Member ltdanp21

This was a great trip. I am gainfully employed on the east coast now so this will be my last split trip for awhile. Great way to go out though. Great riding with you both!

Day 1 up Bunny Flats.

Dave skinning up Bunny Flats:

Shot of the ‘bilers Dave mentioned:

Some Great shots of Dave on the way down:

Day 2 up to Shastina.

Dave and…[Read more]

i was going to express my admiration for this shot

but two people already beat me to it. great work! takes imagination to get right in the stream.

lucky lucky dog. :thumpsup:

what’s going on with the left leg. is that a giant bruise? 😯

the obvious fix is mole skin available at any pharmcy. they make ones with holes in the middle for if you already have a blister so that nothing is rubbing on them.

also, get some liner socks. make sure they fit like a second skin so your snowboarding socks can slide over them…[Read more]

jeez, you could throw a rock at one of those high rises from where this pic was taken. 😯

it’s 4 to 5 hours to the central sierras from LA. :banghead:

@SpeedyManiac wrote:

I’m down. I’m a part time writer/photographer so I could definitely submit some words and a couple photos.

If you want, I could put together some guidelines for people to follow for getting good quality photos that will print well.

please do!

with regard to xc skiing with split skis – unless the track is perfectly flat, you’ll need to keep the skins on all the time because you don’t have the fish scales for traction on uphills. the skins will make you much, much slower than your friends.

same here. i’m unemployed and available midweek. looking to do mt tom, ritter, and red slate. check your pm.

can you post pics, especially of the tail clips?

dan

great TR fullers! i did university peak a few years ago and it was definitely memorable. coverage was excellent late into the season so i could drive to and camp in onion valley campground.

this area doesn’t seem to have gotten much of that 4 feet of snow mammoth reported last week!?! :scratch:

Hey Jan, thanks for posting. This is awesome. I’m planning to go to Switzerland to visit a friend next year and planned to climb the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc but skiing Mont Blanc would way cooler!!! Please post some pics! Did you make it to the top?

Beautiful pics. Love all the pics of skinning on knife-edge ridges. 😯 Maybe it’s just me but it never occurs to me that a ridge like that is a viable place to skin along.

The snow never softened up at all. I was scraping my edges on firm snow and ice on the trail all the way down. Struck me as odd since it was mostly sunny all day. Have fun on Sat!

love this shot.

what was the other color for the s-series? white with red base?

Great shots. What camera did you take these with?

wow! great work monk! i don’t think i’ll ever buy another splitboard, just buy a board cheap at the end of the season and send it to you.

pretty soon you won’t have to worry about the center inserts since burton’s gone to ICS on all their freeride boards. think you’ll be able to split those?

time to spend some time finding something to split!

Thanks man. First time posting pics.

A couple shots from the previous weekend near Mt. Islip…

Doing a little PR work for spark R&D

Mike and Josh skinning to the top of the ridge

Josh heading down…

…he was coming down so fast my camera wasn’t ready for the next shot till he was right next to me. Might need a new camera. Sucks to miss pictures like this.

Mike on the…[Read more]

Some more pics from the trip…

Mike at the top

First lap

My turns on the left and Mike’s on the right…interesting how different our tracks are

View from the top in the other direction (looking away from LA)

Mike dropping in for the second lap

Bummed I didn’t get a shot of us relaxing at the hut with Joey and the ATS guys but oh well.…[Read more]