Today is a TiVo holiday. Blue Moon holiday to be more specific. This was apparently the day that TiVo shipped their first set-top box. It was a momentous occasion and just happened to coincide with a blue moon so it was designated an official TiVo holiday from that day on.

I decided to check out the snowboarding at Sugar Bowl. Judy had already shelved her snowboard for the season and also didn’t want to take a day off so it would be a solo trip for me. The drive was around three hours or so, but it was much better than the Kirkwood drive because it had very little twisty, turny mountain driving. And the view as you approach the resort is absolutely gorgeous. I wanted to snap a shot but I had unfortunately left my camera at the back of the vehicle.

It had just snowed about two days ago so I was hoping that I could find some good powder. I was also hoping that the crowds would be minimal since no other company should be having a holiday today. Neither would be the case. The last two days had been pretty warm so any good snow, if it wasn’t already all tracked up, was non-existant (of course, this being my first time at the resort, it was entirely possible that I just didn’t know where to look for the good stuff). And I found out that this Sunday is Easter so a lot of people were at the resort. Oh well.

Since the snow wasn’t great, I decided to hone my air skills in the park. During one of my lifts up the park, I rode up with someone who looked a lot like Shaun White, the professional snow boarder. The tip off was the big red hair. It was a four-person lift and the person I thought was Shaun White sat at the far right while I sat at the far left. The other two people were friends of the red-head and they were talking about some pretty crazy stuff - how one of their friends landed on a rail and became paralyzed and how another broke his leg and couldn’t snowboard again.

During the ride up, I merely thought this guy looked like Shaun White. I thought the chances that it really was him were pretty slim. Then I saw him ride the park. He was doing some pretty insane tricks! I’m not up with all the snowboard lingo, but I know that this guy was pretty damn good. I’m pretty sure it was Shaun White so it’s pretty cool that I rode up a lift with him!

Since it was just me, I didn’t take too many pictures. In fact, I took only one.

Posted by Roger at 8:00 pm.