SKI BREEZE. Kris Kolumn. Welcome to Ski Season !! Ski season north of Mammoth = Great! (Mammoth = ok, see below)

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SKI BREEZE www.longbeachskiclub.org October 2016 Volume 77, Issue 5 Kris Kolumn Welcome to Ski Season 2016-17!! Ski season north of Mammoth = Great!

A few days of insufferable heat followed by chilly football weather. More than a dusting of snow on Colorado and Utah mountains a week BEFORE October! Alternate this with the Dog Days of Summer.

Those waters have already chilled and will likely cool a few degrees further during the coming months and years. The NOAA forecast is for above average snowfalls in Colorado, Utah, and north.

1 SKI BREEZE October 2016 Volume 77, Issue 5 Kris Kolumn Welcome to Ski Season !! Ski season north of Mammoth = Great! (Mammoth = ok, see below) Links (coming soon) in the Ski Breeze to the website = Greater October 22 Open House = Greatest La Nina! La Nina! It seems that Mother Nature is playing with us once again. A few days of insufferable heat followed by chilly football weather. More than a dusting of snow on Colorado and Utah mountains a week BEFORE October! Alternate this with the Dog Days of Summer. This is the reality of the moderate La Nina following the weak El Nino. A year ago, equatorial waters were on their way to a 3 o F rise. Those waters have already chilled and will likely cool a few degrees further during the coming months and years. The NOAA forecast is for above average snowfalls in Colorado, Utah, and north. Mammoth is, as always, on the cusp. Our top activity this month is the Annual Open House. Lance has, again, corralled his Cerritos Bahia Yacht Club into hosting this event. It ain t fancy, but the drinks are cheap, prizes more than worth the price of admission, and it s a whole lot of fun! Among the various raffle prizes and silent auction items are several really good bottles of wine, Pantages tickets (always a very hot item), Tickets to the Long Beach Symphony (also quite hot), various gift certificates, a loaf of fruit cake from my great-great-greatgrandmother s recipe (one that I do not alter!), like-knew ladies ski & poles, like-knew

2 ladies boots, and a whole lot of unique gift certificates. There is a rumor of a few gift baskets being put together, and a few other quality prizes. Regardless, our guest speaker(s) will keep you entertained (even if I don t), and there will be a few interesting potluck items (can you say rice pudding as good as we had at the Mahoney s Pool Party?). Be forewarned: we could have an interesting game that requires your $1 s (half the winnings going to a worthy cause). FYI, you may bring good items to the shin-dig, but please let us know in advance, ok?? FYI, you may also propose a live auction for a worthy product or service. I m sure the entertainment value will be immense. In the next few issues, we are going to try to institute, without the services of a dedicated newsletter editor, links to our website, which will have all the really good stuff! Shep is still holding out for just a few more Members to toss their hats in the ring for the Week Trip to Big White. Craig and others have finally gotten someone to nail down dates for our race weekends at Mammoth. This makes it easier on Roberto and the Club Condos. We still need a newsletter editor! We are posting info on the web site. The Calendar, too. As soon as I get around to it.. an editor could really help. HELP!! In the coming months, we ll try to have links to website pages for the Calendar, websites for other clubs with cool activities, monthly LA Council excitement, and more! Cheers! Kris

3 Ecco s Pizza 2123 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA (562) Bring friends, coworkers, family members, boarders & skiers. Everyone is welcome!

BOARD OF DIRECTORS About LBSC: The Long Beach Ski Club is a friendly community of adults involved in skiing, boarding and year round recreational social activities.

org Snowboarding & Skiing All levels welcome Mammoth Mountain Weekend Trips Week - Long Destination Trips Social & Recreational Events Pr

4 BOARD OF DIRECTORS About LBSC: The Long Beach Ski Club is a friendly community of adults involved in skiing, boarding and year round recreational social activities. Long Beach Ski Club contact info LONG BEACH SKI CLUB Snowboarding & Skiing All levels welcome Mammoth Mountain Weekend Trips Week - Long Destination Trips Social & Recreational Events President Kris Flaig president@longbeachskiclub.org V.P. of Week Trips Robert ( Shep ) Shepard weektrips@longbeachskiclub.org V.P. of Weekend Trips Roberto Tovar weekendtrips@longbeachskiclub.org V.P. of Competition Craig Gibson racing@longbeachskiclub.org Social & Public Relations Lance Liebl (562 ) Treasurer Ziba Gibson ZibaGibson@gmail.com Secretary Letty Gonzales secretary@longbeachskiclub.org Ways & Means Brian Maloney Give them out to friends and people you meet. If you want some mailed to you drop Craig a line at: membership@longbeachskiclub.org The Ski Breeze is a monthly publication for the Long Beach Ski Club, published since The Ski Breeze is a controlled circulation publication distributed to active/currently paid and subscription only members of the Long Beach Ski Club. submissions to : OPEN by the 20 th. L.A. Council Rep Cynthia Carter Membership Craig Gibson membership@longbeachskiclub.org OPEN Ski Breeze Editor OPEN Webmaster Dana Hart webmaster@longbeachskiclub.org

5 LONG BEACH SKI CLUB Invites Members, Friends, and Guests to the ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE 5 pm, Saturday, October 22, 2016 Cerritos-Bahia Yacht Club (good, cheap drinks) 6291 E Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach (Enter from Loynes Drive) Featuring activities of interest, like: Fitness & Social Events Skiing, Snowboarding, Racing Weekend Trips to Mammoth Mountain Week Trips this year to Big White Latest technology in skiing and snowboarding equipment Food Provided IF YOU WISH, YOU MAY BRING APPETIZERS, DESSERTS, SALADS, ETC TO SHARE (A-G appetizers, H-Q desserts, R-Z salads, etc)

October LBSC Week Ski Trip Report - By Shep & Tara The Big White, Canada week trip is rapidly filling up, so far there are 17 LBSC members officially signed up, with their first deposit and trip

6 October LBSC Week Ski Trip Report - By Shep & Tara The Big White, Canada week trip is rapidly filling up, so far there are 17 LBSC members officially signed up, with their first deposit and trip application mailed in for this trip. That only leaves 4 more spots available to the Long Beach Ski Club. So if you are planning on going to Big White, you need to mail in your Big White Trip Application form, with your $500 first deposit check to hold your spot. Make out the check to the Long Beach Ski Club. Note: once the 3 remaining Big White spots are signed to the LBSC trip manifest, the LBSC will not be able to get any additional spots on this trip. NOTE: LBSC Members currently signed-up need to mail in their $400 balance for September 1 st payment, to Bob Shepard ASAP. Big White, Canada Trip - February 11 to 18, 2017 Cost Adult $ & Senior $ Go to the Big White websites for more information: Europe Trip: Ski Bormio & Florence Extension Italy Bormio Only February 24 to March 4, 2017 Bormio & Florence Extension March 4 to 8, 2017 The Space Park Ski Club is inviting the Long Beach Ski Club to join them on the Bormio & Florence Ski trip. It you would like to go on this trip, you can sign-up at the club member rate. Bormio Only Package includes round trip Swiss airline LAX to Milan (MXP) Italy, bus transfer to Bormio. Welcome party with Seven night Lodging in the Hotel Larice Bianco, with Breakfast & Dinners included, 5-day Lift Tickets, bus transfer to Airport in Florence. Price: Adult $ Senior: $ Bormio & Florence Extension Package includes all of everything above, and plus 4

7 nights 5 days in Florence staying in a 4 Star Hotel Diplomat, with breakfast each day. Bus transfer to the Florence (FLR) Airport. Price: Adult $ Senior: $ If you are interested in going on this Europe trip, Call Bob Shepard at or at: shepdesign@verizon.net Hope you all will be at the September 7th LBSC General Meeting, at Ecco s in Los Altos on Bellflower at 7:00pm, for a little Pizza and if you are lucky win a bottle of Wine. Shep & Tara See you there!

8 Get Loose with Lance By Lance September 17 th, we had a well-attended wine tasting at a favorite watering hole, Bistro Saint Germaine, located in Seal Beach. In October, we will have our annual Open House at my yacht club, Cerritos Bahia Yacht Club. Watch for flyers with details. Lance

10 Craig s Crag By Craig Gibson New Race Schedule Established for Next Season For those of you that are interested, here is the latest incarnation of our club race calendar. (Ed s Note: Ullr was (is?) the Norse God of Snow) 1/7 ULLR 1 and 2 2/18 ULLR 3 and 4 3/31-4/2 Far West Racing Association Championships at Mammoth The format for the ULLR races will be different next season. There will be 2 races per day, with each race (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) being a best-of-tworun race. That s four runs in one day! Fees for two races (four runs) will be $55/adult and $20/junior. Race fees will be slightly less than last year due to the fact that the ULLR League will be subsidizing these events with their limited cash reserves. We are good for next season, but looking forward, these cash reserves will eventually be depleted. A lot of good ideas have been brought forward on how to address our future financial situation. If you would like to learn more about this or have any ideas to share please join the conversation at: Craig

11 Mammoth Weekend Ski Trip Report By Roberto Tovar Here is the preliminary schedule for the coming Mammoth Ski weekends! Dec 8 th thru 11 th, 2016 Jan 5 th thru 8 th, 2017 Feb 16 th thru 19 th, 2017 Mar 9 th thru 12 th, 2017 Mar 30 th thru Apr 2 nd, 2017 I hope to see all of you up at Mammoth this coming season. Roberto Ed s Note 1: Please look on our website for the Weekend Form. Ed s Note 2: Please also note that, due to increasing prices, your share will increase from $200 to $220 per 4-day/4-night wonderful weekend. Ed s Note 3: From Shep: A new restaurant on your way to Mammoth is in Mojave, a little place called Mojave Cafe, which is where the old Road House restaurant was in the middle of town on your right. Very good food at reasonable prices and also a good bar very soon. Check it out on your next trip to Mammoth. It s a good place to stop either on your way up, or on your way back to Long Beach.

12 Favorite Cuisines in Mammoth & Mammoth Weekend Ski Trips!! By Roberto Tovar RESTAURANT WHAT KNOWN FOR? LOCATION Mogul Steakhouse The best steakhouse in Mammoth Lakes! On a side street off of Old Mammoth Road C J's Grill The chef/owner comes up with On Old Mammoth Road interesting variations of old favorite dishes. Campo's A nice take on modern Italian cooking. In the Mammoth Village Berger's Simple, good comfort food. On Minaret Road, across from the Village Toomey's An interesting take on comfort food, bison meatloaf, anyone? On Minaret Road, down from the Village. Angel's Good rib stickin' grub, with onion rings On Main Street, just past Motel 6. to die for! Roberto's A good Mexican taco/burrito joint, but On Old Mammoth Road be prepared for noise. Further afield are: Tamarack Lodge I've never been, but have had great reports from friends who have. Up above town, in the Lakes Basin Convict Lake Inn Elegant dining, the best wine service in On Convict Lake, down 395, Tom's Place Cafe the Mammoth area. Under new owners. If a storm chases you out of Mammoth, this is a good place for a good country breakfast. across from the airport. Down 395, in the village of Tom's Place The hands down best restaurant in Mammoth, according to an overheard conversation on the town shuttle, was opened by the former chef of Tamarack Lodge. It is located on the second floor, above the bowling alley. Try it and give me a report! All of the restaurants in Mammoth Lakes can be reached on the evening Red line bus, which runs between the Snowcreek Athletic Club and Mammoth village. See application on our website (LongBeachSkiClub.org) & let me know which trips you are interested in joining! Enjoy and see you on the slopes. Roberto rtovar562@verizon.net

13 OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS! Kris Flaig 10/7 Robert (Bob) Miller 10/20 Theresa Gallardo 10/23 Kathy Adler 10/28

14 CLASSIFIED ADS YOUR AD HERE Are there some things you want to Buy, Sell, Trade, or Give Away? Golf Clubs, Bicycles, Camera, TV, Electronics, Furniture, Etc.? Cleaning out the Garage? Remodeling the House? Have a Property or a Timeshare to rent out? Having a Garage Sale? Selling a Car? HAVE IT POSTED HERE ONLY $1 A LINE & PICTURES ARE FREE HAVE YOUR AD IN BY THE 18 th OF THE MONTH TO GET IT IN THE NEXT MONTH'S SKI BREEZE Send your Personal Classified Ad & check made out to LBSC to: Ziba Gibson, Treasurer Long Beach Ski Club PO Box Long Beach, CA 90815

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rams at St Louis General Meeting at Ecco's Pizza 7 PM 9 10 11 13 14 15 Buffalo at Rams Board Meeting 4644 Katella Ave.

15 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Rams at St Louis General Meeting at Ecco's Pizza 7 PM Buffalo at Rams Board Meeting 4644 Katella Ave. Los Alamitos 7pm Arizona at UCLA A St at USC UCLA at A St CU at USC UCLA at WA St USC at Arizona UT at UCLA Rams in Detroit Calendar of Events OCTOBER OPEN HOUSE 5 PM -?? Giants in LA Cal at USC Halloween put broken skis & poles in your yard! SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY General Meeting at Ecco's Pizza 7 PM UCLA at CU Carolina in LA NOVEMBER 2016 Board Meeting 4644 Katella Ave. Los Alamitos 7pm Veterans' Day OR at USC OR St at UCLA USC at WA Rams at Jets USC at UCLA Miami in LA Rams in New Orleans Give Thanks UCLA at Cal Notre Dame at USC

SKI BREEZE. Kris Kolumn

SKI BREEZE. Kris Kolumn SKI BREEZE www.longbeachskiclub.org February 2017 Volume 78, Issue 9 Kris Kolumn Welcome to Ski Season 2016-17!! EPIC Mammoth: 350 so far this season 246 in January, 170 300 base depth More snow on the