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[GRANITECHIEF]

Jeez, where are the storms in the Sierra's?

Down with high pressure ridge blocking pattern!!

Originally Posted by BlueB

This is awsome! Hat's off to you Sir!
I instructed quite a few 2 year old children to ski, I wouldn't even dare to attempt on snowboard...

Any tips you can share?

Tips for the tiny tots: Don't talk to much, leave em in the bindings on the lifts, the retractable front pull cord is great, and stick with em and help em up a bunch.

BTW, now he's 5 and is linking turns down (squaw) blues and wants nothing but jumps, hahaha!

Now we just need some snow!

[LeeD]

Two weekend days of rain for Jan.
Fourth driest Jan since 1890, yes 1890.
With a low moving thru supposedly by Thursday, we could stumble into the wettest Feb ever.

[GRANITECHIEF]

Originally Posted by LeeD

Two weekend days of rain for Jan.
Fourth driest Jan since 1890, yes 1890.
With a low moving thru supposedly by Thursday, we could stumble into the wettest Feb ever.

Dust on crust, maybe up to 10", with another week of dry after.

http://opensnow.com/dailysnow/tahoe

Will keep on waiting, doing the snowdance.

[LeeD]

I thought you were also a surfer.
Did you catch this last 7-10' west swell? It was more consistent than last weekends bigger swell, as paddling out was difficult for most at OBSF.
My g/f just bought a new Formula windsurf board and required sails, masts, booms n stuff, so we might stay around most weekends.

[GRANITECHIEF]

Ya that was a nice clean long period swell. Ventura surfers point aka seastreet, was super long rides.

Lee you are in SF so Los Gatos is about an hour south?

[LeeD]

I'm in SanPablo and Los Gatos is an hour S if there is no traffic.
On a messy commute day, it can take almost 2 hours.
OBSF was not surfable with onshore breeze and huge moving tides which make for lots of closeouts and a real tough paddle out.

[tennis_balla]

Let's revive this thread....

[GRANITECHIEF]

^^ Thats pretty cool looking, where is it?

Finally, after taking a 2 month break and recording record lack of precip for the Jan-Feb period, old man winter is back.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...96146%2C%20USA

[bad_call]

after years of no skiing/snowboarding got a couple days on the hills in CO and more than a couple of days at the oh-so-fun brewpubs...

[tennis_balla]

Originally Posted by GRANITECHIEF

^^ Thats pretty cool looking, where is it?

Finally, after taking a 2 month break and recording record lack of precip for the Jan-Feb period, old man winter is back.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...96146%2C%20USA

Its a tv tower/restaurant in Liberec, Czech Republic. The area is called Jested. I went snowboarding there for the first time, had a blast but still learning. Nothing here however compares to the Alps, its a whole other ball game. In January I was in Kitzbuhel for the Hahnenkamm race, amazing. If anyone ever gets a chance to go, do it! No question.

[GRANITECHIEF]

This looks fun!

http://unofficialnetworks.com/tim-swartz-120085/

[TahoeTennis]

Gchief, I moved to Reno this winter (back in Tahoe summer) but if you're up at Squaw/Mt. Rose or in Reno the next month, let's play some tennis.

[GRANITECHIEF]

Sounds good. Actually planning on going up April 5th, as the long term forecast is showing some potential stormage.

I mean i could go up for some carving:

http://unofficialnetworks.com/euroca...slalom-119529/

But I'm suffering from powder withdrawls at the moment.

[LeeD]

Carving good.
There's a car commercial on TV lately that shows a guy and a girl doing dual ski carves at moderately high speeds, cool.

[spaceman_spiff]

Got lucky last week and was able to ski PCMR and Snowbird during a dump. Good snow, though it was more like the heavy Euro snow that I ski on in the Alps than the light, fluffy, "greatest snow on Earth" that they always advertise in UT.

Either way, good times were had.

[sapient007]

i'm heading to wasatch next week and hopfully the high pressure will lift allowing some cold air to come in for some snow.

[BlueB]

My 6 year old, last Sunday:



Next day the mountain closed for the season, with tons of snow still...

[LeeD]

Square up shoulders, keep hands in front, bring outside pole forwards, bend ze knees, weight OUTSIDE ski, keep head up looking forwards, not down at his ski tips....

[BlueB]

Yeah, yeah... Some of your comments do stand, ski club coach and daddy instructor know it too
The point of the post was - How many 6 year olds you usually see carving both edges and getting 45˚ edge inclination?

[LeeD]

Problems is, for me, lots.
Former g/f was a snowboarding instructor. Lots of kids want to SKI with her, and parent's paid for the lessons. Lots of kids can carve pretty well, if the parent's allow them to ski 100 days a year.