Blue Lagoon Ice Kite Session

12/24/2013 Blue Lagoon Ice Kiting

Fun session for Harry and I. Good smooth ice most areas.
Winds were medium to strong with a peak of 25 mph.

Time:  2:00 - 3:30
Conditions: Good smooth ice was easy to find
Gear: Minimum, 3 meter foil and hockey skates
Weather:  Clear 20 degrees, medium plus wind session
Winds: NW to 25 mph
GPS Data:
Maximum Speed 22.8 MPH    
Distance 13.2 mi.
Vertical 446 ft
Slope 4°
Duration 01:12:29
Ave Speed 10.9 mph

Ice Kiting Session

Ice Kiting is becoming popular due to the fact that all the snow is gone.
Fun session, had to navigate to find smooth ice.
Winds were lite with a peak of 18 mph.
Post sunset session.
Time:  3:30 - 5:30
Conditions: Had to navigate to smooth ice
Gear: Minimum, 3 meter foil and hockey skates
Weather:  Cloudy with flurries, 28 degrees, lite wind session
Winds: W-WSW 5-17
GPS Data:
Maximum Speed 17.6 MPH
Distance 9.3 mi.
Vertical 402 ft
Slope 4°
Duration 02:00:18

First day out of 6 without new snow - excellent soft groomed conditions

Crystal Mt. 12/18/13 Wednesday

Arrived by noon - no hurry no fresh snow this morning.
Found excellent groomed soft conditions, mostly cloudy 23 degrees.
Rode for an hour and a half non -stop. Schooled at backside 180s converting them from a butter slide to an Ollie. Getting the muscle memory down and still working on the muscle strength to get more pop between the board and the ground.
That might be it on the slopes for awhile. Heading back down state for the Holidays and Family stuff.
Got to love the season pass  - come and go as you please, stay long, stay short. I don't feel like I have to ride 8 hours to get my $60.00 worth.

Time:  12:00 - 1:30
Conditions: Nicely groomed
Gear: Hero Board
Weather:  Cloudy, 23 degrees, lite winds
Schooled:  Backside 180s

Season totals: 47,227 vertical feet
Total Distance: 74.6 miles

GPS Data:
Maximum Speed 32.0 MPH
Distance 5.9 mi.
Vertical 3776 ft
Slope 19°
Duration 01:38:00

It will not stop snowing

As long as it keeps snowing I'll keep trying to get out and make fresh tracks.
This is the 5th day in a row that the morning has had fresh powder. Need I say more.....


Time:  9:00 - 12:00
Conditions: Nicely groomed with 2-5 plus inches of fresh powder
Gear: Hero Board
Weather:  Thick clouds with lite snow falling,  22 degrees
Schooled:  Fun in the powder and spin/ollie city.

GPS:
Maximum Speed 32.1 mph
Distance 9.6 miles
Vertical 6183 ft
Duration 02:53:13

First Snow-Kite session of the new season

December 16, 2013 Monday

After a session on the slopes it was time for the first snow kite session of the 2013 season.
Using the 6 meter foil kite and Burton Hero snowboard.

Time:  3:00 - 5:00
Conditions: 1-3 inches of snow to some bare ice.
Gear: Hero Board, 6 meter foil
Weather:  Party cloudy, 22 degrees, Winds SSE lite winds mainly peaking at 20 mph.
Schooled:  Toe side

Maximum Speed 17.9 MPH
Distance 11.6 mi.
Duration 02:03:12

Another fine day at Crystal Mt

December 16, 2013 Monday

Another morning with fresh powder, 3-6 inches of the white fluff. Also a bonus the sun came out for most of the morning which made the morning that much better.
A great day for some video recording through the Crystal Glades.

Time:  9:30 - 12:45
Conditions: Nicely groomed with 2-5 plus inches of fresh powder
Gear: Hero Board
Weather:  Sunny,  14 degrees
Schooled:  Fun in the powder

GPS:
Maximum Speed 38.2 MPH
Distance 11.1 mi.
Vertical 7343 ft
Slope 21°
Duration 03:22:31

WOW!

Sunday 12/15/13 Boyne Mt.

 

WOW! Another epic day this time at Boyne Mountain.

Fresh snow over night made my first tracks very enjoyable even though I started late. Hooked up with Scott and we spent the next five plus hours looking for untracked powder.

Bonus time around 12:30-1:00 a heavy burst of snow fell and probably dumped up to 5 inches so again we were able to easily seek out the fresh powder and leave our marks. Epic day! Great meeting up with Scott and enjoying the day with him.

 

 

Time:  9:30 - 3:30
Conditions: Nicely groomed with 5 plus inches of fresh powder twice.
Gear: Hero Board
Weather:  cloudy with snow,  20 degrees
Schooled:  Fun in the powder
GPS:
Maximum Speed 34 MPH
Distance 19.9 mi.
Vertical 15382 ft
Slope 22°
Duration 05:32:17

 

 

 

 

Maximum Speed 34 MPH
Distance 19.9 mi.
Vertical 15382 ft
Slope 22°
Duration 05:32:17

Cold Crystal

 

Crystal Mt 12/14/13 

 

Cold day 13 degrees most of the day with thick heavy clouds and a lite snow falling..

 

Conditions: Nicely groomed with a lite dusting, got better toward end due to lite dusting.
Gear: Hero Board
Weather: partly cloudy lite snow flurries. 13 degrees
Schooled:  Lots of spin tricks
GPS Data:
Maximum Speed 34.2 MPH
Distance 11.0 mi.
Vertical 7060 ft
Slope 21°
Duration 03:45:41

 

 

Crystal Mt. EPIC Powder Morning

Friday 12/13/13 Crystal Mt
Powder Morning.

Just me and a few others at the opening day for Crystal Mt.
4 - 8 inches of new fluff on top of a groomed base. No complaints from me.
Took a few runs in the new glade area, nicely spaced trees with plenty of untracked snow.
Epic conditions through out the morning.

Time:  9:30 - 12:45 non-stop action.
Conditions: Nicely groomed with 4-8 inches of fresh pow.
Gear: Hero Board
Weather: partly cloudy some snow flurries. 18 degrees
Schooled:  Fun in the powder
Images: 2 of the 4 powder tracks are mine many more were set before it was done.

Maximum Speed 30.8 MPH
Distance 11.1 mi.
Vertical 7068 ft
Slope 22°
Duration 03:21:02

 

Ice - Skate - Kite

Wednesday 12/11/2013 Ice Kite Session.


Met up with Harry for a 2 hour session. Lite west winds 10-15 mph. Some snow but mostly clear ice.

GPS Data:
Maximum Speed 21.8 MPH
Distance 7.1 mi.
Duration 02:10:05 (11:00 - 13:10)

Conditions: Winds from the west 10-15 mph. Smooth Ice.
Gear: Hockey skates and 3 meter 2 line kite.
Weather: Cloudy with snow flurries, 22 degrees
Image:  Kite - ice - skate

First Snowboard session of the 2013/2014 season

Monday 12/9/2013 , First Snowboard session of the 2013/2014 season

Mt Holly had about 80% of the terrain covered and discounted lift tickets.
Conditions were nice with all of the snow manufactured and nicely groomed with a coating of an inch or so of fresh dry powder.
First time out and it felt good. Nothing's been lost, I could still do all my tricks from last year and added a back side 180 followed by a quick 180 front side Ollie. Good fun and  good place to learn these freestyle moves.

Time:  3:00 - 6:16 non-stop action.
Conditions: Windy with medium snow falling, winds from W up to 20 mph. Nicely groomed with 1 inch of fresh snow through out the evening.
Gear: Hero Board
Weather: Mostly Cloudy, 28 degrees and dropping.

GPS Track Info:
Maximum Speed 29.3 MPH
Distance 12.2 mi.
Vertical 6914 ft
Slope 21°
Duration 03:16:39

 

Start of the Winter Board Sessions First Ice-Skate-Kite Session.

Saturday 11/30/2013 , First Ice Kite Session.

Harry gave me a call about noon saying there is black ice thick enough to hold weight at the South River Road DNR launch site. He's been out on his 3 meter 2 line trainer kite and hockey skates for an hour. During a break he gave me a call to join in.
I was instantly there and by 1:00 I was on the ice with a 3 meter 2 line trainer kite and my hockey skates definitely bare bones in gear.
We had a blast sprinting around taking short tacks due to small safe ice area. Definitely a Slicesport with sharp skate blades a necessity.
Had fun in this being my first ever ice skate/kite session.

Conditions: Winds from he S-SW up to 20 mph. Smooth Ice.
Gear: Hockey skates and 3 meter 2 line kite.
Weather: Mostly sunny, 35 degrees.
GPS Track Info:   

14 miles / 1.81 hours

Elapsed Time:	1:48:38
Moving Time:	1:15:33
Average Speed:	7.74 mph
Top Speed:	21 mph