Mammoth 2011

One word, EPIC!  Although the overnight snowfall wasn't as much as our first time at Mammoth but it was still an awesome weekend.  The drive up was pretty crazy because the visibility was at a dreadful low due to the snowfall, but we made it to our destination.  The drive up was pretty hectic due to a fire that broke out in Big Pine so we were held back for 4 hours so that pretty much ruined our initial plan of heading up to Mammoth a big early.  The silly part was the local law enforcements were wasting their time escorting everyone through the town even though the fire was far off in the distance.  Later that night our friends unfortunately had their car stuck in the snow near our lodge while they were heading up so that took 2 hours to pull their car out.  Each night we had about 2 ft of fresh snow so it was not bad at all although we did become stuck while running pow runs but at least we had a way out which was to roll over into the groom trails.  We were practicing buttering so we accidentally missed our usually trail and ended up to the next quarter of the mountain.  We took the chance and tried the park, but had to eat it a couple of times because of the kids that fell ahead of us were too dumb to move out of the way upon a fall.  Although running them over or landing on them would definitely teach them a lesson.  I had to end my day a hour early because my butt caught the edge of my little brother's board while getting off the lift.  I was able to board for awhile until the bruise started to develop and the numbness went away then the pain came.  The next day, no one went to the slopes so we ended up making our own personal slope next to our lodge because it had a decent hill with lots of pow.  We ended up boarding there until it was time to head home.

Yummy butter~


So happy to have a handful of crack!


What's funny?  His face!

SnowJam Card

I have never been to a SnowJam Show, which I have heard was very similar to Skidazzle but with  a little more to offer even if you don't attend the show.  I was introduced to the SnowJam Card and as a member you are allowed pretty amazing discounts and deals at participating resorts, but keep in mind each resort offers their own deals with membership so don't expect to get the same exact deal at all resorts.  Membership is an annual fee of $18, but what I like about it is because I can get 50% off lift tickets everyday including weekends and holidays with no blackout dates!  Other participating resorts are Mammoth, Park City, Brian Head, Jackson Hole, and coming soon are some BC resorts in Canada.  Most are mainly deals for lodging or rentals but lodging isn't bad either because finding a place to stay can be pretty expensive.  I can't wait for the next storm to hit!

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Do you like balls to the face?

The Wait Ends Now

Today marks the blah blah anniversary of Veterans but who really cares about that because today is the official opening day of Mammoth and Mt High!  But speaking of Veterans Day, military are able to go boarding for free today!  The wait is finally over!  Even though I will not be boarding any time soon but it still makes me feel better knowing that there is snow and that I can go boarding if I wanted to.  We have longed for this day for a long time because we all really want to try out our new gears.  We want to know if these new gears will work to our preference or not.  So, I can't wait for Mammoth!

Just the beginning...


Bicycle kick hiyahhh~

Tax Deadline

Although today is the tax deadline, I am pretty lucky because all of my clients try to get theirs done early otherwise I would be totally swamped right now.  So anyways I was looking at Snow Valley's season pass and it is $150 which is hella cheap for a season pass anywhere!  But then again Snow Valley has always been cheap to begin with since the Tuesday special is $11 a lift ticket.  I haven't gone to Snow Valley but my brother apparently likes it because it's cheap and decent.  Also I heard Mammoth's season ends in July which is pretty crazy to even think that.  I want to try turf snowboarding or even make one to try just to practice buttering during the off season.

Best 3 year old boarder I have seen!

Awesome 9 year old girl

Year of the Blowhole

So Mammoth was a total bust and the end of our boarding season this year.  Why?  Because we got into a car accident on the way there and so we are pretty banged up from it.  It's a total shame too because the snow continues to fall even now!  Also, I have been watching buttering videos so it makes me want to go even more!  We have been served so let's see what happens then...

The ground master

Countdown To Mammoth

Just 10 more days until Mammoth!  The weather is pretty hot right now but according to the weather report, it should be cooling down by next week so hopefully we can get some fresh pow.  I want to work on my ollies and manuals so then I can work on some uber jumps.  Although it's going to be a little hard considering my board is a stiff freeride board rather than a flimsy freestyle board.  Also, I have to get used to my new boots as well.  So one way to find out how it goes all by playing around with it.

Oh hell yeah.

Manual Labor Galore

So yesterday my brothers and I went to my brother's friend's house to catch his koi fishes from his pond to leave it at my uncle's pond since he finally has to vacant the property by the end of this week.  The water pump wasn't working because he didn't know how to turn it back on.  They had to cut the power to the house last time since my brother somehow broke the jacuzzi tub in the master room so they had to cut the power to turn it off.  The pond was at a lower altitude so we couldn't siphon the water out so we had to scoop one bucket of dirty pond water at a time.  It was quite a workout!  I didn't know his koi fishes were that huge but when I saw them monsters, they were freaking huge!  They're so big that he feeds them dog food.  The monster ones couldn't even fit in the fishing net but we managed to catch all 8 of them and transported them to my uncle's and got our grub on at my uncle's. 

It's a monster!

In other news, March birthday madness galore is here!  Birthday after birthday after birthday!  Last week we took my dad out for his birthday to Medieval Times.  We were the red team and our knight freaking reminded us all of Blue and it was cool because our knight saved the day and won the tournament.  Then the next day we went out for my aunt's birthday at Pechanga Casino and apparently my dad and her finally found out that after all these years the siblings finally found out that they had the same birthday.  I could post pictures and videos but I'm just too lazy to so you're just going to have to check it on Facebook, which reminds me I still need to upload the boarding videos from Seattle.  My other cousin had a birthday bash for 3 of their siblings but none of us went to it.  Now this week is my oldest brother's birthday and my cousin's birthday.  I am not sure what we are going to do for him yet but my older brother is going to take him to a shooting range when he gets back.  My cousin is throwing a hotel party in Newport.  Then comes Mammoth for my little sister's birthday and niece too but their family isn't going anymore so that means...party!

Blonde dog.

Move Out of the Way Bitch!

I hate it when people freaking loiter or sit around in front of the lift where you get off from the chair lift because they are in the freaking damn way!  If you fall down then move your ass out of the way or get run over!  It's simple as that.  People need room to board down a little after getting off the chair.  Freaking dumb nubs.  I didn't get any bruises from attempting any jumps on the ramps but I did get some pretty bad bruises from the nubcakes standing in the way in front of the lifts unloading area because of them I fell down on my bindings which freaking hurts.  I have a bad one of my right shin and a really bad one on the back of my right thigh.  It's still not as bad as the other bruise that I got on the back of my thigh from Mammoth but still bad enough.  So with that being said, move out of the damn way!

Remember playing that when you were young?

"Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible."
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Snowbunnies

So my trip to Mammoth was awesome due to the presence of fresh snow to cushion your fall.  I have acquired the ability to carve on my toes now so now the next phase is to carve on steep hills.  I did have some injures this trip which includes more than just the normal soreness and bruising.  On one of the runs, I ate it pretty badly while going down a steep hill and did a superman belly flop down the hill which luckily did not hurt much because of the fresh snow otherwise it would of hurt like a bish due to the hard layer of ice on the bottom.  On another run near the bottom of the mountain, I caught some snow on the back of my board while I was carving on my toes and fell flat on my behind and evidently I bit my tongue which ended up hurting for a day.  I did received a few bruises from carving because of the leaning against my boots and another bruise from when my sister ran her snowboard into the outside of my knee.  One day, I will come back from snowboarding without any bruise.

I'll save you Jimmy!

Snow Patrol To the What?

My good deed of the day came when I was happily boarding at Mammoth snow resort when my eagle eyes spotted a young girl in distress. Although it wasn't that hard to spot her since she was bawling her eyes out from falling and hurting her hand. I stopped to see what's the dealio because she was all alone and crying. From behind me came my pose so we just waited around for snow patrol to come by. Then came an older gentleman on skis slowing moving up the mountain towards us. Apparently he was a part of the snow patrol and was seriously out of breath. He even busted out his inhaler so we were like umm dude are you even in shape to help anybody? Dude looked like he was dying. Ha, snow patrol.

The future of snow patrol

Big 5 Lies!

It is really a lesson learned and another reason to always have things in writing. The family and I went out to eat at Mimi's Cafe and decided to go to Big 5 Sporting Goods to make some purchases in order to prep for our weekend Mammoth getaway. As always, little bro man forgets to bring the 15% off coupon so he asks the store clerks if he could just bring the coupon next time and they would refund the difference which they said yes. Like fools, we fell for their deception and made the purchase which was a little over $300. When little bro man came back with the coupon, they did not honor the coupon even though they gave us their word that they would. That saving could of bought me a year supply of instant noodle! Screw you Big 5!

Oh the deception!