April 26th, 2008

Location:

Kirkwood, California – the metropolis of springtime mountain enjoyment

Weather:

BLUEBIRD, NO WIND, 60F!

The Dedicated to the LONG!:

666, Tyrone Shoelaces, Seanyob, Spats, Gerome, Ottime, Snowranger, Slim, Mrs. Slim, hop, AKbruin, Dhelihker, Madturtle, Deutschmark, Boobarella, powdork, snow7…and others.

Point and Shoot Warriors:

666, hop, seanyob, slim, Mrs. Slim, Spats, Deutschmark, powdork, etc….

DnB Music: Herbie Hancock – Rock it

Synopsis: OMFG, the RADNESS!

ThIs IS hOw LonG bOArd DaY iz Done!!!!!

Teaser vid by Gerome….

Long Board Day Teaser 2K8 Kirkwood, California from Powder Monkeys, Inc. on Vimeo.

Hop’s Norcal lair is located on the other side of this bridge…

We make it to Folsom on a quarter of a tank….barely.

At a secret location in Slim’s house, the 250cm’s get alpine 20 din binderz…

Does it really say 250? OMFG!

The Dynamics are 223cm…

The rack is loaded with candy for the children of the corn….

Won’t be calm for long….

Tallac looking tasty…

Holy shit!

Caltrans helped out with the crowds…

These things have no edges…long live TeH MetAL!

hop mute…

Deutschmark et al…

You have got to be kidding…

This was hard to do…

Scared isn’t the right word…

Yep, its a Spats non-finger-real-hair mustache..

SLIM…on 223s

Tyrone is on 240s….

Spats…

Snow7 made an appearance…

Tyrone carving the 240s….

Snowranger was my favorite of the day…you’ll see why.

666 can barely ski these damn 250s…its just dumb.

Retro to the extreme…

Fake hair…

Real hair…

‘yes, that is correct, a 10 year life insurance policy please’

Screw the piste….we’re taking it OFF PISTE!

666 says ‘Fuck it’

hop getting hella crazy on the 217 derby-teles…

Ok, so this was the highlight of the day…

Thank god Powdork got this…

Snowranger is one hell of a trooper…

It was one of the best falls EVER!

Deutschmark with a License to Thrill…

Spats is determined….

Oh hell yes!

Slim actually skis better on 223s…..

See, you can carve on 250s without edges…

AKbruin showing his mad skillz today…on 215s

Powdork was using skis from the 1800s….yep, they didn’t last long.

Spats getting the usual LBD Air…

AKbruin looking sexy…

hop is just hot!

Snowranger…

Seanyob kicking some ass on the 222s…

Tyrone rolls into the fingers….

…on 240s

OMG…

Long Board Day is such a dumb idea…

Snowranger is just out of hand I tell you….

hop hoppin’

Akbruin straightlinin’

Madturtle getting mad…

666 scared…

250 steeze (these things weigh around 200lbs)

Time for drinky drink…

Seanyob wants to hit the Cirque…

Table steeze…

Ah so cute…

Not so cute…

‘yes Tyrone, hop’s hair is real’

…but some other things are not.

Time for some EpiCne55 on the groomers…

Skiing on 250s…

Skiing on 240s…

Slim slaying…

Mrs Slim carving…

Snow7 laying down a finger…

Seanyob loves the ValdezXtremes….

Madturtle…still mad

hop bends at the toe….

Deutschmark inflating….

What the hell?

Did I mention that these things are super stiff?

Gerome transforms….

Kills some winter snow on the Wall…

…then airs between two bananas

Slim slims through a slot…

STEEP!

Well done sir…

AKbruin is a damn fine skier….

hop is ok at tele’ing on DH boards…

Tyrone loves dropping in with 240s….

hop in a pickle…

Slim skiing….

Tyrone tearing…all the cartilage in his body

Gerome is going ape wild…

666 wishing he was on 222s…

Jesus….those skis!

666 on the 215s gets crazy…

hop acts like a bunny…

Critter lineup…

Deutschmark flying…

Tyrone is getting comfortable…

So is Slim….

But it soon goes to his head….

Hey, its Glen Plake!

AKbruin again…

Dhelihker makes an appearance….

Ottime finally gets photographed…

Madturtle….yep, still mad at turtles

Tyrone goes for another one…

Snowranger is TeH radical…

Gerome is TeH MonKey…

hop is TeH Non-hippy-hippy…

Slim sours…

Hop is horrible…

Madturtle…mad at yep, turtles.

Tyrone in the air….

Ottime, like he just don’t care…

Deutschmark making his fanny pack mark…

Seanyob….sucks at jumping

666 360…

Seayob is a tool….

Ottime earning his wings…

AKbruin takes the 250s for a spin…

hop does the cockroach…

Gerome…monkeying around the haunted rock.

I think our day is complete…

Cirque needs to be open to the public, and it is because KW is closed!

Full circle in 24 hours…