Registration today. I’m running Thursday, #16th or as I like to call it ‘Prime Coral Reef Time.’ I don’t ask for a whole lot, but if it could start raining during my run (the high at Snowbird tomorrow is 52F), I’d be so pumped.
Psh. It doesn’t matter. I’ll be like Eminem in 8 Mile and just start rapping at the top of the venue. Uhh…I’m gonna get grips of style points.
…Now if only I can convince Mekhi Phifer to fly to Utah
The tree roots and bushes will just act like pillows on my landing.
I got a sickbird nomination for filling out paperwork today. Jim Jack said he’d never seen pen strokes quite like mine.
Cool videos from Friday when it actually looked like winter in Utah.
Bah. This was my first run today at Snowbird.
I was trying to film some cool stuff for HelmetCast 19/20. Ya, my next video is going to be two parts because that’s all the rage on indie rock message boards this days and I’m trying to appeal to appeal to punk girls in an effort to shed my already creepy reputation.
Coffee will get you out of bed, this will wake you up, and heroin is super addictive.
It’s been well over a month since I’ve posted anything on here (my longest absence since starting this blog 4 years ago) so I’m going to briefly pretend to address it and then just post cool skiing stuff.
Addressing my absence: I’m busy. I have a lot of school work. It kinda sucks. Computer science isn’t the fluffy ‘soft science’ major I was originally led to believe.
In a perfect world, I’d get to update this website everyday.
…but in a perfect world I’d also get to ski pow everyday, never have to do homework and not have to stay at least 500 yards away from Natalie Portman to avoid being arrested.
Unfortunately, this isn’t a perfect world.
Past that: February
Telluride, CO. Stop #3 on the World Freeskiing Tour. Showed up, hit a sweet line that was a bit too pussy and ended up on the bubble for finals, but the wrong side.
On the (+) I became super famous.
MSI Homepage after Telluride, featuring yours truly
Powder Magazine
Some Weird Clothing Website
Kinda cool or whatever. That pretty much covers February. I fell real bad after I got back and tore the binding out of one my skis and hurt my neck. Then I did a bunch of homework. Then it was March.
March
Kirkwood had some sweet snow, but I never really got to look at the venue for the competition due to its closure for avalanche conditions [/excuses], so I kinda screwed myself. But, I snagged a bunch of T-Shirts and got an awesome speeding ticket while driving out so it wasn’t a total loss.
Now
I’ve been shooting a bunch of sunshine skiing footage and plan to make a compilation of Little Cottonwood Canyon’s best groomed runs soon. Seriously. There will be video soon. I’m also going to try and resume making this site my priority over school work because the computer lab is boring.
Also. Nik (Pearled Barley) is weird. Audiobooks + HelmetCam footage = the future.
Oh winter, I’m so glad you’re back. Even if it took you until mid-January to get here. Stay awhile.
If it snowed everyday in Little Cottonwood Canyon from now until June I think there would be no more suffering, hunger, wars, racism or tyranny on this planet. I’ve got a pie chart in my car that proves it…
Footage from The ‘Bird* from opening in November and when winter actually arrived…two months later…
*note, use of slang “The ‘Bird” does not get you freshman girls…trust me…I’ve tried
I’m kind of guesstimating on how many days I’ve bagged at this point. Some wisdom teeth yanking and extreme hiccups as a result of the wisdom teeth yanking and some awesome pharmaceuticals as a result of the extreme hiccups from the wisdom teeth yanking has left me KO’d for a good bit of January. But! Fear not! It is 2:47AM right now and I have just finished editing the newest (and extremely late) HelmetCast.
That’s right! HelmetCast 18 is coming! In spite of loosing a crooked contest hosted by a certain software company that shall remain nameless, I do, still, deeply care about selling out. You hear me Steve Jobs? Now’s your chance to pick me up on the cheap…
The ONLY way to wake up.
Ullr, prove to me you’re better than combining dangerous prescribed medication,
BRING THE SNOW!
Jake
