Thursday, January 13, 2011
Judging for SheJumps.org at The 11th Annual SLUG Games Night Riders Rail Jam Comp!
On January 8th, I helped out with The Night Riders Rail Jam at Park City Mountain Resort on behalf of SheJumps.org, my new sponsor! It was cold and got colder since it was a night competition. It was also a bit difficult to judge since it was jam format and multiple riders were dropping in at the same time. We set up a booth with SheJumps to get the word out. We also gave away a giant pogo stick at the end of the night. Slug magazine and City Weekly were there interviewing and taking photos. Can't wait to judge the next Slug Games on March 5th at Brighton Ski Resort. Thanks Shejumps and SLUG!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
First splitboarding tour this year up God's Lawnmower!
The only death you die is the one you die daily by not living. Dream big and dare to fail.
-Norman Vaughan
One of the things I enjoy most about being in the mountains and esspecially the backcountry, is the sense of freedom and serenity I feel when I am surrounded by such beautiful encompassing nature. Having the ability to snowboard at Snowbird everyday allows me to feel overwhelming gratitude, and being able to hike up Kessler's peak and get fresh tracks down was just the frosting on the cake!
We started our accent at 10:15am and got back to the car at approximately 4:15pm. The 4 hour hike up on the splitboard I borrowed was a bit tough. The splitboard was about 15cm longer than I'm used to. However, it was a blue bird day, low avalanche danger and great company. Plus the decent was packed with my style of adventure... sliding down about a 50 degree pitch rock face with my snowboard in one hand and hanging on to a tree to stop my self from falling with the other hand. There were also some concerns about Sander and Andrew making it back to the car, they got a bit lost and were about 45 minutes behind. I switched into worry mode for them, but all turned out ok as they are avid backcountry skiers and wouldn't have been able to live down the fact that they got lost at the bottom of the hill. Sander did end of missing his plane back to Seattle, and I was late for work thinking we may need to send out a search party for them! But alas, they found their way.
So happy I finally have a new avalung, beacon, shovel, and probe! Now I just need to get my own splitboard and skins, so I'm not riding on board made for someone twice my size! Here is a photo of the amazing Kessler's Peak.
-Norman Vaughan
One of the things I enjoy most about being in the mountains and esspecially the backcountry, is the sense of freedom and serenity I feel when I am surrounded by such beautiful encompassing nature. Having the ability to snowboard at Snowbird everyday allows me to feel overwhelming gratitude, and being able to hike up Kessler's peak and get fresh tracks down was just the frosting on the cake!
We started our accent at 10:15am and got back to the car at approximately 4:15pm. The 4 hour hike up on the splitboard I borrowed was a bit tough. The splitboard was about 15cm longer than I'm used to. However, it was a blue bird day, low avalanche danger and great company. Plus the decent was packed with my style of adventure... sliding down about a 50 degree pitch rock face with my snowboard in one hand and hanging on to a tree to stop my self from falling with the other hand. There were also some concerns about Sander and Andrew making it back to the car, they got a bit lost and were about 45 minutes behind. I switched into worry mode for them, but all turned out ok as they are avid backcountry skiers and wouldn't have been able to live down the fact that they got lost at the bottom of the hill. Sander did end of missing his plane back to Seattle, and I was late for work thinking we may need to send out a search party for them! But alas, they found their way.
So happy I finally have a new avalung, beacon, shovel, and probe! Now I just need to get my own splitboard and skins, so I'm not riding on board made for someone twice my size! Here is a photo of the amazing Kessler's Peak.
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