The Stoked Thread

Rime, Reason, Upper eastfall, Great Northern, Bunny Buster, and right around the k-1.

This was their manmade blitz yesterday up by the N-R Triple...

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High traverse as well.

It certainly seems like they are going for it. And everything they have done in the past 48 hours is a COMPLETE 180 from last years snowmaking plans.
 
Believe it or not, not really. I'm in commercial real estate, specifically retail, and I'm in Canada. If I were in the US then yes, I'd be freaking out. Retail sales were actually up in Canada in September if you take out Auto Sales, and things are better still in Western Canada. Obviously things aren't as good as they were 6 months ago, but the sky isn't falling. 2009 will be a thin year, but a lot of the stuff I'm working on is 2010 stuff so I think I'm ok.

A lot of people, especially in Western Canada, are welcoming this downturn because costs have been out of control. You haven't really been able to build a movie theatre for the past 2 years or so anywhere out here because costs have been so high. Developers (provided they have a good source of financing, which many still do) are happy.

The biggest thing that a lot of us got out of the conference is that the strong (Wal-Mart, among others) will get stronger, and the weak (Linen's N Things, among others) will probably fail. An example between the US and Canada is Starbucks announced a little while ago they were closing 900+ stores in the US, but they are still very bullish on Canada and want to do deals. They don't plan to close any stores in Western Canada.

Residential is a different story though, doesn't really matter where you are. Even Manhattan is getting hit.
 
The Revy/Vernon/Kelowna area is sucking air. I don't understand why unless the market has already been saturated. Thier main market is Albertan Oil money and they aren't hurting.
 
Just tell me when its cheap to buy my dream house in BC :P

Im stoked on the Voleurz movie Outdoor Education...its a pretty fun watch
 
Yeah theyre definitely trying to open this weekend.

Maybe they're trying to beat Mt Snow to the punch?
 
mount snow is blowing top to bottom including el diablo and nitro on carinthia, looks like killy and mount snow are gunna battle it out
 
AND SO IT BEGINS

Thanks for all the badass updates there steve.

Only another couple weeks before some of our stuff down here starts trying to open.
 
outdoor education was sick.

We had the premiere last night at the bar. Ohh Darren and Mason and their antics..

Tonight is the all ages show.. time for some underage fun.

 
my boss just came up to me with a receipt for reimbursement but it was all rolled up..kinda like a j. i gave him this look like "wtf is that?" and he says "WHAT? Did ya think it was a blunt?"
 
Your answer is there. The market is already saturated. Developers have been building condos/townhouses/golf courses, etc as if every single person from Calgary and Edmonton is going to buy a vacation home. That is obviously not the case. If the housing market for Calgary is going down, you can be damn sure the secondary housing market for Calgary (i.e. Kelowna) is going to disappear.
 
The jib park at Big Boulder called the plaza opens halloween night. they have enough snow to stay open through the weekend. not so sure about next week though. oh. its free, plus they are giving hot dogs free!
 
Finished two papers today and taking a trip to Montreal next weekend to see some friends. Really stoked on the little things.
 
YES! My original ns hoodie came in the mail today. Stoked! the 2xl fits perfect.

And I got a t-shirt with it.

MacMahoooon is the shit!
 
I printed out a couple pretty sweet photos for class the past couple of days that I'm really stoked about. Sorry about the shit quality, I don't have a scanner so these are photographs of photographs (they look MUCH better in person).

Photo interpretation project--Henri Cartier Bresson

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Portrait of the girly friend

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So there's this girl who's a waitress at a restaurant me and my roommates go to frequently...and she's absolutely gorgeous. I've had a crush on her for like a month, so tonight I asked our waitress about her and she was basically like, "Yeah, she's single, you should talk to her." So I did....AND I GOT HER NUMBER!

Haha this probably sounds like not at all a big deal to most of you, but I'm SOOOOOOO STOKED!

Ashley knows more about this haha.... :)
 
Yeah, we still talk some, but I'm good to go now, I think. She knows I've been wanting to ask this girl out and she's not too happy about it. She'll be pissed when she hears this.
 
Haha word. No, I was so nervous - I've been in a relationship for the past 2 years, so this is super weird for me, and I was never one to pick up random girls anyway - but my roommates and our waitress (her really good friend) were like, "Yeah, it's a total cliche but just be yourself." So I was just completely honest...I was just like, "Hey, I seriously don't do this...like ever...and I'm kind of terrified, but I think you're really really pretty and I'd love to buy you a drink or coffee or something sometime." Haha I was stumbling over my words and stuff, just a total retard. And I know girls are into the whole confidence thing, but I guess it was enough confidence to just go up and ask out a random girl I'd never spoken a word to before, because she was like, "Awww...yeah, that would be sweet, here's my number."

Best day I've had in a LONG time.
 
Righteous video for sure. The skiing is awesome, the track is awesome.

It's up there as one of my favorite segments.
 
The costume place had NO lady bug or whorish german beer girl outfits so instead Im going as a 60's go go dancer....with white fuck me boots and a giant blonde wig. Ohhh yeahhh
 
Adam on the top of Stowe this morning. Sent it to me in a text message. I'd much rather go hike something this weekend than go to NYC

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Nooo fucking clue. Also not sure if I can ride free either or what. I will get more details tonight while at work.
 
I saw these guys today!! He showed me the pics on his camera and I was like, "Dude I've already seen them!!" lol

I asked if he knew you...a tele guy named Bob. He was stumped, so maybe another in their group knows you. Funny none the less!
 
Hahahaha did you notice if his eyes twichted like crazy?

Thats weird...I think Dean, Scotty and the crew were up there today..or maybe they were hitting up Hunter. I cant recall. Where there others with him?
 
Yeah, a couple snowboarders (a ski patroller from Belleayre) - there was a deaf guy on some fat tele's (crazy skill!). We was a tele man on a snowboard too...if that helps? Older gentleman, they all were.
 
haha yeah dude the deaf guy, I cant remember his name is FUCKIN AWESOME!! He rips like no other...he was probably riding his uber fat Scotty Bob skis! I cant believe you ran into them. Hahaha my lil tele crew :) how cute
 
haha yeah you and others. no worries. many pics will be taken from tonight through tomorrow. i have two parties tomorrow as well. gonna be a looooong weekend
 
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