I saw crystal castles last night

and they were crazy. Here is a vid I took:

POWDER FEAST

It has snowed so much recently that I can't express into words how good the powder has been. Here is a video for proof:

Vid from Hurricane Ridge

Brian got a helmet cam. We compiled footage and he made a nice little edit.

Here it is:

Baker Yesterday: VID

Valentine and 2/16 Pow (OMG NEW POST)

Kind of forgot about this whole blog thing. I will recap the whole season this weekend. It has been interesting. Here is a current play by play of the powder snow sport at Mt Baker we all call snowboarding.

I will have some vids posted this weekend. I am too busy with school to make any videos right meow. I will post some pics for teasers as of now. Cause well of course, pics or it didn't happen.

2/14



Showed up at 845am and got 3rd chair. I love weekday powder days at baker. First people down chair 8. High speed pow up top with toeside slashes in the nostril. Tasty. Snow was 6in-12in deep depending on aspects.


(helmet cam screenshot)

Flirted with 32 degrees all day at the base but it dumped snow all day.

2/16

The EPIC. Showed up at 1120am cause I had class from 8-950 in the morning but damn was it still awesome. Once again no one up there and gunnars/canyon was opened. Sessioned that alllllll day long and rarely crossed any tracks. So damn good.



It was one of those days that I'll never forget, because it was that good. It rekindled that stoke that I first felt during my first ever powder turn.


(helmet cam screenshot)

There was a moment during the day where I popped off a pillow in the trees in gunnars, where the landing was in an open pocket with a perfect hip on the left side with the landing pointing towards the middle. I turned on my heels, with snow flying in my face. Then I lined myself up and cranked a toeside turn and gained speed into the hip. I hit it with more speed then I expected but I pulled off the most perfect backside 3 I have ever done in my life. I just floated for what seemed liked forever, and right when I landed snow flew in my face because it was so deep.

It was one of those moments where I felt frozen in time. Needless to say I was having so much fun.


I love Baker.

Baker Opening Day 11/20/10

Baker opening day was the sickness!

It was puking snow last night in BHAM from 730-930pm.





And this morning the roads were ultra-shittay in BHAM (I left at 630am)

But the closer you got to Baker, the better the roads got. (haha dub tee eph yo) I blasted Neon Indian the whole way there, that is probably why I drove so slow...

Now the phun part: So Baker opening day, of course I'm gonna be expecting everyone to be in full on mob mode. I show up at 750am and I get a pretty good parking spot in Heather Meadows. Some rad bro's parked next to chair 1 and slept there all night so they would get first chair. Cool story Bro. Well I got 8th chair up chair 1, and I was purdy stokeddd.

My first run off of north face was hellza confusing. So I got 8th chair, full on expecting no tracks in my sight. Nope...not at all. There were tracks, not a shit-ton, but still a fair amount. No problemo, I'll slay it anyone (in my own eyes of course.) North Face during early season is super rolly rolly within sudden drops, it's pretty fun. Once I reached the bottom of chair 5, I realized I still had no leg pain...go me!

So I ride back up and ride north face again. Holy schitt it's already basically tracked out. Oh well, I'll ride the ropeline. Good times. Once I got to the bottom I decided to check out the chair 8 area so I ride up chair 5. Once I reach the crest on the chair I realize its turning into a bluebird day. Sweet!

I rode around the chair 8 area along the ropeline for about an hour. That area is super fun. Lot's of natural jumps and shiz. I saw a few skiers dropping off of the arm, and wow was I jealous. Looked super tasty. Oh well, I was still having fun inside the ski area. So much fun that I decided to take a picture of myself.

The rest of the day I just rode all over the ski area, trying to figure out what works on a powder day and whatnot here, because, well, this will be my home for the next 2+ years. Might as well learn how to take a dump on it like I do at Stevens. At the end of the day, I was obligated to get a salmon chowder bread bowl. Nom Nom Nom...

Here is a little video I made from footage I shot throughout the day. Good times.



Peace out internetz (for meow)

BAKER opens Saturday 11/20

Be there or get slayed.

Winter has arrived my friends. My stoke-ness is at an all time high. La Nina + Seasons Pass to Baker = fun/shitshow.

See you all there.

PS this means I'll be posting on my blog mucho for the next 5 months. Woop Woop!