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Havent been to the East Side sense January. Had the itch to do some snow sliding and I got a pm from Imitationfunk. Seems He is living in the City of Angels now and had never been to the East side

Time to Pop His Cherry

But first, I had to apologize for the Snow Coverage. Man, its really thin below 9k . We neeeeeeeeeeed some snow

Here it goes

Trailhead



Did I mention I had a new board ?



Imitationfunk looking up at our first target- "Devil's Slide "



Into the trees we go



Mr.Funk dropping his first evah Sierra line. Not a track in site and nothin but nipple deep powder ahead



we decided to ride the whole enchilada fro top to bottom. Here is the damage from two of us. Waiting at the bottom for Jbaysurfer as he slashes away









Mr.Bay, down lower on the apron










Now......round two

hummmm looks like California out here



Oh man is this gonna be fun



The newest member of the East Side Club



















jbaysurfer's turn














Imitationfunk











And......one more of Jbay








yep,not a bad day at all

Sweet! Getting out there next month. I hope some snow is left

Nice pics Raymundo, I was hoping you would post a TR. Good seeing you, great weekend for sure!

Good to see Funk back in action.

Tex, nice pic's! That is one mean lookn' subie.

Cr,

+1

Yeah Funk! Sunshine stoke.

Also, love that lifted Sub. You eastsiders are killin it!

Dang, SD shred fest. Hit me up next time you guys go!

NIIIICE!!

Wish I could've joined!

I'm not sure who was having more fun, me or the dog

Just up canyon from where Tex and his crew were shredding...

Photo Credits: High Anxiety

So here's the part that Tex didn't explain.

Tex and I talked on the phone the night before. He wanted to leave early. I said later was fine. We got to the TH first and nobody was there, but breaking trail was slow going and a bitch with all the new snow. About 1/2 way up we here a group behind us. 2/3 of the way up 4 splitters catch up in our skintrack. 3/4 of the way up, 4 skiers come up behind them in the skin track. We're all a bit nervous that our 3 became 11 and we're all going to be standing on top of the slide figuring out a drop order. Then right before the top I look back. The 4 splitters are gone. The skiers head off toward another known spot up there and I confirm with them they aren't going to our line. 15 min later, the 3 of us alone at the top of 2k' of bliss.

ImFunk drops it all..untouched.

It definitely feels good to be back in action. After a 6 week lay off it felt great to get some final turns on Hood and then hit the East Side for the first time. What was a week of annoyance that I was going to miss the OR Splitfest turned into a great weekend in the Sierra's. Big thanks to Tex for being a great Splitboard Ambassador of the Eastern Sierra. He gave me enough beta in a weekend trip to keep me busy for many years. Lots of big lines out there!

The snow is definitely thin. Tex apologized a half dozen times about the lack of coverage. The Ambassador takes his job seriously! I'm hoping for a late season snow rebound like we've been getting in the NW the last couple years. If not, I'm willing to work harder to get to the snow.

Again, Tex & JBay, I appreciate the hospitality. Can't thank y'all enough.

Very cool.

Edit: I want in next year.