dude!

We made it!

Day 1 - Thursday, March 4th

We've made it safely to the BZN! We got in right around 10 AM Thursday morning. We were greeted by the man himself, Erik Fetzenhund, at the baggage claim. Much to my surprise (and relief), all four of our bags showed up with no issues. All boards were safe, nothing was broken, and they even allowed me to bring Erik's special goodies: 8 cans of Surly Cynic Ale and 3 big bags of Old Dutch dill pickle chips. Needless to say we were all pretty excited!

The first day consisted of a quick tour of main street Bozeman and a cruise through the MSU campus. We also stopped in at World Boards to get the feel of the local boardshop. Anto got a good deal on some CAPiTA stickers and we were on our way. From there we headed to Erik's house where it was nothing but madness. Him and his roomies were having an energy efficiency audit going on at there house when we got there and the results were less than pleasing. Something about a constant carbon monoxide leak and a pretty significant draft leaking from the house. It's probably a good thing we had already been planning on staying elsewhere. We dropped off our bags and unpacked the boards. We then proceeded to cruise around town a little more and also grabbed some lunch quick. Went back to Erik's just in time for the FedEx lady to swing by and drop of Toni's package from Sierra Snowboard. I purchased some things online for her and had it sent to Erik's so she could use it while we're out here. It even came a day early!

After all that excitment Erik got suited up in some pearly white scrubs and we dropped him off at class. Went back to his house and I mounted and adjusted Toni's new binders. Some 2010 Union Milans, and man do they look sharp. Toni took a nap or three and I chatted with T-Mobile customer service for a few hours while Erik was at class. We picked him up afterwards and from there headed over to his lady friend's house. Got to meet the infamous Em after a few weeks of just hearing about her. We all went out to eat later to Burger Bob's on main street. The food was awesome and pretty reasonably priced. My "SKIING SUCKS" hat caused some controversy with a group of four doosh bag skiers in the back and apparently it was bad enough for them to write me a love letter on a napkin. I'll try to scan it or get pictures of it later. Classy. Frickin' pole smokers.

Anywho, our first day was a huge success and it feels unreal to actually be out here and hanging out. Dropping the extra coinage to fly was an awesome decision and I already don't regret a second of it. We're heading to Missoula tonight to meet Em's parents and crash on their floor. From there we'll be heading to Lost Trail in the morning to get our first taste of MT shred. We're frickin' stoked!!!

More pictures to come as soon as we settle in and get stuff organized!

Best Frienemies!

This past weekend saw two days of awesome riding. The weather was incredible both days and the time with friends equally as great. Saturday was spent at Spirit in Duluth and include myself, Ry-dawg, Kt-ahhh!, and D-Chu. It was so nice out Ryan and I decided it was time to bust out some costumes. Good times were had by all and a lot of people had a good time laughing at us. It was fun to say the least.

Sunday was spent at Afton Alps in BFE-farmland, MN. The weather was almost a mirror image of Saturday and included Krandall and I spreading our love of the boards to two young grasshoppers. Krandall works with a lady named Cheryl, and her two kids, Aaron (10) & Nicole (12), were eager to learn a new sport/hobby. Both kids were cool as heck and it made for an awesome time. They both picked it up very quick and I'm pretty sure they'll be back on the snow as soon as they can talk mom into bringing them back.

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So apparently I've been slacking when it comes to updating this lately. Too much going on around the house and trying to get out of it whenever I can doesn't leave much time for putting up pictures and/or making videos. However, I'm back and will try to keep it going.

The Christening

Thursday, February 11th, 2010, marked a new chapter in the life of Anto Pteryhawk. The young pterosaur recently became the proud owner of a new CAPiTA Space Metal Fantasy. While Anto already has the ability to fly and packs an ear-shattering screech, the addition of the SMF combines all of that together with the Unicorn of Death's evil voodoo magic and head-mounted spear of doom. What this all amounts to is one of the most fearsome one-two punches the world has ever seen.

Please watch the video below to witness her savage destruction of Buck Hill in Burnsville, MN. Who knows where she'll strike next. Just hope it's not at your local hill. I can only guess the majority of the snow will be melted courtesy of her flames and laser beams. Whatever snow is left unscathed will probably be stained with blood. Best wishes!

http://vimeo.com/9501886

Rough night?

We're going to Hollywood!

Czech this out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_JYkMHgjpk

Toni and I just made our amateur acting debuts the other day at her school. Watch the video and let me know what you think.

In the words of Sir Roger Williams, "This guy's got charisma!" Haha. Whatever.

Uhhh, what do we do now?

So I'm sitting at home on the computer and I hear this constant whining noise outside. Having witnessed almost the same exact thing last night, courtesy of another retarded neighbor, I was guessing that it was somebody stuck in the snow and flooring their car to get out. Well, I was right. Only this time it was light outside, and I remembered to grab the camera.

Armed with only a window brush and a car, this tool shed manages to spin his tires at 100 mph, not move more than 6 feet, and appears to have blown his engine. Of course I don't know for sure but the cloud of steam and smoke would lead me to believe so. All of this in maybe 4" of snow. And notice how everybody else made it out of the parking lot just fine? Some people were just born to struggle.

Check the link for some hi-larious video footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtG9VDUCvME