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Lutsen was a blast!
Went up Sat night, boarded all day Sun and today. It was my first time up there, and they have over 1000 ft of verticle, and something like 87 runs.
Some of the lifts your on for what seems like 15 mins. I think the top speed we had on the GPS was 40mph on our freestyle boards, although one of the guys I went with has reached 69.x on his race board elsewhere.
My day ended early with a pulled back (bad, goin to the doctor tomorrow) and one of the other guys wiped out and hit a sign yesterday, cracked his race boot, and released from his carving board and sprained his ankle.

If you have never been there, do what you can to go up there, its only 4 hrs away, less then an hr from Canada, right on Superior and on the lifts and at the top of the mountains (their are 3) you can see over the trees and a beautiful Lake Superior! What a view! $130 got 2 nights lodging, and 2 days on the slopes (as long as your not hurt).
Note though, if you want food, get it before 8pm.. after 9 at the latest, you will be eating gas station food!
2 beers will get you pretty fucked up if all you ate all day was a Blueberry Danish... LOL

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Do I dare ruin this thread with my adventures last week in South Lake Tahoe? ;)

I haven't been to Lutsen yet, but Tahoe has ruined me and I will never enjoy midwest ski areas again...

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Haha!
Our plan was to go to Brekinridge, but time off work and $$$ wise this worked out better.

Some day.

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Here's a handful of pictures from my trip... Have more to uploa from my roommate's camera - http://www.digitalmatt.org/gallery/tahoe2005

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Glad to hear you at least got some good man on man spooning action in before you "pulled your back" on the slope.;) At least you had fun. Where was my invent, fucker?

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I have been to Lutsen tons of times skiing. When I used to live in Duluth we would go up there all the time. Its a really nice place and for the money you can't beat it. I also have been mountain biking there in the summer there a bunch of times which is pretty fun as well.

CRAIG

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I'm going to Buck Hill tonight. Yeah, that's right, Buck Hill suckas!! Ok, so it's not the best, but it's March Madness, so it's only $10. That, plus I've only been snow boarding like 4 times ever, and only once in the past 2-3 years. I've been skiing in Lutsen a long time ago, I'd like to go boarding there sometime when I get better.

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Damn, I didn't know so many of you skied or boarded. If I didn't have plans tonight I'd join you, Mark.

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Actually I plan on going a few times in the next couple weeks, as long as they stay open. I'll let you know the next time I plan on going.

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Ya Lutsen is the shit for Biking. I haven't been in there in a couplle years so I plan on going there this summer and hitting the dirt for a while. Well, I don't necessarily want to "hit" the dirt....damn, one weekend I was there for races we were on the trails that saturday checkin' out the course and coming down Moose Mtn. Well, needless to say, I slid for what seemed like a mile off my bike after I was ejected heheheh. So I had a couple scrapes but it was hella fun.

....shit I remember I was ridin' rigid that day today. No suspension besides my ass. :D

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Can't say I've ever been there in the winter, but my buddies and I make an annual trip there every fall for some biking. One of the best places in the area.

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I have trashed a few of there bikes when I have went there in the past. One year I was going over a bridge going about 30mph and the tire went into a grove and bent the hell out of it. Another year I hit a huge jump and broke the shock on the Rock Hopper I was riding. Didn't get charged since it wasn't really my fault, they are suppose to take that. But yeah biking up there is awesome. So is that slide they have there, can't remember the name. But you get on the sled with wheels and rip down these concrete runners. Its super fun, anyone else tried them?

We should get some people together and go up biking this summer.

CRAIG

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I'd love to go offroad mountain biking. I haven't done any such thing in 5 years since I moved to the Cities.

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Ditto, I used to love tit, but it's been 7 years. Jana and I had talked about getting more into biking anyway. There are lots of places out here that appear to be some good places to ride as well.

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I had actually thought about buying a nice Trek or something this summer... *sigh*

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I'd love to have a Prophet 600, but I will probably end up with a huffy or some shit. lol

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I haven't been up there for a couple of years but the four of us that went up there had a blast. We got a similar deal our lodge was right on one of the runs and the indoor/outdoor pool was the shit.

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Ya, I saw that they did Mtn Bike in the summer, was thinking it would awesome to go up there for that, although i would probably get my ass kicked... im a newbie to the whole mtn bike thing.. LOL
I picked up this last year. Except mine came with the hydrolic discs. Disc brakes are coooool :)

http://www.trekbikes.com/images/bike...large/6700.jpg

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I learned to snowboard in Norway so I know exactly how youo feel. Everything here in MN (even Lutsen) is a molehill compared to where I came from.

Post up when you'll be going again, Mark, and I'll join you.

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I was thinking maybe this Thursday depending on how I feel tomorrow :o , or if not then for sure this weekend.

As far as mountain bikes go, I would skip the full suspension bikes unless you're going to use them as intended going downhill. I used to have a Specialized FSR, and it was cool and all, but the thing was a tank, plus you lose some pedaling effeciency when you ride, because it compresses the rear suspension a little each time you pedal. I sold that, and now I have a Specialized Rock Hopper. It's not as cool, but it's fairly lightweight, and I think it's just as comfortable. I've had it for maybe 3 years, and I think I've ridden it about a dozen times. :rolleyes: