These two little Georgia girls are a bundle of fun. Way to go Emma on mastering your ollie, and Ella, you can handle the cold better that any four-year-old I have met.

Julie and George, you have some great girls. It was nice to meet your friends and their kids. I hope you had a safe trip back to Georgia, and I look forward to snowboarding with you in Vail and Beaver Creek again. Check out the action photos of the weekend here.

This years Honda Sessions was quite cool. Many men and women pro snowboarders made it out for the event.

All the terrain features this year were bigger than last year. First, the rail jam. It was the same great session format we have all come to love. Each rider goes as many times in an hour-ish. Every 15 minutes they gave away cash money.

I have to say that the rails this year were very cool looking, but a combination of a slow approach and almost too many options, left the event a bit bland. I was cold, and everyone’s boards were slow, but you just didn’t see the same rail tricks up the rails as you did last year. Check out the photos of the Honda Sessions 2007 event and you can view the rail layout.

The Big air contest was killer, and it was freezing that night.
Check out more Honda Sessions Jabber here:
http://www.futuresnowboarding.com/blog/2007/01/honda-session-rail-jam/
http://www.snowblahg.com/author/lpelosi/page/1

Lorne, Oliver, Caroline, Graham & Will are the X-Boarders from Florida and Tennessee. We had a blast for four days, and finished with some awesome Vail mountain snowboard exploration. From never snowboarding to linking smooth s-turns on green terrain on the fourth day – these kids are real snowboarders and way cool. Check out there skill in the photo gallery.

Vail’s Dummy Gelunde 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlWKRPu-Y6E

Check out the Mike Master Mike show in Vail. It was off the hook. I got body passed through the crowd. It was rocking. Mix Master Mix Vail photos here. Hey Mike, ya wanna go snowboarding?

Let it snow.

This winter in Vail, Colorado is turning out to be just what I expected … white fluffy snow, and deep. In the last two days it has snowed more than 10 inches easily. Lucky we were able to stack and split as much firewood as we did in the last days, otherwise we’d be fishtailing down the side roads in my friends old, balled-tired pickup.

Vail mountain opens this weekend. November 18, 2006. Although snowboarders and skiers alike have been making some turns at Loveland, Keystone, Copper, Breckenridge, and other surrounding resorts.

The annual returning Vail Instructor grin and grip sessions are now ended, and everyone in Vail Valley is busy waxing their snowboards and skis, excited for opening day.

This year Vail will have two new half pipes. More to come.