RSS FeedIt’s been awhile since I’ve fired up a review, and I’ve been sleeping on this one for awhile. Took the pics a few weeks back and just haven’t set aside the time to fire up some thoughts on the jacket. Marketing speak The Westcomb Mirage jacket is part of the Hardshell AX line of outerwear [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Review: Westcomb Mirage jacket
May 28th, 2009 
Justin 
Posted in Reviews 
Tags: backcountry, ski, skiing, snowboard, snowboarding, westcomb, westcomb mirage 
Comments OffJeremy Jones/Deeper Awesomeness
May 27th, 2009 Justin Somewhere on Hood a kid is working on getting another 90 degrees of rotation and stressing out about his style, contest scores and sponsorships. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world Jeremy Jones and crew are progressing the sport in a different manner while stressing about avy hazards, leaving for their line at 10pm!. [...]
How the Northwest Was One
May 27th, 2009 Justin PNW represent “How The Northwest Was One” teaser from kurt Jenson on Vimeo. “How The Northwest Was One” Teaser 2 from Wild Card on Vimeo. How The Northwest Was One Teaser 3 for Fuel TV from Wild Card on Vimeo.
Get out there and do it
May 20th, 2009 Justin Thought this was a great video. I always have this weird internal ‘urgency’ to do something when I’m just wasting a day as I don’t want to be looking back on my death bed thinking about wasted time. Thought this was a cool 42 second vid! Last Day Dream [HD] from Chris Milk on Vimeo.
First Ascent team reaches Everest summit
May 19th, 2009 Justin Looks like the First Ascent team reached the summit of Everest today. Congrats to them, as that’s a burly achievement and chosen suffering at it’s finest. You can follow their every foostep an rib breaking cough at their blog here. It remains to be seen if First Ascent is an authentic attempt by EB to [...]
Jeremy Jones x AK
May 19th, 2009 Justin Just noticed JJ updated his blog with more epic Deeper Alaska goodness. Check it out.
2010 Burton Custom/Custom X (will not be my next splitboard)
May 18th, 2009 Justin Won a DIY split kit from Voile at the California splitfest and have been pondering which board to split sometime mid-summer when I start dreaming of snow. The list is long, but one that I’d been throwing around in my head is the Burton Custom or Custom X as I’ve always had good times on [...]
LOLWTFriday….this is odd
May 15th, 2009 Justin Was looking at some search terms that were used to find my blog this morning and came across some..uhh….odd findings. Maybe ‘backcountry’ is being misinterpreted by the Googles? Also, dick under balls? That’s some real ‘beans above the frank’ type shit. It’s SEM, not S&M. Creepy. I apologize to those looking for pictures of kawk. [...]
The Slush Cup
May 14th, 2009 Justin I love the vids Jeremy at Funner puts out as they highlight the main reason we ride – fun with friends. Friends, beers and water rides? Sign me up! As another season winds down figured I’d post this one. Get out there and enjoy your turns as before long it’ll be mid-August and you’ll be [...]
Kelly Slater – most dominant athlete ever?
May 13th, 2009 Justin In the spirit of the NBA playoffs (yeah, basketball still exists, I was surprised as well – though not as surprised as finding out pro baseball is still around) we were having a discussion in the office yesterday about the most dominant athlete ever. I nominated Kelly Slater over the likes of Lance Armstrong and [...]
