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On Sep 9, 8:42*am, pigo wrote:
On Sep 9, 9:33*am, lal_truckee wrote:



On 9/9/10 3:08 AM, Ted Waldron wrote:

In ,
* Ted *wrote:

In ,
* *wrote:

Here's a poem written by a long board ski racer during the 1860's,
published in a gold town newspaper. It should help us endure until the
snows come...

* *I highly doubt that they had "Longboard ski races" in the 1860s
anywhere in the US. *The skis were like three meters long (over 10
feet), and weigh around 11 kilos/25pounds.

* *I was wrong, there were longboard ski races in the 1860s in some of
the California Mining Camps.. *They seemed more like soap box derby
races.. *However each camp had their own top racers...

http://www.tahoeculture.com/outside/...e/western-skis....
-museum-boasts-california-skiing-legends-2/

I knew you'd find it. The race results were published in the gold town
newspapers, which still exist in the archives.

There are race revivals these days. IIRC Soda Springs hosts a
competition every spring. Boards are available to borrow if you'd like
to try?

I seem to remember some sort of event from when I lived on the N.
Shore. It was a ski race on barrel staves or something like that? And
I seem to remember that it was a throwback to the olden days.

My father told me once he had made skis out of barrel staves in his
youth (Vermont in the 30's). To get to his high school, he had to
travel 3 miles downhill to the bus stop, and even in my youth (50's)
that road would sometimes be unplowed for a couple of days after a big
dump.

On Sep 9, 8:33*am, lal_truckee wrote:
On 9/9/10 3:08 AM, Ted Waldron wrote:



In ,
* Ted *wrote:

In ,
* *wrote:

Here's a poem written by a long board ski racer during the 1860's,
published in a gold town newspaper. It should help us endure until the
snows come...

* *I highly doubt that they had "Longboard ski races" in the 1860s
anywhere in the US. *The skis were like three meters long (over 10
feet), and weigh around 11 kilos/25pounds.

* *I was wrong, there were longboard ski races in the 1860s in some of
the California Mining Camps.. *They seemed more like soap box derby
races.. *However each camp had their own top racers...

http://www.tahoeculture.com/outside/...e/western-skis...
-museum-boasts-california-skiing-legends-2/

I knew you'd find it. The race results were published in the gold town
newspapers, which still exist in the archives.

There are race revivals these days. IIRC Soda Springs hosts a
competition every spring. Boards are available to borrow if you'd like
to try?

The winners hit (hand-timed) 60+mph which made them the fastest people
on earth at the time. Nothing faster in 1860. I don't think they
realized it, or their papers would have made more of the point.

The ski museum you linked is worth a visit - right on I-80 just west of
Donner Summit. Plans are afoot to move the museum to Squaw Valley, but
not yet.

Also good is the Donner Summit museum at the Soda Springs exit.

Thanks for the leads. Tomorrow is our wedding anniversary. My wife
and I are driving up to Davis for the weekend to see two soccer games,
but we have Saturday free. I know she will be happy with a trip to
Lake Tahoe if she thinks it is a casino trip. I hope to squeeze in
the skiboot shopping and museum visit.

On Sep 9, 9:47*am, Richard Henry wrote:

Buy yourself a Starbucks coffee.

Maybe *I* will.

I'll be in the PNW this weekend. At a rather famous marketplace on
Sat. near a Starbucks even. Probably there for the whole day if
anyone wants to come down and say hello. Most of you have my phone
number.

On Sep 9, 9:06*am, pigo wrote:
On Sep 9, 9:47*am, Richard Henry wrote:

Buy yourself a Starbucks coffee.

Maybe *I* will.

I'll be in the PNW this weekend. At a rather famous marketplace on
Sat. near a Starbucks even. *Probably there for the whole day if
anyone wants to come down and say hello. Most of you have my phone
number.

Sounds good. I'll give a call sometime Sat. morning ?

In article ,
Ted Waldron wrote:


I was wrong,

That, and "I don't know" are two pretty rare phrases. I had forgotten
what it looked like in print. Don't type it again, you might break the
internet.

Dave

On Sep 9, 10:13*am, Yabahoobs wrote:

Sounds good. *I'll give a call sometime Sat. morning ?

No one else up for a day at The Market? By the sudden lack of posts
disappearing I'm thinking that someone came up with an emergency trip
out of town? Here I am. Time and place. But only one person coming to
see me. Oh well, we had fun last time we got together.

See you soon....................errr............Yabahoobs. .......:-)

On Sep 10, 11:39*pm, The Real Bev wrote:
On 09/09/10 05:42, BrritSki wrote:

On 09/09/2010 00:54, lal_truckee wrote:
*On 9/8/10 1:05 PM, Richard Henry wrote:

* From "Cross-Country Snow" by Ernest Hemingway.

*I also like his passages about skiing Austria in A Movable Feast.

I liked the writing in Snow Death, but we still haven't had
THE LAST F**CKING CHAPTER !!!!

I approve of this post.

Holy ****, Bev ****ley thinks she is the Head **** of RSA.
Oooops, come to think of it, she is the head ****.

On Sep 10, 8:36*am, pigo wrote:
On Sep 9, 10:13*am, Yabahoobs wrote:

Sounds good. *I'll give a call sometime Sat. morning ?

No one else up for a day at The Market? By the sudden lack of posts
disappearing I'm thinking that someone came up with an emergency trip
out of town?

Really? I'm right here. Husky Stadium, 3:55 outside of Hec Ed,
statue of the Husky.
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Here I am. Time and place.

What time was that? What place? What market? What Starbucks?
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Holy ****, do you realize how ****ing stupid and clueless you are?
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Exact time, pppppuuuuusssssyyyy. Exact place. You know, like "Three
pm Friday at the cabin on Bald Mountain. Eight pm Thursday at El
Chubasco's in Park City. Nine am outside the Tabernacle on Sunday"
..
But only one person coming to
see me. Oh well, we had fun last time we got together.

See you soon....................errr............Yabahoobs. .......:-)

Hey, did you tell him the exact place and time?
bWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Holy ****, Thompson, STOP DRINKING YOUR BREAKFAST!!!!!
I can't wait to see how you talk **** about this.
Husky stadium. Statue of the dog you can see from Montlake. 3:55.
You ain't gonna be there, and I'm not going to wait, want to see the
kickoff. You can also try to find me in the tailgaiting section
hanging out with a bunch of ex football player buddies, and several
will be there to witness you calling me a child molester in person and
getting what you deserve.
How about you wear an orange dress so people think I'm bitch slapping
a Syracuse fan, ok?
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oooooops, forgot. You're not even man enough to take me out of your
killfile so you can read this.
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On Sep 9, 5:09*pm, Ted Waldron wrote:
In article ,
*Dave Cartman wrote:

In article ,
*Ted Waldron wrote:

* I was wrong,

That, and "I don't know" are two pretty rare phrases. *I had forgotten
what it looked like in print. *Don't type it again, you might break the
internet.

* * I'm wrong most of the time. *I just know enough info to get me in
trouble. *I was looking up some stuff about Snowshoe Thompson, when
there was info *and a history about these mining camps, and they
actually challenged Snowshoe Thompson to a race. *

Is Snowshoe Thompson any relationship to Tranny Boob Thompson? Nah,
can't be. Snowshoe was a man. Snowshoe was born with balls.
And Bob Thompson is a doper. Cocaine dope, meth dope, dope dope, dope.

On Sep 9, 10:13*am, Yabahoobs wrote:
On Sep 9, 9:06*am, pigo wrote:

On Sep 9, 9:47*am, Richard Henry wrote:

Buy yourself a Starbucks coffee.

Maybe *I* will.

I'll be in the PNW this weekend. At a rather famous marketplace on
Sat. near a Starbucks even. *Probably there for the whole day if
anyone wants to come down and say hello. Most of you have my phone
number.

Sounds good. *I'll give a call sometime Sat. morning ?

Good times were had by all. As predicted. Hard to make good report by
phone though. Thanks for making the drive.........yaba.