had a great weekend with Phil. His flight threatened to start things off horribly though. When i got to the airport his plane was 50min late, then an hour, then an hour and a half. Then at 9:45pm they told us the flight had been rerouted to Salt Lake City, where they landed, refueled, and flew back to Vail; finally landing at 11:50pm.
I was bummed because i had set up a great dinner for his arrival. when we were kids and i'd sleep at his house we'd make ourselves these gnarly frozen veal parmesan dinners. it was like what we always ate before we got older and started going out for sushi. so i decided to make that as a celebration of our 20th year of friendship and not seeing each other in 4. (P.S. i can't believe i can say that i've known someone for 20 years)
so we saved dinner for friday. when we woke up friday, there was fresh snow and a cloudless sunny day for my first day of riding in 26 days and Phil's first day in 7 years(and his first time on a real mountain). He was super nervous and i was a little worried about my achiliies. He picked it up pretty quick, just a little nervous about the speed and how long the runs are at Vail. But he didn't fall too much, and kept up pretty well.
saturday was another beautiful day. we took it super mellow getting on the hill at about noon. we only rode for about 90 minutes because Phil was just beat. I'm sure his legs were super sore and the altitude was killing him. We made our mandatory sushi run at Nozawa and talked about my upcoming trip to Japan (he went there a few years ago)
sunday i had to work early and he cabbed to the airport.
its an amazing feeling when you've known someone for so long that even after not seeing each other for 4 years there was nothing awkward, just too brothers coming back together.
we agreed that that length of time cannot be allowed to pass again. i'm hoping to be in NYC in the fall to see him.
I was bummed because i had set up a great dinner for his arrival. when we were kids and i'd sleep at his house we'd make ourselves these gnarly frozen veal parmesan dinners. it was like what we always ate before we got older and started going out for sushi. so i decided to make that as a celebration of our 20th year of friendship and not seeing each other in 4. (P.S. i can't believe i can say that i've known someone for 20 years)
so we saved dinner for friday. when we woke up friday, there was fresh snow and a cloudless sunny day for my first day of riding in 26 days and Phil's first day in 7 years(and his first time on a real mountain). He was super nervous and i was a little worried about my achiliies. He picked it up pretty quick, just a little nervous about the speed and how long the runs are at Vail. But he didn't fall too much, and kept up pretty well.
saturday was another beautiful day. we took it super mellow getting on the hill at about noon. we only rode for about 90 minutes because Phil was just beat. I'm sure his legs were super sore and the altitude was killing him. We made our mandatory sushi run at Nozawa and talked about my upcoming trip to Japan (he went there a few years ago)
sunday i had to work early and he cabbed to the airport.
its an amazing feeling when you've known someone for so long that even after not seeing each other for 4 years there was nothing awkward, just too brothers coming back together.
we agreed that that length of time cannot be allowed to pass again. i'm hoping to be in NYC in the fall to see him.
i can't believe that on sunday i had the door to my balcony open and was in shorts and a t-shirt. Monday morning it started snowing. Tuesday morning Vail report 14" of snow. This morning it was 10" more and its been snowing all day.
holy shit!
holy shit!
the ankle is finally feeling better. just in time for my friend of 20 years Phil to come visit me from NYC. Supposedly there's a winter storm warning for tonight and monday. i was walking around today in jeans and a t-shirt so we'll see.
finally getting back on the hill this weekend, and even though the conditions are awful, i'm still pretty excited.
finally getting back on the hill this weekend, and even though the conditions are awful, i'm still pretty excited.
i just recieved the Boy's Life LP i won off ebay. its been more than 10 years since i've heard these songs.
fucking awesome.
fucking awesome.
i just watched Run Ronnie Run for the first time. its like the longest greatest episode of Mr. Show ever.
it was about 50 degrees today. and right now its windy and white out conditions.
tomorrow will be a powder day . . . and i still can't ride.
bummed.
it was about 50 degrees today. and right now its windy and white out conditions.
tomorrow will be a powder day . . . and i still can't ride.
bummed.
my tendon is starting to feel better! i'll still probably stay off the mountain until late next week though, don't want to rush it. Luckily mother nature is helping out by barely snowing and its been warm and shitty here anyways.
got lots of birthday wishes which is always nice. my ex called, which i completely and purposely ignored. she's under the impression that we should totally still be in each others lives even though she's engaged to the person she dumped me to be with. obviously i disagree.
anyways . . .at this point i'm just letting the ski season run out; only about 6 weeks left and the weather is indicating early spring. The week after Vail closes i leave for Japan. i don't think it will actually seem real that i'm going until i'm on the plane . . . for 14 hours.
got lots of birthday wishes which is always nice. my ex called, which i completely and purposely ignored. she's under the impression that we should totally still be in each others lives even though she's engaged to the person she dumped me to be with. obviously i disagree.
anyways . . .at this point i'm just letting the ski season run out; only about 6 weeks left and the weather is indicating early spring. The week after Vail closes i leave for Japan. i don't think it will actually seem real that i'm going until i'm on the plane . . . for 14 hours.
so i hucked a rock today. it was about 10 feet or so. the landing was soft. but the landing was flat, and i leaned back waaaaay too far. i felt a pain in my ankle but it could still be moved and all that so i straped back in and followed my crew into nice tree stash. the first hard turn i did . . . killed. about 25 minutes later i was out of the trees, cat tracking back to the blue sky/tea cup lift area. got to the top of tea cup and limped around for like 15 mintues before calling ski patrol.
i had to get the sled ride down. i felt like a jerk off, but i couldn't ride all the way to the base. after about an hour at the medical center i found out that i strained my achilles. its not a serious injury, just a little tender. but now i won't be able to ride on tuesday . . . which is my birthday.
i had to get the sled ride down. i felt like a jerk off, but i couldn't ride all the way to the base. after about an hour at the medical center i found out that i strained my achilles. its not a serious injury, just a little tender. but now i won't be able to ride on tuesday . . . which is my birthday.
today was supposed to be a fairly easy day, and then once again our horrible conference manager's laziness came into play again. i'm so sick of getting fucked over cause this bitch can't do her job correctly.
at least i get to shred tomorrow
at least i get to shred tomorrow
not that i love being freezing cold on the hill or anything, but its been warm here. like way to warm for feb and march. there are spring snow conditions already (super heavy snow, slush that grabs at your board and slows you down) and when its not snowing its like 40 out. its making it hard to be motivated to get up and ride, but that's like saying its hard to get motivated to have a million dollars . . . its really not THAT hard. i'm close to 40 days this season (i lost track in the 20's) and i feel that i've made some good adjustments to my overall riding. things like better form, adjusting to light and terrain conditions, and launching myself off more natural hits. maybe one of these days i'll re-teach myself riding switch and start doing rotations again.
not related to snowboarding . . . i've decided that i'm going to search for a new place too cook at. i feel that my time at the hotel has run its course. i've done quality work there and learned some things, but i feel that its time to work for a new team of chefs so i can learn some new tricks. my good friend works over at the Ritz Carlton in Beaver Creek and i'm thinking that's probably my best option for work. I haven't decided if i'll make the move in May when i get back from Japan or in the Fall after the summer season. i guess it will depend on A) when the ritz is hiring and B) whether or not the one chef i absolutely cannot stand gets moved into the banquet dept. if that happens i'm gone asap.
not related to snowboarding . . . i've decided that i'm going to search for a new place too cook at. i feel that my time at the hotel has run its course. i've done quality work there and learned some things, but i feel that its time to work for a new team of chefs so i can learn some new tricks. my good friend works over at the Ritz Carlton in Beaver Creek and i'm thinking that's probably my best option for work. I haven't decided if i'll make the move in May when i get back from Japan or in the Fall after the summer season. i guess it will depend on A) when the ritz is hiring and B) whether or not the one chef i absolutely cannot stand gets moved into the banquet dept. if that happens i'm gone asap.
