Skip Navigation
You are viewing this website with either CSS support turned off, or are not using a CSS compliant browser. This will significantly reduce your Colonies.com experience.

Blogs Results

1-20 of 169 blog postss
1 2 3 4 5 ... 9 Next

Events/News - Whistler Blackcomb: TELUS Ski and Snowboard Festival - Whistler, BC - April 17-26, 2009
By: WhistlerBlackcomb

Just four weeks until the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival rolls in to take over Whistler for 10 days and 10 nights of adenaline packed sports, arts, and music events.

The Zune Concert Series line up is set and ready to rock the valley of Whistler with live music from Thornley, The Stills, Ozomatli, The Arkells, 54 40, DJ ZTrip, and Metric to name just a few. For more info on the Zune Concert Series visit: wssf.com

This year marks the return of the Orage Masters, World Skiing Invitational's Big Air and Superpipe, and the addition of the Park'n'Fly Skate Jam and Monster's Grenade Games.

Also returning this year and bigger than ever are the infamous arts events including the Olympus Pro Photographer Showdown, 72 Hour Filmmaker Showdown, Schick Fashion Exposed, State of the Art, Whistler Chef Challenge, and the new ThreePointOh Multimedia Challenge.

The festival doesn't stop there. When the sun sets the party is just getting started! The Kokanee Freeride Club Series, along with an onslaught of legendary parties, offers party-goers endless opportunities to rub elbows with the who's who of the industry. This year the TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival really lives up to its modo: Party in April. Sleep in May.

TWSSF is also offering one lucky person the ultimate VIP status for this year's festival with the Face of the Festival Contest. To find out how to apply visit: wssf.com/faceofthefestival

Published On: 3/19/2009

Add/View Comments (0)

Events/News - Whistler Blackcomb: Salomon Week February 14 – 22, 2009
By: WhistlerBlackcomb

SPECIAL EVENTS ALL WEEK. FREE DEMOS FROM THE SALOMON STORE. ALL GEAR 30% OFF.
(Whistler Mountainside)

The SALOMON Photo Contest.
February 14th - 20th.
Calling all budding photographers! Enter to win an $800 shopping spree at the Salomon Store and 10 tickets to the exclusive Salomon VIP Party! Submit your best photo in a ski, snowboard or lifestyle setting taken during the week representing the Salomon brand.

Visit whistlerblackcomb.com/salomonphotocontest for full contest & submission details.

Saint SALOMON Valentines Day BBQ.
Saturday 14th. 1-3pm @ Glacier Creek On Blackcomb Mountain.
Free BBQ for the first 200 people who show up wearing Salomon gear!

Salomon Fashion Show featuring next year’s gear.
Thursday 19th. 6pm @ Salomon store.
DJ, FREE cheese & beverages and preview of next year’s collection.

Visit the following locations in Whistler for discounts and more event information: Showcase Snow.Skate.Surf., Glacier Shop, CAN-SKI and Salomon Store.

Published On: 2/12/2009

Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: Sunbaked fun
By: Porters_Tahoe

I love receiving last minute phone calls with the 2 stroke hum of snowmobiles in the background. PortersTahoe.com Team Rider Brendon Drury hit me up and said he and his younger brother were up at Mt. Rose riding around on his snowmobiles in search of some terrain for some snowboarding.

It is always fun riding side saddle getting up to your destination as it can be quite a task. I did bail once off the sled on my belly like a land seal! Out in the backcountry you never know what kind of characters you'll run into as we ran into these slednecks who offered us cheeseburgers, beer and some of that funny smelling "rope".

After a brief chat with these friendly dudes (Brendon snatched a brew), we proceeded to find our zone where we could get some shots. Brendon dropped into a face that was really sunbaked and it was hard to get the spray that we wanted. It was a fun turn but we wanted more.

Brendon got another ride up on the sled and I was scouting a zone trying to find a good place where he could snap a turn. The snow surface had about a 3-4 inch crust layer on it so I had to find an area that was thinner. I found just the spot.
Brendon hiked over to where i was camped out & we planned our shot.

In pure anal photographer fashion...I had to light this shot up. Packing light this time out I had my Lumedyne 400 WS Action Pack, Canon 1D Mark II, Canon 15mm fisheye lens, Canon 50mm 1.4 prime, and my Canon 70-200mm lenses. This is a great 3 lens & one light setup to have out in the backcountry or anywhere for that matter.This is what we got.

Not bad considering the snow only had an inch of crust in this zone. He did break through to the bottom and hit the rock, but in the end it was all worth it. On the way down we had to stop just one more time to take in another epic Lake Tahoe sunset.

Published On: 1/7/2009

Add/View Comments (0)

My Journal: Mode Snow By: maytaddict
MODE SNOW Hey Ladies!! Mode Snow will keep you up to date with the latest fashion news to shred in style. We love comments, feedback and suggestions! Let us know about the stuff you love and how you rip in style. click on the RSS feed to subscribe to our daily updates. Never miss the latest of the hotest must haves. It is the Mode Snow! Published On: 10/16/2008 Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: Momma I'm coming Home
By: Danyluk

After Spending a winter in Whistler and then doing some traveling in Asia I have decided to come back to Sun Peaks for the 08/09 season. Trust me when I say that Whistler IS everything that it is hyped up to be. While living there, I was working at a board shop and my schedule revolved around riding. I was riding 4 to 5 times a week. I got the chance to shred the kind of powder that I had previously only dreamt of.

However, there was a downside to all of this. After years of shredding Sun Peaks, I had grown accustom to the laid back atmosphere and there is very little attitude. Then I arrive in Whistler and am faced with hordes of "Bros"all trying to "out Bro" each other in terms of attitude, fashion and connections in town. For most of the snowboarders I met in Whistler, Snowboarding was secondary. They were more concerned with retarded shi*t like: where you were partying tonight, which bartenders you know, who you saw in the lift line, who you rode up the chair with....are my pants tight enough?.....is my Tall-Tee long enough? I felt like people were so busy trying to look the part that they were forgetting the most important part.....actually snowboarding!

I truly felt that these people did not LOVE snowboarding the way that I did. I felt that they were in love with the image of snowboarding and the perceived lifestyle of the "Hardcore" rider.

So this winter I'll be living in Kamloops and shredding Sun Peaks on a regular basis. And I am really looking forward to riding with people whos' main concern isn't fashion or who you know, but rather just going out and having fun on your snowboard...period.

Published On: 10/12/2008

Add/View Comments (0)

Snowboard.com News: Agenda Show 5 years in San Diego - the show they don't want you to know about...
By: snowboard.com

September is always the start for North America to start thinking about the winter season. San Diego, being a place that has amazing surf, beaches, babes and tan lines also is the first place that we get to see this years new winter fashions.

Agenda San Diego is celebrating their 5th Annivrsary this year. The show is held at the San Diego Community Concourse, downtown San Diego.

Doors open 10am thursday september 4th and close Saturday September 6th at 6pm. Come check out the lastest fashions.

Visit www.agendashow.com for more information

Published On: 9/1/2008

Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: Porters 2008 Boat Tour
By: Porters_Tahoe

One of the most beautiful things about Lake Tahoe is well….. the lake and there is no better way to enjoy it then with friends. On Saturday evening the Porters Crew headed out on a three hour tour of the lake on the Tahoe Gal, now you must be thinking a “three hour tour” hmmmm there must have been a few Gilligans and some Professors. Not on this three hour tour as it was the “Love Boat”. For those of you that grew up with the Love Boat know the era and the fashion for the kiddies that have no clue take a look at the pictures in this post and you will see our cruise worthy apparel.

We had a few captains, one that was actually navigating the Tahoe Gal, and another whom is our fearless leader, Chappy. We had ladies in lovely 70’s evening attire with furs coats, heels and gold clutches, we had gentlemen in sweaters and action slacks, I do have to say that Burton's Nor Cal rep Trevor Patterson had on a wonderful mustard yellow sweater, and needless to say there were a few Hawaiian shirts and boat shoes! Michelle Parker who is on the Porters team as well as the K2 skis team and Orage was there with some very stylish Vans boat shoes. The outfits of the evening went to Lars our web guy who showed up with two outfits and Aaron Gaines, our warehouse manager who showed up with three things! Notice how I didn’t say three outfits, take a gander at the pictures below and see if you can figure it out.

The Tahoe Gal crew put on a great party for us, the food was great and bartender was doing it right. Chappy brought his computer so we could have some Love Boat era tunes and once the alcohol started to take effect the grooving dance moves started to pop up. At the end of our three hour tour most of us still had sea legs as we exited the boat but that didn’t stop us from heading to our after party at Lakeside Pizza in Tahoe City, formerly known as Pierce Street. Do not be fooled by the new name as it is also a night club and they are doing it right there. With free keg of CL smooth and beats to make you move there was no stopping the Love Boat crew. A few left early as they did most of their drinking on the boat, others stayed to get their dance on and others stayed even later. Rumor has that the club locked the doors and Chappy and a few ladies stayed and dance until three in the morning.

I do have to say the Porters Crew knows how to party and I think I speak for all of us when I say thanks to Kelly and Chap!

Published On: 6/9/2008

Add/View Comments (1)

News and Stuff: One way to get to the next shoot...
By: AlternaFilms

We just finished up two of our spring time shoots and had a blast filming these segments for our upcoming tenth anniversary release KNOCKOUT set to release Sept 1st 2008.

These photos will give you an idea as to how we went from our Grouse Mountain Shoot to a spring shoot on Mount Washington on Vancouver Island. I don't think many of the crew thought we would be getting to our shoots in this fashion.
Big thanks to Jeff Silcock, Brent Curtain, Eric Greene, Ryan Ainsle and Kyle Washington for making this happen so smoothly.

CLICK FOR MORE

Published On: 5/27/2008

Add/View Comments (0)

Snowboard.com News: WHISTLER GETS SET TO SPOTLIGHT BIGGEST TALENTS IN MUSIC, SPORTS AND ARTS, APRIL 11-20
By: snowboard.com

WHISTLER GETS SET TO SPOTLIGHT BIGGEST TALENTS IN MUSIC, SPORTS AND ARTS, APRIL 11-20

Preparations underway to ready Whistler for

13^th TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival

WHISTLER, BC, April 10, 2008 –

The TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival’s unique fusion sports, music and arts gets underway April 11 in Whistler and operations crews are busy getting the resort ready for ten days and nights of non-stop events and entertainment.

In the Village, where 11cm of snow fell earlier in the week to freshen up the 265cm base, 10 tonnes of scaffolding is being set up to build viewing platforms, the Pontiac Battle of the Bands stage, and the Outdoor Concert Series Main Stage, where headline acts De La Soul, Lil’Jaz, The John Butler Trio, Blackalicious, The Trews, Ill Scarlett, Daniel Wesley, Julian Marley and Michael Franti & Spearhead will perform free concerts daily from 2:30pm.

On the mountain, 3 different competition venues are being constructed, providing elite level features to showcase the world’s best skiers and snowboarders. The Big Air (finals taking place at the base of Whistler, April 12, 8pm) will feature a brand new design, with a 65 foot step-over gap jump that Whistler Blackcomb Events Manager, YP (Peter) Young says, “will allow the riders to go higher and farther than ever before.”

In addition, the 500 foot long Superpipe has been rebuilt to feature sheer 20 foot walls that will see riders and skiers at the April 16-19 competition gain maximum amplitude.

The Chief of Course for the Big Air and the Superpipe, master park-builder Steve Petrie, is also the designer and builder of the 2010 Olympic Halfpipe.

With Whistler Blackcomb’s talented crew of groomers and pipe builders logging more than 350 hours on the venues, and more than 7 million gallons of water pumped through the system by the snowmaking team, the Superpipe and Big Air jump will be ready to draw the best performances from over 200 skiers and snowboarders from around the world.

Saturday, April 12 will also see Blackcomb Mountain host the resurrected Orage Masters, a slopestyle contest that features the hottest skiers in the new school world, on a course designed by pro athlete, Vernon lad, TJ Schiller and built by a Whistler Blackcomb team under the guidance of park builder extaordinaire, Marty Gautrey.

Sporting events with a non-stop mind-blowing soundtrack is not all that’s in store at the thirteenth TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival.

The event’s artistic side has been nurtured over previous years, with 10,000 tickets available in a showcase of mountain culture, from Icon Gone, a debate about whether the best of Whistler is history (April 13), to the Schick Extreme 3 Fashion Exposed (April 18), to the theatre performance of The Chairlift Revue (April 20).

The Festival’s multi-media visual feasts, the Olympus Pro Photographer Showdown (April 17), the D250 Filmmaker Showdown and Second Cuts Screening (April 15-16), and the world premiere of mountain bike film Seasons (April 11), guarantee that every seat feels front and centre to capture the action with the ground-breaking multimedia installation, currently being constructed.

The 6-sided screen, dubbed “the Borg”, is being installed by a 10 person team at Rocky Mountain Productions, with 900 foot of truss, 7 miles of cable, and a total amplification of sound of 55,000W. (That’s nearly 800 times the sound of your home stereo, according to the godfather of the installation, Scott McPhee.)

The Borg will then be struck down to make room for the Festival’s finale, the DJ Experience, featuring DJ Dan and Donald Glaude, Mark Farina and Mat the Alien, ensuring that the party doesn’t end when the sun goes down, April 19.

175 pieces of original art from leading street artists around the world are being hung in the 10,000 square foot gallery foyer of the TELUS Conference Centre, for the urban art exhibit, Brave Art, April 11-18. The exhibit receptions on April 12 and 13 will feature live painting from over 40 artists.

Whistler is a hive of activity, preparing the resort for ten days and nights of non-stop events and entertainment, that will turn Whistler into ground zero for the biggest celebration of mountain life, starting tomorrow.

Published On: 4/11/2008

Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: YWE's dirt cheap, anyone can win, loose change auction!
By: YoungWillingandEager

Young, Willing, & Eager and Bidwhack are giving you the chance to walk away with a brand new snowboard for less than you paid for that mocha your sipping! All you need is a mobile phone and the change in your pocket. Bidwhack can do the rest.

Go to Bidwhack.com now and PLAY!

Q. What is Bidwhack?
Bidwhack is the incredible new system that lets YOU WIN amazing auctions for almost nothing! How would you like to win a snowboard for a few bucks? What about a cool phone or some kick-ass swag for pennies?!? How would you like to know that you’re supporting worthwhile charities at the same time? Bidwhack takes old-fashioned auctions and turns them on their heads. Most people can’t participate in traditional auctions for the really cool stuff because the person who has the most money is the winner.
We’ve leveled the playing field! Now ANYONE can win!! All you need is the Lowest Unique Bid or LUB.

Q. What is a Lowest Unique Bid or LUB?
A. It’s simple! The LUB is the lowest bid that only one person guesses. For example, let’s say you bid $1.12. Someone else bids 0.25 cents. Ah, but a third person ALSO bids 0.25 cents. That cancels out 0.25 cents as the lowest bid. Therefore, you are still the LUB with $1.12. By the time the auction closes, if no one else bids $1.12 OR lower than $1.12 with a unique number then you WIN because it’s the Lowest Bid that only one person entered! If you had bid $1.12 in that LUB auction for, let’s say, a brand new snowboard, then you would have won a new snowboard for $1.12!! Finally, auctions that anyone can WIN!!

Q. How does it work?
Bids can be made by using your cell phone to send a text message to 87878 ($1 per bid charged to your cell phone account. Important: If you use your phone to text in a bid that is less than a dollar, for example 23 cents, then you must put a zero at the front like this, “0.23”.) You can also bid by mailing a hand-written bid to the BidWhack corporate address (must include current date, auction name, bid amount, a return address and a functioning email address). Bidwhack will let you know where your bid is at (Low, High or LUB) for the length of the auction to give you a chance to respond. Winners are notified by phone and/or email and all prizes are FOB Toronto, (meaning that you have to pick them up here, or let us know if you’d like us to ship them.)

ADD US TO YOUR FRIEND LIST FOR THE LATEST ON YWE!

Young, Willing, & Eager (YWE)

So, what’s it like to be a pro snowboarder? The new mobile/web/tv series - Young, Willing, & Eager takes you inside the lives of riders Johnny Lyall & Logan Short. These young guns hop from photo shoots, to contests, to boxing rings, and even take in some time at the gun range! Follow them as they get up to no good both on and off the mountain livin’ the dream. This is the untold story. This, is Young, Willing, & Eager.

Wanna see all the craziness that is Young, Willing, & Eager? Just click *here* to download the show to your desktop, laptop, iPod, Apple TV, Sony PSP, and lots of other devices. Got an iPhone? Click *here* and you’re all set to make YWE your iPhone’s latest feature! Watch it anytime, anywhere, any way you want.

Remember to always check out *youngwillingeager.com* to learn more about Johnny & Logan’s wild times and to check out the kick-ass stuff we’re giving away all year.

ADD US TO YOUR FRIEND LIST FOR THE LATEST ON YWE!

Published On: 2/18/2008

Add/View Comments (2)

News and Stuff: SHIN CAMPOS wins first annual Westbeach chinese downhill. shhhh don't tell anyone.
By: GNARCOREvideoplay

Words: Gerhard Gross Images: David Rouleau

Friday the 15^th marked the beginning of the first annual Westbeach Chinese Downhill and an effort to reconnect with the spirit of shredding often lost in the myriad of publicly traded companies, profit margins and share-holder accountability that make up the current snowboarding landscape. Although all in the name of fun and beer drinking, a definite air of competitiveness was present amongst the 35 or so contestants vying for the title of fastest shred.

Westbeach's Dave Short and posse, pre mayhem gondy ride.

Notable attendees included, Shin Campos, Rube Goldberg, Kevin Sansalone, Jon Cartwright, Colin Adair, Ryan Tiene, Steph Just, Beau Bishop, Wiley Tesseo, Robjin Taylor and all the local shreds that made this event great. The rules were simple: first person to reach the Creekside Underground skatepark from the top of Million Dollar ridge and successfully finish a beer would win the affections of his peers and $500.

Weather? Dude it was epic...of course.

Brian Hockenstein and Robjn Taylor. Check out the polar opposites of emotions.

In the end it was a mix of veterans Kevin “Snacksie-pants” Sansalone and Shin “Getsu” Campos racing spring-chickens John Caulfield and Anthony Weglan to the finish line. Their shred skills had brought them to the bottom in a possible record time of 4 minutes 53 seconds but the contest was ultimately decided by the beer chugging skills of Shin. Who says professional snowboarding doesn’t teach valuable life skills?

A couple peaches in a big pot of dude stew, Alison Pesemko, Jenelle Pritchard, Steph Just. The only girls brave enough to roll up on this shi*t.

Can i get a lens wipe? Filmer Corey G's rig under attack from the elements.

Perhaps the best part, and the intended effect, was the sense of camaraderie felt by everyone there. It was a great reason for people who are often segregated by work and busy winter schedules to come together and snowboard for the sake of snowboarding. Thanks Westbeach, see you next year.

Don't f*cking film me....ok, ok, just one photo. Nitro, Billabong's Rube Goldberg, shunning the paparazzi

"CCHHHHYYYYYeah! I think i see Caulfield coming -over." Brocklebank on race patrol.

kind of smells like updog around here.

Gnarcore.com's Willey Tesseo and Beau Bishop with Lucas Ouellette.

The man, the myth the legend, gnarcore.com's John Caulfield accepting the "hey-you-tried" award from Cartwright... and talk about shnetworking, is that a business card exchange?....call me we'll do lunch.

DC Canada team manger Gerhard Gross and DC am Ryan Tiene may not have won the race but they won a spot in our hearts. "Its ok ryan, it's not all about winning, its about having fun... i love you man." they would later hug for an hour straight.

Looky, looky who we ran into. Annum's Ian Gauthier, with homie Matt Macneil and Stepchild's Eman Anderson.

Women, clothing, money and beer.......folks Westbeach is in the house.

When younger legs have you beat, it comes down to good old fashion beer drinking skills, Shin Campos...aka the Creekside King.

why did we cover this event?

gnarcore.com fully backs companies like Westbeach and any activities dedicated to preserving the soul of snowboarding.

Stay up for the video. coming soon to gnarcore.com.

Now go f*ck shi*t up.

Published On: 2/16/2008

Add/View Comments (1)

My Blog: TransAm: Hyland Hills, MN
By: Tanyaaa

TransAm: Hyland Hills

By Adam Kisiel

Feb 4, 2008

Going to the circus is something everyone should do at least once in their lifetime. My favorite part was seeing how big the elephant poop was and watching what seemed like a thousand midget clowns crawl out of a vw bug. I was consumed in this same feeling, while I stood at the bottom of the TransAM mini park at Hyland Minnesota. An event that I thought would never rival the raw in your face experience of seeing that same group of circus clowns pedaling around on one bike, all sitting on each others shoulders, while they juggled axes.

The event started in vicious fashion as all 130 riders disregarded any official start and started the traffic jam in an everyone for themselves riot. The Ride Snowboards feature was a gigantic mailbox where at any given time you could see upwards of four riders jibbing it at once. The Dakine feature was a plastic sewer pipe wide enough for Paul Bunyan's crapper. The park crew at Hyland set it up like an oversized pole jam or poop shooter, much to the delight of the Dakine twins. Half of the field gathered around the Oakley mini quarter to stage their own Artic Challenge session on the mini replica feature. The High Cascade volcano jump was spitting out riders at a rate that sent tremors across the twin cities area. Dan Liedahl and Tanya Zarling were seen on the Zumiez flat box and the Hyland rainbow, jibbing in search of the Transworld Snowboarding pot of gold, in the form of TransAm top honors.

One of the competitors must have noticed the look on my face as I watched in awe of the no holds barred action. He smiled and said, "this is just like any other Saturday at Hyland, don't fall or you will turn into the next jib." It was at that point I thought this wasn't just another TransAm stop, but a stage for only the most talented, raw, and untamed. I was sure that these kids would jib your face off if there was a take off up to it. Andy Barringer proved you didn't need to jib anything, you just needed to be upside down throughout most of the contest. He joined the list of 40 riders that made it to the Ultimate Jam finals. In the finals Josh Tranby MJ'd nearly every feature and the Hyland park crew added a hit to gap the backside of the quarter pipe. This was not the time in the circus where those little dancing ponies took center stage; it was time for the fire-eaters and lion tamers to be showcased. The winners from this intense showdown to throw down walked away with Ride Snowboards, Dakine custom backpacks stuffed with awesomeness from Oakley, Transworld Snowboarding, and Zumiez. High Cascade trophy babies were also awarded to the top three competitors. There is a small resort in the city of Minneapolis where the riders are under the close watchful eye of uniformed officer's with badges, as they contend to see who drops in next. It is only fitting since these rider's show no signs of backing down to anyone. Hyland MN is not for the soft.

TransAm Hyland Final Results:

Men:
1. Dan Liedahl
2. Todd Kirby
3. Jeff Gabrick

Women:
1. Tanya Zarling
2. Coco Cook
3. Monica Nhep

Found at http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/snow/features/article/0,26719,1709710,00.html

Published On: 2/6/2008

Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: Tim's Butt
By: goodgirl13

So, it all started with Tim's butt. Yep, t'is true. I made a comment, had to go check out the real sized photo on sb, and saw the comments that had been left (your ego is swelling, stop that). Anywho, I noticed someone else's comment, and I will keep this person nameless for posterity's sake (ahem, Melissa) and I realized something very very tragic. She's actually kinda pretty when she's not pretending she's Pamela Anderson.

Thus we come to the point of this good old fashioned rant (I haven't done one of these in a really long time, it feels kinda good). Why are we so unhappy? Don't try denying it, society as a whole is a miserable excuse for life. Why is that? I'm gonna take a big old uncreative step here and blame the media. Yep, I said it, blame the cameras, and here's why...

1) Modern society is incredibly receptive to visual stimuli. We used to go to hear a play, now we go to see a movie. Visual stimulus is the number one receptor of signals in today's world. I'll admit it openly, I had eye sex with a guy at Starbucks for three hours today, it was great. You do it, I do it, so be it. Now, what with us being so keen to the visionary world, we're obviously going to respond most to what we see. The media enjoy's exploithing this keen super sense because it's easy. So, now that we've established that we are what we see, let's move on.

2) What we see is 90% fake. Wow, shocker! Are you aware that they actually enhanced Emma Watson's breasts digitally on the movie marquis for Harry Potter 5? Yep, the fakeness of the media has even extenuated down the visual pictorials of children's fantasy. So, basically we're now telling ourselves that real, that perfection, that life in general, is a CGI.

3) The media is everywhere. I don't even have to explain this, you get it, I get it. It's gotten.

My mother lightly asked that if there was anything about me I could change, my hair color, eye color, complexion, boob size, what would it be. I thought about it, then got very annoyed with the prospect. I don't think there's one of us out there who wouldn't change something. Maybe you'd like to be a bit less scrawny, perhaps your shoulders are uncomfortably wide, god forbid you ear lobes dangle ever so slightly. Own up to who you are and be proud of it, damn it. Perhaps society will begin to accept itself when it get's over it's digitally retouched version of reality.

Published On: 1/14/2008

Add/View Comments (6)

my blog: Go on
By: black_voodoo

im confused

♥

Find nothing but faith in nothing
Want to put my tender
Heart it in a blender
Watch it spin round to a beautiful oblivion
Rendezvous then I'm through with you

survey

L A S T:
01. Last Cigarette: never.
02. Last kiss: like a month ago
03. Last Cry: don't remember.
04. Last Library Book Checked Out: kite runner?
05. Last Movie Seen In a Theater: alvin and the chipmunks.
06. Last Book: kite runner.
07. Last Cuss Word Uttered: shi*t.
08. Last Beverage Drank: milk.
09. Last Food Consumed: pasta.
10. Last time drunk: new years eve
11. Last TV Show Watched: fresh prince.
12. Last Time Showered: yesterday.
13. Last Shoes Worn: chucks.
14. Last CD played: viva la cobra.
15. Last Soda Drank: today.
16. Last Thing Written: yesterday. names.
17. Last Words Spoken: dumbass.
18. Last Annoyance: gary
19. Last Time Scolded Someone: i don't know.
20. Last Web Site Visited: the fashion spot.
21. Last Movie you watched: uh a walk 2 remember [my fav]
22. Last movie you bought: 300 and some other ones.
23. Last song you listened to: viva la white girl.
24. Last bought CD: don't remember.
25. Last person that called you: Gary
26. Last person you were thinking of: Jon
27. Last friend you made: people in class.

B O D Y:
01. Piercings: ears.
02. Tattoos: none.
03. Height: 5'1".
04. Shoe size: seven or eight.
05. Hair color: black roots and brown hair. need redying.
06. Tan or white: dark.

T R U E * O R * F A L S E :
01. You have a crush on someone: somewhat.
02. You wish you could live somewhere else: true.
03. You thought about suicide: true.
04. You believe in online dating: true
05. You want more Piercings: true.
06. You drink: true.
07. You do drugs: true
08. You smoke: false.
09. You like cleaning: false.
10. You like roller costers: true
11. You write in cursive: false.

F - O - R * O - R * A - G - A - I - N - S - T:
01. Long distance relationships?: if there willing to travel ...for
02. Teenage smoking: whatever.
03. Doing drugs: for
04. Driving drunk: against.
05. Soap operas: against.
06. Someone uses someone for his or her goodies: against.
07. Gay rights: for.
08. Current War: against.

H - A - V - E * Y - O - U :
01. Ever cried over a female/male: yeahs.
02. Ever lied to someone: yes.
03. Ever been in a fistfight: yes.
04. Ever been arrested: no.

W - H - A - T :
01. Shoes do you wear: chucks.
02. What are you scared of: lots of stuff
03. Whats your favorite flower: lillies

N - U - M - B - E - R :
01. Of times you have been deeply in love: 1
02. Of times you have had your heart broken? 5
03. Of hearts you have broken: 1
04. Of drugs taken? 1
05. Of people you consider your enemies? zero.
06. Of scars on your body? more then five.
07. Of things in your past that you regret? 5

xoxo-brianne

Published On: 1/7/2008

Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: Burton Japan tour!! MADNESS!!
By: anne-flore

I LOVE Japan!! Stoked to be there again for the Burton store Opening in Osaka!!

Japanese Madness. My ears and my eyes are overwhelmed lights, sounds and people everywhere.. polite, polite, maybe impossible, karaoke my favorite, sushi, crazy fashion, mini crewsers, best spray toilets ever, sake, photo, photo..

The cool thing on that trip was that we weren’t stock just between snowboarders.. Sweet to have Nicolas Muller in the crew as always but also gravis surfer Kassia Meador and Analog’s Arto Saari!!
To honour japanese traditions we serve sake to all people coming to the event.. obviously we cheared with them, each of them and had a sip! But that was alright since there was only about 700 people.. Arto (wearing an dupa stylish 80’s wig) takes the mike and welcomes the crowed to the store opening with the gayest Carl Lagerfeld’s attitude ever!! Very fashionable..
The sake session is followed by a 3 hours signing session.. I find it hard to find 700 different very special dedicated comments to give to each of them.. so I just got artistic.. I drew moustaches, pretty flowers and about 650 I LOVE Nipon.. it s like writing fitness!!

Japanese people like to fire us with their digi cam.. so I just fire back with my plastic one way use camera!!

That super people shower luckily came to an end and the whole burton extended crew went for dinner.. I sit next to Moblow and his wig, he tells that girl who was wearing a moustache something like she was nice and doll, or something like that.. she didn’t like it and answered that she could beat him up.. I said he would love it!! So she punshed him in the eye and left him with nothing else then a black eye.. you shouldn’t mess around with those girls who wear the moustache!! The night goes on to a karaoke bar.. my all time favorite!!
Marc and I end up walking with no where to go in town.. a guy is pying in the street, I run and catch the perfect moment and angle.. all his friends laugh, so do i.. I really wish I hadn’t forgotten the cap on my almost digi and actually got the shot!!

The next day, the snowboarders crew travels to a dome.. tons of people come to watch.. they are like an orchestra.. I make them do the HOLA.. I take some family portraits etc.. everyone is so happy and friendly here!! Trevor sings, we sign tons of things.. everyone politely waits in line for hours.. that is what impresses me most from Japanese.. they are soo patient and respectfull!

The next day we are all in Tokyo for he first birthday of the burton store.. everyone sits down like kids in school..cute!! they watch the movie.. we get a huge cake in snowboard shape with bindings.. Jeremy Jones claims he is gay, some more pictures, signing and graffity later I drag Arto, his sushi and Moblow to a gay bar on a Monday night.. everything you need to become intimate with the bar tenders!! Some more karaoke and this trip made it to my top 3 favorite trips ever!! 1000 Thanks to my friend Kosuke who makes each of my Japanese experiences magic!!

Published On: 1/3/2008

Add/View Comments (0)

My Journal: top 100 songs 2007
By: O-Henry

here are my favorite songs from 2007

Silverchair	Straight Lines
the Shins	Australia
Of Montreal	the Past is a Grotesque Animal
the Hives	tick tick boom
Foo Fighters	the Pretender
LCD Soundsystem	North American Scum
Modest Mouse	Florida
Klaxons	Golden Skans
the White Stripes	Icky Thump
Cold War Kids	Hang Me Up to Dry
Architecture in Helsinki	Debbie
Tegan and Sara	the Con
the Operation M.D.	Sayonara
Calvin Harris	Acceptable in the 80s
Immaculate Machine	Jarhand
The Bravery	Believe
Kanye West	Stronger
the Bees	Listening Man
the Apples in Stereo	Energy
Arctic Monkeys	Brainstorm
the Bicycles	BBBicyles
the New Pornographers	Myriad Harbour
Tokyo Police Club	Your English is Good
Against Me	Americans Abroad
Metric	Grow Up and Blow Away
Queens of the Stone Age	3s and 7s
Of Montreal	Suffer for Fashion
the Shins	Phantom Limb
Rilo Kiley	Silver Lining
Arcade Fire	Intervention
Tilly and the Wall	Bad Education
1990s	You Made Me Like It
Kaiser Chiefs	Heat Dies Down
Kylie Minogue	Two Hearts
Panda Bear	Comfy in Nautica
John Butler Trio	Funky Tonight
Bloc Party	I Still Remember
the Weakerthans	Plea From a Cat Named Virtue
Bedouin Soundclash	St. Andrews
Scry Childrn Scring Chldren	My Darkest Hour
Imperial Teen	Room With a View
the Killers	Sam's Town
the Bicycles	Australia
the Cat Empire	Won't Be Afraid
Junior Senior	We R the Handclaps
the Shins	Turn on Me
Modest Mouse	Dashboard
Motion City Soundtrack	This is for Real
Kanye West	Can't Tell Me Nothing
Feist	I Feel it All
Rhianna	Umbrella
Kings of Leon	On Call
Kaiser Chiefs	Ruby
the Go! Team	Grip Like a Vice
the Flatliners	KHTDR
Silversun Pickups	Lazy Eye
Kisschasy	Strings and Drums
Maximo Park	Our Velocity
Against Me	Stop
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Down Boy
Queens of the Stone Age	Sick Sick Sick
Of Montreal	Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
Stars	Take Me to the Riot
Powderfinger	Lost and Running
Eskimo Joe	New York
Arcade Fire	Windowsill
Nine Inch Nails	Survivalism
Jay Z	No Hook
Architecture in Helsinki	Heart It Races
Junior Senior	Can I Get Get
Timbaland	Hello
LCD Soundsystem	Time to Get Away
the White Stripes	Conquest
The Bravery	Angelina
Ben Lee	What Would Jay Z Do
Flight of the Conchords	Humans Are Dead
Hot Hot Heat	Let Me In
the Wombats	Patricia the Stripper
Spoon	You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
Alexisonfire	Rough Hands
the Cops	Out of the Fridge / Into the Fire
the Mess Hall	Keep Walking
the Pigeon Detectives	Don't Know How to Say Goodbye
Chris Lilley	Naughty Girl
Le Husky	Mourir Comme un Chien
the New Pornographers	All the Old Showstoppers
Peter Bjorn and John	Up Against the Wall
Tegan and Sara	Hop A Plane
Jump, Little Children	Education
the Bicycles	Paris Be Mine
Sum 41	So Long Goodbye
the Chemical Brothers	the Salmon Dance
50 Cent	Ayo Technology
Paul McCartney	Dance Tonight
Mika	Grace Kelly
Seeing Scarlet	Bumblebee
Tricot Machine	L'ours
Giant Drag	My Dick Sux
CSS	Music is My Hot Hot Sex
the Rapture	Get Myself Into It

Published On: 12/24/2007

Add/View Comments (1)

My Blog: This just in from Vail Resorts - they are opening up a ton of more runs tomorrow Dec 1st
By: redbreakz

For Immediate Release

VAIL MOUNTAIN SET TO GROW TO 550 ACRES AND 14 LIFTS ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1st

VAIL, Colo.—Nov. 29, 2007— Winter has returned to the Colorado High Country and thanks to a series of recent snowstorms and cold snowmaking temperatures, Vail Mountain is set to open additional terrain this weekend. On Saturday, Dec. 1 the resort plans to offer more than 550 acres of terrain accessed by 14 lifts.

Beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007 the following lifts and portions of terrain in these areas will open for the 2007-2008 ski season.

Avanti Express Lift (Chair 2)
Wildwood Express Lift (Chair 3)
Mountaintop Express Lift (Chair 4)
Game Creek Express Lift (Chair 7)
Born Free Express Lift (Chair 8)
Minnie’s Lift (Chair 9)
Gopher Hill Lift (Chair 12)
Little Eagle Lift (Chair 15)
Vista Bahn Express Lift (Chair 16)
Eagle Bahn Gondola (Lift 19)
Pride Express Lift (Chair 26)
3 Beginner Surface Lifts (at Eagle’s Nest, LionsHead and Golden Peak)

Skiers and snowboarders can enjoy lunch on the mountain at Eagle’s Nest Marketplace, The Pavilion at Wildwood, Buffalo’s at the top of Chair 4, and the Look Ma and Terrace levels at Mid Vail. The Vail Snowsports School will expand its locations for adult private and group instruction to the Vail Village and Mid Vail locations in addition to Vail Square/ Lionshead. Vail Snowsports children’s group and private lessons will be offered at Golden Peak and will continue at the Vail Square/ Lionshead location. The Small World Nursery at Golden Peak provides childcare for ages 2 months to 6 years. Lift tickets will be $72 for adults, $62 for seniors and $52 for children as of Saturday, Dec. 1.

Vail Snow Daze takes place Dec. 3-9, 2007 featuring live concerts with Ziggy Marley at Dobson Ice Arena on Dec. 6, followed by Social Distortion on Dec. 7. Ludacris and The Roots take center stage Dec. 8 for an outdoor concert at Ford Park. Also don't miss the Dummy Gelunde Championships on Dec. 8, snowball eating contests, a fashion show, and 1,000 Snowflakes of Vail throughout the week. Check out the schedule at vailsnowdaze.com. During Snow Daze buy three nights of lodging and three days of skiing and get the fourth lodging night and day of skiing for free. Offer features quad occupancy in a two-bedroom condo for as low as $374 per person (a 25 percent savings) and is valid now through Dec. 12, 2007. Additional restrictions may apply. Visit vail.com to book or call 800-404-3535.

For more information visit www.vail.com or call 800-404-3535.

Published On: 11/30/2007

Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: Mountain Madness Mondays Launch Party
By: terrainparkboyz

I want to personally thank everyone who made it down to The Season Opener Party. It was a-lot of fun and good to see some familiar faces.
Big props to Westbeach for the Fashion show and The Kokanee Girls for all the photo ops. you can check out the pics at http://www.somedudesbirthday.com
Next week we're back at it. Mountain staff and Snow Industry peeps get in free with proof of employment.
Cheers!
The Bruce

Published On: 11/27/2007

Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: The Winter Season Opener Anniversary Party is this Monday
By: terrainparkboyz

If you haven't picked up your tickets yet I suggest you hurry down to the Westbeach shop in Gastown (115 water street). The advance tickets are only $5.00 and going fast. Cover will be more at the door.

This party is going to be off the hook. Westbeach Fashion Show, a sneak peak of "Paint the Town Red" from Stubb Films & Kontakt Film Production, the Kokanee Glacier Girls, giveaways and door prizes every hour from Westbeach, Universal, and Snowboard.com.

The DJ line-up has been finalized

DSTRRR from the Versus Crew
DJ J Parsons (cancelled a trip to NYC to be here)
DJ Brownsugar

You do not want to miss this event. It's going to be the kick off to the season.

Published On: 11/23/2007

Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: The Winter Season Opener Party Nov. 26th (update)
By: terrainparkboyz

Alright here's an update on the event...

The doors open at eight pm. Starting at 9pm and every hour on the hour, we will be giving away Westbeach bucks which can be redeemed at the Westbeach store in gastown.

The Fashion show will be at 11pm.
There will be a V.I.P. screening of the "Paint The town Red" trailer just prior to the fashion show.

The tickets will be available this Friday at the Westbeach store in gastown. They will not be available through clubvibes.com. The Advance tickets are $5.00, more at the door.

If you want to come down and have a guestlist of ten or more people I will get you in for free before 10:30.

Rock on.

Published On: 11/15/2007

Add/View Comments (0)

1-20 of 169 blog postss
1 2 3 4 5 ... 9 Next

Username:

Password:

Logging In ...

Blogs Results

TransAm: Hyland Hills

By Adam Kisiel

Feb 4, 2008

For Immediate Release

VAIL MOUNTAIN SET TO GROW TO 550 ACRES AND 14 LIFTS ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1st