hey shadam nice to see u slaying it as usual. pow beer and a few safety breaks now and then just like those fernie days. getting a late start this year but will be on the snow soon. hope i get a...

ski i bought in '88 to move out west to bridger bowl. dynamic vr 27 super g 212 cms. i learned how to ski montana powder with this ski... then later the volkle snow ranger first non straight ski.

so funny but so true... i go with a one quiver set up, ehp 4frnt with touring bindings. use them on and off the hill every day. i still believe you can have a good all around ski that handles the...

i had first chair at timber this morning. when i woke at 6 am ten cms and dumping in town. at hill by 8 15 and surprised not many people. place was empty and it puked all morning till 2 pm or so....

i have been on fritchis only for the last 6 seasons. i use a one ski quiver and am touring sidecountry almost every day, as well as skiing inbounds. im not a pro, i dont huck big airs, i just ski...

got on a pair of 193 ehp s this year and they are my daily driver for the area and sidecountry, mounted with freeride pros. in pow they do whatever i want, at the hill they are good for most...

had a pinched nerve in my shoulder neck area couple yrs ago. reg doc cant do shit i used chiro, massage, and accupunture. the accupunture girl was great and used some electrical stuff w the...

sorry got to step in and represent the interior. most of the vid im seeing on this thread is low angle meadows, looks fun... but for steep tight trees inbounds or ob fernie. sure its not on all the...

just want to say i ski in fernie and me and my crew prob tour the sidecountry there as much as anyone. we usually open the skin tracks after every storm and push for deep lines in the trees. we are...

loved that, was just thinking of a "man in black" remake ski video today. based on ghostriders...

hey ottime how bout reid state park? my buddy from nantucket moved up there and i visited him and surfed there and at higgins beach in portland. pretty good waves sometimes but the water will shrivel...

yup, that was the place, morro negrito i think it was called. we had pretty fun surf but nothing epic. my incident took place on that smaller island at the reef called nestle crunch. we found out...

dont know. im an east coast surfer out on cape cod, just spend winters in fernie bc. my cousin surfs rockaway long island and says it can be good.

always bring a spare leash when on a boat access surf trip. learned that the hard way in panama, broke a leash did the impact zone dog paddle and had to hang out with our launch driver for rest of...

ever heard of long island? problem is the atlantic is very fickle in the summer. no spot is consistent. summer can be a lot of fun waves or a total junkshow, that being said cape cod can be a good...

snow report from old bb skier who migrated to north country. fernie b.c. sitting at 285 cms of base(do the math) , after a meter in a week things are settling down to moderate. opened up the south...

nice work! glad to see your training from canada is paying off back down in the states. looked like a great day with 2 gals from bc. that seemed like a long hike kinda like 2000 ft? just 3 times in...

a link to this thread has been sent to fernie RCMP so they know what kind of farking kooks are living in town in the winter. as well as robin siggers, that is all...

ya those turns look sweet. i had my last day on april 5 did a nice tour high in the lizard range of fernie b.c. back on nantucky now stuck in work camp. we have had some nice days 2 this week. and...

nice work, sorry i couldnt make it up there for some turns. can see why hucking eh likes the horse so much, no trees to turn those big skiis around. back on the island now so i will be switching...

ya i just got back to nantucket after 2 months in fernie bc. jumped in the other day for some chest to head windswell with the boyz. when i put on my 6 mill realized it is all done with some small...

yes i would have loved to be up there again but i was showing some friends around the sidecountry at the hill. pretty crazy up there when it puked 5 cms an hour for 5 to 6 hrs. whole ski hill...

nice stoke, when i look at your pics i get a strange sense of deja vu almost as if i had skiid those lines and crawled thru those alder fields. how crazy is that? please send PM with maps and info...

good buddy of mine left nantucket and moved to maine, lives right down the road from reid state park. he surfs there all the time. had some fun days down here with igor waiting for the next epic...

well after a week long road trip back on nantucket. jumped in this morning and surfed for the first time in two years since i been living in fernie b.c. nice groundswell coming in 4 to 6 ft at 12...

if you get a job at the ski hill you wont have to pay for a season pass which is about 1,000 dollars. the parking lot is a good gig as you dont have to do much. also touring is hiking in the...

ok today i pack up the truck and head south and east. leaving b.c. and heading to ack hopefully get some swell out of this season. hope i remember how to paddle its just like being on the skin track...

honey hole sounds good, need more info on location. at least what state its in... i know its a secret but cmon no one reads this thread anyhow.

ya that sounds right. morro negrito... was there a few years ago not much swell but some fun days by the rivermouth. def good to have some rum and cokes. problem is there is a massive island farther...

goat where are u based R.I.? i remember that the standard leashes are pretty skinny you can get ones that are a little more beefy, thicker rubber. also keep an eye on the little loop of string that...

goat you wait all year for epic swell and when it arrives you dont have an extra 20$ leash in you ride? same shit happened to me in panama on a shallow reef and we had been dropped off by boat. had...

that sounds sick but what about the camels taking over in the outback? FYI snow on the 3 sisters fall is upon us in fernie. i am also leaving my gear in b.c. so dont worry i will be back for some big...

take a lesson with a school that has some big softtop longboards. this is the easiest board to learn on and is forgiving on your chest and knees. you will be trying to stand and ride whitewater after...

this winter was a tricky one in b.c. i skied around fernie alpine resort all winter and prob was outside area more than in it. I was involved in some slides and it scared the shit out of me. im no...

never skied up there but i do know that jerry hanse with aba is one of the top guides up there. i knew him from my old bridger days he started out with coombs and has worked up there for a long time,...

nice one, i remember when i lived on nantucket and was cheering on those tropical storms to get it together and come right up the east coast. heard nantckt been good all summer im stoked to be...

man that looks sweet reminds me that i havent surfed for over a year, since i moved to fernie b.c. just coming off a 125 day ski season with much touring but ready to surf. those pics remind me of...

i got a birthday coming up pretty soon, april 30... and i got 10 years on the op. seems like one year youre the young guy trying to hang with older wiser skiirs then all of a sudden youre the oldest...

i spent summers on island as a kid and then lived there full time for about ten years till moving to fernie b.c. a year ago. stick with madaket nice beaches with harbor or ocean choices and youre...

me and solesides took a late stroll up 2000 ft to inspect wind damage. found variable creamed corn and mashed potatoes to go with our prime rib. one and done sunday fernie closes till next wkend...

no racing today as the snow piled up early to fill things in nicely by 11:00 am. after a creamy currie lap i headed to another secret stash called bigtree its up the hill from the knob, by the cliff....

glad u guys got the timing right for once. thought you were losing it the other day when you gave up first chair on timber on the word of some jong. remember if you have questions just ask siggers...

take a look at the stringer and see if its broken, thts the piece of wood that runs thru the middle of the board. if its broken it will need to be reinforced if you want your repair to last. there...

when i first moved to bozeman in 1988 tom was the man. we all knew he was filming with stump and we saw him at the hill. as he had a family and owned a machine shop he didnt ski as much as us...

fernie sidecountry is skiing great right now. stability is good and some big lines have been going down in big steep mother, liverwurst and other spots. even south aspects are not bad esp. if you can...

just 2 weeks ago loading up early to head from fernie to nelson for a week long hut trip with solesides. had all my gear for a week trip including food and clothes, we get on the road and about 20...

i heard leo and his brother ken throw down some big lines up there and pretty much take care of bizness oldschool style. also is it true that a yeti has been seen lurking around the lower trees at...

well quick note on fernie alpine resort. been cold but good skiing last 4 days now warming and dumping in town. looks like a pow day tmorow already about 15 cms in town. still thin snopack at lower...

lost trail powder mountain on the montana idaho border, south of missoula.
its got it all no one around tons of snow, cheap too ski, and awesome terrain. they also have hotsprings close by.
family...

status report on early season touring at fernie alpine resort. area is closed to uphill traffic this includes cedar bowl. so if you want to go to snake ridge to sample some knee deep pow, don't cause...