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Dec

Got out for some morning shralpin at alpy.  My good buddy Shaun Maurer arrived and had never ridden a set of fat skis, so I was sure to bring an extra set.  I let him ride my h-beezies (hellbents) and they proceeded to blow his mind.  Its always fun to have your entire view of skiing redefined in one morning, and just as fun to watch it all happen.   Anyways, we spent 6 runs ripping chair line,  powder bowl, kante, DJ’s and some other lines, all was well thanks to the sun and deep snow.  Chair two ended up breaking down, and was closed for the rest of thursday, which was slightly disappointing, but turned out to be a blessing for friday.  Friday morning on 2 was sunny, and not even close to tracked out!  All the good lines were still ready to go.   So we got at it and I snapped a few pics of Maurer straight STOMPING everything in sight.   Partially thanks to the huge sticks on his feet, but mostly cause he skis like he owns the mountain and all the snow on it.

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3 Responses to “Alpental, WA – Morning rippage! Dec. 17-18, 2009”

  1. June 15, 2011

    Yep, that buttery goodness!

  2. June 15, 2011

    Looks like wet consolidated cascade powder snow with spring like texture on top. Fun stuff!

  3. April 7, 2010

    Exceptional post – and great domain by the way!

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