Day 48 – Jumping and Spinning on Skis

Posted on January 28, 2009 by snowboardexperts

It’s been almost 2 weeks since my last post, I have been working everyday from 8am to 4pm and then go skiing after work until 10pm.  Although I did take Monday off work just to ski all day in warm sunny condition.  As I am preparing for my CSIA level 1 (Ski Instructor) certification, I’m [...]

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Day 38 – Vancouver appearing through the clouds

Posted on January 19, 2009 by snowboardexperts

Well, it’s been a few days since I last posted.   The conditions on the mountain has been too perfect in the last few days that I’d rather stay on the mountain all day (and all night) than to be at home writing a blog. Burnaby was completely clear and sunny (though a bit chilly) this [...]

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Day 34 – Ski Resorts warmer than Vancouver city. (Pictures)

Posted on January 15, 2009 by snowboardexperts

Today it was 13 degrees Celsius on the Mountains while it was 3 degrees in Vancouver.  Most Vancouverites look out the window and see the dense fog and decided the mountains must be worse, so there were no line ups.  It was sunny, warm, the snow was soft, yet there was hardly anyone up on [...]

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Day 33 – Sunny Day at Cypress Mountain

Posted on January 14, 2009 by snowboardexperts

It was clear, warm, and sunny today at Cypress Mountain.  There wasn’t any crowd so it was a good day for snowboarding.  The snow was hard packed even after the sun shined on it all day.

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Day 30 – Teaching non-English Speaker Snowboarding

Posted on January 11, 2009 by snowboardexperts

I had an interesting time teaching a non-English speaker on Saturday.  My snowboard student came to Vancouver for a 3 week vacation.  This particular student spoke a few basic English phrases and understood about half of what I was saying.  I understand how it is like not to understand or speak English because I was [...]

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Day 29 – Adventure Smart

Posted on January 10, 2009 by snowboardexperts

In Response to Karl Woll’s posting at outdoorvancouver.ca, I did an interview at Grouse Mountain on Saturday with the Adventuresmart Crew Rob and Torrie.  Rob introduced adventuresmart to me, their organization basically goes into schools and ski resorts to raise awareness of the Avalanche dangers in the backcountry and how to be prepared.  Torrie then [...]

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Day 28 – Hilarious Conversation with the Tram Operator

Posted on January 9, 2009 by snowboardexperts

Yesterday I witnessed a hilarious conversation on the Grouse Mountain Skyride between a customer and the Tram Operator.  I know it is a stressful job because my cousin used to work in this position.  As the Tram Operator was going through his daily spiel about Grouse Mountain and the weather… Tram Operator: “The Snow Report [...]

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Day 27 – Pizza turns on Skis & Down-Unweighting on Snowboard

Posted on January 8, 2009 by snowboardexperts

I had a Twitter conversation this morning with an avid skier Gillian Shaw (@gillianshaw) from Vancouver Sun.  She wrote an article called “Google Snow Report” in which it states “Skiing is 30 per cent more popular as a search term than snowboarding” and “Canadians search for the word ‘snowboarding’ more than any other country in [...]

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“Sick Board”

Posted on January 7, 2009 by snowboardexperts

I got my snowboard, Burton Dominant, 2 years ago simply because it was the Snowboard Burton recommanded for park riding.  Since then, almost everyday I would hear people commenting on my board and ask how it is.  For myself, I like it because it is way lighter than my first board (Nitro) and much easier [...]

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Day 26 – Wet Wet day at Cypress Mountain

Posted on January 6, 2009 by snowboardexperts

I was originally planning to hit up both Grouse and Cypress today but my lesson at Grouse was canceled due to the rain, so I decided to stay at Cypress for the rest of the evening.  I took a lesson at Cypress Mountain with Matt from New Zealand.  He is a New Zealand Stage 2 [...]

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