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32 years old at 32 Days. 

I know this took place a while ago, but if bringing up old things to make new headlines works for ESPeen, then maybe it’ll work for me. I got to do a banked slalom! Didn’t take first, didn’t take last. Had a quick butt check or I would have been a little better. It was a great time, it took too long for me to get another run in. But I got to shred with some good people and learned some more things about Brighton. I saw some pros, got some sweet stickers and a 3.20 breakfast burrito. 

I now have a retirement goal of traveling to do all the banked slalom races in North America. I think that’s a good life goal.

VIBE I have learned that the vibe at Brighton is one of its best features. I had a pass at the Bird for the 7 years before this year, I can say I am not missing the Bird much. The 32 games is a snowboard thing but I saw Tanner Hall, so he came just for the good time. The crews of rippers at Brighton just look like they are having fun. And that’s what its all about. Rippin with people you like to rip with.

I didn’t crack 32 secs on my run (I did break 40 though 39.99) but I am gonna be calling Brighton my home mountain for the next several years.

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Wintergatan - Marble Machine A lot of work to jam. But it makes the jam better

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A 2016 Business

Trying to start a business in 2016. It’s so easy, but so hard at the same time. The internet makes everything so easy. Creating content or rounding up manufacturers is as easy as a couple clicks. Automated retweeting or manually sharing viral content can get some exposure and maybe even some “expert” points. Its never been easier or more complicated. Google, SEO, traffic, traction, humanitarian, instagram, twitter. Starting a business is now a way to earn a great education while making money. Instead of earning a decent education and gaining debt.

Starting a business is so easy that everyone is trying to do it. Ok not everyone but smart people are making passive income businesses or passion businesses. And students are starting to learn that a student campus is a great place to sell stuff to people.

I have been trying to do it for four years. It only took five to complete the written set of classes I had to take while in school. Running a business has no set of classes someone makes you take. You have to have the confidence and the work ethic to make it work. The unknown is what has kept me from putting 100% into a new business venture. To start a business you can’t be afraid of what you’ll lose. Just look forward to what you can gain. I am excited to put money and effort into making this website an entity that will hold a place in the online and physical gear space.

After going to SIA this year, I see the steps I need to take. There will be challenges learning all the social media and search engine tricks, getting other companies to play nice. Life is having challenges and overcoming them. A life without challenges is a life not being lived. So in essences getting this business up and running and documenting the process is a challenge to myself. Can I make the most of my time at home and at work to make a difference selling outdoor gear and hopefully something even larger.

Snowsay will bring the stories of companies that have already trudged this path of starting a company. We will talk about snow, entrepreneurship, everything mountain, and health and wellness. I’d probably be able to do a lot more work on this website if I didn’t have to sleep and eat. We’ll focus on companies that are focused on making each person perform at a high level for a long time through physical and mental preparedness.

As I hope this challenges teaches me many things I hope to share it with everyone else with the idea that one day it will be the catalyst for someone else to challenge themselves and make life a great adventure.

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32 day is March 2nd at Brighton. Boarders only for burritos and banked slalom

March 2nd is 32 day at Brighton. Pros and breakfast burritos. Banked slalom is what I’ll be attempting to tear up. My Darker Series is salivating just thinking about it. 

I Might even have to put the gopro on my helmet mount.

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SIA 16

After years of wanting to go to SIA I finally made it there. I made it there with a buddy, family and snow. It was pretty much a vacation of entrepreneurs and snowboarders. All the companies were awesome to talk to. You can see the passion in their product and on their faces. Even the companies with silly products are confident that they solved the biggest problem that ever faced mountain recreation. 

New tech, old tech, handmade, China made. Everything was at this place. We found some great people making great things. A lot of them are from the Rocky Mountains. We want to learn more about these companies and want others to learn about them. 

Look for featured companies, their founders, and thier products in the future.

Fairweather SKi Works, Gilson Snowboards, Grassroots Powsurfing, Kitten Factory Skis, Caravan Ski Collective, DOWP Group, Sego Skis and even more. 

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7yW’s own Paul Bourdon is off into the world of real snowboard journalism and he is killing it. This is a must read.

Some argued that having the mainstream spotlight shine on the sport was good for it, and for a time snowboarding’s popularity exploded. As fate would have it, this growth was not...

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Wolle Nyvelt - check 3:33, a binding-less method that is better than, well, most.

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The Resistance

Peter Line starts it off by throwing a bow at the rest of the forum team. I don’t think I really paid attention to this part very much. I didn’t do a good job of knowing what these dudes look like

  155 I wanna rock!

220 the 3 screen. I remember using the slo mo on some of those to see what each of them were up to.

233 Holy fatality

309 I love that road gap. No matter how many times I see it.

355 Chad’s gap and easily making it. I don’t remember that was on this movie.

442 Never really felt this song

550 park to BC to park to BC

616 6 days for D walsh. Remember this song very well. Swollen Members

703 i am two guys mulitplied by 93 guys. wait for it

714 What’s walsh up to these days.

726 I love his 180s and 3’s.

812 young bloods. I wonder who made it.

840 page is good, i don’t remember seeing much else 905 Mikko

927 method. more method!

955 Nate Bozung. He has tattoos on his face now. And was selling his boards on ebay.

1455 the first Jeremy Jones?

1120 I dont give a damn about sleeves.

1240 He almost cleared the whole cliff

1338 I had never seen Fear and loathing so had no idea what that was.

1411 watched this whole part is slo mo for any “secret shots”

1527 such a crazy part, I pretty much only remember that it was weird

1600 Butthole surfers. I tried to like this song, but never did. Reminds me of playing Tony Hawk.

1745 Get that sled. Willie was a friend. I didn’t get that.

1935 Droz. I did so much snowskating in high school. I probably should have been doing something of more value

2004 JP like Master P. Without the internet, it was kind of hard to know these guys personalities beside these movies.

2102 He can press like champ.

2244 he flew that sucker

2256 about the 17th hit from that jump in this movie and Tech Diff

2347 All GOLD

2356 then its over, pretty short movie at about 24 with the skits.

  Not bad, I think its better watching it now than I did before. I just never got the vibe from this guy, it wasn’t very memorable besides the snowskates. We definitely got our stoke for snowskates from this film.

2641 Major wreck in the credits. Always got to watch the credits.

2904 giant mud race. I don’t remember this at all. Some dude won a snowboard.

2937 I hate the sound of rail crashes

3049 year 2000.

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The Jerome #throughglasseyes by @malcjax

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All Snowboard Films Ranked

  Not really all of them, just the ones I own. Riding, music, skits. I am going to write how I remember them, then I am going to live diary each one while watching them and eating cheetos. Some of these are the reasons I got stoked in the very first place. So I decided I am going to watch these all over again and live diary them. I put down what I remember without watching them, then watch them and take notes.

  Here is my first movie ever. I think I was a sophmore in highschool. I think I lost the movie but its on youtube!

  Technical Difficulties

My first ever snowboard movie. My first ever sticker pack, oh man were there a lot of stickers. And all the cool brands: Forum, foursquare, special blend. The foursquare sticker went right on the back of the old Accord. JP, Jeremy and Kevin Jones, Jason Brown, Peter Line, Lagwagon, swingin utters, Hieroglyphics. I am surprised this movie didn’t break me and my buddies watched it so often. Technical Difficulties introduced me everything that was late 90s snowboarding and I never looked back. Also I was already into punk rock, but Heiroglyphics and Del were just awesome.

  :30 Rocking first song with Kevin Jones jibbing off the cornice and the double mickalchuck! Mickalchuk!

  1:24 Jason Borgstede!

  1:35 rockin song becomes mellow. Its almost like its over already 1:56 First ever chair lift rope jib I ever saw

2:32 tara dakides! what! 2:50 the whole reason we had snowskates

  3:07 JP and Heiro. first underflilp or cork these days. JP is the jib ninja but he is aslo killing the jumps in this opening segement.

4:52 Some kind of awesome roll

5:11 A bloody Peter Line with a heavy rock track. Almost hit the camera man.

7:00 Mikey LeBlanc rockin to punk rock and killin everything.

7:45 Tweakit

7:54 barely made it. 8:03 one of the first rodeos

  Wheel chair donuts Jeremy Jones. I don’t even remember that this was him. So crazy to think I live in Salt Lake and seeing these dudes in the streets. 9:15 longest 50/50 ever! One of the best snowboard tracks. I got a few Enkindels songs after this song, but they never got much more play in my rotation.

9:21 first guy I ever saw wear a helmet in a video.

And hold a boom box 10:01 Keir’s standard 3 pipe tricks for about 10 years

Yeah falling off the house

those rails with the beat of the song.

11:25 I don’t count spins well but i know that was huge and I wanted his board from his teleportation shot

1200 new song, kinda loses my attention, but good riding brings it back.

1222 the slide rock, and the song starts rocking again

1245 such non corked spins

1310 get M3 at Scheels now

1354 Hears to swimming with bull legged woman. Favorite part of the movie. Kevin Jones and these rails and flips.

1440 nice fishing scene then some crazy rails.

1600 Huge

1605 ow

1616 beat hear we go” yeah Del

1744 I  remember that van

1808 yeah lagwagon. Maybe this was my favorite part. So much spring skiing in this video. I forgot when videss had some much park in the spring.

1926 Is that a subaru. JF Pelchat jumping that car.

1550 That cornice is huge

2035 crash section. These dont happen much anymore either. Poor Joni. 2055 Poof

2104 these are rough

2138 oh no. Thats what i am afraid of.

2230 That guy running in. Its so crazy what sticks and what doesn’t.

2253 JP trying to swim that around,

then englesman dying. Did he die?

2320 New song. Foo fighters? Never reallly dug this part.

2351 chics doing backflips. She married Kevin Jones.

2427 Tara Dakids was damn good.

2457 Mr One foot.

2612 these guys are doing sweet single corks.

2645 Method man.

2800 Joni looks really slo mo. Like extra slo mo.

2843 devun. ripping across the pond.

3034 i used to remember this as like all giant 180s. There are  a bunch more tricks in his part. Some of the biggest of the movie. As it was the ending part.

3116 I got into the Bouncing Souls because of this song. Still listen to it to this day. 3235 “Punch you in the face”

  What a great movie, still has the watchability. I am glad I dug this up. I’ll probably watch it a few more times this year since its on youtube and I learned how a chrome cast works.

 I think this is going to be fun going back and seeing what got me and my buddies into this in the first place.

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Burton x Marilyn Monroe™

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Passion Companies

The internet has done many things, some good, some awesome and some not awesome. But one of the best things is that it has done is allow people to create businesses that mirror their passions without taking all the time and money of the founder. I have found so many small companies that exist solely because of their passion. Its not to get rich, its to get closer to their passion or improve their passion.

  It takes some digging but I have found many Utah, Montana, and Idaho companies. These guys and gals live in your backyard. You can probably go barbeque with them after a day of shreddin’.

This blog will be highlighting my favorites. Check out my “Likes” on Facebook and my lists on twitter if you want to follow some of these companies on your own.

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I never learned how to code. 

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I went here and I am updating the site again! Or maybe its the first time, doesn't matter.

The Adventure Gear Expo isn't the most creative name but it did the job promoting a bunch of Utah based companies. I found out about several clothing lines, Utah County tech stuff, and the good ol' shredding companies up and down the Wasatch.

Most of these guys and have M-F jobs and little people to take care of, but still find the time and energy to create something they are truly passionate about. These companies are right in your backyard and you can ride the chair next to them while they are demo'ing next years crop. Support these companies and people who are "pursuing their passion over being comfortable."- M&RL

Check out this link for a list of the guys and gals that were there. I made out with a whole bunch of gear on great deals. 158 @Niche Snowboards Knew was the biggest purchase and can't wait to ride it. I already busted out the Vidi action camera up at Alta on Friday, and once I figure out how to edit it, I'll slap it up here. We got the wife some health stuff from @Six Nutrition. And for the next pow day I gotta get out with Grassroots Powsurfing and surf the pow.