tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88654730692557547762024-03-05T04:44:55.289-08:00Life of a PowaholicPowaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-51404576984721484022017-01-10T16:01:00.001-08:002017-01-10T16:30:59.733-08:004 Years Later..and I'm Back! Bring on the Stoke!The blog is back in action. Mad Pow Disease has come back with a fury. I'll be posting snowboard tidbits and miscellaneous other shtuff as time/work permits. So far this season I have 5 days in:<br />
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1) Hurricane Ridge 12/4/16<br />
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2) Stevens Pass 12/21/16<br />
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Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-74826471898786517252012-04-18T13:39:00.001-07:002012-04-18T13:40:41.658-07:00Good Times in the NWVideo that pretty much summarizes the kind of winter we had in the good 'ol PNW<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HcWC7nkvPW8" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="215" width="460"></iframe>Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-12727660860027136992012-03-09T13:17:00.007-08:002012-03-09T13:36:41.365-08:00The Last 6 days at Alpental/Scummit PassFeb 25th @ Hyak:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCcDarQgoHhW62HUAl3ewfA8zeyWQ2pW-dMJ-VccaQuqXBvLSYZd6-mf_OHN8_lei60fsp8HcrTpobI8-DMldl8eU1THSltq449JQ4BsqKYdi-FdRuEjSphUugVZdbK2_sGFBOaMFI4U/s1600/hyak+pow.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXCcDarQgoHhW62HUAl3ewfA8zeyWQ2pW-dMJ-VccaQuqXBvLSYZd6-mf_OHN8_lei60fsp8HcrTpobI8-DMldl8eU1THSltq449JQ4BsqKYdi-FdRuEjSphUugVZdbK2_sGFBOaMFI4U/s400/hyak+pow.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718009928612556530" border="0" /></a><br />The backside of that mountain is phlattttt but some white room incidences happened. We made our way over to Alpental once the crowds left and scored Snake Dance right when it opened. Lin!<br /><br />Feb 28th @ Alpental:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18nzRUrSks20DV3uqxaKO0NbalgGLmN6XvpAvV6XnuJy_zjeBreC9g2tjQUnPxKsreiRtolyBxSmUL_P3JxOThsksE_M0sRWX1QrSjNWXaxbZnyHSYIZYTCQRArIu4JGh1pKnv43FlMI/s1600/freshies.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18nzRUrSks20DV3uqxaKO0NbalgGLmN6XvpAvV6XnuJy_zjeBreC9g2tjQUnPxKsreiRtolyBxSmUL_P3JxOThsksE_M0sRWX1QrSjNWXaxbZnyHSYIZYTCQRArIu4JGh1pKnv43FlMI/s400/freshies.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718010398358423826" border="0" /></a><br />Sessioned heavenly trees until nash gate opened. We set the bootpack and scored fresh tracks galore the rest of the day.<br /><br />March 1st @ Alpental:<br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HqrRP-m2ArI" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="215" width="460"></iframe><br />Twas so deep! I hiked kendall stump in the morning w/ some friends and rode some mellow pow in the old growth, then we made our way over to Alpy. Right when we got there they opened nash gate and it was silly how deep it was there. Waist Deep in places (that means 3ft!)<br /><br />March 2nd @ Alpental:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMhq2cdrF-sMRo3T5T10hpsuY3NIXIdpi12usnzU15ZWplWGyZFiDkZsis_LomjgX_JOKcvUukLp653PLK6vNiD1xTYSozrZtI7jun90vT5yzpdmOkcCMUCoe_OnYJu1zEn621SVym8Ug/s1600/IMG_20120302_113423.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMhq2cdrF-sMRo3T5T10hpsuY3NIXIdpi12usnzU15ZWplWGyZFiDkZsis_LomjgX_JOKcvUukLp653PLK6vNiD1xTYSozrZtI7jun90vT5yzpdmOkcCMUCoe_OnYJu1zEn621SVym8Ug/s400/IMG_20120302_113423.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718011439752233762" border="0" /></a><br />Did one run in the BC on my way home for the weekend. Roxoff/Gun barrel area was relitively untracked and it was 4in of dry pow on top of 1ft of heavier pow. Interesting conditions that deserved a rainier to celebrate at the bottom before driving home.<br /><br />March 6th @ Alpental:<br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cr4uu3TVc_4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="215" width="460"></iframe><br />There was a foot of insanely dry fresh snow, on top of lurking death cookies. The faster you rode the less likely you would hit the death layer. Extremely fun day with white room incidences scattered around throughout the day. Got first tracks down gun barrel and about pissed my pants from excitement. Here is a pic of the bottom of roxoff area:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRjUJmP5Hg35EGeyOuYqgb_MtSrN6t0s_24i8N7qB6YG4jx1trttTvMWyT5VBzGZgp8U6p4hbWWYQRlgMjyXsLP-jq6f14djGhG8cj8hvPlprA7dcwQSd2OYRsaKtw1V6IXNTNOc7qIQ/s1600/roxoff.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRjUJmP5Hg35EGeyOuYqgb_MtSrN6t0s_24i8N7qB6YG4jx1trttTvMWyT5VBzGZgp8U6p4hbWWYQRlgMjyXsLP-jq6f14djGhG8cj8hvPlprA7dcwQSd2OYRsaKtw1V6IXNTNOc7qIQ/s400/roxoff.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718012629712894882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Besides my binding breaking at the beginning of the day and waisting almost an hr to fix it, the 6th was doritos status.<br /><br />March 8th @ Alpy/Silver Firs:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltoMTS_wHBFqiQNZL3Dig2I_musy-EiY_XXZoQCCOlbPGbEVIc75DCus5DWsLCz99RFFEdx37PmaTbNnhO9cJSifkoa2VearKWltkdvjaZ-qnVDfMtZ3DBJ4fcwBPTilHH8xvZ-TIpAY/s1600/IMG_20120308_130115.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltoMTS_wHBFqiQNZL3Dig2I_musy-EiY_XXZoQCCOlbPGbEVIc75DCus5DWsLCz99RFFEdx37PmaTbNnhO9cJSifkoa2VearKWltkdvjaZ-qnVDfMtZ3DBJ4fcwBPTilHH8xvZ-TIpAY/s400/IMG_20120308_130115.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718013741261514594" border="0" /></a><br />It was 48 degrees at noon. Forgot how fun it is to ride slush all day and drink beers w/ fellow bros. Got some corndogs and headed over to silver firs and rode at an irresponsible high rate of speed for a few hours and might of poached the jump line at central a few times too. Good times were had. 26 days so far this season and hopefully at least 20 more to go!Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-69382191299094435782012-02-23T17:44:00.008-08:002012-02-23T19:19:52.337-08:00Alpental Shredtacular Trifecta (2/18-19, 2/23)Rode Alpy Saturday, Sunday, and Today (thursday ze 23rd). So many cliff drops and white room incidences that my spine hurts.<br /><br />Saturday was the sickter. Ran into my friend Garrett and rode pow w/ him and his crew all day. We sessioned the cliff-band in between felsen and snake dance most of the day. IT WAS DORITIOS! There was a foot of fresh when I showed up and by the time I left there was another 10inches of new snow. There was some uphill race going on which meant there were free cliff bars at the base, score! Took about 10 of those white chocolate and macadamia nut ones, so bomb. Also, there was NO ONE there for a Saturday. Check out this liftline:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JvIoK6n9mpnguzjPC2EUe4DNg1qJxcEa9AqqNigSZuxzazdR7gk8HUDGgyDP4FbK7SlLXOB9Yxs8tBqsdXMC4vnck3SvTRMYp9OlNEEv9xNnYgbQoApCopTh3jZieCLtOSqoksuodpQ/s1600/IMG_20120218_124449.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JvIoK6n9mpnguzjPC2EUe4DNg1qJxcEa9AqqNigSZuxzazdR7gk8HUDGgyDP4FbK7SlLXOB9Yxs8tBqsdXMC4vnck3SvTRMYp9OlNEEv9xNnYgbQoApCopTh3jZieCLtOSqoksuodpQ/s400/IMG_20120218_124449.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712513275506235250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Wut? Yeah hobviously everyone missed the memo. But everyone and their step-grandma showed up on Sunday. While leaving the pass I got trapped due to avalanche control. It was lame, so I ate a whole bag of sunchips and blasted some Pretty Lights.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveCsjcbLgDBgkUNfOAa8osfbWD6AyDx2vicna9RT8szwrhuhbVzlJVQyZIDm0Tcd6Ucg1tKvPkurnnq3NcP9Hcs2Ja7As0JsMVN5gfaTdwOYGN2omu-xUsiSPm2j6l9sW3g8Mb8xaVEM/s1600/IMG_20120218_150614.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveCsjcbLgDBgkUNfOAa8osfbWD6AyDx2vicna9RT8szwrhuhbVzlJVQyZIDm0Tcd6Ucg1tKvPkurnnq3NcP9Hcs2Ja7As0JsMVN5gfaTdwOYGN2omu-xUsiSPm2j6l9sW3g8Mb8xaVEM/s400/IMG_20120218_150614.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712514041988848354" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sunday was a very sad/weird day. Got to Alpental at 815 and there was already a huge line. There was a ton of fresh snow but the amount of people there was just insane. Armstrong didn't open till like 945 and I think that made everyone extremely restless.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxySA6FJ3Jg77v_7AKVbOZPNY7Bl8mKs8QTgYrnX0IlcYEOAk3XFOkMAkZPGq7UAthXuFdKo7RMvYOaUqpM4ozliKBWQqNRU2dvmW6FoNYMar1_765rEpCu-8k-iFFnolcW8ERWMRpndE/s1600/IMG_20120219_105614.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxySA6FJ3Jg77v_7AKVbOZPNY7Bl8mKs8QTgYrnX0IlcYEOAk3XFOkMAkZPGq7UAthXuFdKo7RMvYOaUqpM4ozliKBWQqNRU2dvmW6FoNYMar1_765rEpCu-8k-iFFnolcW8ERWMRpndE/s400/IMG_20120219_105614.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712526676244851730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I got only 5-6 runs by noon so Derrek and myself decided to go ride Hyak and shred their slackcountry. On our way to Hyak there were ambulances and fire trucks everywhere so we knew something bad had just happened. Saw people hiking up to the bottom of ESAD across the street from the condo's but didn't assume that's where the incident took place.<br /><br />When we got to Hyak I got a call from my girlfriend saying someone had just died at Alpental from falling off of a cliff. FUCK! Such terrible news. It was weird to think we were all in the same liftline that morning, and someone died that was in that liftline. Heavy. While sessioning the slackcountry I got a call from my mom asking if I was at alpental OR stevens, because 3 people had just died at Stevens and 8 were missing. I couldn't believe it. Terrible, terrible, terrible news. Just took is easy for the rest of the day and just rode the mellow bowl just riders right OB at Hyak w/ Derrek.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFa190ycWaPb9g2AAwI6ytZm75jQNiVJkNYsz0GfypE50znVoTLJrLafT7QzZN9o1PvZmdVQ2GP-nKEG4bnqGepfSfoQNAxx1OQdAmAO7kJ7Ce55zEXBdUw-s7Bxqj-fWzNGI1MTrhm5g/s1600/IMG_20120219_142155.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFa190ycWaPb9g2AAwI6ytZm75jQNiVJkNYsz0GfypE50znVoTLJrLafT7QzZN9o1PvZmdVQ2GP-nKEG4bnqGepfSfoQNAxx1OQdAmAO7kJ7Ce55zEXBdUw-s7Bxqj-fWzNGI1MTrhm5g/s400/IMG_20120219_142155.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712532152339497362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Thursday aka today was the good! Got 4th chair up chair 1 and lapped the lower terrain till chair 2 opened. They basically didn't groom anything which means I was even getting pow turns at the bottom of the chair. Andrew and I mainly sessioned the cat-track area which was fun as always. Once chair 2 opened we hit the Rollen cliffs which are super small now! Confused. Then rode shot 6 once (cut too far low and ended up in an awesome chute leading into shot 6, super lucky I didn't get cliffed out), and breakover trees till Elevator opened at 140. Here's a pic of that lucky chute I found just riders right of shot 6.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJ6WyZJ0SCtZzG3qGsHHxZgYHAbxpDAJDMgpmiG3vT7yLnHexX78k3HQVKcu_cvl9YiI67NOemOm2nCluXIiw_szgRQjS9eHMwT2k5A8GZpMrBMofrdH9zldXeCJFw8KjixBIKVzYWHc/s1600/woops.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJ6WyZJ0SCtZzG3qGsHHxZgYHAbxpDAJDMgpmiG3vT7yLnHexX78k3HQVKcu_cvl9YiI67NOemOm2nCluXIiw_szgRQjS9eHMwT2k5A8GZpMrBMofrdH9zldXeCJFw8KjixBIKVzYWHc/s400/woops.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712535030581083122" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I found out how to ride breakover as far left as possible to come out at the top bind-in area off of armstrong aka I could still make it back to chair 2. Yeeee! So many fun zones through there. With little cliffs and shit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHGkzRfAEjj4Av2PQTz3b9HaiNrLekH-hjMeMLR84aqf3nPlVVSn3eKZYDT3mKXfciKuZWISwhyphenhyphenZKtELca2fSwDxS5sw5RvUNpaKml1dCs3z5GQ4VmEQXUpbXEf-0rlFaUkz08r0EguU/s1600/IMG_20120223_115522.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHGkzRfAEjj4Av2PQTz3b9HaiNrLekH-hjMeMLR84aqf3nPlVVSn3eKZYDT3mKXfciKuZWISwhyphenhyphenZKtELca2fSwDxS5sw5RvUNpaKml1dCs3z5GQ4VmEQXUpbXEf-0rlFaUkz08r0EguU/s400/IMG_20120223_115522.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712535730620105282" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We finished off the day riding the terrain off of Elevator. We were riding just past snake dance right when they opened Elevator so we could not of timed it more perfectly. Cross only ski patrol tracks up top and it was white room after white room. After that run we had to call it a day because we had to be back to Ellensburg by 3pm.<br /><br />Good timezPowaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-39056738833212258762012-02-09T16:45:00.000-08:002012-02-09T17:01:42.315-08:00Alpental Slackcountry Vid + Other Dayz (2/2, 2/4)<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KhKHbhFJmEE" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="215" width="460"></iframe><br /><br />From the best day of the season thus far.<br /><br />In other news, I rode at alpy on February 2nd and it looked like this in the backcountry:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezKDi9nhUuMwIkMbQY-UtEg4yV11JrzqTepBaYGTpPJfB9Y7HEjErDNxXr2oi0GDg7G0B5sJuCOzdJEF8MtKDHv9si1ifDWHMImBLJV_RbxP22zB2rK3uUjQ2vGrBdZbkIsnTvjCjuIg/s1600/bluebird.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezKDi9nhUuMwIkMbQY-UtEg4yV11JrzqTepBaYGTpPJfB9Y7HEjErDNxXr2oi0GDg7G0B5sJuCOzdJEF8MtKDHv9si1ifDWHMImBLJV_RbxP22zB2rK3uUjQ2vGrBdZbkIsnTvjCjuIg/s400/bluebird.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707303078472845634" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We lapped the upper nash gate all day till about 2pm then went home. It was a solid day in the bc with andrew and brian. Looking at the forecast it will probably be the last powder day for awhile.<br /><br />On Saturday the 4th I went to White Pass extremely hungover w/ my neighbor alex. Their park was open for the first time this season so pretty much all we did was lap the jump line all day. T'was fun. Then we saved a dogs life on our way home. The dog jumped out of the back of the truck that was in front of us and managed to survive. We put the dog in our car and rallied back to the truck that was infront of us. The poor dog was wimpering and most definitely confused/nervous. Here's a pic of the guy:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTDn3npApaBcsau89vEZEkEy7FB0zp6m83QEx8Xy8rVBHr30VeeKganb8jLHWQSxq2fk2huKg8FOi7fwld6CiW1_jaAmOCx1OwcM3543_-3f3OmFVupl1SiqVrWKq1NgQsTzikk7vm6Q/s1600/IMG_20120204_170210.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTDn3npApaBcsau89vEZEkEy7FB0zp6m83QEx8Xy8rVBHr30VeeKganb8jLHWQSxq2fk2huKg8FOi7fwld6CiW1_jaAmOCx1OwcM3543_-3f3OmFVupl1SiqVrWKq1NgQsTzikk7vm6Q/s400/IMG_20120204_170210.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707305137958573826" border="0" /></a><br /><br />You should've saw the look on the guy's face when we returned his dog. We were driving in the passing lane and yelling at him and he thought we were just some dumbass college kids until he realized we had his dog in our car. Dumbass.Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-53262794959385631052012-01-31T21:51:00.000-08:002012-01-31T22:17:54.687-08:00Alpental 1/26-27 and 1/31Alpental on the 26th was one of those days you dream about all year. Fresh snow (lots of it), friends, and no crowds. Snow up top was insanely good, plus there was no one on the mountain. When Elevator opened a little after noon I was filled with joy. ] Took a dumb amount of video but I won't have any clips put together for a few more days. Got 1 picture at the end of the day right at the entrance of the elevator gate:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPkI_SQm4RlyPb2vLX5UGNkFkFlt6O7AQ0wa31T33THhWWiMqrvfWsvHyhgRkU1cswRZMQDxiAvMIq7NE5zMpYNrxzGbFgQwCXIpbbVFGgG_hXWCaxq3wsekpp7cr5BgVeOEHisdOwL4/s1600/IMG_20120126_133838.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPkI_SQm4RlyPb2vLX5UGNkFkFlt6O7AQ0wa31T33THhWWiMqrvfWsvHyhgRkU1cswRZMQDxiAvMIq7NE5zMpYNrxzGbFgQwCXIpbbVFGgG_hXWCaxq3wsekpp7cr5BgVeOEHisdOwL4/s400/IMG_20120126_133838.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704043223273693490" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Alpental on the 27th was excellent as well. Had an Accounting test (93% ...oh word!), then mobbed up to Alpy with my buddy Derrick and hit the upper nash gate nonstop till close. Blue skies, no crowds, and all the pow to be punished. It was cold up there too aka good snow aka phuck yeah sofa king stoked. Didn't take any pictures but here is a screenshot from the last run of the day in that little gully by knoll 3:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwCoQDm_O37jEbf3zrn4Gsa-YdWi2Z3Ehw3EvIzvuQSseQHB9nTMyXAyUay2TB5PpZrXvjgTIef6echbNHpOM4-rOQZphKGk8Fo3QXFe8GUtmPkUQfsLs1anSTBtp2melOYHk_eoPVRI/s1600/derrrrrrick+pow.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwCoQDm_O37jEbf3zrn4Gsa-YdWi2Z3Ehw3EvIzvuQSseQHB9nTMyXAyUay2TB5PpZrXvjgTIef6echbNHpOM4-rOQZphKGk8Fo3QXFe8GUtmPkUQfsLs1anSTBtp2melOYHk_eoPVRI/s400/derrrrrrick+pow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704045303133549730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Alpental on the 31st was an interesting day to say the least. The report was 2inches of snow in the last 48hrs, but I knew it was below freezing all of yesterday up on chair 2 and it was nuking rain on the pass. There had to be pow there, and the curiosity of Brian and I led to a true heavy pnw poohtater fest that was actually really fun. There was about a foot of fresh up top which was a great suprise. The best run of the day was Adrenaline+Cliff line sickter zone+Felsen, right in the early morning. Snow was heavy but very forgiving. Warmed up as the day went on and the upper nash gate opened at 1230. Scoped that out and uptop there was no viz, vertigo style. Once we got into the trees it was supah phun till at about 4000ft where everything was slid, everywhere. Avy debris galore. So painful on my poor legs. After that lap we called it a day, mainly cause it was getting way too heavy. When we left it was 40 degrees at the bottom. Here is a pic from Snake Dance around 1100am, so many tracks:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxI_e-BO6Zz2Oacwa94E-4Omo_pWIqHV-S8rTMqiKyfcXY21zyDh_iPdaw1nD_JTPqw1vKSTfsdaJ4HGxIqeefw5D54REcp9NcD8PlkRx0N3n5McNht83gI17tHqH86x-n98dbJOoJvI/s1600/IMG_20120131_111244.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxI_e-BO6Zz2Oacwa94E-4Omo_pWIqHV-S8rTMqiKyfcXY21zyDh_iPdaw1nD_JTPqw1vKSTfsdaJ4HGxIqeefw5D54REcp9NcD8PlkRx0N3n5McNht83gI17tHqH86x-n98dbJOoJvI/s400/IMG_20120131_111244.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704046769314812962" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I'll have some vids up by the weekend most likely. January was awesome at Alpental, hopefully February will be the same.Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-66853867784753708272012-01-24T23:36:00.000-08:002012-01-24T23:41:17.605-08:00Alpental Powdar Day 1/24/12Day Numero 11. Showed up and there was NO ONE THERE. No liftlines and fresh snow that was relatively dry. Elevator Gate was open as soon as chair 2 started running so Andrew and myself cycled that for the first 2 hrs. It was the oppposite of turrrible. Check out ze liftline from today:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZR7TGitwBIVBIJiat5U4uEfm7yoQJHlCa9EpHUBFhJ-GS__TLB3jEgdvIYWa8igno56SWZMxf7_YZNByGdmQDieDZthPpWZRJRPRVJQj8YDoXEc7PVBBbdtmq-XPtXV3GBLkyEWwLl4o/s1600/IMG_20120124_094424.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZR7TGitwBIVBIJiat5U4uEfm7yoQJHlCa9EpHUBFhJ-GS__TLB3jEgdvIYWa8igno56SWZMxf7_YZNByGdmQDieDZthPpWZRJRPRVJQj8YDoXEc7PVBBbdtmq-XPtXV3GBLkyEWwLl4o/s400/IMG_20120124_094424.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701471165400152658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And here is the vid from today:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YVI83j_C6fg" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="215" width="460"></iframe>Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-50922891152999669142012-01-23T23:14:00.000-08:002012-01-23T23:27:12.467-08:00White Pass 1/19 and West 1/20Days numero 9 and 10 of the season were the good. White Pass was INSANELY deep but it was really heavy pnw potato snow. That ski area needs some more steeps but they make up for lack of gnar by having no crowds at all. Rode the new terrain there (got first chair lol @ 845) and it is phlat for the most part but fun.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxCjdxdG6OVFnA1aGQkc-ZtbrbQqVdjhwzIS0ygkYOZeensMWnZLaOugqVJM7vNejyTf9M8WUdOkWxM2nR_2agdLuUob4PH36Z83lKLALcNvkQqgGazLc8-J3jo-v3cSkTWBBZzCo3Qg/s1600/IMG_20120119_091634.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhxCjdxdG6OVFnA1aGQkc-ZtbrbQqVdjhwzIS0ygkYOZeensMWnZLaOugqVJM7vNejyTf9M8WUdOkWxM2nR_2agdLuUob4PH36Z83lKLALcNvkQqgGazLc8-J3jo-v3cSkTWBBZzCo3Qg/s400/IMG_20120119_091634.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701096650106615474" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The drive back home on Thursday was terrible though. Nonstop insane snow all the way back to Ellensburg. Manastash Ridge was a ghost town because it was chains required/4wd. I had never seen it that bad.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUCpVK9KwwHHhGlzfUkTdLZT_03UwQ30lQSrXgrnBVmHo0TL1WwmqV8iwWKeQ5OMNNUnqjy0M6BqLQ4vlUcMyvpNUmsOj8B5XnuEeied6qfECqKoh1cyT8dF32vyxTTcRcOm7j847mIw/s1600/IMG_20120119_155511.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUCpVK9KwwHHhGlzfUkTdLZT_03UwQ30lQSrXgrnBVmHo0TL1WwmqV8iwWKeQ5OMNNUnqjy0M6BqLQ4vlUcMyvpNUmsOj8B5XnuEeied6qfECqKoh1cyT8dF32vyxTTcRcOm7j847mIw/s400/IMG_20120119_155511.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701095588420675794" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Wildside at 4pm on Friday was the tits. Pretty dry snow, and there was pow everywhere. Once Wildside was tore up and the Beaver Lake gnar got boring then we made our way to 360 bowl and jumped off of things into darkness for a couple hrs. I love snowboarding. Here is a vid:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/p8sNE1DfxRY" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="215" width="460"></iframe>Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-25828243796767579022012-01-17T12:12:00.000-08:002012-01-17T12:15:30.530-08:00WSDOT COCK-BLOCKEpic day of the century = denied. Snoqualmart Pass is closed. If I would've left a little sooner I could be riding neck deep pow with like 4 other diehards. Oh well. White Pass on Thursday? I think so...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWTjU4zvk6ArMXzAo_E-08GKTBsIAQk4_wdWJcnPg6h3QWApaLQIXJaEXvmIPXozIxeTg7QGcq4VUMSuz735_Cyho54UYCUIWakbModDJM-XpzZq7ODlVasS2cS7ox7rqlG_rAAIAs7g/s1600/IMG_20120117_091422.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWTjU4zvk6ArMXzAo_E-08GKTBsIAQk4_wdWJcnPg6h3QWApaLQIXJaEXvmIPXozIxeTg7QGcq4VUMSuz735_Cyho54UYCUIWakbModDJM-XpzZq7ODlVasS2cS7ox7rqlG_rAAIAs7g/s400/IMG_20120117_091422.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698696661974423698" border="0" /></a>Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-37667542442813226672012-01-16T10:24:00.000-08:002012-01-16T11:08:57.971-08:00It's GON SNOW: Update!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNv-48qs8DIkLZIC1794HTawfPy2QyRIGligsBiQqMYf-6ecBMQ2dcdt8SFog2IDjRFdV_1fJU6ui2Z4k5wmYi6S0cqh-0dnvcOBPQQ-ldEFH49A4L0Fy3JuwOUjMksn_m8ROLmAS4r0/s1600/SRSLY.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNv-48qs8DIkLZIC1794HTawfPy2QyRIGligsBiQqMYf-6ecBMQ2dcdt8SFog2IDjRFdV_1fJU6ui2Z4k5wmYi6S0cqh-0dnvcOBPQQ-ldEFH49A4L0Fy3JuwOUjMksn_m8ROLmAS4r0/s400/SRSLY.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698308915545277410" border="0" /></a>Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-34793715136115660832012-01-15T17:36:00.001-08:002012-01-15T20:12:53.927-08:00Alpy 1/15/11 aka day #8 aka I'm slackingGot 2nd tracks down knoll 1 #claim<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5ixLqIN-m4rWAgayKp3FFa1_krp7KouX6oTw6uBIS55C9ctlTRR3RlFypJMEIVidwQ0XCS3fIbI3IRld0gNC_bjznD2qEDeWLtfT6HCu86QfUp9dVQUW0-yEeg6YQFrRCJlldMIzGwo/s1600/IMG_20120115_121044.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5ixLqIN-m4rWAgayKp3FFa1_krp7KouX6oTw6uBIS55C9ctlTRR3RlFypJMEIVidwQ0XCS3fIbI3IRld0gNC_bjznD2qEDeWLtfT6HCu86QfUp9dVQUW0-yEeg6YQFrRCJlldMIzGwo/s400/IMG_20120115_121044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698038001057563090" border="0" /></a><br />Bottom of knoll 2...so many tracks<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFFHSxz7u9jD9SUu3DtzyQFMrkoayt9NWbIImGaUW008bJHkRGk-gahPyuV7K5OfoDw74M_NJencD5uVN3zkzMETzivqxaexj5oTdp-aAKfEyw0XNQZDNiUGfIND6bKZU54-7OwxVOos/s1600/IMG_20120115_130218.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFFHSxz7u9jD9SUu3DtzyQFMrkoayt9NWbIImGaUW008bJHkRGk-gahPyuV7K5OfoDw74M_NJencD5uVN3zkzMETzivqxaexj5oTdp-aAKfEyw0XNQZDNiUGfIND6bKZU54-7OwxVOos/s400/IMG_20120115_130218.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698038005406940946" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Overall a very fun day. This week is going to be the titzPowaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-16052737015358863322011-12-14T16:54:00.000-08:002011-12-14T17:02:36.809-08:00Alpental opening Day 12/2/11I had no expectations. It was actually pretty good. There was about 6in of fresh dry snow ontop of crust but if you kept your speed and didnt cut too hard then it was good. Nash first thing was tasty. A few cliff drops here and there in the morning. Then I had string from snowboardseattle show me around alpental a bit. Such a fun mountain. Excited for some serious powder days once winter kicks in. Here is an accurate description of the day (click on the pic to see errythang)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYgaJrwtf9sIdpEzkHG_V1Q1bWOcc6_xX82qQiZp-3GyHV3XKNRl1WFbgqDv2KiCRBxB7gn5U_lnGag3poR46cgZicELwQImfFVcJupE0ifdJVdRDTYgbQSWbjq_XAL1XrFlhLJP_UTk/s1600/opening+day+summary.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYgaJrwtf9sIdpEzkHG_V1Q1bWOcc6_xX82qQiZp-3GyHV3XKNRl1WFbgqDv2KiCRBxB7gn5U_lnGag3poR46cgZicELwQImfFVcJupE0ifdJVdRDTYgbQSWbjq_XAL1XrFlhLJP_UTk/s400/opening+day+summary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686153944610901458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuHi3jpMa39JXbquvYCz8hgTFKrermGAOyBDhnNO8S3qiDOT8RsIahlei8IAS4TN5tDbs_3i7voqi4u83a0F-4SjXGbkZQxTfkgSM-WEdk8H9zyE4a82Wk1YTRWI-ThMatUgxt2rYKPg/s1600/opening+day+summary.jpg"></a>Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-13447721865963007292011-11-20T17:59:00.001-08:002011-11-20T18:05:13.656-08:00First Day of the SeasonRode shittay pass all day. Central was "closed" but brian and myself just took the crossover trail from west and hiked up the rest all day. Rode some pow, t'was good times. Forgot how much I like to snowshred. Hopefully the snow level stays down and it snows the next 2 days instead of rain like the forecasts says it will.<br /><br />ps I already miss Baker :( last year I was spoiled. Can't wait for Alpental to open so I can get my gnar on though.Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-16043235827061888672011-09-19T15:50:00.000-07:002011-09-19T15:53:45.346-07:00Pretty Lights live in Eugene!Was a blast! We had to do some crazy detours because of a brush fire just south of salem, but we made it just in time (10mins before the show started). Once the show started I DID NOT stop dancing till it was over, ahhhhh good times. Then we proceeded to go to motel 6 in salem and got the elll crunk.<br /><br />Here is some video from the show:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wzTTvv096-8" allowfullscreen="" width="460" frameborder="0" height="215"></iframe>Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-50717443468858221702011-06-05T17:37:00.000-07:002011-06-05T17:44:08.479-07:00Sasquatch Music Festival 2011It was SOFA KING fun! Bassnectar Glowpocalypse was the highlight of the weekend. But some other awesome sets were: Matt and Kim, The Glitch Mob, Chromeo, Foo Fighters, Wilco, Skrillex, Mstrkrft, Flogging Molly, and Bonobo. Here are some pics:<br /><br /><br />Security dude with awesome mohawk at chromeo<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vbvtRMIA_EKj-ZruEM_xrvd7ImvLJJWQhcbexHPwg0N-QqMT8soiRlq1nNqIva1vTWkKmff4h-oE18TwgryQiMkH85bSUoGKZOdNtAXIzVxCHinSuQ2ARAcw5XzQg4oaanjmXCROxXI/s1600/20110530144029.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vbvtRMIA_EKj-ZruEM_xrvd7ImvLJJWQhcbexHPwg0N-QqMT8soiRlq1nNqIva1vTWkKmff4h-oE18TwgryQiMkH85bSUoGKZOdNtAXIzVxCHinSuQ2ARAcw5XzQg4oaanjmXCROxXI/s320/20110530144029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614900547091105506" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bassnectar (with accurate eye wiggle documentation)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCPeoAucr9Kj7aQSjPyi4WG5ETMuT-z3J7lySxSoRNJI3PGeX5KmziMLFKoTiSI9JV4hO_11hFL7o2xldCX1NL-XTgBAXkMTw07eGmhxiF1ws8joq_baUMG_iEbm2hlvLfm-rUasqYOo/s1600/20110529003032.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCPeoAucr9Kj7aQSjPyi4WG5ETMuT-z3J7lySxSoRNJI3PGeX5KmziMLFKoTiSI9JV4hO_11hFL7o2xldCX1NL-XTgBAXkMTw07eGmhxiF1ws8joq_baUMG_iEbm2hlvLfm-rUasqYOo/s320/20110529003032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614900536951580226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Glow Sticks from the glowpocalypse<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6tOAsdZ39szxgxlJ7lD5AYNzRv6QgRln541Jb2k7zdfo7z-DzDAuUtkDoHEJTJRHs6-Dw6t8d_fIbKnOSxlYo3HJ3JR6iFZCY8Yw0t3SgJS6PTrDrSADSfTkAoIPXEXoZk2kp2nBpmY/s1600/20110529000945.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6tOAsdZ39szxgxlJ7lD5AYNzRv6QgRln541Jb2k7zdfo7z-DzDAuUtkDoHEJTJRHs6-Dw6t8d_fIbKnOSxlYo3HJ3JR6iFZCY8Yw0t3SgJS6PTrDrSADSfTkAoIPXEXoZk2kp2nBpmY/s320/20110529000945.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614900528325076850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Glitch Mob<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFinyrd7Q0Gi3xUmv0TP2Wcum1YiWERSdC3x5g8PQ5zAuKERnfkrB4QBgN1dhjYdtro5nqjZpySpZmCKiCbZb3Ao634xz2DLZUUs-80A90fBc-YEgFz476fY0FiqLFglKmLGK9RJvYK18/s1600/20110528204453.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFinyrd7Q0Gi3xUmv0TP2Wcum1YiWERSdC3x5g8PQ5zAuKERnfkrB4QBgN1dhjYdtro5nqjZpySpZmCKiCbZb3Ao634xz2DLZUUs-80A90fBc-YEgFz476fY0FiqLFglKmLGK9RJvYK18/s320/20110528204453.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614900525922080626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Matt and Kim (super happy guy included)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmDG_rNejSMOVDNRdQA72N_mO7-Ze0znCaRpIlUL609ggGEpAnPJ1hxu41y9jXbeInYj6je5QoR8AV5e4Yj15LnwD2sH-P34IP0EpitMp5TH44kfdR5_np-HM4DqpD5K0sUYXWuf8myI/s1600/20110528202608.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmDG_rNejSMOVDNRdQA72N_mO7-Ze0znCaRpIlUL609ggGEpAnPJ1hxu41y9jXbeInYj6je5QoR8AV5e4Yj15LnwD2sH-P34IP0EpitMp5TH44kfdR5_np-HM4DqpD5K0sUYXWuf8myI/s320/20110528202608.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614900518275779218" border="0" /></a>Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-62489033335783927122011-05-09T21:31:00.001-07:002011-05-09T21:32:41.408-07:00Training for the Rhody RunJust ran 5 miles in 45mins. I haven't been in this good of shape since high school when I tore my acl. /cool story broPowaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-55286921661160428412011-04-14T14:37:00.001-07:002011-04-14T14:39:20.537-07:00Powder Mountain Vid: Brian's editCheck this out:<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="470" height="220" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dO5ajYrEupY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-33026360302604942412011-04-06T21:54:00.001-07:002011-04-06T21:54:45.926-07:00Running at night...is legit.Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-36184907369175367132011-04-05T16:24:00.000-07:002011-04-05T16:28:09.519-07:00My board gave the back of my helmet a high-five16 inches of fresh up at baker today. T'was awesome, minus scorpioning at full speed. I hit some avy debris in the runout of rat trap and I exploded into a downword spiral. Here is a pov video of my crash:<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="230" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hrWaBsaLSEA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-91965125454195088102011-03-29T02:42:00.000-07:002011-03-29T02:44:54.368-07:00Powder Mountain VidHere is a little edit I put together with footage from the trip. I will write a trip report sometime in the next couple days.<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="230" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CODIjr6MoI0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-81814277324420267402011-03-25T09:02:00.000-07:002011-03-25T09:03:50.499-07:00Chillin @ Powder MTNlast day here at powder mountain, and it is puking snow. However, Brian broke like a million bones and pulled a zillion muscles and he might be too sore to go out riding. It's a bummer, but no reason to kill yourself when we have had 4 days of ridiculous riding here in utah.<br /><br />Trip report coming soon. Soooo much powderPowaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-55584345197584618952011-03-22T23:23:00.001-07:002011-03-22T23:25:37.065-07:00Powder MTN teaser<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="230" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L7NU_LPrLWY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Brian str8 faceshots to the dome. We gots way more pow to ride the next 3 days. So stoked!Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-18182330395066813922011-03-21T19:36:00.000-07:002011-03-21T19:39:20.840-07:00Rand0m TripSo at the last second, I chose to drive 12 hours non-stop to powder mountain in utah. Me and ben left bremerton at 1030 and met brian in the land of powderz around 2pm. We be chilling in the condo meow being lazt. PeacePowaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-67836692119767824552011-03-16T19:06:00.000-07:002011-03-16T19:19:06.146-07:00March 15th-16th at Bake-hurrr15th:<br /><br />No one on the mountain. At all. Me and my crew of 6 people total were the only people waiting for 5 when it opened. The upper half of the mountain was super good, yet the bottom half was mashed potatoes al a carte. The next people to get on the chair were just getting on as we were trying to mash through the potatoes at the bottom.<br /><br />Lapped gabls twice then got on chair 6 when it opened. The upper 2/3rds of sticky trees were super good, and there was still no one the mountain. So confused. <br /><br />This picture was taken around 10am, so I had already lappen chair 6 twice. Where are all the tracks?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8aqJQwM3L-ydw2bMMyoVHgh3mje_JjFFLbzSUS4yiF2kSsbOdnPsA8D8Z0MysRb1WusLGifUl4J8-B26QrF4K3yGLZJdzyH8_Ccg_DxqxGgcIx0EgZhBv_aw7TtVxjM_YdLNMO9lRpo/s1600/20110315094613.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix8aqJQwM3L-ydw2bMMyoVHgh3mje_JjFFLbzSUS4yiF2kSsbOdnPsA8D8Z0MysRb1WusLGifUl4J8-B26QrF4K3yGLZJdzyH8_Ccg_DxqxGgcIx0EgZhBv_aw7TtVxjM_YdLNMO9lRpo/s320/20110315094613.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584866135045929890" /></a><br /><br /><br />Spent the rest of the day doing dolphys (first tracks at 11 aka wtf?), the chute, pan face, rat trap, etc. Left at 130pm because I was soaking wet and and things were starting to get really heavy.<br /><br />16th: Had to take a screenshot of the snow report when I got home this afternoon<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wYLURb1rrFFrZv5FZ-CE3cErOBSClWeAaxDXr2h_EUJFaNWtPvKRmNE4Zxi5jpWq5QAFj1wbJWPXGjIAjZCpWWw4lJHvcJGEwbzn1xrtA7j7rR6WOeapoxdASvMbff1n4oW2KTAtBPw/s1600/wow.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wYLURb1rrFFrZv5FZ-CE3cErOBSClWeAaxDXr2h_EUJFaNWtPvKRmNE4Zxi5jpWq5QAFj1wbJWPXGjIAjZCpWWw4lJHvcJGEwbzn1xrtA7j7rR6WOeapoxdASvMbff1n4oW2KTAtBPw/s320/wow.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584866544086622994" /></a><br /><br /><br />!!!! holy titties so good. I was really bummed checking the report this morning (14in overnight) because I had a final at 8am, yet I found out while walking out of my final at 850 that chair 6 wasnt opening till 11. Basically ran home, threw my soaking wet gear together, and mobbed up to baker. Got there at 1040 aka perfect timing. Right when I arrived at chair 6, it opened. The first 3 runs were so stupid good.<br /><br /><br />First run through sticky trees made the inside of my pants sticky. So deep and the snow was much lighter than yesterday. Second run did north face to hotels (i think?) and it was equally super good. Third run went to my favorite chute by rat trap and luckily no one had hit it yet. Straight-lined the shit out of it and surprisingly didn't explode in the run out. Love having a chute with a runout that isn't tracked out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_VmGY_ARdBYMkV0lZuRZSKrsZbmUwMFvWB_yUDereXPa8YT6sweTBKQOUVq6kB4ws5XGMp4Ywzht5LKK3YTlBsZKCr8rznt2LJA0WmSo0euyd5AA9bVjkNaPJcrORprO5Kj6fvtVZnU/s1600/powwww.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_VmGY_ARdBYMkV0lZuRZSKrsZbmUwMFvWB_yUDereXPa8YT6sweTBKQOUVq6kB4ws5XGMp4Ywzht5LKK3YTlBsZKCr8rznt2LJA0WmSo0euyd5AA9bVjkNaPJcrORprO5Kj6fvtVZnU/s320/powwww.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584867467145576898" /></a><br /><br />The rest of the day I spent riding aroung the usual areas around chair 1 and ended the day not crossing a single track in chair 7 trees. <br /><br />I got lots of footage from the last 2 days, but it will be a while before I make an edit. Lots of studying to do these next couple days...<br /><br />I love life.Powaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865473069255754776.post-24176447995689759072011-03-12T18:26:00.000-08:002011-03-12T22:15:52.083-08:00Baker Twelf of MARTCHIt was really, really deep<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="460" height="210" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qiS6sFT1UbY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Got second chair up chair 1 once it finally started loading and it beat chair 6 by about 2 minutes. AKA I was the first person down canucks besides ski patrol. Holy god it was amazing. So deep that I really didn't even turn.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM8_dfTRQIiZvTo3rMRnq0uATIQQPfGnAQgGhQ7rCHP2qMLudLbhVvmz9-80Zj5SgKLSPL4lLTE9hD31sC2ggxNruA2WM3kVd709UzKQyVVuHrT4KeZ5kvbJqezmVmvwhi3bcN2sNmCKc/s1600/20110312102637.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM8_dfTRQIiZvTo3rMRnq0uATIQQPfGnAQgGhQ7rCHP2qMLudLbhVvmz9-80Zj5SgKLSPL4lLTE9hD31sC2ggxNruA2WM3kVd709UzKQyVVuHrT4KeZ5kvbJqezmVmvwhi3bcN2sNmCKc/s320/20110312102637.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583385624666403218" /></a><br /><br />The whole ski area is so filled in now, it's awesome. After my first glorious untracked run on canucks I spent the rest of the day on chicken ridge and around hairy scary/dolphys/rat trap. Did some shit I have never rode before, so stoked. Basically all my video footage will be usless I'm guessing (I just got home and I haven't even watched it yet) because every time I turned it was white room shenanigans. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwAYEzALPkrUbuQPh-hq7wb4Y8_Cm5INypETjmKighu7C38gUHMuLzuLHQH5sErVLaj4Nsf0GfZ5BlCWglKv1EiLhGy_Rpx3WiQYYYzcQBt8cfVRZ7OKNKbhapYVjbU45nBwvsCT6ImQ/s1600/20110312115226.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwAYEzALPkrUbuQPh-hq7wb4Y8_Cm5INypETjmKighu7C38gUHMuLzuLHQH5sErVLaj4Nsf0GfZ5BlCWglKv1EiLhGy_Rpx3WiQYYYzcQBt8cfVRZ7OKNKbhapYVjbU45nBwvsCT6ImQ/s320/20110312115226.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583385859011180130" /></a><br /><br />I love the bakerPowaholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602982776768667921noreply@blogger.com0