Monthly Archive for January, 2010

Inside my forecaster head

Published on January 28, 2010 in mountain. 0 Comments

It seems like I do a lot of media interviews for my job. Most of them are pretty polished with small and major media outlets from around Canada and sometimes Internationally. At times, it feels like we do more of them than some politicians. This was written by a journalist getting his foot in the door in Revelstoke. It is a little candid and rough, but for its rawness it reveals a bit of reality rarely expressed. I like it.

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4Q

Published on January 28, 2010 in perspective. 0 Comments

I couldn't help but passing this on. I love this photo. Took it from Max Shaaf's blog.

A little manifesto

Published on January 21, 2010 in Skate and perspective. 2 Comments
My life changed when I was about 12. I’ll never forget learning to ride a skateboard. I never stopped and it shaped my life. All aspects of it. It is only now, do I realize its vast and super positive influence on me. In many ways it set me free.
Skateboarding was an avenue for me to be creative with my lifestyle. I think back about music, where I’ve lived, my attitude, relationships, and even why I came to the mountains. Skateboarding.
Skateboarding was the basis for me to pick up a snowboard and head to the mountains, which in return lead to climbing them on rock and snow. In a way, snowboarding for me is simply an extension of skateboarding. Climbing is simply an extension of snowboarding, by being in the mountains. For me they are all connected. That is awesome.
I’ve always had a way of evading authority and the norm. A gift of the 80′s and early ’90′s skateboarding lifestyle. Everyday I go to work and see people that clearly can’t see outside the box. I go to the coffee shop and see people confined by the norm. They simply can’t see out.
I am now at a point in my life, where I can see outside the box on so many levels. Rules don’t apply. We make our own. We decide what is right and wrong for us. We don’t have to play by the confines our our society at any time during our lives. Our jobs, marriages, raising kids, and how we live can all take unique and beautiful paths.
Thank you skateboarding.
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Holiday in the Sun

Published on January 7, 2010 in Skate and snowboard. 0 Comments

Since November, my life has taken an alternative unplanned path. I’m working pretty hard not to go down a bad road and stay super positive and healthy. I’ve also managed to have a bit of fun along the way. For Christmas, I traveled to Hollywood to visit my sister and my parents came out from Detroit. Seeing them was awesome.

Little frontside air. I was there for two full days and I had the opportunity to skate the Venice Beach park one afternoon for a few hours. The bowl there is downright awesome and the locals are great people.

For a few weeks each year, I have the opportunity to work at TLH Heli. I traveled directly from LA to Tyax for staff training and set up. Such an awesome crew of people to work with. We didn’t get tons of shredding in, but was nice to cruise the east side of the Coast Range in a jet black A-Star. I love the Coast Range.
New Years, I uncorked a bit and a buddy and I ended up in Bralorne for a party. That place is cool and way remote.

Wrapping up a rescue scenario.

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