Jan 272008

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A Sundance-snowboarding pilgrimage had been beckoning me for years, and I was super excited to finally be there. So excited that I scarcely noticed the vultures circling as I approached a wall of ice on Park City’s “Glory Hole” run. One completely unglorious wipe-out later and I’m showing off my 5 new collarbone fragments in the medical tent.

From then on it was me vs. the Sundance “10-step test-your-will ticket groveling system”, ice pack in my shoulder sling, screening schedule in my back pocket. Here’s a video clip of the director and lead actor speaking to the audience after a screening of Sugar: Continue reading »

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Jan 212008

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Well how about that, they still have powder weekends at Kirkwood. Or, at least, Sunday night surprise storms on marginally-celebrated 3-day weekends. Thanks MLK for picking a powder day to celebrate equality, and thanks CNET for proving more equal than other employers and giving me the day off!

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Jan 122008

Got some footage from Jay Riddlesberger’s self-DJ’ed bon voyage bash. I barely pulled out the camera that night, but happened to catch a bit of Riddles’ riffing on the mic – which you can almost hear if you ignore the pocket-cam bass distortion.

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