Contest at Mt. High

     Even though the contest season is pretty much over for snowboarding, Mt. High is still having the KTG Funky Junk Rail Jam up there today! It's a chance to be innovative and creative. Plus, tomorrow everyone rides FREE! Also, they will have an easter egg hunt tomorrow which looks like fun! Despite the snow season being almost over, there are still plenty of ways to satisfy your need for boarding. Skateboarding is one great way! I always get pretty good over the summer because I have so much time. Or there's PowderPak or other artificial snow companies that allow you to snowboard year round. Then there's places like, High Cascade Snowboard Camp, Windells, I believe Mammoth will have a summer boarding camp this year, and of course it's always winter somewhere, so while we're in summer, New Zealand is having it's winter I think. Bottom Line, Don't be too dissapointed that the season is coming to a close cause there are still lots of other ways to have fun on a board!

Books, Hmmmmm...

The book I mentioned.

     I started reading Todd Richards book "P3: Parks, Pipe, Powder". Now, normally I don't like reading however I really like this book. It has stuff that I can relate to and is interesting to hear about the history of Snowboarding and Skateboarding. Plus it's is a book that looks challenging to teachers! ;) In other news, when I got the 1080 Kicker ramps they came with a an additional rail. I finally was able to raise it as high as it will go (1.5 feet) and boardslide it. In other other news Mt. High will be closing on Easter but before they do they will have an Easter egg hunt and there will be cash prizes.

End of Season!! :(

     I took a final trip up to Mt. High today! Lots of fun. The snow was definately spring snow, so towards the end of the day it was pretty slushy. Very good day though! Eventually puddles began to form and you could ride through them, like pond skimming. All of the employees had a "Spring" in their step today! What's great about SoCal is that I was snowboarding in a T-shirts today. You can't do that many other places. Only 1 more week left so if you can, I suggest making it up 1 last time before the season ends and then wait in excitement for next year!

New Trick

     

  I have a 1080 kicker ramp and a 2 foot tall rail. The other day I landed a Frontside 270 to Frontside Boardslide. It was a hard trick to get but very fun! This week Mt. High has a 15 foot tall quarterpipe up on the Chisolm saddle. It was lots of fun hitting it. The only problem is that when I was there it was very icy and you could get an edge in so it was hard to get more than a couple of feet of air. Still a fun feature though. I think they should groom there halfpipe next year, and make it a little bit bigger. If you agree with me you should write on there facebook page asking them too!

Mt. High!

     I went to Mt. High today! It was fun! They still have enough snow to keep the jumps on Chisolm which I enjoy. I crashed on one of them when I caught an edge! The snow was awesome up until about, 1:30, when it started to get slushie, but only in the liftlines. The park is still amazing even though they only have about 2 weeks left in the season. All in all, an awesome day!!!

Oh My Skatepark!!

        I was in Santa Barbara over this weekend, and as we were leaving we happened to drive by the skatepark. It was amazing. They had vert, tranny, and street. It was concrete and a very creative setup. On the right side from where I was, there was a hip with a parking-car-stopper. It looked really fun. They had some really steep banks and nice roll-ins. Also while I was there I stumbled into the Mountain Air Shop, which is on State Street, as close to the pier as you could go. Everyone inside was nice and hospitable. Not to mention the prices were really good. I would recommend a trip to Santa Barbara even if it were just a day of skating at the skatepark and shopping and chatting with the nice people in Mountain Air.

Oceanside... 1 for 2!

         I went to the Oceanside skatepark today. Not the street park but the smaller more transition based park. It was crowded but a good park. Everyone was really nice and the side opposite the vert was fun. I didn't get a chance to ride the bowls since there were too many bikes there and they kept getting in our way. I liked hitting the banks. It was lots of fun and you should head out there. Also, Mt. High has been getting snowed on most of the day, so the conditions should be great for this weekend!

New Trick And Other News...

Danny N. doing a backflip at Mt. High

       Today I landed a Switch Frontside 90 to Frontside Boardslide on a skateboard. It took a little bit of work and a lot of falling but I finally got it down to where I can throw it comfortably. In other news, forecasters are saying that Mt. High is expected to get a several inches of new snow over Friday and Saturday. I'm hoping to make it up there on Sunday. They still have some big booters on Chisolm which should be fun. I hope you all can make it up.

USAirbag

      Recently I was at Mt. High and got a awesome chance to hit the USAirbag. This airbag is like what stuntmen jump off of buildings into. Mt. High had built a big jump up to it and it was lots of fun throwing, Rodeos, Backflips, Frontflips, Double Corks, 540s, 720s, and 900s. I highly recommend trying it out if they come and do a demo in your area. They have some videos on their website www.usairbag.com and you should check it out.


                           Sincerely,
                          SoCal Shredder

Snow, Skate, Surf, SHRED!!!!

       This is my 1st official blogpost! Lets see how it goes...


           This blog is all about Snow, Skate, and Surf in SoCal! My home mountain is Mountain High but occasionally I make it up to Bear Mountain. I make it to lots of Skateparks too. I hope you enjoy my blog!!!!




                    Sincerely,
                      SoCal Shredder