Sierra Cement Slay Session – 05/26/08
Date:
May 26th, 2008
Location:
Kirkwood, California (closed for about a month)
Weather:
With a temp of 34 F, 18" new of glorious Californian Sierra Cement, flat light, no sun, no sky, fog, mist, snow, and plenty of free parking.
Skinning Social Club
666, gimpy, Sierra Cement, Zippy, Buddy, AKbruin, & Ottime
Soul Capturers:
666, Zippy, & Sierra Cement
Electronic Music: Ellen Allien & Apparat – ‘Way Out’
Synopsis: Late Season Freshies
Well, its snowing at the end of May. Maybe not as blower as say…er…Snowbird as of late, but its a decent amount of snow nonetheless. Even before the storm, Kirkwood had top to bottom coverage. Therefore, after a report that Sierra Cement and Gimpy found around 12" of fluffiness on Saturday, we figured a resort skinning slay session was in order for the national holiday…the holiday that marks the ‘start’ of summer.
Here’s photographic evidence of the Saturday powder from a local ski paparazzi…
On mid-day Sunday, the Mrs. and I decided to roll up "to the snow." And snowing it was on Echo Summit….
Monday morning, Sierra Cement put chains on all his four tires, and we carpooled to Kirkwood…
Hope Valley showcased the snow level from the previous night…
More colors this time of year….
We came early so we were guaranteed to beat the….uh…crowds….
Zippy is SO ready to Skin up the Wall….
Skinning from the tailgate…not too shabby…
Zippy stops to up the volume on his cassette Walkman…
No, its not San Francisco….
At this point, I think I heard Buddy laughing….
At the summit, Sierra Cement shows what he has learned from his new muscle dvd’s…
Zippy collapsed out of sheer enlightenment…
Sierra Cement checks to see if anyone is home…
He found Zippy waiting to download…
Bull wheel steeze…
Can you send up the mechanic, I think the power is out
The mechanic showed up, but he didn’t resolve any issues…
Once the mechanic was airlifted to the local hospital, 666 de-skinned…
Akbruin showed up to see what all the commotion was about…
He arrived to see this….
Got to give him credit for line choice….
Once we were re-hydrated…it was time to SLAY!
Zippy cranks the bass….
…as usual, takes flight…
ANGLE #2!
…and watches all his uphill effort whiz by…
Gimpy & Buddy drop into TeH WaLL….
Neck deep for Buddy!
Sierra Cement skis steeps by braille with ease…
I think he’s down there…..
‘Gimpy, you want to see a guy flail like there’s no tomorrow? I think 666 is on his way down…’
Skier666 wearing Black & White lenses….
Zippy starts fishing for a face shot…
Well, he got one…
Sierra Cement says he can do better….
Gimpy glides through the glades….
Zippy is having a GOOD time….
BLoW3r?
Gimpy is a seasoned slayer…
666 is another story…
Sierra Cement shows why 112mm underfoot was his pick for the day…
Huh, what? The lifts are on wind-hold?
Zippy exhumes his demons….
666 shows the cross….
Zippy has a leap of faith….
666 ruins this face for everyone else…
Zippy slutting…
At least he’s a promising young skier….heh
YAY! BUCKBOARD!!!!!!
Buddy GS’ing…..
Sierra Cement helps set the foundation for next season….
No comment….
On the way home, our favorite homeowner off of Ridge Road displayed some new statues….uhhhhhhhhhhhhh…..
EPIC!