Friday, March 31, 2006

Wow, what can I say. I like to take my time updating my blog. California was so sick! I never expected the mountains like the Sierra Nevada to be so f*ckin cool. There was no snow on Sacramento the morning we drove to Lake Tahoe and as soon as we hit 5,000 feet we could start to see more snow on the road and on the trees. And then more and more and more! We had to stop and buy chains in order to get there. They weren't really necessary; I just think that the highway patrol requests them to slow cars down. And then the guys who install them and take them off by the road blocks. Talk about a rip off! $30 bucks to install them and $20 TO TAKE THEM OFF. no THANKS... I’ll DO IT MYSELF...

The first DAY WAS NICE AND SUNNY. Dan (KAYBEEBANDITO) CALLED US ON OUR WAY TO Tahoe AND WE MET WITH HIM. He SHOWD US HIS NEW HOME MOUNTAIN AND TOOK US TO SOME GREAT VIEWS AND RUNS WERE THERE WAS STASHES OF FRESH POWDER. The TREE RUNS WERE AMAZING! 

Second DAY, WE STARTED A LITTLE LATE SINCE WE WERE SO TIRED FROM THE PAST DAYS. We STAYED MOSTLY ON THE Nevada SIDE AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE DISCOVERED THE SMALL PARK BY THE California LODGE. Third DAY WE Stayed MOST OF THE DAY THERE AND WE BOOKED A CLASS AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR OUR LAST SESSION IN TAHOE.
Our INSTRUCTOR WAS THIS MATE FROM England, WALEY. Pretty COOL GUY. he HELPED US MASTERED OUR CROSS-UNDER TURNS AND SHOWED US THE ROPES ON THE HALF PIPE. He EVEN CONVINCED ME TO DO A BOARDSLIDE OFF THIS FUNBOX! So MUCH PROGRESSION!

We REALLY LIKED Lake Tahoe AND EXPECT TO GO BACK SOME DAY AND RIDE ANOTHER OF THE SEVERAL MOUNTAINS THAT THE AREA HAS TO OFFER.

Last day CALI WE WENT TO SAN FRANCISCO AND TOUR THE CITY. We saw pretty much everything.; Golden Gate, Alcatraz, Fisherman’s Wharf, etc.

 

I wish we could have mountains like California in the Midwest… You can snowboard in the morning and be back on the beach by unset to do some surfing! It’s an awesome state.

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Published by perrik: 11:05 PM Updated On: 3/31/2006 at 11:07 PM

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Wow, is amazing how busy can you get when you travel every wekend... I haven't been able to update my blog in a while.
So in a nutshell, the Searchmont Meet at Canada was a blast except for little things like Norbert breaking his arm and Carrie causing a mayor accident but jello shots, pole dancing, races down the mountain and random jokes though the weekend make that weekend one to remeber!



We flew into Cali on Saturday and drove from San José to Medford, Oregon. The view landscapes driving were amazing! Soo freakin cool, I want to move here! lol (I want to move everywhere!) If only I was millionaire to travel around the world without worrying about money...

Anyway, today we went to this national park called Crater Lake. It used to be a volcano but then collapsed and is now the deepest lake in the U.S. with 4,000 ft. of depth! What was amazing were the huge walls of snow along the highway. 30 ft tall!!! I regret that I didn't brought my snowboard to hike one of those mountains and take a golden run.


No problem, tomorrow we go to Lake Tahoe to ride Heavenly for 4 days straight. I have progression written in my mind and I'm going to kill it down there!

See ya!

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Published by perrik: 10:31 PM Updated On: 3/19/2006 at 10:47 PM

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Wow so back from México huh! It was a f*ckin blast! We did so many things. Scuba dive, learn to kite board, the wedding was a success, I got to see my dad, etc... But the highlight of the trip was going to the reopening of the club “The City” in Cancún Hotel Zone with my 2 favorite cousins and see Paul Van Dyk live. It was the shi t! Best concert of my life! 5 thousand people dancing to the trance sounds played by the best DJ in the world! I’m a huge PVD fan now!

 

Getting back to the States I just had two things in mind: Snowboarding and buy a Paul Van Dyk CD. Unfortunatelly we were so tires from the trip that we couldnt make it to Cascade mountain for the Midwest open... but when I got to Green Bay I went straight to Best Buy and bought Paul Van Dyke “Reflections”. Crush is the best song in the CD!

Since I didn’t go riding I wanted to watch a snowboarding video and what better pick than First Descent! The movie is awesome! Those lines in the Alasakan backcountry are gnarly dude, gnarly!

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Published by perrik: 6:00 PM Updated On: 3/8/2006 at 7:41 PM