MrChupacabra Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Precursor: Thread playlist: Radiohead - Polyethylene (Pts. 1 and 2) Bonobo - Ketto Background info(if you are retarded and can’t read, skip to the pictures): About 10 years ago my dad started skiing again after 20 some odd years of not having touched his skis. At this point in my life, I was quite good at skiing, and the next year my father, my brother, and myself began what would become a yearly tradition of venturing out of Minnesota and to the mountains for some real snow. After 2 or 3 years of skiing out west, I switched over to snowboarding and have been rocking that shit steady for 6 or 7 years now. For 6 out of the past 9 years we have gone out to Utah, because quite frankly, the mountains and powder out there are impossible to beat. Last year, two of my cousins joined in on the fun, and unfortunately a couple months later my brother was killed when the taxi him and his girlfriend were in was hit by an SUV fleeing from the police going upwards of 75mph. My brother was pronounced dead on the scene, the taxi driver died in the hospital a week later, and my brother’s girlfriend was in a coma for about 3 weeks. This year, my father, one of my cousins, and myself headed back out to our favorite spots in Utah to keep the tradition alive and to pay some homage to my brother. These pictures aren’t particularly artsy or amazing, but they’re more interesting than most of the garbage in here. Most of the photos are courtesy of my father, and I’ll caption them as best as I can remember. Enjoy. The crew: Day 1: Flew in and picked up some new snowboard boots. Dicked around our condo and prepped for 5 days of awesomeness. Day 2: We headed out to our favorite local spot, Brighton, and were greeted by perfect fucking weather for the first day. A bit of fresh powder, sunny, and mid teens. We didn’t bother to snap any pictures because we were too busy getting in ridiculous amounts of runs due to the total lack of lift lines. This trend continued throughout the whole trip, only once having to ride up a lift/gondola with anyone else in 5 full days, and only having to wait in a lift line a handful of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 Day 3: We headed back out to Brighton, but unfortunately the weather wasn’t quite so nice. We rode all day in 0 degree weather, with brutal 45+mph winds, and white out conditions. The weather wasn’t the greatest, but we pilled on the layers and took advantage of the fresh powder. Once again, not a whole lot of pictures due to the fact that none of us were willing to take off our gloves. Day 4: We decided to take a trek a little ways further out and went to Snowbasin. Once again, the weather was absolutely fucking perfect. Sunny, minimal winds, and 6 or 7 inches of fresh. We broke out the camera a lot more that day and snapped a massive amount of mountain pictures, especially since we were on gondolas a lot and not just lifts. Ignore the reflections/glare on the photos out of the gondola, and the fact that there are way too many pictures of just the mountains. Oh well, they’re fucking nice. The man himself, rocking a nice pedostache. Get that camera out of my face. NERRRRRRRRRRRRDS! My cousin, Sean Fam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 Day 5: The weather was supposed to be windy and cold again, so we decided to head back to Snowbasin and take advantage of the gondolas to keep us out of the cold a little bit. Once again, sub zero temps, brutal winds, bad visability. Compare to the first pictures of day 4: Bald motherfuckers unite. The lodges at this place were ridiculously nice. Day 6: We headed back out to Brighton for our final day, and got the best conditions of the trip. It was cold as fuck and cloudy, but minimal wind and another 6+ inches of powder. We were able to find quite a few incredible runs with a good 2-3 feet of untouched, pristine powder. Can’t beat that. Around 1 in the afternoon we headed down to one of our favorite runs from past years, went a little out of bounds, and had a bit of a service for my brother, pouring some of his ashes out onto the mountain. The spot we were at was pretty perfect; wooded, fresh powder, and beautiful. RIP Paul We proceeded to drop some more out of bounds and down into an amazing powder/tree run. Overall, it was a fucking great trip. Got to spend some time with the family who I don’t see enough, 3 days of perfect weather, and 5 days of amazing riding. Hope you all enjoyed. And if you didn’t, I don’t give a fuck. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_1nR Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Fucking sweet. I wish I had a spot to try snowboarding out here. My family almost went on a trip once but we never got around to it. Props man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Clothesoff Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 nice. also R.I.P your friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaR'04 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Dope pics man. RIP your bro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadpig Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 i gotta get out to the snow this year. nice picts, thanks for sharing! sorry to hear about your brother. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shai_hulud Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I guess I wasn't around when your brother died...or you didn't mention it. Either way, sorry to hear about that. RIP. Nice photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 looks amazing. never been some where with that much white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiLL Or DiE Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 RIP your Brother.. The view on most of them pictures is amazing.. Should post them in the Great Pictures Thread... Good shit.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boner9000 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 good thread, i am officially jealous... would you consider utah cheap in regards to ski vacations, seeing as how the resort was basically deserted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 It all depends on what time of year you go. We usually go out early January right after the holiday rush, and this year we pushed it back an extra week. Most of the places out there are pretty empty on weekdays after the holiday season, and lift tickets aren't too bad. Like $40-60 for most of the places, which isnt too bad considering the local hills near me charge close to $30. If you go out with a couple people, you can get a decent condo in Salt Lake City for $150ish a night that could easily fit 5+ people very comfortably, and even more than that if people want to crash on couches or the floor or whatever. And its only like 30 minutes to 2 hours to pretty much any of the resorts. If you go at a non busy time of the year, its definitely not too bad in terms of a ski trip, and there are shuttle buses that will take you up to a lot of the resorts if you don't want to rent a car, so that'll save you some cash too. I've been out to Utah, Whistler, and Big Sky, and i'd say Utah is easily the best and a lot cheaper and easier than Whistler. I don't remember exactly how much Big Sky ran me, but it wasn't too bad. The plane ticket and car rental if you get one are definitely the most expensive, depending on how many people you go with. I'd say if you can save the money, Utah is well worth it. If you get good conditions, its the best powder you're going to get anywhere, and even if conditions arent fantastic, its still 10000x better than riding hills in the midwest, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricitySucks Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 that looks like a serious mountain. how much for a lift ticket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerfs Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 those mountains look huge, looks like you had a good time only went out riding twice this winter, tickets cost too fucking much. It's all about getting mad blazed in some glades with your boys and some good music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 that looks like a serious mountain. how much for a lift ticket? We always bought our tickets at one of the local shops in Salt Lake, where they're slightly cheaper than at the resorts themselves. I think Brighton was just under 50 for a full day and snowbasin was under 60. Its not "cheap" but with how empty the places were, we were honestly able to get in like 2+ days worth of runs each day since we never were waiting in lines or getting backed up by crowds on the slopes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatso Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I was gonna hate on this thread cuz I hate snowboarding but then I saw the RIP and then I saw the brother part I feel like an asshole sorry to hear about your loss man. snowboarding is still gay though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Rage- Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 snowboarding is still gay though. Just because you suck at it, doesn't mean you have to hate on it. Twat. Good stuff Chups. Good way to honor your bro too man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad_news Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Nice pics. Utah is the place for fresh snow...my dad's friend has a house about 1/2 hour away from snowbasin and powder mountain. Each time i've been there we got fresh powder every day......beats the shit out of whistler except for the cheap herb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad_news Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 http://www.burton.com/poachers/Default.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Nice pics sorry to hear about your borther must gte to some northern hemisphere snow one day because the snowfields in australia suck balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 that looks cold. plus i t looks like skiing down a mountain would be scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 Shameless bump of my own thread back to page 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 dope. i need to learn how to snowboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 Shameless bump of my own thread back to page 1. round 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Illllllness my man. Even though I fucking despise the cold with an alarming passion, snowboarding was crazy fun the few times I managed to go out while at college. I just got invited to a trip to Colorado soon, but I don't know if I'm gonna be able to make it due to work issues... these pictures are presenting a solid case on behalf of Mr. Fuck Work though. My condolences about your bro. You made good on that homage, I'm sure he would've appreciated that. BTW, I've noticed picture threads don't seem to catch on on Ch.0 anymore. I noticed the same thing on my camping thread. It's a fucking shame, they were a 12oz staple and they really brought life to the place and people don't take advantage of it. Come on motherfuckers, appreciate the effort. Comment, tell a story you're reminded of, whatever. Or go off to some other 15 worthless threads and write some bullshit about oontz then complain 12oz isn't what it used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count chocula Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 word... ---------- i remember we used to hit up tahoe donner when the lift tickets were fuckin TWELVE DOLLARS. yes: $12.00 the place sucked a ballsack -- then again, so did my 'Jolt' brand snowboard from big5 i, on the otherhand, kicked ass and pulled snowbunnies in my younger years thanks for the thread - definite motivation to take a short drive and spend some loot doing what i used to wait all year for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 awesome pics. i think its been about 15 years that ive been saying that i need to take up snowboarding. i live 2 hours from whistler and its a shame that i've never been up there to take advantage. *oh, and word to all the shit mams said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Rage- Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 *oh, and word to all the shit mams said. Ditto. More awesome gold photo threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abracadabra Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 gold ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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