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First sign of next season?

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#1 ·
Okay, I'm reaching here, but I got my first indication that next season (in North America/Europe) is coming.

Received a notice from CASI (Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors) to renew my membership for 2013-2014.

Done!!:yahoo:

Now bring on the snow!

Also, saw that GNU has updated their website with the 2014 boards.

Anybody else seeing anything looking ahead to the 2014 season?
 
#2 ·
Dunno but when do other year round riders stop counting days as for this year vs next year? What 12 month time frame do you use? Usually we start counting our days with our summer sessions at hood but I may start this year with august 1.....
 
#8 ·
Hey I stopped comparing myself to the 100 days a year guys. Lucky for them. But I'm a guy who loves snowboarding. Not a "snowboarder" in the strict sense.

I get up as much as I can, but 3 hours from Bear Mountain, 6 from Mammoth, and a small business, it is what it is. Those days I get on are surreal though. 20-30 days a year is my sweet spot.
 
#7 ·
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: :bowdown:
 
#9 ·
Hmmm, for once out here in the PNW we're actually having a "Summer". We've had nothing but sun all month (as in NO RAIN, which is unheard of for us in western WA), and we're slated to stay that way into August. The only reason I know Summer is slowly creeping towards fall right now is due to the fact that the dark is coming in earlier (so I gotta stop skating earlier), and the dew is actually showing up now. The new skatepark in town makes summer bearable for me though, so for once, I'm in no hurry to see it leave. :)
 
#26 · (Edited)
The serious countdown for season start begins with the letter from the resort with the earlybird pass order sheet in autumn (normal resorts open mid Dec). We could ride all year around in glacier resorts but riding flat corny glaciers in summer is no fun, thus I might not fulfill the strict criteria to call myself a snowboarder in your eyes ;). Although I can hardly wait till I smell the cold days promising snow fall, I enjoy every other day of the year too.

I never understand when friends here whine that they want to live somewhere else (tropical islands with palmtrees and warm sea). Been in tropical regions... Nice but boring. I love to live in a country with 4 seasons. We got hot summers full of xc horseriding, surfing, hiking, BBQ with friends n family we hardly see in winter, then stormy autumns with more kitesurfing and then one day it smells of fresh fallen snow again :yahoo:
 
#28 · (Edited)
Mainly Bernese Oberland (great sidecountry opportunities) and Zermatt (high enough for good snow in spring). Yea... it's a shame to live here and don't ski/snowboard/snowshoe hike/sledge...
SA is gorgeous! Beautiful gritters and great food (the ruminant critters). Really want to do a big five horseback safari one day there.
 
#29 ·
So I got my second indication that the new snowboard season is approaching. My snowboard club released its schedule of charter trips for 2014.

I will definitely be going to Lake Tahoe in March.
Does anyone know anything about Red Mountain Resort in southeast British Columbia? Should I go there in January?
And I can't decide between Fernie or Silverstar, British Columbia in February.

Any opinions/advice appreciated.
 
#30 ·
Signs of next season...

Have to say this is the first winter to spring that I didn't want winter to end. Could it be that it all finally "clicked" on the board this past winter? Even eaked out a few late season slush surfing sessions trying to hold on to my newest BFF, ol' man winter, only to see him go.

Sometimes it seems hopeless. Like winter will never come again, especially in the midst of a second, third heat wave baking New York City.

Signs that I know next season comes? Stories from those of you in the mountains talking of seeing your breath and SNOW!!! And on my birthday, in the middle of summer, I open a present from my wide - my new board!!!! (Never mond tht it was waaay too long. I can return that for a proper size before I'm ready fir the mountain). As if I didn't love that woman enough already. So you see? Winter MUST come again. And with it, trips to Zermatt (first time), Stowe (10th and 11th time), Jackson Hole maybe?(1st time) and of course my POS hill nearby, Holiday Mountain.

Keep hope alive!!!
 
#34 ·
The runs that are open in Zermatt (or Laax) are groomers on glaciers with 5° (just guessing :) but they feel flat). Every turn slows you down to 0 :eek: Tried it once in Laax but no...that's not riding. Don't know if Hintertux would be steeper :unsure:
 
#38 ·
Found an other one where you see the entire run. Left side middle is the end of the T-bar R

(View from one of the other peaks, only open in winter. Would be on the left side of your map).
 
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