Welcome to the 90’s

I’ve recently returned from the Legendary Banked Slalom at Mt. Baker. Definitely one of the best contests out there, I was excited that Adryan not only forced me to go, but actually paid me for my services (impressive in these though economic times.) For the first time ever, I actually stayed in Glacier, which is sort of like another planet. On top of being dark all day long even on the brightest days, it still lacks cell service and Internet. I remember this from my years in Bellingham, but since that was more than 5 years ago (gulp) I thought maybe things had changed. Such was not the case!

After the initial shock, it was sort of nice to be totally cut off from the world, but I still don’t think I’ll be moving to Glacier any time soon. It also made me think about the good old days, when there were like five extreme journalists total and it was nearly impossible to get in touch with people during the season because NO ONE had cell phones or internet. Funny how things have changed.

It was awesome to be back at Baker and I had a lot of fun shooting the event. Some sort of big time photographers even said they liked my photos (and I don’t think they were just being nice) so that’s cool. I managed to write two stories (one for Yobeat and one from Snowboarder.com) while waiting for the longest awards ceremony ever to start, then hauled ass down to Maple Fuels (the closest internet) to get them posted. I do believe I succeeded in getting them up first, which is major currency for us online editors!

On the drive home, we made good time, and also saw this funny sign on the back of a truck. (I will translate because unforunately the better photo didn’t download for some reason and I cleaned off my SD card without realizing it, awesome!) “Girls, Girls, Girls. It’s a very long road. Almost a handsome driver. Be a flirt. Unbutton that shirt!” We creeped so hard trying to get a photo of it I almost felt obligated to make Adryan flash him, but she totally wasn’t into it.