Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Another Great Weekend Come and Gone

Today marks the end of another awesome weekend of skiing for me.  I was lucky enough to get another 4 day weekend to ski, hit some fresh pow, ski new terrain, drop a few cliffs, test out some new sticks, and get above and out of the nasty inversion in the valley.

Friday started out with a film day at Snowbasin.  The new PR Director, Jason, had scheduled a shoot with some local pro and up and coming riders. It was my first shoot with solely snowboarders, and I enjoyed the riding differences and opinions on terrain that they brought.  The plan was to show the early season riding promoting Snowbasin, and to send the video to Transworld Snowboarding Magazine. Unfortunately the weather wasn't on our side and we shot in a grey bird setting.  The footage turned out decent despite the lighting, but we're planning on getting a reshoot later on.  We'll use the reshoot footage to send to Transworld.

Saturday was great with Snowbasin finally opening up the John Paul lift.  I was so toked to finally get off the flat groomers and be able to ski the steeper terrain.  The snowpack was only about 12"-24" deep but it still allowed for some great riding.  After a short session I headed to Scout Steed's brithday bash up in Farmington Canyon.  Her two year birthday party was a sledding session high up in the mountains.  It was a lot of fun playing in the snow, eating chili, drinking wassel, and sitting by a fire with friends and family.  I built up a jump for the sled and ending up launching everyone, including myself, about 10 feet off the ground, which made for good laughs and heart pounding excitement.

Sunday brought in another full day of skiing followed by a good game of hockey.  Boy do I love my Sunday night hockey games.

And yesterday was spent skiing at Solitude.  I had good company and good snow which made for a great day.  I skied all over the mountain, enjoying all that there was to offer.  The snow was soft and deep enough in some places to hit some cliffs.  I finally dropped my first cliff of the season on a series of three 10 foot cliffs. 

Now after all of that, of course I'm in a great mood.  Here's to my last week of work. 
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