First week in Mammoth

My first week living in Mammoth has gone pretty swell, I'd say. The mountain isn't open yet, so I've found other activities to do, like skateboarding and rock climbing. I had never climbed outdoors before, so I was pumped when my new friend Tobin brought me out, lent me some gear, and taught me the ways. Once again, this is a photo post with related (for the most part) captions.

Everything looks cool in fisheye

Mammoth has the best sunsets

Girl skate krew. 5 girls 1 park!

The essential belaying photo

Tobin in front of the gorge

The climb down to the climb spot was heavy

Whoever took this knows about angles.

John getting down with the snack set up

Wolf Dog looking all majestic and shit

Wolf Dog looking like a bunny and shit

Mike mid climb

Yeah I Selfie while climbing. Deal with it.

Kelsey on the climb

Max and I high fiving. Because climbing is chyll.

Started from the bottom, then I was here.

Panorama of our group post climb, while Tobin took the next shot.

Whoah pretty meta right?

Shred Fest

So, Boreal is opening back up for two days. July 10-11 from 10-2. Tickets are $20. I am most definitely going. I'll take any summer boarding opportunity that comes my way.

Yeah. That's it. I really don't have much to say. It's summer.

I think the main reason I'm not going totally crazy is skateboarding. I've got my buddies that I travel around a bit with and they're all super sick skaters. It takes my mind off the snow. I was actually starting to think I loved skating more, but I sat down with an old issue of transworld snowboarding and was reminded of how crazy I am for the snow. As soon as I started flipping through the pages I was reminded that while I love skateboarding, it doesn't even come close to snowboarding. Some of the guys I skate with hate on snowboarding hard and I don't get that. I thought we were cousins. I don't know any snowboarders that hate on skateboarding... Why is that?

New love.

Since I haven't gotten to go snowboarding for a few weeks I've gotten back into skateboarding. I've been skating at Red Morton in Redwood City and just keeping it steezy you know? Anywayyss, I've also gotten more into photography and have decided to do skateboarding photography while I'm not boarding myself. And so here it is; FLICKR, my first every skateboarding album. I've never shot skating before and I think I got a few cool shots. I learned somethings that will help me get better shots next time as well. I just can't believe it took me all day to process the batch. Ahhh. The one draw back. Whatever. MGT. Look for a special skateboarding surprise coming soon, featuring the soon to be legendary 820 House.

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