for a spin on skis, arrived just about noon. Full parking, lots of people lured to the mountain by the sunshine.
Conditions were "suggar on ice", lots of suggar though. We didn't venture of to Eagle, to check JJA, sorry...

[CarvingScooby]

Start around 10. Kaz & me only on the slope, can`t find Geo & others.
Sunny, sugar on ice on some and and some soft spot here and there. Stay on JJA most, try Ashley McIvor once - hard and Icy. Stay till 1PM.

Stance was set 0.5'' wider to 19.5'' not comfortable, will go back to 19.25''.
One run on Coiler PR179, Kessler 180 all the way. Great board.

Will do another run tomorrow with Kaz.
RT

[BlueB]

Luka and me arrived at 11ish, at our lazy manner. Hooked up with Scvoob and Kaz for few laps, then they went back to Eagle chair, and us back to Easy Rider...
Not too many people, but lots of whiteouts... Snow falling again! Wooo-hooo!

Looking at the forecast for next week, we'll have lots of white stuff. Just pray for the temps to stay low enough.

Hmmmm, which pow board comes out on Monday? :D Decissions, decissions...

[CarvingScooby]

Snow report: Snowing early morning till around 1PMish.

Monday Dec 26: Im not doing the boxing madness: I'm going make some turn and BlueB might join...Anyone else? Geo?

RT

[BlueB]

Crew: Scoob, Ruwi, Pierre, BlueB
Lots of people... Snowing all day. About 5" acumullation in 4 hours. Tomorow should be great, if this carried on...
Ruwi showed up with Silber and struggled too much - had to borrow Roy's WCRM wide, while Roy graciously switched to Kesslert 180. Pierre was doing just fine on (previously mine) Virus Vampire - amazing how that board can handle variety of conditions.
I tested the BlueB plate on F2 ElDiablo - first time on short and wide board. I only could get the pivots on the closest configurtation. It worked very well. Later I switched to Tanker and had lots of fun. Funny, the big light board had more maneuvrabillity but less edge hold then the short plate-weigted F2...

Ok, let's hope the snowy condiotions carry on and Wednesday doesn't bring us tyhe forecasted warm up...

[crucible]

Good News: 30+ centimeters of new snow
Bad News. : Rain all the way to the tops of the mountain, zero visibility, and crowds like there was a Boxing Day Sale in the parking lots.

Got up to Cypress at 0900- could not see through the rain and was only able to go down the tree runs like Unrun, Humpty Dumpty, and Glades off of Sky Chair at anything resembling carving speed.

Spent half of the morning in the lift line ups, or picking my way carefully through the splayed out bodies of skiers and snowboarders who were sprawled everywhere. It was mildly entertaining to see people hit moguls and dips that they could not see at high speed and yard sale all over the mountain.

After two goggle changes and three pairs of glove changes, I went home at 1230. I saw Yoshi and Rebeka on softboot gear at 1030 in the lift line. They were enjoying themselves, but I bet they went home at lunch too.

[BlueB]

Ouch, ouch!
My son turned out to be the wisest guy - sleeping until 11am thus preventig daddy from draging him to the hill...

More rain to come tomorrow, by the looks of it... :(

[crucible]

If the temperature stays this warm, we'll be knee deep in slush and rocks by Friday.....

Geo

[CarvingScooby]

Rod"Edgy" & me was there 09.00

Geo, I guess my Orange/Red jacket isn't bright enough...:p

Same here two goggles change at the end no goggles seems the best. Tried all chairs but no luck with the visi:( good snow, fast snow, good coverage most...Kessler 180 carved so good but 2-3 turn stop slide - 2 turn stop slide - 3 turn stop slide all the way back to chair. Kessler way to fast for the low visi.

Change Tanker 192.
Edgy inform me that all the POW stash are "SUCKY" :angryfire as he tried cut cross Upper Panorama to Lower Panorama. Last effort to find clear visi was at Humpty Dumpty, as I wait for the traffic to pass by I saw 2 almost colision between Jibbers in less then 2 min.:nono: Time to get out...

Anyway Sarita & gang came at 12 Noon got parking at sec "C" :freak3:: she just update that she was enjoying POW for 4 hours before they decided to pull out as rain start at 4PM...hmmm :confused: which site of stash did she enjoying...
Cypress report at 4PM: Snowing mid mountain, rain in the base

Snow report for Cypress (http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Cypress-Mountain/6day/mid): Thursday might be better as freezing level will be lower.

RT

[Cousin of Beagle]

Got up to Cypress at 0900- could not see through the rain and was only able to go down the tree runs like Unrun, Humpty Dumpty, and Glades off of Sky Chair at anything resembling carving speed.

I would've liked to see you carve Unrun at speed.

[eastcoastcarve]

I only have silver pass to Cypress but it sounds like I haven't missed that much good weather this Christmas week.

I am off to Whistler this Friday to see if I can find some powder. Time to break out the soft boots as the last time I tried plates in the trees I think I just about died!

[BlueB]

Time to break out the soft boots as the last time I tried plates in the trees I think I just about died!
Calling Dave*, calling Dave*, for demonstration how it's done on hard boots! ;)
I'm no tree champ, but can do it. Here's what I found as important:
- Noodly board, 22 to 25 wide, 160 to 170 long, generous nose of gentle rise/decamber, taper doesn't hurt either
- Floppiest bindings you can find. Proflex/Carve RS work great, Race plates, Snowpro, F2...
- BTSed boots or at least softish boots

[CarvingScooby]

I only have silver pass to Cypress but it sounds like I haven't missed that much good weather this Christmas week.

This Thursday (http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Cypress-Mountain/6day/mid) will be sunny and more snow on Wednesday



I am off to Whistler this Friday to see if I can find some powder. Time to break out the soft boots as the last time I tried plates in the trees I think I just about died!

It takes a while to find the right set up with HB & plate on POW deck but I did finally. I've seen and follow Dave* (http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/member.php?u=93) aka YETI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeti) ;) - 250lbs on HB run between trees just like carving between gates, also BlueB, crucible with their agility of their feet on moguls and steep 45* terrain.

RT

[pan]

I am off to Whistler this Friday to see if I can find some powder. Time to break out the soft boots as the last time I tried plates in the trees I think I just about died!

I tried the tree runs at Cypress. I think certain places are ridable. I personally prefer my soft boot and freeride setup in extreme conditions.

[CarvingScooby]

I tried the tree runs at Cypress. I think certain places are ridable. I personally prefer my soft boot and freeride setup in extreme conditions.

Rod "Edgy" or Dave* have their own hidden play ground :rolleyes: might be steep but lot's of freshies.

RT

[eastcoastcarve]

My carving boards are both Coiler Pure Race 19.5 at center 166 and 184 They don't like to go off road much :(

[BlueB]

Tricky face of Cypress... Visibility off, on, off, on, quite a bit of crowd, suggar on ice... But wait for the good part - it started snowing by mid afternoon!
Crew (scattered all over the place): Scooby, Geo & Maya, Bob "Snowman", Boris & Luka & Alan on skis...

Let it snow, let it snow...

[CarvingScooby]

Last day of 2011 and weather was cooperating :rolleyes:

Man Made Powder did it's job. Firm Sugar Corduroy, snow hold in the morning.

Play all day at JJA, try a few run on Midway and call it off around 1PM.

Today's toy: Coiler PR179 & SG 185. SG the most stable deck, best ever.

Met Geo and family, I lost you guys as I decided to switch to shorter board and never catch up again.
Unexpectedly met Katsu (Yoshii's father). Boris & Luka + Allan came later on ski.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

I'll see u guys next year.

RT

[eastcoastcarve]

My plan is to be arriving between 9am and 10am tomorrow and ride until afternoon some time.

Anyone else have the day off?

[CarvingScooby]

Kaz & me will be out there...:D Whos else? Comon booters get off the couch

get some fresh air and do your turn...;)

RT

[Cousin of Beagle]

Snow was pretty good.

[CarvingScooby]

Great days, I've been riding 9 hours that 2 days. :biggthump

John"Eastcoastcarver", Mike"SaKa" was nice meeting you.
John - hard to catch up and Mike keep the good work, wow 3 days and you're trenchin!!

Geo, sorry I wish I can stay longer. After chicken wings & Honey Lager my legs turn jell-o :o, I guess 5 hours on the slope the day b4 took alot of my legs...I sudn't step-in to Raven cave; Blame it on Rod"Edgy" ;)
More pixs: here (http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=35955&page=2)

Missing on Saturday was LeSnowman???

RT

[kaz]

Today was great. I think tomorrow is gonna be good too.
http://blog-imgs-45.fc2.com/d/j/k/djkanabun/20120113143029356.jpg

I saw 2 accidents up there. One was at the new snow-park (a guy got a concussion). And the other was at middle of JJA.
http://blog-imgs-45.fc2.com/d/j/k/djkanabun/Cypress2.jpg
Watch out!

[eastcoastcarve]

Plan is to bring out the GS board for some faster deeper trenches.

Will be there in the morning to mid afternoon.

[BlueB]

Scoob and me will be there 10am to 1:30pm.

This new "green" park sucks. Totally insane to extand it that wide...
"Red" park will not be much of a problem for now. However, we are in for trouble once the lower park by the Lodge is up and running, as everyone would be bombning from "red" park to "lodge" park, right across a very busy area that's a merger of 4 runs :(

[BlueB]

Sunny day, small crowd, lots of alpine riders (6)! Crappy snow though - refrozen hardpack with some loose granullar, ice chunks, etc...
Park extension really presents a hazard on the merger above :( However, the features in the park are a lot better. There are 2 2 big jumps, back to back, now. 1st one doesn't look too big from the chair, but throws increadibly high - kicker is much higher then the landing. 2nd one is even bigger, big height and huge length. I ate it twice on the landing of that one...

It started snowing already at my house, so it should be good at Cypress. More on the otlook for next week! We needed it...

[BlueB]

Snow storm over the night and in the morning, then more, lighter in the afternoon... Wet though.
Luka and me skied in the clear period in between.
Tons of people. Huge schoolgroups for lessons - we saw both Snow School Manager and her deputy teaching the lessons!?

Tomorrow should be sunny, then more snow on Monday...

[xy9ine]

gorgeous day today. packed pow hero groom - the first i've ridden this year. i forgot how good fresh cord was. riding w/ the kid, but he's at a reasonable enough ability now that i tried bringing a board instead of skis. worked well enough; could get in a bit of carving here & there which made me happy. the skis really don't hold any interest. brought the sl kessler - silly fun, even on mellow slopes. love that thing. morning wasn't too bad, but the crowds in the afternoon were insane. every parking lot was full & cars were parked on the road past the xc turnoff. never seen it that busy. people are hungry for snow so it seems.

[CarvingScooby]

Went up today with Peter the skier; 1st run around 10.30AM, snow on JJA start to get choppy. Snow was kind a slow...Mixed crust/crud with fresh snow and some pebble size ice on certain location.
1st time tried Rainbow - need one more dump to cover some srubs. Ice start showing past noon. Hope will get better with a few more dumps.

RT

[BlueB]

Crew: Scoob and BlueB only...
Toys: Kes 170, WCRM 177, WCRM 173, Proto 167

No crowds, yet we still had some close calls - amazing.
Visibility ranged from variable to unlimited. Light snow started in the early afternoon.
Conditions were a bit mixed... Pretty cold and slow snow.
JJA mix of soft and hard pack, soe ice showing through later. Hero snow on Panorama, but super slow.
Midway was ungroomed, we didn't venture there.
Rainbow is now covered, it was a bit soft and semi "buldozed". Scoobycharged and sliced it like a no man's business. I was worried for my floppy WCRM and opted to freeride it.
Humpty was nice, medium-soft pack, pretty smooth.
Horizon nice in the upper range, some ice in the steep mid range, nice but a bit bumpy in the lower mid.

Yestaerday's forecast for today, of 15cm snow, doesn't look likely to materialise. Should be snowing of and on in the hills, for few more days, though.

We are likely to ride again on Thursday.

[Cousin of Beagle]

10:30 to 1:30. Rock Star parking.

Firm softpacked corduroy. Around -3°C. A lot warmer than last Monday and Tuesday. Sunny.

Prior 4WD - 169 cm worked great.

Rainbow has good coverage.

[CarvingScooby]

10:30 to 1:30. Rock Star parking.
Firm softpacked corduroy. Around -3°C. A lot warmer than last Monday and Tuesday. Sunny. Prior 4WD - 169 cm worked great. Rainbow has good coverage.

+1. Thursday Jan 19: The best days of this week. Kaz & me was bombing JJA, Rainbow and last Midway. The first time I heard Kaz don't wanna leave the mountain :eek: Too bad BB can't join due last minute E call.
Rainbow has better coverage but not enough, some places are booby traps when you trench it hard. Horizon you still have to watch for one or two sharpy floating "golf ball" rocks. Met Tony "Cousin..." and Bob "LeSnowman".

Toys for the day: Kaz - Ogazaka+VP16(7?), Scooby - SGFR185, KSTBT180, Lesnowman - KSTBT159(167?), test drive latest Burton (no idea which model)
Kaz is always consistent with his clean turn :biggthump.
This season looks like the SG will play lot more then my other decks, the 20 waist seems does the trick from EC to Ex Carv. Due too perfect carve cond; I had to switch back to SG on Midway and it was a good call. I was be able to push away the board to the fall line and lean to the surface (not pat the dog style:rolleyes:) without loosing the board edge grip both toe and heel side over and over again. Not smooth yet but it was a good feeling and snow is firm enough to hold even I move around to adjust body position and the main thing snow was fast.

Friday Jan 20. Kaz & me was so excited to have another good day but it turn out to be a disaster. We need wipers on our goggles that day and infra red somekind to see thru. Stop after 2 runs and head for Lodge and left CM after an hour.

Saturday Jan 21. Met Rod "the Edgy" and later BB + Luka on skiies.
Same foggy condition and I had the WCRM173W on duty and it was a good pick for that day as I choose Raven chair on early runs. Was alot of 5" freshies with firm wet snow underneath. I had a blast on Crazy Raven (#1) & Cayote (#2) . We both bombing these two runs and when both got choppy we move to Three Bears with another untouch run that connected back to Raven chair. It's a tricky run where you have to pick up speed on some spots specially the one that pass thru the parking lot..:eplus2: I had to bail out at 1PM ish as my liners start compress...

RT

[crucible]

Got up to the hill for 9:00 - parking lot was surprisingly busy... snowing heavily with lots of wind- hard enough to slow you down to a stop on Collins or Panorama if you were being hit by the headwind. Rocked the Prior ATV this morning, but should have used softer boots to make the most of the powder conditions.

Snowed about 6cm by the time that I split at noon- runs were patchy because of the high winds, you could be carving on solid spring corduroy and then hit a patch of windblown powder- went over the handlebars a few times on Jasey Jay because of that.

Let's hope that it keeps dumping over the next 3 days- we sure could use it!

[crucible]

Got up to Cypress by 7PM- stayed until closing- SNOWED 35cm this evening, and it's still coming down.

Fresh powder everywhere- light fluffy, almost Okanogan like in its density- temperatures were still cold enough in the Cypress paeking lot by 10PM that it was a loooooooong daisy chain of so-sp drivers down the hill.

Tomorrow is gonna be epic- I'm taking the morning off and heading up with my Winterstick Swallowtail and my 168 Prior ATV.

Dust off your powder decks ladies and gents- be there for first tracks tomorrow or y'all are gonna miss out.

Geo

[Cousin of Beagle]

9:00 to 11:15

Sunny. Around -2°C or -3°C.

Stayed on the Raven Chair.

JJA and Crazy Raven were corduroy. Didn't ride JJA. Only rode the top of Crazy Raven before entering Coyote 7.

Meteor, First Sun, and Coyote 7 had around 12" to 18" fresh over slight bumpiness. Snow was not dry, but not super wet either. It was ok.

The best run was the Alex Bilodeau run. 18" fresh. Not extremely smooth, but good enough for medium-speed fall-line turning. Faceshots. No bottoming-out. Rode it several times. My favourite for today.

Weapon of the day: Dynastar 3800 - 163 cm.

Snapped the back binding in half.

[BlueB]

Ha, you better start riding h/boots on that Dynastar, they'll stay in one piece ;)

Scoob, Kaz and me were mostly shredding JJA and Rainbow. Short venture to "buldozed" First Sun and sketchy groom on Coyote. Hard work on the First Sun...
Groomers were great untill 11:30ish, but snow changed with temperature, later.

New to me Coiler "Chubby" 177/21 performs great. A bit on stiff side...

[BlueB]

A small storm in the morning only added some thinner fresh cover and messed up the traffic. Later it cleared up and left us with some soft and pretty smooth carving conditions. Crowd was way less then expected on a snowy weekend.

Scooby skied (babysitted) with luka, while I gave a 3 hour lesson to Patric. It went great, I might show some vids later, after the quick edit.

We ran into George and Rod, too.

I had some funny looks and questions from people, later when I rode my alpine board wearing the instructors jacket, with Luka on skis :D

[BlueB]

Kaz, Scoob, BlueB...
We almost didn't go due to confusing morning reports. We still went, late, and it turned out pretty good!
JJA had visibillity changing all the time, groomers left some monster "death cookies", ahm, I should say "death mellons". Kaz ws trying to chop them down prior to our arrival, but didn't finish the job ;)
Rainbow was frozen until late in the morning, but turned out pretty good, smoother then JJA. Midway was pretty good but surprisingly soft in certain spots.
I fiddled a lot with the binding positions on new to me Coiler Chubby. I thing that I now have sweet spots for hard and soft snow...
Toys: Ogasaka 162(?), F2 Race 178(?), Kessler 183 white, Coiler Chubby 177.

Lift line story:
Me, to a confused liftie looking at 3 hardbooters on empty Midway: "It's an invasion!"

[Cousin of Beagle]

Pow.

Rock star parking 8:30.

Eagle Chair 9:00.

First run Trumpeter. 18" of pow.

Second run First Sun. 18" of pow.

Black on Black, Coyote 7, etc. All had a ton of fresh.

Run of the day: Alexandre Bilodeau's Gold. 24" of fluffy stuff on a 45° pitch. Did this about 8 or 9 times.

Snow was not super-dry, but dryer than last Thursday. Sunny.

When I finished at 12:30, there were clean lines still available on Alexandre Bilodeau's Gold.

Weapon of the day: Dynastar 3800 - 163 cm powder board.

[BlueB]

Gorgeous day! Awsome packed but softish snow, no crowds, good weather!
Crew: Kaz, Couz, Scoob, BlueB + spotted a new carver from Germany.
We trenched the hell out of the hills! Run of the day: Midway, soo smoooooth. Rainbow was a bit crunchy but of nice consistency. JJA slightly too soft, yet still very nice.

Most of the crew will ride again tomorrow. Not too sure about me, though...

[Cousin of Beagle]

On Thursday February 9, there will be snowboard races on Midway.

http://cypressmountain.com/events/cssf-toonie-race-thursday-feb-9th-2012

[BlueB]

I made it to the hill!
Not as great snow as yesterday (warmer), but still good!
Crew: Scoob, Rod, Boris, Tony (somwhere on his own) + 2 other unknown hardbooters spotted.
We did Midway, Rainbow, First Sun (mistake, should have gone straight to First Sun before it softened/chopped), then Rainbow, Midway, JJA, park...
Best snow was again on JJA. I took the Kessler BX over the big jumps, was nervous about titanal composite, but it sailed smoothly. Carves switch really good, the little Kes... My other board for the day was big bad Tomahawk classic construction/shape - really sweet board, handled the chop with ease and ECed good too.

Tomorrow, skiing with Luka; Roy and Rod trenching.

[BlueB]

Very sunny, very slushy later. Few people without t-shirts... Spring in February...
Trenching crew: Scoob, Pierre, Rod
Skiing crew: Luka, BlueB

[Cousin of Beagle]

Afternoon.

Sunny. Soft snow.

Layed one out at the ticket gate, near the lodge. The pic was taken 30 minutes afterward!

[pan]

On Thursday February 9, there will be snowboard races on Midway.

http://cypressmountain.com/events/cssf-toonie-race-thursday-feb-9th-2012

If I can find my friend to replace my snow school training at Grouse that night, I will come over to do the race.

[BlueB]

Lots of rain on forecast, I will not bother...

[BlueB]

Sunny, no crowds. Pack held better then expected but still slushed up later. Kaz was there early and said less icy in the morning then expected.
First Sun and Rainbow not groomed. JJA and Midway pretty decent...
Crew: Kaz, Scoob, BlueB
Toys: Ogasaka 162, WCRM 173w, Chubby 177, Proto 167

Completed few carved circles at merger of Midway and Colins, with minimal cheating. Scoob might have a video...

[BlueB]

Warm and a bit foggy, but dry. Rain waterloaded the snowpack over last few days, so it was holding better then expected, without turning into total pulp... Not to bad crowd. Huge water damage on the Raven side, other runs holding fine.

I had 3 hour lesson with Mark, Luka skied with Roy...
Good work Mark!

[BlueB]

I decided to go, in despite a flu that's been bugging me for a week now... And cold fresh air did clear my nose/lungs a bit! However, I wracked my back (without even knowing what I did?!?) after 2 runs. Scooby gave me some strog meds (he suffers bad back often) and I was able to ride more, on a smaller softer board...

Conditions were mixed, from solid groom in the morning, to mix of chop and ice showing throug, then light snow and some fog... No crowd, but big carving crew: Rod, Scoob, Kaz, Cous, me... Toys: SG BX, 4WD, Kes 180, F2 178, WCRM 177, Proton 178, Coiler 177/21 + BB Plate, Kes BXn...

Coiler Chubby geared with my home made BB Plate railed like crazy, just unbelievable. Later when I switched to Kessler BXn, it felt bouncy and chattery in comparsment!

[Cousin of Beagle]

I wracked my back (without even knowing what I did?!?) after 2 runs.

Maybe your back isn't accustomed to carving turns fakie!

[BlueB]

Nah... Switch carving was already post-injury - was taking it easy already ;)

[CarvingScooby]

Just found out the hard way...Vid Cam was off all the way yesterday :(

RT

[BlueB]

Vid Cam was off all the way yesterday :(
You shell be thrown to the lions!
Oh wait, this is better: you shell be thrown from the Lions chair :D and we'll have the vid rolling ;)

[Cousin of Beagle]

Just found out the hard way...Vid Cam was off all the way yesterday :(

RT

Don't forget to remove the lens cap.

[CarvingScooby]

You shell be thrown to the lions!
Oh wait, this is better: you shell be thrown from the Lions chair :D and we'll have the vid rolling ;)
Oh yes please, I always want to jump from Lions chair right above the moguls...this way I have an xcuse that I was pushed :eplus2:


Don't forget to remove the lens cap.
Camera switch off by it self when on stand-by too long :eek: and I turn it on all the way from parking lot..:o

RT

[CarvingScooby]

SNOW came down about 34 CM in 24 hours and from 8AM to 2PM another 18CM...So much snow that track was covered on the next run.

Edgy & me. Met Pierre around 9.30. Boris & Luka came for a ski. (Bro thx for the hot choco treat). Crucible came later at noon.

Toy of the day: Edgy- Prior Spearhead, Pierre - Virus 180, Scooby - 4807 178 & Tanker R#2-200 and I think crucible was planning taking his swallow tail.

1st day on 4807 after sitting on the shelf for 4 seasons. I forgot how good this board surf and carve. Edgy & me went straight to Raven and we just bomb all the POW runs from Crazy Raven, Cayote, !st Sun, then 3 Bears. Edgy went Black on Black and last run he went for Top Gun :eek: I stay away from those runs. Around 11.30AM when traffic got busier and runs can't recover due the heavy traffic - I switch to Tanker #2-200, oh man this board just extend my play as I don't have to do the heavy work out as the board plow thru all those deep big wide trench that some might be mine :o

We start at 9AM and yeah I don't have legs at noon just like that kid that came at the same time...:D

Sunday might be a soft carving corduroy.

RT

[Cousin of Beagle]

A bit hard-packed, but still a good time. Sunny.

[Cousin of Beagle]

8:30 Rock Star parking

9:00 JJA. 6" over cord.

9:10 to 2:00: Several runs down Crazy Raven and the Olympic mogul run. There was 24" of fresh in some sections.

Snow was mostly dryish. Windy.

Despite Lions chair being closed all day, there was lots of room on the Raven chair, as most of the crowd remained on Panorama.

At 4:15pm, Lions chair is still closed.

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[CarvingScooby]

Friday: Mass of light/fluffy/champagne :eek: snow. Many times board bottomed hit the ice underneath. Head on collision with a bank, straight on, dead stop - Impact was so great that it threw me over the handle bar and frnt boot came off the binding & injured my 3 weeks old bruced shin :mad:. Board no scratch/delam :1luvu:
Ton's of snow every where, lot's non winter tires skids and slides. "Almost" head on collision, fortunetly no one gets hurt. One casualty saw on the way down around 1PM is a police SUV :(
Friday toys: Rome Notch -173 & Tanker R-200 Both toys are great pow board. Cousin new deep stash slope was POW heaven for the Tanker,

Saturday: Unxpectedly most run are groomed, even 1st Sun was groomed. Most runs are mixed Soft - Firm and Soft. The bruced shin bother so much in the first 2 hours...
Great job on the grooming but the traffic was build up at around noon.
Saturday toys: KST BT-180 & 171 Luv that springy 171

RT

[CarvingScooby]

Last Thur. met Susan a carver, will move to YVR with her family this year :biggthump

Her bindings brand "Roy" :biggthump no idea where this bindings came from. Looks like SnowPro/F2.

RT

[xy9ine]

managed to escape for a morning rip on sunday. conditions were fantastic; (mostly) sunny, w/ wall to wall hero cord. i forgot how good this stuff is. did a few laps of jj then headed to rainbow. brought out the 174 kessler - decided i love this thing now; just needed proper (non crap) conditions to appreciate. my technique is coming together - with help from some of the discussions on this board; i'm wearing out clothing and having huge fun in the meantime. stoked!

[BlueB]

Bluebird day, no crowds, great snow, solid grooming - one of the best days this season.
Crew: Scoob, Kaz, Gary on skis, BlueB.
JJA had good hero soft pack. 1st Sun a bit too soft but groomed. Great firm but not hard pack on Crszy Raven, Rainbow, Midway...

My newly shafpened Wcrm bit like a piranha!

One oldish guy approached to inquire about gear and wants lessons...

Roy and Gary took tons of videos.

Next ride possibly on Wednesday.

[Cousin of Beagle]

8:30 rock star parking by the lodge.

9:00 JJA had at least 12" of fresh over groomed.

Then Coyote 7, First Sun, Alex Bilodeau mogul run. Several laps. Dry. Knee to thigh deep. ie. bottomless. Filled-in completely.

Epic.

11:00 Lions chair opens. By the time I got there, Rainbow and Bowen were already tracked out. Did Moons three times.

Epic.

Weapon of the day: Dynastar 3800 - 163 cm.

[BlueB]

Mostly sunny, more people then on Monday, softer pack, yet still great!
Crew: B, Gary, Kaz teaching his friend Allee, Rod, I think I saw a glimpse of Cous too...

Gary is starting to get hold of ski-carving and performed really well when he switched to the board later. He remembered everything from last year and did thin lines on Easy Rider. We had some very excited comments/yells from young kids on the chair, as well as from few skiers.

I had a super scary moment on JJA: Big airborn transition from toe to heel carve, set in hard, bum, front binding released. Somhow I managed to slide and lift the board of the snow by rear foot. It was very close to spinning/torquing :( That would be quite something - exploding the knee on my birthday...

I don't think I can make it for tomorrow's pow day. Probably Saturday with Luka...

[Cousin of Beagle]

Yes, I was there today.

9:00 to 10:00 was the best. Did Horizon, Humpty Dumpty, JJA, Panorama, Windjammer, Rainbow, Bennie's.

After 10:00, I thought the snow was a little too soft.

[Cousin of Beagle]

I don't think I can make it for tomorrow's pow day..

Huh? There's forecasted pow for tomorrow??

[crucible]

Maya and I were watching the Global 6:00 oclock evening news and lo and behold- you guys show up on the screen loading the chair with your very distinct boards- we definitely saw Rod's helmet, Boris' longish board and red jacket, and maybe the back of Roy's helmet- we couldn't be sure....

[BlueB]

Maya and I were watching the Global 6:00 oclock evening news and lo and behold- you guys show up on the screen loading the chair with your very distinct boards- we definitely saw Rod's helmet, Boris' longish board and red jacket, and maybe the back of Roy's helmet- we couldn't be sure....
At 0:20 of the vid ;)

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[Cousin of Beagle]

They're going to have PGS on Thursday nights for the month of March.

http://cypressmountain.com/events/march-mountain-thursday-race-nights-march-8th-15th-22nd-2012

[Cousin of Beagle]

1:00 to 3:00.

Second day of the teacher's strike. Lots of kids.

However, JJA had lots of room. Firm softpacked. Hardening to a bit crunchy past 2:00.

Sunny.

[BlueB]

Hard pack, high overcast, way less people then yesterday...
Kaz, Rod, Tony, Luka and me on skis.

[crucible]

I ran the Thursday night beer league race last night- won handily and kicked some ass- I won a snowboard helmet.

Beat the second place guy by 9 seconds on my Oxygen 164 Proton, the course was too tight to break out the Coiler 179PRT or the 186PR. I might run next week's races on a mid 160's BX board, either a Prior ATV or a Winterstick Cirque- you guys should come out to represent...

Had some good conversations and all mountain cruiser runs with the other snowboarders who raced that night- they definitely saw they difference in boards that were built for speed.

I got invited to run the PGS course that the Nancy Green Ski Camp sets up on the weekend- should be good for a laugh.

[Cousin of Beagle]

12:00 to 2:00

Overcast. Soft and squishy snow.

Weapon of the day: Dynastar 3800 - 163 cm.

[Cousin of Beagle]

I ran the Thursday night beer league race last night
...
Beat the second place guy by 9 seconds on my Oxygen 164 Proton

Were you the only snowboarder on plates?

[BlueB]

IBeat the second place guy by 9 seconds on my Oxygen 164 Proton,
Woooo-hoooo! You are a beast, Geo!
I'll be away next Thursday, but I'll try to come challenge you the last 2 races of the month.

[crucible]

Were you the only snowboarder on plates?

But of course!

It was really funny rolling up to the starting gates to do the practice runs before the timing units were set- one of the other guys racing on a freeride snowboard took one look at my board and set up and muttered, "Oh,oh. This dude looks like he's done this before...".

[crucible]

The Cypress liftie that knows me who works evenings on the Midway chair said, "George, if you don't kill everyone racing tonight on that set up of yours, then you need to find another sport".

no pressure....

[pan]

I ran the Thursday night beer league race last night- won handily and kicked some ass- I won a snowboard helmet.

Beat the second place guy by 9 seconds on my Oxygen 164 Proton, the course was too tight to break out the Coiler 179PRT or the 186PR. I might run next week's races on a mid 160's BX board, either a Prior ATV or a Winterstick Cirque- you guys should come out to represent...

Had some good conversations and all mountain cruiser runs with the other snowboarders who raced that night- they definitely saw they difference in boards that were built for speed.

I got invited to run the PGS course that the Nancy Green Ski Camp sets up on the weekend- should be good for a laugh.

Hi Geo, can you tell me how many gate they have setup? My athletes went there last month, they told me there were only dozen of gates.

[crucible]

Your guys are correct- there are only 12 gates or so, and they are spaced closer than what would exist on an officially sanctioned race course.

I suspect that it's designed to keep the speeds from getting too out of control with casual racers- they don't want anyone getting too fast and hurting themselves. The course length is also half of what a proper PGS course would be- 300-400 meters max.

You had to run these gates at a modest speed and make up for the lack of aggression on the course with a tighter line to get a decent time.

[CarvingScooby]

I ran the Thursday night beer league race last night- won handily and kicked some ass- I won a snowboard helmet.
Beat the second place guy by 9 seconds on my Oxygen 164 Proton, the course was too tight to break out the Coiler 179PRT or the 186PR. I might run next week's races on a mid 160's BX board, either a Prior ATV or a Winterstick Cirque- you guys should come out to represent...

OMGosh, can u imagine if u ride your 2008 Proton :eek: u probably finish a beer by the time the 2nd guy pass the gate :eplus2: Congrat bud.


I got invited to run the PGS course that the Nancy Green Ski Camp sets up on the weekend- should be good for a laugh.In Cypress?

RT

[BlueB]

Some fresh over night, very variable vis, medium crowd...
Crew: Kaz, Luka, Boris
Toys: Kaz tried pow/freeride board then went back to WCRM, Luka on his skis, B on Proto...

[Cousin of Beagle]

Afternoon.

There were no open spaces at the lodge parking at noon! Surprising! Parked at the entrance to the Raven Ridge chair.

Around -4°, and cloudy. Wind was around 25 km/ hr. Flattish light. Fog at first, clearing later.

A couple of inches of dry fresh over softpacked crud.

Weapon of the day: Dynastar 3800 - 163 cm.

[Cousin of Beagle]

Tuesday March 20

8:30: lodge parking

9:00 to 2:00: 12" to 18" dry POW!

First Sun, Coyote 7, mogul run, Top Gun.

Even the mogul run was completely filled in.

Weapon of the day: Dynastar 3800 - 163 cm.

Fresh tracks lasted several hours!

[Cousin of Beagle]

5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Thursday night racing. Slalom-ish.

Snow was soft.

Boris got first place!

[Cousin of Beagle]

Morning.

Softpacked corduroy. Snow had moisture in it. Sunny.

The hill is in great shape. Tons of snow with a base of over 5 metres.

[BlueB]

Boris got first place!
...and then Boris got gready, jumped onto his skis in hope for double gold and earned a fractured hip. Season over...
I spent more then 24hrs in the ER of Lions Gate Hospital, entertaining myself counting the injured skiers/riders, well mostly riders and listening to their stories...

[crucible]

Oh man, the one race night I that I miss and there's a major drama...

Sorry I wasn't able to race this week guys, I had a recurring arthritic problem in my foot flare up again- there are parts in my feet and hands that have been broken multiple times and time is catching up with them.

I have just been able to squeeze my left foot back into my boots today, but have to wait another 2-3 days before I can buckle them up without pain.

Sorry to hear about the break Boris, heal up quickly, or at least, get some of those good horse pill painkillers from the wife...

Geo

[BlueB]

Yeah, you missed out on going against 4 other hardbooters, one being a racer girl trained by Pan. Kaz posted very hot times too. Softbooters were slow, as you already know from your last race.
At ski division a former racer showed up, I wracked myself trying to catch his time.

[eastcoastcarve]

Yeah, you missed out on going against 4 other hardbooters, one being a racer girl trained by Pan. Kaz posted very hot times too. Softbooters were slow, as you already know from your last race.
At ski division a former racer showed up, I wracked myself trying to catch his time.

Sorry to hear you are now broken :(

I wish I could have made it out to the hill on a Thursday night to play in the gates but unfortunatly I always work Thursdays. Next time I guess. I realy miss running gates.

[eastcoastcarve]

Tomorrow Morning March 25th I am going to head up to Cypress for a good morning session of carving if anybody is around.

Hope to see you there I am planing to arrive about 9:00 to play until it softens up to much.

[crucible]

Hey Boris,

Did you at least get some cool crutches? Maya and I want to know....

[BlueB]

Nah, I "inherited" Maja's, from 5 years ago, when she broke the ankle.

[pan]

Hope you recover well Boris.

Does anyone know if they will put up another one tomorrow night again?

[BlueB]

Thanks for good wishes Pan!

I just checked the Cypres site. It still has the info of the last one, stating it's the last one.
Also, it's already a mix of snow and rain :( I think it will be like that for about a week...

[pan]

Went up yesterday to pick up my pass. It was snowing in the afternoon. Condition was wet and small bumps everywhere.

Will go up today for CASI 2 course.

[BlueB]

Will go up today for CASI 2 course.
It would be sooooo great if you showed up on your freeride board with hard boots and mild forward angles, to show them how it's done! :D ;)

[Cousin of Beagle]

9:00 to 11:00

6" to 8" fresh. Snow was wet but fast enough. Foggy. Flat light.

Did Moons several times. It was completely filled-in, resulting in a completely smooth surface. The snow was firm and wetpacked. It felt like fresh over groomed.

Weapon of the day: Dynastar 3800 - 163 cm.

Too bad I hit a tree and had to call it a day.

Other riders reported smooth conditions on Top Gun and the Bilodeau mogul run.

[pan]

It would be sooooo great if you showed up on your freeride board with hard boots and mild forward angles, to show them how it's done! :D ;)

If I show up on hard boots, I have to be on race board. My freeride binding screws are rusted, can't get them out.....

Condition was great this morning, then became wet snow in the afternoon. Hopefully, it will snow next few days!!!

[CarvingScooby]

Great day and no traffic. In the morning snow was firm corduroy on upper level and hard firm on the lower level and soften at noon.
Gary, Edgy, Katsu and me start early and Geo came later. Stayed till 2PM. BlueB's relative from Europe (Miki & Andrea) came for visit and his cousin 10 year old was doing amazing on race board 138 and it's her first day on HB. :biggthump

Toy: Andrea - Fake 138, Gary - 3800 163, Edgy - SG BX 164, Geo - Coiler PR-179, Scooby - KST BT171

Cousin../Tony heal well, hope u can make some turn soon.

RT
Cypress will extend, rumours till end of this month.

[xy9ine]

sunday was a bonus pow day - 5-6" on the groomers, but the steep stuff & glades had closer to a foot of fresh (accumulation from the previous couple days). snow was surprisingly light & i was getting face shots all over the place. hit the steeps on raven & lions first, then more fresh tracks on sky when it opened a couple hours later. best pow day i've had on the hill this year - in april! no lines to speak of either. good times.

[kaz]

April 4: Snow was OK until 10:00ish. But snowcat operators are not good at grooming, some gaps on JJ all the way to the bottom. After 10:00 am became too warm from sun shine and runs got too soft (almost slushy). There was a little bit of hard base on Collins, I stayed there about 1 hour. But I had to leave around 1:00 pm because became too soft.

April 5: JJ was made by little snow chunks from first track. It was like riding on crackers. Hard surface but too brittle to carve. Snow refused to hold my edges. I tried lions chair side too, but same condition. So I left at 10:30.

I saw an unmarked car on Cypress Bowl Rd on my way home two days in a row. It was a black dodge charger. I hard they are switching over their police car from ford crown to dodge charger. I saw a guy caught. And today, there was SUV unmarked car on uphill side too.
Watch your speed.

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[BlueB]

No one posted riding stuff, for long time, so the "man from the wheelchair" has to do it ;)
My 11 year old niece, Andrea, visiting from Europe, riding with the "boys". She's only been on soft boots few times, now converting to alpine and doing it with style!
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[charliechocolate]

No one posted riding stuff, for long time, so the "man from the wheelchair" has to do it ;)
My 11 year old niece, Andrea, visiting from Europe, riding with the "boys". She's only been on soft boots few times, now converting to alpine and doing it with style!
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Yeah, she's a tough cookie, getting right back up after getting taken out by an errant boarder.

Oh, I can just picture you racing in one of these


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Saf9y7JGqy8

[CarvingScooby]

Crew: Kabi, Kaz & me
Toys: Kabi- Proton 164&168, Kaz- Ogasaka 162, Scooby-KST BT171

Snow condition was soft firm in the morning but still hold, some runs are firmer then other such as Panorama but otherwise snow was still holding till 12PM. Rain start around noon & since temperature didn't get warmer and rain compacted abit - snow stay rideable till almost 2PM.
Karen aka Kabi start with O2-168 then change to 164. Shorter O2 was a good move as board is easier to handle and less work out. Kaz in the beginning was kind of reluctant to go riding in softer condition and he was making a solid trench all day trailing behind.
Kessler Black Top work out like a charm and more all day in all conditions, its perform as well as my 4WD

RT

CYPRESS Mt will stay OPEN to April 22, 2012

[Cousin of Beagle]

The hill will be closed Monday through Friday this week, then reopening on Saturday & Sunday (weather permitting), according to their web site.

[CarvingScooby]

Cypress is closed now (April 22, 2012) We have now wrapped up the longest season ever at Cypress Mountain (http://cypressmountain.com/)

Saturday was my last day on Cypress, snow was soft granule but still holding till noon. Cypress resort was serving free hot dog & drinks donation for Relay of Life.
Was another good day, good crowd, and good company. 44 days making trench on Cypress. Took off around noon as soon as snow start base sucking....

Crew:
Yoshii - SB
charliechocolate - PRIOR 4WD
crucible - COILER PR179T & COILER AT174
Ruwi - BURTON PRIME 164(?)
Rod - SG BX167 on SB
Scooby - KST BT171 & PRIOR 4WD 173

Till next season.
RT

[pan]

It's closed already! :eek:
I though it will open few more weekends next month. Miss the gathering on Sat. :mad:

[kaz]

Time to find a job...
I have to make money for snowboard gear!

Thanks to you guys, I enjoyed riding so much.
I'm already looking forword to next season.

Finding a job is tougher than the upper part of JJA.
Wish me luck.