B mills or b wine?

in regards to the Buena Vista not being open, i have never heard about the mice, so chip you could be right, but the main reasons they closed it was it was not making enough money, they had to staff employees that were not usually supervised for a facility not frequently used, there is no water; they have to fill up a water tank which i am assuming would have to be done every other week or so and  all drinking water from mills is trucked in since they dont have city water, and running supplies up there is a major pain in the ass, it takes a lot of effort to run that place believe it or not, so it has to be worth it. i wish it was open too, i asked management in the off season before the vending machines were there why they dont use it and those were the answers they gave me. oh yeah and the reasons the vending machines are no longer there are because of vandalism.

Now i think all of the people who are 25 and older all love mills more becuase we all grew up there skiing and had no loyalty to brandywine because it was not owned by mills until '93. but i think the younger generation now will all love brandywine more because of how big freestyle riding is now and clearly brandywine is better for park. Really i think the big thing Mills has going for it is it's name and tradition, and eventually i think that will wear out.

I dont post much on this forum since joining years ago, but some of these last few posts about BM/BW sure got the memories going... 

My buddies and I felt like we owned that place from about 91-96, especially those last 4 years. 

I feel like I gotta throw my 2 cents in on some of the better times I remember...

Executive parking weather it was allowed or not basically on the hill next to the Croyle race hut,

Poaching out of bounds in the woods skiers left of Croyle and hitching/hiking back to the lot, poaching OB from blue hen falls down to the creek by the Pride triple chair, and of course on the really good snow days, ducking the fence skiers right of Buttermilk down to Boston Mills Rd, making sure to avoid the hanging water pipe...

Launching from Buttermilk, up onto Tiger, clearing the fence, launching to 76 from Tiger, of course the afforementioned kicker from North Bowl to a very flat landing on Pride...

Running bump "trains" with about 30 of your buddies down the same bump line on NBowl over and over again,

Bump comps; Facing off against your buddies; the first one was always freezing, and the spring carnival one always had good air.  The crappy prizes they gave out...

Of course the buena vista - lots of parties up there, sneaking beers hanging out with your buddies stuck working the burrito shack...

Hanging out in the tech shop shooting the shit with George and 'fucking' Andy, storing warm beer in your locker, sneaking pitchers from the bar with the help of some of the 'older' guys...

Sleeping in your car overnight in the lot just to party, stealing girls from the Brecksville guys...

of course, all the yellow and black North Face Gear you could get your hands on.  Making fun of your buddies 13th pair of busted K2 Extremes.  The radness that was the Salomon Force 9. 

Driving to BW in your ski boots only to sneak into the pipe.

Season passes so riddled with hole punches from all the days you were out there, a stack of tickets an inch thick on your zipper...

The ski shop before it was buckeye sports, and some of the free gear that they would hook you up with...

When you had to walk across riverview road to get to the place (if you werent lucky enough to get the executive lot)

Too many good times to mention.  I went back while visiting family a couple of years ago, and man did it seem ALOT smaller, more crowded, and crappier.  I have to admit though while sitting on the balcony of the bar having a beer, it did feel good to be back 'home' even if for only a minute. 

Very quality Boston Mills stoke being posted here!  Nice work. 

That documentary video was great.  I feel the exact same way as those guys do.  I graduated with Mark in the video.  Like someone else mentioned, I wish I could get a cleaner version of the old footage, there's got to be some very familiar faces in there.  The train footage was the best. 

The pic too was nice, I remember Glen Novak.  He was older than us but we were always there when he was.  I think we used to call him 'swivel' because of his style.  He skied with, if I can remember, some guys named Honroff and O'Connor/Connell?  LIke I said, they were the slightly older group of regular rippers. 

Some of the other names mentioned here bring back some memories of old ski buddies too.  It's been 12 years since I called BM my home mountain and it's cool to hear about everyone again. 

Not sure if I'll reveal myself just yet as someone requested, but it shouldn't be too hard to guess.  I used to drive a black pathfinder and always skied Salomon's. 

Keep the BM stoke coming, good stuff!

if i was in the older group of rippers THEN, what's that make me now? oh snap!  speaking of Honroth,  the best style EVER.  and for the record-he's approaching 40 and still kills it.

Yeah he did.  Very aggressive style, hard charging.  I think I remember him always rocking the yellow and black Scot Schmidt bibs. 

When I say older group, I'm not saying that much older at all.  If Honroth is approaching 40, then you guys were only a few years older than me. 

That video inspired me to take my High- Def camera to the Mills last night... I'm going to take it tonight hopefully I actually take it out of my car this time.

Anyone going to be there?