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1dog

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thats mike hayes, he's one of the best skiers in vermont. he at least used to be a marketing exec at ben and jerrys, and posts ridiculous dawn patrol runs before work in the stowe backcountry. not sure if he still works for b and j. but hes an incredible skier. also not going THAT fast. hes not straightlining, he's checking. and its emptyish.

aside - i eat too much ice cream, and i used to eat a lot of ben and jerrys. i recently switched to haagen daaz. look at the ingredients on each. haagen daaz is all natural stuff you can pronounce. ben and jerrys is not.

edit - it looks like he works for krispy kreme now. dude is part of big sugar.

edit2 - can someone post the videos of the killington kids?
doesn't B n' G contain about 4 sticks of butter per pint? Haven't purchased for years, but they have the 'no air, heavy on the cream' formula right.

Recall their ' we are not gonna pay the top guy any more than 7x the lowest paid'. Well, guess what? Janitor was $7 an hour and at the time you couldn't find a $100K CEO or anywhere close to that. Somehow, I think Unilever paid quite a bit more to B n' G.
 

KustyTheKlown

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doesn't B n' G contain about 4 sticks of butter per pint? Haven't purchased for years, but they have the 'no air, heavy on the cream' formula right.

Recall their ' we are not gonna pay the top guy any more than 7x the lowest paid'. Well, guess what? Janitor was $7 an hour and at the time you couldn't find a $100K CEO or anywhere close to that. Somehow, I think Unilever paid quite a bit more to B n' G.

id be fine if it was just butter. its ice cream, i know its rich and full of sugar and fat. but there was all kinds of shit i couldnt pronounce on the ben and jerrys label. the daaz says milk cream eggs sugar and X (insert chocolate, vanilla, green tea, etc for X)
 

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id be fine if it was just butter. its ice cream, i know its rich and full of sugar and fat. but there was all kinds of shit i couldnt pronounce on the ben and jerrys label. the daaz says milk cream eggs sugar and X (insert chocolate, vanilla, green tea, etc for X)
Wife is a nutritional/health studies fanatic.
β€˜ if you cant pronounce or it’s more that 5-7 ingredients, it’s not a healthy choice.’
Big Ag.
 

thebigo

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Good first day out. Was crowded with a bunch of people who should not have been out there. No idea why any beginner would want to snowplow rime today. Kept to the skiers left, massively irregular bump line formed, felt good to ski bumps. New gear and body held up. Hip flexors got tired before legs, guess all the off-season leg work paid off.
 

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So Inclined

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Birdman in the house today !! … the sound of his bugle horn echoed up and down the slope all day long

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Is this the same Birdman I've seen at Catamount several times over the years? Or is there another rangy, Feathers-n-peltsTex clad skier residing in the Berkshires? That Birdman is a legend to me and some friends!
 

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Is this the same Birdman I've seen at Catamount several times over the years? Or is there another rangy, Feathers-n-peltsTex clad skier residing in the Berkshires? That Birdman is a legend to me and some friends!
I saw Birdman hucking it on Skye Peak Liftline at Killington one weekend, and absolutely hauling bumps on Liftline at Berkshire East the next. Dude is a legend at both places.

Good to see that the straightline idiots got their passes pulled. Seen his videos a few times - thought it was pretty ballsy the first time around, and realized he was just a total moron when I saw a video of him going down Nor'easter at Okemo at 70mph on a weekend, not even attempting to dodge other skiers. Hopefully Mike Solimano is starting a trend.
 

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Is this the same Birdman I've seen at Catamount several times over the years? Or is there another rangy, Feathers-n-peltsTex clad skier residing in the Berkshires? That Birdman is a legend to me and some friends!
He lives in the Lenox/Lee area in the Berkshires, so more than likely just one Birdman. He has a facebook page.
 

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Deleted from FB, but still on IG:
what is this guys switch stance 😭
bro is a menace in the park yo i hope one day ill be as good as him πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™ he would be the kind of guy to ski parlor skis.
 
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Newpylong

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Just watched the videos. If I saw that in person, I likely would have spoken up and if they kept doing it, made sure Patrol addressed it before they seriously hurt or killed someone. Darwinism seldom works in the innocent's favor. I have no problem playing Karen when it comes to gross negligence.

Also, they can't ski for sh*t.
 

slatham

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The only good things about that video are that nobody got hurt, and the knuckleheads got the boot.

Well, maybe a third: the knuckleheads who watched the video and thought how coot it was, only to rethink doing it due to the consequences.
 

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They've been skiing like that and posting videos for at least a couple years now. They tend to get a mixture of responses. Some people call them out for being unsafe and borderline out of control while others encourage them and say how amazing they are.
 

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So armchair snowmakers / K experts - what are the chances of ttb coverage by 11/12-11/13.

looks like some windows starting Tuesday night.
 

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Yup, that is what I figured. I might have some interest in going as long as you can ski down to the lift. Ski season came fast this year. I am still in the process of chopping down the gardens, putting away the summer stuff and blowing leafs. The warmer temps this fall lulled me away from skiing. Hell the grass is still green and growing. WTF
 
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