Kamara moving to Montana? (1 Viewer)

[WhoDatNation 2]

I have a friend in Billings. Montana is a beautiful place. The residents are nice but also protective of what makes Montana great. And rightfully so.

Alvin has me wanting to spend a few days on the slopes now.

Billings, Bozeman, and Big Sky are all absolutely gorgeous. I actually just got back from there a week ago. Bummed that I missed AK on the slopes

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

 

[Outbackjack]

This is the epitome of what makes Alvin Alvin.

Refreshing doesn’t even begin to describe him.

A key to being a good snowboarder is upper leg strength and body control/balance.

Describes Alvin perfectly.

 

[breesgirl]

I’d love to spend Spring’s and Summer’s there, but I don’t think I’d be able to endure Montana’s Winter’s.

I’ve always wanted to either go there or to one of the Dakota's and spend time on a Dude Ranch.

One day. One. Day!

 

[Heathen Saint]

One of my godparents lives near Missoula(?) and based on what she and some of her now-adult children have told me, a couple of extra reasons is that the state's remoteness, elevated sense and respect for its residents privacy, and the slower pace, less hectic pace, tempo and speed in its near-innumerable small towns is very similar to the small-town, slower paced style and feel one perceives in many small towns, even medium-sized cities across the Deep South.

Bikes, you live in a part of Mississippi Gulf Coast (twin dual cities of Biloxi/Gulfport) that have seen massive growth in population, regional income and economic investment over the past 30 years due to casino gambling, but not too far away you have small towns like Long Beach, Gautier, and Pascagoula that still seem somehow stuck in the mid-late 70's, they've seen marginal growth, at best. Gautier, for example is such a small town, for out-of-state motorists, you barely blink twice before you realize you've driven through.

Montana, for being such a geographically large state who's population just went over 1 million a few years ago, has a remarkably modern, up-to-date infrastructure in terms of good roads, decent local and state law enforcement agencies, good schools. Compared to smaller, less populated states like North and South Dakota where the roads, towns, certain areas where the infrastructures is more fragmented, distant, and remote, Montana is more centralized.

Biloxi or Gulfport have gained a ton of people? I was born there and grew up there. I think they’ve stayed pretty stagnant as far as population go too.

But back to Montana, it’s definitely a place I may consider moving to as homes in my area are absolutely outrageous. Sure, it will be leaving bigger city life, but when it comes down to it Outdoors>Urban living for me. Even if that means moving to a place that doesn’t exactly like my politics

And I’ve discovered I actually fare better in cold and snow than I do in desert heat. Not something I’d ever expect coming from the steamy south.

 

[tenordas]

But will he become a...?

 

[sfidc3]

I lived in Gardner mt for a few months when in college
Worked in yellowstone
Place is beautiful

I love the Gardner River, it may be my favorite trout water in all of Yellowstone. It is also nice to walk by the hot spring baths there and all the nice ladies in bikinis!!!!!

Seriously though, there are areas of MT (most of them at under 5000 ft above sea level) that the winters are not so bad. The last 10 years we have been staying in the Bitteroot watershed area (about 1.5 hour drive southwest of Missoula), the winters there are comparable to MD winters....Yellowstone and those areas 8-12k ft above are an entirely different story....

 

[Madmarsha]

He said he had an invitation from the X games, I think. I dunno about tricks but with his balance, he had no problem just schussing down the hill on the snowboard.

 

[porculator]

He's the dreadlocked free spirited HOF-talent running back that Ricky Williams was supposed to be

 

[jayd265]

glad we booked our honeymoon there this november. should be a fun experience.

 

[SaintsFanInLA]

Looks like Kamara is enjoying his time off. Just take it easy with the snowboarding.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...ints-rb-alvin-kamara-living-best-life-montana

In about two weeks, it'll mark 3 years since I broke my arm/wrist snowboarding. But to be fair, it wasn't snow so much as it was ice. The ground was frozen solid and unforgiving. I will never do that again. It was a terrible environment to snowboard. Arm/wrist is still in pain and this year I think I'll have surgery to remove the screws and plate. I hope someone warns him about wrist guards and helmets for boarding.