Trench Digger
SkES 2012 Daily Rub In!
Woohooo! It’s Snow King Expression Session time once again!!! The SkESers are on their way! While we await their arrival at SkES house here at the base of Snow King, I thought I would post up links to previous SkES events for anyone not familiar with the premier event of the season! :-)
SkES 2010 http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulleti...S-Daily-Rub-In!
SkES 2011 http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulleti...1-Daily-Rub-In
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Carver Extraordinaire
Drool. Looks like bliss!
"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit....:p"
Carver Extraordinaire
that settles it, I'm moving to Wydaho...Originally Posted by Titan
Trench Digger
Yay! The gang’s all here, and Rabbit - the official Dog of SkES House - has come out to greet the crew. Ah... seasoned SkESers know what to bring - a bag full of boards and their own hot tub!
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Trench Digger
This year we’re doing something a little different at SkES - we are, quite literally, taking a page from Shane McConkey’s playbook. Robb Gaffney wrote a guide to Squaw Valley’s most radical lines and Shane made a game of it called G.N.A.R. which stands for Gaffney’s Numerical Assessment of Radness. It looked like way too much fun (and here at SkES we’re all about fun) so we decided to adapt the game to carving at Snow King. We’re calling it C.N.A.R. - Carver’s Numerical Assessment of Radness.
This year’s SkES participants have all received their copies of the rule book and are intently studying all the official ways to prove their carving radness.
Last edited by two_ravens; February 7th, 2012 at 08:59 AM.
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Trench Digger
Last edited by two_ravens; February 7th, 2012 at 08:59 AM.
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Carver Extraordinaire
All these with a hot tub in my garage and never new it!Yay! The gang’s all here, and Rabbit - the official Dog of SkES House - has come out to greet the crew. Ah... seasoned SkESers know what to bring - a bag full of boards and their own hot tub!
Carver Extraordinaire
What? No wardrobe points? OK - gloves could be considered wardrobe, but only if you consider duct tape to be a fashion accessory.
Hardboot Wizard
"snorts" -600 for a wipeout? I'll be in the negatives on every run!
Silence is golden. Duct tape is silver.
Alpine Ace
SkES gets better every year! Keep the reports coming!
"At one point I was seeing my bootfitter so much my wife was begining to think I was having an affair with him."
Trench Digger
whats the penalty for carrying ski poles?
Carver Extraordinaire
yes! i'm part of the club!does this mean i get 100 points every run, or just 100 for the day? if it's every run, i'm set here in the land of 300 feet vertical.
reading the SkES rub in will help the pain and sadness of not being in aspen next week. thanks for the entertainment!
-trent
"why do you ride that?"
Trench Digger
Well, there are points to be earned by riding all day in a pink onsie - you can only earn those once each year though. If you need more wardrobe points you can write your own rules.
Oh, but there are so many ways to earn points - no worries!!!
Last edited by two_ravens; February 2nd, 2012 at 02:27 PM.
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Trench Digger
In this game there are no penalties for carrying ski poles, though one can gain points every scored run with some enthusiastic pole whacking.
It's just 100 points per day, but that's an easy 700 points for a week long event!yes! i'm part of the club!
reading the SkES rub in will help the pain and sadness of not being in aspen next week. thanks for the entertainment!
-trent
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Carver Extraordinaire
Two_Ravens should be promoted from Alpine Ace. I'm not sure to what... Definitely a sense of humor that's out of the gutter and into the groove.
The floor is open for suggested honorary titles.
Trench Digger
Let the Games Begin!
Weather Bear is declaring the Game of C.N.A.R. for SkES officially open, and we even have balmy above-zero temperatures for the start! (Weather Bear also promises the fog will burn off soon. Good Bear!) All the participants have gathered and they’re just bursting with enthusiasm. It’s always so good to have the crew back together - old friends and new gathering to share their passion for carving! They practice their radness yells on the deck just for fun (no points earned, of course - we don’t care how rad you are on the deck!) and then the whole troop heads to the slopes.
We’ll check in later to see how the game is progressing.
Last edited by two_ravens; February 7th, 2012 at 09:01 AM.
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Hardboot Wizard
What? But... but ... everyone knows that it's "all about" how you look on the deck! You need to perfect that double-fisted beer or the tequila body shot, and 2.30pm is a civilised time to be doing so!!
Well, "I" care how rad I am on the deck anyway. Break out the cute hat.
Last edited by Allee; February 3rd, 2012 at 12:29 PM.
Silence is golden. Duct tape is silver.
Moderator-A-Plenty
That's where I look my best!
Expert in particular carvers with special needs
Trench Digger
This sounds like an excuse for a hot tub party!!!
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Trench Digger
Ha ha! Well, it's a nice thought - I do fear the Hardboot Wizard designation and I am exactly on track to incur the Cubicle Carver penalty...
Thanks everyone for all the kind comments! Glad you all had fun at SkES!!!
Ok, I need to quit posting now...
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Carver Extraordinaire
Great job with the fun intertaining and silly posts with the games at SKES ! In honor of fun for all we will be playing by SKES rules for feb 26th at our carve event N.I.C.E. (North Idaho Carve Event). Will print out the rules for everyone there and let the games begin. P.S. You are all welcome to our event too. Russ 208-290-8023 northidahocarveevent@hotmail.com
In Ruts We Trust
Trench Digger
Unbelievable - it’s already the last day of the Snow King Expression Session for 2012! We can’t believe how the time flies when you’re with such good friends, sharing the mountain and making heart warming memories together. We know we’ll cherish all the great times we’ve had with this year’s carving crew at SkES!
The day dawns bright and sunny, with the whole mountain (at least the parts we care about) groomed and in perfect condition! The carving crew is feeling very pleased with their C.N.A.R. point totals and they decide just to go for “First Chair” points today (even if that does mean having to get up early enough to be at the lift on time for opening bell!!!) and not concern themselves racking up any more points beyond that - our radness has been proven!
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Trench Digger
Let’s just Riiiiiide!!!! Woohooo! (Looks like the deer have been out ripping up the groom too in photo #2. That’s ok, we’ll share.)
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Trench Digger
Last run of the day, two_ravens decides to throw down a few last eurocarves just for fun.That, my friend, is worth serious C.N.A.R. points!!!!
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Trench Digger
C.N.A.R. points, baby! Count ‘em!
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Trench Digger
Ha ha!!!! Hope you guys have fun! Of course, this rule book was written with Snow King carvers in mind - you guys might have to tweak the rules a bit. And I keep thinking of more point-earning opportunities every day - too late to make the published version though. Work in progress!
My Sweetie suggested that the awards ceremony should have included lots of naked jumping up and down.... Maybe you guys would want to include that in your event....?? Please post video!
Wish I could come up for N.I.C.E. but not a chance this year... But do you need some gnomes? They might be able to make room in their schedules!
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Trench Digger
SBS, Casper, Allee - thanks for the kind words! Wheeeeee!!!!!!
'It's not every day that's a blessing. Every breath is a blessing.' - Jimmy Zell
Carver Extraordinaire
Thanks for the chuckles!!! Just TOO funny!
I admit it, I'm addicted to this sport... and we have cookies!
Alpine Ace
Maybe you should get a write-up of this event in the next Carving mag, it's way ahead of the field.
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