Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone has an awesome halloween.  And makes awesome pumpkins.

<3 Shred Betties

(we made awesome pumpkins too)

10.31.08

Yikes…Stripes….

On Tuesday of this week, I woke up to a phone call from my mom informing me that it was snowing in Pennsylvania and that I should probably not attempt to ride my bike to the train station as I usually do. Gotta love moms, always acting like….well….moms, even when you’re in your late 20s. I was glad she let me know though, because despite the complete lack of snow in New York, it was cold and rainy which gave me the perfect excuse to pull out not only a beanie, but also my snowboarding jacket. And people wonder why I love winter!

10.30.08

WTF is going on with Burton?

Yesterday, while inputting Burton’s description of the Troop into our board test results, I noticed that their description still included quite a lot about Elena Hight.  This furthered my overall WTF about the Burton team lately.

10.29.08

Know the Code

As the new awesome season of snow sliding begins I’d like to take this time to remind people of the responsibility code that is out there for everyone to follow.  I had a bit of an incident yesterday and pretty much destroyed a skier and it made me think that people need to know this code.

10.26.08

Hidden Valley is Saved

If you haven’t heard yet, the news regarding Hidden Valley is good!  Tim Boyd got a nod of approval from Wildwood to pursue a 10-year development plan that will ensure a long and healthy future for our local slopes!  There is still a long road ahead, and HV will need us all to show our support again in the future as the proposal goes back to Wildwood.  Thanks to everyone who has done everything in their power to show their support… this wouldn’t have happened without you.

10.23.08

Adopt a new kind of beanie

Occasionally, while looking for beanies for this blog, I get frustrated that more companies don’t think outside the beanie box. I mean honestly, there are only so many things you can say about a pom beanie after you’ve already talked about 4 or 5 this year. In these cases, I start to look outside of the typical companies that we, as snowboarders, tend to gravitate towards. In this case, my search brought me to Adopt.

10.23.08

WTF…  A Man in Spanky Pants

In continuing news from the men in tight pants department, Bataleon has squeezed some dude into a pair of yellow tights.  Don’t get me wrong, I love Bataleon, I even ride a Bataleon, and I must say it’s quite excellent.  However, they do have a flair for imagery that is borderline creepy.  For instance, on my Violenza’s graphic, there’s a bird that appears to be violating a llama with his beak (although Danny at Bataleon told me that he was just tickling him). I waver between finding this amusing and disturbing.

10.22.08

Project Runway x Beanie Thursday

As some readers may know, I really really really like Project Runway. It’s the one show on television that I watch, no matter what. Anyway last night was the season finale, so I thought it would be fun to do a Beanie Thursday in honor of this. If you like the show and you haven’t watched yet, don’t read any further, because there be spoilers ahead!

10.16.08