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Just a week left till Steamboat closes which means enjoying the mountain as much as possible while it’s open.  This weekend was my last weekend that I plan to in Steamboat for April so it was good to take it easy, get to the mountain when I felt like waking up and just enjoy the [...]

I’ve decided that I’m going to ride every day until Steamboat closes on April 11th because I have no reason not to and because there’s 12 days left in the season.  Usually I might skip a day or two during the week to get errands done in town but I’m dedicated to stomping some end [...]

After a great day at Beaver Creek yesterday, I crashed in Vail with April at her friends house so we could hit up Vail today with some of her shred crew.  Even though I’ve visited the village multiple times, I’ve never snowboarded at the mountain so I finally got to check out some of Vail [...]

Bryan Iguchi’s blog started off with “Good riding is a state of mind, not dependent on snow quality, terrain or keeping up with the latest tricks. It’s all about the people and vibe that make the session” for his March 25th update and it really rang true for today’s riding as well as many other [...]

I’ve lived in Steamboat for almost four years now and experienced quite a variety of snow years, from the record year of 07-08 where I lost track of the best powder days because there were so many to this year where we are 100 inches below average with very few powder days to count.  For [...]

I took the last two days off to get back into the swing of things but the snow definitely called me today with bluebird skies and what looked to be a great day for park.  I know I’m riding park a lot this year, but man I am addicted! While I was gone last week, [...]

Today’s riding was either going to be at Canyons or Park City but we weren’t sure which one until late last night.  The end result was up to Steph who has been my awesome guide for the shredding and fun in Utah and she picked Park City for today’s riding.  After a good night’s sleep [...]

I arrived into Park City last night, caught up on a good nights sleep and now am spending time in Utah before heading home to Colorado.  I had never ridden Brighton but heard good things about the mountain so Steph and I headed there to get our turns in. Since I’ve been traveling my calendar [...]

Snowboarding has always been about progressing, we’ve come to expect progress from our pro snowboarders to our snowboard equipment but what about ourselves as riders?  Each year I realize that I’ve been riding longer than most of the kids in the park have been alive and this year I questioned my progress, was I really [...]

It’s been a tough winter to wake up early where there is no new snowfall on the mountain but that also means weekends are spent getting stuff done before I head up for the day.  Today I had time to wax and scrape my boards which was much needed with the slushy slow snow on [...]