It is the day after Thanksgiving and I am sad. This time last year I was jonesing to get done with work so I could head out on to the slopes. This year, however, I keep looking out hopefully whenever I can just hoping to see some flakey white stuff coming down. It has been too warm for our local slope to even make snow. I realize that any time we can be on the mountain before Christmas we are lucky but I had such a great early season last year I was REALLY hoping this year would be a repeat....

Even though our local hill, 7 Springs, opened last weekend today was the first day I was able to get out. Sun was shining and it was awesome out. Obviously we could have used a bit more snow – but then it IS still November!

The really cool thing today was how happy everyone was to be out. I talked to one guy who drove 4 hours just to come ride today and he was psyched – having a great time.

I know how hard it is to make the time to get out this time of year – with...

I read so many thread posts from other riders that the personalities all start to blend together. Often times I can't find any more info on people who seem to have something to say and it leaves me wondering where they are coming from. I guess that is what prompts me to provide a bit more of my information so that you know where my opinions are coming from.

I have been snowboarding since the days when we duct taped ourselves into ski boot liners stuffed into our Sorels. I did a...