What a way to end the season. Lex and I went up to Tahoe to get in one last weekend before all of the wedding craziness started. We spent a day at Mt. Rose on Saturday, and sometime in the morning I noticed that my new toe strap had completely pulled through the eyelet in my binding! I had replaced both of the plastic straps last week when we were up in Whistler, but I guess the whole thing just decided to give up the ghost this week. Well, I can’t complain after six years, and three seasons of really hard riding, now I finally have an excuse to get some new bindings!
Actually, I’ve got an excuse to get a whole set of new gear. My gloves had been falling apart, and after three days in Canada they smelled so bad that we had to throw them away. My eight year old pants are almost worn through in the butt, and my goggles, liners, wrist, guards, etc., are all starting to make me look like a snowboarding hobo.
It was a good way to end the season. I’d taken some time to practice tuning and waxing my board on my own before we went up and on the ice-pack that was Mt. Rose it really paid off. The snow wasn’t great but there were no crowds and Rose is a nice place, so we spent the whole day bombing down the runs practicing our Super G slalom and hitting a few jumps.
So, now we’re cleaning everything up and packing it away, for in less than two weeks we leave for Thailand!
Woo! Less than 2 weeks!