Avalanche beacon review round up

Haven’t been posting much lately due to time/energy commitments. Figured I’d take a moment to throw these two avalanche beacon review sites up to help out anybody who is looking for a beacon, especially as now it’s the offseason and the sales are going to start – and if you’re lucky you’ll find a screaming deal like my Ortovox D3 for $90.

I’m not going to break it out by beacon, partly because I’m lazy lately, but partly because I want people to consider all options when choosing a beacon.

Lou Dawson’s beacon reviews from this year. Also check out beaconreviews.com for a different angle on the reviews. Like all will point out though the best beacon is the one that you know how to use and that you carry with you all the time.

Sharing the bloggity blog blogger love

Bored at work and/or killing time at work? Check out the below blogs, maybe one (or all) will be new to you. Some are snowboard, some ski, all good for a few extra mental vacation minutes.

Jeremy Jones blog
Lou Dawson, first guy to ski all the 14′ers in Colorado
Lots of good cooler photos
Andrew McLean’s ski mountaineering blog
Shay’s general snowboarding blog, reviews, etc.
Southofthenorth snow/skate blog

Know of a good one? Drop me a comment with the address.

Offseason training

Anybody do any offseason training? Not the usual “I ride my bike and surf occasionally” training, but real deal, everyday in the gym type training? Pro surfer CJ Hobgood does, his workout for Teahupoo is below. He’ll be a beast with this regimen.

Mad Clips Teahupoo Tahiti Fantasy Break-Down from josh coville on Vimeo.

Influences v1.0

If a picture is worth a thousand words this post falls somewhere between your average blog post and ‘War and Peace’.

Craig Kelly

Craig Kelly

Jamie Lynn

Jamie Lynn

Nirvana

Nirvana

Greg Galinsky v. Eames

Greg Galinsky v. Eames

Temple Cummins

Temple Cummins

Tropical locales

Tropical locales

Mid-winter warm water roadtrips

Mid-winter warm water roadtrips

Chris Gallardo/Splitboard.com

Chris Gallardo/Splitboard.com crew

Bonfires with friends

Bonfires with friends

To be continued….

Beer Friday

BEEEEEEEEEEEERRRR FRIDAY! This one is going to taste better than most as my day job has officially turned the corner from not even remotely interesting if you squint your eyes and turn your head to just plain ohmygodmakeitstop mundane. The days are a’draggin’, and combined with the fact that I probably won’t make it into the backcountry for a few weeks (looks like there will be some goods for the people get up there though) as I’m working on my exit plan (aka founding my next startup). So, to celebrate the end of the week, and eventual new beginnings, I present to you one of my favorite bottled beers evar!

PLINY THE ELDER!

Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder

From the Russian River Brewing Company (a brewery I’ve only been to once and couldn’t drink as I was taking my MSF class that weekend!) in Santa Rosa, CA I can only describe this beer as heaven in a glass. Seriously. If there is a heaven my first day there (huge assumption…) will consist of being reunited with my childhood dog and he’ll offer me up a pint of Pliny (dogs will have opposable thumbs in heaven), or something like that. Bright white, quickly dissipating head with a crisp, citrusy hops aroma with just a touch of pine. Balanced flavor that keeps you guessing. “Was it sweet?” “Was it bitter?” At 8% it’s dangerously drinkable. Highly, highly recommended.

So there it is, another week down, chased with yet another good beer. Get out there and get’er done this weekend!