Brooke Geery

Author: Brooke

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

It Never Rains in Portland

If you haven't heard about Portlandia yet, you should first watch and enjoy this incredibly accurate portrayal of the fine city I call home. It's true, this place is a freak show, which is what makes it such a great place to live, and I'm happy I've come here to retire. Speaking of patently Portland things, yesterday I finally checked out the new DIY 'crete in Southeast. When I heard about this place (via the Mercury) it made me realize just how detached I've become from skateboarding in Portland. Seriously, how ridiculous is it that I only found out about this spot, mere feet from the former location of this…
Read More

The Magic: Recaptured

Snowboarding is fun. I mean, it kinda of goes without saying, but when you've been doing it for a long time, sometimes you can forget. The past few seasons I've admittedly been a bit snobby about things such as the conditions, which will happen when you live somewhere it gets really good (and also really bad). But this season, the magic is back. I've already ridden more times this year than last, and I actually have passes to multiple resorts. Well, I HAD passes, I should say. The unintended consequence of my refound love for snowboarding is I've completely reverted back to my 16-year-old self. This means, I am "trying"…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

Another Cook Off Video!

What do you do for fun? Me, I put on cooking show spoof cook offs and then make videos of them. With each one (this is the fifth one), it gets more serious, and more polished. For the latest I branded it, came up with some instrumental background music, and got a sponsor that actually provided the featured ingredient. Then I spent a solid 12 hours editing, only to export and realize there were a few more things I wanted to fix. But after two days of editing, I figured, good enough! Enjoy. Be sure to check out the full gallery of artsy black white photos here.
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

It Never Rains in Portland

If you haven't heard about Portlandia yet, you should first watch and enjoy this incredibly accurate portrayal of the fine city I call home. It's true, this place is a freak show, which is what makes it such a great place to live, and I'm happy I've come here to retire. Speaking of patently Portland things, yesterday I finally checked out the new DIY 'crete in Southeast. When I heard about this place (via the Mercury) it made me realize just how detached I've become from skateboarding in Portland. Seriously, how ridiculous is it that I only found out about this spot, mere feet from the former location of this…
Read More

The Magic: Recaptured

Snowboarding is fun. I mean, it kinda of goes without saying, but when you've been doing it for a long time, sometimes you can forget. The past few seasons I've admittedly been a bit snobby about things such as the conditions, which will happen when you live somewhere it gets really good (and also really bad). But this season, the magic is back. I've already ridden more times this year than last, and I actually have passes to multiple resorts. Well, I HAD passes, I should say. The unintended consequence of my refound love for snowboarding is I've completely reverted back to my 16-year-old self. This means, I am "trying"…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

Another Cook Off Video!

What do you do for fun? Me, I put on cooking show spoof cook offs and then make videos of them. With each one (this is the fifth one), it gets more serious, and more polished. For the latest I branded it, came up with some instrumental background music, and got a sponsor that actually provided the featured ingredient. Then I spent a solid 12 hours editing, only to export and realize there were a few more things I wanted to fix. But after two days of editing, I figured, good enough! Enjoy. Be sure to check out the full gallery of artsy black white photos here.
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

It Never Rains in Portland

If you haven't heard about Portlandia yet, you should first watch and enjoy this incredibly accurate portrayal of the fine city I call home. It's true, this place is a freak show, which is what makes it such a great place to live, and I'm happy I've come here to retire. Speaking of patently Portland things, yesterday I finally checked out the new DIY 'crete in Southeast. When I heard about this place (via the Mercury) it made me realize just how detached I've become from skateboarding in Portland. Seriously, how ridiculous is it that I only found out about this spot, mere feet from the former location of this…
Read More

The Magic: Recaptured

Snowboarding is fun. I mean, it kinda of goes without saying, but when you've been doing it for a long time, sometimes you can forget. The past few seasons I've admittedly been a bit snobby about things such as the conditions, which will happen when you live somewhere it gets really good (and also really bad). But this season, the magic is back. I've already ridden more times this year than last, and I actually have passes to multiple resorts. Well, I HAD passes, I should say. The unintended consequence of my refound love for snowboarding is I've completely reverted back to my 16-year-old self. This means, I am "trying"…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

Another Cook Off Video!

What do you do for fun? Me, I put on cooking show spoof cook offs and then make videos of them. With each one (this is the fifth one), it gets more serious, and more polished. For the latest I branded it, came up with some instrumental background music, and got a sponsor that actually provided the featured ingredient. Then I spent a solid 12 hours editing, only to export and realize there were a few more things I wanted to fix. But after two days of editing, I figured, good enough! Enjoy. Be sure to check out the full gallery of artsy black white photos here.
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

It Never Rains in Portland

If you haven't heard about Portlandia yet, you should first watch and enjoy this incredibly accurate portrayal of the fine city I call home. It's true, this place is a freak show, which is what makes it such a great place to live, and I'm happy I've come here to retire. Speaking of patently Portland things, yesterday I finally checked out the new DIY 'crete in Southeast. When I heard about this place (via the Mercury) it made me realize just how detached I've become from skateboarding in Portland. Seriously, how ridiculous is it that I only found out about this spot, mere feet from the former location of this…
Read More

The Magic: Recaptured

Snowboarding is fun. I mean, it kinda of goes without saying, but when you've been doing it for a long time, sometimes you can forget. The past few seasons I've admittedly been a bit snobby about things such as the conditions, which will happen when you live somewhere it gets really good (and also really bad). But this season, the magic is back. I've already ridden more times this year than last, and I actually have passes to multiple resorts. Well, I HAD passes, I should say. The unintended consequence of my refound love for snowboarding is I've completely reverted back to my 16-year-old self. This means, I am "trying"…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

Another Cook Off Video!

What do you do for fun? Me, I put on cooking show spoof cook offs and then make videos of them. With each one (this is the fifth one), it gets more serious, and more polished. For the latest I branded it, came up with some instrumental background music, and got a sponsor that actually provided the featured ingredient. Then I spent a solid 12 hours editing, only to export and realize there were a few more things I wanted to fix. But after two days of editing, I figured, good enough! Enjoy. Be sure to check out the full gallery of artsy black white photos here.
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

It Never Rains in Portland

If you haven't heard about Portlandia yet, you should first watch and enjoy this incredibly accurate portrayal of the fine city I call home. It's true, this place is a freak show, which is what makes it such a great place to live, and I'm happy I've come here to retire. Speaking of patently Portland things, yesterday I finally checked out the new DIY 'crete in Southeast. When I heard about this place (via the Mercury) it made me realize just how detached I've become from skateboarding in Portland. Seriously, how ridiculous is it that I only found out about this spot, mere feet from the former location of this…
Read More

The Magic: Recaptured

Snowboarding is fun. I mean, it kinda of goes without saying, but when you've been doing it for a long time, sometimes you can forget. The past few seasons I've admittedly been a bit snobby about things such as the conditions, which will happen when you live somewhere it gets really good (and also really bad). But this season, the magic is back. I've already ridden more times this year than last, and I actually have passes to multiple resorts. Well, I HAD passes, I should say. The unintended consequence of my refound love for snowboarding is I've completely reverted back to my 16-year-old self. This means, I am "trying"…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

Another Cook Off Video!

What do you do for fun? Me, I put on cooking show spoof cook offs and then make videos of them. With each one (this is the fifth one), it gets more serious, and more polished. For the latest I branded it, came up with some instrumental background music, and got a sponsor that actually provided the featured ingredient. Then I spent a solid 12 hours editing, only to export and realize there were a few more things I wanted to fix. But after two days of editing, I figured, good enough! Enjoy. Be sure to check out the full gallery of artsy black white photos here.
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

It Never Rains in Portland

If you haven't heard about Portlandia yet, you should first watch and enjoy this incredibly accurate portrayal of the fine city I call home. It's true, this place is a freak show, which is what makes it such a great place to live, and I'm happy I've come here to retire. Speaking of patently Portland things, yesterday I finally checked out the new DIY 'crete in Southeast. When I heard about this place (via the Mercury) it made me realize just how detached I've become from skateboarding in Portland. Seriously, how ridiculous is it that I only found out about this spot, mere feet from the former location of this…
Read More

The Magic: Recaptured

Snowboarding is fun. I mean, it kinda of goes without saying, but when you've been doing it for a long time, sometimes you can forget. The past few seasons I've admittedly been a bit snobby about things such as the conditions, which will happen when you live somewhere it gets really good (and also really bad). But this season, the magic is back. I've already ridden more times this year than last, and I actually have passes to multiple resorts. Well, I HAD passes, I should say. The unintended consequence of my refound love for snowboarding is I've completely reverted back to my 16-year-old self. This means, I am "trying"…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

Another Cook Off Video!

What do you do for fun? Me, I put on cooking show spoof cook offs and then make videos of them. With each one (this is the fifth one), it gets more serious, and more polished. For the latest I branded it, came up with some instrumental background music, and got a sponsor that actually provided the featured ingredient. Then I spent a solid 12 hours editing, only to export and realize there were a few more things I wanted to fix. But after two days of editing, I figured, good enough! Enjoy. Be sure to check out the full gallery of artsy black white photos here.
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
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It Never Rains in Portland

If you haven't heard about Portlandia yet, you should first watch and enjoy this incredibly accurate portrayal of the fine city I call home. It's true, this place is a freak show, which is what makes it such a great place to live, and I'm happy I've come here to retire. Speaking of patently Portland things, yesterday I finally checked out the new DIY 'crete in Southeast. When I heard about this place (via the Mercury) it made me realize just how detached I've become from skateboarding in Portland. Seriously, how ridiculous is it that I only found out about this spot, mere feet from the former location of this…
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The Magic: Recaptured

Snowboarding is fun. I mean, it kinda of goes without saying, but when you've been doing it for a long time, sometimes you can forget. The past few seasons I've admittedly been a bit snobby about things such as the conditions, which will happen when you live somewhere it gets really good (and also really bad). But this season, the magic is back. I've already ridden more times this year than last, and I actually have passes to multiple resorts. Well, I HAD passes, I should say. The unintended consequence of my refound love for snowboarding is I've completely reverted back to my 16-year-old self. This means, I am "trying"…
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How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
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Another Cook Off Video!

What do you do for fun? Me, I put on cooking show spoof cook offs and then make videos of them. With each one (this is the fifth one), it gets more serious, and more polished. For the latest I branded it, came up with some instrumental background music, and got a sponsor that actually provided the featured ingredient. Then I spent a solid 12 hours editing, only to export and realize there were a few more things I wanted to fix. But after two days of editing, I figured, good enough! Enjoy. Be sure to check out the full gallery of artsy black white photos here.
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My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
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QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
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Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

It Never Rains in Portland

If you haven't heard about Portlandia yet, you should first watch and enjoy this incredibly accurate portrayal of the fine city I call home. It's true, this place is a freak show, which is what makes it such a great place to live, and I'm happy I've come here to retire. Speaking of patently Portland things, yesterday I finally checked out the new DIY 'crete in Southeast. When I heard about this place (via the Mercury) it made me realize just how detached I've become from skateboarding in Portland. Seriously, how ridiculous is it that I only found out about this spot, mere feet from the former location of this…
Read More

The Magic: Recaptured

Snowboarding is fun. I mean, it kinda of goes without saying, but when you've been doing it for a long time, sometimes you can forget. The past few seasons I've admittedly been a bit snobby about things such as the conditions, which will happen when you live somewhere it gets really good (and also really bad). But this season, the magic is back. I've already ridden more times this year than last, and I actually have passes to multiple resorts. Well, I HAD passes, I should say. The unintended consequence of my refound love for snowboarding is I've completely reverted back to my 16-year-old self. This means, I am "trying"…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

Another Cook Off Video!

What do you do for fun? Me, I put on cooking show spoof cook offs and then make videos of them. With each one (this is the fifth one), it gets more serious, and more polished. For the latest I branded it, came up with some instrumental background music, and got a sponsor that actually provided the featured ingredient. Then I spent a solid 12 hours editing, only to export and realize there were a few more things I wanted to fix. But after two days of editing, I figured, good enough! Enjoy. Be sure to check out the full gallery of artsy black white photos here.
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

It Never Rains in Portland

If you haven't heard about Portlandia yet, you should first watch and enjoy this incredibly accurate portrayal of the fine city I call home. It's true, this place is a freak show, which is what makes it such a great place to live, and I'm happy I've come here to retire. Speaking of patently Portland things, yesterday I finally checked out the new DIY 'crete in Southeast. When I heard about this place (via the Mercury) it made me realize just how detached I've become from skateboarding in Portland. Seriously, how ridiculous is it that I only found out about this spot, mere feet from the former location of this…
Read More

The Magic: Recaptured

Snowboarding is fun. I mean, it kinda of goes without saying, but when you've been doing it for a long time, sometimes you can forget. The past few seasons I've admittedly been a bit snobby about things such as the conditions, which will happen when you live somewhere it gets really good (and also really bad). But this season, the magic is back. I've already ridden more times this year than last, and I actually have passes to multiple resorts. Well, I HAD passes, I should say. The unintended consequence of my refound love for snowboarding is I've completely reverted back to my 16-year-old self. This means, I am "trying"…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

Another Cook Off Video!

What do you do for fun? Me, I put on cooking show spoof cook offs and then make videos of them. With each one (this is the fifth one), it gets more serious, and more polished. For the latest I branded it, came up with some instrumental background music, and got a sponsor that actually provided the featured ingredient. Then I spent a solid 12 hours editing, only to export and realize there were a few more things I wanted to fix. But after two days of editing, I figured, good enough! Enjoy. Be sure to check out the full gallery of artsy black white photos here.
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More

Yeah, I’m Couponing

If you know me well, you probably won't be surprised about my latest hobby, because I get into random, ridiculous things all the time. I'll be honest, I saw Extreme Couponing on TLC and said, that looks fun. I'm not doing it to save money or support my five kids on $150 a month, but I'm doing it because it sounded fun, challenging, and like that it came with small victories on a regular basis. I'm a few weeks in, and the jury is still out if it's actually going to save me money. In fact, I've bought a ton of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise purchased and even at…
Read More

Some Recent Work You Should Check Out (and some you shouldn’t)

First, attempt to enjoy this video of shaky GoPro footage I made from a couple days at Pico over Christmas. However, I feel I should warn you that most of the clips are so bad I kinda of gave up on editing them halfway through and just exported. The song is good though, and Jared is KILLING it with his new found method skills. In other news, I've been back on the web development game as of late. I use the term "web development" loosely, but I have managed to fix up a couple friends' sites with my wordpress css tweaking skills. Click on the screen grabs below to check…
Read More

It Never Rains in Portland

If you haven't heard about Portlandia yet, you should first watch and enjoy this incredibly accurate portrayal of the fine city I call home. It's true, this place is a freak show, which is what makes it such a great place to live, and I'm happy I've come here to retire. Speaking of patently Portland things, yesterday I finally checked out the new DIY 'crete in Southeast. When I heard about this place (via the Mercury) it made me realize just how detached I've become from skateboarding in Portland. Seriously, how ridiculous is it that I only found out about this spot, mere feet from the former location of this…
Read More

The Magic: Recaptured

Snowboarding is fun. I mean, it kinda of goes without saying, but when you've been doing it for a long time, sometimes you can forget. The past few seasons I've admittedly been a bit snobby about things such as the conditions, which will happen when you live somewhere it gets really good (and also really bad). But this season, the magic is back. I've already ridden more times this year than last, and I actually have passes to multiple resorts. Well, I HAD passes, I should say. The unintended consequence of my refound love for snowboarding is I've completely reverted back to my 16-year-old self. This means, I am "trying"…
Read More

How to Make an AMAZING Web Edit

Someday, we're going to look back on this period in history and have no trouble remembering it because there is so very little that happens that is not captured on video. Barring a complete melt down of the Internet, we will have plenty of stuff to show to our kids and grand kids to go along with our "when I was your age" stories. It's going to be great. In the meantime, however, society is suffering from a web video overload. And most of those videos, especially the ones featuring snowboarding, are really bad. However, that should be qualified a bit: to you and your friends they are amazing, but…
Read More

So You Wanna Make it in the Snowboard Media…

Been so busy lately I feel like my head might explode. Big news soon, but first, I received an email from an aspiring shred filmer asking if YoBeat was my "job" and how I did it. Despite not knowing what day it is, I took the time to answer, and will now re-purpose it into a blog so that in the future, I can simply respond with a link.If you care: (more…)
Read More

Another Cook Off Video!

What do you do for fun? Me, I put on cooking show spoof cook offs and then make videos of them. With each one (this is the fifth one), it gets more serious, and more polished. For the latest I branded it, came up with some instrumental background music, and got a sponsor that actually provided the featured ingredient. Then I spent a solid 12 hours editing, only to export and realize there were a few more things I wanted to fix. But after two days of editing, I figured, good enough! Enjoy. Be sure to check out the full gallery of artsy black white photos here.
Read More

My Top Three Grammar Pet Peeves

Apologies for another boring and nerdy post, but I have three things I want to make very clear. 1. Premiere vs. Premier. An event where they show or do something for the first time is not a "premier." Premier actually refers to the rank of something, so while the best video showing ever could be the premier premiere, and average one is just a premiere. Get it straight if you're going to be writing about snowboarding in particular during the Fall, ok? 2. They vs. It. Most companies have lots of people working for them. So yes, it can be tempting to call one company in particular "they." However, there…
Read More

QR Codes Won’t Save Magazines Either

The latest in a string of useless uses for technology that the magazine industry is desperately embracing are QR Codes. What, you don't know what QR Codes are or what to do with them? You're not alone, which is probably why Transworld Biz rolled out a story today about how this little black and white eyesore will revolutionize brand marketing and interact with "that brand at a whole other level." Now I am not attacking Transworld in particular or print in general in this little rant, so I want to make that clear right now. In fact, the more time goes by and things progress, the more I have realized…
Read More