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tommymac · 11-11-2008, 10:18 AM

I am going to work my ass off this winter, between a house downpayment, starting my TL project and looking for a new track bike I need to finance all this somehow.

Tom

Phenix_Rider · 11-11-2008, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

gonna get the board waxxed and the edges sharpened soon, then its off to the slopes.

fuck ya.

Ditto. GOing to try some slopes I haven't been to yet.

Where do you snowboard in Ohio?

MikeSP1 · 11-11-2008, 01:14 PM

If I don't have to go in this weekend (ya right, who am I kidding) then I'll head down to Takeda and buy new board/boots/bindings and hit the slopes 'til I head to the desert. Oh yeah, and mods/repairs (fender, brakes, forks...)

Krabill · 11-11-2008, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

the off season for me is drinking/snowboarding season... you know what they say, absense makes the heart grow fonder.

i just realized how much i'll have to up my drinking in order to actually classify winter as drinking season though... i may not make it to 2009.

Snowboarding you say? Akron, Ohio? Can only be one place

I learned how to ski when I was 4 years old at Boston Mills. Learned how to snowboard when I was 22 at Brandywine. I've had lot's of fun on those two hills growing up. Held a season pass for years.

My winter plans? Ride. We don't have much in the way of winter here in Okieland.

NONE_too_SOFT · 11-11-2008, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Krabill

Snowboarding you say? Akron, Ohio? Can only be one place

I learned how to ski when I was 4 years old at Boston Mills. Learned how to snowboard when I was 22 at Brandywine. I've had lot's of fun on those two hills growing up. Held a season pass for years.

My winter plans? Ride. We don't have much in the way of winter here in Okieland.

hell ya, nice to meet a former local.

I personally hate BWBM, but i can get in for 10 bucks friday and saturday, and that aint shabby. BW's terrain park has gotten much better as well, sadly no half pipe in a few years though.

I like to head to peak and peak, holiday valley, and especially Gore Mt when the weather is bad.

NONE_too_SOFT · 11-11-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Phenix_Rider

Ditto. GOing to try some slopes I haven't been to yet.

Where do you snowboard in Ohio?

brandywine and boston mills is closest. You wanna meet up in holiday valley or peak and peak sometime this winter?

Krabill · 11-11-2008, 04:18 PM

I was born in Alliance and grew up there (with a cabin in Northern Michigan where we spent our summers and winter breaks). Lived in Canton for a while, North Canton for a while. Played in a few bands around Canton and Akron for a few years.

I think BW had just started making their half-assed half pipe for a couple years before I moved away, so I never really saw much of a terrain park. I usually did the night skiing thing because we got a decent discount for the Wednesday night weekly deal.

When I moved to Michigan I joined the ski team and skied all over up there, but I think I only made it to P&P once and Holiday Valley once. BMBW was just closer for me.

NONE_too_SOFT · 11-11-2008, 04:25 PM

the terrain park at BW is really great now. they usually set up a huge 2 stepped 15-20 foot ramp w/ landing right off the bat with an elevated launch pad. you can get tons of air.

they had about half a dozen table tops, a quarter pipe, a few boxes, a rainbow rail, a whale rail, a straight rail w/ jump and landing, some smaller hills, and a few combinations. that was last year.

its gotten better every year.

Phenix_Rider · 11-11-2008, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

brandywine and boston mills is closest. You wanna meet up in holiday valley or peak and peak sometime this winter?

Sure, I have no idea where those are, but sure. Have to go out on a weekend. I usually go to the Wisp and Seven Springs during the week- gotta love local nights and company hookups. I'm also planning to hit Blue Knob and Snowshoe and maybe Canaan Valley.

BobTheBiker · 11-11-2008, 06:08 PM

"off season" what is this off season thing you people speak of? I'm in central florida, where "winter" means just throw on a longer shirt under your riding jacket, and some heavier gloves.

I think I'm going to use that cold month to put some new pilot jets in and get some velocity stacks built for my bike.

11-11-2008, 01:14 PM	#23
MikeSP1 Perpetual trouble Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: at the base of the Alps Moto: VTX 1300C, RC51, CBR600RR, CBR929RR Posts: 715	If I don't have to go in this weekend (ya right, who am I kidding) then I'll head down to Takeda and buy new board/boots/bindings and hit the slopes 'til I head to the desert. Oh yeah, and mods/repairs (fender, brakes, forks...) __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO!"

11-11-2008, 10:18 AM	#21
tommymac Moto GP Star Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 11,022	I am going to work my ass off this winter, between a house downpayment, starting my TL project and looking for a new track bike I need to finance all this somehow. Tom

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Krabill WERA Yellow Plate Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Moto: 08 WR250R, 12 XTZ1200 Posts: 558	I was born in Alliance and grew up there (with a cabin in Northern Michigan where we spent our summers and winter breaks). Lived in Canton for a while, North Canton for a while. Played in a few bands around Canton and Akron for a few years. I think BW had just started making their half-assed half pipe for a couple years before I moved away, so I never really saw much of a terrain park. I usually did the night skiing thing because we got a decent discount for the Wednesday night weekly deal. When I moved to Michigan I joined the ski team and skied all over up there, but I think I only made it to P&P once and Holiday Valley once. BMBW was just closer for me.

11-11-2008, 04:25 PM	#28
NONE_too_SOFT Chopstix / \ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Akron OH Moto: 03 CBR RR Posts: 5,350	the terrain park at BW is really great now. they usually set up a huge 2 stepped 15-20 foot ramp w/ landing right off the bat with an elevated launch pad. you can get tons of air. they had about half a dozen table tops, a quarter pipe, a few boxes, a rainbow rail, a whale rail, a straight rail w/ jump and landing, some smaller hills, and a few combinations. that was last year. its gotten better every year.

11-11-2008, 06:08 PM	#30
BobTheBiker too much time on my hands Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: the northern district of god damn Moto: 01 ZX6R, looking for more now. Posts: 1,802	"off season" what is this off season thing you people speak of? I'm in central florida, where "winter" means just throw on a longer shirt under your riding jacket, and some heavier gloves. I think I'm going to use that cold month to put some new pilot jets in and get some velocity stacks built for my bike.