Wow…seriously? Between the bikes and now this Shaun has gone Shaquille O’neal circa-1993 on us (or Spaceballs. Shaun White the lunchbox!) and is putting his name towards any and everything. ‘Sallgood though, make your money kid! This stuff better keep it real though and be pasty white with red flakes and ginger flavor.
The timing on seeing this was impeccable, especially after reading this interview with Farmer earlier. To liberally paraphrase: selling out happens because people want to get paid, haters gonna hate, you just have to recognize that you
Nothing is cooler than snowboarding down big mountains in powder on natural terrain.
’nuff said.
Sorry for the non-post yesterday, got caught neck deep in a Powerpoint and as this blog doesn’t make money and is but a labor of love it gets low priority over potential revenue generating opportunities (that being said if anybody wants to advertise here get at me!). I’ll continue highlighting 2011-2012 splitboards next week.
After a few false starts beer friday is BACK for real this time. This week’s beer isn’t a particular beer, but a style (well, as of right now it’s not an official GABF style and is a subcategory of experimental beers) – FRESH HOP ALES! Only available in the northern hemisphere during harvest time, a true wet hop ale uses hops picked within the past 24 hours. That’s right, instead of using dried hops or hop pellets brewers actually put the hop cone into the brew kettle. The finished product, when done properly – and properly to me for these beers means not going for an overly agggressive beer – is an AMAZING beer that really highlights the nuances of the individual hop varieties. A well done fresh hop IPA or pale is the perfect capper to a cool fall surf session or evening BBQ on an amazing PNW crisp fall evening, and are a nice sendoff of the summer beer palette.
Current favorite of the season: Breakside Brewery Fresh Hop IPA
Dog of the season: Full Sail Lupulin
So there you have it, another hard week in the books, treat yourself on your ride home to a locally brewed fresh hop ale!
Six days/five nights in the Enchantments coming up. Starting the packing early, one too many shots to the dome have me a bit forgetful when it comes to little details these days. Came to the realization that if it weren’t for the old Mountain Hardwear warehouse sale, Patagonia Outlet extra 40% off sale, and REI used gear sales I’d probably be rocking a neon Columbia 3-in-1 Bugaboo jacket.
That green Mountain Hardwear Paclite Goretex in front, thirty bucks.
Down sweater, seventy.
etc. etc. etc.
Full retail is for suckers
This one is a few days overdue, but I was busy so never got around to doing it well. Instead just this quick chickenscratch version of a photochop. Yeah yeah, I could have taken the 10 extra minutes to do some layer masking and whatnot, but I didn’t, you still get the picture.
This kid is talented, buuuutt….
Cadel is riding STRONG this year and his team is looking good as well. Am I the only one (my guess is yes…) that sees the below similarity though everytime they interview him?
aka even the sun shines on a dog’s ass some days. And yes, that leash really kills the beauty of the pic, I swear it was just used to lasso the whales.
and I’m not real sure what the story is with one
A couple quickly edited shots from the weekend. Shooting high speed activities in horribly lit indoor arenas made me crave a camera body that’s less than 6 years old and NOT a crop as my 50/1.4 would have given me a bit more of the action in the frame. You’ll notice they are all a bit desaturated, tried to hide some of the pixel noise. I think a 17-40L, or maybe just 30something prime, on a non-crop body would be the best one lens quiver for shooting ringside. Meh, whatever, I suck, on to the pics.
As always if you want the BEST muay thai in Portland check out Portland Thai Boxing
 Brandon does his wai kru  Josh watches his opponent enter  Love the simultaneous knees  Somebody in this photo has sore ribs today  Love Dante's eyes in this one, just looks like he's ready to finish him off  Had an idea for a shot and just missed it here. Was hoping to get a clinch battle in the corner and get both of their faces in. So close yet so far. Next time.... And on Sunday was able to get out and do something for myself
Saw this one at Northwest Snowboards in Tacoma.
Best graphic ever? I think so.
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