Brooke Geery

Event Weekend!

I'm trying to figure out how to say this without sounding negative, but I can't really do it. I hate events. Sure, they are a chance to see some of the best riding/skating, easy content, and a gathering of friends, but for me they are work! And not just work, but work that usually falls over a weekend! So instead of getting to work in my garden, go skateboarding, or do any of the other things I would like to do with my free time, I get to hustle for the shot then go home and edit until the wee hours so that I can satisfy my own personal insanity…
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Mandatory Coverage: Oregon Bi-Fecta

Day 1: Tigard Though usually a three-stop tour, this year's Trifecta was downgraded to a Bi-fecta due to the cancellation of the Lincoln City stop. It makes the most sense to blame the economy, though this is probably not actually why. The first stop took over Tigard Skatepark on August 8, 2009. Rather than naming tricks and skaters, I will just say, the skating was ridiculous and here are a bunch of pictures. Pro Results 1. Kevin Kowalski 2. Mason Huggins 3. Josh Mattson (Click on the thumbnails to enlarge and scroll through.) [gallery=35] Day 2: Pier Park It was a totally different competition at Pier Park. The 11 foot…
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To Embed or Not to Embed

This weekend I completed what I believe to be my greatest cinematic work yet, a documentary of sorts on the Weena Man, Government Camp's premier dodgeball player. The subject is Cory Grove of Cobra Dogs fame, and in one afternoon we filmed everything I need to make this gem. The results, he and I agree, are epic. Even the perpetually salty Jared Souney said it was my best work yet (even if he did follow it up with "usually your videos aren't funny.") So it went live on YoBeat this morning and I highly encourage you to check it out, but it brings up an issue I've been debating for…
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Dodgeball with the Weena Man

Cory Grove has done many things over his life, and while you may know him for his role feeding hungry campers Cobra Dogs during the summers, that has led to his latest passion. Cory is the premier dodgeball player in Government Camp. Each session of High Cascade, campers feel the wrath of the Weena Man as he pummels them with dodgeballs. But what drives Grove to be the best at dodgeball?
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Strapping In

This weekend I found myself covering a wakeboard double up contest in the heart of Portland. A bit out of my comfort zone for sure, but at least I wasn't at the X Games! The Wake Jam PDX was in fact, nothing like the X Games. It was totally mellow, I only needed my media pass to get into the cheaper beer garden and of course, I could drive there in 10 minutes. After reading the barrage of hateful tweets about X, I was pretty glad my only interaction with it this year was the occasional bits I caught on TV. But enough about that... The Wake Jam was quite…
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Hump Day Goes Jersey with Shayne Pospisil

Just hanging out in his snowboard pants and flip flops. Obviously. Photo: Souney As far as most snowboarders today are concerned, snowboarding has no past. And it doesn’t need to. Right now, riding with your friends and doing your thing is the best snowboarding has ever been. Ever. But allow me to dwell on the past for a minute, because it is when I first came across Shayne Pospisil. It was the late 90s and Okemo, VT was the place to be. With one of the best pipes and parks in Vermont, it was home to tons of riders who were all sure to be big the next big thing,…
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Viva Las Portland: The Videograss Premiere

Do you like watching people ride rails that no one else ever thought about snowboarding on? Do you think grabbing before rails is awesome? Do you like Rock and Roll? Then you'll probably like Videograss. We'll have a full review of the movie sometime in the near future, but for now, here's a gallery of images from the semi-star-studded Videograss premiere in Portland. [gallery=33]
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One Down…

Lately I've been building a bunch of websites for people. I use wordpress exclusively, and am getting better at it with each project. It's a fun (albeit frustrating) new realm of work that is far more time consuming than I realize! It also takes a lot longer from start to finish than I am used to, what with my internet-sized attention span at all. For the past month or so I've been working on a project for my friend Clint Tompkins, a professional wakeskater who's started hand building boards in his garage in Texas. I offered to help make him a site so he'd have somewhere to sell and market…
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