Quads.

On Monday I decided to get back at the gym since I had been missing its presence in my life for a few months. 2 jobs and trying to ski and compete does not leave much room for gym time.

I knew it was going to suck because this is what I saw on the website as the workout:

FOR TIME:

25 BURPEES

400 METER WALKING LUNGE (YEP, LUNGE TO THE FIRE HYDRANT AND BACK)

25 BURPEES

ummmm….. Eff Me! I went and tried to do it. Got 200 meters and couldn’t lunge anymore so finished up with the burpees. Tragic, I didn’t even complete my first workout back.

Yesterday was Pilates and that went well. I even did some sprints on the bike to bust up the lactic acid, but I still can’t walk down the stairs properly.

And I just looked at the forecast and got really sad Gad 2 is closed for the season:

The Bird has already posted 21 inches in the last 24 hours with another 12-18 by tomorrow morning! But that glimmer of sun on Sunday will make for a spectacular Alta last day!

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i still haven’t updated. this whole not having a computer thing is annoying. i haven’t even uploaded pictures from the snowbird comp. i took lots of pictures at kirkwood too. someday. someday.

but on a positive note i’ll be skipping work at the end of the week:

April 1st and it's not a joke!

god i love snow.

Blogging?

ohhhh right…. when you write about what you’ve been doing and add pictures.

I’ll be back logging about 3 weeks in the next few days. Stay tuned!

In the meantime enjoy this great photo of some fabulously ripping hot ladies:

Knees

Knees.

We need them.

We love them.

We abuse them.

The knees are the redheaded stepchild of my body. There when you need them but not always looking good because you’ve gone Cinderella on their ass.

I went to get my left one looked at the other day because it has been aching weirdly for a while now. I have already had an ACL repair in this knee so I knew what that feels like, and it was not that.

For those of you new to knees here is a great drawing:

Apparently I have some torn meniscus flapping around in there. This is not causing too much pain/internal drama yet. If it gets worse it might flap up into other areas and be in the way not allowing my knee to straighten or try and start street fights with the ligaments in the kneeborhood.

Less than Stellar

I’m still going to ski hard which means most likely a summer scope. Vernon Cooley is the man and I wouldn’t mind spending a May morning with him to get me all fixed up strong. In the mean time I will mainline Glucosamine and Ibuprofen my favorite NSAID.

Post CB.

What a crazy mountain. I got some excellent freeskiing in by asking locals on the lift if I could just follow them around and by skiing with Hannah and the ladies.

The headwall where qualifiers were heald was salt and pepper laden. I wasn’t sure where to go or what scores well, it was my first time competing in Crested Butte. This is a competition so asking people questions is not an option. Ye ask and ye shall not receive answers. But in general I am having trouble choosing a tough line that I think I can ski well. “Think I can ski well” is the key on that one. Last winter was actually the first time I went skiing more than 15 days since the ‘03-’04 winter. I’m playing catch up in terms of confidence in my ability and competitive mental thoughness. I’m always second guessing myself and where to go in addition to not remembering how to get in ‘my zone’. The last time I was out of my head and just going was a climb in the summer of ‘06.

Finals Venue Hourglass

Aggressive Spectating

From the sidelines I watched Pip kill it and end up second. Michelle Manning send her way to first and Crystal Wright pulled in third. Great showing by the men as well. Bryce Newcomb gave us all a scare when he tumbled down a rock face dodging trees. He smashed a few pairs of glasses in his pack, got cut through his pants and sliced his ass but, he came out alright.

You alright buddy?

Next send: Taos.

CB.

Well it has been snowing all day here in the Wasatch. Snowbird is reporting 20 inches in the last 24 hours. All I want to do is go skiing but tomorrow morning, not bright but EARLY I will be hitting the road to Crested Butte.

I am excited to compete this weekend and am looking forward to doing my best since I don’t feel I did that in the last comp.

SNOOOOOOOOOOOW

When I see things like this it makes me want to dance. and sing. and jump. and generally sleep in my long underwear so i’m ready to go:

Giddy-the-eff-up!

TellYouRide

Over the weekend was the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier in Telluride, CO.

The first day skiing we checked out the day one venue and tried to nail down a solid line for the competition. I had 2 picked out and when start came around the following day I went with the less aggressive of the two so that I would make it to the next day. Nothing like going for it too big and not qualifying for finals. I’m still learning my abilities and figuring out what is possible to pull off still in control with solid technique.

Athlete meeting that night got us all hyped up not only from the free Corona(relax responsibly!) but for the potential of a heli final from the peak the next morning. “When you are on the lift at 7:30am, if you see and hear a heli then get ready to run from the peak. If it’s overcast and windy we’ll be going from Mountain Quail.” Those of us that didn’t hike the 2 hours and sketch conditions to the peak that day scrambled to find pictures from athletes that did to try and scope some lines.

Morning came. It was bluebird and not too much wind. Spotted the heli from the lift and got stoked for an amazing final. About 5 drops into taking all the staff, judges and athletes to the peak the wind kicked up 8 notches and no more drops could be made. Sad face for sure. After a quick vote I strapped my skis to my pack and began my ascent.

I didn’t ski as well as I would’ve liked considering it was a sick venue, decent snow, and the Final run. But things happen, you learn and hope next time you get the heli ride!

I ended up 12th, which is my PR considering it was the first time I’ve made finals. High five me!

Party Time! And per usual all the free Corona you can double fist!

Axel, Greer, Tats

Mckenna, Bragg, Ollie

POW!

I love snow. Yesterday was some great skiing at the bird. I tramed it and then chair hopped. There were stashes everwhere. Going to try and leave work early to get in a little afternoon session.

Side note: Sarah sent me this song and it makes me happy. But I can’t upload mp3s, so this is the only place I could link any of the song from. Interesting it’s being used in a snowboarding video. Go to the Pretty Lights website to download the music free!

Fake Out

Sometimes I don’t read my emails when they come to my in box. Sometimes I skip over them to read more important ones. Recently this happened to an email from ‘admin’ sent by Sleek Mag, my favorite art and fashion magazine from Germany. The email is typical around this time, it’s just there to tell me what the theme of the new issue is going to be. So after a week sitting in my in box I opened it and came to find this at the bottom of the email:

I thought, “What?! I love B&B! I used to buy it at the Bake Shop for $1!” I did some further investigating… who would think bread and butter had a convention!

Mind you it’s early and I didn’t make the connection this ad was in a FASHION magazine.

Turns out no actual bread and actual butter. But a fashion get together by groups in the following categories: Denim base, Fashion now!, Sport & street and Urban superior. And this image was on the home page of the Denim Base:

“Major players and progressive brands of different nationalities, philosophies and heritage, united by their passion for the indigo fabric and the blue blood in their veins – that’s the Denim Base! “

Bad ass.

Anyway, it would still be rad if bread and butter had a tradeshow. Maybe honey could make a guest appearance.