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| posted on 28-2-2004 at 16:40 |
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I went off to the hills this morning, to the place I had been trying to persuade Shem to go to for the last coupld of days.. The show
was thigh deep in places (I know I'm not very tall, but thats still a couple of feet!) and I had a excellent time boarding down
through gullies that formed a kind of wide natural half-pipe which meant I was carving from rail to rail on big banks of powder!!!!
Zel... Did you manage to get out with our new board??
Al.
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zelwaters
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| posted on 29-2-2004 at 22:56 |
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nah i didnt get out in the end, me and carlos were ready to to go snow kiting, but the guys we were with, said there wasnt enough snow,
and we were all eady and everything, damm gutted now that i have seen ur post, should have gone, especially after i went toa ll that
trouble to get the gear!!!!
Have attached some pics of me in action today
u guys been askin to see and i finally managed to get round to doing it 
[Edited on 29-2-2004 by zelwaters]
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zelwaters
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| posted on 29-2-2004 at 22:58 |
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she tries again
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justal
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| posted on 1-3-2004 at 07:15 |
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I'm dissappointed in you Zel... buying all that kit and then not even making the effort to use it... I should take away one of your
gold stars!!!
Theres still plenty of snow up there on North Facing slopes today... Unfortunately I have to work all day (thats right... a WHOLE days
work!!) so won't have chance to go out and play. 
Al.
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zelwaters
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| posted on 2-3-2004 at 02:11 |
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hey al, just how much snow is ur way, and how long is it likely to last?
anymore snow forecasted?
might pull a sicky myself!
no the reason we didnt head out is because we were supposed to go out with someone else who can instruct us a little, never actually
done it b4, (carlos very safety conscious) so we're going to our local snowboard centre to get some lessons in lol
i am truly dissapointed in myself for the both of us so il make sure i dont miss on any other opporunities if i can help it lol
Zel xx
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justal
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| posted on 2-3-2004 at 06:37 |
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Theres still enough snow for snowboarding on noth facing slopes around here, but there isn't any more forecasted at the moment, and its
going to warm up and rain tomorrow so today would be the last day.
Lessons!!! None of us had ever done it before either... (well I had a few years back here in Wales when we had some snow), but we just
strapped the boards on and gave it a go. Theres not much that can go wrong really. Its not as though you'd launch yourself straight
down a near vertical slope with a 60 foot cliff to drop off at the bottom (unless you were a bit stupid!).
But then again I haven't had any lessons in any of the sports I do. I tend to just buy the kit and make it up as I go along.
I still can't believe you bought all the kit and then didn't give it a go! When you told us the name of the board, its length etc. I
assumed you knew what you were talking about and had done it all before (It didn't mean anything to me as I don't know what length a
snowboard should be!!) 
Which snowboard centre will you go to then?? You've got to get out on your board now that you've got it.
Al.
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Joner
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| posted on 2-3-2004 at 07:10 |
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Hehe... I knew it.
I knew that as soon as I logged back on here there would have been a hive of activity because of the snow.
Sounds like you all had a good time.
Zelwaters... you must have more money than is good for you going out and buying new kit just to use on those rare occasions that we get
snow, and then not even using it anyway. Al was right, in true Victor Meldrew style...
"I don't Beeeelieve it!!' 
Joner
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zelwaters
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| posted on 4-3-2004 at 12:23 |
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hey what can i say, i truly thought we were gonna go, damm im never gonna live this stick down am i?
there are loadsa indoor places near by, we have tamworth, leeds, ski slope in rossendale, plenty of learning space, were planning on
going not this weekend, but the weekend after :> .
Well one thing is for sure, at least ive got the stuff now, and dont have to muck around getting last minute gear the next time i wanna
go, which is v soon .... teeehee
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shawn
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Hey Zel - Good air, wickedly good photo!!
By the way, if yer going learning to board (snow, that is), I'd highly recommend the slope at sheffield - it's got much better
facilities that rossendale, and shreds yer butt less - although it takes about 30 mins more to get there from Manc land.
http://www.sheffieldskivillage.co.uk/
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rob
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| posted on 14-3-2004 at 20:57 |
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here's some evidence of the snowboarding and snowkiting taken in wales at the end of feb, sorry about the poor scan quality - i'll
upload some better ones to my site as and when i get chance!
rob
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and another
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rob
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yet another
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rob
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last one - for more check out my site
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zelwaters
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| posted on 17-3-2004 at 01:25 |
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oooh sum good pics... ta for the advice lol... will probably get to either tamworth or leeds,,, ireckon leeds is closer so will check
it out..... oooh i didnt write a diary entry (dont think at least)..... took my blade III 8.5 out in the water with me last weekend and
the weekend B4.... got some quality body dragging done... However was still in my 3mm suit..... DUH oh welll as soon as i got back out
on the beach and did some ladnboarding warmed up really quickly..... was a really good session not last sun but sun b4 had onshore
winds between 12- 15mph.....LOVED IT!
anyway enuf already with the bragging.... anyone else had any wkd sessions?
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shawn
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| posted on 17-3-2004 at 09:13 |
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Zel - you must be a raging loon going out in a 3mm suit in this weather - or I'm particularly nesh, 'cos there's no way I'd even
consider it!! Nutter!
The place at Leeds is great for learning boarding - and check out the suspended playground in the entrance hall when you enter the
building!! The skate park rocks too if you do that sort of stuff.
I've just bin rippin' it up in the 3 valleys (France) for a week - perfect snow, so deep it was almost impossible to hurt yourself
(tried my best inc. 2 headfirst landings!!) - worst injury sustained was from sledging down a (unbeknown to me at the time) rocky hill
on a placky bag when full of beer on the 1st night.
Don't have a cow man!
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