BFGSC 2006-2007 Season Snowboard Journal

Wednesday October 15th 2006

2006-10-31T13:09:00.000-06:00

What up! It is getting cold, boards are being dusted off, it is almost time for the adventures of the BFGSC 2006-2007 season.

Think snow and look for next post at season kickoff at Jack's waxing party on November 11th.

Also don't forget to check all the good times last year in the 2005-2006 Season. It will stay up and running as well as this seasons. You can find it in the list of links at right side of page.

Saturday November 11th, 2006 Jack's Waxing Party

2006-10-30T13:58:00.000-06:00

Snow & Weather:
Cold out side. Steamy inside. No snow yet.

Vertical ft & runs: zero & zero (unless you count bending over repeatedly as vertical feet)

Comments: Partied with everyone! Very awesome season kick-off snowboard waxing party. Jack Rules! I went yet another year without having to wax a snowboard. Brian waxed all of my boards. He owed me 4 hours of work (you have to ask him why, I am not at liberty to disclose since it occured at a non-sanctioned BFGSC event)

Whose asses are sore? I guess quite a few since we did a little (or a lot) of ass-slappin oh yeah with a leather belt. Danced and partied all night and we had a great time. I think someone had the HOTS for C.J. (rumors, rumors, rumors who could it be).

Let's get on the hill! Hopefully next entry is very soon.

Saturday December 2nd 2006, Welch Village

2006-10-29T10:35:00.000-06:00

Date & Location: Saturday December 2nd. Welch Village.

Snow & Weather: Man-made hard and icy. 18 degrees windy and cold.

Vertical feet & runs: 5,100 feet 15 runs

Comments: Rode with Glen, Greg, Heather, Josh, Roley, Shelly and Christian (Shelly's friend). It was first day out for the season. Harleys and Lookout were the only main runs open.

I felt pretty good until I fell hard at bottom of Harleys and I think I popped my cooter-bone. Greg, Shelly, Christian and myself did boarder-x races down Harleys. We raced 4 times and everybody won a race. The ski patrol told us to stop.

Met up with Heather, Josh and Roley. Heather was buzzed and had a hard crash on Lookout and popped her cooter-bone as well.

Shelley said her and Christian are starting a BFGSC chapter at St.Olaf, that is totally RAD!

We all went to King's after for some burgers and Schells Dark!

Roley, Heather, Greg and myself are off to Heathers to play a gig tonight! Guitar Hero II RULES!

Next entry will more than likely be from Lutsen. See ya then.

Guest commentary:

Greg: What a great day! Rode with Matt, Glen, Roley and Hot Pants. Matt had a soregasm and Shelly had a snowgasm. It was first day. We all had beers at Mad Jax. See you next week.

Glen: My name is Glen and I rode OK today. I had some good runs and some bad runs but got my first head crack and ass bump out the way so I am ready to roll for Alaska. and I got to ride with Greg, Josh, Matt and Roley and even L.P. did 2 runs before she went in and drank. This is Baby Shark, Peace Out!

Saturday December 16th, 2006 Lutsen

2006-10-28T14:53:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Saturday December 16th 2006 Lutsen

Snow & Weather: 34 degrees Dusting of snow

Vertical Feet & Runs: 12,800 ft 19 runs

Comments: Rode with Brian, Heather, Greg, Josh, Jack, Glen, Roley, DBD, Al, Terra, Christina, Vicki, Pete, Jason, Nate and Pope. Big awesome super fun group. We had a blast riding except when we were playing follow the leader and I was leading and went off-piste and crashed and burned and punched myself in the head. My hand is swolen. Asked Glen if he was drunk cuz I never saw him ride that fast. It was weird not having Shack yelling at us to get up in the morning. Off to Josh & Christinas B-day party in room 521.

Josh got a smoking monkey and a "There are mutha f**kin snakes on the mutha f**kin plane" t-shirt for his birthday.

Guest commentary:

DBD: I was very shaky today. I fell more than any other day I think. I messed up my shoulder. It was still a good day though.

G-Dubb: Matt & I rode 12,800 vert. today. We ripped it up!! That is equivalent to a day out west. I am having the most wonderful time. Good friends, snowboarding, Birthday parties, sparks, etc.
Snowboard injuries for 12-12-06
1. Matt punched himself in da face.
2. Darren smoked his shoulder.
3. Pope popped his pooter bone.
4. Brian tweaked his wrist.
Side note: I almost killed Brian, super close call. Whew! Time to party.
2nd side note: Where is Jack?

Heather: So today was good, but not as sweet as yesterday. Tomorrow is going to be even better with 30 degrees, sun and lotsa snow to make "bow down". My favorite part of today was sleeping in. I think i'll require a party nap tonight. Last night I had lot beers, sparks, and vodka red bulls. Josh said as long as I don't do it alone, I don't have a problem. I also tried to pay Josh $100 and Nate $30 to ruin Matt's freshie plan. I would have ruined it myself if I wasn't riding such a sweet board. I rode w/ everyone today except Roley and had a blast. All I am left wondering today is: Where is Shack?

Brian: I rode a lot today. I hiked my last run because the chair lift stopped running (they closed). My quads burned just getting off the lift but I whooped Matt's ass in a wall sit off. Oh yeah, I also got a 99% on Guitar Hero II and I got a 95% on medium at guitar lead. I love my friends; except when they crash into me... F**kin Greg.

Glen: I rode awesomely fast today, Matt even asked :Glen are you drunk?" That's how fast! Where's Shack? Also Matt punched himself in the melon.

Pope: Day 2 at Lutsen rocked. The second best part of the day was Matt laughing at me for falling and almost rolling off the bridge run. The best part is I have corporate co-workers who ride their ass off!

Terra: Dear Diary- I had the mostest fun riding today at Lutsen. I didn't stay up late last night and missed some good spanking probably, but riding today was worth it. Al and I could have kicked that chair lifts ass. Every time we got off, it made us fall. But riding was SA-WEET!

Jason: Feeling a little sluggish. think it may be the altitude of Moose Mountain or possibly sampling everyone's cocktails the previous night. Liquor before beer F**k that shit. Guitar Hero just rocked my ass. I think I'm going to hitch-hike my ashamed ass to Thundar Bay. Well a smoking monkey is staring me down and my Molson is reaching room temp. Thanks ya'll over and out.

Shawna: I've just met everyone and I'm not a snowboarder but I've absolutely had a fabulous time. I've noticed that this group is made up with all amazing people. With the fear of sounding too emotional I'll just say this: You're all blessed to have such a great friends and in all my life I've never met so many fun, open, accepting, intelligent and generous people. Thanks for the invite.

Roley: Crown Royal, Tequila, siren, Pucker, Royal Crown, Blonde Ice, mushy ice crystals, gig, rookies, pros, teachers, skiers, Big Bunny, slingshot, cub scout, naked sleepwalk, Hairpie, Jawas, SnoWgasm, Pops The Cooterbone, chick flick, Prego w/mozerella, fake denim, puffy pants, clear rolling papers, weed worship, garlic cheese bread, 1st timers, Old Timers, Everytimers, Chickadee, Smoking Monkey, Shack, Jancy, Shacey, Breather, Tal, Distina, D-Job, Sparks, The Bismark, Mickey Mouse, Wet Birginia reunion, naturals, strugglers. I love friends!!! Sean; Props to wifey poo, good job Cork! Ring Ping- Mother ban, puppy snuggle, Popey go pee pee, nerd name game, head punchey, Flippy McFliperson, boxing glove.

Christina: First day out with the BFGSC this season- I Love it! I earned me record for the most yards on a butt slide- Pete was my only witness, but I thought everyone needed to know the truth. Let's do it again tomorrow.

Peter: Hiked Mystery Mountain all day, won gold in the most f**cked up on Friday night. Yes got lost on the way home. Vicki let me in and then kept me up with slurping noises. Saturday night ass punching kid.

Saturday December 23rd, 2006 Welch Village

2006-10-27T09:36:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Saturday December 23rd, 2006 Welch Village

Snow & Weather: icy, chunky 34 degrees

Vertical Feet & Runs: 10,600 ft 34 runs

Comments:
Rode with Glen, Cuz Jeff, Greg, Roley, Heather, and Shelly. Glen, CJ and I did the tour of Welch and did a 3 1/2 hour first session. Shelly rode with us a little. We took actin photos since all of our photos seem to be bar photos. Finished the day with Greg and destroyed and ripped up a chunky Dan's. Greg said I am riding the best he has seen from me. I love him! Check out the mega vertical at Welch. 10,600 ft WOW!

Guest Commentary:

CJ: I did my first ever full "Tour of Welch" The snow wasn't very good but it was a fun day.

Glen: I rocked 30 runs on Welch's finest icy snow! We got some great action shots this visit. Not all bar action shots for the blog.

G-Dub: Got a late start that combined with a sour puss attitude (and a well timed sparks from cub scout) ended my day with only 4 icy runs. How lame! Luck for me, Matt, Glen & CJ convinced me to get my gear back on. Then I learned a valuable lesson; even with horrible conditions you can still have an awesome day!! It's all about who you ride with. Man do I love my friends. And that is all I have to say about that.

Saturday December 30th, 2006 Welch Village

2006-10-26T09:49:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Saturday December 30th, 2006 Welch Village

Snow & Weather: 39 degrees spring mushy conditions

Vertical Feet & Runs: 5,060 ft 16 runs* oh wait more runs 6,610 ft 21 runs

Comments:
Rode with Cuz Jeff, Glen, Brian, Alex, and Tawney. It looks like March in December. Where da F**k is the snow? I think Glen was still drunk from last night. We drank a Sparks as usual and it prevented us from getting hung over. Riding was fun! CJ sucks at snowboarding when he goes last. He rips when I follow him. Further proving my theory that when someone follows you down the hill, you ride better. Glen is riding really well. I just need to get his conditioning up there for Tahoe. Oh yeah I almost forgot the best part, CJ got vacuumed off the quad chair by Mad Jax. He was hanging onto the pole for dear life but got sucked right off the chair. Glen and I laughed so hard. Sorry CJ. We were hoping to meet up with B-Hole. Shelly said Shack was supposed to be here but he didn't show. Where is Greg? Greg sucks! Just kidding Greg we just miss you. We rocked out with Moons & Stars!*

*After taking my boots off and drinking mystery buckets for a couple hours, Brian, Alex, Tawney and myself rode 5 more runs. We should not have been on snowboards and oh yeah I almost forgot I beat Brian in a boarder-X race! I love these guys!

Guest Commentary:

CJ: Lifts suck!! Beer is good!! It's fun to have fun and all these people like to have fun.

Glen: CJ joined the Welch Hoover Club. Matt was screaming "Camera Camera!" I rode OK today in the mush. I think I'll continue the day training for Team Sparks! We started a mystery bucket trend!

Bonnie: A wet day at Welch- Always warm and dry in Madd Jaxx- I'll always have a cold sparks waiting!

Brian: 3 runs no turns- too many mystery buckets, plenty of rain, good friends, PRICELESS! I love these guys!

Alex: it's always too fast hammered! To you all from Alex for those who love this bar from Alex who will be always hammered with you.

Tawney: Well actually my name is Tawny, I usually ride in Idaho but actually Minnesota is a lot of fun! We drank a lot, later riding fast down the bluff. It's weird to write bluff. I never knew what a bluff was until I came to Red Wing Minnesota Welch ski resort. I plan on coming here next year working so I will see you then. If you do got Costa Rica I will show you a good time I promise that! Scuba diving, mountain climbing, canopy in the rainforest, surfing, camping, hiking, windsurfing. I promise you I'm gonna do it all. Tonight was good boarding good breaking me in before I leave to tropics.

The group: WE LOVE BONNIE!!!!

quote of the day: "He hasn't done anything bad in his life except for me"- Alex's wife commenting on Alex

Monday January 1st, 2007 Welch Village

2006-10-25T16:53:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Monday January 1st, 2007 Welch Village

Snow & Weather: 32 degrees Icy

Vertical Feet & Runs: 4,100 feet 12 runs

Comments: Rode with Greg, Vicki, Chris, Brian, Heather, Josh, Glen and Cuz Jeff. We all were a little sluggish after New Year's except for Brian. The snow was icy and sucked but of course masochistic Brian loved it. I rode lazy. Heather tried to get a hold of Shack but he only returned call after she said I was in hospital (which I had absolutely nothing to do with because that is bad karma). Madd Jax no longer offers mystery buckets. I guess we taught them a lesson on Saturday. Happy B-Day Dad! I miss you!

Guest Commentary:

Greg: My that group photo turned out swimmingly.

Heather: So today was a great day of riding... I would say it went quite swimmingly. Brian did not know that Bob Kennedy was shot but I did. Thought that should be documented that Brian didn't know something. I thought we all rode pretty well for New Year's Eve being last night. The only way I could get Jack to call me is if I tell him that Matt is in the hospital. The good news he did finally call back.

Vicki: Hangover kicked my ass today. Karma police were in attendance today and kicked Matt's ass after he made fun of me for falling off chair lift. Love those karma police.

Brian: No work today. Just fun, lotsa fun. Don't remember anything else. Helmets are awesome!!!

Saturday January 6th, 2007 Welch Village

2006-10-24T17:04:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Saturday January 6th, 2007 Welch Village

Snow & Weather: 34 degrees corn sluff

Vertical feet & runs: 3,940 feet 12 runs

Comments: Rode with Cuz Jeff, and Glen. Saw Greg and Pete as they were arriving and we were leaving. Riding kind of sucked. We got here at 9:30am (not hungover) and the main lot was full. 550 stupid ski racer kids invaded the hill. It was a little kid mine field. The snow was actually pretty decent. We worked Chicken a little. Glen fell on last run and got up just in time before I dusted him. I rode the big bomber T-6 today. He missed me. Greg and I discussed the possibility of a Tahoe trade.

Guest Commentary:

Jeff: It was rough riding today. Snow was OK but lots of people. My legs were hurting after running stairs twice this week with Matt. Gotta get ready for Tahoe.

Glen: I rode great today considering all the land mines. I worked on hop turns for Tahoe and perfected my scramble abilities. Sparks+ rocks!! Thanks Bonnie!!

Saturday January 13th, 2007 Welch Village

2006-10-23T10:00:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Saturday January 13th, 2007 Welch Village

Snow & Weather: 13 degrees cold very nice new man-made snow

Vertical feet & runs: 9,550 feet 28 runs

Comments: Rode with Greg, Cuz Jeff, Vicki, and Glen. It was cold today which was fine with me. I love wearing my Ronin Puffy (Greg calls it my Charlie Brown jacket). We got to Welch at 11:00am and Greg had already done 14 runs then we started the tour of Welch. Greg is so rad! Welch blew snow all week and the snow was in great condition. We completed the tour around 3:00pm with about 7,800 feet. Then we went to Mad Jaxx for the return of the Mystery Buckets. Yeah!!! We drank Mystery Buckets and rocked out to an acoustic cover band. Then after dark CJ and I went and did 7 more runs down Pete's and Dan's. It was the best runs of the day and CJ ripped it. I achieved the ever elusive perfect buzz (I usually overshoot it by a mile) I don't know why sometimes he rips and sometimes rides like such a sissy. Maybe I should clone myself and have my clone follow CJ down the hill all the time but SHHHH don't tell CJ it is a clone.

Guest Commentary:

Greg: Awesome training day. 35 runs on bulletproof hard pack. Did the "manure tour". Chicken was the best. Feeling strong for my Colorado weekend next week. Then it's on to Tahoe. Whoo Hooo! 2 Malolos = 2 Malolos , 1 Malolo+1 Fish= 1.75 Malolos.

Vicki: Great day today. Started out rocky but ended strong. Did the "manure tour" as Greg dubbed it. Then drank some Mystery beer. How much better does it get.

Glen: I rode insanely awesome today! I tore it up on Chicken. I completed my 2nd tour de Welch of the season, 21 runs. Mystery Buckets rock, Thanks Bonnie!

CJ: Today was fun. It was cold but I rode good today. Did another "Tour of Welch" which was cool. Madd Jaxx had Mystery Buckets again. Thanks Bonnie! 2nd session Rocked!! I think I either had or was close to the "Perfect Buzz" I had my best 7 runs of the season during the last session. Can't wait for Colorado and Tahoe.

Sunday January 14th, 2007 Welch Village

2006-10-22T16:37:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Sunday January 14th, 2007 Welch Village

Snow & Weather: 18 degrees good snow per Josh

Vertical Feet & Runs: 11,500 feet 34 runs

Comments: Rode with Vicki, Terra, Glen, Cuz Jeff, and Josh. The snow was good today according to Josh then it started snowing around 4:30pm and the snow turned great. We did 4 sessions intermingled with buckets o beer and NFL playoffs. We saw Nikki for first time this year. Hi Nikki. We are monitoring the snow storm. If we get 5 inches or more, me call in sick tomorrow. I love snowboarding. Josh designated our team name for Tahoe as Team Zoolander. Peace Out. Oh yeah if I ever lose snowboarding confidence in Tahoe, Josh will tell me it is just like "Beggars Canyon back home."

Guest Commentary:

Glen: I did 30 runs today. Putting me at around 9,600 vertical feet. This weekend was a blast! Buckets of Leinie rock da casbah! Can't wait for Tahoe, Go Hosay!

Jeff: Snow was good. Riding was fun. I need to work on my heelside turns off of the lift but I'll get there. Can't wait for Tahoe!

Josh: I love to toss bottle caps into the bucket!!

Monday January 15th, 2007 Welch Village

2006-10-21T16:45:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Monday January 15th, 2007 Welch Village

Snow & Weather: 8 degrees and cold but it was a Pow day!

Vertical feet & runs: 6,290 feet 19 runs

Comments: Rode with Glen. It started snowing last night while we were still riding at Welch. It was forecast for 4-7 inches. So Glen and I called in dead and decided to go snowboarding to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I left Crystal at 6:00am and picked up Glen at 6:30am then drove to Lil Oscars in Hampton and ate breakfast from 7:30-8:00am. We drove to Welch and got there at 8:30am. We were first car in lot at Madd Jaxx. Looked up at all the glistening 6 inches of glorious fluffy POW! Yum Yum! Glen and I were the first lift up. I did first tracks down Dan's. Oink Oink! We were total powder pigs the first hour. Then it started to get tracked out. We rode hard from 9:00-11:00am then called it quits since we ate up all the Freshies. Sorry Josh that you had to fix the car. It was a rad day!

Guest Commentary:

Glen: Oink Oink! We were powder pigs today. We ripped up Duds, Dan's, and Pete's. First time this year hitting it 3 days in a row. My legs are toast. I had a blast today, making the PTO worth every minute.

Sunday January 21st, 2007 Welch Village

2006-10-20T13:27:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Sunday January 21st, 2007 Welch Village

Snow & Weather: 3 inches of freshies 25 degrees

Vertical feet & runs: 10,610 feet 33 runs

Comments: Rode with Pete, Nate, Shaun of the dead, Roley, Heather, Terra, Kevin, Vicki, Glen, and Cuz Jeff. We did 3 rad sessions today and they were all super-fun. We had a big group and they all rocked. Watched da Bears win and NE is winning at the moment which sucks cuz then I will owe Kevina money and then it would be a YAWN superbowl. We drank Madd Jaxx out of Leinies for the second straight weekend. I pushed skier Shaun over when he was standing innocently. I felt bad but it was funny and the karma police did not give me a citation. I hope it doesn't come in the mail. Super Awesome Fun day with 3 inches of fresh. Woo Hoo. 24 day until TAHOE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERRA!!!!!!!!!!!

Guest Commentary:

Roley: Only 9 buckets so far, long way to go. Fell in love all over today Baron ES...YES. I do! Happy to hear a knuckle busting went on last night. Long time coming. These people are crazy. Matt Ruvs Reapin Riz. I found 9" of untouched fresh snow or what is also known as "freshies" or "pow pow". I love snowboarding, Heather loves Kevin now that Steve moved to NYC.

CJ: Beer is good. Buckets are cool. F**k the bears (sorry Vicki). Snow was good today. All these people rock!

H Bomb: Kevin is my new best friend. Who is Steve?

Vicki: Sparks started my day right- Terra, H-Bomb, and I rocked some jumps and the cut through from Harleys to Duds sparks inspired courage for sure. Go Bears!!

Dani & Mary: Today was the 2nd day ever snowboarding for Dani and Mary. We had a phenomenal teacher, Peter, who was very patient with us. He helped us at the top of the hill for every run. The day was absolutely beautiful. We spent less time on our asses this time. I think we're addicted now and can't wait to buy our very own snowboards and all the sweet-ass gear. Then we'll look cool!

Peter: Lesson day- the girls rock!! more converts!

Shaun: Skiing rocks!!

Thursday January 25th, 2007 Buckhill

2006-10-19T12:49:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Thursday January 25th, 2007 Buckhill

Snow & Weather: 20 degrees hard hard snow

Vertical feet & runs: 1,350 ft 5 runs

Comments: Rode with Glen and Jack. Thought it was gonna be a fun little night at Buck. I was wrong! In the terrain park, I went off a little kicker, f**cked up the landing, stood straight up and a caught a heel-side edge downhill. The landing area might as well have been cement because that's how hard it was. I smacked so hard I thought I ruptured all my insides. My hat and goggles flew about 20 feet. My nuts feel like someone just kicked me. How do you hurt your nuts falling on your ass and back? I fell so hard maybe they slapped me in the face but I don't think so because my face isn't sore. I can't wait until tomorrow to see if I can make it out of bed. After crash, I went to bar and Jack and Glen rode some more. 20 DAYS TO TAHOE!

Guest Commentary:

Glen: Did some turns at Buck. I saw Matt do a plant and smack his nuts, I barely missed the wreckage and had a rubberneck crash. Thank You helmet.

Jack: I guess I made these fellas nervous- I've made it this far with out a crash but not home yet! All work and no play will make Jack a drunk boy in TAHOE!

Sunday January 28th, 2007 Welch Village

2006-10-18T13:45:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Sunday January 28th, 2007 Welch Village

Snow & Weather: Super hard snow (but nice) and super cold at 8 degrees

Vertical feet & runs: 10,170 feet 31 runs

Comments: Rode with Josh, Glen, and Roley. First day out since my #2 worst crash of all time at Buck on Thursday. The temp was super cold and the snow was hard but nice consistency, not icy. My confidence was at an all time high before Buck on Thursday, then it was squashed like a bug. I didn't get my confidence back today. I rode my T6 big bomber and it did all the driving today. We called Sean before we left and he didn't answer. Josh, Glen and I rode for about an hour then we were making fun of Sean on the lift since he didn't come with us then BAM! We see him ripping down Twister. We all ate crow. Josh and I pushed it to over 10,000 feet and the last hour was way too cold! 17 DAYS TIL TAHOE!

Guest Commentary:

Glen: The puffy treated my ass awesome today! It was cold and bluebird sunny, a total blast. I only rode 6,600 vertical today, damn bladder.

Roley: BRRRRRRRRR! Today was F F F F F F F F**king awesome. I love doing the cooking. Today's special... Crow sorry, I was busy playing hockey late in the third trying to take advantage of a 1 goal lead. Wish I could have seen Matt pop his cooter bone at Buck. I sucked ass today, but am glad I came. Watch out Heather... I only got a couple lbs. until you owe me Butcher's Pie.

Josh: 10,000 frigid feet.

Saturday February 3rd, 2007 Welch Village

2006-10-17T11:04:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Saturday February 3rd, 2007 Welch Village

Snow & Weather: -3 degrees -25-30 below zero wind chill, hard but awesome snow

Vertical feet & runs: 7,910 feet 23 runs

Comments: Rode with Pope. It was crazy cold today with wind chill advisories over the entire state. I take back all the comments I made about Pope being a sissy. He is my only hard core rider. I sent an email yesterday to all of the BFGSC and Pope was the only hard core rider in the group. We did the tour of Welch and rode for three hours in this weather. Damn we are AWESOME! We are so hard core we even rode Stone Face which we had to poach since it was closed. Besides the 6" freshies day, the snow was the best of the season today. We had way more fun than we thought we would. The only set backs were icy goggles (on the inside) and the occasional ice cream headache. 11 DAYS TO TAHOE!

Guest commentary:

Pope: Rode with Matt it was way fun! Tundra-boarding is cool. It's not so cool when your goggles freeze from the inside, but we figured it out. Realizing my pant vents were open pretty much the whole time isn't so smart, but luckily my legs and goods didn't freeze. I'd like to have a beer with whoever designed this years half pipe...just to live in his special world for an hour.

Saturday February 10th, 2007 Welch Village

2006-10-16T20:26:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Saturday February 10th, 2007 Welch Village

Snow & Weather: 7 degrees Awesomely, Fabulous Snow

Vertical feet & runs: 5,590 feet 16 runs

Comments: Rode with Roley, Josh, and Cuz Jeff. Tons of little jerk face ski racer kids. Long lift lines, that is the reason for small vert & runs. I had 2 goals today. #1-get reaquainted with my Custom X and #2- gain some confidence back. Missions accomplished! I love you Custom X, I can't wait to spend Valentines Day with you in Tahoe. XXXOOO to you Custom X. We are gonna ride again tomorrow with Jack and do some clinic (which could mean riding or drinking) I didn't tell Sean that the jerk face ski racers will be here tomorrow ( I hope he doesn't read this until after we get here tomorrow) 4 Days to TAHOE!

Guest Commentary:

Cuz Jeff: Rode good today! Good Snow! TAHOE here we come!

Roley: Cold snow has proven itself this season. Tick-tick-tick-tick Tahoe! I rode through big pain today. Tahoe is worth it. I can't believe how awesome I am. Seriously...back off bitches. I don't got time to sign your stupid paper. Little shit kids w/o P.G. is super lame in a bar. Worst mess I've ever seen in here. See you tomorrow.

Sunday February 11th, 2007 Welch Village

2006-10-15T20:36:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Sunday February 11th, 2007 Welch Village

Snow & Weather: 22 degrees Great snow again!

Vertical feet & runs: 5,760 feet 18 runs

Comments: Rode with Roley, Jack, Skier Sean, Nate, Pete, and Vicki. Great snow! Crappy jerk-face kid ski racers. Rode a casual day to keep our legs fresh. Holy crap I got to ride with Jack at Welch! 3 Days to TAHOE!! R.O.G.D Really Owesome Good Day!

Guest commentary:

Roley: I hate Jack, I hate Shaun, I hate Nate, I hate Pete, I hate Vicki, I hate Matt. I love me.

Jack: Free riding kicks ass over working. Beer, ride, I have Sean beer, ride, Roley sucks, beer ride, Mcintire blows, beer, ride, Kings!!

Nate: Snow was sweet. Fresh groomers on Dan's. Warmest day in two weeks. Snow boarding is spectacular.

Skier Sean: Too many dang boarders what ever happened to the lost art of skiing? Rip it up all day long.

Thursday February 15th, 2007 Kirkwood

2006-10-14T18:41:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Thursday February 15th, 2007 Kirkwood

Snow & Weather: 42 degrees packed pow sometimes mushy

Vertical feet & runs: 13,040 feet 11 runs

Comments: Rode with Greg, Jack Terra, Jeff, Glen, Vicki, Pete, Heather, Josh and Roley. We rode at Kirkwood and had a blast. I am impressed with everyone. Rode mostly with Jack, Josh, Greg, Pete, and Roley. We basically destroyed Kirkwood. Chutes, steeps, pow, bumps, groomers. You name it and we did it. We found some great runs off the Wall chair. Greg was crazy awesome today and he took a chunk out of his Malolo.

Guest Commentary:

Glen: I tested my back and it held up spectacularily! I did some wicked double black bumps. Kirkwood rocks!

CJ: Kirkwood rocked! I rode pretty good today. One of these days in Tahoe I'll try to ride with the guys that do the crazy stuff. I had one fall where my helmet did its job so I was glad I wore it. And I took a sweet movie at the top of chair 4.

Greg: Kirkwood Super Aggressive. Rode hard with Jack & Pete. Pete & I dropped a sweet cornice, we nailed it, too fun. Jack, Matt and I hit chutes all day long. The group has stepped up their game big time! I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.

Terra: Rode with Vicki, Heather, Glen and CJ. Heather took us on some great runs. My ass is a little sore. I owe Jack some snow down his pants. Go Heights!

Jack: Today was a super great day of ridin with my friends- blue skies, good snow, steeps, chutes & cold beer! The only negative about the whole day was this on run down "the Wall" and Greg and I were attacked by a flock of Heights, we barely escaped without injury but then Groog was taken down by a snow badger- it caught him by the sack and threw him off a mogul. Luckily that was the only one we encountered all day. KIRKWOOD ROCKS!

Pete (aka Pooter, aka Shoe Bitch): Ripped up the Kirkwood cement. They will need to repave. The boys and I rode the "Wall", trees, hiked to cornice and dropped in, and jumped over cliffs- sorta mainly slid over cliffs on our asses!

Heather: Took it easy today recovering from bronchitis. Kirkwood was pretty fun- lotsa potential. Rode with CJ, Glen, Terra & Vicki and took them on a double black diamond (telling them it was easy) They all finished with gold stars and the after terrain looked easy compared to where I had taken them and they all kicked ass! I try to drink beer but my body is rejecting it - more practice I guess. Looking forward to riding with everyone else tomorrow and pushing myself a bit. No snow badgers or "heights" today so that is a plus. Me ready for the jacuzzi and a cocktail. Tahoe rules!

Vicki (aka Vooki): Had a great day today. I love sunny days on the mountain. Didn't do anything crazy today, biggest was a double black which I sucked pretty bad on- definitely something to work on for rest of trip. Overall great day- sun, boarding, friends, beer and no Heights or snow badgers!

Friday February 16th, 2007 Heavenly

2006-10-13T19:07:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Friday February 16th, 2007 Heavenly

Snow & Weather: partly cloudy 38 degrees Sierra Cement

Vertical feet & runs: 14,270 12 runs

Comments: Rode with Glen, Josh, Roley, Heather, Jack, Vicki, Greg, Jeff, Pete, Terra, Balow, and Nancy. First day at Heavenly and we likey likey! Went to Cabo Wabo and they made me drink tequila. Vicki was soooooo drunk and the margaritas were sooooooo gooooood! Josh, Heather, Jeff, and myself went to cheeseball Club Vex and Jeff got kicked out. Dirty dirty CJ pictures! Ask Heather if you would like to see them.

Guest Commentary:

Heather: Heavenly was pretty sweet. Rode with everyone at some point. Balow sprayed me before he even introduced himself to me...dirty. I took a party nap and missed out on the magic margaritas- but ask anyone- I made up for it with my Hustler photo shoot with CJ. Matt and I make a great photo shoot team.

Roley: Riding is blurry. Most likely was awesome, rocky and strenuous. Hung out at Hagars joint! Margies were soooo goooowd! Matt & I automatically appointed ourselves to race to being cut off. Can't recall the rest but the stories will go down in history. My genius nicknames did not catch on. I was the only one to appoint nicknames. Hoot, Poot and Moot are my faves. Glad I was not crotch face Thanky Hoot & Moot. Oh yah I rode Mott's Canyon. Josh invented "Dong Pong."

Glen: I rocked the gondola!

Greg: Hot in Heavenly. Mott's Canyon was quite the mental exercise. Even with the warm temps the Tamarack Trees were awesome snow. Oh, Jack took a tree branch up the pooter bone, OUCH!

CJ: I saw my "run of death" for the first time in 2 years. It looked a lot different than last time since they didn't have much snow. I got to laugh at the people trying to go down it this time.

Peter: I think Mott's Canyon opened today. Fun!

Terra: Great day of riding at Heavenly. Vicki & I went out trying to follow the Milky Way and instead found some trees. We had no idea where we were going but had a great time getting there.

Jack: CA? or NV? Who the f**k cares! The place to be was watching Roley navigate Mott's Canyon! Mott's Canyon rules!

Vicki: Great day today. This was my first real experience in the trees. Terra and I discovered a great tree run off the Dipper chair when we got lost trying to find another run. Celebrated the great day with trying to keep up with Matt & Roley drinking margaritas at Cabo Wabo- lesson of the day- I should never try to keep up with Matt & Roley drinking.

Sunday February 18th, 2007 Heavenly

2006-10-12T19:26:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Sunday February 18th, 2007 Heavenly

Snow & Weather: Cloudy, windy 28 degrees 4" fresh

Vertical feet & runs: 12,350 feet 15 runs

Comments: Rode with Josh, Greg, Vicki, Jack, Jeff, Terra, Pete and Balow. We took Saturday off from riding and drank from 1pm to 3am. Then rode like banshees today. I gave Balow snowboard lessons and he rocked! He went into the trees and bumps on his first day. I am the best instructor ever! Balow said he may never ski again. Yeah snowboarding Balow!

Guest commentary:

Roley: Alcohol poisoning.

Pete: See above but I don't room in Cindrella Sallys room. Rode hard all day. Josh and I had epic rides from Olympic to bottom of North Bowl. There is really a lift down there I swear. Took and awkward fall and hurt my back. Oh well. Josh & I guided T-Hud and Vicki down the epic ride. Great job!!

Heather: Roley, Glen and I spent the day rubbing our pussies and drinking lotsa water. I think hotels should offer complimentary IV services.

Greg: 4-5" of freshies. Searched for trees all day long. Found the Zipper trees were awesome. Ended the day in the Tamarcks with Jack and Matt. Rode hard so we could eat more at the seafood buffet. Josh & I went clubin with Heather. Song of the night Don't Cha (wish your girlfriend was hot like me) Oh and Jack had "Bad Ass Ale" ass all day. Nasty!

CJ: Everybody's a winner at Bills!!!

Terra: Rode mostly over on Olympic with Vicki, Josh and Pete. Got to rip around in the trees for the first time. Josh & Peter took us down the mountain which was an exhilarating new experience. We all had a blast!

Jack: Day 2 at Heavenly- fresh snow makes everyone smile. Bad Ass Ale lives up to its name! Balow rips day one, we're all gonna struggle to keep up with him in the future. Matt gets "instructor of the trip!"

Vicki: We had some fresh snow today so that was really fun- it made such a difference. There were a lot of areas in the trees that had good powder- it was my first real experience with pow & I loved it. My legs were burning by the end of the day- great feeling!

Monday February 19th, 2007 Heavenly

2006-10-11T19:41:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Monday February 19th, 2007 Heavenly

Snow & Weather: 29 degrees 4" more of fresh

Vertical feet & runs: 15,720 feet 17 runs

Comments: Rode with Terra, Vicki, Greg, Heather, Glen, Jack, Pete, Josh, Jeff and Roley. We hit 8:30am lift open and went Tam Trees to Areola Trees to Olympic/ North Bowl trees. We did top to bottom trees (2 miles) twice. Then we found the best powder field and shared the wealth with Vicki, Heather and Jeff. Bye bye Tahoe. I love you! Now let post vacation depression set in :(

Guest commentary:

LP: Was on point riding at 9:30am and did not stop until 3:30pm. This could possibly be a record. The pow pow was awesome and I think Josh even got some sweet video of the trees and powder but not anyone riding in it. Riding was awesome and I got to see Josh do a few flips over the rocks. Vooki, Poot, Torro, Joosh and I all played beer pong which is not as as cool as dong pong. I hope I can remember this trip next week. I heart Tahoe!

Vicki: Found some great powder today by following the guys and I loved it- I want more! Did Tamarack Trees (a few more times than planned thanks to lost Heather incident) Dipper Trees and Olympic Trees. Got to ride with everyone today but Glen. Did the long tree run down to North Bowl to end day again, my performance this time around kinda of sucked, damned tired legs. Last day of riding- Tahoe was sweet!! Can't wait for next years trip.

Pete: More powder in the trees today. Better than yesterday. Rode with the wire wicket from Roley's Welch Village lift ticket holding on my left binding strap to the base plate. Fell a lot (if you're not falling, you aren't trying) jumped off rocks, rode downed trees... and lover every minute. Great last runs with T-Hud, Josh , Vicki and the Lazy Princess. Good trip, great friends. Thanks everyone!

Roley: 1 hour of sleep was plenty for best day for me. Snow in trees, rock hopper, show stopper Pete was crazy. Sorry..Poot not Pete. Great spills by the Selbrades, what concussion? Laughed over & over from Hoots impeccable bowling style from Saturday. Played monstrous Wheel of Fortune game. Bills, Bills, Bills. I'm ranking this trip 2nd best. Matt's antics...sorry. Moot's antics always make the highlight reel. Back to Welch to almost cry.

CJ: Best day of riding this week. We hit up the Comet Trees and Olympic Trees. Good snow today as well. Tahoe rocks. I love hanging out with everybody in this group.

Greg: I am so very to know everyone in our group of friends. We definitely have something special going here. As for riding today, all I can say is Mott's Canyon with Jack. It wassssssss soooooo steeeeeeeep!! What fun. I will have those 3 runs permanently etched in my memory forever. I also got to see Vicki hard charge Zipper Trees, she so rocks!! This was a great trip. Packed with adventure, fun, laughter (note Hustler photo) & booze :) I am thankful no one was hurt. I can't wait till next time. Thanks everyone & a special thanks to our fearless leader Matt. Thanks Buddy for setting up the Tahoe Smackdown!! Peace out!

Terra: Our last day of riding in Tahoe will go down in my history as my most memorable and happy day of riding. I took a few runs on the groomers on my own to get my legs warmed up. Then the remainder of the day over on Olympic. We rode down the mountain again as me of our last runs. Pete & I took another run or two since we couldn't get enough. The night ended with some beer pong, good laughs and a Reuben...thanks Matt! What a blessing to have great friends! Tahoe was an awesome experience with lots of firsts for me.

Glen: Last day at Tahoe was a blast! Rode different tree runs most of the day and my board took a beating. The DCP got a nice core shot on Olympic, but it was north. I guess you could say I tard charged that run. I can't wait until next years snowboard trip bitch!

Jack: Last day bummer- these trips always go by so fast. A.m. spent most of our time trying to find Heather in the trees that she disappeared in. P.m. Greg and I found the goods in Mott's Canyon- STEEP! really STEEP! We both needed our A++ game on to conquer Mott's. Great trip, great friends, AWESOME!

Sunday February 25th, 2007 Welch Village

2006-10-10T20:30:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Sunday February 25th, 2007 Welch Village

Snow & Weather: 28 degrees 10" FRESHIES

Vertical feet & runs: 8,030 feet 25 runs

Comments: Rode with Glen, Roley, Terra, Pete, Vicki, Jeff, DBD, Christina, Pope, Nate, Skiier Shaun. We got up early and got to Welch at 9:30am. We rode 10" freshies, it was a great day. I was totally having BFGSC withdrawals from Tahoe and these guys gave me my fix. I love these guys. It was surprisingly fun after Tahoe but I guess 10" of snow will do that. I am back in for the Michigan trip. Any further references from guest commentary about hoovers are completely fabricated. Now we are off to King's then possibly a pit stop at BRAAAAIIIIIINS.

Guest commentary:

Pete: Rode in the fresh 9 inches of powder that Welch welcomed us back with. How sweet!! Took hot Vicki and Terra into the park and they got some sick air. Watched Matt get vacuumed off the chairlift...OK maybe some of it was my fault...sorry Matt. Good times, really missed my BFGSC buddies. So nice to see them again.

CJ: Pow at Welch! I don't know if I have ever been at Welch for lift open on a weekend and didn't have a sparks before riding. It was kind of weird. And I am no longer the reigning champ of the Hoover Club at Welch!! Matt was nice enough to take the title from me on the triple chair.

Vicki: Definitely went through the BFGSC withdrawals this week after Tahoe- great to hang with everyone today again. I think this was the earliest I've been to Welch on a weekend- 9:15am for the fresh pow- great day! Went in the park for the first time, very fun. Morning was great but got a little too much of a Sparks buzz in afternoon...went downhill fast too many bathroom breaks- I love these guys- can't wait for the East Side Rally next weekend!!

Glen: Snow, beer, Sparks, Buds,Beer, Welch, Oreck, and Beer!

Pope: Kirby fell off trying to get on the chairlift. I had Sparks and beers for lunch, then lost my friends so I thought it would be cool to go down Ski Bob and the "special" half pipe but I pretty much just fell down a bunch of times.

Roley: Drove in shitty conditions to arrive to see all good snow tracked. Found a few. Can't eve believe all of the f**kin work skiers & boarders that left tracks down these runs that didn't eve have turns. Huge smack talkin bout Rally & tellin songs bout Hoot bowling, dread going home to have to watch stupid awards show. One more bucket please!! F.U.

Terra: Matt sucks-as in "the chairlift-is-a-vacuum-cleaner" kind of way. Love ya!

Saturday March 3rd, 2007 Welch Village

2006-10-09T19:04:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Saturday March 3rd, 2007 Welch Village 2007 East Side Rally

Snow & Weather: 28 degrees packed pow

Vertical feet & runs: 4,220 feet 12 runs

Comments: EAST SIDE RALLY Champions- MATT/ HEATHER/ NATE/ GLEN. Thanks Greg for judging. My favorite Heather quote of the day" WHAT? I can't hear you over my gold medal."

Guest Commentary:

Nate: I rule, I drink, I board fast. The Dark Horse

Hoot: Today was quite splendid. I was lucky enough to be awarded the top 2 picks for the rally. Matt, Nate and Glen were my teammates and we ruled. We were so good everyone thought we cheated. But creative racing is what made us win. Out of the 15 beers, I slammed 4 1/2.

Darren: Cheaters I tell ya! You know it's time to stop when you go to step in and hit yourself in the shin with your board. Word! DBD

Baby Shark says: me have fun! 8 of 9 what???

Roley: Duh! As I said and fulfilled I will finish first at any competition having to do with snowboarding and drinking. M.V.P.=not appreciated! Whatever 2nd pick whatever next year first person back gets a massage, happy ending is questionable. From now on first rider back gets prize, wait...no fair... that would be me

Fish: Bindings are important...apparently. Fun time!

Christina: So, we did not come in first place, but I still think we were the best team :) Good people, good beer, no cutting in line, no pay-offs etc. Good day in all :) !!!!!

Poot: 3 team, 9 buckets, I'm drunk. 2nd place in the first annual East Side Rally... priceless. Fun day of riding, drinking and lessons. I love snowboarding.

Vicki: Great day- East Side Rally ruled- 2nd place for my team- Roley, Pete, Drew and me. I missed my cutting in line opportunity so I blame that for falling to 2nd, Great day overall- I love hanging with this group!!

Drew was here, he rode with Matt. -drew mckinney

Friday March 9th Whitecap

2006-10-08T15:13:00.000-05:00

Date & Locaiton: Friday March 9th Whitecap Mountain

Snow & Weather: 38 degrees Mushy snow

Vertical feet & runs: 2,980 feet 9 runs

Comments: Rode with Heather, Vicki, Jeff, Darren, Christina, and Glen. Super slow and mushy! We basically paid a $40 cover charge to hang out at the Wine Hut. Where is Shack?

Heather: Holla! Spent $40 to ride a few runs and then retire to the wine shack and made slutty snow girls with boobies. Basically it was sex ed on the snow. Matt & Christina were the adults and made me remove the cock n balls from her mouth. Partying was good of course! I tried to get everyone to stop at every bar on the way back and see who was left standing but everyone was a bunch of Sallys. Where is Shack?

Vicki: Most expensive wine bar i've ever been to. Made my first snowman of year- not quite what I expected while spending the day at Whitecap. Great party day shitty boarding day. Question of the day- Where is Shack?

Christiana: Does today count as riding? I did not want to play with Jack anyway. Suck my Whitecap!

Darren: Snow sucked ass. Easiest $10 ever. The bar after with the nuts made the trip worth it.

Glen: I ganked a hustler photo!

CJ: Playing football with snowballs at the wine hut was fun!!

Saturday March 24th Welch Village

2006-10-07T15:22:00.000-05:00

Date & Location: Saturday March 24th Welch Village

Snow & Weather: 46 degrees and sunny

Vertical Feet & runs: 4,320 feet 13 runs

comments: Welch last day!

SEASON END TOTALS!

2006-10-06T15:36:00.000-05:00

Vertical feet: 186,810

Runs: 434

Not the most impressive year but a fun one! Knee surgery in the off season and I will be back like a champ in 2007-2008!

-Matt