UofPOW

OK so I have been to busy skiing like mad to update this thing. So U of POW started on face book when Connor was complaining about the lack of snow in his hood and were were getting hammered in November. I said connor you should move back to chilliwack so you can hit the pow! toby then wrote ya to the awesome university there. then I wrote ya the U of pow. hence the u of pow. Toby and connor both came out here over the holidays to attend the U of POW. Here is what went down. enjoy the photos.

Over the last couple weeks we have spent a ton of time up at he coquihalla area and this is on the ridge down from Zupjok - Alpaca ridge.
On the ridge it was really wind blasted and the trees looked very cool and the views were off the wall, it felt like you were on a different planet. We nicknamed the area Planet Zop
See planet Zop
Zop
Connor eating
Zop ridge with coke hwy in the background
Connor really big striding to keep up with toby.

This is taken from the needle peak area, the corn dawg sending it
Needle area

Lunch stop



Im thinking pow

Connor "wow this is the best skin track ever"
Went up needle with Claire, her Dad and max right when we got a big dump
Toby, Maya, and Max shredding on Cypress
Oh this one was a good one, elfin lakes, we skied up to the red heather hut and did some sweet rips down pauls ridge then when we got back to the car we were stuck cause there was 6 cars in the ditch on the road and they were not letting anyone down the mountain unless they had chains. I had no chains and yada yada yada we did make it home but not till 2am

5 years old? yaaa
toby and maya
marty at baker
connor toby marty, baker
de skin under table mt
baker area

North van, I am here.

Spent most the day in north van yesterday skate skiing at cypress till it got dark then picked up marty from "work" and we hit starbucks then went night touring up at seymour, it was pitch black and the city lights were unreal! we just hit the groomed runs cause everything up there is ice. it was a solid day. Right!

backcountry at baker. IN!

went skiing up by mt baker today with Chris from Chilliwack. I met Chris this summer mt biking up on vedder then he became my friend on facebook and today we hit the backcountry. Chris is kind of my hero due to the fact that when he was growing up his family car was a 1988 toyota tercel 4wd wagon. How cool is that! anyhow we skied over at artist point then did a crazy boot pack up table mt then booked it back to the truck. The snow conditions were not that good with a little dust on some very hard crust. It was just good to be out on a really clear day and enjoy the views, baker is so unreal and there will be pow to come Im sure. I got a little bit of a sun burn on the face but I should be ok. Right!

boot pack with the Epic mt baker in the back ground

Chris on the table.

I took this shot when I got home this is the view out my garage. baker is just ideal!

"wow, your skis are really fast" 187 uh!

I have been up to cypress a couple times this year to skate ski. yesterday was great! nice and cold very fast and after skiing on soft slush the 2 times before it was really nice to pole hard! My arms are not so fresh today. Im rocking the rossi Ximum word cup skate ski. yeah its sweet and according to everyone else I ski with its really fast, yeah must be my skis.

Marty (fischer) "why do you ski with those things, its like putting carbon zipp wheels on your road bike to ride with your mom."

some random dude yesterday(fischer) "yeah your skis are running faster then mine"

Corn dawg (salomon) "wow what did you wax your skis with? they really move!"

I would really like to ski with some guys that know what there doing, so if your a honch ski racer then give me a call, I would love to eat some humble pie. mmm pie.

Yeah its all the skis. http://www.rossignol.com/CG/x-ium-skating-wcs-nis_RH9CK01_product_nordic-men-skis-skating.html

and here are some photos from this summer
PS not working 65hrs a week is just ideal!






marty and I went for a sweet ride in abby. Marty riding a trek EX bike and loving it.
Then we went and hiked around the mt baker area for 7hrs looking for snow but all we ended up doing was hiking for 7hrs with our skis on our backs.

Max at the top of elk.

I cut, its ok I just wiped it on my pant.

Jon and Nate climbing up robie reid.

Work? out!

So I have just been working like a dog the last two months cause we got little chickens in these barns that two months ago looking nothing like they do now. I was so busy all I had time for was working and the odd ski. so this is what it looks like.

ski touring at eh coke with Nate and Corey. pow, In!

taking a break from work for a bit.

picking up some hot chicks. its 30c in the barn hence the HOT. aw its so cute! check out the beard too. no shave november is good.

little guys.

Its ideal right.

The last month has been really wicked awesome! lots of hike and bikes and some boating. I guess 3 weeks ago My cousin Craig, Nate, Claire, and Max hit up Mt Macfarlane in Chilliwack. I think that might be my favorite hike ever! then the weekend after that I did a whister/skookumchuck trip. In whistler I rode with some legends of the sport and in Skook I surfed with some of the better white water paddlers in Canada. (and yes I showed everyone I played with how it was done) Skook is unreal and I want to go back so bad! Then Kanga (toby) came to town and we did the lions with no view and then went mt biking in Abby then hit up golden ears with Claire and Max. So tobys mom is coming to visit him next week and has no idea what to do with her. So Kanga asks me, "what would you do with my mom for a week?" I dont know Kanga. I also went to my high school ten year, oh the good times!
Golden ears on the way down.

You get em max!

on the way up.

sunrise at camp with the dog

feasting on the way up.

Toby riding mt bikes

up the lions

the back of my car.

sun set on Mt Macfarlane

Craig and the dawg on the way up, dawg looks worked and we are like 5 min in.