B-Squad Squad

So two and three weeks ago I was basically ready to kill myself...it was gonig off in VT and UT and I was trapped in MD...lame. So finally, after the new years eve bash of all bashes, the key three day tripped it up to Jay...it was sick. Not epic, but sick.

Rolled outta the Mid Atlantic around 830...me being hung over still, I decided to nap through legs one and two of the drive. Amanda and Chad plowed through PA, NJ, and NY...what troopers...I put the hammer down on the last leg and got us to the Jay Country Store at 6:30am. Damn did it feel good to be back up there.

Jay was on the rebound from an off week or two and had gotten some snow earlier that week. Obvi prime conditions for b-squads! Three deep, we rolled the squads all day. Props to Amanda for not pussing out :)

Was super pumped - we got to catch up with Dave Coyne, an ol' college pal turned Jay Ski Patroller...errr Snowboard Patroller. Conditions were pretty good...rocked the usual - Beaver Pond, Andres, Sexpo Glade, a bunch of other shit. After striking out in the woods skiiers left of exhibition we busted out onto the trail. Surveying a way down, Amanda just points it off a little 3 or 4 foot rock and stuck it! It was sick and totally unexpected! Chad and I kinda looked at each other in disbelief with shit eating grins tehehe if only I had my camera...amanda's first huck...ahhhh

Nothing super stellar beyond that...so we packed it up and headed south...sigh...

After snagging some pizza in St. J we stopped by Bill at the Rehab center in Ascutney. I've never been so happy to see him in my life...he took a digger off a 35ft ice climb and hit the deck about a month ago...scary shit. He seemed in relatively good spirits, he was heading home in a couple days for a long road of recovery.

After that, we rocked it back to Chad and Amanda's place in good ol' Waynesboro PA to snag a few hours of sleep before shredding it at Liberty all weekend...

gettin' that fa sho!

It is upon us...you know what im talking about...the mornings are cool and crisp and evenings require a hoodie...mmm i love this feeling.

I just got back from Hawaii and it was quite the inspirational trip...seeing Drew, Jim, Tom, Darrell was what I needed...the shred was off the hook in Hawaii...shredded Waikiki and The North Shore, even camped on the beach there. Threw down a stealth mission at Canoes on Waikiki (aka surfed at night), it was freaking sick! Kinda wanna head back there right now...but, truthly, I'm looking towards winter...where will I be....where will I be....?

Pushing it...

The endless winter is upon us...

After an hour and a freaking half drive to Danny, Chad, and Amandas, we screw around with my box and finally finegal is onto the roof of the hEllement for a total of 29 square feet of stowage space on the roof. hahaha Insane...9:30pm - we're off - headed to pick up Heidi in New Hampshire. Then, on to Mount Washington.

***Started writing this one back in the day and never got around to finishing it...go freaking figure...anywho...that trip was epic, surprise surprise...

Chang o plans

Looks like the plans are changing a bit...I'll be frank...Tucks looks like total shit. Massive runnels big enough to roll through in a kayak...moguls galore...etc etc. Sounds awesome actually...but I'd rather get more turns in then just whack it at Tucks all weekend. With that being said, it seems like Sunday River and Sugarloaf still have massive bases...So I think the tentative plan is Tucks tomorrow, and points in ME Sat and Sun. I'm pumped. I have never skiied in Maine, but, I'm sure as hell looking forward to it. Jay is going to be open next weekend and the prospects of natural snowfall this week have me thinking...lets see what happens. Oh yeah, Snowbird got like 4 inches today...how bad freaking ass! Too bad I'm not there...

Tuckermans

Tomorrow night the core four leave for Tucks...im stoked! Can't freaking wait...I have no freaking clue when the hell I am going to pack and tune skis though...not enough hours in the day...It'll be nice to really get away from everything for four days...conditions are looking sick...dodges drop, anyone???

almost forgot...

Vermont last weekend!!

What a kick ass time! Jay still had a bunch of snow, and so did Stowe...so what else is there to do? Pack it up and head north...

Roll into Jay at the usual 6am, head to the Jay Cunt Store, get some AM feed, roll back up 242. The squad this weekend was The Core Four and Matt...Amanda came up with some catchy name, but, it is fleeting me at the momment...

Jay was overcast, but so awesome all day! The trees were still really really freaking good. After the second or third time Wishard flew out of his bindings, we realized his DIN was on 4...lol too bad it was the end of the day. Oh well.

Jay was sick.

We wrapped it up there and drove down to Stowe to kick it with Thorin. As usual, he was ridiculous as hell. haha Took him, his roomie and his other buddy out for some pizza on the mountain roda. Yummy. Then, we picked up some beers, and went back to his crib. Luckily, I had the new Jack Johnson album and he had Game Cube...DUH! BRO DOWN! SO, we bro'd out for a long while, played some beer pong, and called it a night.

We woke up to 20 degrees...if you recall, it was really warm all day, the day before...yes, it was boilerplate. Somehow, it was a freaking blast though! As usual, Thorin was an awesome tour guide, and a blast to ski with. Luckily, we didn't get lost this time, so, things were a-ok in my book. haha Oh yeah! Thorin and his buddy from Oklahoma or somehting totally hooked us up on lift tickets...we totally skiied stowe for 20 bucks on a sunday....soooo awesome! As usual, it was great seeing T Dawg, but, we had to be getting home...bummer

So, that was prob the last trip this season to VT for resort skiing...this weekend we are heading up to Tucks..they have soooooooooooooo much snow! We're prob bringing up a keg, too...soo bring your party hats! ahaha

"Today was proof that you don't need the best conditions to have a good time..."

That was one of the quotes of the weekend from last week's Vermont trip...but before we go there....UUUUTTAAAHHHHHH

So, it's not secret, I'm like everyone else and blow major ass when it comes to this blogging stuff. But, that doesn't mean I'm totally sucking at life sitting around whacking it...just that I'm too busy getting after it to blog about it...haha

Utah was rad. Not sure what else to say. A few highlights...

• Balls deep in pow the first day


• Balls deep pow the second day


• General Grits' breakfast burritos


• Alta


• Cat skiing at Pow Mow


• Totally getting pumped on heli skiing at Pow Mow but getting shut down cause visibility was lame


• The High Traverese on Baldy


• Watching Chad tomahawk while paralleling a rock face in the Ampitheater


• Telling Amanda we go a foot dump when we really got absolutely nothing


• Amanda believing us that we got a foot dump


• That bomb ass burrito place


• Popping my skis off next to Nobis


• The Free Skiing nationals at the Bird


• Chatting with Sage about his skis


• Being in heaven aka Snowbird


• Signing two kids' helmets because I was billed as Subarau's biggest fan


• B-Squads


• Shane and Jess


• Totally sweet photo ops

And obviously sooo much more...the brain is just foggy...it is 420 afterall...

Some stoke:

Wishard and Amanda at Alta


Amanda tits deep at the Bird


Me balls deep at the Bird


Chad doin the damn thing


Shane hanging out in the white room


The old man still has it


Sigh. I wanna go back.