zwelgen
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yeah the troublemakers are awesome. Good pop on jumps and for getting out of the pipe but still quite stable at speeds and havent noticed any significant speed wobbles. Im really happy with them and have been meaning to say thanks for your advice for a long long time.
so domo
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hey hey sj people
zwelgen writing from Breckenridge, home of a bomb park. I can say here I think it is pretty even depending on the day. there are some awesome skiers pulling some sick stuff but the boarders are ripping it just as hard too.
me? I stay off most of the jumps but the pipe, oh yes! It is partly due to the serious lack of powder this year so I went looking for some fun. It rocks and once you get over the attitude at the top of the pipe then who cares, great fun.
hi to all the people I know. dont know when Ill be back on. bye
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On the groomed etc I dont really need poles and would ditch them but skiing pow without poles are pretty tough. You dont really need them to skate along flat surfaces but they help and you can lean on them. Oh, they stop you from sliding forwards too much in the lift line (boarders have to unstrap). you can use them to itch somewhere hard to get to, whack snowboarders, whack the tree as you pass so snow dumps on your buddy behiend you. You use them to get out of your bindings etc.
so in conclusion, on the groomed stuff you dont really need them and skiing without them is fine, its all the other stuff. But if they broke then we could still ski
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you know it was probably a secret that your lady and the good dr were dating, so if she says she cant see that particulat dr it would probably lead to lots of (for her) embarassing qs and she prob thinks its better just to grin and bear it.
still, gyno for school? Do the dudes get their nads checked?
I wouldnt be happy if I was a man and it was my lady, but Im not a man so have no lady...where is this going?
Tell her to say she has her period so no exam. Jeez think about it fellas!
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There will be no one on the slopes around then.
On analysis of the last 3 seasons
2000 - dumped about 1.5m (at my house so approx 2x more on the slopes) on Christmas day and coverd the car so that there was not one single bit showing.
2001 - Boxing day evening the dump arrived and just kept coming until about the 17th Jan
2002 - Christmas evening it started and didnt end until well into Jan
so by my (crude) analysis you should be sweet. Be paitent my son
and personally I dont think there are THAT many people on slopes at NYrs. I think a feb weekend is much much worse
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One time I was really hung over and thus had a rather low tollerance level and on the train in Osaka and got the stares. I stared at them fiercely for a while. No reaction. So I made like binoculars with my hands and then pointed at them. They got the message and stopped. Afterwards I felt a bit bad. I mean in Japan I often stared at other foreigners. Oh the curse of the Inaka - "whats that foreigner doing in MY 'hood?" How pathetic
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That hotel at Cortina always freaked me out. It just looks creepy, looming over the barren landscape. I dont know if I could sleep easy in that place. WTF were the people thinking that designed the hotel? Anyone else agree with me? Mind you I am a bit of a wuss
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db you smelly, communal living hating, booze restrictive old grandpa, it was either you or MrSparkle that was ponging up the car and I am not alone in thinking that it was you with your smelly wrist guards. yuckky.
Fatty I got the troublemakers, 175cm. They should be waiting at Baroks house when I get there in a week
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no boyfriend so no troubles. It just blocks the emails from all the dudes wanting to sleep with me. Well, thats what I tell myself anyway
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I think Im pretty open, not many secrets, but I do have a few things that I wouldnt really talk about unless someone asked a specific question.
that or Im pissed
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Quote:Originally posted by db:please, for the sake of anyone else in the gondola, just wash the damn thing
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yeah Im a lick sip sucker. Mate without that lemon Im just about dry retching. yuuuckh.
goldschlager. Mmmm some good times there
So whats with the coffee bean Pedro? never heard of that one. Fill me in please
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Ive had my hotmail addie since 1998 and its pretty basic yo, can ya guess? I started getting a bunch of spam a couple of years ago but didnt want to change the address, just for convenience so set up filters for words like P E N I S and debt and enlargement etc and now I get pretty much no junk except for a few in my junkmail folder. Lucky perhaps?
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Bowler you reckon my accent is a toughie but you are waaaaaay harder to understand. Except now I keep saying "aye" like you. Oh no.
Since Ive been back in NZ I have reverted to my old ways somewhat but people still tell me I have an odd accent. Perhaps I just pronounce things a little more clearly than I used to and dont use the common greeting of "heymatehowsitgoingyeahgood"
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Ahh sweet Nekobi, the days of Dr Peppers outside under the moon. Melting our shoes by the fire, mooching in the camping chairs. Those were the good days.
I think I was doing tequila shots the first time I met Barok. Might explain the state I was in. I bloody hate the taste but the nothing else makes me feel the way my good friends tequillllla does.
Anyone else have that kinda thing? You hate the taste but love the feeling... hmm that reminds me of someone
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Ahh Dr Peppers!
I was introduced to it last year and liking it very much. I think we had a bit of cola with the beer? Needless to say I cant remember.
When I was at university we used to have something called a kamikaze. I dont know what was in it but it was sour as anything and went down a treat. But nothing beats a tequila shot for a good pep up during a night out.
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I used to know a guy and he and his mates actually ENJOYED fighting. A bunch of "rugger buggers" as the last fella just said but they really did like going out and having a good rumble. They would pick up on every accidental elbow on the dance floor, every knock at the bar and get feisty with the offenders, baiting them to fight. I dont think size was a real issue but I dont think theyd bait someone who looked like a gang member as their strength was also in their numbers.
They were actually a decent bunch of guys and if we were just chilling at someones place it was fine but after a few times I didnt hit the town with them anymore. Like Rach said stupid male attitudes are such a turn off.
And in the big guy thing, I do kind of agree with it. I used to go out with this HUGE Maori fella and he often got hassled. But he really was a big pussycat and admited to me that he had actually never been in a fight because
a. most people wouldnt have taken him on and
b. he just fobbed off the baiting and took the low road.
Much better. Lets all be like Mike the Maori and make the world a better place
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I hate the build up to the first days skiing. Its cold, the landscape is brown and dead, it gets dark at about 430 and the wisps of white oh so gradually move their way down the mtn, then have a warm day and melt agonisingly back up...
but then the first days skiing. Time to suss out the new riding mates, whether they are all hot air or actually can perform on the snow, time to test new gear, work out which muscles need to be a bit stronger and just ahhhhhhhhh, ride the white and savour it all.
Nah the pre-season has its good points, it is necessary for the build up and so the post first ski of the season pain isnt too bad
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I did a scam...
Ive had a mate in the US navy. He was on the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier, had been out at sea for a couple of months and had a "tiger cruize" for family members. Said I was his cousin. I flew to Guam and had a few days holiday before sailing back to Japan and spending 4 nights on the carrier. One of the cooler things in my life. Was sitting with my legs hanging over the edge of the deck watching planes break the sound barrier 500m from where I sat
BA BOOOOOOOM
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I tend to dream more in the morning so sleeping in usually favours more dreaming for me. And if things are busy on the go and lots of decisions in my life I have these whacked dreams. Good fun!
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or that only ****s buy this car hence all the umbrella fondling, kei-car owning pillocks dancing around.
or maybe not
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I dream lots, all the time, esp now Im unemployed and getting about 10 hrs of sleep a night
speaking of sleep I met a guy that had night terrors. He slept so deeply and soundly that he actually believed his dreams and would swear and scream and thrash around until someone woke him up. I thought he was joking until I heard him that night. creepy as
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when youre starting to ski powder just find a steep bit but make sure its really short. That way you can get about 2 or 3 turns in and learn how to do it but if you get stuck youre not going to have a hernia trying to get out.
Also (especially boarders sorry!) NEVER EVER slide down on the edge of the board down a steep bit cos youre too wuss to lean out over the fall line and make a turn. It creates an unsightly "snail trail" of compacted snow that really mucks up the mtn. Dont do it! Just have some balls and youll realise that indeed you can do it. Skiers do it too, but esp boarders - not picking a fight though
my gripe for the day
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arent you forgetting the "beer poo"? A good dump the next morning seems to clear things up a bit, get the poisons outta the body and all that.
how un-ladylike of me
and before bed a monster cuppa tea and toast with generous lashings of marmite for extra vitamins and so you have something in your tummy and dont get the shakes the next morning.
drinking vodka cranberry seems to lessen the hangover effect too, all the vitamins in the juice, mmm
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Yes thank me for that brilliant photo. It would have been a lot better if Id got him coming down the other side too but ah well. More practice needed from me i think.
Yeah that rail was siiick. I couldnt believe it when Barok first attempted it. That guy has balls of steel for sure. The park at Breck was huge for sure, but the pipe. Oh the pipe. Thats where it was at.
Was def cool riding with Barok. I miss riding with you fellas. Maybe next season. Im going to Canada and this time with sister in tow - trouble makers for sure. Any suggestions for a good place to ride? Not one of the big comercial ones though. Thinking SE of BC, round Fernie/Big White area