17JAN2025 Checked the local Milles Isles River and got there by car and so, NO smoking weed before lol. There was NO parking at the Ste-Thérèse water purification plant beside the 117/Curé LaBelle #$%^&*( Blocked some cars in, as I was NOT gonna be there long AND I could see the cars from the river ...
At first it looked like it was gonna be AMAZING !!
There was NOT a lotta powder snow on top of the smooth ice near shore ...
As I got further out onto the river ... the snow was getting deeper and :
yes folks ... there was a layer of water between the snow and the ice ^&*(
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15JAN2025 Again up North and smoked XKOALA lol ...
The rest of the day was NOT as good. Winds were from the NW and supposed to be 20-30kph. They were more like 0-20kph. I shovelled a runway and rigged the NS Duke 6.9, butt was NO USE = FAIL... Zokay, I got some exercise and some sun/vitamin D.
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14JAN2025 Up North with winds from the West 10-30kph
Again ... I smoked an ExKa XKOALA 0.5g pre-roll before ...
"Up North with the "gopro" on my back with a contraption that I built
it was on all crooked and i was still able to capture a little piece lol
buddy Chris out in BC liked my 1st attempt to use this "backpack"
and so, this was my 2nd attempt ...
wind was from the West 10-30kph
was supposed to get 20-40kph !!
this time the sail was the powerful SW Hucker 6.6
(this sail is such a PITA to rig = TIGHT downhaul man)
session was a 7/10 and the clip catches some speed runs :-)"
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09JAN2025 ...Yes folks, I went out 2 days in a row man !!
Since cannabis is legal ...
I smoked an ExKa XKOALA 0.5g pre-roll before checking the conditions🔥
...and then ... neighbour's stupid dog ran half way across the lake to see me $%^&*
I kept yelling NON and pushed his face away with my glove 🙂
Next time I will be armed with a BIG stick lol
The snow was "crusty" and the wind was GOOD = 15-40kph NW.
With these conditions I was able to push myself and the sled !!
I was trying to go as fast as I could and loving it ...
Sometimes I actually avoided the ice sections
BEST winter session this season so far man = 9/10 !!
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08JAN2025 We are supposed to have a snowstorm and winds from the NW 20-40kph... The snow AND wind were under-estimated. and so ... I went up North to the little lake with the chalets ...
I put paraffin wax on the ice sled skis and left the sled in the snow. This seems to have been a mistake cuz the skis stuck to the snow AND the wind was NOT hitting.
So, I went and tried my snow sled. It was better and the wind kicked... Something dragged on the ice with that sled and it is NOT so obvious.
I went back and got the ice sled which I flipped upside down this time and with the somewhat better winds it was good ...
Winds were from the NW switching to West at times which was dangerous on the ice ... and I would guesstimate that they were 15-35kph...tomorrow is supposed 2b even better !!
The snowstorm was "wurst" closer to home with lotsa cars in the ditch and accidents $%^&*
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05JAN2025 Yesterday we went to Intermiel in St Eustache and my wife would NOT let me check the ice on Lac des Deux on the way back and so ...
I checked it today !! 6"
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03JAN2025 First of all ... HAPPY NEW YEAR/beer 😊
The pure ice season is over = we had some warmer temps, snow & then cold again ... The wind was supposed to be decent 20-40kpw NW, but was intermittent and 0-30kph. It was mostly light and the snow slowed me down ...
So, I built a little runway and had fun in a smaller section.
As usual, when it was time to push the envelope, I removed the camera
...and that was when I had my best runs ....
Prior to this session, I added a metal bar as a "washer" to make sled go more straight. It was pulling to the left ...
