Meathead East Coast Skiing Adventure Movies & Films

As Told by Andy Parry

The only predictable part about the East Coast is that it’s unpredictable. With a great winter thus far and an outstanding base around the Burlington area, fog, rain and unseasonably warm weather for multiple days killed all of our local jibbing aspirations.

However not all the east was feeling the crunch and in true Meatheads fashion we packed up the Subaru and headed out in search for snow. Geoff and I left warm and sunny Burlington on Thursday morning to meet up with Richie Paradise and “The Illusive” Joe Joe in Manchester. After some car trouble, a close brush with the 5-0 and a few wrong turns we reached Manchester, and to our surprise, a plentiful amount of snow.

Being on top of their urban game, Richie and Joe Joe already had numerous rails all set up and ready to slay. With only a few hours of sun light we headed to a park near Richie's house that had a disconnected C-rail with a bridge at the end. After multiple crashes and all of us smashing our nuts, we walked away satisfied and eager for more jibbing.

The sun had set and after a short tour of the many rails in Manchester we followed Richie and Joe Joe to a mellow down flat down. The rail looked trickable enough but the mellowness of the rail and the lack of speed made tech tricks hard to get. Wasting no time, Richie around his 8th or so hit stomped front side switch up pretzel 450 out.  However the rest of the night was full of frustration and after 5 hours on the rail we left to get some much needed sleep.

The next day we woke up and after a quick stop to an apartment complex with a double gap rail we headed to UNH to meet up with Shea Flynn, Pat Colburn and Forrest Frizzle. Setting up in a high bust area right in front of the UNH book store Shea, Forrest and I spent the rest of the night attacking a steep quad kink.

The next morning after only a few short hours of sleep we went out to find some more rails on UNH campus. Unfortunately, our aspiration to slay some more rails was cut short by the lack of snow and a googley eyed security guard. All in all, the trip was well worth it, and with more snow in the forecast for Manchester and UNH we are sure to head back soon.