after very little sleep from celebrating at sheraka's place friday night, i found myself in front of the safeway at north hill mall at 7am yesterday. i was meeting up with jess (i seem to keep alot of jess' in my life), a radiant snow addikted goddess that i met at kristin's bday party last month.
jess and her friend ida were heading up to sunshine village and invited me along. as we stopped for gas, jess ran into two of her friends who were on their way to lake louise to compete in a slopestyle competition. convincing me to go to the lake instead of the village was an easy task. i prefer lake louise over sunshine village. ida, who has a sunshine village season pass, took a bit more convincing, but not that much ;)
blue skies, two goddesses, and lake louise...it was a recipe for a good day.
kootenay vibes in the rockies
jess and i decided to hang out and watch the slopestyle competition while ida got some runs in.
taking pix with my epson camera takes some maad skill as there is at least a 3 second delay between pressing the button and the actual picture being taken. as for zoom, pfft, zoom is for sissies.
majestic
after the comp, jess and i wanted to do a peak to base run, so we took the poma lift to the peak of whitehorn mountain. i have never ridden with a girl who rides as hard as jess does. its such a turn on when a goddess will ride any run with confidence, blue, black, even double black *swoon*
its even sexxxier when you ride hard and fast down a run, your eyes buggin out of your head from the nutz speed you picked up, and turning around to look for your friend only to see that she is right behind you. so hawt!
i was fortunate enough to demo next year's rome agent 156. this board is a park board designed for hittin jumps and riding rails. its superpop core lived up to its name. it made me want to pop off everything and anything!
this board flexes like crazy. so soft that you can actually see the board twist by simply moving your feet in the bindings. perfekt for bouncin' around. this board is the most fun board i've ridden all season for having fun. spinning 360 pivots and hitting jumps was taken to new heights with this board. bouncy bouncy bouncy.
unfortunately, tonnes of flex meant tonnes of board chatter at high speeds. its harder to hold your edge when your board is constantly flexing to absorb everything it comes in contact with. awesome for park, not so awesome for freeriding...then again, if you're buying this board you're not looking for a freeride stick.
the '08 390 targa bindings were comfy and responsive. i really like the ratchets on these bindings - solid hold and super smooth to release. the heel strap had removable c-flex inserts so you can adjust the flex. being aluminum, these binding were light and strong. tool-less adjustment made tweakin' out the fit of these bindings quick and easy. i was most impressed with this board and binding setup. so much fun!
another amazing day at the lake. jess, i've never ridden with a goddess who shreds as hard as you do. it was awesome rippin up the slopes with you and ida. can't wait to do it again.
snowboarding is life, everything else is just details.
~*...normaste...*~
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