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Every couple years I enjoy a good road trip because it allows me to visit a bunch of people on one trip but also it lets me really think about my life.  I could lie on a beach in Hawaii drinking Corona but that never has the same effect as being forced to endure long [...]

Located in the heart of downtown Portland, Holden Outerwear doesn’t blend into the surroundings on the mountains with a easy to spot style of outerwear.  With pro shredder Mikey LeBlanc in charge, the company continues to break out designs, colors and styles that riders want more of each season.  I stopped by their offices in [...]

I’m not much of a water/beach person but when you live landlocked in Colorado going to visit the ocean is beautiful and relaxing.  I spent Thursday taking off the day from the blog to walk the beach with a friend and just enjoy a day away from the laptop, cell phone and tune out the [...]

If you are remotely near Portland today, it’s your chance to win a 09-10 Lib Tech Skate Banana compliments of Shayboarder and Mervin Manufacturing.  All you have to do is track me down when I put out twitter clues at 4pm that will help you find my location in Portland, Oregon.  All it takes is [...]

It was the last day for snowboarding at Windell’s camp but definitely the most fun and progressive day for me once we hit the slopes.  A couple warm up runs from top to bottom just making turns and getting the muscles working again.
Early morning lines at Palmer

We spent the morning back on the dance box [...]

Enjoyed a good BBQ at Kaiser’s last night for good grub, beer and horseshoes that didn’t keep me up too late.  It felt really good to get a good nights sleep last night and be up early again for on snow at Windell’s Camp.
Today was the first day of the last session at HCSC so [...]

Despite a late night Sushi dinner with all the adult campers, today was the 3rd day on snow at Windell’s Camp.  It was also the first bluebird day of the camp for us with hotter temperatures than expected.  I did come back with a red lower half of the face, not a bad burn but [...]

Arrived at Windell’s Camp yesterday, slept great last night in my bunk bed and woke up early today for the first day on snow.  We have 24 adult campers, split into 3 groups with 3 coaches for the entire camp.  I’m in the intermediate group, with a good mix of riders working on their rail [...]

I’ve been anxiously awaiting coming to Windell’s Camp all summer for session 7 and I am finally out here.  Today was the arrival day for camp, which meant a day of travel for me to get from Steamboat Springs, Colorado to Portland, Oregon. I left Steamboat last night, stayed in summit county and my friends [...]

As August approaches every year, I start to get antsy, nervous, anxious, maybe sweaty but I think that’s the heat.  It’s that time of year when I need to be back on snow and to fulfill that…I head to Mt Hood, Oregon to enjoy the summer glacier, slushy snow, sunshine and an eclectic collection of [...]