Milking the Gnar Cow around Kirkwood – 02/22/09

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Date:

February 20-22nd, 2009

Location:

Kirkwood….sidecountry, backcountry, in-country…….everything but country music.

Weather:

A little sun, mostly milky clouds, and then sierra cement fell from the sky….

Skiers:

ZIPPY, 666, B_Marenco, SuPu, Jrosen32, Slim, DaveP, and Skiergirl

Voyeurism Freaks :

666, Zippy, B_Marenco, & Jrosen32

Music: Aphex Twin – Come to Daddy (why not?)

Synopsis:

Zippy now lives in Kauai…..so Zippy, B_Marenco, and I planned a trip to Seattle to ski Alpental gnar, drink some espresso, and get a couple hemp microbrews. Therefore, we decided to go to Kirkwood….in California. Got it?

Three days of non-stop milking….tons of pics, but the pics tell the story.

THANK GOD ITS FRIDAY!:

Dark beats on a dark Friday morning?…

Tim tells me what’s up…..

Milking started already?

Zippy is stoked…

Sunny, inbounds slayage….

666 skiing with his heavy pack….

OMG….Is this Kirkwood?

East wind……I hate….

West Shore Proper….

Zippy on Moment Bibby…

Milking on Bibby…

Looks fun…

B_Marenco is up….

Milking the same line…

Straightlining to the debris field….

666 takes a cautionary turn and eliminates a slab before descending…

Looks way more extreme than via POV…

Zippy is out of the way…trust me.

Powder still holding on below….

You can see the crown skier’s right of or lines….be careful.

Zippy fails to schmear….

B_marenco fails to smile….

Zippy on Temple of Doom….

Straightlining….

That other dude gets untracked…

666 points it with all the camera gear to a flat landing….

666 points it with the Rubys….

We’re so rad with all the angles….

Zippy has Hawaiian style…

B_Marenco eyes a bigger cliff in Thunderbowl….

Lame….you can’t milk the snow if you’re not on it!

Yep…down there.

Snow was fluffy….

Zippy and I want V-tree in Chunderbowl…..

Zippy straps a webcam to his helmet while I held the ethernet cable…

Stills….

Ohhh…getting tight….

Getting Gnar…

Getting Gnarer….

Good thing he waxed his boards…

Backflip….did you watch the vid?

Tail rocker….

Thunderbowl is fun for skiing…Teh suck for hiking out.

Ummmm…..excuse me!

Follow Zippy down the Spur shall you?

Zippy in milk mode…

666 finds a non-fat area near the crux…

666 still thirsty…

That’s better…

Zippy is milk crazy…

Zippy is now drunk…

SATURDAY:

NEVADA!!!!!!!

How often do you get to honk at a hot air balloon?

Zippy on Oops EP…

Milked…

B_Marenco takes a sip….

Supu finds untracked near the base lodge….seriously, milked at the bottom!

Zippy follows…

SuPu goes scenic for milk…

Zippy on the Spur…

Finds some wicked snow…

Days after the last storm…

Whole milk…

Sour Milk…

Heavy Whipping Cream…

Zippy looks for a bald eagle to eat…

Marmot angle…

Supu is a weird human…

He always stares if you have milk….

Fresh on the Spur…

666 gets first dibs…..how nice!

Zippy stylee bro…

We like Kirkwood…area…near the resort….near the highway

B_Marenco rockers his air…

Supu goes retro…

Jrosen32 has a MOMENT….

Supu loves deep milk….

The white stuff is all over his face….

666 milks that pillow…

Jrosen32 airs over Greenpeace…

Zippy is having a shit ton of fun…

He began spraying milk everywhere…

Soaked the camera man…

Hellbent on skiing powder…

Supu is so lost….

Supu transported to the top of Broadway in West Shore…

666 buried in milk…

Zippy chuting down Broadway…

Jrosen32 in the same spot…

Another angle? Why not?

B_Marenco having fun…at skiing…at 3:15pm

Another angle?

Supu is up….scared shitless

666 milks the exit….

Zippy straightlines as usual…

Temple of Doom…Zippy

Goes…

Straight…

Down….

Jrosen loves this area…

…because its extreme!

666 airs over a frozen waterfall….dumb…

SUNDAY:

It was snowing on Carson Pass….

B_Marenco…sour milk air

Slim…actually very tall.

Supu is the king of milking it….

Zippy touches his edges…

….milking every inch….

Slim straightlines the fingers….

Zippy airs over them….

Supu again…

iPhone milked!

Zippy near Pencil Chute….

B_Marenco is soaking wet…

Zippy down below Sisters…

Spills milk over the cliffs…

And just like that….HOME!

GOT MILK?….these guys own a whole farm!

Supu…

Jrosen32…

B_Marenco…

Zippy!

666…the slave.

Bye bye,

My task is over,

Stoke-on,

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