Powder, Pavement, & Pumice: An Eastside Odyssey

bcrider · **Posted:** Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:11 pm

The return of Jimw!!!! I thought you gave up on us but you were just too busy shredding the gnar!

So much epicness in these pics, thanks for sharing! :thatrocks:

ps. I miss riding with u. Maybe a July Crystal Range pond skim?

bs. · **Posted:** Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:09 pm

damn. after 2 reads through that TR, the word "epic" seems like an understatement. there really is no better snowboarding tool than a van you can live in, and it seems you are using yours to the fullest! very inspiring, indeed. how did the verts work in pumice scree? i remember hauling a board up the eureka sand dunes in death valley once and being amazed at how slow the ride down was (and how much it sucked riding with sand in my boots).

i must admit your TR rekindled my frustration that my van's poor old engine cracked, causing me to spend most of the money and time i had allocated for a similar eastside mission rebuilding an old volkswagen engine instead. well at least my van got me up to my new home in seattle.... hopefully it will get me back down to bishop next spring and maybe i'll run into you at momart.

(oh yeah and i'd love to see the POV footage of the Z and gutter lines!!)

rughty · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:05 am

I think 3rd pillar is my favorite plateau line. Great pic!!! I drove by the plateau that day you hit it late. Looked like the plateau was crying. Wish I had a pic. Good work on getting after it on what appears to be a very successful eastside binge. I thought we had it good on our linkup of north couloir and kindergarten. I was soooo jealous when I saw BG's footage when he added zebra. That was effing RAD!!! Keep up the good work. We should hit up Shasta soon!

wjb · **Joined:** Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:12 pm **Posts:** 97

Thanks for sharing the stoke. Very inspirational!

snowsavage · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:28 pm

truly living the Range of Light dream man; thanx for keeping me inspired to live life to the fullest.

Ecobrad · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:49 am

Awesome Jim. Great to see you post a tr again!! You've convinced me, next year I will spend a least 7-straight days living out of my truck on the east side.

BGnight · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 9:00 am

Magic Carpet Ride (gutter) makes me shart just looking at it. Thanks for the ride down S chute the other day and helping me unsand my vajayjay. I still feel like a nervous mom watching you hop around checking out the steep entrances to gnarville up there on the plateau

OAM805 · **Joined:** Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:56 pm **Posts:** 8

Inspiring.
next trip i want in!
hows that skate board? i rode a freeboard for a bit nice way to deal with missing powder days while stuck in the concrete jungle.
but that thing looks more fun, you should put up a video

cheers,
mike

powderjunkie · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:02 pm

JIMMITY JIM :headbang:

hell of a trip, crescent looked unbelievable and that was the first day. :thumpsup:

we got 9 days starting friday - we'll try to make you proud. :bow:

jbaysurfer · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:26 pm

I don't know if I responded to this TR yet, but Jimw...tks for letting me be a part of your eastside odyssey over the course of 2 weekends. Post up some of that skating footage already!!!!!

From a first person perspective, I can attest to both the resiliency of the verts vs. pumice, and the base of Jim's rockboard, and his clothing (which took a beating), but mostly, to his determination for verting straight up that SOB.

Good times, look forward to riding with you again soon.

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