Rome Snowboard Design Syndicate

A friend got into some trouble with Johnny law lately.

go here www.backeastdesigns.com to check out some of the art. He’s been backing Rome for a number of years.

Legit.

I’ve completely shelved all my snowboarding gear as the recent heat wave that has graced the NE has revealed, in all her glory, the Rome Mini. So stoked to be shredding this thing again. Here’s me dropping in for the first time this year:

photocred: Cakes

Well, after the (complete lack of) overwhelming response from this new segment i’ve started here, I bring you the second installment of Wednesday’s with Bill. Murray.

Which is nice.

With all the World Quarters hoopla around here, I got thinking about the last time I was at Timber Ridge.

It was earlier this season and Cavan called and invited us desk jockey’s down for a photshoot/shredfest.  He was coming off a Trip with Max and Laz for Onboard and wanted to get some final shots at our beloved Timber Ridge  A few of us made the treck down and spent an amazing day shredding our own private mountain in the mid-winter sun.

We got there and immediately got towed up to the top behind George for the first run of the day.  The snow wasn’t great but it was warm enough to soften up and by mid-day it was on.

Jamie and Gracie came out!

Cavan at work

This is Tim, he's pretty much the man. Yes, that is his own cat that he uses to groom his own personal mountain!

Johnny hitting the shed-butter box!

Ron and I got to play on the wall ride once Max and Laz got their shots

their shots go in magazines, mine goes on a blog.

Buster had a blast. he slept for two days straight afterwards.

sun went down, grill got fired up!

George and Betsy riding off into the sunset.

Cant wait to spend another great day shredding with friends at Timber Ridge.

See you at the World Quarters!

In all my days.

MUTO by BLU:

So today’s blog is going to be about funny things you can do while you’re on the lift with a stranger. In my opinion, the more nervous the stranger is to be on the lift alone with you, the better.

- Slowly, about a half inch at a time continue to scoot towards them until you’re pushed right up against them. This works better of course on at least a quad, since it would be a short game on a double.

- Pretend to weep the entire lift ride, then laugh manically when you get off.

- Speak loudly about how hard you partied and the substances you did last night on your phone. Also make sure to speak graphically about sexual conquests.

- Take your goggles off and stare directly at them emotionless for the whole ride.

- Keep sniffing them.

- Ask them the same cliché “lift stranger” question as many times as possible. “ So, where you from?”, “How many years you been riding?”. Make a game out of it, break your own records… can you straight faced get 8 “where you froms” on one lift ride?

- Fart loudly and blame it on them while waving your hand in front of your nose.

- Strike up a normal friendly conversation and then inappropriately confess something very personal that’s not true, like a serious crime you committed, or that you’re gay and haven’t told your parents.

- Pull something strange out of your jacket. This takes some forethought, but the possibilities are pretty endless. A couple options that come to mind are, pornographic magazine, or something even more awesome like a zip lock bag full of mashed potatoes, and then you can scoop some with your hand and offer it to your new friend.

I don’t have all the answers; these are just a few funny things I could think of. There are definitely more productive things you can do with your lift time, my friend John learned to play the harmonica in a season of lifts. I’d love to hear some other awesome lift games if they’re out there.

There are other websites out there that feel the need to name each day of the week to a particular post, and then update it every week with related content. Apparently it works for them, so i’m stealing the idea. Straight up. No apologies. 

Without further ado, i present the first installment of “Wednesday’s with Bill. Murray.”®©

Today we find the epic revenge sequence from Rushmore, one of the greatest movies ever made.

The Big Picture comes in hot once again. This time featuring photos from the Hindu festival Holi, or the Festival of Colors. Click the link for all 27 photos. A few gem’s are below.

Ali sent over pictures from Marky B’s Boardfest, which is held at my old stomping ground King Pine in memory of my good friend Mark Bierweiler. We all spent a lot of winter days and nights shredding around that little mountain and from what I hear it still goes off on Tuesday nights (two for Tuesday night sking). 

Paige killing it!

Greg doing an old-timey boxer impression

maybe they should call it Sparky's Babefest!

We all miss you Sparky.

Snowboarding was really fun this weekend here in the North East.  Super soft and spring-like.

Today however, from all the fun, my back and neck are sort of hurting, and I thought I’d give myself a good Monday pick me up.

Just make this sign where ever you work.  You’ll feel better about yourself, and make others feel worse about themselves.  It’s a win-win, or win-lose I guess, but as long as you’re in the win column.

You can even make one that says something like “reserved for best person”, and put it in front of your car when you park at like the supermarket.