Author Topic: 2012/ 2013 WSC Ski and Snowboard thread (Read 8429 times)

THE EDJ · « **Reply #25 on:** September 30, 2012, 09:41:06 am »

Picked up my season pass for Apex yesterday... oh man, so stoked! Not the biggest mountain in the world, but it's only a 30 minute drive from my front door and actually has really good terrain. Plus, I never realized that having a season pass gets you discounts at pretty much every other resort in Canada, which is super rad!

Wrxtasy · « **Reply #26 on:** September 30, 2012, 09:20:00 pm »

?? discounts like everywhere... grrrrrr

THE EDJ · « **Reply #27 on:** September 30, 2012, 11:18:10 pm »

Quote from: Wrxtasy on September 30, 2012, 09:20:00 pm

?? discounts like everywhere... grrrrrr

Almost... I suspect that if you buy a pass for any resort on this list you'll get the same treatment.

Big White Ski Resort (Kelowna)
Kicking Horse (Golden)
Mt Baldy (Oliver)
Red Mountain (Rossland)
Castle Mountain (Pincher Creek, AB)
49 Degrees North (Chewelah, WA)
Canada Olympic Park (Calgary, AB)
Canyon Ski Area (Red Deer, AB)
Crystal Mountain (Westbank)
Cypress Bowl (West Vancouver)
Fairmont Hot Springs (Fairmont)
Grouse Mountain (Vancouver)
Harper Mountain (Kamloops)
Hidden Valley (Medicine Hat, AB)
Hudson Bay Mountain (Smithers)
Manning Park (Hope)
Mission Ridge (Wenatchee, WA)
Mount Seymour (North Vancouver)
Mt Cain (Port McNeill)
Mt Spokane (Spokane, WA)
Mt Timothy (100 Mile House)
Mt Washington (Courtenay)
Panorama (Invermere)
Phoenix Mountain (Grand Forks)
Powder King (Prince George)
Revelstoke Mountain Resort (Revelstoke)
Schweitzer (Sandpoint, ID)
Shames Mountain (Terrace)
Silver Star Mountain Resort (Vernon)
Silver Mountain (Kellogg, ID)
Sitzmark (Tonasket, WA)
Ski The Badlands (Drumheller, AB)
Snow Valley (Edmonton, AB)
Springhill (Winnipeg, MB)
Summit Lake (Nakusp)
Sun Peaks (Kamloops)
White Pass (White Pass, WA)
Whitewater (Nelson)
Vista Ridge (Fort McMurray)

JimmEh · « **Reply #28 on:** October 17, 2012, 06:34:27 pm »

Loads of mountains have reciprocal agreements with other mountains for varying discounts. I once bought a season pass at hemlock, snowboarded there once and used it at other mountains for discounts. It still payed for itself in just the discounts!

meanwhile, this was the scene from Nelson looking at kokanee glacier park at 10:28 am.

THE EDJ · « **Reply #29 on:** October 28, 2012, 05:59:52 pm »

This happened today... First turns of the season!

photo by THE EDJ, on Flickr

I hear Sunshine is open, anyone get some turns in?

rex 123 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 29, 2012, 07:33:46 am »

SO Jealous, I don't even have wax on my board yet and I see down south you are doing this!!

DubyaRX · « **Reply #31 on:** October 31, 2012, 11:06:32 am »

Have any of the skiers on here checked out the 2013 Salomon BBR 10s? Just a fatter version of the 8.9, but wow are they different looking. I hear they absolutely rip and are the ulltimate for a one-ski quiver. They have a 145mm head with a 100mm waist and apparently carve excellent.

My Dad · « **Reply #32 on:** November 03, 2012, 08:29:24 pm »

My Board showed up on Friday

Burton Harvest 151 with Nug Raduction and some new but last years est cartel bindings.
Stoked to try this thing out!
Edj, how do you like the NUG?

09 WRX Stomp pad

rwolf · « **Reply #33 on:** November 04, 2012, 12:26:40 am »

I've never ridden burton, but I love their bindings...

THE EDJ · « **Reply #34 on:** November 19, 2012, 07:59:07 pm »

Testing out the new GoPro Hero3 Silver edition as well as my Burton Nug and X-Base bindings. I must say the board/binding combo is a riot in the deep stuff.

Wrxtasy · « **Reply #35 on:** November 19, 2012, 08:34:39 pm »

face shots! trade tgvs for that...lol

DeleriousZ · « **Reply #36 on:** November 20, 2012, 08:41:50 am »

ohhh my. where is that? lol

RedndWhite · « **Reply #37 on:** November 20, 2012, 09:06:31 am »

Went out to Sunshine over the weekend.... Umm, yeah. Only one lift was down, can't remember the name, and everything else was up and going, except the ski-down. Lake Louise on the other hand, heard that there was quite a few patches of grass and rocks exposed.

I went from falling while not moving to falling only while moving, a good improvement over the course of the weekend, I'd say.

canehdianJ · « **Reply #38 on:** November 20, 2012, 09:12:07 am »

Quote from: DubyaRX on October 31, 2012, 11:06:32 am

Have any of the skiers on here checked out the 2013 Salomon BBR 10s? Just a fatter version of the 8.9, but wow are they different looking. I hear they absolutely rip and are the ulltimate for a one-ski quiver. They have a 145mm head with a 100mm waist and apparently carve excellent.

i have my S7 but for out here im trying to track down a pair of blizzard bushwhackers. 86mm waist. I have the S7 (115mm) for the deep stuff.

My Dad · « **Reply #39 on:** November 20, 2012, 09:18:55 am »

Quote from: THE EDJ on November 19, 2012, 07:59:07 pm

Testing out the new GoPro Hero3 Silver edition as well as my Burton Nug and X-Base bindings. I must say the board/binding combo is a riot in the deep stuff.

Why is the picture quality so poor?
Looks like some nice snow wherever that is.

The Nugs are awesome! So much pop and easy butters

Not so great in the powder IMO.

THE EDJ · « **Reply #40 on:** November 20, 2012, 01:25:48 pm »

Quote from: DeleriousZ on November 20, 2012, 08:41:50 am

ohhh my. where is that? lol

Apex Resort. Involved a bit of hiking, but clearly worth it!

Quote from: My Dad on November 20, 2012, 09:18:55 am

Why is the picture quality so poor?
Looks like some nice snow wherever that is.

The Nugs are awesome! So much pop and easy butters Not so great in the powder IMO.

Looks great full screen at 720p on YouTube

I thought the Nug was awesome in powder. Floats really well and was really responsive. I have the stance centered and didn't have to lean back at all, you could just charge! It was hilariously good fun.

My Dad · « **Reply #41 on:** November 20, 2012, 01:30:10 pm »

Cool tools

I'll try adjusting my stance a little.
I think it's just the natural lighting, cloudy day + snow.

DeleriousZ · « **Reply #42 on:** November 20, 2012, 02:19:29 pm »

Quote from: THE EDJ on November 20, 2012, 01:25:48 pm

Apex Resort. Involved a bit of hiking, but clearly worth it!

Damn, I need to make more friends that will take me to places like this

THE EDJ · « **Reply #43 on:** December 04, 2012, 08:33:10 pm »

Any Art of Flight fans on here?

Netflix has "The Art of Flight: The Series", a seven episode show that goes deep into the making of the film and has some great riding.

rex 123 · « **Reply #44 on:** December 05, 2012, 11:30:39 am »

Ohrly? Big fan and I guess I have to find someone with nextfilx. Thanks for the heads up.

Mendozer · « **Reply #45 on:** December 05, 2012, 12:55:10 pm »

Quote from: THE EDJ on December 04, 2012, 08:33:10 pm

Any Art of Flight fans on here?

Netflix has "The Art of Flight: The Series", a seven episode show that goes deep into the making of the film and has some great riding.

Thanks for that info...didn't know that was available

THE EDJ · « **Reply #46 on:** December 10, 2012, 08:44:11 am »

"Opening day" at Apex from my perspective.

AWDFTW · « **Reply #47 on:** December 10, 2012, 09:38:52 am »

Is that a chest mounted cam? I'm impressed at how forward it's always facing. Even better than I thought. Probably way better than helmet mount.

THE EDJ · « **Reply #48 on:** December 10, 2012, 10:21:06 am »

That was definitely helmet mounted. I have a pole mount a well but the camera died just before lunch (didn't turn it off all morning) so I never got a chance to film in the afternoon, which is really too bad since it was some of the days best riding.

CanadianImprezaWRX · « **Reply #49 on:** December 14, 2012, 10:14:57 pm »

Went to Whitefish sat/sun of this weekend and had a blast. First time I've been there, it was pretty cool. A little flat on the back in some parts but you just need to keep your speed up.

Hitting Fernie sunday and hopefully Castle next weekend.

Riding a Burton Custom X 164 wide with Burton Cartel ICS bindings.

Joel

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