Who is interested in a West Coast Meet? - Page 2 - Snowboarding Forum

ShredLife · 10-04-2012, 10:24 AM

CO and UT are not the west coast.

poutanen · 10-04-2012, 10:26 AM

Yeah, if I was back in the Hamilton area I'd be going to the East Coast meet for sure. Jay Peak is 9 hours from Hamilton but 100% worth it. I'd drive up to that far to go to a meet out here.

I shouldn't say I have no interest in the West Coast... I guess I just keep hearing of the heavier snow and I count my blessings that we get the light fluffy stuff here. The heavy stuff kills my knees by the end of the day!

Ultimately I'd like to try out as many resorts as possible! I think it's going to take a few years to fully explore the Canadian rockies first, and IF we start getting bored with our local hills maybe we'll start doing some touring into Colorado, and maybe over towards Wolfies neck of the woods.

I'm hoping our finances are good next summer, in which case we're going to go check out Argentina for some boarding. I can't get enough of the local hills in the winter, so my tourist dollars would be better spent on a Southern Hemisphere resort in the summer.

A Canadian Rockies meet would be great! Maybe I should take the bull by the horns and get one going?!?

Good luck to this meet, sounds like fun!

poutanen · 10-04-2012, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ShredLife

CO and UT are not the west coast.

And Jay Peak, VT isn't the east coast.

tylerkat89 · 10-04-2012, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by killclimbz

Flying into Mammoth is not nearly as reasonably priced as the other areas mentioned, nor can it be as direct. You can say the same thing about Jackson, Aspen, Telluride, and many others. You can not say that there are direct flights from just about anywhere in the US to those airports though. Thus jacking up the price considerably to fly to those spots. Sorry, but Mammoth just doesn't work in that regard.

I like Tahoe. Have you looked into any of the prices before by chance

tylerkat89 · 10-04-2012, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by poutanen

And Jay Peak, VT isn't the east coast.

Yeah but CA alone is about the same size as most of the upper east coast combined. Driving the distance of CA is basically the same thing for people around the east coast to meet in VT. Kinda why I wanted focus on the west coast, not mid west. That should be an entirely different meet, like at CO or SLC.

**killclimbz** · 10-04-2012, 11:14 AM

Just depends on where you are flying from. RT from Denver is about $300 give or take based on time of year and your fly days. Probably in the $600 range for an East Coaster.

Tahoe is great. It's been decades since I've ridden there. Kicking around going out there for the splitfest this season. I'll know in a few weeks if I will commit or not.

poutanen · 10-04-2012, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by tylerkat89

Yeah but CA alone is about the same size as most of the upper east coast combined. Driving the distance of CA is basically the same thing for people around the east coast to meet in VT. Kinda why I wanted focus on the west coast, not mid west. That should be an entirely different meet, like at CO or SLC.

Fair enough... If you did it around Mt Hood you could probably get people from Vancouver to California going.

IMHO there aren't enough meets on here. A lot of the car and bike forum's I've been on over the years have tons of meets. Several times a year, and sometimes they'd include other groups to get giant meets going!

It's a great way to put a face to the name, see things first hand, etc.

**killclimbz** · 10-04-2012, 11:41 AM

Colorado and Utah are not the Midwest. They are considered the West. FYI.

ShredLife · 10-04-2012, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by killclimbz

Colorado and Utah are not the Midwest. They are considered the West. FYI.

by east coasters, not by those of us ON the west coast FYI

**killclimbz** · 10-04-2012, 11:47 AM

By every major regional, news, urban organization FYI. I didn't see fires in the mid west when referring to Colorado. Just because it's on the eastern most edge of what is considered the West doesn't mean it's not part of what is considered the territory.

I honestly don't know where the line is drawn, but it's somewhere along the Kansas border...

Edit

Here you go.

http://thomaslegion.net/uscensusbure...northeast.html

View Poll Results: Are you interested in having a Meet for the West Coast?
Yes	21	58.33%
No	5	13.89%
Maybe, with different options	10	27.78%
Voters: 36. You may not vote on this poll

10-04-2012, 10:24 AM	#11 (permalink)
ShredLife The Rooster King Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,387	CO and UT are not the west coast. __________________ get the hell off my lawn.

10-04-2012, 11:47 AM	#20 (permalink)
killclimbz Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Front Range Posts: 9,258	By every major regional, news, urban organization FYI. I didn't see fires in the mid west when referring to Colorado. Just because it's on the eastern most edge of what is considered the West doesn't mean it's not part of what is considered the territory. I honestly don't know where the line is drawn, but it's somewhere along the Kansas border... Edit Here you go. http://thomaslegion.net/uscensusbure...northeast.html Last edited by killclimbz; 10-04-2012 at 11:51 AM.

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10-04-2012, 10:26 AM	#12 (permalink)
poutanen Resident Creep-o-saurus Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 3,561	Yeah, if I was back in the Hamilton area I'd be going to the East Coast meet for sure. Jay Peak is 9 hours from Hamilton but 100% worth it. I'd drive up to that far to go to a meet out here. I shouldn't say I have no interest in the West Coast... I guess I just keep hearing of the heavier snow and I count my blessings that we get the light fluffy stuff here. The heavy stuff kills my knees by the end of the day! Ultimately I'd like to try out as many resorts as possible! I think it's going to take a few years to fully explore the Canadian rockies first, and IF we start getting bored with our local hills maybe we'll start doing some touring into Colorado, and maybe over towards Wolfies neck of the woods. I'm hoping our finances are good next summer, in which case we're going to go check out Argentina for some boarding. I can't get enough of the local hills in the winter, so my tourist dollars would be better spent on a Southern Hemisphere resort in the summer. A Canadian Rockies meet would be great! Maybe I should take the bull by the horns and get one going?!? Good luck to this meet, sounds like fun!

10-04-2012, 11:14 AM	#16 (permalink)
killclimbz Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Front Range Posts: 9,258	Just depends on where you are flying from. RT from Denver is about $300 give or take based on time of year and your fly days. Probably in the $600 range for an East Coaster. Tahoe is great. It's been decades since I've ridden there. Kicking around going out there for the splitfest this season. I'll know in a few weeks if I will commit or not.

10-04-2012, 11:41 AM	#18 (permalink)
killclimbz Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Front Range Posts: 9,258	Colorado and Utah are not the Midwest. They are considered the West. FYI.