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10/23/11

Sack Lunch

Take a gander at this short movie that the Joystick crew put together from this summer at Mt. Hood. It's fun, I like it.



Sack Lunch is the sequel to Hot Lunch which was put out in 2008 soo if you haven't already seen that, watch it!

10/3/11

My friends are in Asia...

Follow Mick and Mackensey's blogs as they hangout in Thailand for the next couple of months teaching English. I'm soooooper jealous of them being out in the world adventuring while I'm stuck here in school...

http://mackenseyyoung.blogspot.com/
http://www.mickleahy.com/

check em out.

10/2/11

My 10/11 Ski Journal

This was my second season keeping a journal of what I skied everyday and it's really cool to look back on what I did all winter. I dunno if anyone else will find it interesting, but here it is!

1 - Nov. 16/10 - downflat at jubilee. starting slow, doing all the basics. not much snow.
2 - Nov. 17/10 - looong single barrel and down flat at jubilee. 10ish cms of sticky, slow snow. hard to get speed for single barrel. fun rail though.
3 - Nov. 18/10 - jubilee shreddin.
4 - Nov. 19/10 - jub.
5 - Nov. 21/10 - 6 hours at jubilee with academy kids. very solid sesh. landed a 7 off nothing. hit jubilee gap.
6 - Nov. 22/10 - skinned up granite. skied main. good pow but no base.
7 - Nov. 23/10 - jubilee with hatch. hatch broke a box. super cold out.
8 - Nov. 25/10 - jubilee with hopkins. mellow sesh, guy rolled up on xcountry skis and ate shit hard.
9 - Nov. 26/10 - night sesh with pat and vinz. fun flatbar.
10 - Nov. 27/10 - wall drop by prestige and urban pillows with vinz and gonzalo.
11 - Nov. 28/10 - skinned up granite, shedded belle. fun as. did a bunch of bflips.
12 - Nov. 30/10 - up granite, belle shred. wind blown loading on the north side. hit step up onto retaining wall at ski hill parking lot at night, scott sled tow 80km/h.
13 - Dec. 2/10 - up granite, skied papoose bowl. Wind loaded but bonded well, no sluff. fun pow shreddies.
14 - Dec. 3/10 - jub shreddin with berg. little tricks, mellow sesh.
15 - Dec. 4/10 - shredded 49 degrees north with ski academy. fun as day, some sun, some pow, first time shredding the casual caylors, booyah!
16 - Dec. 6/10 - sunset run down short squaw with mike. good snow, need more base. mike's aunt's dog does not shred.
17 - Dec. 8/10 - jibbin jubilee flat plastic rail fun.
18 - Dec. 10/10 - jibbin jubilee fun.
19 - Dec. 11/10 - tbar and silverlode open. mellow fun. coached in the morning then headed up granite and skied some good turns on high spirits.
20 - Dec. 12/10 - red opens. 25cms of new snow with a pleasent rain crust. Fun pow shredding, rode the DPs.
21 - Dec. 13/10 - granite opens. good ol rain crust. dead legs, had fun, hit some pillow lines. had to leave at 12 to move stuff for mommy.
22 - Dec. 14/10 - little bit more snow, knocked down the crust making it so sick! shredded with buck and kieran then filmed a bit with mike and peacock.
23 - Dec. 15/10 - afternoon skiing after work with evan and kieran. snow firmed up a little but still fun. legs really sore.
24 - Dec. 17/10 - Free ski day. cooked KD on deck shredded link's and cpt. jacks a few times with large crew. good, leftover pow.
25 - Dec. 18/10 - Day 1 of CSIA Level 1 course. super boring, short radius turns.
26 - Dec. 19/10 - Day 2 of CSIA Level 1 course. even more boring. did 3 runs in 6 hours.
27 - Dec. 20/10 - Day 3 of CSIA Level 1 course. learned how to get on a chairlift...
28 - Dec. 21/10 - Last day of CSIA Level 1. passed. did acouple runs uptop on lunch break. pow! happy winter solstice!
29 - Dec. 22/10 - Coachin academy. bunch runs all over. big side booter boosts.
30 - Dec. 23/10 - more academy coaching. shreddin hard.
31 - Dec. 24/10 - hit tree bonk jump, then sent side booters on long squaw super hard.
32 - Dec. 25/10 - couple afternoon laps with dad. merry christmas!
33 - Dec. 26/10 - morning shred before boxing day shinny with dad.
34 - Dec. 27/10 - a bit of snow. everything softened up. lots of link's laps and bflips with jz, marsh, raine and patty.
35 - Dec. 28/10 - 10 more cennies. kind of pow day? legs dead. line on mother bigger than i've ever seen it. ski a bunch of poochies laps.
36 - Dec. 29/10 - another 10 cennies. good ol pow slashes. hit a rock beside the finger. fun, long day. legs still dead but powered through it.
37 - Dec. 30/10 - wind blew everything around, more freshies. coached academy.
38 - Dec. 31/10 - won the red goblet! suuuper cold.
39 - Jan. 1/11 - pretty hungover. two runs on short squaw with pops.
40 - Jan. 2/11 - dug snow cave, fell asleep in it. then did bunch backflips and other tricks on whitewolf jump.
41 - Jan. 3/11 - mellow cruising day.
42 - Jan. 5/11 - snowed a bit - shredded around granite and red with nate, dayna, and willis.
43 - Jan. 6/11 - more snow. did a lap on Roberts - super sick! then a couple runs around granite before skiing the back of red home. didnt ski very well, legs behind the head.
44 - Jan. 7/11 - more wet snow. skied with academy. laps in cambodia and short squaw were killer/
45 - Jan. 8/11 - wind loading in weird places. coached academy on link's to train for comp.
46 - Jan. 9/11 - up robbie. skied DL's. weird semi breakable crust. got better farther down.
47 - Jan. 10/11 - sunny and cold. took some scenery photos in the morn. tagged along with mike and francois for some skiing photos in the afternoon.
48 - Jan. 11/11 - cold. skinned up grey, shredded down. great turns.
49 - Jan. 12/11 - POW! 20 someodd cennies of the lightest pow ever. wind transport made for some deepdeep skiing on northeast aspects.
50 - Jan. 13/11 - more POW! A bit more dense but still soooooooo much fuuun! shredded with toddy most of the day, slaying pow.
51 - Jan. 14/11 - rain. wet pow. good thing my skis are rockered!
52 - Jan. 15/11 - wet snow frozen! haaaaaaaaard as a witch's tit. link's line allllll day with the academy.
53 - Jan. 16/11 - rain. wet snow, terrible vis, not the best vibes. did some park laps after suffering through a morning on granite.
54 - Jan. 17/11 - slushy springlike conditions in the park with bennett. fun hotlaps, bunch of cork 3s on the hip.
55 - Jan. 18/11 - frozen. worst run of my life down short squaw. link's was ok, lapped a few times with eddie, dayna, and nathan.
56 - Jan. 19/11 - really frozen. skied link's all morning with ski acad.
57 - Jan. 20/11 - 15 or so cennies of powpow made everything soft but could still feel the crust underneath. fun shredding with skiacad in the am then with siggers, lilmack, pat in pm
58 - Jan. 21/11 - up the chair at 7 for freeski comp. coached kids then shredded some powwwwww. dumping hard all day.
59 - Jan. 22/11 - up chair at 7 - most beautiful sunrise. watched comp all day then skied pits with the boys. stomped 3 off decent cliff.
60 - Jan. 23/11 - super hungover. skied around with JZ.
61 - Jan. 24/11 - rippin skied out runs, poppin 3s everywhere. couple park laps then ski home on great snow.
62 - Jan. 25/11 - 12cms, sunny day. shredded first cooler, natty brown, did a bflip, some senders.
63 - Jan. 26/11 - shreddin around skied out snow with ski acad.
64 - Jan. 27/11 - park skiing with ski acad, then ski home.
65 - Jan. 28/11 - park skiing wiht acad. night sesh on downtown rails for the game. fun setup!
66 - Jan. 29/11 - the GAME. fun as day. just jammed the whole time with the bros.
67 - Jan. 30/11 - really hard snow. blown out middle buckle on boot. super cold. not that fun of day.
68 - Jan. 31/11 - hit airbag, did a couple backflips and rodeos. wack jump but fun.
69 - Feb. 1/11 - Airbag again, better jump. dub backies, misty 7s and cork 5s.
70 - Feb. 2/11 - hard, skied out. pits was ok. scoped some zones
71 - Feb. 3/11 - hard, skied out still. some new stuff set up in the park.
72 - Feb. 4/11 - some freshies soften errthing up. skied super cooler for the first time in a couple years.
73 - Feb. 5/11 - wind blown but cant find where it got blown to... kinda meh.
74 - Feb. 6/11 - little more snow. found where it got blown to. skied whitewolf, got a cool shot i think.
75 - Feb. 7/11 - another 10cms. fun morning till i 180ed out of natty brown and popped out the shoulder. then got kicked out of rafters.
76 - Feb. 8/11 - mellow, mellow day. did a few runs on sallys. keeping the shoulder safe. still hurts a lot.
77 - Feb. 9/11 - bunch of runs through the pits. good snow back there. shoulder still hurts bunch.
78 - Feb. 10/11 - shredded red. poppin' and butterin' errwhere. keeping shoulder safe.
79 - Feb. 11/11 - park all day. stayin safe, jumping a little.
80 - Feb. 12/11 - shredded around red then park in afternoon. shoulder feels a lot better. did some hand drags and stuff.
81 - Feb. 13/11 - skied hard up top. charging almost 100%.
82 - Feb. 14/11 - skied whitewolf, then around granite and red. dumpin snow.
83 - Feb. 15/11 - bit of POW. charged hard with todd. cut 1st and 2nd coolers, both slide far. dangerous. so much fun though.
84 - Feb. 16/11 - bit more snow. shredded with nate and hamish then mike and peacock. shredded around pface, cambodia, high spirits. sick bflipper in high spirits.
85 - Feb. 17/11 - fun shredding around the hill, couple bflips and a draggin cork 3 off a cliff.
86 - Feb. 18/11 - shot photos with chris oconnell and mousseau. hit icicle and stuff in pits and shoulder. super sore shins.. then went night skiing in salmo. so much fun!
87 - Feb. 19/11 - a few links laps and pface senders. snow pretty tracked out.
88 - Feb. 20/11 - chilled on whitewolf at jump spot. pretty hungover, watched kids huck meat.
89 - Feb. 21/11 - skied north side of grey with sparky and knobber. gnar stuff. lots of sluff and good snow.
90 - Feb. 22/11 - 10cms. still hard underneath. backflippys and fast rippin.
91 - Feb. 23/11 - another 10cms. more backflippys, bigger 3s and fast rippin.
92 - Feb. 24/11 - another 15 cms. yeeeeeeeeeehaw! cold smoke! hit icicle and some other stuff ive been waiting to hit.
93 - Feb. 25/11 - bit skied out, bunch backflips.
94 - Feb. 26/11 - paleface has some sick turns. watched some racing. super cold, had to warm up 5 times.
95 - Feb. 27/11 - paleface and coolers epic!! bottomless blower!
96 - Feb. 28/11 - more snow, bunch of windloading. cambodia, coolers, paleface very very sick until mother closed because of high winds.
97 - Mar. 1/11 - POW at WH2O. 50cms in 3 days there, super sick shredding with the racer hombres and coop and gram.
98 - Mar. 2/11 - POW at big Red Cats! mellow terrain and bad vis, but some fun pow!
99 - Mar. 3/11 - shitty bootpack up Roberts, forgot skins. DL's is awesome right now though.
100 - Mar. 4/11 - shreddin, backflips in high spirits and park. 1st facebomb of the year.
101 - Mar. 5/11 - tryin out some surface skis, pretty hungover. couple bflippers, shreddin pillows in poochies.
102 - Mar. 6/11 - coached, sick new backflipper in HS. did some handdrag 3s off different stuff.
103 - Mar. 7/11 - scoped windlip on whitewolf. perfect for weenie roast!
104 - Mar. 8/11 - couple high spirits laps - backflips, cork 3s and hand drag 3s. tweaked shoulder pretty hard and skied home.
105 - Mar. 9/11 - phsyco cooler, 3rd cooler and other laps then skied home.
106 - Mar. 10/11 - masquerader, 3rd cooler, cambodia pillow lines - heavy pow.
107 - Mar. 11/11 - late start. couple dougs laps. shoulder really really sore for no apparent reason.
108 - Mar. 12/11 - filming on roberts with mike and vance. skied some fun stuff. shoulder killllllling.
109 - Mar. 13/11 - coaching academy. poppin around granite, skiing soft stuff.
110 - Mar. 14/11 - little bit of filming in DL's with vinz and pat. destroyed some idiot stopped after a roller on longsquaw. hurt left leg
111 - Mar. 15/11 - pow time! sore leg shreddin.
112 - Mar. 16/11 - more pow, leg really sore. lots of truck drivers.
113 - Mar. 17/11 - soft snow still. cork 5 on wind lip. leg pretty sore still.
114 - Mar. 18/11 - soft snow. underflip/cork 5s all day. leg feeling a bit better.
115 - Mar. 19/11 - some pow. got gnarly with brodie and cole. straightlined half of microwave, backflipped bowljump, natty brown dub drop.
116 - Mar. 20/11 - bunch of backflips in the park.
117 - Mar. 21/11 - afternoon shredding with bro and max.
118 - mar. 22/11 - wet mellow laps. snow kinda sucks.
119 - Mar. 23/11 - weenie roast at grey skin up. backflipped mini bowls jump.
120 - Mar. 24/11 - rippin around all morning. snow kinda meh.
121 - Mar. 25/11 - shredding hard. lots of links laps, lots of backflips. skied microwave from natty brown.
122 - Mar. 26/11 - super fast links laps. backflips, cliff out of stupid chute, microwave from natty brown, straightline out of dogsleg, facebomber.
123 - Mar. 27/11 - dumping pow all day - links, backflips, 1st cooler, 3rd cooler, poppers.
124 - Mar. 28/11 - microwave, super cooler, 1st cooler, natty brown, and short squaw laps.
125 - Mar. 29/11 - natty brown, coolers, paleface, park shred after mother closed. ate shit trying to carve out some cork 3s. did bunch of cork 5s and some bflips.
126 - Mar. 30/11 - heavy heavy snow. fun paleface laps with dane. blew my knee though. season is over.

This season I also started to count every backflip I landed. A couple of buddies and I were going to see who could get the most throughout the year but I was the only one who went through with counting them through the whole season.
My grand total of backflips was 113 (stomped).

aaand why not post my season edit here again too.