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My Blog: New account...
By: SaekSan


After being off for a while I decided to restart my account. Figured this would be a good way to keep track of the season and perhaps make some connections out there.
Hoping for a few trips this year besides some local hill hopping.
 
Fingers crossed for a long and snowy season for us all.
 
 


Published On: 11/16/2009
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JumpCamp is still alive. Can you believe it?!

Well it's been getting cold
and to keep warm we've been doubling up on sweatpants. Besides that we've been working with our amazing sponsors and crew designing the new park and getting the mountain groomed and ready. Brochures and posters are at the printers and the website has been redone. All the new 2010 dates are up and a schwack of new photos, downloads and all kinds of other jazz. Check it out and secure your spot in one of this year's camps.

Photograbros
We have lots of photographer friends at JumpCamp. These hombres sit in the cold and freeze their fingers in the off chance that we'll do something rad. Here's three of our favourites: Billy Pipe  http://pipephoto.com/ Dave Prothero http://www.daveprotherophotography.com/index.html & Gordon Ross http://www.gordonross.ca/


Beautyass scenery. photo by Billy Pipe

Onethirtythree's website is brand new with a shred page being managed by the infamous barbeque organization; the Steak Knives. Check out the crew
fine dining and healthy living http://www.onethirtythree.com/steakknives_gallery.php .
Keep checking the Steak Knives page for all the latest shred news.

Twitty twitty!

He rocks in the tree-top all a day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' the song
All the little birds on J-Bird St.
Love to hear the robin goin' tweet tweet tweet
JumpCamp's now on twitter http://twitter.com/JumpCamp Follow us around why don'tcha?!

Factory Magazine, a new design and arts magazine based in Vancouver is the brain-child of 22 year old Niall Hamill and that man-child is a senior member of the JumpCamp board of trustees. Go grab a Factory magazine at Onethirtythree and support art and magazines in these cyberworld, internet, face-twitter times. Check out Niall's webpage that says his website will be up and running soon. http://niallhamill.com/

Grand Puba behind the new Factory magazine and JumpCamp coach Niall Hamill chillin out with a camper and a dog.

Premiers and Parties!
Nov. 20
JumpCamp Season Celebration.
A big night of prints, movies, cocktails and music.
Gordon Ross Studio & Bar
2314 Rosewall Crescent
Tin Town, Courtenay
Doors 9pm

November 28
JumpCamp Swap Meet

Swap Meet Louie's clockin' lots of dollars!

Tons of new and used shred gear for sale or barter. Boards, gloves, goggles, stinky boots, jackets, glasses...!!! Bring some meat for the barbeque.
12 noon - 6pm
1120 5th st
Courtenay
(around back)

Dec.3
Day Before Opening Day Shred Movie Premier Party!
Absinthe Film's "Neverland" & Sandbox's "SHINE ON"
The Avalanche Bar
 275 8th Street
Courtenay, BC
Doors 9pm
Tons of Prizes

Have a happy and safe Halloween from your friends at JumpCamp!



Published On: 10/30/2009
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well, matthews asked me to marry him! don't worry, i'm not gonna rush into things like i did before. it'll be at least three years before we tie the knot. we're planning a beautiful renesonce (spelled that wrong) wedding. maybe i'll get my happily ever after this time. keep your fingers crossed for me.

Published On: 10/23/2009
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Officially I do not need my velcro splint anymore (i never got the traditional plaster) except when I snowboard in the future. However, I still do not have full usage of my hand(right). I cannot write on pieces of paper. It looks like chicken scratch, so my diability insurance has been extended. However, day by day Im able to do more things from using the scissors, opening doors, cutting vegetables.
 
The doc felt the bones had properly healed and that I should challenge myself and use the wrist as much as possible. I recently went for an hour swim after which I discovered my injured left shoulder(falls on ice near bottom of mtn) still cannot do freestyle without discomfort..
 
Hopefully after 6wks of pt I will be back to 90%. I can supinate and pronate but not 100% and fingers are all still super stiff.


Published On: 3/8/2009
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   Okay it's been officially one month since the suregery.
I thought I'd write more often. But this is where I am at this point.
There is much less peripheral pain these days, and I can sleep peacefully at night although putting the arm outside the bed sometimes makes the arm a little sore.
 
I can type pretty proficiently right now. I used a sponge for exercises. Now I am using two of them and a pack of mung beans. My ability to pronate/supinate without pain is getting there but not quite there(I can't put on contacts or open a door until that is normal again).
 
 The biggest problem at this point is I can't write yet mainly because the first four fingers have been significantly impacted and still pretty stiff. I would like to start physical therapy, but that will be in two weeks. I will not be going snowboarding again this season because the thought of another two months of this would not be worth it. I had a pretty bad break mainly because my hand fingers are so stiff I can't perform basic tasks essential to work: shaking hands, writing diagrams, opening doors.
 
In any case, I am progressing slowly but surely. Next step is the campbells soup can gripping and typing like with elbow down not elevated. Some exercises I have also started are: flexing extending each fingers and in between the finger webs.
 
I get to see the doctor in two weeks when the bones are fully healed and start pt. Cheers in the meantime.


Published On: 2/21/2009
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I thought Id write more than once a week, but I've slipped already. Its been officially 17 days after the surgery. I would say I can type on the computer okay, and my range of motion has improved but the fingers are still swollen in the joints kind of like arthritis. maybe this is like what rheumatoid arthritis is like. I finally figured out how to sleep without staying up all nite(straighten out the arm gets those cold sensations going) The shooting pain to fingertips is still there but its decreased in frequency and intensity.
My next milestone would be decreased swelling and being able to spread out all my fingers(full extension) of course diminished pain is a must. Doc says I ought to get a nurf foam ball to squeeze and work my fingers. Im going to try. The biggest change since the last update is typing is easier. Also my first three fingers and thumb are no longer stuck in a retard half C fist(they can straighten out but not entirely). I can also supinate/pronate as well but there is still some pain on the edges. Pressing buttons is still a little weird though(like stereo) but I'm hopeful it will improve. The internal male energy has returned and flowing well. I think it must have been the spirulina/fresh celery/apple/frozen pineapple drink that did it. Im not taking a daily antiinflammatory tho(was takng naproxyn-alleve) I am taking tumeric powder instead. I figure my liver will love me more for it.


Published On: 2/7/2009
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Hi all
  I busted my right distal radius into multiple pieces(comminuted)about two wks ago which led to other issues: stiff and unusable primary hand. I wasnt able to find any blogs out there that went thru the day to day recovery so i hope i can be there for anyone in the future who might want more info. Its hard to type so thats probably why there are few blogs chronicling this.
 
How it happened: Some might feel indestructible blasting down or jumping up as fast without a worry in the world and have a glory accident story. But my story is very pedestrian. I basically modified the way i fell due to a series of crashes(high speed near bottom of the mountain on the rear right deltoid). So the day of the injury my shoulder was so sprained i couldnt raise it above my head.. But I still went boarding the next day (mlk wknd at squaw valley) and it was my toe edge on ice near kt22 lift traversing to red dog in the afternoon that did me in.

    After the incident I knew right away something was wrong since the wrist was deformed,swelling,  and my fingers I couldnt move them. After the doctor onsite 'reduced' it(pulled it back into place) I felt better although far from normal.
    Fast forward to vicodin/naprosyn and a surgery to correct everything. By wednesday after I was in surgery in which the surgeon put a titanium plate and screws. Post surgery, I did not feel like myself at all(low energy sleeping too much eating simple and not desiring meat/wine, X games were inspiring tho). It has now been 10 days since surgery. It is a real bitch to sleep at night since the pain is throbbing and unending. I went off the meds though since it was making me wake up super late and groggy although I was beginning to get addicted to the vicodin.
      I guess my right hand still works a little bit as I can grip some items but it feels robotic slow and stiff. Pressing buttons is even a strange experience. I started typing but it is still very foreign. Doc says I will start pt after the splint comes off 6wks post surgery.. And advises me to move as much as possible.. I dont know but Im more focused on writing/using my hands than getting back on the slopes. I do still have a season pass tho that I need to utilize.   
      I am really hoping that the pain will go away so I can sleep at night, and that I can type more proficiently. After I would like to write. No idea how many days that will take though.. I wonder if I will be able to brush my teeth before beingable to write normally again. Cheers.



Published On: 2/2/2009
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A couple years ago, I fell in love in Jay Peak. An otherwise cold, windy and miserable day would also prove to be one of my best. There is something to be said about visiting places that were the setting for important moments of your life. Since November 22nd was set to be opening day at Jay, and due to the personal significance of the resort, I decided to get a car load of bros to go down there and ride.

Yeti, Marc, and Brad on the lift
The unusual suspects of the bro-down in Jay.

The road trip started out early, I picked up Yeti and Brad, and with Yahoo! directions in hand, we proceeded east for what we hoped would be a good day of riding (first for Brad and Yeti, second for me). The drive was mostly uneventful up until the Canada-USA border where we got pulled aside by the customs agent. He asked us if we were carrying more than $10,000 in cash (I wish we had that much scratch). I guess he wanted to search our stuff to make sure we weren't secretly part of the wealthy elite.

Normally a customs search would be no big deal, however, in this instance Brad really needed to use the restroom. So he asked the customs agent "do you guys have a public washroom in here?" To which the agent replied "It makes no sense for us to have public restrooms here because if you were smuggling drugs you could go flush them, or if we say something you don't like you can smear the whole place in poo." (no joke, he said that). Of course that's when we realized that Brad had probably set off a red flag with his request. Fortunately it didn't take long for them to search the car and they didn't make a huge mess of it. Once we were out of visible range of the border, we had to pull over to the side of the road so Brad could take care of business.

Yeti and random guy with identical gapers.
Yeti meets his doppleganger. What are the odds of seeing two of the same gaper.

With our urinal emergency behind us, we continued on toward Jay. However, we ended up taking a wrong turn (we turned up VT-105 instead of VT-242). Once that feeling of being in the wrong place set in, we decided we should pull over and ask someone for directions. Fortunately there was a pedestrian up the way. Yeti started joking how it was probably hillbilly with a shotgun. As we approached, we realized that this guy did in fact have a rifle slung over his shoulder. Not to be deterred, however, we stopped and asked him for quick directions. He confirmed that we had in fact taken a wrong turn and kindly directed us on how to get back. We thanked him and made our way. When we finally arrived at Jay, we were stoked to realize that it was snowing pretty heavily.

No sooner had we started unpacking did the gaper hunt begin. The first victim: Yeti. He decided to rock a purple one piece but because he does it in typical Yeti style, it had a certain panache that couldn't be ignored. However, Brad had been instructed before he left to make sure to spray a gaper wearing skier, so he looked at Yeti and said "expect to be sprayed."

Although Yeti's was the first, it certainly wasn't the last gaper we saw. In fact no sooner had we gotten our lift passes did we notice another skier wearing the exact same gaper. An instant friendship was forged.

For our first run of the day, we decided to go with the more difficult of the runs that were available to us. The snow was good but the moguls were large and the visibility basically nil. Which is probably why we hadn't noticed that we had ventured onto one of the closed sections of the run. This is when I fell in the creek (I seem to do this at least once a year). None the worse for wear, I tried to make my way back to the lift except I found the going to be tough (Yeti and Brad were already way ahead of me). That's when I realize that I have about 2 inches of sluch caked onto my base. I finally cleaned it off so we could resume our riding.

Yeti and Brad standing in the snow.
Gene Kelly sings in the rain but Yeti and Brad sing in the snow. The Jay clouds strike on opening day.

We spent the rest of the morning shredding up any run that was open until our legs were sore and our finger tips frozen. We decided to head inside for a while to warm up our fingers and take a bio-break. This is when things almost went south. While going to the restroom, Yeti's iPhone fell out of his pocket. He realized it was missing and we spent the next 15 minutes or so re-tracing his steps trying to find it. After asking pretty much everyone in the lodge if they had seen it, and only seconds before Yeti lost it and started throwing tables around, he realized that it had fallen into the hood of his gaper. Crisis averted.

The rest of the afternoon was a lot more of what we experienced in the morning: snow, lots of riding, some freshies, some gapers, more snow, and lots of laughs (did I mention it was snowing). At one point, while marveling at the heavy snowfall, we came upon a guy sitting in the snow, seemingly trying to fasten up his bindings. What was significant was that he was complaining that he wanted to go back to Delaware. I said "But there's no snow in Delaware!" "Exactly" he said which made me wonder what he was doing in Jay in the first place.

Finally when it was time to call it a day, we packed up all of our gear and made our way back toward the border. Four hours or so and 63 litres of fuel later, we made it back to Canada's capital craving massages and sleep. We were thankful to have benefited from the mystical Jay clouds for a truly epic opening day in Jay and to have averted any potential buzz-kill worthy crisis. I was happy to have gone back to a really important junction place of my life. The day was truly epic but at the same time made me realize how much I missed those who could not be there.



Published On: 11/23/2008
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THE MESSAGE  - OCTOBER 2008

Welcome back to another exciting edition of THE MESSAGE.. da da da DUNNNNN.
Good new snow fiends, We got are first dusting on the Sierra's last week, so lets hope that this will be an early season for all us!  THE BLOCK, THE BLOCK is gearing up for Snowboard Season by sponsoring a bunch of snowboard premieres and parties. I just saw the new First Tracks Video,  Knock on Wood at Mont Bleu, and what a great turnout we had, THE BLOCK was soldout and Flick was dope as all hell! 

Hot Dawgs and Hand Rails

If you missed Hot Dawgs and Handrails last month, you done F@cked-up. ! Hot Dawgz & Hand Rails 5th annual snowboarding specatcular tested the skills of some of the best jumpers and jibbers in the world and paid out $15,000 in prize money!  Rio and the entire Bear Mountain Park Staff pulled off the 1st contest of the year with Grand Style!  The Dropin, The Gap, and the rails were epic and riders were stoked to be throwing down for the first time of the Season! Big props to reelcomp.com for broadcasting a live feed of the event besure to check it out on their website.

The winners in the Men's Finals were...
1st Place- Jed Anderson
2nd Place- Chas Guldemond
3rd Place- Scott Vine

and the winners in the Women's Finals are...
1st Place- Desiree Melancon
2nd Place- Marie Hucal
3rd Place- Raewyn Reid

Scott Vine brought home Best Trick. Congratulations riders! Additional Heavy Hitters were Ben Bogart, Scott Stevens, Louif Paradis, Bode Merill, Keegan Valaika, Leanne Pelosi, Elise Borelli, Nick Dirks, Zak Hale and Tim Eddy. J.P Walker, Seth Huot and Hana Beaman were chillin' at Bear and Josh Sherman and Dave Duncan were announcing! If you missed Hot Dawgz this year, we'll see you next September! Big ups to Nam for organizing the afterparty, DJ Slip Matt and Matty Mo held it done hard. If you aint heard Matty Mo got a new mixtape out so be sure to Grab Government Cheese Vol 1. 

THE BLOCK BOOTCAMP 2008

Has been rescheduled to December 1st -13th in South Lake Tahoe. We are selecting 50 lucky recruits from an applicant pool of over 500+ that I received. It has been no easy task going through the applications, so if you were selected congratulations you will be receiving your deployment orders at the end of the week!  Remember that during bootcamp you will be tested to your physical and mental limits. So do yourself a favor and start working out and jogging now. This is not going to be a walk in the park. 

Knock on Wood

Who wants to see some sick snowboarding action for cheap?! Well, South Lake Tahoe based First Tracks Productions is offering a special deal to friends of The Block. If you click on the following link, you'll get to a hidden page on First Tracks' site where you can purchase their new movie, "Knock on Wood" for $10 off retail! http://firsttracksproductions.com/knockonwood091317257375.html If you haven't seen the trailer for Knock on Wood, check it out for free here:

Upcoming Events

Big Bear

October 18th is the last Bear Mountain Job Fair at Snow Summit from 8am-2pm. If you got to ride Bear and cant pass the bootcamp, this is a good option for any shredder.

October 18th and 19th is the 38th Annual Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest! So if you missed the job fair you can atleast Drink it off.

October 19th @ Active Ride Shop in Le Brea - F.O.D.T. Presents "Familia"  and TWS These Days from 7-9pm with DJ Episode! Be there!

Lake Tahoe


Wednesday Oct 15th  Technine's own Eric "MessyHair" Messier aka The Snow Man, will be playing with his group "The Fiz" at Whiskey Dicks with The Mathematicians in South Lake Tahoe.
THE FIZ KILL IT!!! DO NOT MISS!

This Thursday and Every Thursday BAR24 is holding Battle of The Bands until a winner is announced on November 6th, so get down their and show your support!
Every Tues and THURS - Bar 24 is the place to be!

Saturday, Oct 18th – Late Nite productions brings the Original Wailers back to Tahoe at Moe's Place.
The Wailers!

Wednesday Oct 22nd – Collie Buddz  is playing at Whiskey Dicks with Rise of the Revolution and DJ Pee Wee.  Rise kills it so sure to get there early and check em out!
im blind to you HATERZ

Wednesday Nov 12th – Pato Banton with the Mystic Roots Band and Planting Seeds! Mystic Roots is dope and Pato got love for THE BLOCK so don't miss this show!
Pato w/ Mystic Roots

Friday November 14th – Finger on Da Trigger presents "Familia" Premiere at Bar24, signing with the Technine Team, Snowbunny Contest, Live Performances by the worlds top VJ; DJ Crime,  Hip Hop by Concise Kilgore from the Cali Agents and more TBA Lots of other bar24 contests for lots of SWAG and giveaways! Be sure you are there!
Fri. Nov 14th Bar24

Saturday November 15th – The Premiere and the team travel to the Sandbar in Sacramento. We got a Snowbunny contest with the Déjà vu Girls and Zsu Swimwear, a Rail Jam in the back, T9 Team Signing and so much more so be there!!!
NOV 15th - Sacramento - Sandbar

Tuesday Nov 18th – One Block Radius come to town, Marty James, MDA and Z-Man throw a tough show, pickup there new hit "you got me" and come to the show.
One Block Radius

Friday November 28th – Del The Funky Homosapien has been add to host the "Blizzard" Pray for Snow Party with A-Plus and Bukue-one! So mark this one down cuz its going to GO OFF in Tahoe that weekend!
BLIZZARD PARTY @ VEX

Saturday December 28th– "How The Grouch Stole Christmas" with Grouch and Eli from the Living Legends! I am looking forward to this show the most! So get up on game and go buy his new album that came this past spring and be sure to celebrate X-mas with the GROUCH!!!
Snowboarding in Tahoe and THE Grouch! X-Mas is going to off the
HOOK!!

Ok that's all I got for ya for now, I am working a bringing a "Familia" premiere to Vegas as well as planning THE BLOCK PARTY 2009 at the SIA Tradeshow. More info when I got it all confirmed but until then, Pray for Snow and see you on THE BLOCK!


-Dirty D from THE BLOCK


PS Check out these Videos:
Live From the PALMS Pools and Bungalows - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru3vhbtu7tI
Live From Hot Dawgs and Handrails - http://reelcomp.com/videos/view/6990

Published On: 10/13/2008
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    Colonies has been down for a long ass time now.... anyone thats been around long enough knows that its been down before and it wont be the last time. Anyways, the latest few months have been pretty good for me as I've been on so many freakin' snowboard.com vacations!

      Starting off the season was 36 hours of Keystone back in Nov/Dec. Insane amount of drinking and partying to offset the lack of snow. Anyone who thinks they've partied hard needs to come out to 36 hour this year... by that time I should be living out there!! Woo!
19 people packed in a condo is pretty intense along with massive amounts of alcohol. What a treat. I've never partied so hard in my life.. and trust me, I have done some f*ckin partyin' kids. Honestly I could talk about 36 forever If I remembered half the shi*t that happened... I was tanked. I met a lot of people that I've known for years thanks to snowboard.com and Daff is insane for booking that shi*t overnight!

       So in between trips Ive been partying at home drinking every weekend and spending money like its going outta style, realizing that I really hate Michigan. Once a super fun state cuz of my passion for the automotive field, Its about gone now. I guess cuz I've now taken my hobby as a job I really lose the fun factor to all the bullshi*t involved with having a job.

      Uhm well on to my next trip which was back to Colorado, A mini trip with some long time friends, and a solid snowboarding trip to offset the lack of riding I did at 36. A-mazing dude! Breckenridge and Vail= Sex. Best snowboarding trip I've ever been on... and probably the first time Whit, Kristi, and Kevin have ever seen me completely naked due to the fact that I did forget my swim trunks. Ah whatever. I made their fantasies come true.

      So again back in Michigan with a solid feeling, dude I'm 100% sure I want to be in Colorado for good by the end of the summer this year. No ones making any money right now, me included! Lame but, I think I can make it work. So that wraps up Feb and I did forget to mention.. My Freakin b-day was Feb 3rd.. but it wasnt a big deal.

 Aright now... I've known Becka (smsbrdr) forever! Prolly like 4 or 5 yrs now and meeting her at 36 hr, I realized dude.. this chick is freakin cool as hell. We were talking a bit and what do ya know.. all these years she lives 3 god damn hours from me. Sick... I've NEVER been to Canada! So yeah Kyle (BushyV1) also realizing, what an opportunity, decides he's in for this one. Canada is pretty boring when yur driving through it. Haha the only thing that saved us from turning around was the fact that Becka and Oli were ready to kick some ass and take some names at the bar later that night! We did some pretty intense drinking! I even got to choose which chick I wanted to hook up with. I won't get into that any further haha.. lets just say I shouldn't drink so much. Becka and Oli are freakin great. I don't think they realized just how loony I am though... Here I am changing lives and spreadin' the love Beesh! Kyle drives like shi*t, but after this trip I gotta respect the guy more. He did perform oral sex on me while he was driving. It was the worst road head I've ever had but, impressive none the less. Haha jokes. Don't kill me Kyle. OH! So the show me yur boobs sign... haha no boobs were shown but, I did get a middle finger! Awesome... maybe she likes melbatoast better.

        So yeah I just got back from Canada today.. It was awesome! Totally weird though.. I had like 24 bucks in change in my pocket. Someone should have told me they have 2 dollar coins. Ah.. and that chick at the bar with a skull on her skirt.. My god do I wanna nail her... she was f*ckin hot!

       Not gonna say I love any trip over the other, each one was different in their own ways, what I can say though, We Snowboard.commers love to drink some f*ckin alcohol. I can't wait to see what I get myself into next. I'm really interested in meeting more of my friends! I have yet to be disappointed by anyone, well besides the fat chick I met off here... I dislike her mucho. Dude.. holy shi*t.. if you read this whole thing.. You must really want to f*ck me, you Beesh! Playa playa big balla fo shizzle you guys just keep it real because I f*cking love you motor boatin sum beeshes!

       



Published On: 3/16/2008
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My Blog: casi exams!
By: JibMonkey


passed my lv 1 casi carving exam today and i have my park course over the next 2 days so fingers crossed.

then im taking my lv 2 on march 17th so lots of work to be done !

then ill set my sights on lv 3 most likely next season!


Published On: 3/5/2008
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It's 7 in the morning, on the 6th of February and my cell goes off. Its my mom, "Good luck on your trip. Take care!" "Thanks mom, Call you when we get there!" I get out of one of the rest rooms at Remi's place go on his computer to check the various weather sites for the trip. It doesn't look good. Snowfall warnings for the Pine Pass, the very route we must take to our destination, Powderking. Lance and Remi both agree, we must go, we'll beat out the weather and it'll work out. Marc's parents on the other hand aren't so sure. So our Fantastic 4 has now been cut to The Thunderous 3, we aren't happy losing Marc, but the show must go on. So we're on the road by 10:00 in my mini-van with our boards in the Thule and our gear and booze and other stuff in the back. We get to Dawson Creek around noon. Lance picks up a Warstiener Keg at a Liquor store, and we go for lunch at Rockwell's. What a lunch! Such a nice little restaurant with flat-screens a fireplace and free pool, but the food is really what sets it apart. (Best burger I've ever had!) So we continue on, the weather is still blue skies until we hit the Hausler turn-off which is a half-hour past Chetwyne. Its snowing.. pretty hard. I put in my orange-lensed driving sun-glasses. We make it through the pass no problem, all the way to Mackenzie, where we check in at the Willingston Lake Lodge. I call Marc's parents and my own to tell them we made it ok. So we unload our stuff and play some Guitar Hero than go hit Little Mac (The local in-town hill) So we ride a bit, and get a tip about Wing Night at the Legion, so we go there for supper. than we go back to our room, have a couple of beers and call it a day. In the last 24 hours before we got there it snowed 50 cm! We got another 30 while we were there.)

So we get up at 7:30. We get ready and out the door by 8:30. We stop at 7-11 to pick up some Poweraid and other stuff for the day. The temp is -24 with a windchill that makes it feel like -35 on the mountain. But at least theres lots of powder! Almost to much! Every time you fell, it was a battle to get up, since you couldn't touch bottom! So we ride the morning and meet up with the staff of our local hill. (Little Smoky Ski Hill) We have a sick time slashing pow and I get frostbite on my cheeks and fingers, nothing too serious. So we drive back to Mackenzie, hit the local hill again, meet some locals at the hill. Than its closing time and Remi says to me, "I wanna go down the road." "Ok, I'll give you a start push... with the van!" So he gets infront and I send him down the hill, sparks blazing from the odd gravel he hits with his edges. I follow him down. When I get to him, he says "I want those 2 mins. back." I guess it wasn't that fun. So we get back to the Hotel, when my phone rings. "Where are you?" the voice says, I don't recognize. "MacKenzie..." "I know that! Eric's wondering if your coming over to party or not?!" Its Shantel, now I know! "Soon, alright?" "Alright, bye!" so we head over, with our Keg and when we get there, it seems the party has already started. Clem the Hill manager, has already had a few Bud. So we crack the Keg, and have a few with Clem. Before you know it, we empty the thing. So we party there till we get a noise complaint and we decide to jet. Steph and Jocelyn (Sorry if I spelt it wrong! I suck at French!) come back to our Hotel to keep partying. So we have 8 more beers and play Guitar Hero, than out of nowheres, a HUGE pillow fight erupts!!! Its so epic, that we total the room! Mattresses off the beds, crooked paintings, clothes everywheres!! The only thing still clean is the bathroom! So I take the girls back to there Hotel and in turn go to bed when I get back to mine.

So we get up at 7:30 to the radio. We turn on the boob tube to the weather network, -23 with a windchill for the day! Yay... awww crap, the Keg was upside down all night and it leaked on to the bench leaving a big puddle of beer on it, along with making our coupons for our lifts soggly and smelling like beer. But we use them anyways. So we head out and hit P.K. for another day. Total Fun-fest! We freeze our faces off and choke on 3 feet of powder, Skittlely-doo! A good time all round. Another cold Champagne day in the memories of glory and fortune of shred trips. So we get back to Mackenzie and hit the local hill again. At the closing of the hill that night, two girls that we've seen at the hill every night that we've been there come up to me and Remi, and introduce themselves. So we start talking to them and they ask us where we're from and where we're staying. So we finish up our convo, and say goodbye to the two ladies (Which I thought were quite cute.) and go back to our Hotel. We tell Lance of our encounter, and he informs us that they were hitting on us, and it never occured to either of us. I kicked myself for the rest of the night. Than we have some eats and go to our room and relax till its nod off time again.

We get up the next day. Its our rest day, we get out of bed around 11:00. We get lunch at Subway, go to Video Gallery where we rent Robin Williams on Broadway and I buy Tenaicious D and Transformers and we watch Robin Williams than go to hit the local hill, which we find out is closed for the day, but we go and ride it anyways. Lance and Remi ride off the Little Mac's chalet roof, and we Destroy 12 cans of Lucky in Various ways. (Which I had bought for Marc, but myself could never drink.) We hit there box a couple times than me and Remi ride it down the Hill as a Bobsled before leaving. We put everything back tho, I like that little hill. So for supper we go get Chinese, head back to the room, watch Tenacious D and pack up for the next day.

So we get up on the bright. Pick up all our stuff and pack it into the van. We fuel up on gas and food at the 7-11 before we leave Mackenzie for the last day of our trip. We get to P.K., our last day, the nicest day weatherwise, going from -19 in the morning to -11 when we leave. So on our first run, near the top of the mountain, just above Satisfaction, we crack our last 3 beers and cheers the trip. Damn god beers, and we get donw to business. We take full advantage of the day. We ride steady all day, right to the end. We hit some of the best powder and jumps that day. I don't think I could have frowned even if my dog had died that day. It was just that awesome! So we head through the pass. without incondent. Unlike the 3 Semi's we saw in the ditch. So we get to Dawson Creek for supper. We stop at Rockwell's my new favorite restaurant. We have steak and wings and onion rings, and it rocked! So we get to Remi's by 10:00. Tired, but glad we had gone on the trip. So we had a group hug and said our goodbyes. Another Kick-ass trip in my books. Powderking, is a special place, forever part of my heart and my joy. Thank you for being a place of good memories.

P.S: The next day, a massive avalanche takes out the Pine Pass, which we travelled through the day before. Closing it for 3 days. We lucked out, and it feels good!!! LoL! Peace and Powder my Friends!



Published On: 3/5/2008
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Jeez what a day. We used up our free tickets for Brule today.  The day started off looking pretty good. 1-2" of fresh powder and snowing on and off. The trails were realy slow. So we figured they would speed up when the powder got packed down a bit. It got faster alright. The only problem was once the powder was packed, it exposed all the ICE under it. There was patchy exposed ice is the worst possible spots. Injuries due from the ice: banged up left and right knee, left shoulder, and a believe I have a slight case of whiplash. I can't move my neck much. My son Nate broke his pinky finger. But it was OK cause he pulled his first 3 off a small jump. Bottom line was conditions were bad. They need more snow.

Published On: 2/9/2008
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If I could have just one wish,
I would wish to wake up everyday
to the sound of your breath on my neck,
the warmth of your lips on my cheek,
the touch of your fingers on my skin,
and the feel of your heart beating with mine...
Knowing that I could never find that feeling
with anyone other than you.



Published On: 2/9/2008
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Still Feels Good

Ooo, Ooo, Ooo-come on,
Still feels good-oh,oh,oh

That old t-shirt you wear to bed
Hangin' off your shoulder by a thread
The one you ripped off me when
we first met
Still feels good

That old familiar song blarin'
from my car
We know every note, every word
by heart
Puts a smile on your face 'cause
you know it's ours
And it still feels good

CHORUS
Your fingers hooked around
my belt loops
Leanin' up against my ride
Remember that first time I touched you
It doesn't matter-I've held you a
million times
Oh, and it still feels good

We made some crazy plans, had some
crazy dreams
And now that we've reached
a few you would think
That it would get old to you and me
But it still feels good, still feels good

Repeat Chorus

Oh, your fingers hooked around
my belt loops
Leanin' up against my ride
Remember the first time I touched you
It doesn't matter, I've held you-
I've touched you
I've felt you-I've loved you-
and it still feels good

Yeah and it still feels good, baby
Yeah, it still feeld good-yeah, yeah, yeah
Still feels good
Still feels good, baby

Published On: 1/5/2008
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 Self Portrait - Grouse Mountain
 
Full name:
Gonzalo Tudela (AKA Gonzo)


Equipment:
Canon 1D Mark II N
Canon 1VHS
EF 15mm F2.8 Fisheye
EF 17-40mm F4L
EF 50mm F1.8
EF 70-200mm F2.8L
3x Vivitar 285HV
2003 Skidoo Summit 800

For the kids at home, what do they need to know if they want to become a professional photographer?
Never give up.  This industry is really tough, brutal sometimes, and people will toss you around like yesterday’s garbage.  If you’re not a strong person who will stick to their guns (especially about payment) it’s not the industry for you.  More and more companies are getting free shots out there from the “kid who just bought a digital SLR”, and it’s ruining the industry.
Think of it this way.  You’ve invested x amount of money in camera gear, x amount of time refining your style, x amount of time getting and editing photos, why shouldn’t you be paid fairly for it?  Do they get a paycheck? Do they pay for a dentist? They’re doing work just like you are.  You need to stick to your guns about being paid.  Don’t be the person who degrades the photo industry by giving away photos for free, if not, you’ll be stuck starving on the side of the street while some company has a slick new looking website.

 

Paul Welters - Mount Washington


What are some career high lights for you?
Every time I get out into the backcountry a feeling of Euphoria overcomes me.  The hour or so it usually takes to get to the alpine with the constant “braaaaaaaap” from a sled is actually quite calming.  I rather throw in ear plugs than headphones.

Who do you enjoy working most with?
I think I enjoy shooting the most with one of my best friends Aaron Shapiro.  He reminds me of a Tom Penny for snowboarding.  Basically, whenever I’m out shooting with him, he’s just riding, and you can see it on his face.  Whether he’s in front of a camera on a bluebird day or in front of me doing pow slashes in fog, he’s not out to prove anything, he’s out to have fun.  If you watch his style, you’ll see what I’m talking about.  It’s like he uses the mountain as a skate park, and just destroys it every time.  9 times out of 10, I’ll be ripping around with him and he’ll do something that’ll blow my mind and I’ll say “Give me an hour to go home and get my camera gear so we can shoot that”.


Eman Anderson - Vancouver, BC


What are some the challenges you find working with snowboarding instead of a studio?
My fingers get really cold, and I mean really cold.  That and changing angles is usually a lot tougher than people imagine.  Sometimes you have scale the side of a mountain that could take over an hour just to get a certain viewpoint.  Half a dozen times it doesn’t work out.  One thing I’ve learned is that you want to shoot your wide angle shots 2nd, and your telephotos first.  That way, there are no foot prints around the jumps from you walking around trying to find the right spot.


What are your favourite magazines?
Magazine’s are really a funny thing with me.  I have a subscription to snowboarder, I buy every issue of SBC off the shelves (from a local snowboard shop to support them), and I usually buy some issues of Future, Transworld, and Snowboard Mag when I’m shopping for groceries.  Truth be told, I never really read any of them.  I’m really weird that way, I have over 300 magazines, some dating back to the 90’s, but I’ve maybe read like 10% of them?  I usually use them for the eye candy.  I flip through them a few times and pick out the photos I like.  Remember them, and file the magazines away for a rainy day.
Images speak louder than words in my head, and technique plays a huge part in my mind.  9 times out of 10 when I see a photo I like, whether it’s technically sound or creatively genius, I go straight to the photographer credits to see who it is.  It’s kind of funny; most snowboarders can pick out a rider from their sponsors and their style.  I can pick out some photographers based on their lighting and composition.  There are the seasoned vets who absolutely kill it with every photo like “Yup, that’s a Zapalac photo”.


Myrosha Daley - Hemlock Valley Resort
 
Who do you think are the best photographers from last year?
There are so many that have, and will always stick out in my mind, whether or not they shoot snowboarding is another thing.  Here they are in no particular order:
Ian Ruther, Tim Zimmerman, Jordan Manley, Crispin Canon, Jon Scarth, Danny Zapalac, Andy Wright, Jeff Curtes, Kevin Zacher, Dorothea Lange, Cole Barash, Colin Adair, Blotto, Jess Mooney, Oli Gagnon, Jordana Meilleur, Russel Brown, Dano Pendygrasse, Dice K Maru, Scott Serfas, Ansel Adams, David Lachapelle, Annie Lebovitz, Charles Garcia, Owen, Jimmy Greeley, Jon Kirby.  There are some not mentioned, but that’s because I can’t brain fart them all out at once. 

What started you in photography?
My friend Mike from elementary school bought a Yashica FM SLR and I was fascinated by the split focus screen.  It just boggled my mind on how the damn thing worked.  So, after playing with focus for a solid 4 hours (with no film in there) I forgot about cameras for a good 2 years.  Then one summer I made friends with this crazy Mexican who was in town with his family for a month.  Their parents bought a new camera, and gave me their old one. (a nice wall mart special point and shoot).  I began shooting wall mart film on this point and shoot of me and my friends skating.  That phased out after I ran out of money.  I mean, for a 10 year old kid, $10 a roll with processing wasn’t really worth 24 photos.
So high school came along, and I made friends with a guy named Eric, and one day he showed me his Grandpa’s old camera.  And that’s what did it.  After I picked up that Minolta X-GM with a split focus screen, all I wanted to do was take pictures with it.  So, after a $200 shutter repair to the camera, I borrowed it for about 2 years and made every mistake you could possibly make with an SLR.  I then went back to my friend Mike to get some help and learned a few things, and borrowed his flash for a solid 6 years.  I finally gave the camera back to Eric and went out to buy my very first digital SLR, a Canon 20D.

What was the moment that made you decide that you wanted to take photos of snowboarders as a career choice?
The very first time I sent a photo to Colin Adair.  He was the nicest dude I had ever dealt with, and after I sent him a preview jpg, he asked for the RAW right away.  I sent it to him and kept pressing the refresh button for like 30 minutes until I heard back from him.  I got word they were going to run the shot in the upcoming issue.  But 2 weeks later, I got an email saying it wasn’t going to run, but that he wanted to see more in the future.  It didn’t matter to me that they weren’t going to run it, the only thing that mattered was that someone actually kind of liked a photo of mine.  It became my mission to impress this dude who worked at SBC.
Later on that year I get an invite email to the 24/36, and decided to do it.  When I picked up the roll of film and stuck it in my camera I had decided that this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.  I have an extreme obsession over snowboarding and love for photography that this just seemed to be the right thing to do.

What's a perfect working day for you?
Having a Leica rangefinder with 3 rolls of TMAX 3200 in my pocket shredding pow with some close friends.  But I have to go buy a Leica first…

What is a favourite photo of yours that has not been published?  What's the story behind it?
The shot of Myrosha Daley I have here on Mount Seymour.  I just like how everything is in the red/orange hue and you can see the oil tankers in the Burrard Inlet.  It’s one of those things that everything was going wrong that day, and my flash kept mis-firing.  I crossed my fingers and told Myrosha to drop in.

Myrosha Daley - Mount Seymour


What is one of your favourite photos in general?  What's the story behind it?
Probably my favorite photo of all time is a photo done by Dorothea Lange called “White Angel Bread Line”.  It’s a photo taken in 1932 during the depression era near her studio in San Francisco.  There was a wealthy woman known as “White Angel” who set up a breadline to help cope with the 14 million unemployed in the country.  The photo is very simple, yet extremely powerful and has always stuck out in my mind that there are people less fortunate out there, and that I have to live my life to the fullest and be thankful for everything I have and work for.  Here’s a link for the photo: http://www.gtphoto.ca/whiteangel.jpg

Your name is not too common, do you find you get a lot of different reactions from people?
Oh ya.  Tons of people never believe me when I say “Hey, I’m Gonzo”.  They think I’m making up some nick name or trying to avoid telling them my real name.  Sometimes, when I’m really lucky, chicks dig the name.  They think it’s cool and hot, two things I definitely lack.  There is a disadvantage though.  Everyone remembers your name, and it’s hard to remember all the Jons and Nicks out there.  Usually I remember someone by their face, and not their name.

Shout outs?
I hate shout outs.


Aaron Shapiro - Grouse Mountain


Published On: 1/4/2008
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My Blog: Finally!!!
By: goghie


15.12.'07. 05:35 PM

Looks like my first "day on snow" this year is coming, it's snowing a lot!!! And it's going to continue, at least that's what forecasts say... *Keep fingers crossed* Temperature is low too, everything is frozen...
I can feel adrenaline rushing through me when I just think of riding... Can't wait to start, really!!!
Well, I can just wait for snow to stop falling and hope that temperature won't jump high like last time and ruin everything... I'll trust forecasters and keep thinking that this is going to be a great season after all, that's me, always optimistic, until truth hits me in the head well, that's it for now, and you guys don't forget to support me and vote for my design, link is still in my profile, and this heat ends on New Year's Eve, so gimme some points

Published On: 12/15/2007
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Last year we got a whopping 10 inches of snow in the month of December.. This year we've got over 5 feet and still falling!!!  With a Nor'Easter set to hit on Sunday.. How much snow is anyone's guess..   It all depends on which way the wind "blows".. Usually though when that beloved word is thrown around the snow accumulation is in feet and not inches.. Last year it was 4 feet in one day...  I've got my fingers crossed that we get freakin DUMPED on!!!   
 
I'm definitely greedy when it comes to powder..    LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW!! 


Published On: 12/12/2007
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   So I wake up on the 24th to the song "Life In The Fast Lane" by The Steve Miller Band. My dad is obviously up and started on the renovations upstairs. Me being the stylish one preferred to sleep in but my dad had other plans. "Fix the table saw, do the electrical, than we need to set in the counter top on the island." he says to me as I lay mindless in my bed. So I get up and do my First 2 jobs with little problems. Its about +2 outside and raining with a bit of snow mixed in. Its shi*tty. So we get around to the counter top and it takes us 4 hours to get it just right. but in those 4 hours the weather got cold and the rain turned to straight snow. It fell heavy and I knew the gang was setting something up at Alicia's Farmhouse so I grab my jib gear, my light and my generator and head on out. Its only a 5 min. drive 2 Alicia's but the weather had changed so much that, add in my Ford Taurus-waggons bald tires, I missed almost every turn! It took more along the lines of 15 mins! So I FINALLY get there and its snowin' like crazy. So they take me out to the jib and there it is, A tabletop built with a six pack of straw-bails and snow pushed up by a tractor with a blade on the front. Its not huge, about 15 feet (gap) from lip-to-landing. I'm totally not prepared for it. A quad tow-in, need Goggles and Bandanna with a thicker jacket. Where are they, you ask? AT HOME! So I jump back in my car, it snowed an inch since I got there! So I go back home and grab my shi*t. I'm heading back and what do ya know, I can't make it up my hill! Theres to much snow for my bald tires to get through, so I do a Slow-mo Rockford And header home. I get to the bottom of the hill at my driveway, I miss it completely and hit the ditch on the far side. So I walk down my kilometre-long drive way back to my house to collect the posse and get my waggon unstuck. So we get it unstuck, and I, feeling defeated by the weather and unable to jib I unloaded my stuff. Just when I thought all hope of having a fun weekend jib was lost, Marc calls me up, I tell him my situation and he says "Don't worry I'll come and get you, we shall jib even if it kills us!" and I say "OK" so he picks me and my gear up in Alicia's dad's Dodge Crew cab Diesel and off we go to the jib. So we get there and we set up the lighting for the jump and footage taking. We use 2 halogen lights hooked up to the generator, plus tractor and truck lights. As we get into the sesh, Marc pulls a 3 followed by a Backflip-180, almost lands it but... Woaw! That hangs a few jaws. That cranks the gnar up a notch! So Curtis (New-schooler Skier, our only skier buddy) starts throwing Backflips and Lincolns (He didn't land much but it was awesome to watch!) So I step up, method, and Slow 180 didn't stick either. Than I go for a frontflip, I get invert and.... BANG!!! LANDING!!! I stick it.... Directly on my head! Man that hurt! I still have neck pains. So I go 1 more time, lookin' for a 540 but as luck would have it I catch a funny edge and air totally off the jump, crashing down beside the landing, narrowly missing the shovels and boards lying there. Man, I'm lucky! So the night ends around 12:30ish, we go inside and go over the footage before we hit the sac. And as always, there is a lack of beds, so me and Curtis buddy up and share a double, and we are not small people. We awake to the site of whiteness coming in through the window. Its still snowing. Alot. Curtis stole all the blankets during the night and even had enough audacity to throw one on the ground instead of giving it to me. What a jerk! Its about noon and we are about to go jib when Curtis's mom shows up to bring him to a buddies to go hit up a Metal Show, so we're down one jibber. So we head out, hit it up and end it with a group hug and frozen fingers. A fine jib for the weekend. Marc drops me off at the top of my Valley because I know for a fact that the weather has turned it into "The Pit of No Return." So after I guide him in his 18 point turn, we say our goodbyes as he disappears into the blizzardy darkness, I make my way down on a blind shred to my house. I hike my driveway, get inside the porch and I eat some pizza. The Perfect way to end a Perfect weekend. Thanks Winter, so far so good.


Published On: 11/28/2007
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You might be a redneck if…

 

*You've ever vacationed in a rest area.

*Your belt buckle is bigger than your head.

*You think paprika is a third-world country.

*You refer to the fifth grade as "my senior year".

*Your checks feature pictures of dogs fighting.

*Your muffler is held on by a coat hanger.

*Going to the bathroom in the middle of the night requires shoes and a flashlight.

*Bikers back down from your mama

*Your bicycle has a gun rack.

*After removing the empty beer cans from your car you find you get fifteen more miles to the gallon.

*Directions to your house include "turn off the paved road"

*You wet the bed and four other people immediately know it.

*You actually know what kind of leaves make the best substitute for toilet paper.

*Your father encourages you to quit school because Larry has an opening at the oil shop.

*The neighbors have ever asked to borrow the light bulb.

*Your wife keeps a can of Vienna sausage in her purse.

*Your wife can climb a tree faster than your cat.

*You hold a frog and it worries about getting warts.

*You have to take the entire day off to get your teeth cleaned.

*You offer to give somebody the shirt off your back and they don't want it.

*You ever listed fuzzy dice on an insurance claim.

*Your trolling motor used to be a fan in a barber shop.

*You list tick removal as a skill on your resume.

*You use an ironing board as a knick-knack shelf.

*You think the Battle of the Bulge is an argument between your wife and your mother.

*You've ever driven around looking for your porch roof after a bad storm.

*Your nicest towels say, "Motel 6".  

*The photo on your driver's license includes your dog.

*You've been too drunk to fish.

*You've had to remove a toothpick for wedding pictures.

*You ever used a weed-eater indoors.

*You have a rag for a gas cap (on a car that does run).

*You go to the family reunion to pick up on women.

*You have to go outside to get something out of the 'fridge.

*Your idea of a 7 course meal is a bucket of KFC and a six-pack.

*Someone asks to see your ID and you show them your belt buckle.

*You have lost at least one tooth opening a beer bottle.

*Jack Daniel's makes your list of "most admired people".

*You won't stop at a rest area if you have an empty beer bottle in the car.

*Your wife has a beer belly and you find it attractive.

*You consider a three piece suit to be: a pair of overalls, a plaid flannel shirt and thermal underwear.

*When you leave your house, you are followed by federal agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the only thing you worry about is if you can lose them or not.

*You have a house that is mobile and 13 cars that aren’t

*Your gene pool doesn't have a "deep end."

*Your huntin' dog cost more than the truck you drive him around in.

*You think that safe sex is a padded headboard on the water-bed.

*It's Easier to spray weed killer on your lawn than mow it.

*You think that John Deere Green, Ford Blue, and Primer Gray are the three primary colors.

*Your idea of talking during sex is "Ain't no cars coming, baby!"

*Taking your wife on a cruise means circling the Dairy Queen.

*You think the last words to The Star Spangled Banner are "Gentlemen, start your engines."

*You think God looks a lot like Hank Williams, Jr., and heaven looks a lot like Daytona Beach, Florida.

*You believe dual air bags refer to your wife and mother-in-law.

*Your father executes the "pull my finger" trick during Christmas dinner.

*You were acquitted for murdering your first wife after she threw out your Elvis 45's.

*You've got more than one brother named 'Darryl'.

*The people on Jerry Springer's show remind you of your neighbors.

*You've been married three times and still have the same in-laws.

*You lit a match in the bathroom and your house exploded right off it's wheels.

*You carried a fishing pole into Sea World.

*Your sister is the third generation of women in your family to conceive a baby as a result of an alien abduction.

*You think subdivision is part of a math problem.

*You think there's nothing wrong with incest as long as you keep it in the family.

*You can get dog hair from out of your belly button.

*You can't get married to your sweetheart ‘cause there is a law against it.

*The beer can collection in the town museum is the big tourist attraction.

*You can change the oil in your truck without ducking your head.

*You think "loading the dishwasher" means getting your wife drunk.

*You take a load to the dump and bring back more than you took.

*You believe that beef jerky and beer are two of the major food groups.

*You let your thirteen-year-old daughter smoke at the dinner table in front of her kids.

*You keep empty beer cans in your fridge for your friends that don't drink.

*You think a woman who is "out of your league" bowls on a different night.

*You think taking a bubble bath starts with eating alot of beans for dinner.



Published On: 11/14/2007
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