The taller of the two ;-)Which one is you? Or are you behind the camera?
This is ABSOLUTELY correct. Don't know how many adults will be in the Yacht race...our group has two 9 yr old girls that will captaining the Viking ship. We are there to be there logistics support and their fan/groupies. They are going with a fierce viking theme so we have some garb to throw on over ski gear as a show of support. Mostly its just a big excuse to have fun in the sun.What's the deal with the yacht races? Am I right in assuming that folks will be careening down one of the runs in a cardboard box festooned with all manner of trash?
What was the name of the boat? I met up (finally) with @socalgal and her family and we watched the races (we stayed for only a few of the adult entries as my son was getting hungry and over heated). I think Monkey Machine won for most epic dismount... (video to follow)This is ABSOLUTELY correct. Don't know how many adults will be in the Yacht race...our group has two 9 yr old girls that will captaining the Viking ship. We are there to be there logistics support and their fan/groupies. They are going with a fierce viking theme so we have some garb to throw on over ski gear as a show of support. Mostly its just a big excuse to have fun in the sun.
Salty Puppies. The girls are 9 and they rocked it! We had Viking/yacht theme. It was a bit scary when the boat with some bigger boys flew through the retaining fence and OVER the brake ramp and were, luckily, uninjured. I suspect the Mammoth General Counsel would've cringed if he saw that one. Overall..what an amazingly fun day and event. Second annual and it will be a regular for us. Great crowd. Fun boat names and great spirit by all the competitors. The crowd gave them all good support but especially the kids. The skiing was great up top as well and tomorrow will be a bit more about the skiing since today had a lot of logistics with getting the girls checked in for the race. We finished the day with some European style Apre ski at Yodler with the DJ and people dancing on picnic tables out on the patio...Mammoth really does know how to do springtime ski celebrations. So fun. We will be back out there tomorrow for those who are around. Lemme know!What was the name of the boat? I met up (finally) with @socalgal and her family and we watched the races (we stayed for only a few of the adult entries as my son was getting hungry and over heated). I think Monkey Machine won for most epic dismount... (video to follow)
I've always heard they spread it around, but don't really know anything. There is this, from Mammoth Snowman blog earlier this week:Maybe if you get on the prep'd race/training courses, not so sure about elsewhere .... possibly for the loading/unloading areas?
Lots of fun yesterday... @locknload I was asking every viking wearing guy walking by, "Are you...???"
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We all got a lot of sun yesterday.
Sorry we missed you SoCal girl! Looks like you guys are having a great time..glad you kept asking Vikings if they were us! Lol. The Yacht Party is so fun and we are going to make this a regular tradition. Got some great runs in today as well off the top. Wipe out and Dropout Chutes were just awesome mush moguls!
Makes sense; the manicuring that goes on for the parks and courses far exceeds the regular grooming. The annoying ridges left on the "regular" grooming runs are never seen on the more seriously groomed features. Makes it worth the effort to camp out and catch the rope drop on the race/training courses.I'm pretty sure the race courses are salted overnight when they are doing formal training. And I've seen some salt spread in the terrain park (there were big stacks of bags of salt near the rope line).
Then your wife was next to me as the boat ran the course (we were standing at the finish line. I have some video that may be presentable lolSalty Puppies. The girls are 9 and they rocked it! We had Viking/yacht theme. It was a bit scary when the boat with some bigger boys flew through the retaining fence and OVER the brake ramp and were, luckily, uninjured. I suspect the Mammoth General Counsel would've cringed if he saw that one. Overall..what an amazingly fun day and event. Second annual and it will be a regular for us. Great crowd. Fun boat names and great spirit by all the competitors. The crowd gave them all good support but especially the kids. The skiing was great up top as well and tomorrow will be a bit more about the skiing since today had a lot of logistics with getting the girls checked in for the race. We finished the day with some European style Apre ski at Yodler with the DJ and people dancing on picnic tables out on the patio...Mammoth really does know how to do springtime ski celebrations. So fun. We will be back out there tomorrow for those who are around. Lemme know!
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