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My Blog: Summertime By: rifraffe
It is hot today, but not raining. Anyone down for some skating? Published On: 6/29/2009 Add/View Comments (0)

My Journal: Broken!
By: cazza21

After 3 days of fabulous powder, great lines, amazing trees, some natural jibs and a few drops, I was sooooooo stoked on snowboarding. I decided to take a day off because my knee was feeling fragile.... i'm not good at sitting still so ended up going figure skating... and wrecked my knee. I know that if i had been riding or doing anything else that day i would have probably injured it anyways.

But now I am at home, and it's another 20cm day. ah well, at least there is NCAA basketball to keep me busy!!

Published On: 3/20/2009

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Snowboard.com News: Spain Story
By: Snowboard.com

Spain Story

Written by Clayton Larsen

Robjn Taylor is gonna hate me for starting the story like this because every snowboard trip story does, but… When I was first told about a trip to Spain my first reaction, and I think it’s shared by many, was “ there’s places to ride in Spain?”. So not really knowing what to expect I headed off with, Brendan Keenan, Andrew Geeves, Ryan Tiene, Chris Rasman, John Scarth documenting it photographically and Gerhard Gross organizing and writing the story for Snowboard Canada. After a long flight with many delays, a game of rental van tetras with our bags, a long drive on the skinniest and most windy road where rules didn’t seem to apply, we arrived in Baqueria Beret. I was quick to realize two things; there were massive resorts to ride and beer was 45 euro cents a can! We met up with the Spain DC team manager Hugo Morales and an Argentinean filmer Martin and they gave us a tour of the resort. They were having a bad snow year so we couldn’t take full advantage for the vast terrain but the riders got creative and wewere able to get some great stuff. We were about to leave Spain and go to Andorra in search of snow when the manager of the local bar, Pacha’s, said they were going to get a lot of snow over night. To be honest I didn’t believe him but sure enough when we woke up it was dumping, so we hit the streets. We were able to ride through the streets of the village we stayed in, where some buildings dated back to the 1700’s. After about two weeks of traveling and riding the resorts, we were happy with the amount of footage and photos we had compiled, so we headed to Barcelona. We spent a couple days there skating some famous spots and partying like the loud obnoxious tourists we were. Spaghette!

one of our connections was in Frankfurt where they have a bio dome and grow giant grass… and they sell beer in there too

Frankfurt Airport… when in Germany

The village we stayed in before it snowed

The church in the village

Tiene and Rasman hanging at the damn

All we ate were these pig legs… one at each meal

After filling up on pig leg we checked out the local bar were things don’t really get going till about 5am… seriously

Tiene is just stoked to be here man

Brendan Getting X on the toboggan

Geeves getting into the Euro Style

Shreddin the village

Published On: 4/7/2008

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News and Stuff: MGT SUMMER SESSIONS!
By: MGTSnowboardCamp

SUMMER SESSIONS

Register now HERE

COLD RUSH
August 8th-24th, 2008

MGT BIG MOUNTAIN SESSIONS AT SASS: Why get a tan when you could be getting Gnar with MGT in South America this Summer. MGT is teaming up with South America Snow Sessions for the MGT Big Mountain Session in Bariloche, Argentina. With winter in full swing and big dumps daily, this session is designed for the girl who wants to get really good at hitting backcountry jumps, shredding the trees, riding big mountain lines, and dominating the park. This camp crushes it, The MGT crew gets daily Spanish lessons, an amazing cultural experience, professional coaching, and a whole lot o chocolate. This session is 18 full days of sick snowboarding, meeting friends, learning Spanish, and spreading the shred worldwide with MGT and SASS.

SUMMER SLUSH
August 7th-14th, 2008

MGT SESSION AT HCSC: Better than Band camp: High Cascade+ MGT Snowboard Camp= More Good Times. The MGT Girls Session at High Cascade is droppin’ in Session 6. With a staff of some of the best hot-doggers in the biz, including Leanne Pelosi, Marie-France Roy, Spencer O’Brien, and many others, MGT plans to tear it up south of the boarder on one of the best summer terrain parks on this planet. High Cascade Snowboard Camp in Mt.Hood, Oregon offers some serious summer park shredding to get girls amped to shred while hammering out a new bag o’ tricks. Filling the schedule with some serious boardin’, skating, Singstar sessions, dodge ball, and tons of other banger activies ,HCSC and MGT getting down to biz to make sure campers are get really, really good this summer. Get your, cobra dogs, volcano cones , and your summer snow fix at the HCSC MGT Girls Session this Summer.

Published On: 4/6/2008

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My Blog: DH By: gbh2oRider
Rode DH on Saturday. It was nice in the morning. In the afternoon it turned into a skating rink. My riding sucked in the afternoon. The ice didn't help matters any. I drank way too much the night before. The slight hangover didn't help either. Not my best day. O but I got my first grab. yea Published On: 2/24/2008 Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: Unsure...
By: MountainGirl

They have almost 70 new cm of snow at seymour in the last 48 hours, but they are calling for rain (not just showers, RAIN) all day on the hill. I don't know if I want to haul my ass all the way up there to try to "carve" (hahaha, boy do I use that word loosely) down icy runs. In fact, is that even possible? It would be more like skating, I think, and i really don't feel like breaking anything this early in the season.

The thing is I also really want to be able to get out there this weekend. I haven't been in a week and it has done nothing but puke snow on the mountain. Damn this 9-5 job. how the hell are you supposed to be able to take advantage of the winter season when you're stuck inside all the time?

Published On: 1/12/2008

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Snowboard.com News: Photographer Interview with Gonzalo Tudela
By: Snowboard.com

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: dont worry im gettin more pics and vids By: Ride.com
im gonna put more pics and vids of me snowboarding, skating, and rockin so dont worry Published On: 12/15/2007 Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: Thats Life By: kristin420
Life is easier when you 1. are on the hill 2. in the water 3. are skating away 4. are mountain biking 5. are just not in town That is Y life is easier. It's when ur not around the drama u will be good. Peace Published On: 10/30/2007 Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: Life is EASIER..... By: jinxme420
Life is easier when you 1. are on the hill 2. in the water 3. are skating away 4. are mountain biking 5. are just not in town That is Y life is easier. It's when ur not around the drama u will be good. Peace Published On: 10/10/2007 Add/View Comments (0)

Snowboard news: Gromfest Hits Woodinville
By: Gromfest

The Woodinville Skate Competition on the 1st of July felt like the official start of summer for Gromfest. Not only was it a bluebird day but the combination of skating, Jones Soda, Kronik Energy Drink, plenty of past Gromfest qualifiers competing and a slew of new skaters made it perfect.

Gromfest came, Gromfest saw and Gromfest conquered. Our board and set of wheels were a big hit among the competitors and our t-shirts were even more popular. We brought a few of the tees you can buy through this website and we had more people asking for a shirt than we had available.

By the end of the day we were sweating and ready to go home, but not before we snagged ourselves three more qualifiers for the '08 finals.

Woodinville Skate Comp Results

1st Place 1st Place 1st Place

Ages 12-15 Ages 16 + Sponsored

Joe Hunsaker Alex Rizo Matthew Lonergan

Published On: 9/19/2007

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My Blog: DAKINE teams up with Core Snowboard Camps
By: core_camps

CORE SNOWBOARD CAMPS in Whistler is proud to announce that DAKINE
will be supporting their campers and pro coaches from the 2007-08 season.
From backcountry booters and park laps to secure gear and wax
& tune-up sessions, DAKINE will have our coaches and campers covered.

DAKINE is the industry leader in action board sports gear and accessories.
For surfing, skating, snowboarding, skiing, windsurfing, kite boarding and
biking; since 1979 DAKINE has been making the best gear, period.
-'Everything we design and build is all about quality'

Check them out at www.dakine.com
Check us out at www.coresnowboardcamps.com

Published On: 9/2/2007

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My Blog: peru By: iskatetoo
i have moved. i live in lima peru now. it's a far cry from bend oregon. no snow, hot weather, spanish. i would have more fun if i liked any of these things. but enough bitching. skating here is great there are so many things to skate. you have to be careful cuz everyone wants to take your board. Published On: 6/3/2007 Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: the rant of summer
By: gnuchica

well it's getting to be summer and i haven't posted in here in forever and i pretty much haven't used snowboard.com for much of anything in a year or two. but i'm back for now and i'm gunna re-do my profile and crap so it'll be sweet. pretty much....... this past season was amazing. i rode a ton, met a lot of awesome people, rode with a lot of awesome people, learned a ton, and became part of something that's pushing my riding even further. i'm bummed that the season is over and i'm bummed that i'm not going back to snowboard camp this summer. but i'm ok with it... through my trip there last summer, i learned that i can actually do a Lot of stuff on my board that i never thought i could do, if i just suck it up and try it... i also learned that riding with other people helps me out a TON with learning everything... so yes. it was a good season, besides being out a bunch of random weeks from a ton of random injuries.

this summer i'm gunna go crazy wanting to ride and i still haven't quite figured out what i'm gunna do about it this year. paintball is always a huge adrenaline rush for me but i can't do it nearly as often as i snowboard... i want to get those friggen ollies down while moving and learn to skate bowls this summer. i also want to get some freeline skates. if i had the money i would buy a kite for my wakeboard so i could go kiteboarding.... but those are crazy expensive. i just wanna have a lot of fun this summer and try a bunch of new things to push my limits.

unfortunately it's really hard for me to find ANYTHING that compares to snowboarding. i'm addicted to the adrenaline and oddly, getting hurt makes me want to go at it again and really nail the trick. i do alot of things during the summer that are really fun, but most lack the whole adrenaline thing. there's a little adrenaline with freebording.. it's mostly just fun though. street surfing doesn't create any adrenaline except for the 5 seconds before riding over the railroad tracks. skimboarding.... meh. it's not challenging anymore. fun, yes. but i don't feed off any part of it. aggressive skating... i could get into that again if i lived closer than 2 hours from a skatepark. skating around the street by myself got really old a few years ago. paintball creates crazy adrenaline... but it's not something that you create yourself like when snowboarding. unless you go rambo running out in the open shooting everyone you see and trying to dodge everyone's paintballs. i guess i tend to do that a lot though... i can't wakeboard anymore cause we don't have the board anymore. i'd like to get into rockclimbing.... i dunno i guess skating is the only thing that would keep me good till winter but i'd rather start off with that in a skatepark. and again, it's far away. so yeah this is my dillema. i'm addicted to snowboarding and i'm addicted to adrenaline and there's usually quite a lack of both during the off season. and it's crappy!

next season i'm planning on bumping everything up a notch. i've learned all the basics of everything so hopefully i'll get myself to take em to bigger things. should be interesting..

anyway buy this film www.iheartsnowproductions.com bye bye

Published On: 5/21/2007

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My Journal: Yea um golf and bowls skating
By: Boulamania

Well I've been up the hill once this month but thats ok that one time me and jody killed the shizzle learnted the frontside flip forsure now, gots front 3 with stellar grabs on the hip very satisfied with that day and rails are rails i'm better then the rails so kill them, park gets super busy so i don't go up much cause i fear for the lives of some punk kid who cuts me off.

Golfin and skatin bowl and mountain biking have takin up mad times super suny last 6 days, oh yea been bustin out mad ninja practicing fininshed learning the sword for.

Got a 9 meger pixel digital still coming in the mail its borderline professional cam. for half the price of a pro cam. Pretty stoked on it can't wait to play with it.

Published On: 5/15/2007

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My Blog: West Oz Tripping By: PoorboyOz
Hey Crew Just a quick note from West Oz. Its been heaps of fun with plenty of Skating with the Folklore crew and some surfing in Margaret river. Getting pretty amped for the snow its not long now. Will update the photos and stuff as soon as i get home on thursday... Hope your all well... Leigh Published On: 5/8/2007 Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: Emerica Signs Jerry Hsu
By: Eeh_Boi

On April 9th, 2007 Emerica posted an article and an interview about signing Jerry Hsu.

Emerica Article:
No more guessing. You nailed it. Please help us welcome super shredder Jerry Hsu to Emerica Footwear and Gear. Have you seen Enjoi’s Bag Of Suck video? What about Man Down from the Tilt Mode Army? If you just said no twice, it’s sincere-iously time to wake up from the coma you’ve been in and get your ass down to your local skate shop for a screening! Everyone else, ’nuff said--you already know that Jerry’s skating is truly of epic proportions!

A longtime friend of Emerica, NorCal ruler Jerry fits in with the team like a brand-new pair of our shoes: absolutely perfect! In addition to joining the distinguished pros of Emerica Footwear, Jerry will also accompany Heath Kirchart and am Marquis Preston on Emerica Gear, and start breaking shi*t off for the next Emerica video, Stay Gold, coming in 2008. Daaaaayum! Jerry's interview is already up, so go dive on in for more details. Welcome to Emerica, Jerry!
[http://emericaskate.com/news/2007/04/09/guesshsu/]

Interview:
How and when did you start skating?
1992. It was a gang initiation thing.
Who were you skating with at first?
Myself.
What terrain were you riding at first?
Flat ground and a piece of wood with a 2 x 4 under one end.
Who were some early influences on your skating?
The bad, older kids with green hair and 42-inch waist jeans.
Do you enjoy skating in contests?
No.
How could contests be improved?
Weapons.
What is good / bad about being a pro?
Everything's good, nothing's bad.
What do you think of skate videos?
Less blah-blah-blah, more raw-raw-raw.
Which are your favorites?
Barbarians at the Gate.
Do you enjoy shooting video parts?
Oh, its the best!
Do you skate small stuff like curbs and parking bumps?
Exclusively.
Why are curbs not allowed in magazines and videos anymore?
They're not allowed anymore?!
When was the last time you saw a curb in a magazine or video? Do you skate vert ramps?
Not really. If I do, it’s toward the bottom where its flat.
Do you skate backyard pools?
I don't do pools.
What do you think of public concrete skateparks?
They’re a good place to sell shoe packages.
How could they improve the design?
By not letting complete boneheads design them.
Should skateparks copy real street spots like Love Park and EMB?
Yes, but security guards and homeless people should be included in the overall design.
How did you get on Emerica?
Bethany Regan is a close personal friend of mine.
What do you like about Emerica?
They're my bros and they pay for my crystal healing sessions in New Mexico.
Who do you skate with now?
Everybody.
Who are your favorite skaters of all time?
Tino Razo.
What have been the highlights of your skateboarding career?
I was on the BET Network once, I think.
Is there anything in skateboarding you haven't done that you'd like to accomplish?
A reality show and sports drink deal. Duh.
What do you enjoy besides skating?
I enjoy everything besides skating.
What music, art, books have you been enjoying lately?
Religious literacy by S. Prothero.
What are your future goals?
To floss every night.
[http://emericaskate.com/team/jerry-hsu/bio/]

Published On: 4/11/2007

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My Blog: Hippity Hoppity By: ScottyDearin
Well, it's a skating rink out there but it's the last chairlift weekend so might as well make the best of it. Anyone going to Biggie or Apex this weekend? Published On: 4/4/2007 Add/View Comments (0)

My Blog: PRO-TEC joins up with Core Snowboard Camps
By: core_camps

With safety as a top priority at the camps, PRO-TEC has joined the Core Camp family as our newest gear sponsor. All campers will have free use of a wide range of PRO-TEC protective equipment while shredding at the camps.
With the most recognizable style of helmets, PRO-TEC designs have often been imitated, but never duplicated ... you cannot fake authenticity or manufacture heritage. Today, PRO-TEC provides innovative technology while still maintaining thier classic style and providing the very best in protective equipment for skating, biking, snowboarding and wakeboarding.
PRO-TEC is the original action sports protective gear company and continues to support and protect riders around the world so they can keep innovating, expressing and progressing.
Check them out at www.pro-tec.net
Ride on.

Published On: 3/25/2007

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My Journal: Don't mess with this girls board!
By: cazza21

This past weekend I went on my first overnight trip to the US. THursday night, I headed to Windsor for Korean BBQ with Cathy, John and Cris, then back to his for 'fros.

Early friday morning, I crossed the border headed up to Grizzled's place and off we were for a weekend in Northern Michigan. The sun was shinning, the weather was fabulous, and I was so stoked to get on my board! We rode at Schuss Mountain Friday.. and there was hardely anyone there. It was great for me, as it was my first day on a board since the knee injury and i was having some difficulties. Boarding itself was great... but skating was painful, and stopping and getting off the lifts was just hillarious. At one point I felt like Zoolander as I exclaimed 'I can't turn left!'. After a couple hours, I needed a break.. so we took the shuttle to Summit mountain. What a joke. about 6 runs, and 2 2man lifts that look like they were the first lifts ever invented. But, we were the only 2 on the runs for most of the time we were there. The runs were still groomed from the morning, and it was now 5pm. It was great! Norbert (grizzled) crossed off an item from his to do list, as he wrote 'skiers suck' in big letters under the lift. We then headed back to our place to change, have dinner, then call it a night.

Saturday Morning, I woke up and iced my knee. I knew that I wouldn't be riding again, so I decided to start the day out with some 'fros. After a couple, then a breakfast beer with my egg n bagel, I started to pack up my provisions for the day. This included some beer and filing my camelback with redbull and vodka. Yum. I was sipping at that thing before we even left the Inn. Norbert went riding, and I hobbled around the village... then sat on a bench and people watched and chatted with some other injured folk. Lunch time came around, and it was tailgating time. Nothing like beer and hotdogs at the base of the mountain to cheer a girl up, and I needed cheering up, I was sooooooooo depressed about not being able to board.

Saturday was not only St-Pats,but also Carnival Days at Boyne. Meaning, lots of drinking and costumes on the slopes. They had a party on the slopes.. which ment having to get a lift ticket and board. And I have to say, I was so stoked to be able to do one run! Got up the lift with a swift pay off to the lifty, and borded across the slope to the party, where all the random people I met in the parking lot were.. good times, and I was so excited to strap on my board to ride down! After much more drinking, and some random run-ins, ski patrol was starting to kick us of the mountain. So I went to get my board. But Norbert already had it, and was refusing to let me ride. He said that I should save my knee for whistler and just walk down instead. I tried explaining that it hurt more to walk down the hill than to ride, but he was having none of it. Then, in what is not my proudest moment, I just sat on the slopes in total frustration and cried! There's a great pic of this... there is also a fab pic of me getting pulled down the slope with a ski pole. I have to say, all i wanted was that one run, and the damn knee police took it away from me. No worries, i'll get over it eventually!

Sunday, did a bit of tubing before heading back home... and yet another fabulous day! The weather was so great all weekend! And i did have tons of fun dispite not getting to ride. so yeah... that was my weekend!

Oh, and monday morning, I walked into my class to find that the ceiling had caved in over march break. No fun at all... what a crappy day that was!

Published On: 3/20/2007

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