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04-10-2007, 12:36 PM
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Yeah..im not much of a jibber either, so the Rider's choice's buttery feel goes to waste for me, and its just too small for me when I'm not in the park, I was spinning like a top without much effort.
But the anthem rips! Even in the slush I was carrying speed, can't wait to shred some powder with it. Had a ton of pop off kickers as well.
But the anthem rips! Even in the slush I was carrying speed, can't wait to shred some powder with it. Had a ton of pop off kickers as well.
04-10-2007, 12:51 PM
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Updated Weather Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
452 AM PDT TUE APR 10 2007
...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE CENTRAL SIERRA ...
... WITH SNOW LEVELS AROUND 6000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS ARE
EXPECTED TO DROP WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BY THURSDAY MORNING...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF A
FOOT OR MORE IS POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH AROUND
4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE AT LAKE LEVEL...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
452 AM PDT TUE APR 10 2007
...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE CENTRAL SIERRA ...
... WITH SNOW LEVELS AROUND 6000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS ARE
EXPECTED TO DROP WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BY THURSDAY MORNING...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF A
FOOT OR MORE IS POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH AROUND
4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE AT LAKE LEVEL...
Be forewarned that we're gonna have some serious gusts up there, too! The Nat'l Weather Svc. is predicting they'll be kicking up to 60+mph over the ridges! Yikes!
04-10-2007, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by boardoholic
A li'l more pow! Yeehaw!
Be forewarned that we're gonna have some serious gusts up there, too! The Nat'l Weather Svc. is predicting they'll be kicking up to 60+mph over the ridges! Yikes!
Be forewarned that we're gonna have some serious gusts up there, too! The Nat'l Weather Svc. is predicting they'll be kicking up to 60+mph over the ridges! Yikes!
NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!!
04-11-2007, 11:29 AM
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Snow Advisory fr Nat'l Weather Svc
Originally Posted by Nat'l Weather Svc Forecast Office at Reno, NV
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
351 AM PDT WED APR 11 2007
...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE SIERRA THROUGH THURSDAY..
.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DIVING SOUTH OUT OF THE GULF OF
ALASKA WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND THURSDAY.
RAIN AND SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE SIERRA THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY
OVER SIERRA PASSES AND EXPOSED AREAS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
...A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY.
SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL SIERRA THIS MORNING WITH SNOW
LEVELS AROUND 5500 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP THIS EVENING WITH
MODERATE SNOWFALL TONIGHT. BY THURSDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL OF 7 TO
12 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA ABOVE 7000 FEET...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES
AT LAKE LEVEL...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
351 AM PDT WED APR 11 2007
...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE SIERRA THROUGH THURSDAY..
.A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DIVING SOUTH OUT OF THE GULF OF
ALASKA WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND THURSDAY.
RAIN AND SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE SIERRA THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY
OVER SIERRA PASSES AND EXPOSED AREAS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
...A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY.
SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL SIERRA THIS MORNING WITH SNOW
LEVELS AROUND 5500 FEET. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP THIS EVENING WITH
MODERATE SNOWFALL TONIGHT. BY THURSDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL OF 7 TO
12 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA ABOVE 7000 FEET...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES
AT LAKE LEVEL...
Scattered snow showers are also expected for the early part of Thursday. Again, it will be very brisk w/ ridgetop gusts of 70mph today & 50mph tomorrow.
Friday calls for partly cloudy skies, a daytime High in the mid-40s, and relatively calmer winds. So I'll be up at Sierra w/ my 2 nephews who are on Spring Break. <--- How ironic... on Spring Break & we've got a winter storm in effect!
Also, more precip is in store for the latter part of the wknd & into Monday. And long range forecast models show we have the potential for some serious snow by next wknd as well. *crosses fingers* Kirkwood... here I come. *crosses fingers*
04-11-2007, 06:21 PM
#788
Originally Posted by ASpec818
is it really gonna rain on saturday? il be up at northstar... crossing fingers that it'll be a clear day with new snow from the current "storm"
shoot I hope it drops a couple degrees and snows on us sat.
04-12-2007, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ASpec818
is it really gonna rain on saturday? il be up at northstar... crossing fingers that it'll be a clear day with new snow from the current "storm"
Originally Posted by OneManArmy
shoot I hope it drops a couple degrees and snows on us sat.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
352 PM PDT THU APR 12 2007
...UNSETTLED WEATHER EXPECTED ON SATURDAY OVER THE INTERIOR OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA..
A PACIFIC COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BRINGING COOL AND
UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN
WITH HIGH SNOW LEVELS FRIDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BECOME HEAVIER
TOWARDS DAYBREAK OVER THE COASTAL RANGE AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.
STEADY RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK OVER THE
SIERRA NEVADA AND BECOME HEAVIER DURING THE MORNING. SNOW LEVELS
SHOULD LOWER TO 4000 TO 5000 FEET DURING THE DAY.
STEADY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TURN SHOWERY FROM
WEST TO EAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND
SURROUNDING FOOTHILLS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS WEATHER SYSTEM SHOULD GENERALLY BE A LITTLE WETTER THAN
WEDNESDAY'S...BUT MAY ALSO SPLIT OR WEAKEN AS IT NEARS THE COAST.
INITIAL FORECASTS INDICATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES TO A FOOT
ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA..
WITH SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
COASTAL RANGE. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AS WELL.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
352 PM PDT THU APR 12 2007
...UNSETTLED WEATHER EXPECTED ON SATURDAY OVER THE INTERIOR OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA..
A PACIFIC COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BRINGING COOL AND
UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN
WITH HIGH SNOW LEVELS FRIDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BECOME HEAVIER
TOWARDS DAYBREAK OVER THE COASTAL RANGE AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.
STEADY RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK OVER THE
SIERRA NEVADA AND BECOME HEAVIER DURING THE MORNING. SNOW LEVELS
SHOULD LOWER TO 4000 TO 5000 FEET DURING THE DAY.
STEADY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TURN SHOWERY FROM
WEST TO EAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND
SURROUNDING FOOTHILLS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS WEATHER SYSTEM SHOULD GENERALLY BE A LITTLE WETTER THAN
WEDNESDAY'S...BUT MAY ALSO SPLIT OR WEAKEN AS IT NEARS THE COAST.
INITIAL FORECASTS INDICATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES TO A FOOT
ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA..
WITH SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
COASTAL RANGE. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AS WELL.
04-16-2007, 10:38 AM
#790
cliff how'd it go for you this weekend?
Sunday was CRAZY. they shut the mountain down except for the noob slopes and the shisty little noob park. So I tooled around that until like 1;30 or so. First time I've set foot on any kind of park jump since the knee injury. Didn't go down once. It was too windy to be doing much of anything but I made up some fun lines that literally NO ONE was taking. I just don't have the full list of tricks anymore..haaa.
Then we hiked for a while and dropped some fresh lines...hiking up the bowl with 70mph winds...not so much fun.
Sunday was CRAZY. they shut the mountain down except for the noob slopes and the shisty little noob park. So I tooled around that until like 1;30 or so. First time I've set foot on any kind of park jump since the knee injury. Didn't go down once. It was too windy to be doing much of anything but I made up some fun lines that literally NO ONE was taking. I just don't have the full list of tricks anymore..haaa.
Then we hiked for a while and dropped some fresh lines...hiking up the bowl with 70mph winds...not so much fun.
04-16-2007, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by OneManArmy
cliff how'd it go for you this weekend?
Sunday was CRAZY. they shut the mountain down except for the noob slopes and the shisty little noob park. So I tooled around that until like 1;30 or so. First time I've set foot on any kind of park jump since the knee injury. Didn't go down once. It was too windy to be doing much of anything but I made up some fun lines that literally NO ONE was taking. I just don't have the full list of tricks anymore..haaa.
Then we hiked for a while and dropped some fresh lines...hiking up the bowl with 70mph winds...not so much fun.
Sunday was CRAZY. they shut the mountain down except for the noob slopes and the shisty little noob park. So I tooled around that until like 1;30 or so. First time I've set foot on any kind of park jump since the knee injury. Didn't go down once. It was too windy to be doing much of anything but I made up some fun lines that literally NO ONE was taking. I just don't have the full list of tricks anymore..haaa.
Then we hiked for a while and dropped some fresh lines...hiking up the bowl with 70mph winds...not so much fun.
Luckily, almost everything was open, other than the backside. I know the trails along the El Do' chair had already been closed for at least couple weeks & the Alley shut down after Easter. Thankfully I didn't have the winds like you experienced yesterday. So I had fun smashing around that place til it got super sticky by 2:00 or so. I did take a pretty nasty spill when the "glue" grabbed at my board as I was straight-lining a l'il section to build momentum for some flats. It was as if I had a rug pulled out fr: under me. I wrenched my shoulder & neck a bit, but nothing major.
I'm looking to hit up Kirkwood on Sat. One of my buddies is up in Minden this week for training, which wraps up on Fri afternoon. So I'm gonna meet up w/ him & we'll likely stay in S. Lake on Fri nite.
Oh... and on the way home on Fri after riding, I stopped off at Boards N Motion in Cameron Park & picked up the Agent 152. I went in for the Anthem 151 (geared for more freeride, less freestyle), but I guess I'm not ready to take the park completely outta "my diet."
04-16-2007, 12:34 PM
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Nice pick up. The agent won top scores last year from future magazine, then rome entered the anthem this year and it won top scores. Both are great decks. I figured my anthem should be versatile enough to manage in the park =)
Gnu Rider's choice 157.5, nearly new! $270!
Gnu Rider's choice 157.5, nearly new! $270!
04-18-2007, 11:59 AM
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More Snow & wind On The Way!!!
Keeping it nice & simple this time...
We can expect a bit of a "touch-up" each day for the next several days. The greatest accumulation is projected for Sun, w/ 6"-10" falling throughout the day. Also, the winds will be gusting up as each system moves in & through.
Happy Sliding!!!
We can expect a bit of a "touch-up" each day for the next several days. The greatest accumulation is projected for Sun, w/ 6"-10" falling throughout the day. Also, the winds will be gusting up as each system moves in & through.
Happy Sliding!!!
04-18-2007, 12:42 PM
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Kirkwood is getting snow today, tom, and friday
From there website
*Bring any expired 06/07 California or Lake Tahoe Ski Resort pass and receive a $39 lift ticket - valid two consecutive days! Call the Kirkwood Ticket Office 209.258.7254.
I think I might be going!
From there website
*Bring any expired 06/07 California or Lake Tahoe Ski Resort pass and receive a $39 lift ticket - valid two consecutive days! Call the Kirkwood Ticket Office 209.258.7254.
I think I might be going!