Ragged Mountain

Yesterday, I went to Ragged Mountain cuz I found a sweet deal for lift tickets on liftopia for only $12. Over the last week it’s gotten over a foot of snow and most recently it snowed on Sunday so there was still some powder to be ripped through.

I found this one black diamond trail where pretty much no one was going on and they didn’t groom it so there was a lot of left over pow. It was awesome it took me a little bit to get used to riding in powder because it’s so different than hard packed. I had to shift my weight back to make sure my nose didn’t get buried in the snow which happened quite a bit initially. There were def a good number of spills but it was like landing on pillows. I had one straight on face plant that I just laughed at myself afterwards cuz if anyone was watching it would haven’t looked ridiculous. I’m sure I looked like a snowman afterwards and I had snow stuck in the crevasses between my goggles and helmet.

Such a good riding day :)

Sunday River

Yesterday, I took a day trip to Sunday River for my b-day and it was a beautiful bluebird day.

Conditions could have been better but we found some good trails. Towards the end of the day it really became the ice coast except for the trails where they were making new snow.

There were a couple times where we accidentally got ourselves stuck in moguls (which i kept calling mongols), they def should put up larger warning signs. It was an adventure trying to make it through on my snowboard. It was a good thing the crests of the moguls were powdery, since I ate snow a few times.

Around Vortex trail

Bright and early 6 am on the ski bus

Who's that mystery person next to kt?

Oh yea that's me

Bball joke...

Snowboarding Stance

Another entry on snowboarding because that's all that I'm really doing these days. Recently, I've been tweeking my stance because at first my right knee (lead foot, cuz i'm goofy) had been aching a bit after longer days on the slope. So most recently, I lessened the angle on my lead food so it's +12 vs +18. Initially I had it at +15 at the beginning of the season, but thought I could go bigger, and I've been proven wrong about that. So far that angle seems to really help my knees out. I also widened my stance a little, before it was about 19" and now it's 20". There is a very noticeable affect, more so than I thought it would have, on my turns but I think I just have to get used to it. I went off a smallish jump yesterday, got a little more speed than expect but still held on the the land, so that might be attributed to the wider stance. I think I'll take the slightly wider stance and work on getting my turning comfort back up.

Current stance: goofy
width: 20"
angles (front/back): +12/-12

Burton Demo's

Anyone in the area want to go try out some Burton boards when they come to Waterville Valley?

Date: 3/13-3/15

I would wanna go on 3/14, Saturday.

More details

Boarding it Up

Yesterday was my day off, so I took advantage of it and went to a decent size mountain in MA, Wachusetts. It's only an hour away, so it's not that big only 1000 ft from base to peak. I brought my gps with me so that I can measure my speed and my top speeds for my runs were (all in mph):

34
37.6
35.5
40.5
37.9

My goal was 40 mph so I'm glad I hit it :) If you wanted to measure your speed all you have to do is take your gps with you on the mountain, go to the trip summary part, reset the 'max speed' and go for your run. After your run you'll have your max speed. Pretty neat. I have tried this on another mountain and in more rural areas, the reading isn't as accurate and sometimes just doesn't work. But it's nice to say exactly how fast your going versus just saying you bombed down the trail.

I'm actually surpised my board is able to handle these speeds but maybe I haven't gone fast enough to really be pushing my ability and/or my boards capabilities. I'm looking into buying a new board but everyday I'm flip flopping. Originally, I kinda wanted a park board, but I have to be honest with myself, how much park will I really ride, maybe 20% of the time if that. Right now, I'm leaning towards a board with mange-traction (google it if you've never heard of it) which would be good for packed powder which is all we have on the east coast; a twin shape because I do want to be good at switch and one day master 180s and beyond, a fun kinda flexible board to pop and ollie with.

Today, I was eyeing the Roxy Ally, I def would like to get my hands on one and test it out. It surprised me that it has magne-traction but that's awesome. So far from what I've read it seems to handle a groomers and ice but it also has that added fun factor of flex. Anyone, have this board, or can give me some more details on it? Any would be appreciated.