Yester Day

went snowboarding with James at Santa Fe. That was a good time. Moreover, the snow was surprisingly good, and with good snow the mt. really was fairly good. we did a day there last year, and all they had open was a handful of blues. This year the whole mt. was open, and they have a some pretty nice blacks and a coupl'a doubles that shoot through some glades and bouldery couloirs. Oh, and nearly no people--specially on the hard stuff-- even on a saturday. Takes about 1.25 hrs. to get there from here. You'll hafta come up and hit it with me if there's any snow next season.

And for your entertainment: there's this nice clearing in one of the couloirs that a lift line parallels, and someone'd built a steep kicker on the side of a boulder. we went down it once and i hit it to see what was on the other side. Nice powdery landing. So we decided it was worth doing again. we set up for this thing and i went at it, but i speed checked late and couldn't get straightened. The nose of my board stuck on the boulder and i just endoed over it. Landed head down in the boulder well on the back side with my board still on the ramp. Fortunately, the lift had stopped and i had tons of spectators. This one guy's like "Yeah! Good jump man! .... hey are you alright?" i'm all, "Yep. Everything but my ego." Then we climbed the hill to try it again. That time i hit it a bit cleaner--which is good, 'cuz there were some bunnies egging me on from the lift. i've taken some nasty falls, but that was among the more humiliating.