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Brandon a few of us went out saturday as well but we got there around 3pm and stayed till 7ish. I forgot you were going till it was like 4 or 5 and I sent you that text...

It was fricking colder than I thought out, and pretty icy. It was nice to get out though. Might go one night this week, cant make it this saturday though, going to montana!

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Deng. Ya we'll be out there Saturday. So far it will by myself, Katy, and 2 or 3 of my cousins. As for waxes, my board hasn't been waxed in probably 8 years, ha!

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I understand the whole temperature thing, but I just thought maybe someone knew about some wax that held up better under icy conditions than most others.

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So besides the asian, no one else going Saturday? My buddy Jake is coming now too.

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John with the fro on mnsc is going with a few people I think, hit him up. Youve met him right?

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I've met him yes, but I wouldn't say I know him well at all. So none of you guys on here are going? I'll just enjoy it for everyone I guess!

BTW, just went to The House and picked up a Board/Binding/Boot package, and I HIGHLY RECCOMEND THAT PLACE! Along with it all , I also got a nice stomp pad, and they also gave me a free shirt, free DVD, and free sunglasses! Total came out to like $370 which I think is a hell of a deal. I haven't shopped for a board in 10 years, so I really had no idea what I was looking for. They were extremely helpful and I told them I wanted a board that could freeride, and freestyle, something kind of in the middle, not more one than the other. We hopped on their site and he picked out 3 of them he'd reccomend for my application. He then went into the warehouse and brought the 3 out. Here's the package I ended up purchasing.
http://www.the-house.com/board-package-43-08.html
I'm pretty happy with it, and I can't wait to take it out on the hills Saturday!

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I might head out saturday, but we'll see what happens. As for The House, I got all my stuff there, and wouldn't shop anywhere else!

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GOIN TO ANDES TOWER HILLS THIS FRIDAY (JAN. 4TH)! PEOPLE GO! GIVE ME A CALL OR TXT ME! PM me for my number!

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yup, they sort of have specific waxes for ice... they are temp. specific. For days like this I would reccomend some CH4 (its a cheaper swix wax) and that gets the job done just fine. If you want to be serious get some HF4 but that can be busting the bank at around $90. I learned alot racing. Oh and when scraping it, I would get a smoothe surface and leave a little layer if possible to help it hold out longer on the ice. Just a few tricks I learned ski racing.


oh and supa dupa... i might be out there on friday, for sure tommorow after driving down to lse and then we'll see about friday

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Last Saturday at Afton was awesome. It was a perfect day. It wasn't warm enough for anything to melt, and there were light flurries. There ended up being 6 of us and it was awesome. I hit a few jumps, and landed a 180, which isn't anything too impressive, but I was happy since I hadn't even tried to do any kind of trick in probably 8 years.

I was also real happy with my new board. It took a little getting used to though since it was freshly waxed, and my old board hadn't been waxed in who knows how long.

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Last saturyday wasnt too bad. There were a A LOT of people there and some of the lines were way long. The weather was the best part for me. I think we spent more time waiting for lifts and riding the lift than actually snowboarding. I might go back this Saturday for my 21st :), the weather is suppose to be in the mid 30's.

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kk, yea i will be there at about 9:30 am, till mabye close, i should be there all day, try txting me tomorrow, if i have my phone on me ill let you know whatsup... se ya later man... peace

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Just a couple quick shots from Afton, and me getting some air! Proof that skiers and snowboarders can live in peace together :)