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I wasn’t sure if I’d hit up the mountain today but as soon as I made it to the top of the superpipe and had my best run…there was no turning back on what a fun afternoon it would be.  I came up alone since I had just dropped off Mike at the airport and [...]

I spent Friday morning getting some work done for the mountain with our park crew and luckily with friends arriving in town I was able to call it a day at noon so I could meet up and ride with them for the rest of the day.  Friday was cold temperatures in Steamboat but bluebird [...]

This year I’ve been really excited about park because I’m finally hitting features and trying to progress my park riding.  I feel comfortable on every feature in the small park, a couple features in the medium park and any day that it’s bluebird outside I’m generally taking a ride break to the park especially when [...]

The mountain is your best friend and your worst enemy, it can make you happy but it can also make you sad.  Steamboat was hit hard with the news of a death on the mountain today, it’s sad that something we love doing can end lives so quickly. I wasn’t planning to ride the mountain [...]

Ah resort town living…it means that some nights you close out the bars only to wake up hours later to press glass and get in some epic powder turns.  That was today for me and a powder day on the mountain cures everything. I picked up Amy at 8am, got coffee and bagels at the [...]

It feels really good to have a 3 day weekend in town where I can leisurely relax and make my way to the mountain when I want to.  I made a couple calls but most people had gone in for the day so I ended up spending the afternoon alone riding the mountain.  We received [...]

I started 2010 exactly how I wanted to:  sleeping in and going snowboarding with friends.  It felt great and was exactly my idea of beginning this year.  Yesterday was the powder day in Steamboat but I couldn’t enjoy the goods so today Philip and I made our way up to find some leftover snow for [...]

The Olympic Trials have come to Steamboat Springs and while it wasn’t for snowboarding, but nordic combined, aerials and moguls…I found myself on the mountain to check out the conditions, events and do some work that involved checking them out. All of the events are on television and I even found myself watching the big [...]

It’s the calm before the storm in Steamboat, the final last breath before the tourists arrive on their vacations. As much as I appreciate tourists (because of them I have a job and live where I live) I appreciate the quietness before it gets crazy.  Today was that day, quiet on the mountain and mellow [...]

This season I’ll be able to ride Tuesday mornings which can mean getting the first powder turns or carving up the corduroy, today was the latter with bluebird skies and groomed runs on the mountain. I made the switch to wearing a helmet, trying out the Sandbox Classic low profile.  Many of the comments mentioned [...]