Tomorrow is the big move!

"PowderHound" (PowderHound)
09/26/2013 at 19:16 • Filed to: None

Moving to Park City tomorrow, just in time for the snow to fly!

DISCUSSION (33)

newsmctado > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 19:25

What do you paddle?

PowderHound > newsmctado
09/26/2013 at 19:29

That's an old Wavesport Forplay. I haven't done a whole lot of paddling and am still getting comfortable rolling in current. But it works quite well for an all around kayak.

newsmctado > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 19:33

I used to paddle a Wavesport XXX and Forplay (I worked at a shop, so I got the team deals). Blew my shoulder out three times paddling and another 10 times doing random shit. Pretty much killed my whitewater days. Now it's just flat water canoeing. Forplay is a good boat to learn on though. Keep it up. I miss it.

PowderHound > newsmctado
09/26/2013 at 19:36

Team deals must be nice, new boats are so expensive. Bummer about your shoulder though, that many blowouts can't be good at all.

newsmctado > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 19:39

Boats have actually gotten a little cheaper since when I was paddling, but they are still a serious investment. I worked at this tiny little shop pretty much for the sole reason of the team deals.

I ended up having surgery (six inch open and three orthoscopics) and since then my shoulder has stayed in, but i've only got about 70% of range of motion in that arm. The single biggest piece of advice I can give you paddling is this: KEEP YOUR ELBOWS IN!!! If they ever get above your shoulder, you're gonna get hurt. Good form is the surest way to stay healthy and have a long paddling career.

desertdog5051 > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 19:40

Balmy. Are you Mormon?

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 19:41

Working at a resort or looking for permanent work once you get there? It's awesome out there, I worked at PCMR for a winter after graduating university. We lived in Heber about 1/2 hour south and it was nice. If possible stay on the east side of the mountains and avoid the SLC valley. When you get inversions the air is real nasty in SLC but clear and nice on the Park City side.

PowderHound > newsmctado
09/26/2013 at 19:43

Good to know! I am still learning quite a bit and started out by rolling in a lake. Moving water is still quite frightening for me. I need to find a good slowish moving river to practice all the basics in without any worries

PowderHound > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
09/26/2013 at 19:45

I'm pretty sure I got a job at a hotel, sounded like they needed me on the phone and said I was over qualified somehow. I'm excited though. I lived in SLC for a summer and it was nice but the pollution is real bad. I keep seeing places in prospector and those areas which would be great.

PowderHound > desertdog5051
09/26/2013 at 19:46

I am not. Although if I was I could probably get cheaper rent.

pianomanzero > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 20:00

Hey, another Utah jalop, woohoo!!!!

we really oughta have a Utah Opponaut get together sometime, I know there's a smattering of us here.

Lachlan - #ForzaJules > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 20:04

Actually it snowed there yesterday! I live in SLC and I spend a fair amount of time up there.

Kinja'd!!!

You've got the perfect car for it

PowderHound > pianomanzero
09/26/2013 at 20:10

WOOOOOOO! I had to search if there was a track nearby and Miller Motorsports looks awesome. Any idea how much Auto X and Rally X there are in the area?

PowderHound > Lachlan - #ForzaJules
09/26/2013 at 20:11

I'm super excited although my tires are wearing down so Snow tires might be in order in the near future

pianomanzero > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 20:16

There's a bit, probably not as much as other states, but I'd probably start with Utah SCCA , there's a good amount of info there.

Miller is great fun. One of my goals for the near future is to take the NASA cour se they have out there. I think I'm gonna wait until I have a more suited car for that though, maybe in another year or so.

PowderHound > pianomanzero
09/26/2013 at 20:19

Thanks for the info! The NASA course is beyond me for sure. I do not have the money or the car for that. But it is definitely something to shoot for

pianomanzero > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 20:20

No prob!

Oh yeah, we also have a Cars and Coffee but I've not been able to make it out to one yet, and I don't know how active it is.

Tom McParland > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 21:24

I love Park City! Really nice people and great snow. I've been snowboarding there a few times. Though it's been awhile since I have been on a mountain. One of these days I'll come back.

PowderHound > Tom McParland
09/26/2013 at 21:31

I'm super excited. I lived in SLC for a summer but never boarded in utah

Tom McParland > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 21:33

I stayed in SLC a few times when boarding in Park City. SLC was interesting...I stayed at the Marriott right next to the big temple. No lie...I saw 5 weddings, in 5 days.

PowderHound > Tom McParland
09/26/2013 at 21:49

I wouldn't doubt it. I was a bit on the edge of town kinda near U of U. But I worked at a Lowe's and would see all these families with 12 kids running away; it was wild. Always really nice, but so many kids running everywhere.

Frank Grimes > pianomanzero
09/26/2013 at 21:51

I would throw my hat into this ring. I live in utah.

HammerheadFistpunch > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 23:09

Welcome. Watch out for yuppies.

HammerheadFistpunch > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 23:10

not in park city you couldn't

HammerheadFistpunch > PowderHound
09/26/2013 at 23:12

the Porsche owners club puts on a few auto x a year...you don't need a Porsche to join, I did it in my forester a few years ago. There is wide open Wednesday at the track and there are endless parking lots. If you bike and are looking for some ride, or need to find some good driving roads, hit me up, in just down in the valley but i have family that lives up there.

pianomanzero > Frank Grimes
09/27/2013 at 00:15

I had no idea you were here too.
We need to make this Oppo get-together thing happen.

MonkeePuzzle > PowderHound
09/27/2013 at 10:31

new york plates, montana in your avatar, utah move... so confused :P

7:07 > pianomanzero
09/27/2013 at 10:57

I live on the wrong end of the state...

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > PowderHound
09/27/2013 at 11:05

If you like hockey the Utah Grizzlies are pretty fun to watch. We would buy the cheapest tickets we could find and then sit wherever we wanted because there were always lots of empty seats even in the lower bowl. Not sure if they still let you get away with that or not, but its good hockey either way.

If you're looking for food the Red Iguana in SLC is the place to go for Mexican. Very good food there. And the Hub in Heber has good homemade pie. We would stop there on the way home from work on paydays.

It is also worth a trip up to Powder Mountain. We only made it there once when we were out there, but the skiing is great. The hill is pretty small, but just an awesome place. The base area is total local hill with no hotels or stores or anything. There is a cafeteria for food and that's about it. The hill is great, and you've pretty much got free reign to ski wherever you want there.

pianomanzero > 7:07
09/27/2013 at 16:45

St. George?

7:07 > pianomanzero
09/27/2013 at 17:39

Yep.

PowderHound > MonkeePuzzle
09/29/2013 at 18:09

Yeah…Best not to try and make sense of things

PowderHound > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
09/29/2013 at 18:10

I hear powder mountain is awesome and will be trying to make it there on a good powder day if my brother and I can get work off at the same time. He also said that the hockey games are a blast. Apparently the team in Park city you can bring your own beer in