Weekend Road Trip
Well sadly enough, my winter season has officially come to an end. This past weekend, Justin Lupone, Matt Blunt and myself embarked on a three day road trip to attend closing weekend at Sunday River and Sugar Loaf. We arrived at Sunday River on Friday morning only to find perfect spring skiing conditions accompanied by blue bird sky. Once 4pm rolled around we drove down the street to session the skate park in Bethel, Maine.
After a decent skateboard session we hit the road again, descending north up to Sugar Loaf in Carrabassett Valley, Maine. Luckily for us, we did not have to sleep in the car because Justin’s girlfriend happens to live near Carrabassett Valley. Her and her family were gracious enough to let us spend both Friday and Saturday night at their house. They could not have made better hosts, serving us filling meals for both breakfast and dinner.. thank you again!
It just so happened to be the 24th annual Reggae Fest at Sugar Loaf, meaning loads of people and loud music. When we pulled into Sugar Loaf’s parking lot Saturday morning, the place was filled with cars. I was nervous, thinking the lifts and trials would be crowded due to the Reggae Fest crowd. However, the majority of people there were not skiing, rather drinking and enjoying the reggae music in the hot sun. This meant my friends and I pretty much had the mountain to ourselves!
Once the ski day came to an end, we drove down the street and went to the Anti-Gravity Center. The facility is a 20,000 square foot recreation complex, made up of the following amenities: a rock climbing wall, basketball court, weight room, skate-park, and two Olympic trampolines. Of course you may have guessed, the main reason we went to the center was to utilize the trampolines.
After spending another night, and eating another great meal at Justin’s girlfriend’s house, we headed back up to Sugar Loaf for the last ski day of the 2011/2012 ski season. Once again the weather was amazing, providing blue sky and temperatures in the 70’s.. prime goggle tan weather if you ask me! Although Sugar Loaf only had 5 features to hit, I had a blast sessioning the flat-down box as well as their down-rail.
Now that the season is over, I will be focusing my time on working out, trampoline training, summer rail sessions, and the rest of the school semester.
Above: Working on my good old goggle tan
Above: Justin stoked on the rail session
Above: Matt perfecting his smile for the ladies
Above: Working my rodeos
Above: Corky nose grabs
April!
For the past two months, ski resorts in New England have been closing left and right. Luckily Boyne Resorts’s Loon Mountain and Sunday River took full advantage of the cold temperatures by making snow two weeks ago. Ever since Cranmore Mountain closed for the season on March 25, I have had a blast skiing Loon. Unfortunately, Loon closed their park this past weekend, leaving Sunday River as the closest open resort to me now. I will be making the trip up there this weekend to close out the season. Hopefully they will have a jump and or some rails setup, I would like to gather some more clips for my season edit!
Above: Closing weekend at Loon Mountain Resort.
Last season, Karl Lipsky, Tammy G. and myself made the trip up to Sunday River for the Red Bull “Super Hit” contest. I did not compete due to my knee, but Karl was killing it all day and was truly the most consistent skier competing. Anyways, once the end of the day rolled around and the lifts closed, I spotted this guard rack nested in the snowbank alongside the parking lot. It was setup in the snowbank perfectly, you could say it was just asking to get skied!
Here are some photographs shot on location at Sunday River Resort during the 2010/2011 season.
Credit: Tammy G.
