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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Reduser Sticker Contest

Uh, oh.. We're starting a mine's better'n your's ski slope fight. Hehe. My fav's are Steamboat and Vail (just there a couple weeks ago for Winter X Games fun) here in CO at least for overall size, challenge, variety of terrain, etc... Breckenridge isn't too bad either, but the touristy town and parking/access arrangement just suck.. Not a bad place to go stay a few days though if you stay right on the slopes. Some other smaller ski areas are pretty cool too, depending on what you're looking for. Winter Park here is fun and a good one for the family. I went there religiously while learning to snowboard since they had the best terrain park for years, now everyone has a nice terrain park... Steamboat has the best remote access, helicopter drop options around. Although, I hear Washington and Oregon have a few great places for killing yourself doing that too. :) Of course, you could always be completely nuts and try to ski down Denali... I've heard of Baker, I've been to Seattle several times, but only in the spring/summer. My neighbors here in CO moved here from around Seattle last year, they've mentioned Mt. Baker.

I've checked out most of the major places in Utah too... Overall very similar to Colorado, although I think we just have more of it. I'd like to make it over to Europe and take a tour of the Alps someday. I've met a lot of people from over there that come here to ski. Seems split right down the middle as to whether they really like it here or like it at home better. But I guess there's a lot of factors at work there....

Hopefully we get some more snow soon here... It's been a bit warm the last couple weeks and conditions have been a little lacking in some spots. Most of the slopes close to town have suffered this year as a lot of the snow has actually been in town around Denver and to the east rather than up in the hills.
 
I learned to snowboard in the late '80's when I was part of the team that was first televising snowboarding on ESPN, Prime Sports Network, and others. Once I tried snowboarding I immediately quit skiing. Growing up a surfer and skateboarder, it just felt more natural to have one foot in front of another on a single board. When we covered the various world pro snowboarding events all through the '90's, I'd always get my own boarding in before and after the events. I've helped cover snowboarding worldwide over the years, downhill, boardercross, halfpipe, all of it.

My favorite mountains? For backcountry powder it's hard to beat Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. As the storms cross the desert, after passing the Cascades, they somehow deliver amazingly dry powder on Utah and Colorado. Whistler is awesome...love it. I lived on the west side of Mt. Hood (Oregon) for 2 years, and I know the Cascade resorts well. They're fun...but the snow is wetter than that of the Rockies. I like Mt. Bachelor (Ore.). When we worked events in New England and up into Maine, it always seemed icy cold and the mountains had a lot of boilerplate and corn snow. The most beautiful resort I ever shot a snowboarding TV program at? I'd say Saas Fe, Switzerland. A little village nestled high up in a bowl-shaped valley, with tons of wide-open bowls and downhill.

Jarred, the closest real good snowboarding to where you now live (Newport Beach) is up by Mammoth, at June Mountain. We televised several events from there...fun mountain.

It's way cool that RED has produced these limited production snowboards...and the graphics on them seriously rock! Someone will be a happy owner of those, but since only a few will be made, I'd seriously think about making them "wallhangers" if you win one. There are lots of good snowboards around to put on the mountain, but when it's a limited edition like those I think I'd hang it on a wall in my office as a trophy piece.
 
Justin_Kirch said:
sticker contest fellas, sticker contest....
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If the prizes for the sticker contest are snowboards, then thread discussion of where/how to use the prizes is directly related to the sticker contest...
 
Jarred Land said:
that is a sticker dress... (an example)

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I will never wash my R! :w00t:
 
Yep, this is relevent... (Sorry Justin, I know it's difficult to use a snowboard in Texas). You could put wheels on it. :)

As for me (in response to Gibby's post above), I grew up in CO on the slopes here. I didn't give snowboarding a try until about '95... I still ski too and I often find I do whichever I feel like doing on a particular day. I'm just OK on a board, I can handle most blue/black rated terrain with it, but I tend to spend most of my board time playing in the terrain park or just cruising the slopes with a group of friends of various abilities. I'll drive to the slopes and often don't decide until I start taking the gear from the truck if I'm skiing or riding that day. My wife just skis, she only started about 10 years ago and hasn't gone too much (about twice a year) -- strictly a green run or two to 'warm up' her first time out for the season and then she sticks to the groomed blue stuff. I'm more of a terrain nut and that's a big reason I still prefer skis. I enjoy the challenge of making it down complex terrain, rocks, boulders, cliffs, trees, etc... Stuff that takes a bit of thought and analysis before just pointing the ski tips downhill. I've got enough mountaineering experience to recognize avalanche conditions and what to stay away from (most of the time). Even then, I've almost been caught in a snow slide on more than one occasion. I haven't done that sort of stupid stuff for a few years though... Since settling down and having kids, it's changed my perspective. I don't do too many stupid things anymore since I'd like to hang around and be here for my family long-term. ;)

As for the RED snowboard, I'd love to win it. I won't ride it - strictly wall-hanger here. It's a collector's item with a huge coolness factor and it's the wrong size, too.

I've got a few big ideas of what to do with my stickers.... One is a guranteed win (IMNSHO), I'm starting to doubt that I'll be able to pull it off by the deadline though. ...bummer.
 
Is nudity (full or partial) allowed in the contest?
I think I've come up with some ideas :blush:
 
Gibby said:
I like Mt. Bachelor (Ore.).
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That's where I used to snowboard when I was at high school in Bend (with Leslee Olson). After hearing all the hoopla about Whistler and finally giving it a try, I found myself longing for the empty runs of Bachelor. Whistler is just way too crowded these days. I'm still shocked nobody has mentioned Kicking Horse up in Golden, BC yet! That's some epic boarding up there. It only barely beats Baker, though. Baker just gets dumped on and you're pretty much guaranteed fresh powder whenever you go. :biggrin:

In the spirit of the cinematography thread, top three favorite mountains:
1. Kicking Horse (Golden, BC)
2. Mt. Baker (WA)
3. Mt. Bachelor (OR)
 
Jarred Land said:
Yes.. there are only 5 of these in the world remember.... if you want a red snowboard to ride just go buy a blank for $200 and put a red sticker on it :)

heh heh heh.
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Total cop-out. Real men do it themselves. :biggrin:

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Nice one ChrisForbes! The REDSaw creating a buzz...:biggrin:
 
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Just got back from Mt. Baker...So SICK...:w00t:"24 inches of new in the last 24 hours":love: ...Damn I was a noodle by the end of the day! Could of used the 163...

:usd: Maybe a winner of the sticker contest will shoot somebody "Shreddin' the Rad" in 4k slo-mo on a REDboard with REDcam?

Have to be AK for powder in April though...or Southern Hemisphere, later this Summer:shifty:
 
Whistler still is very ridable in April...
 
Hawaii has 24' waves but I sure miss the 24" powder days !
-A
 
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