WHICH LINE RIPPED YOU THIS YEAR?

[HRDCORESNOWRIDE]

yes it's that time of year again fellow maggots/rippers/jibsters/park monkeys/powhounds/etc.

which line challengd you the most and ripped you apart this year? in other words which line is gonna make you come back next year and wanna take it clean and rip the heck outta it?

for me: a narrow tight shot in the woods with a mandatory icefall huck of about 10' through a tight set of trees on both sides to a steep steep Straightline. killed me, couldn't master that sucka for all its worth.


lets here em fools!

[Foggy_Goggles]

Are those your muff diving goggles? You still doin' in for the ladies?

[phUnk]

I HEART YOU MAN.

[Benny Profane]

Shhhhhh...........

[powderfarmer]

uhm yeah, about that..... today eastwall, first run all year there, 2nd notch looked good to go. Down climb in with pretty good snow, ie, no rock moves, just kicking steps for the first 1 foot wide, 10 foot long 65 deg. entrance. Started to kick out a platform to put skis on, lost my footing, slide 1/2 of the whole line, broken thumb, messed up elbow, tagged some rocks. Friends freaked out, no good. Climbed back up put skis on, started skiing and booted out for no aparent reason, 3 cartwheels before I got it back. Damn, but I am not gonna wait till next year, its on for sat.

[Ubersheist]

I ripped two healthy lines of blow at a party earlier this year. I'd like to come back next year and rip up all three lines at once. Then I'd be up for DAYS! F*ck I hate coming down from that sh*t.

[White Chocolate]

Since you didn't specify, i have 3 lines that i got owned on last season that i would like to conquer, all bike related

1. 5th horseman on cypress . just when i thought the shore was getting easier, rock faces are easy when they are smooth and fairly not steep. this just wasn't fair
2. platinum. rode around pretty much everything. 20ft gappers aren't my bag of tea, yet.
3. lesbians only to wifebeater. 4 inch skinnies for a couple hundered feet, to 8 inch log with 90 degree corner to 12ft drop. followed by gappers, to gappers to corners, to more gappers, to the 911 drop

skiing wise i have been consistently owned by the baby table in the park this season waaaay too depressing

[Henry Rollins]

Drew Bledsoe and I had a hard time at Big Mountain

We had to sidestep up to avoid the cliff on East Rim

Bledsoe got freaked that he might blow a knee and jeopardize his contract

It was over my head, skiing is hard

I'm hard

[mildbill.]

Originally posted by White Chocolate

3. lesbians only to wifebeater. 4 inch skinnies for a couple hundered feet, to 8 inch log with 90 degree corner to 12ft drop. followed by gappers, to gappers to corners, to more gappers, to the 911 drop

i'm gonna go huddle in a corner and suck my thumb now.

[jdabasin]

Huevos at Mammoth. Lots of slightly hidden little volcanic rocks kept grabbing the skis and throwing me over my skis. I'm weak....I know.

Groomer to the skier's left of Chair 22 at Mammoth proved pretty costly too when I thought I could air off of a little lip on the snowboard. Took a nice cartwheeling 360 fall of my dome and nearly took out Barnballs' girlfriend.
I'll conquer that next season.

[subtle plague]

please do not have kids.

[pointedem]

East coast hardpack/ rocks ripped me apart this year. Ive come to the conclusion that it is almost impossible for me to progress outside the park here.
anyways,
devils fiddle, mid season snowpack (read: not much snow), the first 6 inches in what seemed like a decade, got all excited, jumped the cliff, landed in dust on crust/ rock, accellerated, tumbled through rock garden at what felt like 30mph. only broke my hand.
a group of tourist snowboarders that were stopped at about where i crashed were absolutly petrified. the look on their faces as i skied away was all-time.

[DaveTV]

This one is kicking my ARSE - I'll try it on some SPATULAS next year

[CantDog]

Ok, this was by far the tech-iest line I ripped all year.

Stumbling home drunk last night I was only able to scope the line out slightly, as my vision was blurred and the room was dark. But I knew that this season has prepared me for what I was going to do the next morning, and in due time, that bitch would be mine. Many times I have awaken only to step on my pack, shovel. Once, I hit some blue ice/carpet that was covered in dirty boxers and careened into the opposite wall. I'll tell ya, nothing kills morning wood easier than a fall.

So this morning, april 14th, I knew I would nail this shit and do the maggot name proud. At 9am I swung my left leg over the cliff(its a solid 3.5 feet, but it felt like 50) and onto the arm of the couch, my foot propped precariously between the void beneath and the alarm clock that was threatening to slough off at any moment. It was time to commit.

Putting all the weight on my left foot, I pulled the most amazing balance act, shit, I looked like the little italian boy from the Karate kid doing the praying mantis kick. I quickly dropped onto my right foot(1.5 foot cliff) narrowly missing my helmet and salomon shoe box, then lunged forward, placing my left foot between the shoes and stomping the landing, running to the bathroom to take my morning piss.


I figured the maggots would be proud.

[iskibc]

Originally posted by HRDCORESNOWRIDE
yes it's that time of year again fellow maggots/rippers/jibsters/park monkeys/powhounds/etc.

.... challengd you the most and ripped you apart this year?

I rip some pretty good farts every now and then. This winter however, just didn't have the pressure or the mechanics down for a good ripper.

[CantDog]

I was looking for something else and found this....I heart HRDCORESNOWRIDER

[Steven S. Dallas]

Originally posted by jdabasin
...nearly took out Barnballs' girlfriend.
I'll conquer that next season.

Whoa! Scandalous.

[Buster Highmen]

"The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al Qaeda, because there was a relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda."

[jibij]

Originally posted by iskibc
I rip some pretty good farts every now and then. This winter however, just didn't have the pressure or the mechanics down for a good ripper.

Maybe this explains the swamp ass??

edit: and roo got rippped by Line.

+3 points for incorporating 2 old threads into a reply to another old thread.

[mr_gyptian]

Originally posted by Buster Highmen

heh,

http://vivisimo.com/search?v:sources...ile_911alqaida

[Buster Highmen]

Originally posted by mr_gyptian
heh,

http://vivisimo.com/search?v:sources...ile_911alqaida

Did the itty bitty wittle Republifarian not likey the nasty, bad naughty of the 9-11 Commission?

Ja, mon, da holiness of da Bush-daddy, no likey the factos and moreover, Bush-daddy say:

Iraqis are sick of foreign people coming in their country and trying to destabilize their country.

.

So pass me the irie Republifarian nebulous jibber jabber and more vacuous Limbaughistry in the I and I reparation, mon.

[Buster Highmen]

AL QAEDA'S LATEST TERROR THREAT: SUICIDE CAMELS
Security experts are advising Americans to be on the lookout for unattended camels.
Evil mastermind Osama bin Laden's henchmen have smuggled hundreds of suicide camels into the United States.

The animals are strong enough to carry hundreds of pounds of explosives that can be detonated by remote control -- blowing anybody within 50 feet to smithereens.

But you can save yourself and your loved ones the indignity of becoming an Al Qaeda hit by exercising common sense and keeping on the lookout for camels turning up in places where they don't belong, such as:

1. Roped to parking meters in front of federal buildings.

2. Poking around nuclear power plants.

3. Hanging around airports or trying to board a commercial jet.

4. Watching fireworks displays or crashing holiday cookouts on the Fourth of July.

5. Attending the Republican and Democratic conventions with or without a floor pass and red, white and blue hat.

"The plot is diabolical -- the threat is real," says a CIA source in Washington, D.C.

"While we've been patrolling airports and scouring the Internet looking for evidence of terrorist penetration, Al Qaeda has been smuggling in camels right under our noses.

"Our best guess now is that there are hundreds of these animals positioned near strategic targets in every state.

"And when these things blow, it's going to be big. In a coordinated effort, the devastation could be even more spectacular than 9/11.

"Just imagine the images we'd see on TV if suicide camels silenced the Republican and Democratic conventions this summer or managed to wrest control of an airplane from a flabbergasted pilot.

"The consequences are too terrible to think about. We're asking all Americans to be vigilant in the face of the most sinister terror threat yet. If you see a camel, call the police.

"And while you're at it, get the hell out of Dodge."

It's estimated that each fullgrown suicide camel can carry up to 600 pounds of explosives and contaminants -- including radioactive plutonium pilfered from nuclear power plants and canisters of nerve gas available from science and hobby shops that advertise on the Internet.

The lethal payloads can be detonated by remote control from distances of up to a mile, says the CIA source. That means terrorists who send the camels on suicide runs can be relaxing with a gay lover or sipping a cocktail in a topless joint when the critters blow.

"What's next for these fiends -- suicide puppies?" asks the CIA source. "After this, I wouldn't put anything past them. They are evil to the core."

[Buster Highmen]

FBI: PTA GROUP WAS SECRET TERRORIST CELL
... with ties to Al Qaeda!
A PTA organization in Los Angeles has been unmasked as a terrorist cell with ties to Al Qaeda, law enforcement sources confirm.

At least 82 parents and teachers affiliated with the organization in suburban L.A. -- many of them seemingly "all-American" soccer moms -- were led off in handcuffs after a lightning raid on the elementary school auditorium where the cell held its meetings.

Another dozen or so members, who were absent for the meeting, were nabbed by lawmen at their homes, while shopping or running errands.

"They seemed very surprised to find themselves under arrest," says an FBI agent. "These are ladies who drive SUVs and shop at Walmart.

"On the surface, they seemed to their neighbors like squeaky-clean June Cleaver types. But in reality, they were engaged in deadly plots against the U.S. government and against their fellow citizens."

Under provisions of the Patriot Act, none of the names of the arrestees have been released to the press. Nor can the school be publicly identified. But the husband of one detainee, identified in court documents only as Suspect 68, said he was "stunned" to learn that his wife had been picked up by federal lawmen as she left the beauty parlor.

"I thought at these PTA meetings, all they did was talk about what the hours of the school library should be and other boring stuff like that -- I had no idea they were planning bombings and assassinations," he says.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, the PTA group has been linked to a sinister underground organization called the People's Freedom Brigade. The international gang of cutthroats has been connected to a chilling laundry list of terrorist attacks -- including the Madrid railway bombings in which more than 200 people were killed.

"This is an extremely radical group that gives logistical support to many other terrorist outfits along a wide political spectrum, Al Qaeda among them," reveals a Department of Homeland Security source. "Its sole goal is the destruction of America and her allies."

Shockingly, most members of the PTA cell truly were once innocent housewives before being duped by the Brigade.

"Brigade operatives infiltrate community organizations like PTAs and Rotary clubs and slowly brainwash people," the Department source explains. "By poisoning members' minds with anti-American propaganda for months, they turn them into dangerous fanatics."

The whistleblower who first told authorities something wasn't kosher about the school's PTA is a 34-year-old mom of two who wishes to be identified only as "Jane."

Her husband "John" was one of the few males busted in the sweep.

"John had started going to PTA meetings on a regular basis, which wasn't like him at all," she recalls. "At first I suspected he was having an affair, so I showed up at the school one night when he'd claimed he was going to a meeting and peeked through the door to see if he was really there.

"When I heard the members chanting 'Death to Bush,' and saw a diagram for making an atomic bomb on the blackboard, I knew something just wasn't right."

[mr_gyptian]

I actually liked the 9/11 commission report. Specifically the following.


Paragraph #347 (on page 66)
In mid-1998, the situation reversed; it was Iraq that reportedly took the ini tiative. In March 1998, after Bin Ladin’s public fatwa against the United States, two al Qaeda members reportedly went to Iraq to meet with Iraqi intelligence. In July, an Iraqi delegation traveled to Afghanistan to meet first with the Taliban and then with Bin Ladin. Sources reported that one, or perhaps both, of these meetings was apparently arranged through Bin Ladin’s Egyptian deputy, Zawahiri, who had ties of his own to the Iraqis. In 1998, Iraq was under intensifying U.S. pressure, which culminated in a series of large air attacks in December.
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Paragraph #348 (on page 66)
Similar meetings between Iraqi officials and Bin Ladin or his aides may have occurred in 1999 during a period of some reported strains with the Taliban. According to the reporting, Iraqi officials offered Bin Ladin a safe haven in Iraq. Bin Ladin declined, apparently judging that his circumstances in Afghanistan remained more favorable than the Iraqi alternative. The reports describe friendly contacts and indicate some common themes in both sides’ hatred of the United States. But to date we have seen no evidence that these or the earlier contacts ever developed into a collaborative operational relationship. Nor have we seen evidence indicating that Iraq cooperated with al Qaeda in developing or carrying out any attacks against the United States.
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Paragraph #284 (on page 51)
Bin Ladin shares Qutb’s stark view, permitting him and his followers to rationalize even unprovoked mass murder as righteous defense of an embattled faith. Many Americans have wondered,“Why do ‘they’ hate us?” Some also ask, “What can we do to stop these attacks?” Bin Ladin and al Qaeda have given answers to both these questions.To the first, they say that America had attacked Islam; America is responsible for all conflicts involving Muslims. Thus Americans are blamed when Israelis fight with Palestinians, when Russians fight with Chechens, when Indians fight with Kashmiri Muslims, and when the Philippine government fights ethnic Muslims in its southern islands.America is also held responsible for the governments of Muslim countries, derided by al Qaeda as “your agents.” Bin Ladin has stated flatly,“Our fight against these governments is not separate from our fight against you.”14 These charges found a ready audience among millions of Arabs and Muslims angry at the United States because of issues ranging from Iraq to Palestine to America’s support for their countries’ repressive rulers.
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Paragraph #615 (on page 128)
Though intelligence gave no clear indication of what might be afoot, some intelligence reports mentioned chemical weapons, pointing toward work at a camp in southern Afghanistan called Derunta. On November 4, 1998, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed its indictment of Bin Ladin, charging him with conspiracy to attack U.S. defense installations.The indictment also charged that al Qaeda had allied itself with Sudan, Iran, and Hezbollah.The original sealed indictment had added that al Qaeda had “reached an understanding with the government of Iraq that al Qaeda would not work against that government and that on particular projects, specifically including weapons development, al Qaeda would work cooperatively with the Government of Iraq.”109 This passage led Clarke, who for years had read intelligence reports on Iraqi-Sudanese cooperation on chemical weapons, to speculate to Berger that a large Iraqi presence at chemical facilities in Khartoum was “probably a direct result of the Iraq–Al Qida agreement.” Clarke added that VX precursor traces found near al Shifa were the “exact formula used by Iraq.”110 This language about al Qaeda’s “understanding” with Iraq had been dropped, however, when a superseding indictment was filed in November 1998.
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Paragraph #314 (on page 57)
Bin Ladin moved to Sudan in 1991 and set up a large and complex set of intertwined business and terrorist enterprises. In time, the former would encompass numerous companies and a global network of bank accounts and nongovernmental institutions. Fulfilling his bargain with Turabi, Bin Ladin used his construction company to build a new highway from Khartoum to Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast. Meanwhile, al Qaeda finance officers and top operatives used their positions in Bin Ladin’s businesses to acquire weapons, explosives, and technical equipment for terrorist purposes. One founding member, Abu Hajer al Iraqi, used his position as head of a Bin Ladin investment company to carry out procurement trips from western Europe to the Far East.Two others,Wadi al Hage and Mubarak Douri, who had become acquainted in Tuc son,Arizona, in the late 1980s, went as far afield as China, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the former Soviet states of Ukraine and Belarus.
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[homerjay]

Originally posted by mr_gyptian
But to date we have seen no evidence that these or the earlier contacts ever developed into a collaborative operational relationship. Nor have we seen evidence indicating that Iraq cooperated with al Qaeda in developing or carrying out any attacks against the United States.

So why did we invade Iraq again?