Thanksjibbing

Matt, Trav and Jay got together for a little jib sesh on Turkey Day...

For the last two days B$ and I(ram) have ventured up to the slopes of arctic valley for some pow shredding. Fatefully, my snowboard was left in the back of BRT's truck so I was forced to break out the old sims blade. I always find myself to be fairly resistant to take the blade out, but when i do its the best, ever single time. Its about a 170, 17 inch stance, 25 to 30 degree forward angle on both bindings, flat tail and big pointy nose, but it is somehow the greatest board ever for shredding pow turns. It really brings me back to my roots, makes me feel like i did here.

B$ on the hike up

Majestic me and some mountains

The blade just takes over

Me and Trick went up to Jays yesterday for another epic session. There is just a ridiculous amount of fun to be had up there. The session started out slow, but once the lights came on, things came together. We shredded until our legs started shaking, and then took about 10 more runs. It was awesome. Jay is awesome.

We set up the mountain bike jump to add a little airtime to the line. BRT blastin a method.

Birthday boy Garrett making skiing look cool

After we called it a day, BRT strapped in and did about 8 frontboards in a row on the down bar, which in turn secured the MVP for the night

The stoke carried over into nighttime activities

We all got ink last night

Yeah, we went there

weekend update

Friday night:

Logi, Ram, Garret, me, Jay and a few others met up at the Northern Slope and took some laps on the new set up. Instead of hammering man sodas (beer) all night we hammered Jay's new 20 ft hand rail.

I spent a lot of time over the last 6 years lapping parks in Colorado surrounded by Scenesters and it was great to finally get in on an Alaskan park session... seriously the most fun I've had hitting rails for years. Thanks Jay!

Here are a couple of pics Ram snapped of the action:

BRT Nose Blunt

BRT Tail Wheelie

Ram tail slide on S Bow

Saturday:

We woke up early sober and sore. Once the motivation showed up we headed down to Turnagain pass to look for good snow. Clear skies and a small wind blown base greeted us above tree line.

At the top we strapped in and hunted down a few stashes

Brendan Roston Trickey

Sunday:

wild eagle bird

wild chihauhua

wild alaskan camel

wildstyle! (Ramharter J)

wild estonian woman... bubye Kadri

11.11.09

Things that happened today

-Went to work

-Anchorage got a flash snow storm resulting in about an inch of snow

-I became extremely excited about the season ahead

-We contacted Yobeat about posting our vids

-We got really excited about becoming really cool (if we make it on Yobeat)

-I finally figured out who my favorite snowboarder is: Nicolas Muller

-The roads got really icy

-I convinced Brendan to come hit the usual early season (2 inches of snow) spot

-Ate at Taco King

-Set up the bleachers with visions of radical tricks being executed with perfect steeze

-Got denied on every trick I tried except 5-0's

-Vowed to Brendan to never hit those bleachers again

-Secretly realized I would be back in a few weeks

-Considered buying a rocker/banana style board with high hopes of superior jib skills

-Realized my 90's era Kemper is the only board for me

-Watched the office

-Met B$ on her walk home

-Noticed that Scratchy is missing. I hope shes okay.

-Surfed the web

-Got inspired by this video

-Sleep

Soul Boardin' Panorama

I went on a soul boardin' mission up to Tincan Mountain yesterday. It's rewarding to put in some energy to get to the top of a mountain, even if the ride down is less then epic. Turnagain has a pretty solid base and it looks like we'll be getting some more to top it off in the next few days. As you can see some of the peaks around that zone are quite extreme... Days like this make me remember why I live in the last frontier...

weekend warriors

Currently, I(B$) am sitting on the couch next to josh- just kinda hanging out in our stretchy pants, being super lazy on this snowy sunday night. We did a good job of convincing ourselves that we deserve a "quite night in" after such an epic weekend. The pictures below outline some of the highlights, but not all of them.

sometimes a picture is worth a 1,000 words; this isn't one of those times. In fact, I can only really think of one word: wrong.

represent, every time a letter is sent

chang, working on the tweakidge

frosted flake(s)

grab and tweak, hike up, and repeat

brt's board just loves to get air

relax.