N~R~G

yeah, i wanted to check out Lakewood, too. don't really want to live IN the city, because i do have two kids & prefer smaller communities, but i like to rage, so i'd like to be close. didn't really consider Boulder, as it seems expensive & hard to live without a housefull of hippies, which doesn't make paying the bills much easier, lol.

maybe next time i come out one of you locals can drive me around one day & show me some of these places? i swear i'll try to make the next time a colorado trip, and not a hippie show trip

which brings me to another thought....anyone ever ridden tripping? or am i the only one stupid enough to have that thought?

killclimbz

Ridden high? Yes. Trippin'? No. Seems like too much of a recipe for disaster to me.

N~R~G

i think i'd be more on point & less likely to care if i get hurt, so more likely to ride well. i don't think i'd ride sloppy or dangerous even, unlike when i'm drunk & riding, lol. riding rolling would be cool, too. haha. although i think it'd be hard to keep an edge when rolling. and by tripping i mean on acid, not shrooms. i don't think my legs would hold on shrooms.

killclimbz

Trippin' on acid or shrooms, I think it would suck. Then again, as far as snowboarding goes, I just know one way to do it. Balls out. Yep, letting my nutz drag on the snow...
Anyway, jacking yourself up while trippin' doesn't sound appealing to me. If I ever do that stuff again, I like it to be where I am not worried and just chillin'. A nice hike in the mountains to a beautiful view is how I like to do that stuff.
Doing it high seems to work for me. I don't get so paranoid and let it flow more.
Drinking and snowboarding absolutely do not mix for me. Anytime I go out after having more than 1 drink I get butt hurt. Literally, I hurt my ass. Usually my tailbone. Then it's bruised all winter, I have to sit on a donut...

N~R~G

if you stop riding with El you may find that problem go away

see, i do still trip & have done it for many years, so i'm kinda used to it...i know my limit. i'm not saying i'd eat a 10 strip & go strap on a board & fly down the mountain, but a hit, just for the effects, i think would be cool. and fun. and i'm not even talking jumping off cliffs or anything, cuz i'm not that good yet, so pretty much i'd just be sledding down the mountain...on acid. i'd definitely prefer not many people be around when i did it.

and yeah, although i definitely drink like a fish when i'm riding, if i don't pace myself & get a lil too schwilly i definitely have some issues with balance on my board. but a drink or two before a run is good to knock the inhibitions down & keep me warm on the lift.

N~R~G

i did split a mushroom chocolate with a friend last year one day at seven springs. i just remembered that, lol. i didn't really like it though because it gave me a drunk feeling & made me a sloppy rider with slow response.

honestly, i don't know that i'll ever eat acid & ride...i'm not ruling it out completely cuz i'm kinda stupid like that, but it's not like a goal i have, just a thought of what it'd be like.

killclimbz

I was doing that crap long before I rode with El. Zzzzzt, ow! Zzzzz, ow! Zzzzzt, ow! Ok I think I finally figured that one out...

Either way, I am moving plenty fast enough on a snowboard that I don't need that sort of thing to deal with. I hate groomers, typically ride trees, pow, chutes, and a lot of backcountry. Even though pow is soft there are underlying dangers to be found. I'll pass on trippin' and ridin'. But hey, if it works for you...

N~R~G

i also mostly ride mountains that should really be classified as hills. no back country, no trees, just packed sno. i definitely wouldn't do it if i thought there was a bigger safety issue.

killclimbz

Sounds like east side riding to me! Anyway, let me know when you head out Colorado way again.

N~R~G

will do. will you eat acid with me? we can hike into the mountains, the way you'd like it. then we can snowboard back down!