Absinthe's Ready Soundtrack
There’re some great songs on this soundtrack: “Waggoner’s Lad” by Bert JanschUSA: UK: “Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)” by Oingo BoingoUSA: “Space Oddity” by David BowieUSA: UK: “Bad Kids” by The Black LipsUSA: UK: “L.E.S. Artistes” by SantogoldUSA: UK: “Back in the Summer of 72′” by The SunUSA: UK: “Sleeping Lessons” by The ShinsUSA: [...]
Skating And Other Stuff…
I went for a skate this morning with Dave, the first of the year. I’m hoping to make Sunday mornings a regular thing. It’s nice to get out, plus, if I skated more than a handful of times each year I might progress past the just-beyond-noob sticking point that I’m currently at. I’m most interested [...]
686 Tool Belt Review
It’s a belt, there’s not much to say, right? That’s fair enough, but here are a few points: Tools. Most of the 686 tool belts come with two tools: a #2 phillips and a flathead. I have seen one with just a single phillips, for skateboarding, but all the snowboarding belts have both. Is it [...]
Burton Custom Smalls Snowboard Review (and Some More)
The Custom has been marketed as “the snowboard that does everything and some more”. The Custom gets so many good reviews, it sounds like a legend and Burton keep bringing out new versions with improvements every year. After reading about the Custom I was expecting good things! Gavin and I did quite a bit of [...]
Lib Tech Travis Rice Snowboard Review
The T.Rice is an awesome snowboard. I wanted a soft-flexing, freestyle board, that I would ride in the park and around the whole mountain. I was willing to compramise on out-right powder performance. The Lib Tech passed with ease. My previous board was a Nitro T2 (review), which performed well in the role that I’ve [...]
Since I've Been Back…
Well I’ve been back for a little over a week now, so what have I been doing? First up, I wanted to post all of the daily entries from the trip, and, after sorting through a bunch of photos, I’ve retrospectively added some pictures to go along with what happened each day. It felt a [...]
