The last snowboarding trip on April 4th marked the end of winter for me. I couldn’t have asked for more at Northstar: there were literally no lines for the ski lifts, we virtually had the black-diamond slopes to ourselves at Lookout Mountain, the weather was gorgeous, and the snow was pretty decent for the time of year. It was all kinds of awesome!
The season had started off shaky for me, as I had only gone on two snowboarding trips from 2004 through 2008. This is how the first one ended up:
At least it looks likeI’m having fun
The second trip last in January’08 yielded a similar experience. But last October’08, I VOWED TO SNOWBOARD. I splurged on pre-season deals (I’m frugal so I need good foresight for these things) and bought all my discounted gear, snow apparel, and the Double Whammy season pass to Northstar and Sierra. Thanks to the encouragement and tips from Arden and Justin, I was carving by my second trip in December!
My skills require some fine-tuning
- 5,000-cubic-inch-capacity backpack (which worked wonderfully for our 3-day, 35-mile Skyline-to-the-Sea backpacking trip last October);
- new nylon sleeping bag (which came in handy when our tent flooded during the aforementioned backpacking trip);
- 2.5-liter Camelpack water reservoir;
- hiking boots;
- headlamp, if I can figure out how to use it; and the latest addition:
- 10-oz. sleeping pad with accordian-style design.
The Asparaguys
The Googlers - once “the Others”, now our friends
nelson
on Apr 16th, 2009
@ 6:33 pm:
Asparaguys + Googlers = Asparooglers
kolinateng
on Apr 16th, 2009
@ 7:03 pm:
i just sat here for like 2 minutes trying to figure out how to pronounce that. i wish i hadn’t admitted that.
Reid
on Apr 16th, 2009
@ 9:33 pm:
Why would you be friends with us? We look so sad =(