Report #40 Details

Report-ID: 40
Submitted: 01/11/99 22:24:12
Host: shell3.ba.best.com
Date: 01/11/99
Days: 1
Resort: Sierra-at-Tahoe
Hours: Day
Equipment: Snowboard
Rating: 5
Primary-Surface: Packed powder
Secondary-Surfaces: Icy, Hardpack, Powder, Thin
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Ability: Intermediate
E-mail: lee@darryl.com
Loved: $22 lift ticket. (Finally got my Vertical Plus wristband!)
Hated: Icy moguls on Dynamite. (What was i _thinking_??)
Closed: Lots of the backside, due to thin conditions.
Liftline-Waits: None
Moguls: Hard. Icy. Painful.

Details:

Well.  It was cheap.  And when it was groomed and/or man-made, it was fine.
i took one of those free Vertical Improvement Programs.  Unfortunately, the
two other guys wanted to work on stuff like carving.  (i wanted to work on
bumps.)
Oh well, got some tips on stance, which was useful.  But mainly it was a
little boring and repetitive.  Ah well, it was free, right?  (Well, i _did_
tip him $5.)
Anyways, i digress.  Let's see... i racked up a lot of "vertical feet" in
West Bowl, where a there was a _lot_ of groomed and man-made.  Other areas
were pretty thin, and in some places, downright hardpacked and icy.
Oh well, a bad (or mediocre) day boarding is better than a good day at work,
right?	(Especially when it's only $22, and i'm "earning" myself prizes and
stuff.)

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