| Colorado, USA |
| Graham going for a profound pose at DIA. I give it a B-. |
| Just as beggars can't be choosers, snowboard mooches sometimes need to change bindings. |
| When I lived at Vail a few years back I worked at Midvail. It was glamorous work. |
| Vail In the two days prior to our arrival in Colorado, Vail got 24" of fresh snow. I was totally stoked to ride after being off my board for almost 3 years. That's right, Nottamoocho Rideage. To get this much fresh pow was a total blessing. Well, not for the people on Vail Pass who were in the 70 car pile-up the night before, but as the saying goes, 'One man's trash is another man's treasure'. |
| The bro and I left Madison and headed for a week in Colorado. We stayed with my friend Worth up at his place in Breck. I'd talked up Colorado to Graham quite a bit so I was hoping it would come through for me. First thing that happened was that the airport lost both of our bags. Great start. But really, setting the bar low initially makes it easy to jump over. You can only go up. That's why people always find me so obnoxious initially, because then it's easy for me to impress them later. Screw making good first impressions. I'm going on record and advocating for the exact opposite. It's kinda like those weight loss shows. Obviously the fattest guy has an advantage in that he has the most weight to lose. Skinny dude's don't have a chance. If there are flaws in this argument, I certainly can't see them. |
| It's like someone kept the massive dumping a secret. No lift lines. Fresh tracks to be found everywhere. It was like Willy Wonka's factory with snow. |
| Graham embracing the snow. |
