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Ready for Snow!

lauren — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:08:41 +0000

Taking advantage of some serious end-of-season clearance sale action, I bought a sweet new toy yesterday. Can’t wait ’til the season starts up again to try it out (okay, not really — I actually can’t wait for summer. But this should make next winter a lot more fun).

Tahoe

lauren — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:02:19 +0000

My brother gave me and Kenny lift tickets to Kirkwood as a wedding gift. We’re heading down tomorrow night for a long weekend snowboarding with my brother, some of his friends, and my dad. I’ve heard that snow conditions have been somewhat marginal in California this year, but there’s supposed to be decent snowfall with 10-14 inches of accumulation tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

I’ve Got Blood in My Mouth ‘Cause I’ve Been Biting My Tongue All Week

lauren — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 05:53:41 +0000

I had a little snowboarding accident this week. Nothing terrible, but my lower lip got a bit mangled. I looked like I got into a fight. I’ve been telling people I got into a fight with a bear (“You think I look bad, you should see the bear!”) A couple of people actually believed the story at first. :)

Four days later, the swelling has gone down considerably and the bruising has faded – so now it mostly looks like I have a very chapped lip. I’ll spare you guys and refrain from posting any pictures of how I looked on Wednesday.

Whistler Wins the Super Bowl 45-0

lauren — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:49:40 +0000

You know what’s better than watching your team lose the Super Bowl? Beautiful powdery snow in Whistler, no lift lines, and yummy meals at Quattro and La Rua.

It was awesome. I highly recommend heading out to the slopes on big football game days (unfortunately there won’t be any more of those this season). And hey, we still got to hear our team losing the Super Bowl on the drive back.

Snow!

lauren — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 18:29:22 +0000

It’s snowing at Crystal, Stevens, Baker, and Whistler-Blackcomb! Some resorts are opening as early as tomorrow, and others are scheduled to open next week. I’m busy working and planning a wedding and stuff, but hopefully I’ll have a chance to make it out at least once before I leave for vacation in December. I just hope my knees hold out this year…

I Feel That Ice is Slowly Melting

lauren — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 06:17:19 +0000

After a bit of deliberation, Kenny, Julie, Lee and I decided to head up to Stevens Pass for our snowboarding swan song of the season (Stevens actually officially closed last week, but they opened this weekend for a special engagement, in response to an unseasonal downpour of nice fluffy white stuff).

It was great to get an unexpected little treat of a snowboarding trip in, and to spend some quality time with Julie and Lee.

However, I do have a few new snowboarding rules that I’m going to try to remember next time:

Make sure to get some sleep. I can’t over-emphasize this one.
Try to eat breakfast.
If your knees are still messed up from the last time you went snowboarding, maybe you should think a little bit harder about whether you’re willing to strain them again.

Even given the fact that I didn’t follow any of the above advice, I had a great time. But my form was a bit sloppy, probably due to the lack of sleep. Which may explain the really weird fall I took getting off the lift early in the day, during which I twisted my left knee in a very unnatural fashion. I’m walking with a rather pathetic limp right now; I expect that this will put a bit of a cramp in my gym/yoga schedule for the week.