Thread: First Five Days TR

Winter is starting slowly here, I mean its cold as hell but there's no snow
First tracks of the season were had on a lake


Turns out if you ski around that lake you get here


Did some training


Ate like a champion




Did some more shitty skate skiing then I got on one of these things


Found some snow in the PacNW


Got on the 6th chair of the season at some ski area


Turns out there is some terrain there


It snowed a fair amount


Saw some ball (anybody know what the fuck is up with calling PDX rip city?)


Took some pictures












went skating


got new boots, walked around my house in tour mode


Went to the resort, tried new boots, turns out there were some good views






OK Ullr do your thing, icy groomers are better than a swift kick to the nuts, but....

^^^ ...but not by much.

We anxiously await your bounty, Ullr! In the name of the GSA we humbly beseech thee...

That picture with the train tracks is gorgeous.

I have that same Fiesta ware plate.
Thanks for the early season boost. Ullr's return has me on the edge of my seat. 3 days so far. Icy man made shite is better than not skiing but not by much and will certainly not satisfy in the long term.

Originally Posted by ak_powder_monkey

Saw some ball (anybody know what the fuck is up with calling PDX rip city?)
....

(From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicknam...regon#Rip_City ) :

The nickname Rip City is usually used in the context of the city's NBA team, the Portland Trail Blazers.[16] The term was coined by the team's play-by-play announcer Bill Schonely during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on February 18, 1971, the Blazers' first season.[17] In the days prior to the three-point field goal, Blazers' guard Jim Barnett took an ill-advised long distance shot that nonetheless went in, giving the new team hope for a victory against the powerful Lakers. Excited, Schonely exclaimed "Rip City! All right!" Schonely admits that he has no idea how he came up with the expression, but it became synonymous with the team and the city of Portland.[18]

thanks for that cliffy any more gems from the bar stool?

I have that same Fiesta ware plate.

Fun fact: The orange ones are rather radioactive. Not sure about the green plates.

Originally Posted by The Tortoise

Fun fact: The orange ones are rather radioactive. Not sure about the green plates.

I heard that...Since I work around radioactive isotopes I thought I'd check it out. I took a Geiger counter home and surveyed my plates (all of my Fiesta Ware not just the orange ones). What did I find, you may ask....Nothing. The bananas that were on the counter on the other hand........

Now, back to the stoke.

the old orange and red ones we radioactive or head lead or something, from back in the day when orange and red glaze was super hard to make.

don't feel bad. my first 3 days this season were xc in dimple dell gully - or the ditch!!! nice pics and progression!!! ya ya feed the stoke. what i really want to know is - you gonna eat that donut!!!!!

Did you make a donut-bun/pizza-filling sandwich and crush all 3 items at once? That's got to count for a couple GNAR points, even if its not in the book.