From the archives: Thursday Night Sweet Tune/80s Shredding Inspiration

I thank Frankie Ford each morning for this song and George Lopez each viewing for his cameo in this movie.

Classic Sugarloaf

My Buddy's uncle is a ski patroller up at Sugarloaf. Below is his patrol report from his final patrol of the year last Saturday.

Missed a good one Saturday! Winds went to 70 at times, icy as hell, after picking up about a 90 foot debris field on Candyside from a dead birch that could have killed someone, I pulled a woman out of the woods off of King's with about 150 of rope - she got blown off the trail, woods were all ice. Blockhead (another patroller) had another who had taken snowboard off, wind started to blow it off Hayburner, she went for it and went about 200 feet on the ice in the glade bouncing off of trees - possible tibial plateau and a shoulder. So the lifts all went except for 3t - they decided to run a cat for the 40 people skiing. Tote road was still a giant sheet of ice, a 30 mph side slip if you wanted. Finally mother nature thankfully finished us off in style with some lightening - closed 3:15.

So possible final run of the season for sweep- Gondi from crosscut. Wind 50 blowing straight down the trail, visibility when there was some, 30', full pack on. Pushing off from spillway crosscut, could not see the end of the ice sheet as it disappeared into the fog and blowing snow, it felt like jumping off a bridge into a cloud not knowing what is below.

At the base, about twenty cars in the lots, trees leaning over, branches snapping, wind screaming - couldn't go home fast enough.

For those of you unfamiliar with Sugarloaf, the weather could be impeccable where you are and just downright shitty up there. Lots of wind. Lots of ice. Lots of flat light. I still love the place.

Jaws-off

Mark Visser surfs Jaws at night.

Mark Visser Rides JAWS at Night! from Fortrus Sports on Vimeo.

VS.

Chuck Patterson shreds Jaws on dungus rockets.



In the parlance of the blogosphere, who you got?

Now that's a party

The annual shred fest for Cambridge and Oxford students apparently got a bit out of hand. The schools' combo ski trip to the French resort of Val Thorens was highlighted by a series of on-mountain competitions for which the winning prize was an all expenses paid trip courtesy of travel company Scott Dunn. Things started to go awry when, desperate for victory, teams started getting naked, and, in at least one instance, poured pasta sauce and smeared chocolate on their bodies. As one of the winners admitted to Cherwell, the Oxford student newspaper, "I sold my dignity for a free holiday."

Read the whole story here.

In related news, I will be taking 190 graduate students to Killington this weekend for my school's ski trip. Party on.

Bond + dungus = Shane

The monumental snowpocalypto and Bond events of the last two days inspire the feature of this web gem.

Dungus watch 2011 - UPDATE

TCD's Boston Bureau is getting pounded by snow and wind today. Hopefully we'll get some reports in from our spotters. Czech out the Storm Total Snow Forecast.

Dungus watch 2011

Look out...



Thanks NOAA

Sweet video, ill tunes, cool place

In honor of at least the threat of snow yesterday.



Stay tuned for possible TCD footage from this place come March...

Sunday Funday?

Is the Universe's 18th most dangerous city poised for the type of white stuff that didn't contribute to this year's FBI ranking on Sunday?



I am ready for winter.

That's Killington and those are ski trails

To continue TCD's award winning coverage of the impending winter, freelance contributor Dennis Stern, sent this current photo of Killington.

"Get your skis shined up, grab a stick of Juicy Fruit..."

1981 Michelob Light Commercial

This is happening all over the West right now

Client 9's earlier post got me thinking. The snow is starting to fall on the higher elevations putting down the early base we're going to need. Here's a shot of what it looks like out there right now...man I miss it.

Soon all this precip will freeze

And it will finally begin to snow.

I am as big of a fan of summer as anyone, but once it gets to Fall - and especially when it's raining like it has this week - I can't help but think about snow and shredding.

Below is a little inspiration from our friends at Powderwhore. Behold the 2010 teaser. A lot of "Television" is shot in well known TCD haunts in the Wasatch.

Revisionist History

Some "folks" in Texas are longing for the stoneage. A gaggle of ultra-conservative Evangelicals have gained control of the Texas Education Board and are looking to make some changes to the curriculum in the state public school system. What are these changes you ask? Welp, there will be plenty of discussion about god, guns and the benefits of McCarthyism with minimal focus on science, the civil rights movement and Thomas Jefferson - other than denouncing his idea of separation of church and state. The article says that liberals across the country are alarmed. Yeah, well, shouldn't everyone but these people be alarmed? This idea and these people seem pretty fuuuucked. Glad the Texas public school system is breeding tomorrow's American Taliban. Maybe this subject will be tackled in season 5 of Friday Night Lights with Joe McCoy leading the munson movement. I don't do this justice. Read the full article here.

Our Sloppy Savior

Andy Roddick's knee might be done. Or is it his shoulder this time? Serena's display of unparalled lady-like sportsmanship at the US Open sunk the Williams family's tennis armada. Former World Amateur champ Donald Young has not and will not come close to living up to his professional hype. Fret not fans of American tennis, for I give to you on this day the unlikely man who, along with object of TCD affection Melanie Oudin, will help resurrect American tennis.



Step aside Justin Gimelstob (right), you were a joke anyway. Readers might better recognize the dude on the left if he had a pair of dungus stix on his shoulder and 50 Tom College's in his hand. According to ESPN.com, Bode Miller will enter the US Open National Playoff in order to earn a spot in Flushing come September where Bode will be able to compete and party at a "New York City" level.

P.S. - Interesting sub-information acquired while doing the research necessary for this story: allegedly Justin Gimelstob once called Anna Kournikova "a douche" on a radio show. In the same interview he predicted that he would hit the radiant Russian in her midsection with a serve in an upcoming exhibition match and that he wanted his younger brother to "nail her." Since when do bros call babes douches? Classy (hilarious), Justin.

Shredding Waves On Two Sticks

Thanks to Josh Jones, a friend of the TCD who doesn't even know this blog exists, for sending this along. Big mountain skiers Mike Douglas and Cody Townsend are getting freaky on waves wearing skis. Cojones.

One thing I love and one thing I hate

Shredding? Rad. Horror flicks? Not so rad. The combination? Remains to be seen, but with an all-star cast featuring the likes of Emma Bell and Kevin Zegers (exactly) I am sure the $9.75 Grandma gives you for Christmas can be put to greater use than an overpriced movie ticket.