tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10782731828302572142024-02-07T00:26:30.009-08:00justin lamoureuxrandom travels and whatever comes to mind from pro snowboarder and 2 time olympian justin lamoureuxjustin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-75485726969970254362012-05-30T21:28:00.002-07:002012-05-30T21:30:17.808-07:00new websiteHi, <br /><br />I've finally managed to upgrade my website and it's now home to any new (and all the old) blog posts. <br />please go check out www.justinlamoureux.com <br /><br />thanks<br />justinjustin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-56225632017600747372012-05-15T19:57:00.005-07:002012-05-15T20:03:05.643-07:00Mission day.With spring rolling around and more sunlight, I kind of got curious as to how much multi-sporting I could get done in a day. check the video and find out..<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PxDxd8ayg5M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />mission day would lead into mission week. Down at the K2 offices for 2 days, off to snowboarder magazine's Superpark at Mt Batchelor for 2 days, back the the k2 office for a few hours then home to Squamish and toured into the tantalus range and did what is normally a 2 day trip in 1. Posts on these are coming soon.<br />jljustin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-46512662118078173132012-04-11T18:19:00.006-07:002012-04-11T19:21:57.336-07:002 days and 4 big linesIt's 6am on Saturday and I'm slowly wakingup and getting ready to do the spearhead traverse for my first time (and I'm going solo), when i see a msg from a friend saying something about 'Angel line'. hmm, sounds interesting. A quick call to Ture and he says they're leaving right now and I should come. 'OK, I'll be 20 minutes behind you' <br />Quickly packing my lunch and grabbing my gear I head out the door and drive up to the trailhead. Upon meeting the rest of the crew, I'm informed that not many people ski this line, so we need to keep it mysterious a little. Hence my messing with the photo below to remove the peak. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_sc5BAMV9SBBrYNiR8m0IDs5RGXpUwyCxBO6DxCcdCwn-KL1hIQUTTQW_4ypc6DIS4iXdM115a6m1w0G4_JKiCg5h6SJSV2QlzVF7fRVn1hIaBVw_ZlZop90qFqMzkdUadqc53RdPOm9t/s1600/angel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_sc5BAMV9SBBrYNiR8m0IDs5RGXpUwyCxBO6DxCcdCwn-KL1hIQUTTQW_4ypc6DIS4iXdM115a6m1w0G4_JKiCg5h6SJSV2QlzVF7fRVn1hIaBVw_ZlZop90qFqMzkdUadqc53RdPOm9t/s400/angel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730318042152679074" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">'angel line' is that nice looking spine down between the trees.</span> <br /><br />To not give away too many details, 5 hours of climbing later we're on top and greeted by an awesome spine and 3000+ feet of epic powder. The video is down below. <br /><br />Anyways, after a great run I suggested we do a chute nearby that I knew of but everyone claimed 'responsibilities' and had to leave. So I left to rest up for Sunday's mission. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYjgu2weLrabisY7wVpBTiZzP5eDpseZVKjU9sawP7C2hLpCtXFvDDTovy43hd6w9GmzkcTcOVJsIL_zwwejaRnbevwHeLairLPtXHGIAYO-jB69sEtpvuTgg5mjAvfpzpcNm7LXlP7_u/s1600/IMGP4740.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYjgu2weLrabisY7wVpBTiZzP5eDpseZVKjU9sawP7C2hLpCtXFvDDTovy43hd6w9GmzkcTcOVJsIL_zwwejaRnbevwHeLairLPtXHGIAYO-jB69sEtpvuTgg5mjAvfpzpcNm7LXlP7_u/s400/IMGP4740.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730323061853606882" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">ture climbing to angel line. </span><br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5QkHTriDtW4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Sunday greeted us with another beautiful day as my friend Kyle and I drove up to the Duffy Lake. Our plan was to climb and ride Mount Matier, Slalok and finish off with Heart Strings. A few groups would end up doing the first 2 mountains as well, but to tag a third line into that makes for a pretty long day. <br /><br />Kyle had plans to ski fly off the top of slalok so opted for his ski setup and carrying his wing. He knew this would slow him down some, and it quickly became apparent to me that I needed to run ahead and get Matier on my own. Leaving Kyle behind at keith's hut, I wandered my way up the anniversary glacier. Along the way I ran into another Kyle who had come up by himself hoping to run into a crew of people to ride with. "You can come to matier and slalok with us if you'd like.." <br /><br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgFITSHhuGoP-6ppueNFeHpOUJzcSRV48VmjHFu1ocNKGrCKfm4IJsMex3QZiWfoLGKn17_PQQzFAfG6Isqgc8UvKZjaPbNQ95GhEDIZLP3lMAceyVqGa4MXEKZJqAuCLVyyGheI0sAxE/s1600/matier+slalok.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgFITSHhuGoP-6ppueNFeHpOUJzcSRV48VmjHFu1ocNKGrCKfm4IJsMex3QZiWfoLGKn17_PQQzFAfG6Isqgc8UvKZjaPbNQ95GhEDIZLP3lMAceyVqGa4MXEKZJqAuCLVyyGheI0sAxE/s400/matier+slalok.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730318990390889874" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">our lines off matier and slalok</span><br /><br />He was keen to come check it out so up the glacier we went. After having lunch and waiting for Kyle #2 to catch up on top of the anniversary glacier I led the way up Matier. My climbing may have been in quick mode, becasue i ended up leaving this kyle as well and climbing up to the summit by myself. By this time my friend Kyle had reached the joffre-matier col and was watching from down below. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqbOIoQKKsnWq138o5VMueSn0f8r0KtnTB4gvgDYvsMNeLmdrX9jUFOP3MsfkPuJNZCHd48r-2gGewW-rsHRzGM8hMrKUHEs9bBEf2HLQi3fuwFK4rFJzM9B_d6ocBYbSOtKzsMrQ3Fk6/s1600/matier+summit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqbOIoQKKsnWq138o5VMueSn0f8r0KtnTB4gvgDYvsMNeLmdrX9jUFOP3MsfkPuJNZCHd48r-2gGewW-rsHRzGM8hMrKUHEs9bBEf2HLQi3fuwFK4rFJzM9B_d6ocBYbSOtKzsMrQ3Fk6/s400/matier+summit.jpg" border="0"alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730318995112400050" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">on top of Matier</span><br /><br />I quickly strapped in and started riding down and met up with kyle #2 who was just getting to the more technical (read harder and ice axe required) section of the climb and he was quick happy to call that his climb and drop in from there. A quick high five and I dropped in towards slalok and he went towards the anniversary glacier. I took the most northerly line I could as i figured any aspect with west in it would have had some melt freeze from the previous afternoon's really warm sunshine. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_N0NuAVS824xQ6yfJaUntNg3PbBW1_IZUCsjdPtypKKpJe2jY2OnCuI-eAxFLu8jsxzQbk4ZUaWRaa7cEM3WIBhQ5EGaVlk_1e45Of5aDwzaUAAjLYkW3u0ioKPCEWz093TyfXepF7kC/s1600/lake+lillouet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_N0NuAVS824xQ6yfJaUntNg3PbBW1_IZUCsjdPtypKKpJe2jY2OnCuI-eAxFLu8jsxzQbk4ZUaWRaa7cEM3WIBhQ5EGaVlk_1e45Of5aDwzaUAAjLYkW3u0ioKPCEWz093TyfXepF7kC/s400/lake+lillouet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730318981445784482" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">good views from the top of Matier</span><br /><br />linking back up with the original kyle we quickly made our way over to Slalok's east ridge. A little bit of steep skinning got us up on the summit. We quickly pondered the wind and the ability to ski fly in the gusts. not really wanting to risk it, Kyle decided to ski the line. he's a snowboarder and only started skiing this season so he could ski fly. So dropping into slalok was easily the biggest line of his skiing life. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeS6blqfzo0Syg-W3pWOKLhYLf0m993ztgrKv8magYNcv1TzFlkKl3WYmBZpDUDAOfx9CVn8SdMy8RzZdEQV22l8VKvRkutJFpaxMCrfGnvlf4AhaCY30i_yBQivyBH48sJVcxDIWgvma/s1600/glacier.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeS6blqfzo0Syg-W3pWOKLhYLf0m993ztgrKv8magYNcv1TzFlkKl3WYmBZpDUDAOfx9CVn8SdMy8RzZdEQV22l8VKvRkutJFpaxMCrfGnvlf4AhaCY30i_yBQivyBH48sJVcxDIWgvma/s400/glacier.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730318073041415042" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">looking down while skinning between matier and slalok</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9u2QV3Ci3Tvi7JuGubwVSCrOtNLpRWnRwoj_1Pjqr5azK6jaDGJCcD472R75o0-DWTV54sOFLi0HSvIR4QFuGzqn_ymPbsaR6gZRTWryF7lfhhhnsi7YesHRzdIfgXLriEbb368Lp83-/s1600/top+of+slalok.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9u2QV3Ci3Tvi7JuGubwVSCrOtNLpRWnRwoj_1Pjqr5azK6jaDGJCcD472R75o0-DWTV54sOFLi0HSvIR4QFuGzqn_ymPbsaR6gZRTWryF7lfhhhnsi7YesHRzdIfgXLriEbb368Lp83-/s400/top+of+slalok.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730319130213605954" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">kyle and I on top of slalok</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgit_BjJb3E_Fdhn19gGHteOSwYIMJNojaK1ZWOkS33Llj9y2u3Ift1AzGk2xCju3FCNiae1m15wT1OZfi0pevPjCs2IosWR2QcjQ9ptUpoMRclN6bvi9LxZ8rxH0lNL0Tm14HfxRHcrIL-/s1600/kyle+slalok.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgit_BjJb3E_Fdhn19gGHteOSwYIMJNojaK1ZWOkS33Llj9y2u3Ift1AzGk2xCju3FCNiae1m15wT1OZfi0pevPjCs2IosWR2QcjQ9ptUpoMRclN6bvi9LxZ8rxH0lNL0Tm14HfxRHcrIL-/s400/kyle+slalok.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730318977615844466" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">kyle's a spec down there somewher</span>e<br /><br />Everytime I've been to joffre lakes Slalok has called out to be ridden. Nothing really techincal but it's a super fun line with mostly consistent pitch from top to bottom. It's a huge face and has a few good size convex rolls and ends in a few chutes so it's very intimidating. Normally our big lines are in chutes or spines so you have somewhere to run if the snow decides to slide. On slalok, there's nowhere to run really. <br />We decided for kyle to drop first since he would take the longest, he would stop mid way at a safe spot and I would pretty much ride the whole line in one shot. Man can you open up the turns and let the board run! Super fun high speed turns for most of the way down. Just loved it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0j3fybnT54A5mQdsNLYuvlCFdcxrnQofAwv8cXFljVbc-mZeMwXgrJM5mB4VXZuRcp6Uz8fT06fo-cfNspIAVOynoR5x0T1qL5FawABoKB_7_nuR-dIZJoN4zohWXYllKgGfh949fAd-/s1600/bottom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0j3fybnT54A5mQdsNLYuvlCFdcxrnQofAwv8cXFljVbc-mZeMwXgrJM5mB4VXZuRcp6Uz8fT06fo-cfNspIAVOynoR5x0T1qL5FawABoKB_7_nuR-dIZJoN4zohWXYllKgGfh949fAd-/s400/bottom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730318056673679154" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">kyle'ss spec from this angle as well. he's somewhere in the upper section of the couloir.</span> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivx6rVyZaPgXF_4TXKlkn006sq1UWGRgR5o2WAhqByT9G4PFdh6u_6yky8luSc8S29WrPEcW5Wil0I2qe6ShzfoWXsOBYFzUO9KJIzf1Nolb7PAT1DatUsVowlAchWwUtuXNP9rnJYOD7n/s1600/tired.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivx6rVyZaPgXF_4TXKlkn006sq1UWGRgR5o2WAhqByT9G4PFdh6u_6yky8luSc8S29WrPEcW5Wil0I2qe6ShzfoWXsOBYFzUO9KJIzf1Nolb7PAT1DatUsVowlAchWwUtuXNP9rnJYOD7n/s400/tired.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730319128350308418" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kyle's biggest ski descent. pretty good for a snowboarder.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdYitu-0MNNDXSEteLs88X5tB6C_oXugiuodjREv7RLdKA0OAoUy-XdE7IVy0sQF5TRagJkM-pqy6iJSfb9YbBAA5Auo8pnTPx1r9G3k8D4exGe8L9FMxZht4ANvSLrJVfUsljCw3Swz-/s1600/slalok.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdYitu-0MNNDXSEteLs88X5tB6C_oXugiuodjREv7RLdKA0OAoUy-XdE7IVy0sQF5TRagJkM-pqy6iJSfb9YbBAA5Auo8pnTPx1r9G3k8D4exGe8L9FMxZht4ANvSLrJVfUsljCw3Swz-/s400/slalok.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730319126504890770" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">slalok from the head on angle</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbox9o7nHOGXQHQtbZXqjnTiG7LcwZy9xEXy4g2XOrqqJfaXwSuJuWRh2VMVcGQcrAfMaBknMy47L_u7epY1PGZf8F3yQM2JHVr5ejGi-XUfy5lvbFilFNhW1q74a9sHcEvCqsPHOapeME/s1600/gear.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbox9o7nHOGXQHQtbZXqjnTiG7LcwZy9xEXy4g2XOrqqJfaXwSuJuWRh2VMVcGQcrAfMaBknMy47L_u7epY1PGZf8F3yQM2JHVr5ejGi-XUfy5lvbFilFNhW1q74a9sHcEvCqsPHOapeME/s400/gear.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730318071284494162" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">the gear that gets me there. K2 panoramic splitboard, k2 poles, arcteryx quintec pack and my old ice axe. </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-MELlEJVo-EokibkjWCeKhZHvOAaNN8dAacI63kraz-WeZBBFAYTA33qfFFpbu0xHDaxrsOgadFHUv7GqKl8j8KlFIwN0mvPbImM354kDHZDyG__tDXCW4iL41D7Xv_Kx-J0WBDDDSLf/s1600/yeah.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-MELlEJVo-EokibkjWCeKhZHvOAaNN8dAacI63kraz-WeZBBFAYTA33qfFFpbu0xHDaxrsOgadFHUv7GqKl8j8KlFIwN0mvPbImM354kDHZDyG__tDXCW4iL41D7Xv_Kx-J0WBDDDSLf/s400/yeah.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730319139874208354" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">stoked to get on Slalok!</span><br /><br />Upon finishing Slalok, we quickly had another snack, thanked the mountain for letting us ride it (we felt like ants) and made the switch to touring mode to get up our last line of the day, Heart Strings. Heart Strings is another classic line that involves some fun scampering and boot packing about to make your way to the entrance. The first time you go, you really wonder if you're on the right track or not. However Kyle and I had been there a few times before so we felt like we were home free after Slalok. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiz1ZQWlSchWnfgRHXipdlNLSrslsoAlzKwwG-ZN7nePBvuWYLAfloxwgmJwGq15fvBEYAx3TBtjhDd25sJ4YLAeXxj0shmQB9KvQeF9V2yHLGKOn4BXfgNC9FL89kS5uR4Rgc_WM2JTsJ/s1600/balance.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiz1ZQWlSchWnfgRHXipdlNLSrslsoAlzKwwG-ZN7nePBvuWYLAfloxwgmJwGq15fvBEYAx3TBtjhDd25sJ4YLAeXxj0shmQB9KvQeF9V2yHLGKOn4BXfgNC9FL89kS5uR4Rgc_WM2JTsJ/s400/balance.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730318049264506802" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">balance</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2oCAd0VE7Okgd3DwhkCNgZnjr1tQ9gE5YgcwGK7PSVcC2GBuTnxveyhNhEJF7vM4RGK64vP4UxR-8rwW1JbkxhmxjARzHDgjeFZFeufKIgOE8kDWvosw0ZTNE_L4gDu_Z3fWesnoVhBP/s1600/heart+strings.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2oCAd0VE7Okgd3DwhkCNgZnjr1tQ9gE5YgcwGK7PSVcC2GBuTnxveyhNhEJF7vM4RGK64vP4UxR-8rwW1JbkxhmxjARzHDgjeFZFeufKIgOE8kDWvosw0ZTNE_L4gDu_Z3fWesnoVhBP/s400/heart+strings.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730318975883860146" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">me slashing in heart strings.</span> <br /><br />We made our made to the top and dropped in for another long run pretty much right down to the highway. <br />Super happy, 3 classic lines in an 11 hrs round trip. oh wait, we still need to hitchhike back to the car on a pretty empty highway...justin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-32858606551164424682012-03-31T20:51:00.002-07:002012-03-31T20:53:29.619-07:00cloudy day messing around<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2Mnfi82fOj0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />quick clip from messing around in the backcountry today. cloudy, snowing, kindabad light for most of the day. but always fun to be out riding.justin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-4877661773830254592012-03-26T20:15:00.005-07:002012-03-26T21:23:51.839-07:00bright shiny thing in the sky?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlr84Ns32JY-Z9FN0hDn0SONGsc4Mp_VPE8n5l3cfQi-SWbSuigKUDJnNY6fljF0snfPAWG5MzFjXejm5HLIbTXQEWi8bR3RDe0dEKdkdim_ERJyfzd772DxLIpUf7a61zBWdHFQLdSTf/s1600/IMGP4682.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 102px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlr84Ns32JY-Z9FN0hDn0SONGsc4Mp_VPE8n5l3cfQi-SWbSuigKUDJnNY6fljF0snfPAWG5MzFjXejm5HLIbTXQEWi8bR3RDe0dEKdkdim_ERJyfzd772DxLIpUf7a61zBWdHFQLdSTf/s400/IMGP4682.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724425839007009138" /></a><br /><br />Sometimes it gets so cloudy and stormy around whistler that you start to forget what a bluebird day looks like. After receiving a bunch of new snow last week, the skies finally cracked and gave us 3 days of pretty perfect weather. With fairly stable avalanche conditions it was a good time to get after some lines. <br /><br />Friday, my friend Dave Basterechea (owner of www.cheetachfactoryracing.com and www.getpow.com ) and I met up pretty early with 2 different options in mind. The north facing chute of Triconi peak or getting up cloudburst mountain, which icy logging roads and my wife having to get to work have thwarted 2 previous attempts at. But they’re lines I’ve wanted to get for a long time. <br /><br />The day started cloudy and snowing so we opted for Cloudburst which we knew had good trees to ride. So off we went on our snowmobiles with our splitboards in tow. We had to punch into some long forgotten trails to make our way over to our drop off spot then threw the skins on and started touring up. By this point the sun was out in full force and we started to wonder if we’d made the right choice. Oh well, too deep into it right now. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrGg4_cyJ8VdUGifk1GSRnOdsvt9cW5p1crnjiVDBBKfaDvFxMVUSU8UOKBDa1LzEy1ahTz0AWjL5xmuLoFKduM6PPW7tiIKQQndRSPgVMvEQXg8_1hWwixi5V40Sgje8hOh3YSQK_k85/s1600/sled+check.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrGg4_cyJ8VdUGifk1GSRnOdsvt9cW5p1crnjiVDBBKfaDvFxMVUSU8UOKBDa1LzEy1ahTz0AWjL5xmuLoFKduM6PPW7tiIKQQndRSPgVMvEQXg8_1hWwixi5V40Sgje8hOh3YSQK_k85/s400/sled+check.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724425194995484930" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">dave scoping from way down low</span><br /><br /> As we made our way up the mountain, new zones started to poke out of the trees. The first sight of a new area and the possibilities it holds is one of the most exciting things about snowboarding to me. New possibilities and unkown options. Super deep powder also helps..<br />After a little while of poking around, looking at options, and setting a skin track we’d made our way to the peak. And the convective clouds started to build like clockwork. There goes the view, there goes the light. Maybe we did make the right choice today.<br />We were on a casual timeline so we leisurely ate our lunch and discussed our options for what we wanted to ride. Having picked this nice spine zone as our major focus we strapped in and made our way day. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5O4NnQKPtM8ouga1UL6GSZKhYr7WkaObENZTMoMBuwPOv57nX8lXHRwAWOhsmfNjfCWWdLUH2cQgbxv_uxzVgBhHstDWrVZPsbbA61luFLVuWoonPJ6Wkm5XSGuGqPBfFNYjg0yNxgiV/s1600/zone.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi5O4NnQKPtM8ouga1UL6GSZKhYr7WkaObENZTMoMBuwPOv57nX8lXHRwAWOhsmfNjfCWWdLUH2cQgbxv_uxzVgBhHstDWrVZPsbbA61luFLVuWoonPJ6Wkm5XSGuGqPBfFNYjg0yNxgiV/s400/zone.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724425207788339378" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">hmm, that looks fun. and fun it was!</span><br /><br />The light was less then epic but the snow was glorious. We ended up doing 3 good sized laps from the alpine to down below treeline as the weather constantly shifted from full sun to hard convective snow showers. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3LUubQrgynLoCamFUdY47KHhHJabtHkHKV6ZN3KJulR7wFPGcNFHx4RbcGnB7kRr7CYJrACQFux-G7vi8w-n0HD1YrQk8WYYwEKQ7YC8jdnmwZsTeA5lMelxTvr9uR593AyosYxqFyPz/s1600/dave+b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3LUubQrgynLoCamFUdY47KHhHJabtHkHKV6ZN3KJulR7wFPGcNFHx4RbcGnB7kRr7CYJrACQFux-G7vi8w-n0HD1YrQk8WYYwEKQ7YC8jdnmwZsTeA5lMelxTvr9uR593AyosYxqFyPz/s400/dave+b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724424524177200018" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">dave and his k2 panoramic splitboard</span><br /><br />Saturday, I’d had a few options with touring around squamish or Duffey lake with several groups of friends. My wife wanted to go splitboarding and somewhere new. No problem. She’s only 6 months pregnant. So after some early morning discussions we settled on another day (for me) on cloudburst. Kimmie’s wanted to climb that mountain for a while, so with a nice track in from the previous day off we went. <br />The day was a beauty! I can say it was very casual for me. Normally my wife is quite fast (ok very fast) at climbing, but being pregnant she has to watch her heart rate and take her time. So I’d send her up the trail, go dig some pits, poke around and then run to catch up. Watching her climb the summit ridge was like watching someone climb everest. Step, step, pause. Step, step, pause. But it was awesome. I love touring with Kimmie. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaoUD1acHzto_MnZR0rzQfD5DDB7NKNhM8NKdVmaa62kQCq44DsKXn68nK-uoI4fuiSzKdTjGiTUwevXckEBOKwl87gdb5nIfM6xnKNU7oInehJwpsj4kXNJLx2iBlqzcC8t3FH6riMLT/s1600/topout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaoUD1acHzto_MnZR0rzQfD5DDB7NKNhM8NKdVmaa62kQCq44DsKXn68nK-uoI4fuiSzKdTjGiTUwevXckEBOKwl87gdb5nIfM6xnKNU7oInehJwpsj4kXNJLx2iBlqzcC8t3FH6riMLT/s400/topout.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724425200019521714" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">kimmie about to top out</span><br /><br />Eventually we made it up top, and Kimmie’s smile was ear to ear. We took some photos up top as the view was unreal. Cloudburst is one of the few stand alone mountains in the area and it offers amazing 360 degree views. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf-WwWSFtPDXnbbYb2cGM2RnmpOXCcQC4kFLTa9rElUNmEk20v3-UUIOn0J1r0A61Ctyu02ekZ3AaBl_cKKsrfZs_J8ZapbfGqq-i-c02VYirzu2Cl2Nbsr4D5r9hTjhOzJyFDOc8VuUi/s1600/kim.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf-WwWSFtPDXnbbYb2cGM2RnmpOXCcQC4kFLTa9rElUNmEk20v3-UUIOn0J1r0A61Ctyu02ekZ3AaBl_cKKsrfZs_J8ZapbfGqq-i-c02VYirzu2Cl2Nbsr4D5r9hTjhOzJyFDOc8VuUi/s400/kim.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724424530137856834" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">pretty self explanatory. Obviously my beautiful and pregnant wife. never mind me, that kid is going to have a hard time keeping up with mom!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgwkhouYIGEdDF0uMqhq8z6CaIugagfi8uPYIORjduiH8VVZr5rsEy_vSvYJzHYI7hBXCcAT9kHCcHBhQDuO6ey7zVggLT71RErLQTe7VXvpUBfyEAwn7mEnojz1dHOaoTRSAw_8Y4Eqe/s1600/two.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgwkhouYIGEdDF0uMqhq8z6CaIugagfi8uPYIORjduiH8VVZr5rsEy_vSvYJzHYI7hBXCcAT9kHCcHBhQDuO6ey7zVggLT71RErLQTe7VXvpUBfyEAwn7mEnojz1dHOaoTRSAw_8Y4Eqe/s400/two.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724425201370844594" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">family that plays together..<br /></span><br />After soaking in the sights for a while, it was time to ride. We pretty much followed dave and my tracks from the day before. Blower turns everywhere for the whole lap. Amazing day with my wife.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yABwEfKITgLQogaG26amQe6gP8PooofarMDLSDaCmQI-DF17WYtD7WP4PPl1-RxBWUwwzyrC6gAsEWeBs-yqZ9DgCQbD3eTY7fdcHoR2PCtupmjY9wNqlpevB1SYueEffx8JVpToNSA3/s1600/slasher.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yABwEfKITgLQogaG26amQe6gP8PooofarMDLSDaCmQI-DF17WYtD7WP4PPl1-RxBWUwwzyrC6gAsEWeBs-yqZ9DgCQbD3eTY7fdcHoR2PCtupmjY9wNqlpevB1SYueEffx8JVpToNSA3/s400/slasher.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724424534581675330" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">little slasher for me. That wav went for a few hundred glorious meters. </span><br /><br />That night I got a call from my long time friend and neighbor, photographer Jeff Patterson. Turns out his snowmobile broke down way in the backcountry and had the parts to fix it (hopefully). I agreed to take him out there and we had Gaeten Chanut who was going to come and meet us there as they’d spent the last 2 days shooting together. <br />Normally, in the mornings this spot is packed in the parking lot. As I pulled up there was nobody. Not a soul. On a bluebird day. It was kind of spooky. Jeff pulled up and we loaded all the gear onto my snowmobile. Boards, camera gear, primary and secondary clutches, tools.. My sled was loaded down, so we took our time making it out. <br />We made it past the normal riding area and were headed deeper to get to jeff sled as we ran into a problem. My track was spinning on a super icy technical climb. Jeff jumps off and my track is still sliding. I lose momentum and start sliding backwards towards some big trees. I’m out! I jump and a second later my sled flips and slides. Somehow it stops short of the trees. As jeff and I decide to figure out the best way to flip it back over (and not have it slide into the trees) we hear a strange sound. Hmmm..<br />We flip my sled over and oil comes gushing out of the belly pan. Oh no. Turns out my Yamaha snowmobile has breather on the oil pan and if the sled flips and stays in just the right position, you can drain a lot of the oil. Thankfully there’s not a lot in there. However, with no oil my sled is not going anywhere. And we’re a few miles away from jeff’s.No cell service back there aAnd there’s no one to be seen anywhere. What to do? Take my shirt off and enjoy the sunshine. We had some time so we discussed a few options as to how to deal with our situation. First thing, let’s wait for Gaeten. 30 minutes later gaeten show’s up to jeff hiding from the sun (he’s a redhead) and me shirtless lying on my sled. <br />We tell him our new predicament and we hatch the plan to try to fix jeff’s sled. After a few shuttles and a bit of snowboarding we’re at jeff’s broken snowmobile. <br />The clutches come out, the tools come out and the sled gets torn apart. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEslVxJkbeSmWaIGcfKFCqW5AViEC6G1hpnrF4NAD2dlelBf1bmw9hy8sJBHiK_Xum3kC0DMz__DpXRBn8i9pfFa10Ubw7UzxhVeOiB3eslXlB494fzqk-FhMOIBha36uSn9oIGY6u7-_i/s1600/fixer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEslVxJkbeSmWaIGcfKFCqW5AViEC6G1hpnrF4NAD2dlelBf1bmw9hy8sJBHiK_Xum3kC0DMz__DpXRBn8i9pfFa10Ubw7UzxhVeOiB3eslXlB494fzqk-FhMOIBha36uSn9oIGY6u7-_i/s400/fixer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724424507061399986" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">those clutches are not light to carry!</span><br /><br /><br />Thankfully, we get it together pretty quick. As we worked the sun had crept around and started to illuminate some pillows and spines nearby. Leaving jeff to finish gaeten and I quickly hiked up top and got ready. Braaaappppp!!! Jeff’s sled starts up and he does a quick test lap. “All good! Let’s shoot some stuff.”<br />We get busy jumping, riding lines and slashing turns. As we’ve hit every worthy thing in our immediate vicinity, we remember that my sled still needs oil. Off we go in that direction. <br />As I’m standing ontop of the next bowl over I see a rider on a Yamaha sled. Quickly yelling at jeff and Gaeten to stop that guy and ask if he has oil, they race off leaving me to strap in and enjoy another glorious lap in the pow. <br />Amazingly the guy has a litre of oil. He just saved a long ride out to my car to grab oil. Some cash for the oil and we’re all set to go. Get back to my sled, put the oil in, fire it up and we were off to find more stuff to jump.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVbyPRfAaITvIh6izNV7yk1E9ILURVcspjPmZelOz-1KtnWBc5tyrGSW4QSAz8VUhZ0itHdOCd6BBYpougdabY88TQZ8_uBIypWwE37Yy-bQSAmqbniIEmrySO7QeZreaGfWjhYoOZ6uh/s1600/120326.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVbyPRfAaITvIh6izNV7yk1E9ILURVcspjPmZelOz-1KtnWBc5tyrGSW4QSAz8VUhZ0itHdOCd6BBYpougdabY88TQZ8_uBIypWwE37Yy-bQSAmqbniIEmrySO7QeZreaGfWjhYoOZ6uh/s400/120326.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724424509756084658" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">my view from one of my lines shooting with jeff and geaten</span><br /><br />Pretty awesome 3 days in the sunshine (mostly). Thanks to my kimmie, dave, geatan and jeff for the good times. Looks like the snow is coming back in this week for a reset. Can’t wait to get back out there<br />jljustin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-23994949228937335572012-03-21T20:57:00.001-07:002012-03-21T20:57:55.626-07:00wander, wander<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzMIF-0x5G5vHn48D_UhnbJdA1bviNNwY_YRfNyirTwbhc8ViFVEg4UhP8zAeMHoOElJyEPzrywCsgcBYa_C8ev_ZEGLla0UdetpEh24joEh9gLVc7VdwM0ujkaxNHeCnHvPKXricztZB/s1600/IMGP4637.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqzMIF-0x5G5vHn48D_UhnbJdA1bviNNwY_YRfNyirTwbhc8ViFVEg4UhP8zAeMHoOElJyEPzrywCsgcBYa_C8ev_ZEGLla0UdetpEh24joEh9gLVc7VdwM0ujkaxNHeCnHvPKXricztZB/s400/IMGP4637.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722565690387743282" /></a><br /><br />it's good out there!<br />jljustin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-28022567180101876352012-03-13T20:56:00.009-07:002012-03-13T21:59:46.153-07:00AVALANCHE!!!!! courseAfter wanting to take the Canadian Avalanche Association's level 1 operations course for 12+ years, I finally took it. It's a week long course, and really good opportunity to learn from some amazing instructors. I wanted to get my knowledge a little more formalized (and did) which was sweet. <br /><br />The course was being held at my old home mountain of Lake Louise. The rockies have typically a thin, kind of sketchy snowpack, so it's a great place to go dig pits. And this year was no exception as there's claims of 40-50 year sketchy snowpack! but to find out more I had to first get to lake louise..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFj3PjhkXaOj2TcJnZU-i9q_EB-FFuDk4i4oh-jkwow_J6ZWup3i7haA0EzWnnorCAEPvgP-IyOmS-TxNmomJBvyVzWWERZjLRKPEht57eduKcrC4HGA4hrLMTtMD-yGzldyslQUECwqr/s1600/lake+louise.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFj3PjhkXaOj2TcJnZU-i9q_EB-FFuDk4i4oh-jkwow_J6ZWup3i7haA0EzWnnorCAEPvgP-IyOmS-TxNmomJBvyVzWWERZjLRKPEht57eduKcrC4HGA4hrLMTtMD-yGzldyslQUECwqr/s400/lake+louise.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719604115205167970" /></a><br /><br />Generally it's a 9 hour drive from my house in squamish to the Lake. However, when i was just outside of Revelstoke they shut the highway (due to avalanches) 5 minutes prior to me being there. So from where i was I had 2 options, north or south and neither were (or are ever) a good option. So I had to backtrack two hours to Kamloops, then drive north to Jasper, then south on the icefields parkway, slept in my car for 3 hours, woke up and drove the last 2 hours to Louise. My 9 Hour drive turned into a 20 hour mission. but I made it there only 30 minutes late. Which for unintentionally touring around BC is pretty good. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsx4sbZN1mr1cEmvh32FkAfPDdPol8-pm15EfiBSWfxZqNQ7t00-s7FFE2NtIAA7eJjFn9MGmcVYdnqXqciUgQEsiEWqD-usT01gT-d52ihg7wEEaxJt88IVvvK4k_wTpsymMXsW3ZJvT/s1600/1+car.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsx4sbZN1mr1cEmvh32FkAfPDdPol8-pm15EfiBSWfxZqNQ7t00-s7FFE2NtIAA7eJjFn9MGmcVYdnqXqciUgQEsiEWqD-usT01gT-d52ihg7wEEaxJt88IVvvK4k_wTpsymMXsW3ZJvT/s400/1+car.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719600652105221026" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">a few hours of rallying on the icefields parkway</span><br /><br />Our first day we toured out from lake louise ski area. Which was getting hammered. It was torture to hear the hoots from the people riding while we dug pits and did our beacon rescue exams. Thankfully my group finished early and I was able to sneak off and roll some laps. <br /><br />Something I noticed from our beacon exams. If you ever plan on going in the backcountry, in addition to learning how to use your beacon and probe correctly, really take the time to learn how to dig efficiently and quickly. I was kinda blown away by some people who couldn't really dig. Time is of the essence in a rescue scenario, and you should be quick at everything. And somehow some people can't dig, don't be one of them. <br /><br />But back to the sketchyness, of the snowpack. The Alberta rockies currently have a giant layer of perfect surface hoar that's buried down about 60+cm. Surface hoar generally acts like ball bearings in a snowpack and produces some great avalanches. However it's not really good to tour around when it's like that. So we did a lot of sideways touring during the week and dug lots of pits. And all of our pits said "keep walking sideways" because up/down was not a great option for avoiding avalanches. <br /><br />Generally our days involved waking up at 630am to take the morning weather observations, a few hours in the classroom, go for a mellow tour somewhere, dig in the snow for a few hours, then ride down or tour out. Afterwards it was back to town for the afternoon weather observations prior a few more hours of class. Pretty close to 12 hour days everyday of the course. The you had your studying and homework to do at night as well. It all makes for a pretty busy week but it was all good. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DEP2TXdpCzt_mUWfv2HHf0dyxcTonusTBTyBEU8J4dnio26MNsTfYXRtBNOmLYhOADte4lNOEqv0RwpCCEgSGoozXUS-Nt6gIxsxT64YxmnglACI5VJZymiBjQw45Hxbmzy771FSi-Zu/s1600/10+-+pst.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3DEP2TXdpCzt_mUWfv2HHf0dyxcTonusTBTyBEU8J4dnio26MNsTfYXRtBNOmLYhOADte4lNOEqv0RwpCCEgSGoozXUS-Nt6gIxsxT64YxmnglACI5VJZymiBjQw45Hxbmzy771FSi-Zu/s400/10+-+pst.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719601737109776034" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">aftermath of some testing..</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4l14cm38Ece-ssoYCfQOjmTTrfaGK6skU7VPPX8FkLI-1nCsJ9I9wUcS0HVORwEqY7m5JzXpaTHoFXqRMDrCBlcAMcBnYDYM3uSUt_W7PCBwqgsXHk4fQJ8GLHXnpLTSyl94823tc5NV/s1600/9+-+group1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF4l14cm38Ece-ssoYCfQOjmTTrfaGK6skU7VPPX8FkLI-1nCsJ9I9wUcS0HVORwEqY7m5JzXpaTHoFXqRMDrCBlcAMcBnYDYM3uSUt_W7PCBwqgsXHk4fQJ8GLHXnpLTSyl94823tc5NV/s400/9+-+group1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719601729354695106" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">group huddle</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMw4ka0zn0toifOaXJ1ancGs6LLUQ57krAnXeQjZwZFCLHo1YV_TrFdJMtpRbFVeFSfLQrhD-xKMGc7v8sFxhd2uTF8cIARv4vrpnrgemgYP6Kuj-RpsEkQhJFoEStlai0okRV83ClhcoL/s1600/11+-+skin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMw4ka0zn0toifOaXJ1ancGs6LLUQ57krAnXeQjZwZFCLHo1YV_TrFdJMtpRbFVeFSfLQrhD-xKMGc7v8sFxhd2uTF8cIARv4vrpnrgemgYP6Kuj-RpsEkQhJFoEStlai0okRV83ClhcoL/s400/11+-+skin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719603876832109410" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">walking sideways</span><br /><br />One of the realy cool things we got to do during the week was watch the banff national park's avalanche crew go to work on some mountains above the trans canada highway. They dropped some mega explosives from the helicopter up on the ridge tops and pulled down the 2 biggest avalanches (class 3) that I've ever seen live in my life. It was really asight to behold, and a good reminder to never get caught in something like that!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtnxI9N6XkoyzCccJ2O4I3vrq7y53xiK7OcbHVOPHCwvL0pSscBPSoHCEuiYcDoKJqSmOKpegO3kPf-Gr4WX_Q_ZBgwdn-YwMdNd63vdOYXi1TlIGC_7Q8XX1yz3-SYXoUl1R5yml4p7E/s1600/2+-+avi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtnxI9N6XkoyzCccJ2O4I3vrq7y53xiK7OcbHVOPHCwvL0pSscBPSoHCEuiYcDoKJqSmOKpegO3kPf-Gr4WX_Q_ZBgwdn-YwMdNd63vdOYXi1TlIGC_7Q8XX1yz3-SYXoUl1R5yml4p7E/s400/2+-+avi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719600663222334290" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">first one.</span> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmi6IDoZHIkMQh1Vjub5iGRu_RB4_QfM4uGhHRVwKQMHgLljTHoIp8WpL2XK_-17d_iLrofyH8yF8sGYoOjC7z6uGZZWRYa_wz_4kYCSO8Jw6rXtZ4fe8HbYZJp7rtguByjtaHzyhqIqx/s1600/5+-+avi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmi6IDoZHIkMQh1Vjub5iGRu_RB4_QfM4uGhHRVwKQMHgLljTHoIp8WpL2XK_-17d_iLrofyH8yF8sGYoOjC7z6uGZZWRYa_wz_4kYCSO8Jw6rXtZ4fe8HbYZJp7rtguByjtaHzyhqIqx/s400/5+-+avi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719600672393485346" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">second one airing</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaUSaYKnca1v6e3-Nf4TtQ0VAtvyCiFUapOIQ_YsJLp2HxCmdancgZVMfSRpB6aws1Kja-FKD8_LIkz2Y_tlQybA-6dt0gIzDuD1pyALFskVe1xaMLlCP9FHyghwvUdUYpPB1pPgPsOge/s1600/6+-+avi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaUSaYKnca1v6e3-Nf4TtQ0VAtvyCiFUapOIQ_YsJLp2HxCmdancgZVMfSRpB6aws1Kja-FKD8_LIkz2Y_tlQybA-6dt0gIzDuD1pyALFskVe1xaMLlCP9FHyghwvUdUYpPB1pPgPsOge/s400/6+-+avi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719601717813866514" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYDE8Nqyr-ui10QrtZXzStITJpwIE5Ib06Oo18AHSh9K4N686UMUCcKSJaBFSKgHPSCrC4E-kDaVkszXzc1p7T9iIOiAYpOYSenQdefibgeEuEoz2TMu910tDqOS11DLHjLQeRPS37rGv/s1600/7+-+avi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVYDE8Nqyr-ui10QrtZXzStITJpwIE5Ib06Oo18AHSh9K4N686UMUCcKSJaBFSKgHPSCrC4E-kDaVkszXzc1p7T9iIOiAYpOYSenQdefibgeEuEoz2TMu910tDqOS11DLHjLQeRPS37rGv/s400/7+-+avi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719601724151780946" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dGbSFe1bCVWZ-xOGRfNo9heOwmNGGKzdvbR3GEM0VCcN7d_L5ZjfW6E0oRPWliBjFtRysvkW4jh0GKOLArNlYvVvUsekj7eBdKdEXE2kdnKLiSlphKzSXD6g4cawK7FmJi06bFDB1khS/s1600/8+-+avi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dGbSFe1bCVWZ-xOGRfNo9heOwmNGGKzdvbR3GEM0VCcN7d_L5ZjfW6E0oRPWliBjFtRysvkW4jh0GKOLArNlYvVvUsekj7eBdKdEXE2kdnKLiSlphKzSXD6g4cawK7FmJi06bFDB1khS/s400/8+-+avi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719601727509822114" /></a><br /><br />woh! we did end up making it up to the alpine. however we walked up a very, very mellow slope to get there. I think I did 3 turns over 2 kilometers going downhill. <br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFCMbY5hIQ5AU60-dDTnQR3POF2snOvrVCiIyxUKiXUhF1Xnwb2Ncg64QG8z1pwAldIi4IvacxZLY97gTSRPHojPdPXyJtzrEHraT7f6eBKZr9pdvSMFiKkp3kFxJQhaFVynN8b27ypl-/s1600/me.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFCMbY5hIQ5AU60-dDTnQR3POF2snOvrVCiIyxUKiXUhF1Xnwb2Ncg64QG8z1pwAldIi4IvacxZLY97gTSRPHojPdPXyJtzrEHraT7f6eBKZr9pdvSMFiKkp3kFxJQhaFVynN8b27ypl-/s400/me.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719604697672173474" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">me above bow lake</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvD8Ut4tS3hP7ZxM7OQN_-bQvsSIrbGkDo4CXf25II5oomdRwEsTqK4b9cPXG8jN5lLXX3RYdgQ44R8YqNSc1tJt1aM0Rl-_7dSvYQ7X9G2yfDd6FEE0t-qJbexSNfgey8mivRSEi9uDp/s1600/pack.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvD8Ut4tS3hP7ZxM7OQN_-bQvsSIrbGkDo4CXf25II5oomdRwEsTqK4b9cPXG8jN5lLXX3RYdgQ44R8YqNSc1tJt1aM0Rl-_7dSvYQ7X9G2yfDd6FEE0t-qJbexSNfgey8mivRSEi9uDp/s400/pack.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719604695616652290" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">a glimpse at the future, my new arcteryx quintec pack (awesome!) and k2 speedlink splitboard poles (also awesome). </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbqozcEdGpB1UmNb8nxAL1T4YeX08Y2EHyhZRrQTxjriiOcRcvmQVvMYU38FGFKIHTxaG28TUdRY7EshTT08EBTokSruIBuBWxzop8eewbWdH0mLnGbH-CD79p4VZhl-LE1AdVQMMC1Yx/s1600/12+-+group+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbqozcEdGpB1UmNb8nxAL1T4YeX08Y2EHyhZRrQTxjriiOcRcvmQVvMYU38FGFKIHTxaG28TUdRY7EshTT08EBTokSruIBuBWxzop8eewbWdH0mLnGbH-CD79p4VZhl-LE1AdVQMMC1Yx/s400/12+-+group+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719604705140826034" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">our instructor pointing at something.</span> <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnm6RH48bUBDl_QTHsPTNIovIsL5WAKVMUhOr3DN86Rp72XFby9agSoCbD7P__g_gxWauhFtFlcENiczJj_Qi4iE-NtWSvBV-S5LA7S8e4oPTSS4t3GDyll-0O0M4YLig8OHS6mlS2TlE/s1600/13+-+test.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnm6RH48bUBDl_QTHsPTNIovIsL5WAKVMUhOr3DN86Rp72XFby9agSoCbD7P__g_gxWauhFtFlcENiczJj_Qi4iE-NtWSvBV-S5LA7S8e4oPTSS4t3GDyll-0O0M4YLig8OHS6mlS2TlE/s400/13+-+test.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719606749992723474" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">one of the instructors checking out my pit on exam day. I ended up doing pretty well overall and passing the course</span> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNetL9M0jMqflmOB2TK58znncvhWj1xEXWRdUTrQ_pmcpHd3fwYlbyg4Kwx3mMxBojvgN7BBouf6sXZCQUVY_5QK9z5xQizrOy-e4UiXCkPtetT2Kw5AH7Nq5PkQL9CFngMgx29HRsJgaJ/s1600/14+-+exam+day.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNetL9M0jMqflmOB2TK58znncvhWj1xEXWRdUTrQ_pmcpHd3fwYlbyg4Kwx3mMxBojvgN7BBouf6sXZCQUVY_5QK9z5xQizrOy-e4UiXCkPtetT2Kw5AH7Nq5PkQL9CFngMgx29HRsJgaJ/s400/14+-+exam+day.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719606749783685938" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">exam day. pits in a meadow. You don't need a slope to test the snow. and it's a lot safer this way.</span> <br /><br />The alberta rockies are still getting snow and it's looking like the weak layers are there to party until spring time. So expect to see some more big avalanches in that area and here are the 2 chief culprits..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5bXdVOlCC5Sialvs7Sd6m1Q3SkB-p5_pWsHcyKh64yt-2GyUrTgD0oSgO8VhmWOgPy4OwHATR8k7nT54hvb4SYdsrAetqnZEkcMfYAUUObwTvgxbduMpzxaOem8s1_B_t1sxOxxr5NYV/s1600/SH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5bXdVOlCC5Sialvs7Sd6m1Q3SkB-p5_pWsHcyKh64yt-2GyUrTgD0oSgO8VhmWOgPy4OwHATR8k7nT54hvb4SYdsrAetqnZEkcMfYAUUObwTvgxbduMpzxaOem8s1_B_t1sxOxxr5NYV/s400/SH.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719606759595878370" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">big surface hoar!</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMQMbNHw9tQyxbfsqLuvxrEfUC6K_igDgh7dkue3p8N5tQPXE0AeCda3OUOxwT1aPlzxUuJDydRmNXFS53JEhqadI3sfTD-UcTqJByGKv4580xRzqMNNVh48YSCq066RqE2J3jd7HrL1f/s1600/DH.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMQMbNHw9tQyxbfsqLuvxrEfUC6K_igDgh7dkue3p8N5tQPXE0AeCda3OUOxwT1aPlzxUuJDydRmNXFS53JEhqadI3sfTD-UcTqJByGKv4580xRzqMNNVh48YSCq066RqE2J3jd7HrL1f/s400/DH.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719606755444386642" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">these are a treat as well, depth hoar</span><br /><br />Big thanks to our awesome instructors and congrats to my whole class for passing.<br />an even bigger thanks to Ullr for rewarding my patience all week and hammering whistler blackcomb the night i was driving home. felt so good to finally ride all day in deep powder after digging in it all week. <br />Play safe out there. <br />jljustin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-16771030095016397362012-02-28T21:57:00.005-08:002012-02-28T22:33:42.499-08:002 things for me to be real happy about..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZI4z-ooypxStQO5kk7l1HutASS4AzqnxDWgzRP-NEiVXg7ZkLTJ7Uij9EUGnTnSkfEYqRMOgU_ggWGMvo0ot7MW1q8zIuQekdvbhDEgpsheIAJEPg6b7-re1pG5fKN87kbdcgwYuH8jTo/s1600/board.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZI4z-ooypxStQO5kk7l1HutASS4AzqnxDWgzRP-NEiVXg7ZkLTJ7Uij9EUGnTnSkfEYqRMOgU_ggWGMvo0ot7MW1q8zIuQekdvbhDEgpsheIAJEPg6b7-re1pG5fKN87kbdcgwYuH8jTo/s400/board.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714434234365561074" /></a><br /><br />I recently signed with Arcteryx. So pumped to be supported by a company from Vancouver and obviously the gear is amazing. Really excited to work with everyone there and looking forward to trying to beat up their stuff. <br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/h9WQEy-LCrQ?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Finally this weekend I was able to head out with some good friends and get some shooting done. I've missed a few sunny good days due to being at trade shows or a contest, and it seems like everytime I've been home it's been snowing (not that I mind) or the avalanche conditions aren't the greatest. Just hasn't been that good for getting out and shooting. So Sunday was able to head out with jeff and brendan keenan and jeff patterson. Along with a few friends on the videograss crew we were able to punch up into one of our favorite zones following a good storm. The avalanche conditions were somewhat touchy but allowed us to hit some features. <br /><br />The clip above is from one of my favorite cliffs (and maybe a lot of other people's favorite as well) in the whistler backcountry called Sunset cliffs. They're somewhat famous in the whistler i guess. They face the sun from late afternoon on so the light is usually amazing but sometimes that ruins the landing, and when it is good it's usually hard to be there first. But when you get it the cliffs are soo fun. <br /><br />Quite a few years ago Jon Cartright backside 360'd off the top of the cliff. Which in my eyes set the standard for that cliff, and has been rarely repeated. Hitting this cliff natural and spinning is really tough due to a fairly downhill takoff. Nevermind it's a good size drop as well. <br />For the past while I've been daydreaming about spinning a frontside 360 off the finger (first try in the video) as it has a somewhat reasonable takeoff for a natural hit. But i missed and the takeoff sorta avi'd out which made me start looking around and higher. I quickly decided a rebate off the top was in order. So back up I went and before I could really think about the downhill takeoff (or turning on my POV cam), I found myself dropping, spinning and stomping. I rode out yelling with both jeff's quickly joining in. But that's just the highlight of my day. Both jeff and Brendan definitely had their moments of awesome riding as well. <br />It's nearly the same feeling watching your friends land their tricks as it is for me to land mine. There's so much time prepping for a shot, missing and bailing, getting back up there, trying again. Getting cheered on or doing the cheering. It's awesome when it all finally works out. <br />Thanks for the good day boys, and thanks to Patterson for pushing the camera buttons. can't wait for the next time. <br />jljustin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-66493762860360439332012-02-18T21:46:00.000-08:002012-02-18T21:51:23.944-08:00Timebender<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bx_xNn9kw_E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Mike Douglas (yeah that 'godfather of freestyle skiing and invented the twin tip ski" skier dude) called me up one day and said he wanted to go ride pow with me. of course I said OK. He happened to bring along a super fancy crazy video camera and you can see the results above near the end of the video. <br />Turns out Mike was just using me for the latest Whistler Blackcomb video. Never trust a skier. haha. <br /><br />thanks for having me out Mike. The video is awesome and always a pleasure sharing turns with you. <br />jljustin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-4765666730785861542012-02-06T18:05:00.000-08:002012-02-08T22:03:45.904-08:00Grand Daddy Couloir"have you ridden this chute? it's called Grand Daddy Couloir and it's located around Banff somewhere.." one of my friends asked me a few weeks ago seeing a photo in a magazine (I lived in Banff for a while). <br />I said no and quickly found out where it was and had it on the hit list. Being located in Alberta I didn't really think the avalanche conditions would allow for a lucky one off mission, but it's good to have a list just in case. I was heading to Alberta for the Burton Canadian Open halfpipe contest so I planned an extra day just in case..<br /><br />Friday, feb 3 6-930pm...<br />Burton Canadian Open halfpipe finals. I fell every run. it was awesome. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRSocAuvJAzMvk7SETkxzfaApgerrgnwDRg9xPsOKHutx_7WZfaPnCQpsVJEKGXU2C2EYFpU5As1VU46nytJedosuEBiZpS1u1eo5OOEvCcfC7fpmiqQacx-UAN4xR6uvkSEAc4iNke3P/s1600/justin_lamoureux-Cano.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRSocAuvJAzMvk7SETkxzfaApgerrgnwDRg9xPsOKHutx_7WZfaPnCQpsVJEKGXU2C2EYFpU5As1VU46nytJedosuEBiZpS1u1eo5OOEvCcfC7fpmiqQacx-UAN4xR6uvkSEAc4iNke3P/s400/justin_lamoureux-Cano.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706210647770054370" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I'm quite sure this is my second run of the night in practise. how do I know? My first run I just did ollies and didn't grab, and my 3rd run I started dropping in switch on the other wall. So I only did 1 normal method all night, during my second warm up run. So this is it. photo:jeff patterson </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4ytSfTLSl-d1H4O2q-OBlUF16h9voCoFcy_H4cTvREu_K5KYh64XJ-4NPUWV_FD7vf5zUn8-yoCWvmG4g465hiMui7gMXuVa9IqnN8bOlbVA7vfEfuN-C9sQ7XIhUbCoWlnfmUHDKEnp/s1600/2012-02-04+08.55.57.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4ytSfTLSl-d1H4O2q-OBlUF16h9voCoFcy_H4cTvREu_K5KYh64XJ-4NPUWV_FD7vf5zUn8-yoCWvmG4g465hiMui7gMXuVa9IqnN8bOlbVA7vfEfuN-C9sQ7XIhUbCoWlnfmUHDKEnp/s400/2012-02-04+08.55.57.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706209404002453346" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Grand Daddy Chute</span><br /><br />Previously in the week, I'd talked with my good friend Scott Gaffney about riding Grand Daddy Chute on Saturday following the contest. Seems I ate some horseshoes. They didn't work for the contest but for the couloir it sure did. <br />I was able to borrow a friend's splitboard and touring gear for the mission, which was great. Just had to put a little bit of time in to set up everything correctly and hope that I liked the board since the first turns on it were going to be in at the top of a 50 degree chute!<br />After the contest I got back to the hotel at 11pm and was in bed by 12 and ready for my 6am pick up. <br /><br />Not having all my usual equipment (or kitchen) meant a few random stops for food and parking lot fixes that needed to be done. I felt like a one man gong show. Usually i'm really organized and quick to go touring, but having borrowed everything...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeKHC_XIqnz5BUcwgglKesbjMq5xF6caRHWPJGXsEBiTa4gPn6xhheKkGe2UFjbc1pe5Z8jGOc_HzYVCrW2T1EQm3UHT73V0WborZWcJ1ZVmiDLntKbciY09uqSDOY5yCmBz8dO33zLug/s1600/2012-02-04+11.21.35.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeKHC_XIqnz5BUcwgglKesbjMq5xF6caRHWPJGXsEBiTa4gPn6xhheKkGe2UFjbc1pe5Z8jGOc_HzYVCrW2T1EQm3UHT73V0WborZWcJ1ZVmiDLntKbciY09uqSDOY5yCmBz8dO33zLug/s400/2012-02-04+11.21.35.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706210638653032754" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">scott gaffney, headband stylist</span>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWBEerZvSsmZLzY0y0qi3XUMx42pyaAtY_C2ofeUuByrRQxrMmhhvuhAAjoOCiXUI4XvE0HK2ZYrM08mLxOrQdYhhsdUE1_-k9BfbQCouwRRzJq7wC4N9kW_8ks_3PwUNi6Cw5Ihc0cfC/s1600/2012-02-04+11.22.24.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWBEerZvSsmZLzY0y0qi3XUMx42pyaAtY_C2ofeUuByrRQxrMmhhvuhAAjoOCiXUI4XvE0HK2ZYrM08mLxOrQdYhhsdUE1_-k9BfbQCouwRRzJq7wC4N9kW_8ks_3PwUNi6Cw5Ihc0cfC/s400/2012-02-04+11.22.24.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706209410032930338" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">thankfully scott is one of my testers and had his k2 Panoramic that i could pose with.</span><br /><br /><br />Finally having gotten my stuff together we were off for the few hours of touring to get to the chute. Having been absolutely beautiful and the avalanche conditions being perfect for a few days, we weren't really surprised to see tracks coming out of the chute. But half the chute was totally fresh and the previous group hadn't made it past the crux of the climb so we pressed onwards. <br /><br />Can't really blame the previous crew for not making it past the crux as it got fairly steep and well, you wouldn't want to fall. Let's just say you'd hit a lot of rocks on the way down. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGrGFd7-JKhAZi0QMeOrCdMhWvgmzdpr4eeLrTuE0pGzBNvIu9DY51F5-8LlKJiem_tIAhtkc1Va4p5-KlXIyk6RmQHwAahhTn8Uuvq95iLHhr5twCa_z_zEms1Wzpx6V0py2eocSg1xA/s1600/2012-02-04+12.07.41.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGrGFd7-JKhAZi0QMeOrCdMhWvgmzdpr4eeLrTuE0pGzBNvIu9DY51F5-8LlKJiem_tIAhtkc1Va4p5-KlXIyk6RmQHwAahhTn8Uuvq95iLHhr5twCa_z_zEms1Wzpx6V0py2eocSg1xA/s400/2012-02-04+12.07.41.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706209430217101762" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">part way up, looking down. It's around here that I started to dislike my broken poles with their plastic tips and was really missing my ice axes.</span> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FnWcOScONDCUbAVx3SUsLJ3Hl5uZs5HnLEMXvYrvahQ4xK-eZx4OR6cMhby2kSVpSklLHsbSO8qqQcGnonbTOwe65Xi2MoKL-3lCTS4yg6Kkc7dt74-YGJcaMpV36KVw-_IZmdzNiAAP/s1600/2012-02-04+12.31.42.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FnWcOScONDCUbAVx3SUsLJ3Hl5uZs5HnLEMXvYrvahQ4xK-eZx4OR6cMhby2kSVpSklLHsbSO8qqQcGnonbTOwe65Xi2MoKL-3lCTS4yg6Kkc7dt74-YGJcaMpV36KVw-_IZmdzNiAAP/s400/2012-02-04+12.31.42.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706217720012242370" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">damn cornice!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR95FfXcuiuD5HtmpLNOD45MdvcK4Zc2xxQwAV7kaTKTOQ3VeMVPpmaSDQgo-TlcZ-P63u4xlebcQDljQrvQsUaAkuM2ogTkrYsNe-4F2CVjdXEXfJEHl75IeBHPFBWPP1Tc__dmyHjS81/s1600/2012-02-04+12.32.17.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR95FfXcuiuD5HtmpLNOD45MdvcK4Zc2xxQwAV7kaTKTOQ3VeMVPpmaSDQgo-TlcZ-P63u4xlebcQDljQrvQsUaAkuM2ogTkrYsNe-4F2CVjdXEXfJEHl75IeBHPFBWPP1Tc__dmyHjS81/s400/2012-02-04+12.32.17.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706209419465254466" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">our little switch over platform</span><br /><br />After making our way past the crux we were confronted with the true size of the cornice that loomed above the top of the chute. Now having the sun beating on it's backside, and with it stretching from side to side of the couloir with no good way around it, and well, it was fairly big, we decided that the last 20 meters weren't quite worth it. So we dug a little platform in a safe corner and switched over to ride down.<br /><br />Scott won the rock, paper, scissors and dropped in first. I was a touch nervous being on a board I'd never ridden before, but it was all good. No k2 Panoramic but it was pretty good. The rest, you can see on the video below. I wish I could have stayed in Alberta, 'cause man, it's really good right now. Fairly rare to see good avalanche conditions and perfect weather in February in Alberta. If you're in Alberta, get after it!<br />jl<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFySlx4_ai__A8xDevBGxkHUEtywP9JlU4uamUJ9YI4o-TjOsdSfyzZGQ5D4Qjrsd39Rz54R6kQRlFp8RZdM8UzWqQ6B3kWbEqSt_quh4zHnd8azn26ijNReX9RCkoAXA7bqdVhyphenhyphen_DSQ6/s1600/2012-02-04+12.32.05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFySlx4_ai__A8xDevBGxkHUEtywP9JlU4uamUJ9YI4o-TjOsdSfyzZGQ5D4Qjrsd39Rz54R6kQRlFp8RZdM8UzWqQ6B3kWbEqSt_quh4zHnd8azn26ijNReX9RCkoAXA7bqdVhyphenhyphen_DSQ6/s400/2012-02-04+12.32.05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706218063913596002" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">ribbed.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8KCs_BAhy8BoJ98KshKASmjvbk82Z30xYIOO0_4LVlc9PUF-46lqyWym0rRyAOarHDQeH3RN8fvuZjm28g5ZosYM7V6OZNbZ4-dYpST7PYa638M0tfRBOAw5GSxfuXQgvMeE-mpJ8Ah3l/s1600/2012-02-04+14.18.19.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8KCs_BAhy8BoJ98KshKASmjvbk82Z30xYIOO0_4LVlc9PUF-46lqyWym0rRyAOarHDQeH3RN8fvuZjm28g5ZosYM7V6OZNbZ4-dYpST7PYa638M0tfRBOAw5GSxfuXQgvMeE-mpJ8Ah3l/s400/2012-02-04+14.18.19.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706209437600741714" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">happy!</span><br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ChHjwQVs84s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>justin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-50605192158641084482012-02-03T13:27:00.000-08:002012-02-03T13:32:23.814-08:0024 hours in my lifegood 24 hour peak into my life.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qo7DC-INaKQWXqvVDFGI2rnpnAuoQBdc4vD8__2H7w03X8rFfPKMG-GxynSPBWdPGaSOsTrI6d3iewV4Pyf7kp1lFK-0-VZsqCph7RZBXrVQkj3vxaYayOqrI3laRgaZtwDm70HpNd7V/s1600/2012-02-03+10.03.49.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qo7DC-INaKQWXqvVDFGI2rnpnAuoQBdc4vD8__2H7w03X8rFfPKMG-GxynSPBWdPGaSOsTrI6d3iewV4Pyf7kp1lFK-0-VZsqCph7RZBXrVQkj3vxaYayOqrI3laRgaZtwDm70HpNd7V/s400/2012-02-03+10.03.49.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705024282231004162" /></a><br />wake up early and design the next batch of K2 snowboards<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgt8XqWezlTqL2DbKXc-Y658iMhEU-qDu48_ldWIDpv0BxHeNn1erm5fPqzaFthiOYSt87MsfNyQIGWLn5kAMTRq_gTly_ulul3jnvKLkMxXMt5joKZTgnZHsg_l-CP1dapLrmSv7DjmsI/s1600/2012-02-03+13.24.22.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgt8XqWezlTqL2DbKXc-Y658iMhEU-qDu48_ldWIDpv0BxHeNn1erm5fPqzaFthiOYSt87MsfNyQIGWLn5kAMTRq_gTly_ulul3jnvKLkMxXMt5joKZTgnZHsg_l-CP1dapLrmSv7DjmsI/s400/2012-02-03+13.24.22.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705024280068604322" /></a><br />do some ghetto tuning in our tiny room<br /><br />compete in the Burton Canadian Open tonight at 7pm (alberta time)<br />webcast is on at:<br />http://live.redbull.tv/events/v1/burton/open-ca/<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IzgzaTUOKBJEzwiYHtn5AtGvynqxQLYYrk_8HW9vU4F90bxVBOcqrjB8xx-qTuDBhRkQbHf0eVAW0ym9iyzrpApYKXNctVrZrEUu8Fv4l6-yU5AHn_qMq5XO0g0VbREbZCa31L6IxkjA/s1600/gd.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IzgzaTUOKBJEzwiYHtn5AtGvynqxQLYYrk_8HW9vU4F90bxVBOcqrjB8xx-qTuDBhRkQbHf0eVAW0ym9iyzrpApYKXNctVrZrEUu8Fv4l6-yU5AHn_qMq5XO0g0VbREbZCa31L6IxkjA/s400/gd.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705024287901219970" /></a><br />and tomorrow's little mission..justin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-23177167374208321212012-01-24T21:34:00.000-08:002012-01-24T22:10:13.779-08:00Fissile, the Grand Poobah, the Impaler and the Alien<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIK9ey89yTHgMRQaXWrNBVumS1vQpD3UpgmZIESwW4R7lD7EJeI4-jpn70D2IhrDvFm6iyIY2FVT7vUEwIMZbTawMWZ-FNue7eZD97ULHUy_3yobyK5HPZ_p1W85muOAHWqrWfm8n3JWHG/s1600/IMGP4524.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIK9ey89yTHgMRQaXWrNBVumS1vQpD3UpgmZIESwW4R7lD7EJeI4-jpn70D2IhrDvFm6iyIY2FVT7vUEwIMZbTawMWZ-FNue7eZD97ULHUy_3yobyK5HPZ_p1W85muOAHWqrWfm8n3JWHG/s400/IMGP4524.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701442331026042594" /></a><br />Fissile Mountain and the Banana Chute<br /><br />Had a few good splitboard missions lately.<br />the snowpack has finally gotten stable enough to go ride some big lines, so I took my wife Kimmie out to Fissile mountain to ride the banana chute. She'd never been out there and it makes for a really good long day trip. The sky was blue when we started, then turned to super milky clouds and the day finished off with me leading the way back to Whistler Mountain in the dark, in a snowstorm. Touring via headlamp when it's snowing really challenges how well you can navigate around the mountains. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcTtV1V79CYlEnIpDac2FqdB0kBkVDHPVB02BS1U8g6PzFO1rRUh4ZzUdqfC6A_kVQG6lT7ITgXwK5uYXYMpKMykalIiYift-FLcl84a2pgMh0bdC9-uloQ9DMbW31scZ1h6CBkvaKSvx/s1600/IMGP4496.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcTtV1V79CYlEnIpDac2FqdB0kBkVDHPVB02BS1U8g6PzFO1rRUh4ZzUdqfC6A_kVQG6lT7ITgXwK5uYXYMpKMykalIiYift-FLcl84a2pgMh0bdC9-uloQ9DMbW31scZ1h6CBkvaKSvx/s400/IMGP4496.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701440675327199474" /></a><br />I love being in the mountains<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCowrwhPsbDVOPUEkxA2gZ0R60jV78QH45YH9I5kGzrU3vthULJTYDyO-Uvk75hwbO2SCA3BKXG29_NrLKNw2d5y8Upa5muXlTytcpKxbQmU0GOM-DhuDGPleaHqxxo_BNUPhnKGaPq4JX/s1600/IMGP4499.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCowrwhPsbDVOPUEkxA2gZ0R60jV78QH45YH9I5kGzrU3vthULJTYDyO-Uvk75hwbO2SCA3BKXG29_NrLKNw2d5y8Upa5muXlTytcpKxbQmU0GOM-DhuDGPleaHqxxo_BNUPhnKGaPq4JX/s400/IMGP4499.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701440671648216850" /></a><br />Kimmie climbing up the notoriously loose south face of fissile<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzId-y7GSEshXYO0wzOBmiJ8_ZJIXYMZ_lEkRNpzDmdLrOHHbyIHQFnGd5np7mZ_BHvvCuHyLCr3M2OgUjuAT7s_26InlA9wwLIdX99cX3YrM8TLFkfwJhMl30WHj36cQJHVPVkbn7ok2/s1600/IMGP4506.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzId-y7GSEshXYO0wzOBmiJ8_ZJIXYMZ_lEkRNpzDmdLrOHHbyIHQFnGd5np7mZ_BHvvCuHyLCr3M2OgUjuAT7s_26InlA9wwLIdX99cX3YrM8TLFkfwJhMl30WHj36cQJHVPVkbn7ok2/s400/IMGP4506.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701440668000185762" /></a><br />I love every minute of being in the mountains with my wife. So rad.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zbLJRhyjQCZ_P4u4VdgG1rTq4fvK_7LMRi_o2dHCKdQXw9Y5LtIdyXbTeXV1i9eHTYPNqwleNCuMpJ7XGCoTkYOvdQtAb093FMNlxvDCUt8pzjo5icdIGGy-jqqePPHpaAln6PKQhVV3/s1600/IMGP4511.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zbLJRhyjQCZ_P4u4VdgG1rTq4fvK_7LMRi_o2dHCKdQXw9Y5LtIdyXbTeXV1i9eHTYPNqwleNCuMpJ7XGCoTkYOvdQtAb093FMNlxvDCUt8pzjo5icdIGGy-jqqePPHpaAln6PKQhVV3/s400/IMGP4511.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701440662071301586" /></a><br />Kimmie getting her first look down the Banana chute<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpilpI2txMFx4z1E4G4bMgU8luS5Cf5gIAGuATB64OB83Rdf2VzRpFeq77_tFjvKoRYZ0wV4b51KQ__5L-Km6N6Z49F7N1VNwUimRjg-LOv6M_Leioph7eayB65wVvWmEHufZ7TLG6WeA/s1600/IMGP4533.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpilpI2txMFx4z1E4G4bMgU8luS5Cf5gIAGuATB64OB83Rdf2VzRpFeq77_tFjvKoRYZ0wV4b51KQ__5L-Km6N6Z49F7N1VNwUimRjg-LOv6M_Leioph7eayB65wVvWmEHufZ7TLG6WeA/s400/IMGP4533.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701440660997147154" /></a><br />darkness and freshies<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4RZwKM5LTsOae2NYKM_ikyPAbUGUvDCkVAk4CTA_pGpNYDZJd_bx9fw7vSYYX8hjypsg3EVo0fiFklPQw1vpuIsnYqPZjI6pSPFQdBsRBzcosBt0jhHzCyiLiqGHGFiTGVSKgYUj3aU6/s1600/IMGP4531.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4RZwKM5LTsOae2NYKM_ikyPAbUGUvDCkVAk4CTA_pGpNYDZJd_bx9fw7vSYYX8hjypsg3EVo0fiFklPQw1vpuIsnYqPZjI6pSPFQdBsRBzcosBt0jhHzCyiLiqGHGFiTGVSKgYUj3aU6/s400/IMGP4531.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701442330340793186" /></a><br />watch for snowcats and don't miss the cat track<br /><br />We also got a chance to tour into what was once a snowmobile access zone. It's pretty far for a day trip but there's a secret pillow zone that my friend Dave Basterechea and I found many years ago that I thought would be good. It's called the grand poobah. also in the area is the little poobah, the perfect four and the Impaler. how can you not want to go back? only problems was, I hadn't been there in 5 or 6 years, and it was hard to find when I'd been there frequently. It's buried in the woods, hiding behind gullies and ravines. But after many hours of splitting, I was able to crack the forest code and find the Poobah. and it was deep. beyond deep. almost so deep we couldn't ride! I basically had to swim my way up the mountain to get on top of the pillows but it was well worth the effort. and as seems to be the case, toured back out via headlamp in a storm. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPgxB0syPP14Zqeq6LIjuEdumUJ3tNS3uyQiNjx7kWJQ3QN5ixOwwgv5X27ZuVoA_i-qkCUiyYfIFqeXiqjMxGdyz6geYlpJXJcYlx1QuLrHrWWjmcFYKPZrezfYNe_DOFwX5xdXvsoB1/s1600/IMGP4545.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPgxB0syPP14Zqeq6LIjuEdumUJ3tNS3uyQiNjx7kWJQ3QN5ixOwwgv5X27ZuVoA_i-qkCUiyYfIFqeXiqjMxGdyz6geYlpJXJcYlx1QuLrHrWWjmcFYKPZrezfYNe_DOFwX5xdXvsoB1/s400/IMGP4545.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701445753270905858" /></a><br />through the trees.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vjZ-vau-mh8Fp8i6JXRvxqLSpzzBni0QEd_g8WWH9yhY5CH0IK7obJTsMcnOAdk8b1bjf0ORG_BM9MQu6h0p9XYtTl6My5FjzO6FeCKpdJJaZBOHNaHjLlXftCXW7ja33hRF0ngxveyr/s1600/IMGP4537.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vjZ-vau-mh8Fp8i6JXRvxqLSpzzBni0QEd_g8WWH9yhY5CH0IK7obJTsMcnOAdk8b1bjf0ORG_BM9MQu6h0p9XYtTl6My5FjzO6FeCKpdJJaZBOHNaHjLlXftCXW7ja33hRF0ngxveyr/s400/IMGP4537.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701445740251479810" /></a><br />wallowing up <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemz4bTNHpktAT0td6NRYyMzlfAaMqXgztFiwmzz1eFI30-E0VrrSZFzTOaF4sonW6QWF2VbINoNlmQPayYeZUo1jElgV8EkZbUHz_EPNt4s__clbLzKbu91rhBpsyXFAB7sypUO6Vc3SN/s1600/IMGP4541.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemz4bTNHpktAT0td6NRYyMzlfAaMqXgztFiwmzz1eFI30-E0VrrSZFzTOaF4sonW6QWF2VbINoNlmQPayYeZUo1jElgV8EkZbUHz_EPNt4s__clbLzKbu91rhBpsyXFAB7sypUO6Vc3SN/s400/IMGP4541.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701445745680381346" /></a><br />this is the little poobah!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixV-7i53ZGykk2Nbm50rcG8EUVmscUyA8QLuHoSoZOQYHMdUPVFuMuZl3S1lZYIPUiZHADgQHcvlBL4H1oZHWqJsKSjdbfp4eq61ezgc7DzNrP9Ye2eBdEsXLWJ3NN7BAMwscTErJsBTwK/s1600/IMGP4542.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixV-7i53ZGykk2Nbm50rcG8EUVmscUyA8QLuHoSoZOQYHMdUPVFuMuZl3S1lZYIPUiZHADgQHcvlBL4H1oZHWqJsKSjdbfp4eq61ezgc7DzNrP9Ye2eBdEsXLWJ3NN7BAMwscTErJsBTwK/s400/IMGP4542.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701445750656508626" /></a><br />yup. kimmie got this zone too<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8MCzNkRwTLVVr_pRlmxYA_25ERsSEhU2R0cGRX3dTAmlqRKSolFIP5EacxKB4iNUdOg1zGYvUGR7deoUZiEi61tK89QilODd_6BrKDXGr63fN9dPL95oc4U-msKwQWwO9m1ARjhT0UgQ/s1600/fs3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8MCzNkRwTLVVr_pRlmxYA_25ERsSEhU2R0cGRX3dTAmlqRKSolFIP5EacxKB4iNUdOg1zGYvUGR7deoUZiEi61tK89QilODd_6BrKDXGr63fN9dPL95oc4U-msKwQWwO9m1ARjhT0UgQ/s400/fs3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701445757455891986" /></a><br />completely unrelated frame grab from a video I'm putting together. frontside 360 drop <br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6blui30F2jo-tyn6RzPmj9_I7s9HPJQb17lGnnf7Duzf-G8Y9vA4YfmSnBigXGuvgcVJLlhfT7DnCnmRsAJT6ckJqPQg62RnWlicezINQAgXrP8nEbXPDUjtmWCxaLuJu7nv_qprv9u2F/s1600/IMGP4507.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6blui30F2jo-tyn6RzPmj9_I7s9HPJQb17lGnnf7Duzf-G8Y9vA4YfmSnBigXGuvgcVJLlhfT7DnCnmRsAJT6ckJqPQg62RnWlicezINQAgXrP8nEbXPDUjtmWCxaLuJu7nv_qprv9u2F/s400/IMGP4507.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701447044537819778" /></a><br />oh and this. kimmie and our alien on top of Fissile. over 3 months.justin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-47764196072088148192012-01-15T21:39:00.000-08:002012-01-15T21:40:40.901-08:00quick one<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKfD28y-njz2RrQbS8xicziZHuInvp-vhAEKCLmGo8UyLgJnuvKJ1wtbG5c5WhBBmNM6d7aLF_YDXWQKV8SBpckaiGDnuLQIRGiz-DCC-6xRygJ2TuXV5gZJpfWWyF6MJ8X5bYoK-xHJs/s1600/brandy+chute.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKfD28y-njz2RrQbS8xicziZHuInvp-vhAEKCLmGo8UyLgJnuvKJ1wtbG5c5WhBBmNM6d7aLF_YDXWQKV8SBpckaiGDnuLQIRGiz-DCC-6xRygJ2TuXV5gZJpfWWyF6MJ8X5bYoK-xHJs/s400/brandy+chute.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698100462791049186" /></a><br /><br />just a quick frame grab from one of today's runs.justin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-68421715904109750732011-12-29T20:52:00.000-08:002011-12-29T21:09:56.898-08:00couple runs on whistler mountainMy 2 first laps of the day on whistler mountain on a decent powder day.<br />christmas time 2011<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IjUc5BT-XtI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>justin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-795555559536455532011-12-26T21:34:00.001-08:002011-12-26T22:05:15.552-08:00Colorado, giant crystals and no pow.Kinda got busy there and a month flew by. Hasn't really snowed since my last posting, so not so much touring going on. Just one little exploration mission where we crossed some creeks, got lost in the maze and found some crazy huge hoar frost. But now the snow is back, Whistler is getting hammered and we're heading out for some storm split boarding tomorrow. <br /><br />With the long dry spell and no pow kicking around I went down to Colorado for the US grand prix. It was an interesting comp since I'd only ridden 1 day on hardpack prior to being there and had 2 days to practice. The crew at Copper did a really good job on the pipe this year and I was super happy to ride a sick pipe. We only had a few hours of official training of each of the days prior to the comp. And I forgot they were running a ski comp too so we had way less practice time. And half of that time is at the wrong time since you need to take turns of having the skiers in the good light and the snowboarders in the good light. <br /><br />Qualification day was of course cloudy and bad light. When we'd been riding in sunlit perfection all week (minus the bad practise times). During my few practice sessions I'd focused on getting in tune with the pipe and feeling my edges on hardpack again. And during the 25 minutes practice prior to the comp, I couldn't land a thing. haha. Which a handful of years ago used to freak me out, and now I laugh about it. I almost prefer it now which is a little weird. Anyhow, I landed my first run with a few mistakes but it was enough to put me in the top 4 in the heat and keep me qualified for the finals. By the time my second run came around I was in fourth and knew i needed to land my run clean. Which I did, but the judges gave me a lower score. I don't usually bitch about judging ( I used too when i was younger; they have a hard job), but it sucks when you know you landed a better run and a few judges agree and score you higher and a few don't and score you lower. But you KNOW it was a better run, and you end up with a lower score than your first run, and you get 18th and top 16 got to finals. So I missed finals by 1.2 out of 100. Sucked. I just wanted to keep riding the pipe. <br /><br />So went and spent a day riding breckenridge with the Frends crew, hitting jumps and laughing all day long. Then came home early and ended up on a splitboard recon...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKNkic7_Q00_PbaOjCByaq4-DKOQpR-w_KPXO7IPCLd5WYVywXePPmW5JmfWjwkfVS8A6_1_AJWfoYBsYsvZYF8rL0sflm_OGf-coyMXQDXQ29GaF8tPgMo15Y-E_TwCfm613XZ2V43t1/s1600/IMGP4458.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKNkic7_Q00_PbaOjCByaq4-DKOQpR-w_KPXO7IPCLd5WYVywXePPmW5JmfWjwkfVS8A6_1_AJWfoYBsYsvZYF8rL0sflm_OGf-coyMXQDXQ29GaF8tPgMo15Y-E_TwCfm613XZ2V43t1/s400/IMGP4458.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690677727175345906" /></a><br />Steady! kimmie balancing on icy logs<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlKJPgvZvFHOzhRNeXd0Xg9tsGz3CJ3pZUWVNrYwc59Kz53hG6OzkYMcRUX2orUOP2YBRDzrED_VL3q2EW4V7mSlIyMXyQ6FG-qi9w2VFc39PPO0Yr9lKmXXyE2WN6Vs6TK_32KfksBPS/s1600/IMGP4456.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlKJPgvZvFHOzhRNeXd0Xg9tsGz3CJ3pZUWVNrYwc59Kz53hG6OzkYMcRUX2orUOP2YBRDzrED_VL3q2EW4V7mSlIyMXyQ6FG-qi9w2VFc39PPO0Yr9lKmXXyE2WN6Vs6TK_32KfksBPS/s400/IMGP4456.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690677714900429362" /></a><br />chuck 'em<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-DEKRpN3LBWMffKcxTUOndAsV5ofNKoCtxL4JRZha_P9YLNDxMpkEmc-G1ncFQo8dmwDraaLkGM1L0NtuHxiXqzupcFxiWGy9ncJmwux-LvaKijYSQOGigy3eu7Z1qcC9BU8cG8Xe6Uo/s1600/IMGP4450.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-DEKRpN3LBWMffKcxTUOndAsV5ofNKoCtxL4JRZha_P9YLNDxMpkEmc-G1ncFQo8dmwDraaLkGM1L0NtuHxiXqzupcFxiWGy9ncJmwux-LvaKijYSQOGigy3eu7Z1qcC9BU8cG8Xe6Uo/s400/IMGP4450.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690677714044801042" /></a><br />giant hoar frost<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaK6-Yej97641td5hNlz8wMLdFViNGkBa7YccHS0uemMIgi2Qg6WzMUD15obscC1KkKnR-YLcFx1ImTbkg4aLsw342-5V-Qgdt_SFSyD9S_ifoRubb_TbZA9eEISWnrboH2gIDa90p7pr4/s1600/IMGP4444.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaK6-Yej97641td5hNlz8wMLdFViNGkBa7YccHS0uemMIgi2Qg6WzMUD15obscC1KkKnR-YLcFx1ImTbkg4aLsw342-5V-Qgdt_SFSyD9S_ifoRubb_TbZA9eEISWnrboH2gIDa90p7pr4/s400/IMGP4444.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690677705719892466" /></a><br />this was our objective for the day but the maze of roads slowed us down and we only got to the bottom of the line. BOOOOOOOO<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RK-lX723oYo23cQTL6VlQT1qB1bP6Dvi-QN8XgxeCdrmMZdNwnF4mXlnkY00oYzc_UTVVVNThSWIZwnk-brXfxKjnp7Gwwh3Aytf72EtpwJe4XozTunFo26S25EFDGZYkiSFVWXX3QX0/s1600/IMGP4465.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RK-lX723oYo23cQTL6VlQT1qB1bP6Dvi-QN8XgxeCdrmMZdNwnF4mXlnkY00oYzc_UTVVVNThSWIZwnk-brXfxKjnp7Gwwh3Aytf72EtpwJe4XozTunFo26S25EFDGZYkiSFVWXX3QX0/s400/IMGP4465.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690677733539560690" /></a><br />that's one giant crystaljustin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-19786210978288239802011-11-29T22:25:00.000-08:002011-11-29T22:29:54.363-08:00Snowboarder photo annual.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyNUH0KVgbB50Ha_5GdmH7WcGOwe0-xN7OonxSHAAv7bixkz0FmTBcadQT0sG__tCEdEs6-puC2-zDqrEWePIjpNLIMMH87kMmKm5Lmn2NMfLjFYC8n0hA4T6zoiMKQOX88DevAM6Fyc8/s1600/2011-11-29+17.37.56.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyNUH0KVgbB50Ha_5GdmH7WcGOwe0-xN7OonxSHAAv7bixkz0FmTBcadQT0sG__tCEdEs6-puC2-zDqrEWePIjpNLIMMH87kMmKm5Lmn2NMfLjFYC8n0hA4T6zoiMKQOX88DevAM6Fyc8/s400/2011-11-29+17.37.56.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680671456742875074" /></a><br /><br />Snowboarder magazine just put out their Photo Annual, and as always amazing photos throughout the magazine. <br />I'm very happy to amongst its pages this year. Thanks to Snowboarder for running the photo and a big thanks for Matt Domanski for snapping the shot. Stoked! <br />I'll try and get a better scan of it later this week. <br /><br />jljustin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-38513159943323438362011-11-21T21:11:00.000-08:002011-11-21T21:12:23.919-08:00TESTing<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AjC4rNS1CS0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />testing a new camera, skins and taking the splitboard for another glorious day.justin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-59991729740306882162011-11-13T20:50:00.001-08:002011-11-13T21:14:26.597-08:00Winter's Back!!My favorite time of year is back! We've had some good days splitboarding lately. It's still snowing and getting deeper by the day. <br />Welcome back winter!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCcnPB9VuC1WASeuDaOP9KrARVPTWZzuPgGKq2ZA1ejEsHxTGA2wPe7cTpW7wl9eADCcOuxhw8k8mqzwN9b7CgQjGnGb4tCjWQEQQX-Awgd2myRWxZkFqPoMCp80MrINH8MeWwnq0AnnJ/s1600/2011-11-04+16.17.42.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCcnPB9VuC1WASeuDaOP9KrARVPTWZzuPgGKq2ZA1ejEsHxTGA2wPe7cTpW7wl9eADCcOuxhw8k8mqzwN9b7CgQjGnGb4tCjWQEQQX-Awgd2myRWxZkFqPoMCp80MrINH8MeWwnq0AnnJ/s400/2011-11-04+16.17.42.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674709934361919314" /></a><br />new season about to begin<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVKdTGVCbek0yLPA9Qe9MM5L4DefthVww9NZHF3KtsiWxsEqkIVzhpI_Ju7-obly9viu6SYBVbG2vyCWkWmjS0Ln-ImcfACFSQnOlIg6B0V9nxn8pHPO2KHvPl35IN3S2SSHaJrFhZtaO/s1600/2011-11-04+16.26.45.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVKdTGVCbek0yLPA9Qe9MM5L4DefthVww9NZHF3KtsiWxsEqkIVzhpI_Ju7-obly9viu6SYBVbG2vyCWkWmjS0Ln-ImcfACFSQnOlIg6B0V9nxn8pHPO2KHvPl35IN3S2SSHaJrFhZtaO/s400/2011-11-04+16.26.45.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674709933860980818" /></a><br />first line of the year<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitup_YMmGGOpVp_sfAZRM8sMU_NtTu6_0AfritfViGTAZ23NY_oyX6RtwFABavAJDuUMQr395VNampmvBJgILx7kiaSKnLhrxPfSv8gO7pONJbLFnks_d3C8UKitM135Vb3Vf8Uzw7hEEH/s1600/IMGP4240.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitup_YMmGGOpVp_sfAZRM8sMU_NtTu6_0AfritfViGTAZ23NY_oyX6RtwFABavAJDuUMQr395VNampmvBJgILx7kiaSKnLhrxPfSv8gO7pONJbLFnks_d3C8UKitM135Vb3Vf8Uzw7hEEH/s400/IMGP4240.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674709941732574770" /></a><br />i love the view of my splitboard punching a new trail<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5OiFsPcQOPZIb9OnaE8KWFFe3WciEcLTXENO4xmlavo8_giiY5ENSyYrx6z4m3kqpsKE5RgvD4CLZ-JwGduoycf0c4yGPszUGeORqj6qM6OHwogpAqjZLtLFsb3c4NGixSQdgNyw-R1V/s1600/2011-11-06+14.58.37.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5OiFsPcQOPZIb9OnaE8KWFFe3WciEcLTXENO4xmlavo8_giiY5ENSyYrx6z4m3kqpsKE5RgvD4CLZ-JwGduoycf0c4yGPszUGeORqj6qM6OHwogpAqjZLtLFsb3c4NGixSQdgNyw-R1V/s400/2011-11-06+14.58.37.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674709939155108402" /></a><br />not happy at all. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dm8-eUHz6TUEvTbxvJV1HfC7wm0y36P5ev-zJ49v6XKcHkkDS7cMnkQGxUw4gL4Mo_cNZufCbj6fSrMWaBQ83TF9nQL3DdE1YYnDocJi9cqaFH7_xfI4WFaAtMeeRa4KBv6CjywLUqjo/s1600/IMGP4241.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dm8-eUHz6TUEvTbxvJV1HfC7wm0y36P5ev-zJ49v6XKcHkkDS7cMnkQGxUw4gL4Mo_cNZufCbj6fSrMWaBQ83TF9nQL3DdE1YYnDocJi9cqaFH7_xfI4WFaAtMeeRa4KBv6CjywLUqjo/s400/IMGP4241.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674709945562474434" /></a><br />this outhouse got buried last year. hoping for a repeat. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRIUFaYXhpvkPIUQZ3SyIPDY2K8O4-4dCG9-3DpdKVcaOY4xYN-kIN_T9yRxx6ubaVC1Bh5y2wrNIadZP7vT9o5UMSrCXNcPKUnPDFnRthrasH-TPGmO-UzkkePZ6-m_NTHcoHlTcUw3w/s1600/IMGP4338.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNRIUFaYXhpvkPIUQZ3SyIPDY2K8O4-4dCG9-3DpdKVcaOY4xYN-kIN_T9yRxx6ubaVC1Bh5y2wrNIadZP7vT9o5UMSrCXNcPKUnPDFnRthrasH-TPGmO-UzkkePZ6-m_NTHcoHlTcUw3w/s400/IMGP4338.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674712367634119010" /></a><br />myslef, my wife kimmie, Leanne Pelosi and jeff keenan.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVVn_StO7msafPYRB5iUH9fBmdBT6UBVrbartDcNwO4v2Z0qItbWHplfx-EmzTaz6WdmNSGdqKKSRc6G89gNk0eEU4V_CUHRFxz5nQoJwB2Ygtj-MGj677GadywX4ocrEcpvL6SjY9HRt/s1600/IMGP4327.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVVn_StO7msafPYRB5iUH9fBmdBT6UBVrbartDcNwO4v2Z0qItbWHplfx-EmzTaz6WdmNSGdqKKSRc6G89gNk0eEU4V_CUHRFxz5nQoJwB2Ygtj-MGj677GadywX4ocrEcpvL6SjY9HRt/s400/IMGP4327.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674712355071066914" /></a><br />kim cracking an ollie<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjUKaW9-FQ3-tn7iBsm2xNacotBYZylqaMQTLPIlRb6T32dzJzXMxJXY7dJqeUZ3llvpNJn0DMUdLDmMrTMVkxV3mWsBYmZ4rWNkLcTjGn2TZ960Oc_XN2n30FQu_gypVeIMz2QMfmKyL/s1600/IMGP4344.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjUKaW9-FQ3-tn7iBsm2xNacotBYZylqaMQTLPIlRb6T32dzJzXMxJXY7dJqeUZ3llvpNJn0DMUdLDmMrTMVkxV3mWsBYmZ4rWNkLcTjGn2TZ960Oc_XN2n30FQu_gypVeIMz2QMfmKyL/s400/IMGP4344.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674713671775549394" /></a><br />Jeff Keanan. popping through the trees.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5f4-J5XJiATc3Uizte1eBSIt0TADOihju7PQ7R_y88KYW3luGxRbsc4iQflrOMrNVXt0EO5VKDH5cczDVcma9PF6_wXKOdYLax9agO4YRGo0u02DKY5OR4Ldf6vHdM7bnc0oPcl6eNen/s1600/IMGP4298.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5f4-J5XJiATc3Uizte1eBSIt0TADOihju7PQ7R_y88KYW3luGxRbsc4iQflrOMrNVXt0EO5VKDH5cczDVcma9PF6_wXKOdYLax9agO4YRGo0u02DKY5OR4Ldf6vHdM7bnc0oPcl6eNen/s400/IMGP4298.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674713665910939330" /></a><br />me with a natural spinner<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrgC5j8ZRmvYx8_nb0hsyJzhPghJPvCL2KN_k6yOHDPMn2mQ847kyd0Q61MzOB1_C4vTHVseWjD8_Ly7xXBPoaY7xb_npd4zvTn_8tG_nd5YSSUopT_Dh0kyFew_BP-aT4G5DZ8ZAXQah/s1600/IMGP4346.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrgC5j8ZRmvYx8_nb0hsyJzhPghJPvCL2KN_k6yOHDPMn2mQ847kyd0Q61MzOB1_C4vTHVseWjD8_Ly7xXBPoaY7xb_npd4zvTn_8tG_nd5YSSUopT_Dh0kyFew_BP-aT4G5DZ8ZAXQah/s400/IMGP4346.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674713675160989058" /></a><br />Leanne and myself. 'testing' our k2 splitboards. <br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit35E6ZuNucqK4JbtYxkK8wqBR6hdk2Pk_PKdTwf4T6ik_kJ80z08bKo8qWdW_A9PJ-vlw5W1SjfhQBflGPoynasvPRCMwChSTYQd1GEaFTkg2EznQbXPwaoAmU3zNFJMHgYR0qVnIQKGf/s1600/IMGP4331.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit35E6ZuNucqK4JbtYxkK8wqBR6hdk2Pk_PKdTwf4T6ik_kJ80z08bKo8qWdW_A9PJ-vlw5W1SjfhQBflGPoynasvPRCMwChSTYQd1GEaFTkg2EznQbXPwaoAmU3zNFJMHgYR0qVnIQKGf/s400/IMGP4331.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674712359992140226" /></a><br />kimmie getting her turns in<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5yUXYm7hYmID-VTBrt-EM3uhcpLpQXsBLaWxbYMQedUJnS5ErXPcEG3zE9BboDfeJZEinuPHptpWA8_avLW0vcnWb7_F-ga-DX1VbKSorbfum8Vz1DJdg5TUW9a50A8zD-9RsGtWDACE/s1600/IMGP4311.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5yUXYm7hYmID-VTBrt-EM3uhcpLpQXsBLaWxbYMQedUJnS5ErXPcEG3zE9BboDfeJZEinuPHptpWA8_avLW0vcnWb7_F-ga-DX1VbKSorbfum8Vz1DJdg5TUW9a50A8zD-9RsGtWDACE/s400/IMGP4311.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674712354106808642" /></a><br />face shots!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvuUitt1VMT8GcOEVMm5OqL8yqkhLwwKMhXAAhSjStPx9zTS_-ao_yjE1sVPsr6PqFa30dWG01-L-L6m3FWEY1gja_2bO41YN0_eh1a-vvv2w-6MUBaELtg7Nzmh3PBxIFSbtV6EHzEF7/s1600/IMGP4274.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvuUitt1VMT8GcOEVMm5OqL8yqkhLwwKMhXAAhSjStPx9zTS_-ao_yjE1sVPsr6PqFa30dWG01-L-L6m3FWEY1gja_2bO41YN0_eh1a-vvv2w-6MUBaELtg7Nzmh3PBxIFSbtV6EHzEF7/s400/IMGP4274.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674712375511883986" /></a><br />hehe. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMW8TdcVCX0UmA0JsxBICPMObWju5CmGU1guNMptMoiPiAsUQySi8GXJVFEIUk-BvI26f0uvvT64Xn29JT25UthP2dKrO9S2blSk5z1-NJ7KZWK1VIUNAAC64_3Lv4zYcyPAFXRka4-NoB/s1600/IMGP4273.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMW8TdcVCX0UmA0JsxBICPMObWju5CmGU1guNMptMoiPiAsUQySi8GXJVFEIUk-BvI26f0uvvT64Xn29JT25UthP2dKrO9S2blSk5z1-NJ7KZWK1VIUNAAC64_3Lv4zYcyPAFXRka4-NoB/s400/IMGP4273.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674711118050123810" /></a><br />dakine poacher pack and k2 panoramic splitboard. my favorite gear.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig1FDO_apOOcHyIargkh3f8xHn0rkW8FBVL3bQLF2qMQ99ofZjD5wvtCiaDgZkw5d-NDj55sQh6_tFxREBzzo7A9hOpmKmv1MCQGkZg8oGDwcZezB22QqCuQx_B8E3UhdI1VFwHbyCYcJJ/s1600/IMGP4303.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig1FDO_apOOcHyIargkh3f8xHn0rkW8FBVL3bQLF2qMQ99ofZjD5wvtCiaDgZkw5d-NDj55sQh6_tFxREBzzo7A9hOpmKmv1MCQGkZg8oGDwcZezB22QqCuQx_B8E3UhdI1VFwHbyCYcJJ/s400/IMGP4303.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674711123616682562" /></a><br />Rob Fagan playing. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlA_bJrI2e4zHyOi1mdIS0wvgbZYOniBkYPvLuFPJprlO89XoTfe4WXYLnqlk5-5Rxvnr42egp7fRSvBG8ZZ0GevJnE4zdEkCmfI9rlIUd8AAWBKlyGKZFXLkkEvy6EWxQdFefJh9AOaZ/s1600/IMGP4272.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlA_bJrI2e4zHyOi1mdIS0wvgbZYOniBkYPvLuFPJprlO89XoTfe4WXYLnqlk5-5Rxvnr42egp7fRSvBG8ZZ0GevJnE4zdEkCmfI9rlIUd8AAWBKlyGKZFXLkkEvy6EWxQdFefJh9AOaZ/s400/IMGP4272.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674711105067795106" /></a><br />heading home at sunsetjustin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-4805826882594029562011-10-09T10:48:00.001-07:002011-10-09T11:51:11.262-07:00NZ part 3- waves and cavesPretty much every year I'm in New Zealand I make my way up to Raglan on the north Island. It's one of my favorite places to go surfing. If you surf, you should probably go sometime in your life and get some of the longest waves of your life. 3 awesome point breaks lined up one after the other. But there's not always waves and there's not always good weather to snowboard, so here's some surf photos and some of cruising around New Zealand.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiusDAGT2E52nQBslew7K5LAHmTsWJBVNv1nham7QyGkVAF0ANH5PC9W09JhWC8MnMG3hwQY7mWPtcmak2bgwrRJDZpyTQT3_0-vS80CXKw8iVQX2ms9R5stQHfajA9B51CEo40Tqt-xh/s1600/IMGP2305.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiusDAGT2E52nQBslew7K5LAHmTsWJBVNv1nham7QyGkVAF0ANH5PC9W09JhWC8MnMG3hwQY7mWPtcmak2bgwrRJDZpyTQT3_0-vS80CXKw8iVQX2ms9R5stQHfajA9B51CEo40Tqt-xh/s400/IMGP2305.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661553116148755362" /></a><br />This is why I go to Raglan. Indicators going off at low tide. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGWfCu60usNVdcnnKWKzkWlY03RT6-JwPSKCggDK8s7In4FhWtjHQv30uaQAz0U6tn9h0qhSnT32NhzEJBc26IIY3DgD_lRwznTwnRJVogTe0XMSmO8z5m1CwDOUNQfDvELnW8iGIPWZi/s1600/5+sign.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGWfCu60usNVdcnnKWKzkWlY03RT6-JwPSKCggDK8s7In4FhWtjHQv30uaQAz0U6tn9h0qhSnT32NhzEJBc26IIY3DgD_lRwznTwnRJVogTe0XMSmO8z5m1CwDOUNQfDvELnW8iGIPWZi/s400/5+sign.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551022001153154" /></a><br />Life is a little different in New Zealand.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Xm3zluQfsB7xCODTOgOUysxJt4Y9KFsIW35pGU3VaIaa_VsXN0RBaTkpRuOUbSo0wfRVyw9BjKWgq5Wp88qF1uI8ML_4yQACsYgxPCXVZ7yS00KPna_lXyyZuK628Z15y1Vi5oZnVaYr/s1600/22+cave+down+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Xm3zluQfsB7xCODTOgOUysxJt4Y9KFsIW35pGU3VaIaa_VsXN0RBaTkpRuOUbSo0wfRVyw9BjKWgq5Wp88qF1uI8ML_4yQACsYgxPCXVZ7yS00KPna_lXyyZuK628Z15y1Vi5oZnVaYr/s400/22+cave+down+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551688414058930" /></a><br />Tried to go caving at Waitomo caves last year but they were flooded out. Not this year. Into the abyss!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQxF4DjwBzt5LXl3EqR3V2XUBCU-s5X93eim3-5TiY_i7VdbhFqBOSUO3l4vSbTwg8EhZwpyLOsnoUfrbPQrPGi8GegwlcH7xpPTyPjXk9cg-k2cC9NKjg28dVi2H7a26SvrCGiyspqqb/s1600/18+cave+down.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmQxF4DjwBzt5LXl3EqR3V2XUBCU-s5X93eim3-5TiY_i7VdbhFqBOSUO3l4vSbTwg8EhZwpyLOsnoUfrbPQrPGi8GegwlcH7xpPTyPjXk9cg-k2cC9NKjg28dVi2H7a26SvrCGiyspqqb/s400/18+cave+down.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551561336051538" /></a><br />Down the Tomo. 30 feet down from the previous photo and after a pretty tight pich, this is what you're rappelling down. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBazes29QckhucZ8xyFJOxmEXhUtJxPlwUV2QaX3kAZjL0EgqpVpEAoicwNHSHvfkJ8YYhfyrKeAnBxgJl-QD05Jan7t2CCmPL6xcP7bxJYdlkQzAOnUzxW7n38L5Epb3DgQEOT5850xwf/s1600/21+caveboulder.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBazes29QckhucZ8xyFJOxmEXhUtJxPlwUV2QaX3kAZjL0EgqpVpEAoicwNHSHvfkJ8YYhfyrKeAnBxgJl-QD05Jan7t2CCmPL6xcP7bxJYdlkQzAOnUzxW7n38L5Epb3DgQEOT5850xwf/s400/21+caveboulder.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551684752794210" /></a><br />Our guide challenged us to boulder around the this pond with claims of no customer ever making it. While a little slick, the bouldering in Squamish is tougher. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xTYD9hSwgUKNy-JEur3-nOfvMEXnanAiGKT1D09PGcyi2CqQGzwsU2Lilok75W6HTcRSoXxiWFvMLRZcek9z8NB85CbrCDLwCqgJqomdYRj_14kcj_nnbjUjYwlkLCbRNNsPyQkZhyphenhyphen6n/s1600/19+cave+drop.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xTYD9hSwgUKNy-JEur3-nOfvMEXnanAiGKT1D09PGcyi2CqQGzwsU2Lilok75W6HTcRSoXxiWFvMLRZcek9z8NB85CbrCDLwCqgJqomdYRj_14kcj_nnbjUjYwlkLCbRNNsPyQkZhyphenhyphen6n/s400/19+cave+drop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551567638024514" /></a><br />Jump!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWfqFcBQZPPco56aoSe_8QPBFLrB8bVFSPFJqutpa4PoAH-PEp2I09u-pojT4U7yO49QDjzsgPFTDfoqJj5GfwV1dvAVbXyOEPc1MZznJWr_-CRqUyaaJmSlZqT_CrCvPxqqtPrEeHLc4/s1600/20+cave1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWfqFcBQZPPco56aoSe_8QPBFLrB8bVFSPFJqutpa4PoAH-PEp2I09u-pojT4U7yO49QDjzsgPFTDfoqJj5GfwV1dvAVbXyOEPc1MZznJWr_-CRqUyaaJmSlZqT_CrCvPxqqtPrEeHLc4/s400/20+cave1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551565908910978" /></a><br />cave life.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQEtT938tIH6TVdrzCbUgW03E4I5gKzxxg5Rvl_ZcQee7f7dMYufMYfHzq_7HXnXur0cxk7Zy7VdQcdIuLt3MKxMdjXztxk0OUHqSgDrc1vtCZTY8hoN0J7vOkjQYzV3SzEKlYQgaLYSu/s1600/17+Magnet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQEtT938tIH6TVdrzCbUgW03E4I5gKzxxg5Rvl_ZcQee7f7dMYufMYfHzq_7HXnXur0cxk7Zy7VdQcdIuLt3MKxMdjXztxk0OUHqSgDrc1vtCZTY8hoN0J7vOkjQYzV3SzEKlYQgaLYSu/s400/17+Magnet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661566403839269426" /></a><br />When I arrive in Christchurch every year and make my way down to Wanaka, I'm always looking for this wave to work. A few hours off the plane and I'm paddling out into an overhead solo session at Magnet Bay, with only sheep to keep me company. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfZ2oBqowuiAWj-I_1w0oDhUtsPj32vg2UFuP8ShmhrRnyblgZ64zjybA_0zduJM0Z1LaJHBNKZaTSnqrf0_VWsfqaqcYZ0olHWV3tw1PiexSokFmNwnkqU6MaOdDJauw-ZSPdCx5i5t0/s1600/16+milford+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfZ2oBqowuiAWj-I_1w0oDhUtsPj32vg2UFuP8ShmhrRnyblgZ64zjybA_0zduJM0Z1LaJHBNKZaTSnqrf0_VWsfqaqcYZ0olHWV3tw1PiexSokFmNwnkqU6MaOdDJauw-ZSPdCx5i5t0/s400/16+milford+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551541242309842" /></a><br />making the trek to Milford Sound on a day off from snowboarding.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30BcBL3ytNFpg42-E6YQn6kSKc9OUu-btaya8gbiTl72LfXVTcZHjVMH0rl-UZSnmZiUp4YQdkw33VL2KYHgKBn9b9OSMdf30LPHQTZ02uAKbuyuxMPqDGNjWNlAOyLaW1W_hgwKgoShU/s1600/14+milford1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30BcBL3ytNFpg42-E6YQn6kSKc9OUu-btaya8gbiTl72LfXVTcZHjVMH0rl-UZSnmZiUp4YQdkw33VL2KYHgKBn9b9OSMdf30LPHQTZ02uAKbuyuxMPqDGNjWNlAOyLaW1W_hgwKgoShU/s400/14+milford1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551353240793106" /></a><br />Great scenery with great company.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogzdXsvLmrhNGaCgzT_H5yVRuXd99qbbsQb_hVvARP-Hyts9QncJ2VFfxVaX5HO4Upajy23t-B_FCF2tmFO6CCDcB7rnsBJ1crwWUYW26HFoFC17V_fGbD40XU1JmsZrAM4I4H0tZXHwp/s1600/15+milford+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogzdXsvLmrhNGaCgzT_H5yVRuXd99qbbsQb_hVvARP-Hyts9QncJ2VFfxVaX5HO4Upajy23t-B_FCF2tmFO6CCDcB7rnsBJ1crwWUYW26HFoFC17V_fGbD40XU1JmsZrAM4I4H0tZXHwp/s400/15+milford+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661566399797846514" /></a><br />Milford Sound.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXYU4Df7qrhgr6oEExj7sGvKp3OXRIpxXnPOjqJehx850QITtczH6pwY12VcdN1qvPpJRJvw1924KSWmpnXGoi58dEv7GeVQkch8DAYGJOA4ZWHnAdioZlKrqL1V_Y-cTWhTgyeORLR9j/s1600/10+mitre.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXYU4Df7qrhgr6oEExj7sGvKp3OXRIpxXnPOjqJehx850QITtczH6pwY12VcdN1qvPpJRJvw1924KSWmpnXGoi58dEv7GeVQkch8DAYGJOA4ZWHnAdioZlKrqL1V_Y-cTWhTgyeORLR9j/s400/10+mitre.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551208271910770" /></a><br />Mitre peak in milford sound.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJpX17dC0Sl8s_Sh8F_W_qnahMTMq_-jjvDpy9WHvhcioYNWVtyiOk3zjHo6Vp0hiKnMgdfABlm6jrGgQfVoBrhSWrNqsWib6vSV0-9AGbEJqCyDg1iKrpbzbWk6zuO9G9Opc9Jio4X2X/s1600/13+i+know.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJpX17dC0Sl8s_Sh8F_W_qnahMTMq_-jjvDpy9WHvhcioYNWVtyiOk3zjHo6Vp0hiKnMgdfABlm6jrGgQfVoBrhSWrNqsWib6vSV0-9AGbEJqCyDg1iKrpbzbWk6zuO9G9Opc9Jio4X2X/s400/13+i+know.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551348900047442" /></a><br />I know what you did last summer!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaJb2Fnh2bI0nbMbZZSOBre3ES2VYefSvzMOu0pDQW9tXFeRKy4nYUzXHkuRdIgwhv__4O1u2VfBsZyz3TcnL3gSQ7kpHaZe3a7JovvUIzwBYsFRzsCNLhISNAic1mIj2bbCC-Dri_xKm/s1600/12+water.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaJb2Fnh2bI0nbMbZZSOBre3ES2VYefSvzMOu0pDQW9tXFeRKy4nYUzXHkuRdIgwhv__4O1u2VfBsZyz3TcnL3gSQ7kpHaZe3a7JovvUIzwBYsFRzsCNLhISNAic1mIj2bbCC-Dri_xKm/s400/12+water.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551349287208594" /></a><br />Supposedly the trout fishing is amazing in New Zealand. With creek water this clear it seems like cheating. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge61PEfCDg7EMiePvtaDP45z8AbILaAdnoOzeS3c5dADcQUsuuAWyV3MB1tYguxkPXyc7G7qleCBOxSr5aEM6Do3eEi-o4us0hXWjggp7tNLSQXFyMKnddEe3g7hfH0ViAYO-yFp64qlV-/s1600/11+kea.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge61PEfCDg7EMiePvtaDP45z8AbILaAdnoOzeS3c5dADcQUsuuAWyV3MB1tYguxkPXyc7G7qleCBOxSr5aEM6Do3eEi-o4us0hXWjggp7tNLSQXFyMKnddEe3g7hfH0ViAYO-yFp64qlV-/s400/11+kea.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551344188907362" /></a><br />The Kea. It's an alpine parrot, famous for ripping apart cars at Treble Cone. Very curious birds and have an amazing orange patch under their wings. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfJviaWZFk3PcfomclgnXw_YWVTw9D-zggfhc-xh2WhTkXeciykQpvApv4gSyx3MKCp9abRQy5PbIMMVrnVPt23mf7ly6XUrGeHbVH6Ul5Pe_WXhHHrUoaW6N88fOnr9Rny3Ynoeirkls/s1600/8+surf2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfJviaWZFk3PcfomclgnXw_YWVTw9D-zggfhc-xh2WhTkXeciykQpvApv4gSyx3MKCp9abRQy5PbIMMVrnVPt23mf7ly6XUrGeHbVH6Ul5Pe_WXhHHrUoaW6N88fOnr9Rny3Ynoeirkls/s400/8+surf2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661565629298175570" /></a><br />My Raglan slashing. Point and shoot cameras are a little tough to shoot surfing with.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwijdMlHCyYlUZmzcKNVm9WVFNFH4IjsC0oj9qkj8nuSoZ3cNiRnXYECsRRL-Jl0gpDRCp82nJrsI907yewDfIYqmIH8twIPm7zZ7kjQRewfFC2AsbUOjbisJYGfERe6lG0YgHwGzMDxQc/s1600/7+surfbarrel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwijdMlHCyYlUZmzcKNVm9WVFNFH4IjsC0oj9qkj8nuSoZ3cNiRnXYECsRRL-Jl0gpDRCp82nJrsI907yewDfIYqmIH8twIPm7zZ7kjQRewfFC2AsbUOjbisJYGfERe6lG0YgHwGzMDxQc/s400/7+surfbarrel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661565625064947762" /></a><br />I'm in that Barrel somewhere!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvivH303n0zyF6ELrs58599GkepCahGVayqH0WwlgJWG99jR_vIGum0dMW74jKZsWVxOF9skcY2kqPxQpXwdbONJ9Q7b21kict1-WzUQvULolMQclD7RkR3X89gO5oRu0rA4ZQAup26pc/s1600/6+surf1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvivH303n0zyF6ELrs58599GkepCahGVayqH0WwlgJWG99jR_vIGum0dMW74jKZsWVxOF9skcY2kqPxQpXwdbONJ9Q7b21kict1-WzUQvULolMQclD7RkR3X89gO5oRu0rA4ZQAup26pc/s400/6+surf1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661565626716392482" /></a><br />Waiting for the 'Valley' section on indicators to wall up and start racing. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRA3WHTq-xTQYp0TOqiqViqnV7uPgWKLTqLBvmvtNKjDaP1waaok0E9kbzhUi3CPX33lky_pvSMg06GXQR4xI1O7JXPtAg0hfBjyG9TGUEV6aRVgNq9Euq3sHc7_zUIG_joQQeEJEFmZMT/s1600/4+golf.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRA3WHTq-xTQYp0TOqiqViqnV7uPgWKLTqLBvmvtNKjDaP1waaok0E9kbzhUi3CPX33lky_pvSMg06GXQR4xI1O7JXPtAg0hfBjyG9TGUEV6aRVgNq9Euq3sHc7_zUIG_joQQeEJEFmZMT/s400/4+golf.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661565618761972482" /></a><br />Raglan golf course. The sheep are a lot tougher to hit than you think. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxX7QdgFLLY-WiY8wlsSBXQWGkiAcgNx3GHpXhR35q-uGNIzWJs9Y0DRhbjdDO3AJA_VaLiiqxun9oRS9jGI9w4vI-3jbH9DjgPeVOOhHPEhufuAUYt3airRoY4v1btEq8wPf09EYqNyF/s1600/3+-+yellow+hot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxX7QdgFLLY-WiY8wlsSBXQWGkiAcgNx3GHpXhR35q-uGNIzWJs9Y0DRhbjdDO3AJA_VaLiiqxun9oRS9jGI9w4vI-3jbH9DjgPeVOOhHPEhufuAUYt3airRoY4v1btEq8wPf09EYqNyF/s400/3+-+yellow+hot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551016799569970" /></a><br />The area around Rotorua is famous for hot springs and thermal zones. This little guy is spitting out sulphur and is hot enough to cook your hand <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4awowrAsjdj25caKAUU6pYM5djWtFEs3VIkO8Ha3XrDijG7TK9dVtGqIEXZsGQ8UBoy3VmT8ikoQMe3qs9L_FFx2Oor4_gBMtCvGyx6rULsT3w9ltVS4-g1K7MWJcqQazEn0PEtv9hF0t/s1600/2+-+fog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4awowrAsjdj25caKAUU6pYM5djWtFEs3VIkO8Ha3XrDijG7TK9dVtGqIEXZsGQ8UBoy3VmT8ikoQMe3qs9L_FFx2Oor4_gBMtCvGyx6rULsT3w9ltVS4-g1K7MWJcqQazEn0PEtv9hF0t/s400/2+-+fog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551019055371266" /></a><br />kimmies in the mist.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjK60bRRa82iTEkrtUt5t4L3GvsiazUsIotsBtRpCELBS0w2trbucAaWa2AItKjBQa9TZfXrJDZCRMz2ROeT3pqz8S49ucg-zp7vTXTiEHt_fv6VPzn5JT9nAktElzd9-JbMu0EJfkYSu/s1600/1+spring.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjK60bRRa82iTEkrtUt5t4L3GvsiazUsIotsBtRpCELBS0w2trbucAaWa2AItKjBQa9TZfXrJDZCRMz2ROeT3pqz8S49ucg-zp7vTXTiEHt_fv6VPzn5JT9nAktElzd9-JbMu0EJfkYSu/s400/1+spring.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661551012622820386" /></a><br />The world's best natural hot spring. Waterfall, perfect temperature, perfect depth.<br />It's amazing and this photo does it zero justice since we went at night. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZ6_PztWnj_xTXysHPt0C4yhT7-HZXLl6OdGwsaolBe_0zLtfA8lwIF85IJN1Aa1DZRh08vbCKzhC7Akzr_RzG3zN2BGfH_2YZZHV5O3p7UMu8P8_OtXNtOsbwBQ9Cd4whCY0tr9uOca9/s1600/9+surfout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZ6_PztWnj_xTXysHPt0C4yhT7-HZXLl6OdGwsaolBe_0zLtfA8lwIF85IJN1Aa1DZRh08vbCKzhC7Akzr_RzG3zN2BGfH_2YZZHV5O3p7UMu8P8_OtXNtOsbwBQ9Cd4whCY0tr9uOca9/s400/9+surfout.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661565629481465922" /></a><br />I'm out of NZ! awesome trip!justin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-11154790322282249762011-09-24T09:31:00.001-07:002011-09-24T10:05:34.603-07:00NZ, le riding<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLK1LTzHRZt_uZjiehJwImrM-bxo8csoqJ1c_VHnrkpV8MjrAZIwHzuQzwIZnpEMvmg0aPJmp7ShnIqlF5svRg_Q8TadxPpzkuaC7GWL4Jos2V5uxoQXptN7vca_k_qAHhbQ5FNnJOmEH/s1600/IMGP3970.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLK1LTzHRZt_uZjiehJwImrM-bxo8csoqJ1c_VHnrkpV8MjrAZIwHzuQzwIZnpEMvmg0aPJmp7ShnIqlF5svRg_Q8TadxPpzkuaC7GWL4Jos2V5uxoQXptN7vca_k_qAHhbQ5FNnJOmEH/s400/IMGP3970.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655965103437816130" /></a><br />-Snowpark. Pretty much the reason everyone goes to new Zealand in august. <br /><br />I managed to get 3 weeks of riding in New Zealand this summer. I showed up the day before the Burton NZ Open started (which was kinda stupid on my part) and left the south island right after a world cup a few weeks later. <br /><br />This year the weather was pretty good. Pretty much sunny the whole time. Lots of wind, but at least we could see. After last year's club field experience I was definitely hoping for some good storms in the Canterbury Mountains to go back up there but it just didn't happen while I was there. <br /><br />The last few years in NZ were pretty pipe heavy and I was looking forward to mostly hitting jumps at Snowpark. I did the 2 pipe comps that were going on and just missed the cut offs for both of them, but I didn't really ride pipe too much and all my boards were shorter than i usually ride. And they were all different boards that I was testing and didn't know which one I liked the most so I kept switching boards all the time. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTsahYvrjo1awk_Zc-2hrQLE88BusOu6Q5C0oKjkvj21Tz0Tna5PEt_lToHQgUJ7GBQMHm7LK9XeaKexVwAa745n7XznsBkrmo6OnFJYSwMHro9fdbGxNfUrYC83fEUZRVaBzZEHjEgm-/s1600/IMGP3974.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTsahYvrjo1awk_Zc-2hrQLE88BusOu6Q5C0oKjkvj21Tz0Tna5PEt_lToHQgUJ7GBQMHm7LK9XeaKexVwAa745n7XznsBkrmo6OnFJYSwMHro9fdbGxNfUrYC83fEUZRVaBzZEHjEgm-/s400/IMGP3974.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655965106792455314" /></a><br />-Production line tuning. K2, Ride and Unity boards<br /><br />In the end I was super happy to just ride and hit jumps. My wife also was able to come down for the last week on the south island and check it out finally. So it was great to show her around. We headed up to Raglan on the North Island to get some waves for a few weeks afterwards. I'll get some north island photos up sometime soon.<br /><br />Here's a few windy runs from the world cup. Being 6'2" tall, the wind always gets me. First run is me messing around in practice and the other 2 are comp runs.<br />jl<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FW53tnBzvzo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>justin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-32072726732128724792011-09-11T21:39:00.000-07:002011-09-11T22:23:55.128-07:00so i lost my wedding ring in NZyeah. not even married a month and i lost my ring. awesome. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVZefeUbIgZTAkeydvXHUW2x7LYvZ574-dWdCjdnEGwjNK7DujuWEmPsO1ZuiAg0FuExYZ_dl217acpQaMX6LVFTFbakYwxSRZVsWuTp_V4N5aB1bwZuNkArJ6t1KsFw5Zf3empH4dO56/s1600/IMGP4105.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVZefeUbIgZTAkeydvXHUW2x7LYvZ574-dWdCjdnEGwjNK7DujuWEmPsO1ZuiAg0FuExYZ_dl217acpQaMX6LVFTFbakYwxSRZVsWuTp_V4N5aB1bwZuNkArJ6t1KsFw5Zf3empH4dO56/s400/IMGP4105.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651336539492567266" /></a><br /><br />I just got home from 5 weeks in NZ and figured i should probably get around to posting some stuff about my trip.<br /><br />I'd be been in NZ for a week and they got a massive storm. It snowed pretty much everywhere in the country. It never snows down in the lower elevations there. So it was dumping. And my rental car had some transmission issues. It couldn't really make it up to the hill so that was a small problem for me. My rental guy told me he had an extra car in Queenstown that i could go get. Sweet, just have to hope the subaru can make it to Q-town the long way around (it's flatter). And it was puking snow, so i didn't really feel like driving over the pass. <br />Anyhoof, I eventually make it down to Queesntown. I'm a little late and the whole airport is shut down (it's 5:15pm) due to the storm. Hmmmm. I'm supposed to meet a rental car guy in the airport. Well maybe i can call from the airport counter. So regardless of the very dark looking airport, the first door i walk up to opens and in i go and car the fellow from their counter phone, cause there's not a sole in the airport. So as i talking to him , the police roll up next to me. <br />They wait for me to get off the phone. <br /><br />"How'd you get it?"<br />-the door opened<br />"did you set off the alarm? the roof caved in"<br />-uhh no i need to switch a rental car.<br />"hmm, ok"<br /><br />they take my info in case i did make the roof cave in, and sit down. I need to call the rental guy back, very busy and doesn't want to help me due to the storm.<br />'you'll never make it to wanaka mate!'<br />-just came from there<br />'nah mate, too much snow. can't do it, you'll never make it!'<br />-i'm from canada, this is mellow.<br />'nah nah nah"<br /><br />eventually he agrees to meet me at the airport so we can get my new car. <br />The cops by now have left me all alone in the airport, AFTER an alarm was triggered. I wait for a little while in the airport, then proceed to the door to meet buddy. Door's locked. hmmmm. other door's locked. and the other. ALL the doors are locked. Interesting indeed. Eventually I spot an emergency release button, so I climb up a wall and pop the door open. Victory! at least for the door. <br /><br />Buddy picks me up and we go to his rental car yard. All the cars are buried. No shovels to be found. So being Canadian, I proceed to dig out and brush off the cars with my hands. No problem. Couple minutes later and we've got the 6 cars out of the way and I'm off in my new car. <br /><br />I drive 20 minutes out of town and realize i've left my house key in the Subaru. <br />Back to the airport to get those. <br />Run over to the subaru and grab the key.<br />I jump back into the new car (Mitsubishi hunk of crap SUV) and it won't start! WHAT?!<br />So i get on the phone to the owner then to AA to come jump the car. <br />"is there an immobilizer switch on the car?"<br />no, started the thing twice already no problems and no sneaky buttons. <br /><br />I wait in the storm for an hour for the AA guy to arrive. We mess with the car for 45 minutes. No luck. hmmm. <br />He asks me if there's an immobilizer on the car. no I looked everywhere. <br /><br />Obviously not, as it was on the key chain. The aftermarket crappy looking keychain was the immobilizer. You needed to unlock the doors to be able to start the car. The owner didn't even know. Stupid all around (myself included). So, hours later I'm finally back off to Wanaka. <br /><br />About 10 minuted form being home, I realize my finger feels a little light. <br />NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. followed by 10 minutes of swearing.<br />It was 11:30pm and snowing, I couldn't do anything about it. So I waited a while and called Kim to tell her the bad news. Surprisingly, she was ok with it as she thought I'd hurt myself. <br /><br />I was pissed. I've never worn or owned jewellery in my life and i lost my wedding ring inside of 3 weeks! Not stoked. <br /><br />My ring is made from Kim's grandparent's rings, melted down into a custom ring for me. There was no way i was losing that ring. At least not at the hands of a mere snowstorm.<br /><br />The following morning, I hatched a plan. Find a metal detector. The ring pretty much has to be in the car rental parking lot right?<br /><br />Back to Queenstown, rent the 1 metal detector for hours around and call the rental car guy to let him know my plan. "Sure thing mate. have at it" thanks<br /><br />I start combing the parking lot through the 15cm of new snow. bottle cap, nail, washer, bolt, nothing, rebar in the cement, car. Metal detector works great at finding crap. I try for over an hour and I can't find the ring, but keep thinking that it's here in the snow somewhere. How can i make this detector work better?<br /> <br />Pile up all the snow into 5 chest high mounds of snow and scrape it down to cement. <br />Wand over the pile of snow with the detector. <br />Pull 2 inches off that pile, chuck it on the ground and wand over it again. <br />repeat, repeat and repeat until the pile is gone. More nails, more washers, another bottle cap. The detector just beeps and beeps and beeps. Annoying as hell. <br /><br />I'm gonna find this ring. <br /><br />3-4 hours into the digging, another beep. Yeah, yeah, what am i going to find this time. As i dig through the snow i spot a familiar corner with familiar lines. <br />NO WAY!! Found my ring! SOO STOKED! quickly text Kimmie to tell her the good news. <br />Amazing!<br /><br />It basically took me all day to find it in a nearly impossible situation. So happy to find my ring. I still can't believe i found it. Needless to say, after that little mission I barely wore the ring the rest of the trip. <br /><br />jljustin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-33094355315050857602011-08-04T13:25:00.001-07:002011-08-09T21:21:47.128-07:00summer!!well at least a little bit of summer. It's been pretty cool in Squamish all summer. Big news for me is got married a few weeks ago. Ceremony on the lake, I came in on a canoe and kimmie and I left on it as well. Awesome.
<br />That's been keeping me busy getting ready for that. A few days at Camp of Champions on blackcomb, which is always super fun. Lots of biking, climbing and skateboarding. and a fair bit woodworking. Trying to start up 1080 Wood. couple random photos below from a few of this summer's projects.
<br />and now packing for another new zealand snow and surf trip. 2 days and counting and lots to do.
<br />later
<br />jl
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<br />quick sign i whipped up to find the wedding.
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<br />cedar surfboard towel racks
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<br />Walnut coffee table with wedged tenons and maple butterfly keys
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<br />walnut and birds eye maple boxes and picture framejustin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-52296263774666729972011-05-30T21:59:00.001-07:002011-05-30T22:11:39.473-07:00winter ends??all good things come to an end i guess. whistler blackcomb shut down today for the 2010/2011 winter. to say this season was epic would be an understatement. we were still able to ride down to the parking lot at base 2 on closing day. insane. <br /><br />after seeing whistler's season stats on the video below, i thought i'd share my own so far for this season. i count my season from the start of the northern hemisphere's winter and ends when i'm in NZ usually.<br /><br />season started on nov 18 for me<br />so far i've ridden 132 days <br />82 of them have been powder days. Lots in the backcountry and lots on the hill, just an insane year for snow. <br /><br />there's still lots of snow around the mountains so whenever it's good I'll be splitboarding and looking for new terrain. <br />bring on the spring/summer riding!<br />jl<br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/24238679?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/24238679">Thank You For A Great Season! Love from, Whistler Blackcomb</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/whistler">Whistler Blackcomb</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>justin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-13113227102196637782011-04-29T19:15:00.001-07:002011-04-29T19:41:28.062-07:00valley of the chutesi think between the photos and the video you get a good sense from rob fagan's and my trip to the "valley of the chutes". named after the valley of the kings as there's an egyptian theme to some of the peaks in the area. we spent 3 days camping and splitboarding in the mountains around squamish. it was super awesome.<br /><br /><iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oii1CDyv6GI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTM1HGPzIgcABGSVJt0RtTqaImyGuyz3ip8KLdBnsPUwYSYDHN8uvSEwvVXyLa2Ah3HDqJemEXZupjwrblH9sR1CTL0Hk4Kqm0DG9ubbj_fSXZ85g0sHFVn7ObZHzC_rMWAQTBIiJXyLEP/s1600/14+shack.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyqwgM9XaWwrVHGuCv38d4HAbleh7Ngi5UqYPumWOgd6vj-cHuKZ1xcGWhCexmrwj8lNlAlWbX-fveFXyIZErrnQLfMezu_n04YULHJQUR23Zke2c5MItixcomEFkkkRsqG1iObDPaQEM/s400/6+split.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601199969921521138" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVFU33oseqJe76QUH7OxGkEx4ndXuXR-__rgez9_u-_4d2xjE6iTW-1EJmt32LkrF-0eSfkAOhKj4N62g0EpDewSLq0b5muOy-zbownCgl9ywhtgvCmi7p14FQJCKm4t24X1OkLaBSJSM/s1600/5+tan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVFU33oseqJe76QUH7OxGkEx4ndXuXR-__rgez9_u-_4d2xjE6iTW-1EJmt32LkrF-0eSfkAOhKj4N62g0EpDewSLq0b5muOy-zbownCgl9ywhtgvCmi7p14FQJCKm4t24X1OkLaBSJSM/s400/5+tan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601199956382083346" /></a><br />it was pretty nice out<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSZigl_Fg5_SeLtOF6OMuKsrtP7sarW0mkzPV7vJunxIMoTqdXK726o11tCw15Wv_oRSiOUaquxlufCD67jNsDC47XAtit4ORKCtA6k96wQE5hATU0wwy-PFj4LEoR-ICMBm03qb_ywv9/s1600/4+night.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSZigl_Fg5_SeLtOF6OMuKsrtP7sarW0mkzPV7vJunxIMoTqdXK726o11tCw15Wv_oRSiOUaquxlufCD67jNsDC47XAtit4ORKCtA6k96wQE5hATU0wwy-PFj4LEoR-ICMBm03qb_ywv9/s400/4+night.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601199959702057762" /></a><br />camp<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWm0QzRqUGj9trdGN0mXBml3KnX0MxT-1qOrIN8YQOoqH8ye7kM41nVccItoJCVBadfEXbry6bJlusjfcatsdhkdAWu8TUNrDEGlJxaWBwc-3UGG4lHOs3BwqEbqKYzrGV5eh4h_5PSZmx/s1600/3+night.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWm0QzRqUGj9trdGN0mXBml3KnX0MxT-1qOrIN8YQOoqH8ye7kM41nVccItoJCVBadfEXbry6bJlusjfcatsdhkdAWu8TUNrDEGlJxaWBwc-3UGG4lHOs3BwqEbqKYzrGV5eh4h_5PSZmx/s400/3+night.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601199954194736690" /></a>justin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078273182830257214.post-6370588823118927892011-04-25T16:11:00.000-07:002011-04-25T16:15:01.179-07:00getting there..a couple teaser shots while i get everything together from the mission to the 'valley of the chutes'. see the photo from my last post. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHS8lKpPMEE2Wozp2G5L8d-YCEab0Mv51eGdwFHQKHmNjtwncSfTqGR0xZs7puDpr0wuq-NHUiIRujMvZqx8VXnSBKQcA0BrVhLUABlCAP-FCniJlhllxTiDebUen2HPQ1HhZ4dd8T2zE/s1600/2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHS8lKpPMEE2Wozp2G5L8d-YCEab0Mv51eGdwFHQKHmNjtwncSfTqGR0xZs7puDpr0wuq-NHUiIRujMvZqx8VXnSBKQcA0BrVhLUABlCAP-FCniJlhllxTiDebUen2HPQ1HhZ4dd8T2zE/s400/2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599663089950097730" /></a><br />climbing<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwaLNW192SgNgcEfn1e-BKJA90lMotMt6Gb40wdt_nx0RtMTyvlO7ioOinsrSOdITDKNo1BI7o8CO-BYAcoKDtjL8Iv-3GfmPqxpyWKKlaqwhuy50Rwpnrg9_uF5OTQuXGn3BmlbnISV1/s1600/IMGP3273.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwaLNW192SgNgcEfn1e-BKJA90lMotMt6Gb40wdt_nx0RtMTyvlO7ioOinsrSOdITDKNo1BI7o8CO-BYAcoKDtjL8Iv-3GfmPqxpyWKKlaqwhuy50Rwpnrg9_uF5OTQuXGn3BmlbnISV1/s400/IMGP3273.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599663096060860786" /></a><br />fresh-ish wolverine tracks (from the previous afternoon)justin lamoureuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14610667987030777482noreply@blogger.com0