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Archive for 2010
White Pass Expansion
White Pass is moving right along with the implementation of their 2007 MDP FEIS. Two new chairlifts (1 Express Quad, 1 Fixed Quad), ski runs and a mid-mountain lodge are slated to be ready by winter 2010-2011. The new expansion area is located in the Hogback Basin just to the southwest of the existing ski [...]
Castles In The Sky Teaser Kinda
Taylor Steele’s Castles In The Sky is set to drop on DVD and iTunes on June 15th 2010. Video looks to be a pretty cool culture lesson. Filmed in India, Peru, Vietnam, Africa, Iceland. Surfing by Rasta, Dan Malloy, Kalani Robb, Mike Losness, Dane, Machado, Jordy, Tim Curran, etc… Keep an eye on em here: [...]
Kai Nevilles Landscape Altered – Episode 1
Check out the video below from Kai Neville. Same guy that did Modern Collective. Pretty sick video…all airs. Crazy airs. On reef no less. Surfing by Mitch Coleborn, Josh Kerr, Chippa Wilson, Clay Marzo, Jay Davies. The video is part 1 of 4 from Neville’s Landscape Altered webisode series. Also part of the Kustom Air [...]
Stereotypical Bro
Happy 4/20 there stereotypical bro. Yeah, you snowboard, surf, you probably smoke that funny tweed. Everyone totally calls you bro or dude. People might even ask you if you know where to get mj just because you snowboard or surf. Ever have one of your coworkers say “hey dude, it’s 4:19. got a minute?!”. Jesus… [...]
La Push Super Tree
Got to surf La Push all by myself last weekend. Rare? Yes. Junky waves? Totally. But check out this huge tree that washed ashore! There was one that washed on shore a few years ago that was pretty much the biggest tree i’ve ever seen. If you’ve been out there in the last couple years [...]
Don't Talk Shiit About Your Surfboards
A month or so ago I stopped in WaveHounds Surf Shop and oogled over the huge board selection that shop has. Eventually I came across the Lost Monkfish and was pretty much instantly stoked. 6-0 Rounded Pin Quad. Daymn! I talked to the owner for a while about nw surf, boards, shapes, etc. He kept [...]
Hyak Summit East Expansion
Snoqualmie Pass is moving forward with implementing the Hyak (aka Summit East) part of their Master Development Plan. This summer they’ll be building a new top to bottom lift–no more two chair trip to the top. They’ll also be building a chair on the backside opening up about 65 acres of new or old terrain [...]
Preview Allan Weisbecker's Movie: Water Time
The author of Cosmic Banditos, In Search of Captain Zero, and Can’t You Get Along With Anyone? is working on a movie titled “Water Time; Surf Travel Diary of a MadMan.” Dudes books are very entertaining. Especially since i’ve coincidentally been in a handful of the same place that he writes about in his books. [...]
Review: Shaun Tomson's iPhone App – Surfboards
The other day while handlin biz and perusing the App Store on my iPhone i came across an app called Surfboards. The description of the app sounded really cool so i nabbed it. Lots of info on board shapes–rocker, rails, tails. There’s a huge surf specific glossary. Someday i hope to ride a “foam ball”, [...]
Alpental 04.09.10
Damn sick day today. Grapple snow made for some crazy fast snow. Top to bottom good snow. Line got outta control after about 3 top chair runs. 5 runs in 2.5 hours. Had top chair opened right off the bat. Elevator opened pretty quick too. One of the better days this year. Tomorrow will be [...]