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Is this thing on?

2012-01-26T21:38:00.001-08:00

Yo...

Sorry I have been missing. School and life caught up with me. I am back and just in time for the Xgames. I'll be posting updates soon.

SnowBum

Apologies to the World

2011-03-07T12:49:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone...sorry I haven't been blogging. School has been kickin my ass. I should be back at it in a week. I will be trying to post a few posts a week about skiing. I haven't left you...just need a break.

In case you care...

2011-01-29T08:28:00.000-08:00

Going green tends to be quite the fad nowadays....so if this interests you check it out...

Top 10 Green Ski Areas

2010-11 Top 10 Greenest Ski Areas

1. Squaw Valley, Calif.

2. Park City, Utah

3. Alpine Meadows, Calif.

4. Aspen Highlands, Colo.

5. Aspen Mountain, Colo.

6. Buttermilk, Colo.

7. Deer Valley, Utah

8. Jackson Hole, Wyoming

9. Sundance, Utah

10. Bogus Basin, Idaho

Top 10 Least Green Ski Areas

2010-11 Top 10 Least Green Ski Areas

1. Breckenridge, Colo.

2. Sun Valley, Idaho

3. Arizona Snowbowl, Arizona

4. Taos, New Mexico

5. White Pass, Wash.

6. Copper, Colo.

7. Brundage, Idaho

8. Solitude, Utah

9. Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort, Nevada

10. Brian Head, Utah

THC

2011-01-29T08:22:00.000-08:00

Tanner Hall drops THC (Tanner Hall Collection). Yeah you know it...Tanner Hall is back on skis and you can see it. The first lookat at Tanner's new webisode series, the Tanner Hall Collection (THC) dropped Thursday night on Tanner's site InspiredMedia.tv. The edit shows T slicing up Utah pow and getting thrown off kickers....some people thought they might never see the great T hall shred again.

Tanner isn't competing in Winter X, but he is for sure in Aspen chillen with the homies. He is promoting Inspired. Inspired puts out a weekly radio and web tv show. RASTA BABY

Tanner's my boy so you better support!

Men's Ski Superpipe Results

2011-01-29T08:07:00.001-08:00

I don't know if any of you goons tuned into espn to watch a crazzzy men's ski superpipe battle. Yater-wallace....a 15 year old was an absolute monster out there coming in 2nd place and becoming the third youngest child to ever compete in the x games and the youngest kid EVER to medal. Way to go mang...

Here are the results:

Final - Jan. 28, 2011
Rank	Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best
	Kevin Rolland \| Watch	13.00	70.66	93.66	93.66
	Torin Yater-Wallace \| Watch	14.66	87.66	92.66	92.66
	Simon Dumont \| Watch	45.33	90.33	73.00	90.33
4	Duncan Adams	54.33	86.00	9.33	86.00
5	Thomas Krief	83.33	17.00	20.33	83.33
6	Justin Dorey	65.33	60.00	31.33	65.33
7	David Wise	56.66	14.66	9.66	56.66
8	Xavier Bertoni	31.33	39.00	40.66	40.66

High Fives Foundation

2011-01-28T09:25:00.000-08:00

High Fives Foundations helps kids like you and me recover from horrible injuries and get back out on the slopes and shred it up.

I dig it

High Fives Non Profit Promotional video from HighFivesFoundation on Vimeo.

Ashleigh McIvor Ski Season Over :-(

2011-01-28T09:19:00.000-08:00

Ashleigh McIvor, a Whistler Ski Cross racer, has torn her ACL. She was training for the X Games in Aspen, CO and blew her ACL out then and there. She blew the same knee out (ACL in the left knee) in 2005. Fortunately for McIvor...she was able to win an Olympic gold medal for Canada. Good luck on the recovery McIvor and we hope to have you back out there.

I had to post this picture bcuz it makes me smile lol

I feel ya with the ACL's I have gone through 2 myself!

Womens Ski Superpipe Results Final

2011-01-28T08:56:00.001-08:00

Final - Thu. Jan. 27, 2010
Rank	Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best
	Sarah Burke \| Watch	12.66	91.33	87.66	91.33
	Brita Sigourney \| Watch	6.33	86.00	70.66	86.00
	Roz Groenewoud \| Watch	75.33	80.00	84.00	84.00
4	Anais Caradeux	80.66	82.33	36.00	82.33
5	Jen Hudak	43.33	78.00	60.00	78.00
6	Devin Logan	68.33	51.00	68.33	68.33

Way to kill it Sarah!

Stay tuned at because in 5 mins the X Games start up again!

X Games Womens Slopestyle Gold

2011-01-28T08:55:00.000-08:00

Final
Rank	Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best
	Kaya Turski \| Watch	93.66	35.66	27.00	93.66
	Keri Herman \| Watch	70.00	35.33	93.33	93.33
	Grete Eliassen \| Watch	89.00	93.00	83.00	93.00
4	Ashley Battersby	88.00	92.00	83.33	92.00
5	Kim Lamarre	86.00	82.33	91.33	91.33
6	Jessica Warll	90.66	42.33	17.33	90.66
7	Anna Segal	74.00	80.33	24.00	80.33
8	Meg Olenick	76.33	21.00	18.66	76.33
9	Maude Raymond	26.66	75.00	28.33	75.00
10	Devin Logan	60.33	40.33	73.00	73.00

Congrats Kaya Turski way to grab gold... close matchup

Some Music

2011-01-28T08:50:00.001-08:00

wiz khalifa supplying some of the best free music for ya speakers....enjoy himm

Mens Ski Slopestyle elimination round results

2011-01-27T16:13:00.000-08:00

Elimination
Rank	Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best
1	Russ Henshaw	89.66	94.00	30.00	94.00
2	Gus Kenworthy	92.66	89.66	89.66	92.66
3	Sammy Carlson	77.33	80.66	91.00	91.00
4	Andreas Håtveit	85.00	90.00	89.33	90.00
5	Bobby Brown	78.66	8.00	87.33	87.33
6	Henrik Harlaut	26.00	84.33	53.66	84.33
7	Elias Ambühl	22.00	84.00	0.00	84.00
8	Phil Casabon	81.00	60.66	83.33	83.33
9	Jossi Wells	75.00	83.00	83.00	83.00
10	JF Houle	67.66	80.00	35.66	80.00
11	Ian Cosco	29.66	65.33	79.00	79.00
12	Jacob Wester	25.66	75.00	25.66	75.00
13	Alex Schlopy	29.33	72.00	0.00	72.00
14	Chris Logan	53.00	15.00	68.66	68.66
15	Colby West	34.33	63.66	64.00	64.00

Good luck fellas

Some X Gamers

2011-01-27T14:29:00.000-08:00

Bobby B, Henshaw, and Colby West, and Gus Kenworthy killin Alaska

Bobby Brown

2011-01-27T09:47:00.000-08:00

First run at X Games 15....started off a little shaky...couldn't stick the last jump looking a little uncharacteristic of Bobby...still 2 runs to go... started at 78.66

ayooo bobby grab me a gold for the roadd

Sammy C

2011-01-27T09:38:00.000-08:00

Looking for his first X Games gold metal, the shaggy haired Oregon native Sammy Carlson started off his first run looking good for USA...currently placed 4th with 77.33

get it son

And they're off

2011-01-27T09:34:00.000-08:00

X Games 15 have just begun. And boy does Aspen look nice today! The sun is shining...doesn't look too cold, and the course looks awesome.

First event is mens ski slopestyle

Bobby Brown is up soon! Get illy

Currently skiers are struggling nailing the exchange with the deposit.

Avalanche Airbag System

2011-01-26T12:29:00.000-08:00

You thought cars were the only thing with an airbag...think again. Snowpulse Lifebag, is a backpack that can be used as a airbag if an avalanche occurs while skiing. These backpack have an airbag inside the shoulder straps as well as a compressed air cylinder inside of the pack. If an avalanche occurs, you are instructed to pull the handle and the airbag inflates in an amazing 3 seconds. The airbag then lifts the avalanche victim to the surface and help protect the skier from trauma to the head, spine, and chest (the most important areas). Sounds pretty badass.

Check out the Snowpulse in Action

Denver Big Air

2011-01-26T12:18:00.000-08:00

Armada Ski team won the Nature Valley Big Air Challenge Tuesday night in Denver. Alex Bellemare, Spencer Milbocker, and Ben Moxham represented Armadad in the Battle of the Brands contest. They beat out Line's team.

Tricks like Bellemare's double cork 1260 blunt, Milbockers Kangaroo Flip japan air, and Moxham's double cork 1080 won them first. Way to go Armada. As you all know I am a big fan of Tanner Hall, and Armada skis. Nothing is as real as Armada, skiers running their own ski company, who use and test the equipment themselves.

Check out these sweat 2011 skis from Armada.

Armada

JJ

ARG

Triumph

Just a few of their new skis this year...Ill most more on Armada later.

More Games

2011-01-26T07:28:00.000-08:00

Last year at the X Games, people dropped some sick new tricks pushing the expectation for this year to a level that I don't even want to think about...people are gunna be getting so high, so up, and just tweekin the livin hell out of everything they do.

Last year skiers TJ Schiller, Bobby Brown, Jossi Wells, and Tom Wallisch all changed skiing in a matter of hours. Introducing new tricks that just keep ampin up the adrenaline in freeskiing.

TJ Schiller Dub 1620

Bobby Brown Switch Double Misty 1440

Jossi Wells Double Cork 1260

Tom Wallisch

X Games Hype

2011-01-26T07:13:00.000-08:00

Ladies and gentlemen. X Games 15 are about to begin. Tune in on ESPN and ESPN2 on Thurs. January 27, 2010. From 12-3 pm the X Games will kick off with Men's Slopestyle Elimination round. Get excited!

Flashback:

Last year, for those of you who watched, saw some sick skiing. One athlete in particular shot into the spotlight during last years X Games. Bobby Brown...no not the R&B rapper, but the skier. Last year, Brown became the first winter athlete to win 2 X Games gold medals at the same X Games. Legends like Tanner Hall, Jon Olsson, and Candide Thovex didn't even accomplish this.

He won the Big Air with a switch dub misty 12...which is basically an impossible move to perform. He won men's slopestyle as a huge underdog by landing a handplant misty 720, a switch right misty 900 and a double cork 1260 before once again nailing his switch double misty 1260 on the final hit. In a nutshell...Bobby Brown is sick as shit and you need to watch him at the Games..

Bobby Winning Big Air

Bobby shreddin the slopstyle

X Games 15

2011-01-18T08:43:00.000-08:00

Don't forget, X Games 15 start Thurs. Jan. 27 on ESPN. Should be sickk...

People to spec

Alex Schlopy

Stra8 murda

Simon Dumont as always

Skiing deadlier than snowboarding...

2011-01-18T08:34:00.000-08:00

So apparently skiing is way more deadly than snowboarding is...
So all you snowboarders who think you are hard shit daredevils think once again....according to a study by the National Ski Areas Association in America found that snowboarders were a third less likely to die than skiers on the slopes. Skiers are less likely to get small injuries like a skateboarder would...but more likely to die...dammmnnn....Researchers say that it is because skiers travel much faster and are more likely to hit a tree than a snowboarder is. Snowboarders are 50-70% more likely to get injured than a skier, however.

Be safe fellow skiers!

Musica

2011-01-15T15:24:00.001-08:00

Pacific Dub- Dreaming

Enjoyyy :)

Ski Jack

2011-01-15T15:00:00.000-08:00

Skis and snowboards have been getting jacked from Seven Spring Ski Resort and Hidden Valley Resort... stop jacking skiis yooo

lol

Ski of the Day

2011-01-15T14:55:00.000-08:00

K2 Aftershock

Do it all ski...it will perform well in all areas. K2 continues to be a leader in the industry and this ski shows why.

Sick looks ya dig

Buju Banton Musicka

2011-01-14T22:05:00.001-08:00

Buju Banton Magic city

ya buddy