"I'm outdoors, you know."

New Toy - CRKT Zilla-Tool

2008-07-24T22:52:00.006-06:00

Picked up a new toy from Steep and Cheap tonight.

Looks nice. Can't wait to pick it up. :)

Chain Love

2008-06-03T11:24:00.002-06:00

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We clip in or mount up every chance we get, rain or shine, hot or cold. We sneak away at midnight just to stare at our secret two-wheeled lover. Carbon fiber parts and CNC-machined aluminum pivots make us sweat and shake like we're extras in Flashdance. We're always searching for the next high: the rush of breaking away from the pack, the ecstasy of that perfect stretch of single track, the burn in our body the day after. We live for the ride.
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Been a long while

2008-01-25T20:36:00.000-07:00

Got the new board (it's sweet!) and have been dialing it in some.

I was able to get out last Saturday to The Canyons and to Snowbird on Sunday. I really can't say that I enjoyed Snowbird that much. I'll give it another shot, but it seemed to be just crap for snowboarding. The lift runouts all sloped off to the left or right keeping you from being able to choose where you wanted to go, cat-tracks seem to be the favored method to get around everywhere (hate...) and on Wilbere Ridge it was cut into pieces by cat-tracks intersecting it the whole way down.

I went to The Canyons again on Wednesday morning. It was great aside from almost running through what I will assume was deer crap in the middle of some groomer. My board was a little wobbly so I set my stance back about an inch and was able to just lay down the turns. Very sweet. I'm going to diddle with it a little more (angles and such) and see if I can make it any better.

Proform shipped!

2008-01-07T21:48:00.000-07:00

My gear! <-- tracking info. Click it.

I understand there's some gnar what needs shralpin'. I think I'll take care of that Friday morning. :)

No Powder Mountain for me

2008-01-02T10:44:00.000-07:00

I've decided against getting my pass for Powder Mountain. I don't think I'll get up there very much and I could use the $300 on other stuff (like recovering from my car repair bill). Canyons will have to do it for me this year. Besides only rich assholes have more than one ski pass. ;)

Pow Mow Jan 1st

2007-12-30T22:11:00.001-07:00

Going to see what I can do to get a group to Powder Mountain on Jan 1st. I haven't been there in about 6 years years and I'll proably be feeling strong enough for a half day up there. :)

Canyons - First trip of the season

2007-12-30T20:23:00.001-07:00

What a day! My coworker Adam and I decided today would be a grand day to go snowboarding up at The Canyons. It was.

We managed to get things underway by about noon or so. the first couple runs took it out of me (not in awesome shape) so we went to the lodge where I could rest for a bit and get a bite to eat - grilled chicken salad and a beer :D

We probably had about 6 more runs the rest of the day. I'm fairly wrecked right now. I think I'll make this an early night.

All mine

2007-12-29T22:41:00.000-07:00

Borrowed a board from work to use this week so I thought I'd give it a little test before I went to The Canyons. I layed down a pretty sick run.

Bootz for my feetz

2007-12-27T13:17:00.000-07:00

I just picked this guy up in a size 10. 10.5 was sold out and it was recommended that I get a half size smaller anyway so I could get them heatmolded.

ThirtyTwo Focus Boa Snowboard Boot

They just came in so I'm tromping around the office in them for a little bit. I kind of like the Boa lacing system on them. A few people shied away from recommending it but I figure I'll give it a whirl. I was mostly warned away from the single-zone variety because you can't dial in the fit as well as you can on the dual-zone. This boot has a 3 zone system on it (2 Boas and an "ankle harness with lace lock" that you use to keep the liner tight against your foot. The Boa dial on the front of the boot tightens things up at the shin and the dial on the side tightens the top of the foot.

Laced in I feel very snug at the ankle but I can still wiggle my toes. I think when I have them molded I'll be in even better shape. Now to find a local shop that will hook me up.

New schpants - Update

2007-12-22T12:45:00.001-07:00

Remember these?

I am too fat. :( They're going back. Oh well.

Hey baby. Check out my Ride.

2007-12-22T11:47:00.000-07:00

I just made my Ride pro-form purchase. It's going to be mighty sweet...

Ride Concept UL Snowboard

Ride Beta MVMNT Snowboard Binding

Ride Cappel Normandy Jacket

Ride Attica Cargo Pant - Black Window Pane

Baselayer goodness

2007-12-19T22:35:00.000-07:00

Burton RDM Top - Long-Sleeve - Men's

SmartWool Snowboard Light Sock

New schpants

2007-12-19T21:31:00.000-07:00

I picked these up this week so I could get my gnar on for the season. Next? Board, boots and bindings.