WRITING ON THE WALL- FOR YOUR MOM

taken by dirty mike in stupid queens

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CALL YOUR MOM! bushwick bk

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AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY GAPING- THE GAPER SISTERS

MY MECCA- SUN VALLEY

me in the ganj

First resort in America. Known for it's gorgeous sunny days. Warren Miller started here, living in the parking lot of River Run. All the old school film stars came here to ski and make movies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFfzbZKMdmU). It's a place of great history. It's also a place of great rippers, not only do many infamous skiers come from here and train here, the locals are phenomenal. I mean phenomenal, they just rip- and they always have (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP3wU677tcg). 

Andy- Siegfried's line

  

Sun Valley is in Idaho. Bald Mountain (the main hill) is in the Smokys in the Sawtooth National Forrest.  This resort started out on Dollar  mountain.  Dollar is now Sun Valley's bunny hill. There is also a big boy terrain park on Dollar.  Here is the most recent TWS photo shoot at dollar-(http://snowboarding.transworld.net/1000151579/featuresobf/sun-valley-park-sessions-preview-with-aguirre-hironaka-kotsenburg-bros-willet/). Dollar is treeless and a great teaching hill.

Melissa- Old Olympic

The leg killer- Baldy. You come to Baldy to get strong. The summit is 9,150 ft. The vert is 3,400 ft. This hill is steep, blue runs here are east coast double blacks. The River Run side of Baldy has a great glass elevator (ganjula) that will take you to the old famous roundhouse. From there you can shoot up to the top on the Christmas quad or you can head over to Seattle Ridge. Seattle Ridge is the calm part of Baldy. The runs are short and not as steep. From the top of Baldy you can drop into the bowls or you can get to the bowls from Seattle. I love, love, love the bowls. The Mayday triple will keep you in the bowls. The Lookout express lift will give you access to all off the River Run side. Frenchman's quad is lower and in between River Run and Warm Springs. Warm Springs actually has a hot springs that you ride over on the chair lift. The halfpipe is on Warm Springs and they race a lot on Warm Springs. They also run a lot of gates off of the Greyhawk quad.

J2- top of Flying Squirrel

I  was in Sun Valley for three and a half weeks riding every day with my ski instructor bro. My legs are like anacondas. Spending so much time on the mountain lets you see the real ski fiends. There are locals that ski everyday. There are locals that ski in between beers. There are locals that only ski in the sun. There are locals that ski bell to bell.  Everyone has a different way of looking at the mountain. 

This place is paradise.

me- bench view of Exi

STUPID SUMMER

Today is the last day for many mountains. I hope those of you had a lovely winter. Keep hiking!

the Pom

DISCOUNTS AND RAISING MONEY FOR JAPAN

the giant- Sun Valley

Demo boards and skis are usually on sale now. Sometimes you can find ones that aren't too trashed

Jay Peak has $70 tickets for Sat. And Sun for this weekend. You need to go online and already have a j card. (https://ecommerce.jaypeakresort.com/reload/wtpload.aspx)

If you are a VT or NH resident then you can get a $29 ticket on Wed. April 13th at Okemo. (http://www.okemo.com/okemowinter/ratesandrentals/specialdeals/stealsanddeals.asp)

Sun Valley still has their amazing $79 deal. Stay in the fancy lodge and get a lift ticket for $79! (http://www.sunvalley.com/trip-planner/deals/)

Hunter mountain has $25 tickets until they close on April 10th. (http://www.huntermtn.com/huntermtn/tickets-passes/spring-specials.aspx)
tomorrow is Hunter's Hell Track, and event that is raising money for Japan (http://ridehunter.blogspot.com/2011/04/event-of-season-hunters-hell-track.html)

If you buy a copy of Snow Search Japan, World Snowboard Guide will donate money to Japan. (http://www.worldsnowboardguide.com/tsunamirelieffund.cfm)

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY GAPING

I GOT ENGAGED WITH MY SNOWBOARD ON

 

 April first was my tenth year anniversary with the giant. He asked me to film the top of Sun Valley for his nieces and nephews. I got mad at him for taking off his snowboard. Then the giant turned around and asked me to marry him. Amazing.

The ski patrol came to see if we were OK because he was kneeling with his snowboard off and I was crying.

My whole family was there, so sneaky! Then the snow went off and it was time to rip. I celebrated by spinning around in the bowls.



Then my sister Mary was crowned Prom Queen. Pretty sweet day. The giant is the best!!!