SIA Las Vegas 2009

By
drexnefex
– February 3, 2009

I went to SIA in Vegas this year.  I’ve never been to SIA.  I’ve heard all about it, you’ve heard all about it.  Everything you’ve heard is true…

Vegas is fun, but I feel bad for all the people who had to be there for days.  I managed to be in and out in less than 48 hours.  A few friends and i showed up on Wednesday night–the tail end of the show.  Everyone else who had already been down there looked pretty beat.

We landed in Vegas around 8pm and proceeded to the Palms to attempt a Snoop Dogg show.  There was a line that snaked through the casino.  Evidently they “oversold” the show by a few hundred tickets–aka everyone hooked up their bros with extra tix.   I was one of those recipients.  The line hadn’t moved for a good 2 hours so i proceeded to the Craps table.  No gin and juice for me.

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The show the next day was pretty cool.  Girls, beers, and bros.  Most of the booths were pretty cool, organized and clean.  Others were a shite show.  I really only glanced at most of the gear.  Nothing really stood out.  But almost every company is on board with reverse/rocker/banana.  Last year there were only a few companies on board, this year almost all are.  The handful of companies that offered reverse/rocker/banana boards last year only dabbled in sizes.  Now they offer full lines, with pretty much every length, width and shape.  I’m stoked on next years lines.  I can’t wait to get on the new Turbo Dream (hint).

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I can’t imagine the few companies that are not on board with the reverse/rocker/banana doing well in sales this coming year.  That shit is no joke.  If you haven’t been on a reverse/rocker/banana board in pow yet, you’re missing out.  And if  you’re one of the few people (1/2 the SS.com forum) that think reverse/rocker/banana boards are a bunch of hype, well you’re a dummy.  Reverse/rocker/banana boards are saving snowboarding.  Im curious why these boards didn’t come out years ago–legitimately.

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Ok, off bandwagon.  Since i was only there a few days, nothing too crazy went down.   I didn’t get in any fights, arrested, molested by trannies, kicked out of anywhere.  It was pretty chill for me.  My friend however managed to get super drunk and sleepwalk-pee on the ac-unit in our room.  I woke up in the middle of the morning to the distinct sound of water running.  I looked up and noticed ______  pissing on the ac-unit.  So funny…  I started cracking up quietly….let him go for a while, then said, “yo man, do you know what you’re doing?”  _______, said “fuck you!”  A few seconds went by then he started laughing.  That’s gotta be a weird way to wake up.

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