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Vol. 1, Issue 50
1/17/07
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In This Issue:
1. Snowboarding Diary - there IS snow in the Northeast
2. Chevrolet Grand Prix pulled from Mountain Creek due to No
Snow
3. Huckfestproductions DVD "Back to Zero"
4. Adjust Your Riding to the Weather - Soft snow is for
jumping
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1. Snowboarding Diary - there IS snow in the Northeast
Dear Readers,
Wow, this is the 50th issue of the Szine!
Don't think that just because you haven't heard much from me this winter,
I'm not out riding. I've been out 6 times so far in the Northeast US,
which as you probably know is having a "no snow" season, as are parts of
Europe and Japan.
But there is snow on the mountains and I've had a lot of fun and variety.
I've been to rail jams at Hunter Mountain and Killington.
http://www.snowboardsecrets.com/Articles/hunter07.htm
http://www.snowboardsecrets.com/Articles/Rails2Riches06.htm
I've ridden moguls, and spring snow this winter. I've practiced jumping,
riding switch, and some flatland tricks, that I wouldn't do on harder
snow. I've ridden until 2 a.m. at Crotched Mountain, NH's Midnight Madness
and watched the pros gap a bonfire jump there. Crotched's fan guns blowing
snow under the lights looked spectacularly beautiful and produced fresh
powder to ride. I've watched beginner snowboard lessons at Smuggler's
Notch.
If you are sitting in your house grumbling because there's no snow outside
your window, you are missing out on this season, Pal. You are losing the
snowboard skills you gained last season while your friends are out on the
hill progressing! Read on for some reasons to RIDE NOW!! And for some
deals in VT, check
here and then verify it on the mountain's website.
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Read the Blog to stay on top of events and happenings
Snowboard tidbits, with a decidedly East Coast US slant. Short and to the
point. For snowboarders = anyone who loves snowboarding
http://snowboardshorty.com/
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reading.
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2. Chevrolet Grand Prix pulled from Mountain Creek due to
No Snow
* See pictures of Last Year's Super Fun Event Here
* Mountain Creek Plans to re-open January 19
Every state in the Northeastern US has plenty of mountains open with snow
on the trails right now, except poor NJ. Mountain Creek was scheduled to
host the Grand Prix Feb. 2-4, but since they're not even open now for
riding, there's no chance of re-creating their world class halfpipe in
time, and the Grand Prix will be relocated.
This is a big blow for us in the East because we only have 2 really big
events, with the US Open being the other. And the Grand Prix was certainly
a great party last season. I danced until 3 and slept for 16 hours
straight after I got home,
See lots of pix of the world class athletes up close - like Shaun White,
Danny Kass, Andy Finch (dimples!), Gretchen Blleiler, Lindsey Jacobellis,
Clair Bidez, Chad Otterstrom and Scotty Lago, Kelly Clark, Tricia Byrnes,
Ross Powers, Flow Team Manager Andrew Mutty (dancing) and the infamous
White Party bikini'd Go Go dancers here. Also a
vid clip of Danny Kass and Shaun White in the pipe by
Huckfestproductions.
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3. Huckfestproductions DVD "Back to Zero"
The Huckfestproductions.com film "Back to Zero" is a thoroughly enjoyable
new film showing the East Coast Grit of a bunch of great riders, some of
whom you don't know yet. Lots of rails. Some West Coast action. Yale
Cousino has a juicy part at the end.
We've got an interview with Tom Vayianos, the young auteur behind it.
Interview at
http://www.snowboardsecrets.com/Videos/huckfest.htm
The film is for sale for $19.95 at www.Huckfestproductions.com.
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4. Adjust your Riding to the Weather
* Soft Snow is for Jumping
In the cold winter I usually practice my freeriding, aspiring to big
smooth c-turns on the hill in the snowprint of my stylish friend Lance
Thomkins, snowboarder and surfer extraordinaire, out of New Jersey. The
usual icy hardpack of a Northeast winter is not the place to be practicing
jumps by choice.
In the spring, one takes to jumping. The soft snow piles lend send their
siren call and are irresistible. But this season the snow is sometimes
soft enough to make you want to get some air, even in January. So go for
it!
I finally find someone of my own maturity level to ride with, two 10 year
olds and a 12 year old, at Smuggler's Notch, VT. Adam of Essex Junction,
VT, and the 2 boys from San Juan, PR. were my jumping pals.
We had the good fortune to session a 12 inch jump scraped together by a
snowboard instructor at Smuggler's Notch, VT on Sunday January 7. I saw
that jump and it was love at first sight, just the right size for me. The
air temp was 40 degrees, the snow was soft, the sky was blue, I had my
near-teen jumping buds, I was wearing my padding and helmet (as ALWAYS)
and everything was suddenly in place.
We hiked up the tiny hill and hit the kicker over and over. Even though
this jump was miniscule, it required all the same skills a bigger hit
would have. We had to gauge where to start the run, when to speed check,
gauge where to lay the board flat before the jump, practice getting the
air itself, and of course, the MOST IMPORTANT part, stomping the landing
and riding away. My success built my confidence. This was one of the best
days I've had out this season. I wouldn't have been ready to jump if I
hadn't had 5 days on snow already this season to get warmed up and
conditioned.
The point is, with the unseasonably warm winter, you can be working on the
tricks that you normally wouldn't get to until spring NOW. Then you can
use them this season, and be a season ahead in your progression!
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East Coast Snowboard News online
Read the Blog to stay on top of events and happenings
Snowboard tidbits, with a decidedly East Coast US slant. Short and to the
point. For snowboarders = anyone who loves snowboarding
http://snowboardshorty.com/
Use the RSS feed button to put the blog on your www.My.Yahoo page for easy
reading. ==========================================
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