Brooke Geery

I Am Snowboarding in Portland

I Am Snowboarding, the collaborative art project to honor Jeff Anderson, arrived in Portland on January 8, 2010. The art lined the usual hallway of Nemo HQ, the beer on tap was free, and Trevor Graves was running around taking shots with his G10. At first glance it could have been any of the monthly art openings held at Nemo, but for the snowboard nerds this was truly something special. Each of the art pieces on display brought together a different photographer and artist. The photos, of course, were of Jeff Anderson through out his life, but the artist interpretations were as different as could be. Colin Whyte was kind…
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10 Years of Capita

One of YoBeat's most favorite brands and esteemed advertisers CAPiTA is turning the big 1-0 this year. Seeing as I remember the launch of the brand like it was yesterday, this makes me feel old, but what can ya do? Enjoy this 24 second preview of the hardcover catalog they're releasing to celebrate then go check out capitasnowboarding.com to see how far they've come since the days before rocker and reverse camber.
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2009 Stats: NBD

Well, since a few other bloggers with nothing interesting to post are doing a year in review thing I figured Brookegeery.com should jump on the bandwagon as well. That's right I am not a leader, I am a follower. I am not a woman! I am DEVO! All kidding aside I tend to be a bit shocked every month when I see people roll back to this site to consume whatever I put up. Brookegeery.com was started a few years ago and wouldn't you know it  - it's still going. At time Brookegeery.com has been a few different things - a my portfolio, a place to vent, a short-lived list…
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Noah’s Bagels

3541 Southeast Hawthorne http://www.noahs.com/ Date of visit: November 29, 2009 Cost for 2: $18 Noah's bagels was one of those gray areas in this (lately somewhat neglected) blog project, which is probably why it's taken me so long to get around to writing it up (that and I am lazy.) Since it's technically a chain, it wasn't really necessary for us to eat there to reach our goal, but on this random day, it seemed like a good idea. But since I'm obviously not overly inspired by a bagel chain I'll keep this short. Bagels in Portland, like pizza, aren't great. So Noah's NY-style bagels are about as good as…
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States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
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Polaroids: Part 1

In college, armed with my dad's corporate card and the knowledge anything purchased at B & H was a tax deduction, I became obsessed with Polaroids. Back then, digital cameras had such lag and poor quality, my need for instant gratification was much more satisfied with the grainy, smelly, little magic squares. I probably spent thousands of dollars on film, and shot everything from party photos to action shots with them. I've been going through old photos a lot lately, mainly trying to track down shots of every state, and I keep getting frustrated as my college years seem to be gone forever. Then I remembered the over stuffed manila…
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Broadcasting Live from Mt. Hood on the Droid

In case you were wondering what I bought myself for Christmas, it was a much-needed new phone in the form of the Motorola Droid. Verizon managed to grant me my bitchin' $50 credit towards a new phone on actual Chrismas, which meant I had to wait a full day to get this bad boy. In short, it's like an iPhone, but not as "cool." To save you from having to comment, I didn't get an iPhone because I've had Verizon since 2001 and I figure, why switch now. So whatever. I'm sure you've seen the "droid does" commercials, unless of course, you don't have TV, in which case, I'll sum…
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