Showing posts with label Squaw Valley USA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Squaw Valley USA. Show all posts

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

DECEMBER WINTER STORM CYCLE IN TAHOE


ROUND TOP MOUNTAIN
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(Cody Townsend Skins up toward Round Top Mountain)

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(JT Holmes Portrait)

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(Early Season Black & White of Winnemucca Lake & Surrounding Mountains)

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(Black & White Tree Carson Pass)

WINTER COMING IN HOT!
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(Ullr & Koyuh Charging The Resort at Squaw Creek Golf Course)

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(Window View Early Morning Pow)

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(Rad Dog Powder Morning Line Up)

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(Linker & Messing Red Dog Chair Lift Ride)

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(Black & White Broken Arrow View)

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(Gregger With Some Familiar Face In The Background)

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(Jeff Wright Extra Bitch-en Pow Turn)

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(Nate All Smiles After His First Pow Day at Squaw)

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(Late Afternoon Skin)

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(Early Evening Descent)

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(Hopefully the Storms Keep Coming)

Sunday, November 22, 2009

JT HOLMES JUMPS OFF SQUAW VALLEY CABLE CAR

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(JT Holmes Base Jumping off the top of Squaw Valley Cable Car)

Yesterday, marked the beginning of the 50/60 celebration squaw valley has in store for this upcoming winter season. Skiing and snowboarding kicked off the season at Squaw Valley USA with a foot of fresh snow. Around 2:30 JT Holmes base jumped from the top of the tram car. The Vibe is good here in Squaw Valley and were all hoping for an amazing winter.

Friday, November 20, 2009

FIRST SIGNIFICANT STORM OF THE SEASON BEARS DOWN ON SQUAW VALLEY

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS

AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...


A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REMAINS IN

EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING.


* TIMING: RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION

THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL

BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM.


* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 16 INCHES WILL ACCUMULATE ABOVE

7000 FEET...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE

TAHOE BASIN. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES WILL OCCUR AT LAKE

LEVEL.


* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS THIS MORNING WILL START AROUND 7000

FEET. AS THE STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS

AFTERNOON...SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO LAKE LEVEL.


* IMPACTS: SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE LOCAL BLIZZARD

CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO

NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AND CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.


Thursday, November 19, 2009

JT HOLMES SCHEDULED TO JUMP OUT OF SQUAW VALLEY CABLE CAR

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(JT Holmes Taking in the View from a top the Squaw Valley Cable Car) Photo: Scott Gaffney

". . . JT Holmes will be BASE jumping from the Cable Car at approx. 2:15 pm. If nothing else, come out to see this historic legal BASE jump. JT is jumping from right below Tower 1, and his jump is a tribute to Shane. Last March, Nancy asked Shane to jump for 09-10 60th Anniversary Opening Day. She has asked JT to jump in his place, in his honor, and to celebrate 60 crazy F-ing years."

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

CODY TOWNSEND GOES STREAKING OFF THE PALISADES!

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(Two perfectly heterosexual men streak the palisades in honor of Shane McConkey)

So the night before Cody Townsend & Greg Lindsey decided to go streaking off the Palisades Cody came into Sandy's Pub & sat at the bar to have a couple of drinks & some chow. I happened to be bar tending that night and Cody & I got to chatting about Shane and how he was the fucking coolest!

Then we started talking about ways to honor Shane & the types of things that would be remotely worthy of honoring him. Cody mentioned something about the Squaw Valley Dare Force. I'm not going to go into the details of what that is, because it doesn't really exist yet, but I'm gonna throw it out there and say that it will.

Mainly, Cody and I spoke about doing crazy things that are somewhat stupid and very dangerous. Right before Cody left the bar we made plans to go skiing before Shane's service. He told me I should bring my camera. He didn't really tell me why or what he had planned, but when Cody tells you to bring a camera to capture something it generally means something is going to go down that day.


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(Cody Townsend & Greg Lindsey Stacked Naked Spreads off The Palisades!)

Monday, November 9, 2009

GREG LINDSEY SHREDS FULLY CHUBBED!

Greg Lindsey is another one of my favorite people to ski with. Gregger quietly assassinates Squallywood's terrain on a regular basis. Born and raised in Tahoe, Greg is a true California kid. You can count on Greg winning the race to fingers on a powder day even if he's 4 chairs back from the front.
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(Greg sending waterfall on an early Silverado morning)

A go to route for Greg to win the fingers race goes a little something like this. A hard skate off the chair, from the patrol shack a straight line traverse to coleman's railroad. With no hesitation, he'll punch Coleman's railroad. Done right this gives you a straight shot to the start tree and generally gives you more than enough speed to pass several, if not all the skiers that got a head start on you. From here you can bet on Greg either going directly for main air or maybe the box chute. Either way it's almost a guarantee that he'll flash his line and stomp it clean. Once he arrives back at KT line Gregger will give you one of his classic lines. Most likely, he'll look at you stoked as can be an say "fully chubbed bro, fully chubbed".

Greg is easily one of the best skiers at Squaw today. He's another one of the many silent assassins that shreds Squaw for nothing more than the thrill and stoke of all the greatness Squaw Valley USA has to offer. He grew up skiing with Cody Townsend, George Hjelte, & Kyle O'neal. These guys know Squaw like the back of their hands. Growing up chasing around Shane McConkey, JT Holmes, Kent Kreitler, Scott Gaffney, & Robb Gaffney teaches you how to shred.

So if your ever out at Squaw look for Greg. He's hard to miss, as an official member of team tie die you might find him wearing his tie die hoody. He also likes to sport the purple people eater Salomon one piece. Whatever attire you find him in let him know if your having a good day. And if you are, make sure you let him know that your "fully chubbed". He'll be psyched.
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(Dawn Patrol back side of Squaw. Check out munchkins in the background)

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(Punching the Lounge Chair pioneered and named by Greg Lindsey)

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(Surfing Pow on an epic powder morning)

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(One of the cleanest 35 ft 360's off a cliff you'll ever see. Stomped the shit out of it)

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Fingers KT-22

Can't wait to ski fingers this year. Praying for an amazing winter.

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(Photoshop work on a picture of the Fingers on KT-22)