Our Very Own Suit Du Jour

Spring skiing is in the air, and so is the wonderful fashion that comes with it. Katie, Kate, Matthew, Tim and Will hit up Sunshine (booo!) on Cinco de Mayo for some more mid-season conditions. We got bored early though as it is Sunshine after all.

One of Sunshine's redeeming qualities, beautiful setting.

Our very own Suit du Jour, in front of Delerium Dive
Now those are some HOT pants

I Can't Believe It's Not Mid-Season

And I also can't believe it's not butter! The Kates and Matthew met up with Tim and Will at Louise last Saturday for the best end of season skiing any of us had ever seen.

After waiting in an exceedingly long line for the gondola and riding half way up the mountain we were still a little nonchalant about the day. Then we started to see the snow! There was six inches of fresh powder sitting on the top half of the mountain! We had some great runs off the summit into the Whitehorn gullies, getting fresh tracks and face shots on April 28!!!

They finally opened Brownshirt in the afternoon and we were eager to get over there for some fresh tracks. Well, having been sun-baked all morning while it was closed left all that beautiful-looking snow a little crusty. There were a number of wipe outs but in good fun... everyone on the run was laughing it up as they had expected something so great and then were falling all over the place.

After lunch we hit up Meadowlark for some really good runs. It was closed due to lack of snow, but we poached it anyway (as I said, nothing like poaching a blue run!) It was so fast and untouched, we killed ourselves laughing both times.

The last run of the day saw us all giving the puddle at the bottom of the hill a run for it. Will went first, then myself, and then Katie. And that's where things went astray. She did a stupendous face plant in the middle of the huge puddle, to the cheers and applause of a few hundred onlookers! To make matters even funnier she lost her ski and had to wade around in the shin-deep water for a few minutes looking for it. Tim and Matthew followed soon after and both decided to be good guys and not splash her. We all wish they had.

All in all, fantastic day! It was possibly last day at Louise in a really long time and I couldn't have asked for anything more. Great friends, great laughs and great skiing, that's what it's all about!

Suits du Jour... literally

Look at all that snow!


They're not Bitches, but they're on skis! Will and Tim were great ski buddies for the day!

Great shot of Katie and Matthew and the back side of Louise

Katie just finishing up her swim
Tim enjoying the beer out here

All smiles at the end of a great day, and season!

It's Spring!

And the bitches are out in full force! The Kates and Matthew hit the slush/powder at Louise on Sunday. Well, Matthew did 3 runs, had pizza and then slept in the car all afternoon. The skiing was pretty good, the conditions were really variable but there was lots of good stuff to be had and nobody on the hill. Even with very little crowd, spring skiing tends to bring out the best in outfits and we managed to capture a few suits du jour for our readers.
The intention was to put together a nice video for the day, but filming stopped after one addition to the blooper reel. Warning, the video you are about to see is graphic, but nobody was seriously injured so laugh away.

Katie working on her 360

He says he did it, but there's no proof

Matthew and Katie

One heck of a onesie

Well, it's jeans, and that's just funny

Best Ski Weekend EVER!!!

The Kates and Matthew finally went to lovely Golden, BC on the March 10th - 11th weekend to ski Kicking Horse. Due to a mud slide the road to Golden was closed on Friday night so the team spent the night in Banff and headed out early Saturday morning for the rest of the drive. The highway had opened at midnight so it was clear sailing.

Saturday was an overcast but warm day. In typical Kicking Horse style, even though there wasn't much for new snow, there were fresh tracks to be had. Late in the day it started to snow a bit, which in town was rain. As the evening wore on the rain picked up, so...

Sunday was incredible! 20+ cm overnight and it puked all day. We got fresh tracks all day and face shots on every turn. There were stashes of thigh-deep powder even at the end of the day! We all agreed that it was our best ski day ever.

Ze Suit du Jour

Our "secret stash"... can't tell you where it is though

"Woohoo"

"It's fuckin' fun!"

"Look at how stupid I can look in a picture"

Katie drying out/thinking she's on a toilet???

Matthew's awesome hair

The BOS Girls are Back!

The Kates hit Lake Louise for an absolutely amazing day yesterday! With 6 cm of new powder, most of which was blown into the back bowls, the conditions were superb. It would have been perfect had it been sunny, instead it continued to snow all day. And you know what that means... tree skiing!

We managed to get first tracks on the E-R Face, an area that is rarely open. We don't know for sure, but have a feeling that they opened it just before we got to it in the afternoon. There were stashes of untouched, knee-deep powder and I got my very first legitimate "face-shots."

Late in the afternoon we hit the Ptarmigan Chutes and got more fresh powder. Since it has been so long since we have posted on the BOS site, we took some video here for your viewing pleasure.

In the Ptarmigan Lift line we ran into a couple of Katie's friends and finished our last run of the day with them. Good times were had by all. My muscles were so exhausted that pushing in the clutch on the way home was painful!

BOS Girl Katie

BOS Girl Kate

The BOS Girls go EXTREME!

New BOS recruits!

Photo docutmentation of the afore-mentioned incident

As eluded to in the comment section of the previous post, I had a little incident in the parking lot at Kicking Horse. We were leaving on Sunday, all of the skiing behind us with, surprisingly, very little carnage to speak of in the Kate department. I am somewhat famous for spectacular wipe-outs/face-plants/tree-hugs, but this weekend I had kept it to a minimum... only one face-plant and one tree-hug! So there I am, walking to the car, singing very obnoxiously loudly to Stairway to Heaven, which was playing on the loud-speaker. All of the sudden, BAM! I was on my face with my skis coming down and landing on the back of my head. Apparently it looked pretty nasty because nobody laughed until I did. Anyway, a picture is worth a thousand words, so I'll shut up and let it do the talking...

And Now, A Word From Our Sponsors

Well, we've been on the introweb for a while now and we haven't taken the time to plug for our sponsors. How rude of us! Mind you, they have no idea that they sponsor us in any way, and really don't provide us with any sort of funding at all... but hey, if Warren Miller has taught us anything, it's that you can't be in the ski media business without frequent product shots! So here they are, the BOS sponsors...

We're not high-profile enough to get Nature Valley granola bars, so we are sponsored by
Safeway Selct Granola bars... thanks Safeway!

BOS is also brought to you by Powerade. Like the smiling while not really
drinking the drink shot? We did!

The Rocky Mountain Fudge Factory... okay, I know what you're thinking,

"fudge can't really be part of a hard-core skier's diet can it?" Well think again!

What kind of skis do these ladies rip on? When we ride we prefer Atomic, Salomon and Dynastars.

We have saved the best for last. You may think that poles are pretty simple pieces of equipment, and any $10 set should do just fine... well, if that's what you're thinking, then you are correct. But not just any old poles will do for the BOS girls. On the contrary, we need pretty flowery poles to get the most out of every turn! Thanks to the good people at Scott for designing the Mahalo with classy ladies in mind, every girl needs a good pole...

Meet the BOS Girls!!!

I'm sure you're curious who these "Bitches" are. Well it's time to get acquainted with the lovely ladies!

















This is our creative way of getting a group shot. Not immediately obvious but reflected in the lovely Tamara's goggles are the rest of the BOS girls! Left to right we have Katie, Anne and Kate.


















A shot of the girls on the gondola at Kicking Horse. Left to right you'll see Katie, Kate and Tamara... all smiles!

Ah, the oh so effective snowplow tuck. Nothing like going nowhere fast... with your poles stuck straight up in the air! As you can see Katie is well in the lead, but the race for silver was a tight one between Kate and Tamara.

















It's a little sad that on the first run of day 2 we were so tired that we needed to sit down and have a rest. It just means that we skied hard on day 1... right? Top to bottom we've got Anne, Katie and Tamara.

















Anne and Kate maxin' and relaxin' on the ever so slow quad. It was a beautiful weekend, with blue skies, warm temperatures and stashes of fresh snow. Who could ask for anything more? Well a high-speed quad would be nice, but we won't be picky...

















Tamara and Katie on the quad (with Kate and Anne reflected in Tamara's pretty goggles).

There they are folks, the lovely BOS girls. Wait until you see them rip it up!

Suit du Jour, March 12, 2006 KickingHorse

Since it was one of those rare and wonderful two ski-day weekends, we have another Jour for which to pick the Suit, woohoo! Here are the candidates...

Contestant 1: This is a great 1-piece with beautiful pastel color blocking on the front and some wonderful red rear-entry boots. As if that wasn't enough, this picture was taken by our lovely photographer Tamara, while skiing! Kudos to you Tamara, job well done chica!

Contestant 2: Another great one. Beautiful shimmering purple 1-piece, with lovely white rear-entry boots. What the photo doesn't show is the belt with a spectacular shiny gold buckle.

Only 2 contestants today, there were some other great ones at the hill but we were unable to deftly capture them on film. Let us know who you think should be the Suit du Jour.

Suit du Jour, March 11, 2006 KickingHorse

Well here it is folks, the very first Suit du Jour! Here's how it will work. Each time the BOS girls are out on the hills we will keep our eyes peeled for wondrous displays of slopeside fashion. We will do our best to capture these outfits in all their glory and post the photos here. This is when you, the discerning visitor to the BOS blog, come in. Please click on "Stuff People Said" and tell us which suit you think should claim the title of "Suit du Jour." At the end of the week we will tally the votes and declare the lucky winner. And away we go!

Contestant 1: Big Red, a great 1-piece, although the lack of ski boots puts her at a distinct disadvantage.

Contestant 2: This is a 1988 Calgary Olympics Jacket, also please note the classic rear-entry boots.

Contestant 3: We like to call this one Psychotic in Teal, a fine 1-piece I do declare! Added bonus: we believe this guy is wearing the outfit as a joke.

Contestant 4: This picture doesn't really do him justice, but believe me, this is a fabulous purple 1-piece with red accents and matching red boots.

So please, vote early, vote often! Do your part in crowning the first ever "Suit du Jour" and tell us what you think!