Well tomorrow I’ll be doing something I’ve never done before. Clementine’s brother is a pro kiteboarder, so she has a kite that we’re going to try to use on a snowboard. I’ve been kiteboarding on water before so I should be able to figure it out pretty quickly, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to generate enough edge hold to really get some speed. The good thing is its a trainer kite, so its only 3 meters long. Typically thats not enough for someone my size to use in the water (not enough lift to keep me out), but since the kite doesn’t have to hold me up, it should work perfectly. If it does work – its going to be awesome, I can test out any trick I want in the air, and have zero worries about harsh landings! Totally tits.
Snowboarding in the east
Posted by Andrew
No matter what anyone tells you – its vastly inferior to anything out west. Since it got to almost 60 on Thursday, everything melted and then re-froze, making EVERY SLOPE A GIANT ICE RINK. Amazing. Hopefully the temperatures will stabilize and we’ll get some snow so it can be groomed down and a base can get started. Right now the parks are virtually unridable because they’re so frozen – the run for the medium sized park (my level!) hasn’t even opened yet! Maybe I can win the lottery and take a trip out to Whistler for a week? Sure…
BUT
Snowboarding is just like sex, even if its bad – its still pretty damn good!
Snow Reports
Posted by Andrew
From the Burton Community Forums I was linked to rubberSNOW. This cool site lets sign up to get text messages of snow conditions sent to your cell phone! Its very slick, and lets me track all the resorts that I’m interested in.
