Snowboarders are so COOL

What's with everyone trying to be so cool these days? It's like everyone is trying to call everyone else out for "trying to be cool" just so they can look cool. How does that even make sense. "I look cool because I'm acting like it's not cool to be cool by calling someone else out for trying to look cool/ not being cool enough"

What has stemmed this rant?

On Saturday we got some fresh snow up on Mt. Rose and I wanted to go up to the summit to ride a bit. Well, everyone was too hungover to drive (or so they claimed) so around 2pm I started hitch hiking my way up the mountain. I eventually got up there and there weren't too many other people up there. It was pretty much me, my friend Ryan from Reno and a few of his friends. I needed to get to Reno that night to go to the Forum F-It premier and I figured it'd be easier to go straight there than find a ride back to Incline and then to Reno. So I got a ride with Ryan and went out to the Forum BBQ. After that we went back to his house to drink/hot tub/ etc. and then left for the premier.

My plan was to find a ride back to Incline from the premier, and I knew that'd be possible because a bunch of kids from school were going to the movie. But, because I wasn't going to be going back with Ryan I had to carry my board and boots with me. And I was still wearing my snow pants. I knew I'd get crap for carrying my board at the premier but I didn't think it'd be that big of a deal. If someone said something I'd be like "I was just riding, I haven't been home" and it'd be over. But no, these kids were too cool for that. I got SOO much shit from so many people. Mostly guys. Guys I didn't know, and even guys I was friends with. It's funny how quickly a friend will sell you out to look cool in front of their "pro" friends. I got so many "Why do you have your board with you?"s and even more "Ohhh you have your board and boots at a snowboard premier. You're SO COOL"s. I had to tell the story of how I was just hitch hiking all day a million times. And then some of the guys at the bar thought it'd be funny to pick my board up and pump it in the air. There were so many various nasty comments sent my way it almost killed my night. Why is there so much hate?

I mean, I'm not butt hurt on all this, I just think it's really dumb. Just let people be themselves and just live. Everyone complains about people being fake and trying to be cool but when you call people out to look cool it's just encouraging this fake broish behavior.

I don't know where I'm going with this and I'm just kinda over the whole situation. I think I'm just gonna ignore it all from now on. I just hope people stop being so obsessed with trying to call other people out. It's becoming cliche how much I've been saying this recently but JUST LIVE. Let people be. Have fun. Stop the hate.

The Tahood 37

So my friend Dan lives and rides up in Oregon and last night we were talking about the tricks we wanted to get this season. He said he wanted to get handplants, and I said I wanted to get a 540. He goes, let's make it a game. Whoever gets them (documented) first wins, and loser buys sushi. I go "Deal. Let's make it a whole list though." And the thing evolved. So now we have a list of 37 tricks and whoever gets the most by the end of the season is champion. We've got a youtube channel set up so you can follow our progress.

Ahhhh, The Tahood 37. A quest for dominance between an 18 year old Tahoe chickadee, and an old man from Oregon, the "ten months of snow" state. A simple "Let's see who can get a handplant and a bs5 first" evolved into a balls out championship of snowboarding might. Whoever knocks the most tricks off the list by May 15 wins. Loser buys sushi. Stakes will probably rise as the season gets underway. Game on.

Rules: No boxes the size of beds. Get it clean. If it’s questionable, it doesn’t count. Get it on video.

JUMPS

1. Nose grab
2. Tail grab
3. Method 
4. Melon
5. FS180
6. BS180
7. Half-Cab
8. Switch BS180
9. FS360
10. BS360
11. Cab
12. Switch BS360
13. FS540
14. BS540
15. Cab540
16. Switch BS540
17. Any 3 off a cornice/cliff
18. Rodeo
19. Misty
20. Backflip
21. Frontflip

JIBS & SHIT

22.Nose press

23. Tail press

24. 180-out

25. 180-on

26. 270-on

27. left hand-Handplant

28. right hand-handplant

29. fast plant

30. Stall 180

31. Stall 270

32. Front lip

33. Back lip

OTHER

34. Big air out of half pipe

35. Cartwheel

36. Tripod for at least 20 seconds

37. Full run, switch, regular front not strapped in. 

Dear Dan, You're going down. Youth conquers. 

Ps. Here's #27.

PeepShow/Transworld Premier

Last friday was the Peep Show "Let's make better mistakes tomorrow" and the Transworld "In Color" premieres.  Take a trip back to July to see the Peep Show teaser. They gave away a lot of awesome product, which I unfortunately did not collect. Well, besides a hat and tee shirt. But my friend Sophia won a new pair of boots which is totally awesome! I had fun at the premiere, seeing friends and such. The movies were okay, but I need to stop watching snowboard videos because the wait for snow is really starting to kill me.
After the premiere I went to some parties in Reno with some of these kids, egged some frat boys, and went back to Truckee. I got stuck in Truckee until saturday night when an Incline friend of mine picked me up. From there we went to a party in Kings Beach but I was just wayy too tired to party. I found a ride back to Incline, assuming I was being brought back to campus. Instead we went to someone else's house so I decided to sleep on their couch until my group was ready to go. Well they didn't wake me up and I woke up the next morning like "Shit. I just want to be home." I found a ride back to campus around 11am and was so relieved. I need a car. Being stuck all over the place sucks. The weekend was too exhausting. I don't know how many more of these adventures I can force myself on. Whatever. Just live right?

So much room for activities!

So I talked to my parents and they're letting me take next semester off! Annnd they'll pay for my rent too. Nice. The only thing though is that I told my parents I could find rent for like $300 a month and I'm having trouble actually doing that. I've been looking in Kings Beach and Truckee, but no cigar. Half of the searches result in "vacation leases" that are like $200 a night. As if.
Since I can live wherever I'm trying to find somewhere close to Northstar and that means I have no reason to buy a Diamond Peak pass. So now I'm just gonna get Northstar and Boreal. I mean, I could actually move to Oregon or Utah or Colorado really, but I like the kids around here too much. Tahoe is the place to be you know?
But anyways, it will all work out. I'll find a place to live and I'll be on the snow every single day. And it will be amazing.
Oh, and applying for a job working at the ski school at Northstar, which I think I may have a chance at getting because I could instruct skiing too. And if I don't get that job I'm applying at Boreal for their ski school. So yeah. This winter/spring will rock, whatever happens.
STOKED STOKED STOKED

Season Pass Time

It's about that time to start buying passes. Which is super new for me because up until this past season I rode two days at most a year. I'm definitely getting Diamond Peak because it's less than a mile from campus. People have told me that they don't buy DP because we know everyone who works there but whatever. I'll play it safe and just get a pass there because I'm planning on being there something like five days a week. Then I'm going to get the Northstar pass even though it's $$$. I'm going to get the hella limited restricted one because I'm only going to go there when other people go and for filming and stuff. I don't have a car so I'm stuck tagging along with friends. I'm going to try to get a job there (maybe) so I may get reimbursed. Which would be sick. Lastly, I thinnnnk I'm going to get the Boreal pass. It's a little ridiculous for me to have three season passes but Boreal opens first, closes last, and has night boarding. And I can get a Monday-Friday pass for $99.

I'm so excited for all this riding. You'd think the snow has already started to fall.... Well actually it has. A few times. At a couple thousand feet higher than me. But that means it's on it's way for sure.

My parents are coming up this weekend because my birthday is on Monday and I'm going to have to have a hard talk with them about not going to school in the Spring. I'm already a semester ahead so I need to take one off at some point. I couldn't get on the snowboard team this year because I haven't competed before but I'm going to start competing this winter so I can make it on the team next year. Once I'm on the team I need to be here year round so I won't be able to take a semester off. I hope this argument makes sense to my parents. I'm way looking forward to couch surfing and boarding every day. THIS SEASON IS GOING TO BLOW MY MIND. as long as I don't do something dumb and fuck myself up.