Day Four: Super Pipe

On Saturday I met people from all over the country who came to Breckenridge specifically to watch the Dew Tour. By the time Men's Superpipe Finals started the place was packed. Around noon Ben and I made our way up to the media area. I must admit I felt silly with my digital camera while everyone around us had fancy Nikons with interchangeable lenses. It didn't matter though. Zoom power was not a necessity because these guys were literally flying over our heads.
We weren't allowed to take video of the competition because NBC holds the sole rights. Luckily my camera has the ability to take a bunch of pictures consecutively so here's what I ended up shooting.

Here's some video of the Men's and Women's SB HP Winners.

In order to prove that I'm not completely biased towards snowboarding I stuck around for Men's Skiing. It was a lot colder without the sun but the lights gave the competition a much more intense atmosphere. At this point I wish I had a better camera because all of the pictures I took came out blurry but I still pieced a few of them together for you.

Day Three: If It's Free It's For Me

On Friday I decided to demo a Lib Tech board. I was pretty bummed they didn't have the GNU B-Street because it may very well be my next major snowboarding investment. Instead they hooked me up with the Roxy Ollie Pop which is a pretty similar board. The magnatraction was great on the icy runs and the banana technology made it super buttery. After taking a few laps I was very reluctant to turn it back in but free demos only last so long.


While riding up the lift with my friend Kerry his buddy mentioned that he'd won a free ticket to the One Republic concert that he didn't plan on using. I told him I'd take it off his hands if he really didn't want it and the next thing I knew I was going to the show.

I remember when One Republic came out with Stop and Stare on the radio. Everyone talked about how they were only famous because Timbaland produced their one big song. Well it's no wonder they are still around because they are incredible. I've seen a ton of bands live and few compare to their stage presence. They exude such passion for their music that you can't help but smile and rock to the beat, even if you don't know they lyrics to a single song off their new album.

This is the only decent photo I got before the security guard warned me not to use flash.

And here's a short video clip I took during Stop and Stare

Day Two: The Village

On Thursday I woke up pretty early to a phone call from Julie, one of my supervisors. She was calling to inform me that The Village wouldn't be set up until noon at the earliest which meant I could sleep in. What exactly was The Village? It was the place where sponsors set up booths and handed out free stuff also referred to as schwag. This meant free Tostino's pizza rolls, hats, bandannas, shirts and even concert tickets if you were lucky. CMC's booth was located at the center of it all so when we had extra people manning the booth I walked around and checked it out.

Matador had a mechanical bull. If you stayed on for 20 seconds you got a free bandanna and if you stayed on for 30 you got socks. Having never tried it before I gave it a shot. This video is compliments of Becky.

The Toyota Yettie and myself A shot of The Village

After getting off work I decided to meander around town and see what was going on for the evening. As it turned out Forum was premiering their video Forum Forever at a club called Cecilia's. While I was sitting there watching the premier the kid sitting next to me directed my attention to the door. Low and behold Louie Vito had just walked in. I didn't think he'd be in town because he wasn't competing in the Dew Tour, but sure enough there he was. Louie Vito is one of the few pro snowboarders my mom knows by name because she is a Dancing with the Stars fanatic. Feeling like a little kid asking Santa for presents I timidly approached him and asked for a photo. We didn't talk long because there were people rushing him the back of the club but he came off as a very down to earth, friendly guy.The premier was fun although I'd already seen the movie. It was hard to keep my attention focused on it when there were so many other things going on. It got pretty late and I decided to head out for the night. While walking back to my car my friend and I came across this awesome snow sculpture which was apparently part of Breck's carnival.