12/13/09

Day 6

Conditions: Chewy and groomed
Location: Boyne Mountain, MI

We woke up to 36 degree weather in Boyne city and had a feeling that the trees would be soggy and difficult to turn in. Assuming that we’d be carving on the groomers most of the day, Dirk put on his elevators and I brought out my brand new Lipstick. It’s a rocker board with an EST binding system – very different from anything I’ve ever ridden.


The maiden voyage of the Lipstick

We spent most of the day just carving around the mountain on the chewy snow. The rocker board was great: it had amazing pop, made ground spins seamless, simplified fakie and positively floated in the powder during our Superbowl hike. I don’t want to make any sweeping generalizations about rocker vs. camber yet, but so far I have been really impressed with the way this board rode.

Highlight:

- We hiked up Superbowl – one of the last untouched places on the mountain. When we got to the top, we thought we were busted because a groomer was working on one side of the mountain. Thankfully, he drove away and we had one, fantastic run down the right side of Superbowl. It was virtually untouched powder with a nice pitch. We almost never get to ride Superbowl during the season because it is littered with race courses, so this was a real treat for us. The bonus was that when we drove by a few hours later, we saw that the entire run had been groomed (read: ruined) since we rode it.


Superbowl hike out. Two words: worth it.

Lowlight:

- Another altercation with boarder-haters. After accidently stepping on a guy’s ski while boarding the chairlift (and apologizing immediately), I was treated to an enlightening lecture that began with “the problem with snowboarders…” He’s obviously practiced it in his head many times and was just waiting to find the perfect, captive audience.

Après Ski:

We ate our weekly lunch at Pearsons and listened to the Lions vs. the Ravens while we drove home.

Days to go: 44