Brooke Geery

State #5: Vermont

Circa: 1984 No matter how many places I go or live, Vermont will always be home. Even though I wasn't born there, I spent my formative years (ages 3-17) there, and am not afraid to claim it. I have definitely eaten a Vermonster from Ben and Jerry's (taken the factory tour too!) I own a "I Love Vermont" shirt. I've lived in Rutland and Burlington, and some times I even forget to say my t's (only when they fall in the middle of words, though.) Plus it's kind of pretty there. [gallery=39]
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State # 6: New Hampshire

Circa mid 1980's I grew up going to our family’s summer cottage on Lake Winnipesauke and my freshman year of college was spent at Plymouth State College. There I complained about the sub par nature of the White Mountains (even though it was the heyday of the Blue Lodge) and worked at a Chinese restaurant. To this day some of my best friends are the ones I met in New Hampshire. [gallery=38]
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States # 7 & 8: Massachusetts and Connecticut

Circa: Mid 1980's Now that we're getting into New England, things get a little murky in terms of when and what order, and since at this point I'm pretty near over this 50 State blogging project, I'm going to do my best approximation for the rest of it. 7.    Massachusetts I have done the following things in Mass: Seen Piebald, multiple times. Seen lots of other shows at the Middle East. Gotten way too drunk. Made a video about Dunkin Donuts. Skateboarded at both indoor and outdoor spots, and probably lots more. I’ve probably spent more time in Boston than any other city I’ve never lived in, but yet have…
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The State of the Snowboard Video – A Hump Day Special Report

If you’re a regular user of the Internet (we'll assume you are), you are well aware that anyone can make a snowboard video now. Day after day, the netwaves are filled with new mini edits from mountains you’ve never heard of and kids you don’t care about it. Even semi-obscure full lengths can be found with a few clicks of a mouse. There’s no shortage of stoke and inspiration out there, but at some point does it become quantity over quality? Will we eventually lose the true art of snowboard filmmaking because anyone can do it? Video has always played a huge roll in snowboarding, but the model is changing…
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State # 9: Maine

Circa: 1990 I’ve had memorable experiences in Maine in both summer and winter. As a kid we’d go up there camping and my favorite pastime was hunting through tide pools at Acadia national park. Once I was old enough to go places by myself, we’d go up to Sunday River and Sugarloaf to snowboard, and one of my all time best east coast powder days was with Andrew Mutty at Sunday River.
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State # 11: Oregon

Circa 1996 (photo, the rose garden, 2007-ish) I first made it to Oregon at the tender age of 15 on a trip to High Cascade snowboard camp. It was the first time I'd flown cross country alone, so my parents insisted on getting me an escort, which I promptly ditched at the airport. Hopefully no one lost their job over it. I made it back for camp the next year, then in college found myself driving to Portland almost every weekend, which seemed like a pretty good indication I sort of like the place. Other than a brief east coast/midwest/east coast stint in the middle, I've been living here ever…
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How to Avoid the Gaper Lot

You wake up at the crack of noon, cruise up to the hill ready to ride, but before you can make it to the main parking lot, foiled. The baricade. A few under-payed parking lot attendants, a truck, some orange cones, and the dreaded sign: lot full.  The friendly attendants insist you must turn into the remote lot, the one that requires a ride on a bus full of weekend warriors who can't possibly walk by you without bumping you with every piece of their equipment. The worst part, when you finally make it to the parking lot, there are tons of empty spots. If you've ever been snowboarding on…
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State # 12: Washington

Circa 1997 Once upon a time I was snowboarding at Killington during a particularly miserable icy, rainy week. It happened that some dudes from Washington were in town, and after they watched me cut across a trail to ollie a twig, they suggested that perhaps I should make a trip out to Mt. Baker for some real snowboarding. After that initial visit I was hooked, went to college in Bellingham, snowboarded at Mt. Baker and skated the plethora of concrete parks around. I once saw Pearl Jam play in Seattle, just because I could, and made it a point to check out the high school where they filmed 10 Things…
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Snowboarding Sells!!

It's no secret that snowboarding has hit the mainstream (6-plus years ago)! But while the snowboard industry is busy figuring out how to use the hype to sell more snowboards, the rest of the world is deftly using snowboarding to sell just about anything. For example: Telephone Service Technically, AT&T produced this commercial to show their (monetary) support for the Olympic games and their rider Gretchen Bleiler, but let's be honest, they were banking on it "going viral." That's this new marketing strategy where you make a video and then tell people it's viral, and then everyone watches it, and you make millions, right? They certainly had the formula right:…
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