Southern Shralping

Get this stuff rollin!

2011-10-25T21:41:00.009-04:00

Winter is just around the corner, less than a month away resorts on the bEast coast will start turnin the chairs! I'll post up next week what events are comin up in November, until then check this edit of Stevie G.

Stevie G '10-11 Promo from Ryan Holley on Vimeo.

His footy from last year before he got himself hurt!

Check the Motown Throwdown this Saturday, the 29th! Like them on Facebook!

tIts Been Awhile.

2011-02-26T22:27:00.005-05:00

Hit up Massanutten, VA! today for the Pitcrew Meltdown. Scope the pics of America from the top of the mountain, it don't get old.

TransAm coverage.

2011-01-26T13:20:00.005-05:00

One long drive, one huge fun comp. Here are some pics of the adventure.

Stevie G's attempt to pass the time.

Deliciousness.

Mr. Mumbles.

Moooo.

Yes.

Cap'n Crazy.

Lookin' hard.

Crew.

Hello to the North.

Dustn'em.

Not sure what Mr. Mumbles is scheming in the background.

Rowdy Ryan made finals.

Stevie G. made finals.

The first hike up of the day.

More pics of the comp at Big Boulder's facebook.
Here are some vids, enjoy.

Big Boulder Trans-Am from Phoster Films on Vimeo.

Photo Shoots.

2011-01-18T17:04:00.003-05:00

Over the past few weeks, a lot of snowboarding has went down. A few photo shoots have gone down with Sam Perry behind the lens. Peep some of his shots here and then head on over to his site and check out some of his other work.
Sam's sites - Main site, Facebook page, sports page, and more photos of this seasons shoots.

Southern Shralping.

Stevie G.

Marshmallow.

Baby Noah.

Rowdy.

Cole and Stone.

Jen.

Park Mark.

Nack.

These are just some of the pictures, check Sam's sites for more photos.

No Hands.

2011-01-10T19:28:00.003-05:00

Some pics from winter break.

The old man Rowdy is out cold.

Rawr.

Marshmallow's pocket goods.

Frigid.

Concussed.

G's swollen knee.

Cheers.

Bros gettin bo's

2011-01-06T12:11:00.001-05:00

So much snowboarding, so little free time.. which is why it has took so long to get this jewel up. Peep some early season lifestyle with the southern brethren.

More new footy already on the reel. Holla atcha boy.

January Events.

2010-12-26T14:28:00.003-05:00

Here is a bunch of stuff goin' on in the area in January.

Jan. 7th - Big Boulder TransAm registration begins.
- Fresh Friday #2 at App Ski Mtn.
Jan. 8th - WV Open at Snowshoe Mtn.
- Timberline Rail Jam #1.
Jan. 14th - Burton Friday Night Rail Jam #1 at Wisp.
Jan. 15th - Eastern Snowboard League Stop #1 at Holiday Valley.
Jan. 22nd - TransAm at Big Boulder
Jan. 29th - Timberline Rail Jam #2.
- Liberty University's DeMoss Rail Jam.

Snowshoe Park Update.

2010-12-19T11:31:00.007-05:00

Terrain Park Update As of 12/18/10
Snowshoe Basin Area:
Powdermonkey Small Park: butterbox, surface box, 2 small rails, flat-down box, down box, and a small jump.
Spruce Glades Large Park: gap on flat round rail, two medium jumps, superman/kicker box, OG street style down rail, gap on flat rail, and a gap on flat down rail.
Silver Creek:
Robertson's Run Small Park: two surface boxes, mini rainbow rail, two small jumps, two small flat rails, small up rail, mini rainbow box.
Timberjack Medium Park: Open with zero features.
Mountaineer Large Park: Closed.

Spruce Glades Large Park:

Entrance.

Round Rail.

Looking down from the left side of the round rail.

First medium jump.

From the left side of the first jump.

Superman/kicker box or whatever you wanna call it.

Left side of the box.

Second medium jump.

Park crew workin hard shovelin snow.

Flat Rail.

OG Street Style Down Bar.

Flat Down rail.

Looking up from the left side of the flat down rail.

Aside from the politics.

2010-12-19T10:54:00.005-05:00

Snowshoe is home. My camera got left up there so these pics are a little old, but classy.

Stevie G comin from the pro room cuz he pro.

Lodge Life.

Ah, advantages of midweek, emptiness.

Once again, emptiness.

Gangbangas.

People that poach Choker with that amount of snow are funny, seeing bombholes is even funnier.

Rowdy acting dead.

Gabe is the man.

Ryan acting like a ostrich.

Stevie G. side profile.

Oh yeaaaa.

Beware of wet women?

Lodge Life!

Snowshoe Park Update.

2010-12-08T22:37:00.005-05:00

As of 12/8/10
Spruce Glades Terrain Park: Open with zero features, tentative plans are to have features up and going this Saturday.

Powdermonkey Small Park: Open with 7 features, flat box, two small rails, flat-down box, down box, butter box, and a small jump. Pictures below.

Powdermonkey Small Park.

From the top.

Flat box.

The new massive butter box, juice box, or dancefloor... however you want to call it.

Small flat rail.

The classic flat-down box.

Snowshoe OPENING DAY.

2010-12-08T21:58:00.010-05:00

Snowshoe Mountain decided to open up two days early with all the snow they have been getting, so we headed up last night and shredded today. Take a looky at the pics of the adventure and watch their opening day video at the end. Peace.

Tight pants Stevie G.

Ryan gets angry easily.

I lost the rock paper scissors game for the bed.

Dawn. No, not really.

Expect winter weather driving.

Oh yeaaa.

Greggy B. and Tick decided to join in on the fun, Ol' Puff Daddy needs to keep an eye on the snow.

Rowdy Ryan is excited, not angry anymore.

Alex slippin' in the picture of the rope.

We got first chair on Ballhooter, and actually, this isn't the picture of us getting first chair.

Ballhooter snowmaking fog.

We had to leave cuz Rowdy had to go to work.

Uhnnn gettin' shots.

App Anniversary and Rome Pre-Jib.

2010-12-07T00:49:00.014-05:00

Headed down to App last weekend for the $5 lift-tic anniversary weekend and Rome Premature Jibulation. Learned some tricks, meet some friends, and most importantly had some fun.

4 hour drive never felt better.

"Welcome to App!" -One of our many sayings from this trip, being it was Stevie G's first visit.

The crowd was not actually that bad.

Except if you wanted to go to the, top.

After our heated wait getting our park passes, we actually got outside.

The lunch of bums.

Trying to live the luxury life on Saturday night, along with the roaches.

Then woke up to windy pow drifts Sunday, ah winter is here.

About this time is when Stevie G. got ahold of my camera.

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Warning: Stevie G. will take ten pictures of himself in different poses if he gets ahold of your camera. Contents under pressure. Keep out of reach of children and animals.

You know how it is.

Is sexting illegal for adults?

Ryan and his pet bird.

Heat source, flock to it!

Loopholes?

Departure. : (

On the plus, got home to inch and a half of snow.

Little fella can't hang.

For pics of the comp, check out Kyle Beckmann's photography skills. His site and his facebook
Also keep a look out for SouthEast Snow's full event recap coming soon!

Southern Arts and Crafts: Dyed Bindings.

2010-12-01T03:51:00.008-05:00

So your old white or light colored bindings are dull, dingey, and boring now. Well, I experimented with dye and my Union Forces and this what happened. -Not claiming I am the first ever to do this or anything like that, but I couldn't find any youtube videos of it. They did not turn out the greatest but I still think they are legit and definitely one of a kind.

What you will need:
-Dye, color of your choice. I used Rit dye and ended up using the whole box. Note: Higher concentration of dye in the water, the darker the result.
-A pot, tub, sink, container, large enough for one binding or two or a combination of parts.
-Bindings obviously. White will dye best, grays or tans will work. The darker the binding the less likely the color will dye in.
-Tongs, to get bindings and pieces out of the dye without dyeing or burning yourself.
-A stove.
-Towels or old rags to wipe up spills.
-Tunes, good vibes, friends, drinks, fun, etc.
-And time, it does take awhile in total.

Observations I made - Glossy plastic dyes less, if at all. Highly worn areas will dye, even on metal. Softer plastic seems to dye the best. And, you can throw in a shirt to tie dye, sadly I thought of that after I drained all my dye.

My choice of dye.

Step 1. Remove bindings from board, and clean them alot!

Get a test piece.

Step 2. Boil water and dye. Let it cool to where it is not boiling anymore and put piece in. Let soak for 5-10 minutes. My test piece came out pretty dark. *Notice I use the tongs, obviously the water is hot, don't be stupid - be safe.

Meanwhile, fill up your sink/container/bucket/etc. with warm water and make sure you bindings are clean as can be. The cleaner the better.

Step 3. Pour in the hot dye and submerse the bindings and parts desired.

My sink was not deep enough so I had to flip the bindings every so often. Let soak for 10 or more minutes.

Step 4. Remove bindings, pieces, and parts from dye with tongs. Rinse and clean off dye as best as you can and set out to dry.

And the finished product.

Use your judgment, be safe, and have fun. Creativity is limitless.

DIY Muddy Monday and The Upcoming Haps.

2010-11-30T00:09:00.004-05:00

What are you supposed to do when no resorts within 5 hours are open? Make your own snow and shred it, duh. Master Mtn Ops Rowdy Ryan took advantage of one night of cold temps to make some homemade snow.

Shabam, one night of making.

Shhh theres a session coming.

We got it all sorted out.

Then I took an artsy shot.

This is weird.

We had to switch out rails due to lack of in-run for ol big poppa.

Notice the landing has already melted.

After shred.

Callin' it a night.

As for whats goin' on in the area...
App is opening this Friday Dec. 3rd and their anniversary weekend is Saturday Dec. 4th and Sunday Dec. 5th, where they offer $5 lift tickets, andddd... also Sunday Dec. 5th is the Rome Premature Jibulation.
Snowshoe has announced their opening date to be Friday, December 10th. (Weather Permitting)

Final Four.

2010-11-21T20:00:00.005-05:00

Show some love.

2010-11-19T17:34:00.004-05:00

Snowshoe's projected 2010 Opening Day is Wednesday, November 24th! With the season right around the corner, visit their new park page on the site to see what's in store for this season! They got some new terrain, new features, some new crew members, and a new head groomer. They do plan on having terrain park features out and about on opening day in the Powdermonkey Terrain Garden.

*Reminder/Disclaimer/P.S. - We here at Southern Shralping are not endorsed by any resort, we do not post for any resort, we do not make videos for any resort, we are not paid by anyone to post anything. We simply want to share with everyone what is already available on the internet or share our very own experiences in life via this with videos or pictures. We love snowboarding.

App Opening Delayed.

2010-11-18T00:39:00.004-05:00

Sadly, as the title says, Appalachian Ski Mtn's Opening Day this Friday, November 19th has been postponed until snowmaking temperatures return to the region. The Rome Premature Jibulation competition planned for Sunday, November 21st will also be postponed until Sunday, December 5th, which happens to be App's Anniversary Weekend where lift ticket prices cost $5!

Here is the announcement from App on their site.

And take a minute or sixty to look at App Terrain Park's Builder's Blog.
With new features like the one below, look forward to a great season at App!

ATP's new creeper ledge, looks FUN!

2010 Snowshoe Open Coverage.

2010-11-14T02:11:00.005-05:00

Tonight was a long night out at Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre hosting the 2010 Snowshoe Open. The new butterbox Snowshoe unveiled is freakin' fun and it's gonna be awesome this winter at Snowshoe. We didn't get any footage but here is a few pics. Enjoy.

Snowflex from the parking lot.

Blurry, but that's ok cuz Big Foot's pics are always blurry.

The setup, Snowshoe's new butterbox with the optional gap on down box.

Rail Jam finalists, ski on the top of the list and snowboarders on the bottom. Yeaaa Rowdy Ryan.

Everyone rollin' out after people went crazy in Big Air.

Rowdy Ryan Holley gettin' third place!

Snowboard Rail Jam Results:
1st - Casey Reed
2nd - Bryan Glenn
3rd - Ryan Holley
Not sure on all the other results, peace!

Don't Stop Believin'.

2010-11-13T00:11:00.006-05:00

Pictures from our trip that happened sometime at some place. Preseason edit will have shots of the day so be on the look out. Peace.

Stevie G, shovelin' G!

Rowdy Ryan's new pet cougar.

We did not plan to wear red.

Down tubey!

Action shot.

The cougar approval from Rowdy.

Stevie G mean muggin'.

Vote Yes.

So little time, so much fun.

2010-11-10T22:36:00.007-05:00

With Snowshoe's recent cold spell, they were able to push out a crazy amount of snow. With everyone's schedules hard to work around, this was a short evening trip minus Rowdy Ryan who had to work. Notable happenings of the day, Stevie G and Alex landed some backflips and Sunny Seth got in a MMA fight with himself. We got a few shots we may put out in an edit here soon, until then here's some eye candy.

Stevie G goin' for a hike.

Alex spells "run" outloud while he shovels snow.

An den he gets in scenic shots.

An den he tries to bury me in snow.

Exercise.

Look just your size!

An den he flattens out the run in.

Sunny Seth is a workhorse, goes hard with that shovel.

An den Sunny Seth goes too hard for his lip.

Pole Jam setup next to the kicker.

Stevie G spinnin' free.

Stevie G goin' bonkers!

2010 Snowshoe Open.

2010-11-10T11:20:00.004-05:00

This Saturday, the 13th, at Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre in Lynchburg, VA. As far as I can tell there is no registration fee, everyone just has to have a lift ticket. Comp starts at 7pm and goes till 12 midnight. Usually weekend rates are $7 an hour, so at most the comp will be $21. Not sure when they open for the day so maybe call up there or something. The rail jam is going to be jam format judged on two features, one being a brand new feature Snowshoe is unleashing in their own park this winter. Not sure about the format for the big air.

Here are some sites...
three different Facebook events, facebook event, and facebook event.
Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre, website and facebook.
Snowshoe Mountain, website and facebook.
And check out the boys at iheartsnowflex, blog and facebook.

Check the blog archieve for pictures of the event last year and here is a video from last year. Rowdy Ryan gettin' third in this jank last year so watch out this year.

Rollin Coal.

2010-11-08T12:03:00.008-05:00

Here are a few pics from this past weekend's trip down to the high country of North Carolina. Mad props to Edge of the World for throwin a sweet ass comp and for Cataloochee for being so awesome. North Carolina is a hidden gem with a huge scene of legit riders, check it out sometime.

This pic is funny.

Sugar opened Saturday Nov. 6th.

Gettin some.

Happy Alex and Cold Stevie.

Rotten Ryan.

Real snowwww.

Edge of the World, go check them out for all your needs.

Stevie G. excited for some shreddin.

Two planker bout to get down with his new gear.

Ryan in his grandpas jacket.

Cataloochee!

Hoochee Coochee!

Gettin lifted.

Stevie G. alone.

Happy Rotten.

High Country.

Weekend Plans.

2010-11-02T18:09:00.005-04:00

Lets face it, winter is here. This weekend poses some options for all.

Saturday November 6th 2010
1) Edge of the World Snowboard Party in Banner Elk, NC.
EOW facebook and website.
Only info I know about - Store opens at 10 am, up to 75% off on last years products, raffles throughout the day, big glove boxing, skate comp starts around 12 noon, double movie premiere around 6:30 (movies showing are Cheers and In Color), and snowboard comp starts around 8 or 8:30. Skate comp is free to enter and the snowboard comp is $25 to enter. Not sure if helmets are required. We went to this event last year and it was a blast. After the comp, we were allowed to ride the setup until the shop closed.

2) 3rd Annual Rail Jam at Field of Screams in Mountville, PA.
Field of Screams facebook, website, and registration.
Five dollar entry, helmets required, starts at 7 pm. We went to this event last year, check the archive for pictures. After the comp we weren't allowed to ride the setup anymore.

3) Cataloochee Ski Area in Maggie Valley, NC.
Cataloochee's facebook and website.
Cataloochee is planning on opening for the season. This is very weather dependent obviously. If they can make enough snow then they will open, if not then they won't. Check their website or facebook for updates and reports. I have never been so I do not know what it is like, Ryan has been so ask him what is up about it. Also I am not sure on what the lift ticket rate will be.

Team.

2010-11-01T22:09:00.005-04:00

Stevie G. is officially on Southern Shralping. Dudes legit, look for ol boy out at Snowshoe. Keep checkin back for pics or vids. Waka Flocka!

Custom made by yo boy.

Young flocka has imagination.

Holla at cha boyy!

False Hopes.

2010-10-31T15:47:00.007-04:00

Went up to Snowshoe to go to the Job Fair for our homies and had the hopes of poaching the first manmade snow. Title and pictures can explain we didn't get the chance.

Woke up to some cold and frost.

Top of skidder.

And bottom of skidder, enough said.

Snowshoe did however pick up a dusting of fresh snow which drifted.

Jobba Fair.

Oh! Alex.

We figured might as well scope out the Creek.

Freshies in the woods.

Results: Boo Knob

2010-10-24T13:28:00.004-04:00

Got back from Boo Knob this morning at 3 a.m. Ten hours total drive time. Got to shred on some "snow". The comp started with a thirty minute jam session on a short sticky box and the judges picked ten people to move on to the next round. The box was replaced with a ten foot rail, ten people jammed for awhile and the group got eliminated to six. Apparently frontflips on the side of the ramp counts as a rail trick since it is a rail jam. The group of six got a few runs each and had to vote on each other for the final results. After the comp was over it was open to ride for however long we wanted, and we stayed until they cut out the lights. The after session proved to be worth the drive more than the comp itself. We all either learned some new tricks or got our old ones dialed.
Results: 1. Thomas the line cutter 2. Steven Green 3. Bryan something 4. Ryan Holley
Here are some pics of the adventure courtesy of Mal-intent Matt.

Scenery.

The crew plus the photographer Malicious Matt.

Stevie G catchin that edge hard on that fly paper.

Get silly.

Ryan rapes rails. This happens to be a box but you understand.

Exciting news

2010-09-19T21:02:00.000-04:00

Alex Stratmann has just been picked up by Nordica Skis for the 2010/11 season.

SnowfleXXX...

2010-09-16T22:45:00.004-04:00

Here is some events coming up at Liberty University's Snowflex Centre.

October 2nd - Fall Jam - this is a USASA sponsored event, although, you do not have to be apart of USASA to enter. Click here for more details.

November 13th - Snowshoe Open - More details coming soon, until then, check out last year's action in the archive.

So head on over to Lynchburg, VA for some bristle boarding before the real snow comes, should be a great time.

More pre-shred lineup

2010-09-15T15:00:00.001-04:00

Forum's Fuck It video premiere tour is making a stop in NC with some of their pros. If you're local come peep the scene. Click photo for tour dates.

October 22: Boone, NC at the Appalachian State University with Cameron Pierce, John Jackson, Stevie Bell, Andreas Wiig, and Pat Moore.

Also now in the lineup is the second Boo Knob rail jam, Oct 23rd at Blue Knob, PA. They haven't put out a poster, nor did they last year, so this event gets a luxurious text description. Pictures from last year's visit can be found in the archive.

New love.

2010-09-14T01:59:00.005-04:00

Starting to get ready up here at snowshoe for the opening of ski season, golf course is closing the 18th of next month and we will be changing over soon to skiing. New equipment is starting to roll into the snowshoe house and more is on its way,

A little preproduction action from my friends at Dynastar found its way into my quiver last season. Got a bit of help on the bindings from my friends at Head/Tyrolia.

Got the new shit coming from Nordica next. Should be rocking some new hottness from the 2010/11 group. The new Fire Arrow 80 is going to be one of the sickest carving skis of the year and will almost 100% be the ski of the year. With a tight turning radius and a twintip construction this will be an all mountain slayer for anyone. We will see how it shreds soon.

Golf Course is coming to a close soon and we will be making snow before you know it. Cant wait to see everyone out on the hill this year and shredding for sure. There will be a ski and board sacrifice before the season starts to help the Gods bring us some snow and be a plentiful year. More details to come on the party for that and it might even be held at snowshoe.

Stay Classy everyone

Alex

Snowshoe is Gettin' Ready for Winter.

2010-08-27T20:56:00.005-04:00

Planned opening date announced for November 24. Hopefully, this year the weather will let'em open that early.

They are also counting down the weeks till snowmaking. We all know what that means for the good ol' boys.

And finally, a video from Snowshoe... ... Enjoy.

Pre-Season Rail Jams - Nov. 6

2010-08-27T10:04:00.003-04:00

First jam to drop a date is in Lancaster, PA at Field of Screams, on November 6th. Check last years pics of the setup to have a little idea of what to expect. Also tap that photo below for details on their site.

18 holes is never enough...

2010-06-22T19:54:00.007-04:00

...for Tiger, of course.... hit up some golf with friends and brews at the Raven, which i must say is beautiful and well maintained. Here are some visuals of the day, nice on! Go bogey yourself.

Snowsa rollin in boys.

Greenery.

Action shot.

Doodly do!

More important than a 9 iron.

Belligerent gent.

The crew cheesing.

Hole in one.

Luke says hello.

Ryan says he is good and I say arharharhar.

Sink it.

Back nine everyone quit except Ryan. Alex got mad and broke a club :O and someone doodle a dick on the card?

Ancient..

2010-06-17T01:37:00.000-04:00

Feels like it anyway.. It's summer now, so to pass time I go back through the past season's footage for shits and giggles. Heres a stitch of a couple night laps from back on Feb 20th.

Night at the creek from Ryan Holley on Vimeo.

Hoping to roll out a couple more winter edits by month's end.. along with some skate compilations which are being filmed the past couple of weeks. Golf and some brews tomorra.

Beach Body

2010-05-03T20:19:00.003-04:00

Well yea, season is over and we've slacked off on this thanggg... so I know what everybody is thinkin now, beach and summer crap... so here is some help on getting that beach body you've always wanted and i want you to have.

Follow Zuzana's youtube channel everyday for fitness and nutrition information.

Season Over

2010-04-07T22:13:00.002-04:00

So the season for "snow" riding has ended. Time to heal up and train for the winter to come. I do believe we have had a great season this year. Some injuries have hurt us this year but mostly healthy fun this winter. I can not wait for next winter and am already counting down the days till we start again. This summer to come should also be fun. Keep it real fellas and stay classy.

Land of the Giants.

2010-03-22T23:50:00.007-04:00

The mountain between Seneca Rocks and Harman has the biggest drift we've seen in a long time if not all time... Imma go out on a limb and say its fifteen feet in its deep spot, and this is even while its melting, I can't imagine what this thing woulda looked like three weekends ago. Enjoy the pics.

From a distance.

It looks fun to snowboard on, guarantee we would have if we weren't going to that comp.

Mmmm poopy layer.

You are probably bored with these by now, but its all i took, deal wit it.

Up close and personal.

Personally up close.

Ryan says he is six feet tall.

It is basically an orchestra of water dropping and melting snow falling.

Timberline Snowy Luau - Rail Jam Finals

2010-03-18T21:59:00.006-04:00

This is it, the last of the rail jams at Timberline. The series is coming to an end Saturday March 20th, come out and have some fun in the sun. The points winner of the series wins a brand spankin' new MNMNT snowboard. Last year the last rail jam had a pretty big crowd so hopefully this Saturday's will too. The Snowy Luau is also going on which includes a bunch of other events, check the list of events here.

Rail Jam starts at 1 pm, registration is at 10 to 12:30. Entry fee is $10, park tickets are available for $10 or you need a regular lift ticket.

Here are a few pics of the comp last year. Come play snowboarding.

Break my spring.

2010-03-17T03:29:00.000-04:00

A couple days of stuntin' early last week. Sunburns and slushies ftw.

Southern Spring from Ryan Holley on Vimeo.

Spruce has a woody.

2010-03-14T21:34:00.014-04:00

March 7th - a photo session developed in Spruce Glades on the new log/quarter pipe. Photos taken by Mike Phelan. Check Mike's photo album for more pics of the session.

Alex

Marshall Mayhew

Steven Green

Park Mark

Luke Bart

Patrick Mitchell

Ryan

Spring Break.

2010-03-14T21:12:00.006-04:00

Did a lot of riding and filming but not much photoing so heres what i got.

We got stickers and they are poppin up everywhere.

Homemade balance board, thank you RavensHood for the idea.

Friday - Sunday consisted of fog and rain and snow and fog and wind and fog.

Fogggg.

Grape!

Skittle gangster and grape koolaid.

Fresh Friday 4.

2010-03-04T08:40:00.003-05:00

March 5th at App Ski Mtn. Gonna go down and ride some sweet park further south.

App's site for the event

Then the facebook event page

I dream of bear

2010-03-02T20:41:00.000-05:00

Tummy butter.

2010-02-28T22:47:00.007-05:00

Powder weekend, HayOH!

96% occupancy over the weekend, traffic up Friday was a standstill for hours.

So Ryan passes time.

The young lion waits for his prey.

Big Foot lives at Snowshoe.

What guardrail?

What snow?

The road to fresh crotch height snow.

Tik... Tok...

2010-02-24T21:40:00.002-05:00

Sam Moye for Prez!

2010-02-23T20:50:00.005-05:00

Shralpin Sam showin erybody whats up in the South!

2010 West Virginia Open

2010-02-23T17:51:00.009-05:00

Snowshoe Mtn's only event this year is being held Saturday March 13th. Apparently, this season's WV Open is to be held as a slopestyle event, rather than the rail jam format of previous years. A few months ago, I was told this event was going to be "reinvented" and brought back up to be the most prestigious event in the region again. So with that said, they have downed the top prize money from $2000 to $500 for the top skier and snowboarder divisions. Seems reinvented to me.

And maybe I am wrong, it seems to be a race this year...

Here is the facebook page for the event - 2010 WV Open

So come out and enjoy the fun.

Save the whales

2010-02-22T01:10:00.000-05:00

... All 1,041 of them. I hate computers sometimes.

Surfin' Bird.

2010-02-21T21:55:00.003-05:00

Fire hazard.

Only in WV would they have a gas station built like this. And no lie, it is still in operation.

... why would you do this?

Purdy day, crappy camera.

Valentines Day Video

2010-02-17T00:26:00.002-05:00

Southern Shralping and friends out at silver creek doing dirty work on Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day from Ryan Holley on Vimeo.

Fire Fire Fire.

2010-02-16T18:48:00.005-05:00

With winter weather pounding the mountainous region we live in... what better way not to get burnt out than by burning. A little summer flavor to calm the mind and have a bit of a vacation. Few friends and a fine fire. Enjoy and remember, "Only you can prevent forest fires."

Snow pit fire need constant attention.

Good ol boys gettin down...

Fire + Snow = Melting = Wet shoes = Cold feet + Fire = Wet warm feet. Follow?

Valentines Dayyyyyy

2010-02-14T23:11:00.000-05:00

Yayyyyyyyyy... whats better than valentines day?

Valentines nightttttt!

Southern bretheren.

2010-02-11T23:16:00.000-05:00

Arctic Covington

2010-02-10T18:35:00.005-05:00

With temps low and winds high, ol' Cov sure felt like a tundra... Didn't get too much done but here is a few shots... just a few... cuz i feel less motivated to take shots with a crappy camera :(

Ryan preparing for the chillll.

Matt is already chill enough.

It just looks cold...

Exterminators matt and ryan bout to party.

2-8 yard park

2010-02-10T02:16:00.000-05:00

Its been snowing a lot lately, so we've finally gotten the chance to build a decent looking hike park in the backyard. Looks like it'll be here for a while too.

2-8 yard park shots from Ryan Holley on Vimeo.

Bonnaroooooo...

2010-02-09T17:39:00.003-05:00

THE 2010 BONNAROO INITIAL LINEUP:
Dave Matthews Band • Kings of Leon • Stevie Wonder • Jay-Z • Tenacious D • Weezer • The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs perform "Dark Side of the Moon" • The Dead Weather • Damian Marley & Nas • Phoenix • Norah Jones • Michael Franti & Spearhead • John Fogerty • Regina Spektor • Jimmy Cliff • LCD Soundsystem • The Avett Brothers • Thievery Corporation • Rise Against • Tori Amos • The National • Zac Brown Band • Les Claypool • John Prine • The Black Keys • Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers • Jeff Beck • Dropkick Murphys • She & Him • Against Me! • The Disco Biscuits • Daryl Hall & Chromeo • Jamey Johnson • Clutch • Bassnectar • Kid Cudi • Baaba Maal • Kris Kristofferson • Medeski Martin & Wood • The xx • GWAR • Dan Deacon Ensemble • Tinariwen • Wale • Deadmau5 • The Melvins • Gaslight Anthem • Miike Snow • The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band • Dr. Dog • They Might Be Giants • Punch Brothers • Isis • Blitzen Trapper • Blues Traveler • Miranda Lambert • Calexico • OK Go • Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue • Martin Sexton • Lotus • Baroness • Dave Rawlings Machine • Mayer Hawthorne and the County • Japandroids • Jay Electronica • Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros • Ingrid Michaelson • The Dodos • Manchester Orchestra • The Temper Trap • Cross Canadian Ragweed • Big Sam's Funky Nation • Carolina Chocolate Drops • Needtobreathe • Tokyo Police Club • The Entrance Band • Local Natives • Brandi Carlile • Mumford & Sons • Rebelution • Diane Birch • Monte Montgomery • Julia Nunes • The Postelles • Lucero • Here We Go Magic • Hot Rize • Neon Indian • B.O.B

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a four-day, multi-stage camping festival held on a beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee every June. Bonnaroo brings together some of the best performers in rock and roll, along with dozens of artists in complementary styles such as jazz, Americana, hip-hop, electronica, and just about any contemporary music you can think of. In addition to dozens of epic performances, the festival's 100-acre entertainment village buzzes around the clock with attractions and activities including a classic arcade, on-site cinema, silent disco, comedy club, theater performers, a beer festival, and a music technology village. For its peaceful vibe, near-flawless logistics, and unrivaled entertainment options, Rolling Stone magazine named this revolutionary entertainment experience one of the 50 moments that changed the history of rock and roll.

Digi Camera.

2010-02-08T19:32:00.005-05:00

This past Saturday, I lost my camera somewhere between Silver Creek parking lot, Timberjack, Cascade lift, Fox Chase and the bottom of Flying Eagle lift where I noticed it had fallen out of my unzipped pocket. It is a black FujiFilm J10 and should still be in a lime green case. If you or a friend happens to stumble upon it, please return it : )
As of now, I guess pics will be taken with an old rinky dink digital camera... some cell phones have better cameras than this thing.
So just giving a heads up on the photo quality change, and hoping someone that reads this has found my beloved J10...
-Peace and happy shralping!

Something to look forward to...

2010-02-08T19:23:00.002-05:00

Think Thank has blown minds for awhile now with their team's innovative and creative riding. Peep this trailer of their new release coming out Fall of '10. Looking sick.

Right Brain Left Brain trailer from Jesse Burtner on Vimeo.

Mmmm Toasty!

2010-02-04T15:34:00.006-05:00

Warning: Video may not be suitable for minors, feminists, or anybody that cannot handle two women in bikinis eating a sandwich while making suggestive noises and actions.

Otherwise, enjoy!

Life lived by living livers.

2010-02-01T22:18:00.010-05:00

Some visual pieces from the weekend.

Whale meat.

Work to do.

Work done.

Gs?

Light it up...

Play time : l

Cov looks better white.

Bestern.

Judy's Gap.

On the way to Timberline.

Rail, yes or no?

Ryan says Yes!

Perfection.

Looks tempting, huh? Well, its jail bait apparently.

Rail Jam 2 Pics

2010-02-01T17:59:00.004-05:00

Another rail jam in the books... Thanks to Timberline for hosting it, they are chill and fun... Rail Jam 3 is coming up February 20th.

Mark Moore gets down.

And up.

Will gettin some.

Honky Bonky by Ryan.

People like my dress/skirt.

Woo : l

Shouts to Park Mark for placing first, some dude got second, and I got third.
Check out some other pics of the comp at:
Aka Flash Photography

Home is where the heart is

2010-01-28T01:27:00.002-05:00

Today's efforts were conducted to try to shed some light on a resort (well, one of a few resorts) that almost never sees any exposure. The Homestead itself is a high class resort, mostly focused on golfing and other luxuries. The ski area that they operate is low-key however, which is a shame since they have been operating for over 50 years. I grew up riding there many moons ago, and the place hasnt changed a bit since. It has that old local hill feel to it, and I can't say that I really want that to change.

Anyway, we shot some video today. Coinscidentally, todays stills will also be from the footage, because nick left the camera behind. The park today was way less than par- cut them a good bit of slack though as they just picked up 2" of warm rain a few days ago. Hope to get back up there when conditions are better.

A short vid of today's 2 hour session will be up soon. Holla.

Construction

2010-01-26T11:17:00.002-05:00

Twas last night about 11pm that I finally found the initiative to build a rail that I had been contemplating for weeks. Not too hard of a build- completed with 3 2x4's and a 4" diameter pvc pipe. Resulting in fourteen feet of sliding pleasure as shown below.

Rail inventory...

Now to do something with all this snow.........

Tline Rail Jam 2

2010-01-26T09:37:00.005-05:00

Rail Jam number 2 at Timberline Resort near Davis, Wv. coming up on Saturday Jan. 30th... We will be there if we can make it up... but if not then I guess we'll be shreddin pow or hittin urban somewhere. But the comps at Timberline are really fun and chill, the only pressures are what you put on yourself. No annoying annoucers, just good tunes and good friends shralping. So try to go and check it out.

Click the pic for details on the competition.

Again?

2010-01-26T09:27:00.007-05:00

Im not getting my hopes up but looky here... we could be experiencing another big dump at the end of this week... Party hardy?

Also, this is on NOAA... A little other support behind the possible storm : )

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
456 AM EST TUE JAN 26 2010

NCZ002-VAZ010-011-014-017>020-022-WVZ044-271000-
ALLEGHANY NC-BLAND-GILES-MONTGOMERY-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-
ROANOKE-MONROE-
456 AM EST TUE JAN 26 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT THE REGION BY WEEKS END WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

Lady's Call

2010-01-22T15:28:00.004-05:00

Park mark's instructions on how to get to his house. Good ol' valley head, wv.

click to stalk.

Postponed.

2010-01-21T15:07:00.004-05:00

This Sunday's event at App has been postponed due to the expected heavy rainfall and flash flooding. Don't worry, they actually reschedule their events, and follow through with having them. So the new date for App Ski Mtn's Red Bull Buttercup is February 6th.
Read the story here, directly from App.

That weekend is gonna be action packed, as for February 5th, they are planning on holding Fresh Friday #3.

Cookout fun.

2010-01-20T03:53:00.000-05:00

A couple runs, some food, some brews, some friends, and a photo shoot. Good day.

Cookout Day from Ryan Holley on Vimeo.

The weekend...

2010-01-19T17:24:00.006-05:00

...can't come soon enough, but here are some decisions to make. Click the photos for info and the links for facebook events... We'll probably do one atleast, maybe one saturday and one sunday, or who knows maybe we will just hit Snowshoe the whole weekend.

Friday- Jan 22nd-

A little video premier going on down at Scene 3 Boardshop in Lynchburg, Va. Starts at 7pm.

Saturday- Jan 23rd-

Beech Mtn in Nc... The 3rd Rail Jam

Liberty Mountain Snowflex Center in Lynchburg, Va... having a comp called "Seven Kings"

Sunday- Jan 24th-

App Ski Mtn, Nc... Red Bull Buttercup

Weekend Wars.

2010-01-17T22:25:00.006-05:00

With MLK weekend in full effect, we decided to have a nice slope side grill out. The grill provided food for friends and a nice atmosphere in Mountaineer terrain park. I only got a few pics because somehow I was deemed grill master even though sir Ryan is the culinary king and king of the sofa.

"Hey is that a grill?" No...

The fellas.

Ryan is happy to be grillin.

Today's skate shots

2010-01-16T01:10:00.002-05:00

Nothin' fancy, its only 39 seconds. Nathaniel Chambers and Calvin Coffman.

1-15 skate shots from Ryan Holley on Vimeo.

December Edit.

2010-01-14T00:07:00.000-05:00

Apologies for the delay.. it's been on my computer nearly finished for a week now. But here it is, Some clips taken throughout December '09. Its not all the clips, just what fit well. Save for some hammers also. Get chu some.

Untitled from Ryan Holley on Vimeo.

Cam Caddie.

2010-01-13T18:56:00.003-05:00

So here she is on our camera... the fish eye is shipped off and on its way here...

The Business!

Rail Jam I Pics

2010-01-12T00:35:00.001-05:00

Here are a few pictures from Timberline's Rail Jam 1...

Mark Moore-

Myself-

The perfect injury impact shot.

Nick-

Congrats to Nicky D for a first place, and Park Mark for third. Timberline throws a chill atmosphere.

Get prints or few more at:
Aka Flash Photography

Scenes.

2010-01-11T15:44:00.008-05:00

A few other pictures from the past trip to snowshoe and timberline...

Snowshoe.

Ryan during the solar eclipse.

The view.

Giggles all around.

This is corduroy son.

The party arrived.

Tucker county roads are amazing.

Winterland.

How can you not like this?

Ryan wants cookies or hugs, or give him a stick!

One word...

2010-01-11T00:49:00.002-05:00

Bootypop.

Timberline Park Update.

2010-01-11T00:13:00.005-05:00

As of 1/9/10 at Timberline Resort.
Lower Dew Drop Terrain Park: Closed with features soon to come.
Bear Claw Terrain Park: Flat box, up flat box, rainbow rail and barrel.

Bear Claw:

Flat box at the top.

Up flat box and the barrel at the bottom.

Another angle on the up flat.

Rainbow rail left of the up flat box.

Snowshoe Park Update.

2010-01-10T23:11:00.007-05:00

As of 1/8/10 at the Snowshoe basin area
Spruce Glades Terrain Park - Coffin box, two medium jumps (first one a step up), flat down rail, c-box, up flat down rail, down rail, two wallrides (Red Bull wallride has a ledge).
Powder Monkey Terrain Garden - surface box, flat box, up flat rail, flat down box, triangle box.

As of 1/10/10 at Silver Creek
Mountaineer Terrain Park - three rails(various length and slopes), banked rail, c-box, medium jump, flat up flat box, rainbow rail.
Halfpipe in Mountaineer - has been made into a sort of jib pipe containing: ollie on rail, barrel, two tractor tires, vertical picnic table, and oil drum.
Timberjack Terrain Garden - two flat boxes, one down rail, two flat rails, three small jumps, and metal cone.

Spruce Glades:

Enter.

Coffin or banked box.

Two jumps.

Options.

Down rail below the flat down rail.

The wallrides.

Powder Monkey:

Enter.

Mountaineer:

Left one slanted a bit upwards.

Right side of the pipe.

Left side.

I c you.

I'd say its about 15'-20'.

Flat rail... kinda sloped down?

Get kinky.

Rainbow.

A photo

2010-01-06T14:11:00.000-05:00

Of orca the whale. This was actually taken 24 hours ago... But the gun was shut off last night because winds started to pick up and the fact that we are headed up the mountain for a while today. But here she is.. add another 8" or so and thats what current height is.

Here fishy fishy

2010-01-05T01:53:00.002-05:00

As of exactly 7 minutes ago, a fisheye, along with the trendy camcaddie have both been ordered. As for the lens, its coming from Hong Kong, so look for it to impact our videos in march... (kidding, hopefully).

In other news, our weekend plans seem to have taken shape. Down south to App for Fresh Fridays #2, then back up to Timberline for Rail Jam #1. Then probably chill saturday night with some friends and hit snowshoe on sunday for some easy ridin. But yeah, typical wintertime business. Challenging to find time to get footage imported and edits up, but fear not. Look for a little somethin within the next few days.

And the whale will look nearly double the size as in the pics below by tomorrow.

Peace and love.

Ryan and His Pet Whale

2010-01-04T14:09:00.005-05:00

So with the bitter cold temperatures sticking around, Ryan deciding to make some snow for the 540 Mtn. Lab. As a result, a baby whale was born and this whale grows as you read this. The whale was born in 30 hours of labor, or snowmaking time you may say.

Ryan petting his whale.

The whale and it's food supply... fan gun...

I can kinda see a face, or warts maybe.

And a Happy New Year

2010-01-02T13:58:00.000-05:00

From our hearts to yours...

Southern Arts and Crafts: The Screen Print

2010-01-02T12:45:00.005-05:00

So you wanna make your own screen print? I know a few years ago I wanted to make my own shirt company and I looked at screen printing machines on ebay for thousands of dollars. Oh how silly I was. Well, with a few steps you can make your own sketchy screen print. The only thing I bought was the paint and it was under $3. Most other materials can be found around your house or granny's house. This screen print isn't perfect, there are other and better ways to do this, but this is pretty much the cheapest way.

Materials:

Embroidery Hoop - one big enough to fit around your image and still have a bit of excess space
Panty Hose - for the screen, ask your mom for an old pair
Pen
An Image - print one out from the computer or something like that
Elmer's Glue
Acrylic Paint
A paint brush or some other object to spread paint... I used a small rectangle of cardboard.
Wax Paper
An Iron
A shirt or shirts or something to apply the print on

Process:

Cut the panty hose down the leg to make a rectangle, then stretch over the embroidery hoop and tighten the hoop as much as you can.

Place the screen print over the image and trace with a pen.

This looks purdy.

Next spread elmer's glue everywhere you don't want to show up. The more coats of glue you do, the better.

With the screen print done, now you can use it. Place cardboard inside of the shirt you are gonna print on, put the screen print on the shirt. Now squrt paint all over the screen print and spread it out with whatever you have. Move the excess paint to the side and lift the screen print. Either do more shirts now or go wash off the screen print with cold water. Let the shirts dry then put wax paper over and under the screen print, iron on low heat to set the paint. Done.

The finished sketchy screen print.

Hope this worked out for you, it is a fun process and an introduction to apperal art. After you use this screen print it may be necessary to apply more glue as it seems to wear off in places. Have fun, go shralp.

Southern Arts and Crafts: The Tie Dye

2010-01-02T12:09:00.006-05:00

So ya wanna know how to Tie Dye? See all the people at the resorts with killer tie dye shirts that they probably bought for $20 somewhere? Well this will teach you how to make your own. Obviously there are a bunch of ways to do things, but this is how I do mine.

Materials:

-Dyes obviously... Got mine at walmart for less than $2 a color... Don't use Rit dye, its no good.
-Squirt Bottles... mine are from a previous tie dye kit... i have used plan ole drink bottles with a hole in the lid... just something to put the dye in and then out onto the fabric.

Rubber bands and whatever you wanna dye. Use some old dingy white shirts or just get some new white ones.

Process:

Rubber band up some shirts. Different ways will produce different designs. Here are a few designs.
The sunburst or bulls eye- Lay shirt flat, pick up from middle, rubber band however many times.
The swirl or spiral- Lay shirt flat, spin shirt from middle point, rubber band to make different sections.
Stripes- Lay shirt flat, roll either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, rubber band off some sections.

Next get the shirt wet before dying it, make sure to wring out all the water possible though.

Dye each section different colors, then when done with one shirt, wrap it in plastic wrap. Let shirts set for 6 or more hours, then undo all the rubber bands and wash them all together with little soap. Dry and they are done!

Ex. of Results.

A swirly and stripes.

A special design I did... Bulls eye and stripes... Seemed to have made a sort of face, or boobs where boobs would normally go in the shirt.

Hope you make some cool shirts and have fun... Try not to piss off mother and father or roommates with the mess you make. Each time you will get better and learn how to do new things and make shirts look better. Peace.

Friends.

2009-12-30T03:26:00.003-05:00

Over the years riding at Snowshoe, we've made many of friends. Here is a couple pictures taken by our friend Sam Perry. Sam's trying to make it in photography like we are trying to make it in snowboarding. We got together in the woods at Silver Creek somewhere and did a little photo shoot on a log bridge thingy set up for mtn biking. Check his website for more pictures of the log session and for his words on how the session went together.

samperry.com

Snowshoe Park Update

2009-12-30T02:08:00.006-05:00

As of Monday Dec. 28th, the Snowshoe basin area had both parks open.
Spruce Glades - 3 features: flat down rail, battleship rail, and a good sized kicker.
Powder Monkey Terrain Garden - 6 features: surface box, box, flat down box, up flat rail, barrel, and triangle box.

As of Tuesday Dec. 29th, Silver Creek had both parks open.
Mountaineer - 4 features: up rail, c-box, round down rail (setup semi street style), and a flat rail.
Timberjack Terrain Garden - 11 features: two flat boxes, two flat rails, down rail, three small jumps, two small small jumps, and a conical object.

Pictures of Timberjack Terrain Garden

Start it off with this box, slides real nice by the way.

First set: Small small jump and 10' or so flat rail.

Second set: Small small jump and 10' flat box that may be a bit catchy.

Third set: Conical object and 20' down rail.

Forth set: Small jump and 20' flat rail.

Fifth set: Two small jumps.

Reminder is that we are not employed, affiliated, or paid by Snowshoe or Intrawest. We just want to shed light on the parks left in the dark.

I climb bouys.

2009-12-30T01:05:00.003-05:00

Here is some pics of the past 4 days at Snowshoe... we didn't get too much done due to crowds, weather, and conditions. But nonetheless fun was had and stuff got shralped.

Hoot's dining area. : l

Mr. Blurrymicblur.

Mr. Coolymiccool.

Blinded by the light.

Bang bang boom.

Merry Christmas.

2009-12-24T22:22:00.003-05:00

From the Southern Shralping crew, we'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

Manmade session

2009-12-24T22:20:00.000-05:00

Video from back on the 17th. Obviously it has snowed since then.

Cov Love. HA

2009-12-23T01:56:00.010-05:00

We spent another day hanging around in Alleghany county searching for things to hit. Ended up at the mtn lab, Rivermont, and the Va welcome center. We probably would of stuck around the mini ramp all day but we found it missing last night. I just don't see why a pile of snow cannot be left to melt in a parking lot, what harm is it doing, especialy in the K-Mart parking lot! But no, it has to be transported elsewhere to melt somewhere else. Lets waste time, gas, energy and tax money and rid the concrete jungle of all this cold, white stuff. Anyways, enough of me ranting, here are a few shots of todays action.

540 Mtn. Lab glade expansion.

Not sure whats going on here.

Trees can hurt you.

Bout to drop dat line.

Rivermont school place thingy.

Meet ol' Mr. Rusty.

My memory says it's a 14 stair, a bunch of ice covered them so I didn't count today.

Va welcomes you with this.

Dog poop walkways.

Slash that pillow son.

The tree has a face.

Thread the needle.

At the top looking down.

The House

2009-12-22T12:25:00.004-05:00

So about the house and it being snowed in. Well it is still snowed in even after an hour of shoveling it still remains under a large amount of snow. Looks like it is going to be here for a while to. Seems like a good time.

You boys can do this all night.

2009-12-21T02:28:00.005-05:00

Here are a few shots from friday night, saturday, and today... Enjoy, and go shralp because it is national go snowboarding dayyy! Feel free to leave some comments on whatever you please... Peace!

Friday night lights.

Welcome home boys.

Alien abduction occurring.

Sofa king cool?

Kinda hard to see but tis our booter...

The major advantage to a metal roof, you can't get out of your house to see how it looks.

This is during the solar eclipse today, did you see it?

Ledgy + Road = Base-b-Gone.

Enter the coliseum if you dare.

Barbarian Ryan.

More powder..

2009-12-19T01:03:00.000-05:00

So heres where were at.. Its friday night. Thursday it was sunny. Got some snow made, spread it out, and had ourselves a bit of a sesh. Got some clips, will put them into the next edit. Heres a couple shots of the park after construction and before riding...

Tonight... well you see, its snowing.

Thats the short of it. Awesome few days coming up. Gonna try to get some shots tomorrow if we can without endangering the camera.

The morning after.

2009-12-17T09:52:00.000-05:00

Just went outside to check the gun- a decnet night. A bit icy around the sides, but theres about 18" in the deepest spot. Heres a quick shot, detailed shots and video later...

Openings... 540 Mtn. Lab

2009-12-16T18:42:00.004-05:00

With daytime temperatures below freezing, our boy Ryan has turned the power on for his snowmaking system. The 540 Mtn. Lab will open as soon as possible with most likely the 12ft double barrel pvc rail. Homemade fun.

This is the fan gun first turned on, making that white stuff.

Amazement

2009-12-16T14:03:00.005-05:00

Ok, so the weather is a hard thing to judge, and usually forecasts change 10 times before weather happens... but just seeing this for Snowshoe on NOAA, is amazing... Wowww. From Friday night till Tuesday, it may figuratively, but not likely, never stop snowing.

"Friday Night: A slight chance of snow after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: A chance of snow after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday Night: A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 17. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 23. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Sunday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 15. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 18. Chance of precipitation is 30%."

In other dream snow storm news stuff... this thing changes a bunch before anything actually happens, but to just see those amounts being a possibility for here makes me happy inside.

So yea, that's where we're at.

Today was...

2009-12-15T22:54:00.006-05:00

foggy, wet and warm becoming frozen and cold, rainy becoming snowy, full of fun side hits, a few hits on some pulled-outta-the-woods park features (not by us, but they were there, so why not shralp?), unexpectant lift closures, and leftover food.

Honestly, this is how the top of the mountain looked... Fog.

This is the crowd waiting for the lift to start back up, expectantly shut'r down at 2 somethin.

Into the abyss.

Stuck glove, kittens.

Day ender.

Snowshoe Park Update..

2009-12-13T14:03:00.004-05:00

We have decided to do park updates as much as we can, so here is the first one. A friendly reminder is that we are not affiliated with Snowshoe, we just ride there and want to provide updates of how the park looks. Update and pictures from Saturday the 12th...

Snowshoe
Spruce Glades - Open with zero features, but they are cranking out the snow on it.
Powder Monkey Terrain Garden - Open with 5 features. 2 flat boxes, a triangle box, a barrel, and a metal conical object.

Silver Creek
Mountaineer - Not open.
Timberjack - Not open, but with massive whales on it.

10' Surface Box

Barrel

20' Flat Box

Metal conical object thing.

Triangle Box/Wallride

And rainy today....

Openings

2009-12-08T17:11:00.013-05:00

We hit opening day at Snowshoe on Saturday, and then App's opening on Sunday. We filmed a bit but nothing really. I ended up not taking too many pictures, none on Sunday. Opening day is just hard to get film and pics because everyone's having so much fun and nobody wants to deal with any cameras. Missed out on the comp Sunday due to App's delay of annoucing they would open, but still had fun there. Also in resort news, The Homestead is planning on opening Dec. 19 or before (weather dependent), check below for pic of them making snow. The Homestead is basically a hole in a wall, but when they have thier park out, it is a blast.

Went to bed like this.

Woke up to this.

The roads are covered in marshmallow cream.

Everybody seems to have a funny face.

Inside looking out.

We tried finishing the Parmesan cheese, ended up with a mess.

Ryan said photo op.

No limit soldiers.

It is great riding lifts again, especially with a powder day.

STOP reading, START shralping.

Park looking nice for a first day. One more box above the first one.

Somebody got wicky-ed.

Make it look like it's puking with the flash on.

Something better than stickers.

The Homestead making snow.

Winter wonderland, with lots of lights.

Howl at dat moon.

The weekend looks somethin like this...

2009-12-01T19:53:00.004-05:00

Snowshoe is finally opening up this saturday!!! We'll be there for sure. They are hoping to have trails at Snowshoe and Silver Creek goin, meaning night riding. Also they are gonna try to get some features out on Spruce Glades. Gonna be great riding a lift again, I've missed all the relaxing, funny, and awkward times.

And if Snowshoe isn't epic on saturday(they may get some powpow but maybe not), then sunnyday will be spent at App! Sunday is there opening day and they have five dolla lift tickets on wickets and Rome's pre-jibby. App has the best terrain park in the South, in my opinion, so it is gonna be a good day.