Monthly Archive for March, 2008

Act I; Scene I: “Whistler-Plan B”

The Cast:dumb dirt The dumb character seamus The violent character  wizardThe Wizard 

 d money  <The Mastermind 

tweeker

The Tweaker  

Frodo Baggins  

weasel 

<The Weasel    

Location: Somewhere in the Whistler Village.                                   

Setting: Everyone is stoked because it’s a long weekend, and the Utards are in town.

Ready, set, action!: 

                          dirt confused  confusion-in a “Leaving Las Vegas” kind-of-way seamus confused

more confusion- in a jesus with-a-purple beard kind-of way.

protesting 

Protesting….. with helmets and yellow jumpsuits to a theme song of “Don’t Stop Believing”?

  darrah fistviolencerach fistviolenceshame assmore violencedruk weasel

and nothing but a drunken weasel in the end…   (of scene I)  

Wrap up Bald Face

winnerI win… what did you win Rach? – I just won– sweet snow, people, lodge, beer = winning. view in the am wake up to this….. the lodgeleave this…r2bring along R2…..bald viewand shred around here for a while.  

Happy St. Patty’s Day!

green beer
green beer on St. Patty’s Day… cliche? -not if you’re drinking wildcat afterwards. uh. yeah. wildcat in a cozy cat/sled/chopper-access cabin outside of Nelson BC?! Pretty damn good deal. wildcat Then…. go to sleep after partying with the coolest staff imaginable up here at Bald Face Cat Skiing Op. Pretend then that it snows about 6 or maybe 10 cm’s over night and you shred all day in untouched powder? i didn’t have to pretend today- that was my reality? ? I don’t know how i got so lucky. oh yeah–ride guide.  stoked. shred dogshred dog Tyson- killing it today.group shot IIleft to right: Killer shred-tastic guide Joel Mcburnie extraordinaire, shred-dog I-go-huge-Tyeson Carmody, sir-stomps-a-lot Peter Velisek, star-fish Burks, his eyes are the color of beautiful “since you’ve met John”-Laing, I guide-while-I-slay cliffs-Ty Mills-extraordinaire,  Angry Midget shredder-faceshotswithatripod-Mike-the-camera-MAN Benedek. WHAT A CREW!!! “let’s just find the rowdiest terrain we can and shred it.”, “ok”. This was below Ghostcycle today– but the cake was taken at Pacific Ocean. beach party? pig in shitthis is truly a picture of a pig in shit.  

YES… it is that good–


deep powjust when you don’t think it could get any better— it does… it snowed 8 inches last night and with the help of a little wind ended up skiing like 20 inches? dude. epic. callin’ it out- BROTY–Best Run Of The Year today…. hot lap in the most perfectly spaced trees since “Sour Toe” in Mica Creek… pillows, log-rides, poofs…awwwwhhhh…. log rideDid I mention that I grew a mustache?mustacheThe group shot:  group shot  epic snow epic company epic cat-skiing– Bald Face Cat Skiing ROCKS.  

BALD FACE- WHAT IS THIS??!?!

shotontopbaldmountain So here i be– thinking that I’m going to shred the resort outside of Nelson BC and to my surprise thanks to rideguide I get to shred up at Bald Face Cat skiing op for the next three days? We took a boat across the lake with all our gearboat ride And low-and-behold after a 45 minute sled ride to the kickass lodge-it’s dumping upon arrival. WHAT IS THIS??!!!dumpingupon arrival Then–cat skiing in the sun– hate to break it to you–but the season is still STUPID GOOD here in BC.catskiing  Bwaaaaaahhhhhh!! That’s right Nico… Bwaaaahhhh!! shred pow. it’s fun.