Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Recapturing the magic

It's amazing how much fun snowboard trips can be when they are good. Or just snowboarding on one of those days when everything is perfect. But more amazing is how such a great activity can have the magic sucked out of it when the wrong people are in involved. I'd really like to stop dwelling on my recent trip, but it's not working out. I have been having dreams, no, nightmares, where I am right back there. I know I just need to move on, and I am working on it. Being in a beautiful place like Portland is helping. The rain is much less depressing when everything is in…
Read More

Oh snow!

Things are, well, going up here in Canada. The weather is not really cooperating, and there's so much snow everywhere we have to dig for 2 hours before anything gets hit and the angles sort of suck. Also my boots are still wet from yesterday. The good news is I got new boots at Walmart for $3, but they would not be so good for shooting. Anyway, there's going to be a a lot of artsy black and white photos coming from this trip. Tonight we are off to Quebec City, and hopefully it will be better weather.
Read More

Oh Canada!

Yum, poutine!  I was all set to go back to spring in Oregon yesterday, but I got an email from Josh Sherman inviting me on a jib trip to Quebec to shoot photos, and well, it's definitely not spring here. We are currently in Trois-Rivieres, a paper mill town about an hour east of Montreal. It smells kind of funny, but there is more snow than I have ever seen anywhere east of the Rockies. I mean, it doesn't compare to how Snowqualmie Pass looked, but there are seriously giant snow banks and about a foot of slush every where you try to walk. Today we are going to hit…
Read More

More Grand Prix

Today was a very long day. The Grand Prix did not run any faster to make up for it. I got this photo that I am very psyched on: You can read the story here. The videos will be done tomorrow.
Read More

Killington in the Mist

I am in Vermont for the Grand Prix. I am making a statement by coming for this event, and leaving before the open, or something. Anyway, my parents live here so it's an excuse to come home. Yesterday I watched the pipe qualifiers (I may have missed most of the men's and instead sat though sixty runs of women) then got dinner with my parents at Applebee's. It's not that I am too cool for a show by the Shiny Toy Guns (who I am sure I should have heard of) I just really like my Applebees, and my parents. I trekked back up to Killington (although I will admit…
Read More

Contest Coverage

I must say I was a bit disappointed with the stories I read on the Holy Oly this year. Future had already assigned some dude I'd never heard of to write theirs, so I just made the video. The dude's story turned out to be a two paragraph inside joke that he didn't bother to explain until someone called him out in the comments. It wasn't great. Ok, and actually, that's the only story I read until Dave Schiff posted this little gem on the Grenade site. I even let him use my photos in exchange for like, 100 pairs of gloves. But anyway, it's great. Today I have been…
Read More

Holy Oly Revival!

My parents came to visit, so I decided to take them to the Holy Oly. They like beer, so I figured it would work out. We went up early to do a little night riding at the Summit at Snowqualmie, which turned out to be amazing. Apparently if it rains all day, then stays warm, the snow is perfect. My dad was claiming the best Friday night of his life, that is until we were at the bar eating dinner and the worst band ever started to play, really, really loudly. But it was still a good night. Things only got better for the event the next day. The sun…
Read More

Last day in Tahoe

I was able to negotiate with my hostage takers to leave Tahoe today, but it wasn't without a little suffering. After two days of temperatures too warm for jackets, we went up to Boreal for night riding. Not only was it night time, but the weather patterns had changed and the temperature had dropped dramatically. In short, it was freezing. I braved the cold (and held my camera in my armpit between shots) to make a little video. Check it out. Now I am just waiting for my snowboard to show up (I think it ended up at the other house) so that I can make the trek to Reno…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Recapturing the magic

It's amazing how much fun snowboard trips can be when they are good. Or just snowboarding on one of those days when everything is perfect. But more amazing is how such a great activity can have the magic sucked out of it when the wrong people are in involved. I'd really like to stop dwelling on my recent trip, but it's not working out. I have been having dreams, no, nightmares, where I am right back there. I know I just need to move on, and I am working on it. Being in a beautiful place like Portland is helping. The rain is much less depressing when everything is in…
Read More

Oh snow!

Things are, well, going up here in Canada. The weather is not really cooperating, and there's so much snow everywhere we have to dig for 2 hours before anything gets hit and the angles sort of suck. Also my boots are still wet from yesterday. The good news is I got new boots at Walmart for $3, but they would not be so good for shooting. Anyway, there's going to be a a lot of artsy black and white photos coming from this trip. Tonight we are off to Quebec City, and hopefully it will be better weather.
Read More

Oh Canada!

Yum, poutine!  I was all set to go back to spring in Oregon yesterday, but I got an email from Josh Sherman inviting me on a jib trip to Quebec to shoot photos, and well, it's definitely not spring here. We are currently in Trois-Rivieres, a paper mill town about an hour east of Montreal. It smells kind of funny, but there is more snow than I have ever seen anywhere east of the Rockies. I mean, it doesn't compare to how Snowqualmie Pass looked, but there are seriously giant snow banks and about a foot of slush every where you try to walk. Today we are going to hit…
Read More

More Grand Prix

Today was a very long day. The Grand Prix did not run any faster to make up for it. I got this photo that I am very psyched on: You can read the story here. The videos will be done tomorrow.
Read More

Killington in the Mist

I am in Vermont for the Grand Prix. I am making a statement by coming for this event, and leaving before the open, or something. Anyway, my parents live here so it's an excuse to come home. Yesterday I watched the pipe qualifiers (I may have missed most of the men's and instead sat though sixty runs of women) then got dinner with my parents at Applebee's. It's not that I am too cool for a show by the Shiny Toy Guns (who I am sure I should have heard of) I just really like my Applebees, and my parents. I trekked back up to Killington (although I will admit…
Read More

Contest Coverage

I must say I was a bit disappointed with the stories I read on the Holy Oly this year. Future had already assigned some dude I'd never heard of to write theirs, so I just made the video. The dude's story turned out to be a two paragraph inside joke that he didn't bother to explain until someone called him out in the comments. It wasn't great. Ok, and actually, that's the only story I read until Dave Schiff posted this little gem on the Grenade site. I even let him use my photos in exchange for like, 100 pairs of gloves. But anyway, it's great. Today I have been…
Read More

Holy Oly Revival!

My parents came to visit, so I decided to take them to the Holy Oly. They like beer, so I figured it would work out. We went up early to do a little night riding at the Summit at Snowqualmie, which turned out to be amazing. Apparently if it rains all day, then stays warm, the snow is perfect. My dad was claiming the best Friday night of his life, that is until we were at the bar eating dinner and the worst band ever started to play, really, really loudly. But it was still a good night. Things only got better for the event the next day. The sun…
Read More

Last day in Tahoe

I was able to negotiate with my hostage takers to leave Tahoe today, but it wasn't without a little suffering. After two days of temperatures too warm for jackets, we went up to Boreal for night riding. Not only was it night time, but the weather patterns had changed and the temperature had dropped dramatically. In short, it was freezing. I braved the cold (and held my camera in my armpit between shots) to make a little video. Check it out. Now I am just waiting for my snowboard to show up (I think it ended up at the other house) so that I can make the trek to Reno…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Recapturing the magic

It's amazing how much fun snowboard trips can be when they are good. Or just snowboarding on one of those days when everything is perfect. But more amazing is how such a great activity can have the magic sucked out of it when the wrong people are in involved. I'd really like to stop dwelling on my recent trip, but it's not working out. I have been having dreams, no, nightmares, where I am right back there. I know I just need to move on, and I am working on it. Being in a beautiful place like Portland is helping. The rain is much less depressing when everything is in…
Read More

Oh snow!

Things are, well, going up here in Canada. The weather is not really cooperating, and there's so much snow everywhere we have to dig for 2 hours before anything gets hit and the angles sort of suck. Also my boots are still wet from yesterday. The good news is I got new boots at Walmart for $3, but they would not be so good for shooting. Anyway, there's going to be a a lot of artsy black and white photos coming from this trip. Tonight we are off to Quebec City, and hopefully it will be better weather.
Read More

Oh Canada!

Yum, poutine!  I was all set to go back to spring in Oregon yesterday, but I got an email from Josh Sherman inviting me on a jib trip to Quebec to shoot photos, and well, it's definitely not spring here. We are currently in Trois-Rivieres, a paper mill town about an hour east of Montreal. It smells kind of funny, but there is more snow than I have ever seen anywhere east of the Rockies. I mean, it doesn't compare to how Snowqualmie Pass looked, but there are seriously giant snow banks and about a foot of slush every where you try to walk. Today we are going to hit…
Read More

More Grand Prix

Today was a very long day. The Grand Prix did not run any faster to make up for it. I got this photo that I am very psyched on: You can read the story here. The videos will be done tomorrow.
Read More

Killington in the Mist

I am in Vermont for the Grand Prix. I am making a statement by coming for this event, and leaving before the open, or something. Anyway, my parents live here so it's an excuse to come home. Yesterday I watched the pipe qualifiers (I may have missed most of the men's and instead sat though sixty runs of women) then got dinner with my parents at Applebee's. It's not that I am too cool for a show by the Shiny Toy Guns (who I am sure I should have heard of) I just really like my Applebees, and my parents. I trekked back up to Killington (although I will admit…
Read More

Contest Coverage

I must say I was a bit disappointed with the stories I read on the Holy Oly this year. Future had already assigned some dude I'd never heard of to write theirs, so I just made the video. The dude's story turned out to be a two paragraph inside joke that he didn't bother to explain until someone called him out in the comments. It wasn't great. Ok, and actually, that's the only story I read until Dave Schiff posted this little gem on the Grenade site. I even let him use my photos in exchange for like, 100 pairs of gloves. But anyway, it's great. Today I have been…
Read More

Holy Oly Revival!

My parents came to visit, so I decided to take them to the Holy Oly. They like beer, so I figured it would work out. We went up early to do a little night riding at the Summit at Snowqualmie, which turned out to be amazing. Apparently if it rains all day, then stays warm, the snow is perfect. My dad was claiming the best Friday night of his life, that is until we were at the bar eating dinner and the worst band ever started to play, really, really loudly. But it was still a good night. Things only got better for the event the next day. The sun…
Read More

Last day in Tahoe

I was able to negotiate with my hostage takers to leave Tahoe today, but it wasn't without a little suffering. After two days of temperatures too warm for jackets, we went up to Boreal for night riding. Not only was it night time, but the weather patterns had changed and the temperature had dropped dramatically. In short, it was freezing. I braved the cold (and held my camera in my armpit between shots) to make a little video. Check it out. Now I am just waiting for my snowboard to show up (I think it ended up at the other house) so that I can make the trek to Reno…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Recapturing the magic

It's amazing how much fun snowboard trips can be when they are good. Or just snowboarding on one of those days when everything is perfect. But more amazing is how such a great activity can have the magic sucked out of it when the wrong people are in involved. I'd really like to stop dwelling on my recent trip, but it's not working out. I have been having dreams, no, nightmares, where I am right back there. I know I just need to move on, and I am working on it. Being in a beautiful place like Portland is helping. The rain is much less depressing when everything is in…
Read More

Oh snow!

Things are, well, going up here in Canada. The weather is not really cooperating, and there's so much snow everywhere we have to dig for 2 hours before anything gets hit and the angles sort of suck. Also my boots are still wet from yesterday. The good news is I got new boots at Walmart for $3, but they would not be so good for shooting. Anyway, there's going to be a a lot of artsy black and white photos coming from this trip. Tonight we are off to Quebec City, and hopefully it will be better weather.
Read More

Oh Canada!

Yum, poutine!  I was all set to go back to spring in Oregon yesterday, but I got an email from Josh Sherman inviting me on a jib trip to Quebec to shoot photos, and well, it's definitely not spring here. We are currently in Trois-Rivieres, a paper mill town about an hour east of Montreal. It smells kind of funny, but there is more snow than I have ever seen anywhere east of the Rockies. I mean, it doesn't compare to how Snowqualmie Pass looked, but there are seriously giant snow banks and about a foot of slush every where you try to walk. Today we are going to hit…
Read More

More Grand Prix

Today was a very long day. The Grand Prix did not run any faster to make up for it. I got this photo that I am very psyched on: You can read the story here. The videos will be done tomorrow.
Read More

Killington in the Mist

I am in Vermont for the Grand Prix. I am making a statement by coming for this event, and leaving before the open, or something. Anyway, my parents live here so it's an excuse to come home. Yesterday I watched the pipe qualifiers (I may have missed most of the men's and instead sat though sixty runs of women) then got dinner with my parents at Applebee's. It's not that I am too cool for a show by the Shiny Toy Guns (who I am sure I should have heard of) I just really like my Applebees, and my parents. I trekked back up to Killington (although I will admit…
Read More

Contest Coverage

I must say I was a bit disappointed with the stories I read on the Holy Oly this year. Future had already assigned some dude I'd never heard of to write theirs, so I just made the video. The dude's story turned out to be a two paragraph inside joke that he didn't bother to explain until someone called him out in the comments. It wasn't great. Ok, and actually, that's the only story I read until Dave Schiff posted this little gem on the Grenade site. I even let him use my photos in exchange for like, 100 pairs of gloves. But anyway, it's great. Today I have been…
Read More

Holy Oly Revival!

My parents came to visit, so I decided to take them to the Holy Oly. They like beer, so I figured it would work out. We went up early to do a little night riding at the Summit at Snowqualmie, which turned out to be amazing. Apparently if it rains all day, then stays warm, the snow is perfect. My dad was claiming the best Friday night of his life, that is until we were at the bar eating dinner and the worst band ever started to play, really, really loudly. But it was still a good night. Things only got better for the event the next day. The sun…
Read More

Last day in Tahoe

I was able to negotiate with my hostage takers to leave Tahoe today, but it wasn't without a little suffering. After two days of temperatures too warm for jackets, we went up to Boreal for night riding. Not only was it night time, but the weather patterns had changed and the temperature had dropped dramatically. In short, it was freezing. I braved the cold (and held my camera in my armpit between shots) to make a little video. Check it out. Now I am just waiting for my snowboard to show up (I think it ended up at the other house) so that I can make the trek to Reno…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Recapturing the magic

It's amazing how much fun snowboard trips can be when they are good. Or just snowboarding on one of those days when everything is perfect. But more amazing is how such a great activity can have the magic sucked out of it when the wrong people are in involved. I'd really like to stop dwelling on my recent trip, but it's not working out. I have been having dreams, no, nightmares, where I am right back there. I know I just need to move on, and I am working on it. Being in a beautiful place like Portland is helping. The rain is much less depressing when everything is in…
Read More

Oh snow!

Things are, well, going up here in Canada. The weather is not really cooperating, and there's so much snow everywhere we have to dig for 2 hours before anything gets hit and the angles sort of suck. Also my boots are still wet from yesterday. The good news is I got new boots at Walmart for $3, but they would not be so good for shooting. Anyway, there's going to be a a lot of artsy black and white photos coming from this trip. Tonight we are off to Quebec City, and hopefully it will be better weather.
Read More

Oh Canada!

Yum, poutine!  I was all set to go back to spring in Oregon yesterday, but I got an email from Josh Sherman inviting me on a jib trip to Quebec to shoot photos, and well, it's definitely not spring here. We are currently in Trois-Rivieres, a paper mill town about an hour east of Montreal. It smells kind of funny, but there is more snow than I have ever seen anywhere east of the Rockies. I mean, it doesn't compare to how Snowqualmie Pass looked, but there are seriously giant snow banks and about a foot of slush every where you try to walk. Today we are going to hit…
Read More

More Grand Prix

Today was a very long day. The Grand Prix did not run any faster to make up for it. I got this photo that I am very psyched on: You can read the story here. The videos will be done tomorrow.
Read More

Killington in the Mist

I am in Vermont for the Grand Prix. I am making a statement by coming for this event, and leaving before the open, or something. Anyway, my parents live here so it's an excuse to come home. Yesterday I watched the pipe qualifiers (I may have missed most of the men's and instead sat though sixty runs of women) then got dinner with my parents at Applebee's. It's not that I am too cool for a show by the Shiny Toy Guns (who I am sure I should have heard of) I just really like my Applebees, and my parents. I trekked back up to Killington (although I will admit…
Read More

Contest Coverage

I must say I was a bit disappointed with the stories I read on the Holy Oly this year. Future had already assigned some dude I'd never heard of to write theirs, so I just made the video. The dude's story turned out to be a two paragraph inside joke that he didn't bother to explain until someone called him out in the comments. It wasn't great. Ok, and actually, that's the only story I read until Dave Schiff posted this little gem on the Grenade site. I even let him use my photos in exchange for like, 100 pairs of gloves. But anyway, it's great. Today I have been…
Read More

Holy Oly Revival!

My parents came to visit, so I decided to take them to the Holy Oly. They like beer, so I figured it would work out. We went up early to do a little night riding at the Summit at Snowqualmie, which turned out to be amazing. Apparently if it rains all day, then stays warm, the snow is perfect. My dad was claiming the best Friday night of his life, that is until we were at the bar eating dinner and the worst band ever started to play, really, really loudly. But it was still a good night. Things only got better for the event the next day. The sun…
Read More

Last day in Tahoe

I was able to negotiate with my hostage takers to leave Tahoe today, but it wasn't without a little suffering. After two days of temperatures too warm for jackets, we went up to Boreal for night riding. Not only was it night time, but the weather patterns had changed and the temperature had dropped dramatically. In short, it was freezing. I braved the cold (and held my camera in my armpit between shots) to make a little video. Check it out. Now I am just waiting for my snowboard to show up (I think it ended up at the other house) so that I can make the trek to Reno…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Recapturing the magic

It's amazing how much fun snowboard trips can be when they are good. Or just snowboarding on one of those days when everything is perfect. But more amazing is how such a great activity can have the magic sucked out of it when the wrong people are in involved. I'd really like to stop dwelling on my recent trip, but it's not working out. I have been having dreams, no, nightmares, where I am right back there. I know I just need to move on, and I am working on it. Being in a beautiful place like Portland is helping. The rain is much less depressing when everything is in…
Read More

Oh snow!

Things are, well, going up here in Canada. The weather is not really cooperating, and there's so much snow everywhere we have to dig for 2 hours before anything gets hit and the angles sort of suck. Also my boots are still wet from yesterday. The good news is I got new boots at Walmart for $3, but they would not be so good for shooting. Anyway, there's going to be a a lot of artsy black and white photos coming from this trip. Tonight we are off to Quebec City, and hopefully it will be better weather.
Read More

Oh Canada!

Yum, poutine!  I was all set to go back to spring in Oregon yesterday, but I got an email from Josh Sherman inviting me on a jib trip to Quebec to shoot photos, and well, it's definitely not spring here. We are currently in Trois-Rivieres, a paper mill town about an hour east of Montreal. It smells kind of funny, but there is more snow than I have ever seen anywhere east of the Rockies. I mean, it doesn't compare to how Snowqualmie Pass looked, but there are seriously giant snow banks and about a foot of slush every where you try to walk. Today we are going to hit…
Read More

More Grand Prix

Today was a very long day. The Grand Prix did not run any faster to make up for it. I got this photo that I am very psyched on: You can read the story here. The videos will be done tomorrow.
Read More

Killington in the Mist

I am in Vermont for the Grand Prix. I am making a statement by coming for this event, and leaving before the open, or something. Anyway, my parents live here so it's an excuse to come home. Yesterday I watched the pipe qualifiers (I may have missed most of the men's and instead sat though sixty runs of women) then got dinner with my parents at Applebee's. It's not that I am too cool for a show by the Shiny Toy Guns (who I am sure I should have heard of) I just really like my Applebees, and my parents. I trekked back up to Killington (although I will admit…
Read More

Contest Coverage

I must say I was a bit disappointed with the stories I read on the Holy Oly this year. Future had already assigned some dude I'd never heard of to write theirs, so I just made the video. The dude's story turned out to be a two paragraph inside joke that he didn't bother to explain until someone called him out in the comments. It wasn't great. Ok, and actually, that's the only story I read until Dave Schiff posted this little gem on the Grenade site. I even let him use my photos in exchange for like, 100 pairs of gloves. But anyway, it's great. Today I have been…
Read More

Holy Oly Revival!

My parents came to visit, so I decided to take them to the Holy Oly. They like beer, so I figured it would work out. We went up early to do a little night riding at the Summit at Snowqualmie, which turned out to be amazing. Apparently if it rains all day, then stays warm, the snow is perfect. My dad was claiming the best Friday night of his life, that is until we were at the bar eating dinner and the worst band ever started to play, really, really loudly. But it was still a good night. Things only got better for the event the next day. The sun…
Read More

Last day in Tahoe

I was able to negotiate with my hostage takers to leave Tahoe today, but it wasn't without a little suffering. After two days of temperatures too warm for jackets, we went up to Boreal for night riding. Not only was it night time, but the weather patterns had changed and the temperature had dropped dramatically. In short, it was freezing. I braved the cold (and held my camera in my armpit between shots) to make a little video. Check it out. Now I am just waiting for my snowboard to show up (I think it ended up at the other house) so that I can make the trek to Reno…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Recapturing the magic

It's amazing how much fun snowboard trips can be when they are good. Or just snowboarding on one of those days when everything is perfect. But more amazing is how such a great activity can have the magic sucked out of it when the wrong people are in involved. I'd really like to stop dwelling on my recent trip, but it's not working out. I have been having dreams, no, nightmares, where I am right back there. I know I just need to move on, and I am working on it. Being in a beautiful place like Portland is helping. The rain is much less depressing when everything is in…
Read More

Oh snow!

Things are, well, going up here in Canada. The weather is not really cooperating, and there's so much snow everywhere we have to dig for 2 hours before anything gets hit and the angles sort of suck. Also my boots are still wet from yesterday. The good news is I got new boots at Walmart for $3, but they would not be so good for shooting. Anyway, there's going to be a a lot of artsy black and white photos coming from this trip. Tonight we are off to Quebec City, and hopefully it will be better weather.
Read More

Oh Canada!

Yum, poutine!  I was all set to go back to spring in Oregon yesterday, but I got an email from Josh Sherman inviting me on a jib trip to Quebec to shoot photos, and well, it's definitely not spring here. We are currently in Trois-Rivieres, a paper mill town about an hour east of Montreal. It smells kind of funny, but there is more snow than I have ever seen anywhere east of the Rockies. I mean, it doesn't compare to how Snowqualmie Pass looked, but there are seriously giant snow banks and about a foot of slush every where you try to walk. Today we are going to hit…
Read More

More Grand Prix

Today was a very long day. The Grand Prix did not run any faster to make up for it. I got this photo that I am very psyched on: You can read the story here. The videos will be done tomorrow.
Read More

Killington in the Mist

I am in Vermont for the Grand Prix. I am making a statement by coming for this event, and leaving before the open, or something. Anyway, my parents live here so it's an excuse to come home. Yesterday I watched the pipe qualifiers (I may have missed most of the men's and instead sat though sixty runs of women) then got dinner with my parents at Applebee's. It's not that I am too cool for a show by the Shiny Toy Guns (who I am sure I should have heard of) I just really like my Applebees, and my parents. I trekked back up to Killington (although I will admit…
Read More

Contest Coverage

I must say I was a bit disappointed with the stories I read on the Holy Oly this year. Future had already assigned some dude I'd never heard of to write theirs, so I just made the video. The dude's story turned out to be a two paragraph inside joke that he didn't bother to explain until someone called him out in the comments. It wasn't great. Ok, and actually, that's the only story I read until Dave Schiff posted this little gem on the Grenade site. I even let him use my photos in exchange for like, 100 pairs of gloves. But anyway, it's great. Today I have been…
Read More

Holy Oly Revival!

My parents came to visit, so I decided to take them to the Holy Oly. They like beer, so I figured it would work out. We went up early to do a little night riding at the Summit at Snowqualmie, which turned out to be amazing. Apparently if it rains all day, then stays warm, the snow is perfect. My dad was claiming the best Friday night of his life, that is until we were at the bar eating dinner and the worst band ever started to play, really, really loudly. But it was still a good night. Things only got better for the event the next day. The sun…
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Last day in Tahoe

I was able to negotiate with my hostage takers to leave Tahoe today, but it wasn't without a little suffering. After two days of temperatures too warm for jackets, we went up to Boreal for night riding. Not only was it night time, but the weather patterns had changed and the temperature had dropped dramatically. In short, it was freezing. I braved the cold (and held my camera in my armpit between shots) to make a little video. Check it out. Now I am just waiting for my snowboard to show up (I think it ended up at the other house) so that I can make the trek to Reno…
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Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
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Recapturing the magic

It's amazing how much fun snowboard trips can be when they are good. Or just snowboarding on one of those days when everything is perfect. But more amazing is how such a great activity can have the magic sucked out of it when the wrong people are in involved. I'd really like to stop dwelling on my recent trip, but it's not working out. I have been having dreams, no, nightmares, where I am right back there. I know I just need to move on, and I am working on it. Being in a beautiful place like Portland is helping. The rain is much less depressing when everything is in…
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Oh snow!

Things are, well, going up here in Canada. The weather is not really cooperating, and there's so much snow everywhere we have to dig for 2 hours before anything gets hit and the angles sort of suck. Also my boots are still wet from yesterday. The good news is I got new boots at Walmart for $3, but they would not be so good for shooting. Anyway, there's going to be a a lot of artsy black and white photos coming from this trip. Tonight we are off to Quebec City, and hopefully it will be better weather.
Read More

Oh Canada!

Yum, poutine!  I was all set to go back to spring in Oregon yesterday, but I got an email from Josh Sherman inviting me on a jib trip to Quebec to shoot photos, and well, it's definitely not spring here. We are currently in Trois-Rivieres, a paper mill town about an hour east of Montreal. It smells kind of funny, but there is more snow than I have ever seen anywhere east of the Rockies. I mean, it doesn't compare to how Snowqualmie Pass looked, but there are seriously giant snow banks and about a foot of slush every where you try to walk. Today we are going to hit…
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More Grand Prix

Today was a very long day. The Grand Prix did not run any faster to make up for it. I got this photo that I am very psyched on: You can read the story here. The videos will be done tomorrow.
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Killington in the Mist

I am in Vermont for the Grand Prix. I am making a statement by coming for this event, and leaving before the open, or something. Anyway, my parents live here so it's an excuse to come home. Yesterday I watched the pipe qualifiers (I may have missed most of the men's and instead sat though sixty runs of women) then got dinner with my parents at Applebee's. It's not that I am too cool for a show by the Shiny Toy Guns (who I am sure I should have heard of) I just really like my Applebees, and my parents. I trekked back up to Killington (although I will admit…
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Contest Coverage

I must say I was a bit disappointed with the stories I read on the Holy Oly this year. Future had already assigned some dude I'd never heard of to write theirs, so I just made the video. The dude's story turned out to be a two paragraph inside joke that he didn't bother to explain until someone called him out in the comments. It wasn't great. Ok, and actually, that's the only story I read until Dave Schiff posted this little gem on the Grenade site. I even let him use my photos in exchange for like, 100 pairs of gloves. But anyway, it's great. Today I have been…
Read More

Holy Oly Revival!

My parents came to visit, so I decided to take them to the Holy Oly. They like beer, so I figured it would work out. We went up early to do a little night riding at the Summit at Snowqualmie, which turned out to be amazing. Apparently if it rains all day, then stays warm, the snow is perfect. My dad was claiming the best Friday night of his life, that is until we were at the bar eating dinner and the worst band ever started to play, really, really loudly. But it was still a good night. Things only got better for the event the next day. The sun…
Read More

Last day in Tahoe

I was able to negotiate with my hostage takers to leave Tahoe today, but it wasn't without a little suffering. After two days of temperatures too warm for jackets, we went up to Boreal for night riding. Not only was it night time, but the weather patterns had changed and the temperature had dropped dramatically. In short, it was freezing. I braved the cold (and held my camera in my armpit between shots) to make a little video. Check it out. Now I am just waiting for my snowboard to show up (I think it ended up at the other house) so that I can make the trek to Reno…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Recapturing the magic

It's amazing how much fun snowboard trips can be when they are good. Or just snowboarding on one of those days when everything is perfect. But more amazing is how such a great activity can have the magic sucked out of it when the wrong people are in involved. I'd really like to stop dwelling on my recent trip, but it's not working out. I have been having dreams, no, nightmares, where I am right back there. I know I just need to move on, and I am working on it. Being in a beautiful place like Portland is helping. The rain is much less depressing when everything is in…
Read More

Oh snow!

Things are, well, going up here in Canada. The weather is not really cooperating, and there's so much snow everywhere we have to dig for 2 hours before anything gets hit and the angles sort of suck. Also my boots are still wet from yesterday. The good news is I got new boots at Walmart for $3, but they would not be so good for shooting. Anyway, there's going to be a a lot of artsy black and white photos coming from this trip. Tonight we are off to Quebec City, and hopefully it will be better weather.
Read More

Oh Canada!

Yum, poutine!  I was all set to go back to spring in Oregon yesterday, but I got an email from Josh Sherman inviting me on a jib trip to Quebec to shoot photos, and well, it's definitely not spring here. We are currently in Trois-Rivieres, a paper mill town about an hour east of Montreal. It smells kind of funny, but there is more snow than I have ever seen anywhere east of the Rockies. I mean, it doesn't compare to how Snowqualmie Pass looked, but there are seriously giant snow banks and about a foot of slush every where you try to walk. Today we are going to hit…
Read More

More Grand Prix

Today was a very long day. The Grand Prix did not run any faster to make up for it. I got this photo that I am very psyched on: You can read the story here. The videos will be done tomorrow.
Read More

Killington in the Mist

I am in Vermont for the Grand Prix. I am making a statement by coming for this event, and leaving before the open, or something. Anyway, my parents live here so it's an excuse to come home. Yesterday I watched the pipe qualifiers (I may have missed most of the men's and instead sat though sixty runs of women) then got dinner with my parents at Applebee's. It's not that I am too cool for a show by the Shiny Toy Guns (who I am sure I should have heard of) I just really like my Applebees, and my parents. I trekked back up to Killington (although I will admit…
Read More

Contest Coverage

I must say I was a bit disappointed with the stories I read on the Holy Oly this year. Future had already assigned some dude I'd never heard of to write theirs, so I just made the video. The dude's story turned out to be a two paragraph inside joke that he didn't bother to explain until someone called him out in the comments. It wasn't great. Ok, and actually, that's the only story I read until Dave Schiff posted this little gem on the Grenade site. I even let him use my photos in exchange for like, 100 pairs of gloves. But anyway, it's great. Today I have been…
Read More

Holy Oly Revival!

My parents came to visit, so I decided to take them to the Holy Oly. They like beer, so I figured it would work out. We went up early to do a little night riding at the Summit at Snowqualmie, which turned out to be amazing. Apparently if it rains all day, then stays warm, the snow is perfect. My dad was claiming the best Friday night of his life, that is until we were at the bar eating dinner and the worst band ever started to play, really, really loudly. But it was still a good night. Things only got better for the event the next day. The sun…
Read More

Last day in Tahoe

I was able to negotiate with my hostage takers to leave Tahoe today, but it wasn't without a little suffering. After two days of temperatures too warm for jackets, we went up to Boreal for night riding. Not only was it night time, but the weather patterns had changed and the temperature had dropped dramatically. In short, it was freezing. I braved the cold (and held my camera in my armpit between shots) to make a little video. Check it out. Now I am just waiting for my snowboard to show up (I think it ended up at the other house) so that I can make the trek to Reno…
Read More

Perks of the Job

People often ask me, "Brooke, what is the best part about being an extreme journalist?" Oh wait, no one actually asks me that, but I am going to tell you anyway. It's not the travel to exotic locations, or the fact that snowboarding is my job (and I don't have to actually put myself in harms way). It is two simple words: free stuff! One of the great universal truths is that everyone loves free stuff, and I am only human. I have the added benefit that I get free stuff from companies that are cool and make stuff I actually want to wear. I am not just writing this…
Read More

Recapturing the magic

It's amazing how much fun snowboard trips can be when they are good. Or just snowboarding on one of those days when everything is perfect. But more amazing is how such a great activity can have the magic sucked out of it when the wrong people are in involved. I'd really like to stop dwelling on my recent trip, but it's not working out. I have been having dreams, no, nightmares, where I am right back there. I know I just need to move on, and I am working on it. Being in a beautiful place like Portland is helping. The rain is much less depressing when everything is in…
Read More

Oh snow!

Things are, well, going up here in Canada. The weather is not really cooperating, and there's so much snow everywhere we have to dig for 2 hours before anything gets hit and the angles sort of suck. Also my boots are still wet from yesterday. The good news is I got new boots at Walmart for $3, but they would not be so good for shooting. Anyway, there's going to be a a lot of artsy black and white photos coming from this trip. Tonight we are off to Quebec City, and hopefully it will be better weather.
Read More

Oh Canada!

Yum, poutine!  I was all set to go back to spring in Oregon yesterday, but I got an email from Josh Sherman inviting me on a jib trip to Quebec to shoot photos, and well, it's definitely not spring here. We are currently in Trois-Rivieres, a paper mill town about an hour east of Montreal. It smells kind of funny, but there is more snow than I have ever seen anywhere east of the Rockies. I mean, it doesn't compare to how Snowqualmie Pass looked, but there are seriously giant snow banks and about a foot of slush every where you try to walk. Today we are going to hit…
Read More

More Grand Prix

Today was a very long day. The Grand Prix did not run any faster to make up for it. I got this photo that I am very psyched on: You can read the story here. The videos will be done tomorrow.
Read More

Killington in the Mist

I am in Vermont for the Grand Prix. I am making a statement by coming for this event, and leaving before the open, or something. Anyway, my parents live here so it's an excuse to come home. Yesterday I watched the pipe qualifiers (I may have missed most of the men's and instead sat though sixty runs of women) then got dinner with my parents at Applebee's. It's not that I am too cool for a show by the Shiny Toy Guns (who I am sure I should have heard of) I just really like my Applebees, and my parents. I trekked back up to Killington (although I will admit…
Read More

Contest Coverage

I must say I was a bit disappointed with the stories I read on the Holy Oly this year. Future had already assigned some dude I'd never heard of to write theirs, so I just made the video. The dude's story turned out to be a two paragraph inside joke that he didn't bother to explain until someone called him out in the comments. It wasn't great. Ok, and actually, that's the only story I read until Dave Schiff posted this little gem on the Grenade site. I even let him use my photos in exchange for like, 100 pairs of gloves. But anyway, it's great. Today I have been…
Read More

Holy Oly Revival!

My parents came to visit, so I decided to take them to the Holy Oly. They like beer, so I figured it would work out. We went up early to do a little night riding at the Summit at Snowqualmie, which turned out to be amazing. Apparently if it rains all day, then stays warm, the snow is perfect. My dad was claiming the best Friday night of his life, that is until we were at the bar eating dinner and the worst band ever started to play, really, really loudly. But it was still a good night. Things only got better for the event the next day. The sun…
Read More

Last day in Tahoe

I was able to negotiate with my hostage takers to leave Tahoe today, but it wasn't without a little suffering. After two days of temperatures too warm for jackets, we went up to Boreal for night riding. Not only was it night time, but the weather patterns had changed and the temperature had dropped dramatically. In short, it was freezing. I braved the cold (and held my camera in my armpit between shots) to make a little video. Check it out. Now I am just waiting for my snowboard to show up (I think it ended up at the other house) so that I can make the trek to Reno…
Read More