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Sounds like ya Amped, finney!!!!! shaka

Can’t wait to give my Tasmaniac a burl even more now!!!!! And especially with you guys in Whistler!!!!!  shred

 
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sounds good skip

mizu - theres no better place to christen a new board wink

 
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Rider’s Blog: Day 4

I caught up with Finney and Marc (who needs to get on Boardworld more) this morning outside the Roundhouse. We were meant to be meeting Rico (skip11) and Mike (his mate), however they were running a bit behind schedule as they were driving from the city.

Not wanting to waste time, the three of us decided to do a quick run down to Emerald Chair. I say ‘quick’ but I really mean ‘super fast’. We flew down to Emerald Chair in what felt like was only a minute or two. Marc pulled out his Whistler Blackcomb app which told us we hit 96km/h on that run - felt about right too. It’s such a nice feeling to warm up the legs and get the blood pumping first thing in the morning. Skip was still on his way up so we did another run to Emerald Chair.

We caught up with Skip and Mike, and the five of us went straight to Harmony Chair. By the looks of it, they had been running the chair for a little while but we weren’t too bothered. There was a solid line-up at Harmony; first day open plus weekend crowds. The weather was beautiful again up top and we decided to head along the ridge towards the bowls. We dropped in and got some nice turns. It was a bit windblown and packed but we found some nice spots. We got back in line and went up for another. Again we found some nice spots and fresh snow.

Looking at the lift line, we decided not to queue up again, so we headed back towards Emerald. We did a couple of quick laps to Red Chair and decided to part ways. I’ve been rehabbing my groin the last few days (which I hurt at the Shred), so I decided to call it a day while I was still feeling good. It was just a little tweak a few days ago which is making me play it cautiously. All in all, it was a super fun day out there. Great times riding with friends in bluebird conditions.


Team Tasman: Marc and Finney. Don’t blame them for looking silly, I timed the photo wrong haha.


Harmony under blue skies


Looking down the lift line towards Blackcomb


View from the top of Harmony


Rico (skip11) and Mike


Looking over to Blackcomb


Marc picking a line


The crew: Finney, Marc, Rico, Mike.


Team YES. Check out the custom BW diecut Marc made (on his board). The red part says ‘Whistler 2012’.

 
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Really enjoying the blog!!! Pictures are just unreal, can’t wait to go there ourselves one day!!!

 
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Hahahaaa, I’m gonna have to get myself one of those YES tees!!!!!

Isn’t it January yet?????  rage

 
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oh man… this is torture

 
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Anyone would think you guys are sponsored by Yes Haha!

Looks amazing guys. Love the updates Jeremy. Bummer about your groin, that’s still from sitting at the table at Thredbo, right?

 
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I really need a Trial Map to map these turns you are putting in.

Not know what you are talking about takes the shine off somewhat.

 
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ozgirl - 04 December 2011 12:27 AM

I really need a Trial Map to map these turns you are putting in.

Not know what you are talking about takes the shine off somewhat.

Yeah it helps knowing exactly the runs and chairs he’s talking about.

 
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I arrived later on settling in with finney and marc and meghann hella stoked to be here. Now just got to get mah shit together

 
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Id mail a few to oz but i feel like that would cost quite a bit.

I have two things that need to happen in the extreme near future!

1 Boardworld Ride day!  Id like to meet a few more of you so lets get it done!

2 A few brews! Crystal lounge is always a good one.. maybe tapleys.

 

Lets doooo it up!

 
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There’s a downloadable pdf trail map on the Whistler/Blackcomb site!!!!!

 
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Great day shredding with Mike, Jez, Finney, and Mark. Wow you guys really hit 96 km/h thats insanely fast!

 
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CBradio - 04 December 2011 03:52 AM

Id mail a few to oz but i feel like that would cost quite a bit.

I have two things that need to happen in the extreme near future!

1 Boardworld Ride day!  Id like to meet a few more of you so lets get it done!
2 A few brews! Crystal lounge is always a good one.. maybe tapleys.

Lets doooo it up!

1. done
2. done

tongue rolleye

maybe we should do a big shred then beers and wings after at crystal.. or meet up later on for tapleys?

either way I’m down for it

 
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Cool blog rider. Seeing all u guys together made me feel like I was back there…. what the hell am I doing in Australia again??