The Mother of All Kirkwood TR’s – 01/08/06

Below you will find a monster photo blog of one of the most enjoyable weekends at a little place called Kirkwood….

Music: Alec Empire – Terror Alert: High

The Outlaws: Hop, Kush, Ty, Pimpin Frog, Su Pu, Mrs. 666, Shugs, Brooks, Zippy, Jrosen32, AKA, a glimpse of Clack, myself, and others

The Locations: Thunder Bowl, West Shore, Eagle, Hells, Upper Cham (pics and/or video TBA), Skier’s left of Ski School, Opposite side of TeH Cave, Oops EP, Funnel, Norm’s, and the Top of the Wall just to name a few.

So grab a beer , turn on the beats , and check out this uber fun fest:

The Prior Weekend:::::

It was a snowy drive on 88 near Caples Lake….

It snowed…

Mrs. 666 gets some of the pow pow….

Then it snowed…

And started to snow….harder…

SATURDAY:::::

Zippy off the side of Kodak:

Hop cowboying over the rocks off the WALL:

Hop airing off the side of Kodak…he’s just amazing:

Then Jrosen32 overtakes Mr. Hop’s leap of faith:

Jrosen32 slicing some of the fresh pow under the Cirque:

Jrosen32 with a straightline air in skier’s left of Oops EP (Dan’s Cliffs):

Zippy and Kush1 discussing the many options:

Zippy decides to create a line:

….and sticks it clean with his personalized Moment Skis:

Kush1 tests out his 2010 model Pistols:

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SuPu decides to test some of the chalky stuff off Wagon Wheel:

….so he decided to test some more:

AKA and I manipulate everyone to hike up to Thunder Bowl:

….to ski this boring face:

….with some RADgnAR pitches to hit later in the year:

It looked like this before we dropped in….mmmmm, mmmmmm, BBQ Sauce?

Jrosen32 preaching to his inner peace:

…..while rockin’ out to some EL-P beats:

….hits forward on his Ipod to his "Hell Awaits" tunes while skiing past V-Tree:

Zippy on the summit – DFA Holiday mix in tow:

Eyeing his line choice:

OK, I’ll air this rock on the left and then straightline the whole god-damn thing:

Yep…why not?

puuuuurty view at Mach 12:

Kush1 taking his first turns down Thunder Bowl:

SUNDAY:::

Mrs. 666 showing that the Gotamas can carve just fine on Sentinel:

Pimpin’ Frog going for an office-chair air off Wagon Wheel…INSANE!

Rollin’ Hard, Rollin’ Deep, EAGLE BOWL FOR LIFE…well at least on sunny mornings:

Zippy and I hit this air into a perfect windbuffed landing:

Zippy over the trees in lower Eagle:

And now for a quick hike into West Shore….a closeup of Cali-Chutes:

….looking down West Shore Chute propa’:

Jrosen32 enjoying the most consistent pitch at Kirkwood…er near Kirkwood:

…with one of these:

…another one….

…and decides to MILK IT:

With the younger sibling in tow…

..he decides to "dress to impress"…

with only one turn….

…and another:

…to test out his Moment Skis at Mach 234:

West Shore area…that gloppy snow did wonders up here. There’s more coverage in this thing now, than all of last year:

C’mom, your computer speakers can handle it:

More Alec Empire….this time ‘Night of violence’ from the Futurist album

As we roll next to the bottom of Chair 4’s infamous ice/pillow cliffs (temple of doom), Zippy zones in on his line:

…well executed mate!

Now for the shot of the weekend, the older brother steps it up!!!

Zippy airing out of Hells:

….3-2-1 dropping:

…oh is that a rock in the landing?

Some random dude in a hoodie points it after Zippy:

Hop….doing some….er…..maneuver under the Cirque:

Zippy then lines up a double off of Norm’s Nose…1….

y dos….

Jrosen32 testing out his edges….lower Norm’s:

…they held:

Mrs. 666 slays the chute above Ski School:

…am I a lucky man or what?

The Kush show commences to the skier’s left of ski school:

C’mon dude, just point it…it god damn perfect:

Seriously dude, point it!

I told you it was easy….

Kush rolls off the ice-knoll on the opposite side of the CaV3:

Historic town of Jackson…with Mt. Diablo in the background.

There you have it, two days of skiing with a super solid crew, a new Canon SD450 on continuous shot, and a very tired TR producer…..