Today my Grandpa took me out into the Sturgeon County river valley/lake area. If you don't live in Edmonton, you can't fully comprehend how much snow we've gotten in the past month or so. In the middle of a field, where it hasn't been disturbed, you can hop off of your ski-doo and sink literally to mid-thigh depth.I have never, ever been riding in that much snow, and I think it's the most snowfall since '86 in Alberta or something like that.
Anyway, I learned from my Grandpa today that to turn in deep powder, you actually have to steer the opposite direction (barely) and lean like hell. Once I got a handle on it, it was the best riding I've ever done. I felt like I was in one of those Bombardier commercials where the rider has the machine tilted 50* to whichever side he's turning to. Unless you've actually been in powder for snowmobiling, you will never fully grasp how much fun it is. I would say on par with powder snowboarding. It feels less like a car, and more like surfing. So basically, if you ever get the opportunity to do it, DO IT!
I am staying at my grandparents house for the next couple of days, and I downloaded Minecraft onto their PC. I am always amazed at how cool the randomly generated worlds can be. I spawned on a beach and thought it wasn't anything special, so I turn around, and there's an enormous stone mountain with I giant cavern leading all the way through it. So awesome. I have seen some screenshots of other players worlds, and they are really cool. One was kind of like that floating mountain range in Avatar (Hallelujah Mountains I think they were called) and they had lakes on these floating mountains that had big waterfalls streaming towards the ground. That would be the coolest home base ever.
I really want a downhill oriented freeride board for the upcoming season, and Subsonic makes customs. So I drew up a swallow tailed topmount that was about 37" long. I show it to my friend Vince, and he says "Oh yeah, that looks a lot like the Grease Shark". The Grease Shark? I hadn't heard about Comet's new board until he sent me a link. It looked like a way sweeter version of the concept I sketched. So guess which board I'm getting now!
PEACE!
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