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Good Form Has Many Forms

Matthew, looking good coming down a run in the fog and snow…

matt at cypress

Ok, it’s true. I look like I’m napping here, but really, I’m working out my next hot move. Either that, or I’m trying to figure out how to get all that snow out of my goggles after a massive faceplant really sick move off a big kicker.

napping robert at cypress

Could someone check…is he breathing ?

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Snow to the Roof

Matthew and I did a couple of runs this afternoon after he finished school.

We haven’t been up since late last week and as you can see, there’s a wee bit of snow. Check out the guy shoveling snow off the roof of the Guest Services/Ticket building. 

And it was still snowing when we left…

cypress guest services

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Snowing On Cypress

A bit of a blizzard up top on Cypress this morning. 

Great riding in fresh granular powder with lots of drifts.  I could do without the horizontal ice pellets hitting me on the face, but a small price to pay for the ride.

cypress snow

I’m not as grumpy as I look – just a bit wet.

robert at cypress

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What We Do When It Rains In Vancouver

Cypress Mountain was a total delight this morning. The sun was shining on the drive up, but the cloud moved in pretty quickly.

For the last few seasons I’ve only shot a few pics on the mountain. I don’t like taking my D70 into the snow and screen caps from my small video camera aren’t good.

Solution: on a recommendation from a guy at named Elias at London Drugs in West Van, I bought a Pentax Optio W20. The camera doesn’t look like much and I certainly wouldn’t have picked it out of a lineup, so I’m happy Elias was on the ball. It’s a waterproof point and shoot digital camera, and I’m thrilled with it.

It’s small and light, I just tuck it into the pocket of my jacket, the lense doesn’t extend out of the body even on zoom, and the controls are recessed in such a way that it is impossible to turn the camera on accidentally (like when I fall, which is often).

Its a bit slow to react, but for the job at hand, it’s pretty much perfect. These were all shot in idiot proof mode – auto everything – and it handled the bright snow really well.

I may not look like it, but I’m super happy with my new piece of snowboarding gear !