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10 reasons to date a dirtbiker

1. they have strong fingers
2.they always kno whn to slow down and speed up
3.they have tremendous stamina and endurance
4.they always wear proper protection
5.they have the fastest 'lap' times
6.they kno how to work their tools
7.they love getting dirty
8.the harder and faster they go the better
9.they kno how to work around tight areas with ease
10.theyre always practicing so they can become better



Published On: 6/2/2007
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I went up Brandywine to the Penberton Ice Cap with the guys from GVP....and gues what they had with them the 08. If you've spent enough dough there and your not a goof(well mabe some tools) they let you taker for a test flight. Well let me tell you it flies. So light i couldnt belive it. Cranked up some gnarly ooooober steep hillclimbs popped off a few windlips and cornices, and cranked some turns. Needless to say there ready to go outta the bad and im definiatly gonna get one, but mabe a 163" track. Thanks guys at GVP.


Published On: 4/1/2007
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While I am interested in many different ideas and things, skateboarding is my passion. Besides the physical aspects of skateboarding it also helped me to come to realizations about life and clear my mind when times seemed to be at their worst. I attribute my positive mindset and my physical well being to skateboarding as it is an excellent test to the body and mind.

About two years ago I had the idea to build a ramp at my grandfather’s house. He had lots of material that we could use and he did not mind handing it over to me. My grandfather loves to build and create so he was excited to help. We set aside a whole weekend to build this ramp. Throughout this three day period I learned a lot about my grandfather. He taught me the proper way to use tools, he told stories about jobs he held as a youth, war stories, and the most fascinating of all, the story of his love for my grandmother.

My Grandmother was a wonderful woman. She loved to cook, bake, and she always was doing something. If she had no work to do around the house or at her restaurant she would get very uncomfortable. She enjoyed the work because she knew it was for her family. My grandmother loved to go shopping and my favorite thing in the world was to go with her. I loved spending time with her as I was constantly at her house. When I found out that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer I was devastated. I could not comprehend how something like this could happen. I thought about it everyday and as my thoughts increased I started to skateboard more and more everyday. Skateboarding helped immensely. It cleared my mind; when I skate I go into a different world with no worries or sorrow. Gradually it helped me to understand that her life should be celebrated, the times I shared with her I would cherish.

Skateboarding is somewhat difficult to describe to other people. Others look at it and can’t understand the feelings that skateboarding gives. As a skateboarder my perception of the everyday world has changed. Stairs and handrails are no longer structures used to move people they are obstacles. Skateboarding allows my creativity to flow freely, it is what I make it. No one tells me how to do it or why. I skate because it is a part of me that will never be silenced.



Published On: 2/20/2007
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The Skatelite has arrived and we are working on making a build date. We would like to make the repairs to the ramp in under 4 days of work. So in the next week or so if we hope to have all tools, 2nd layer of plywood and builders ready to build.
 
In the meantime check out a video of one of our previous fundraisers:
 


Published On: 1/24/2007
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Pay check came in. I can finish paying for my snowboard now. I'm very excited.
 
I'm off to voyage around Chicago to see if any shops have some cold-condition base wax and repair, some waxing tools as well as some tuning tools (files, file guide, gummy/diamond stone, etcetc.) We'll see how that goes.
 
I have this strange urge to get a skull and cross swords tattoo. but that's just the pirate in me.
 
 
 
*** For Public Viewers: ***
 
I've noticed my Karma went up recently - Please tell me who you are when +k ing my profile so I can generously return the favor. I'm ecstatic that I'm recieving karma, though. It really makes me feel good knowing I've helped somebody, whether it be just a smile or some actual advice.


Published On: 7/17/2006
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My Blog: summer?
By: Chelly


lol.

it's what, the end of june? and I already can't stop thinking about snowboarding.

I think half of it was contributed to the fact I had a dream where it was blizzarding outside and I woke up all disoriented thinking it was December and I was on winter break, but eh.


speaking of which, I need new gear. Time to save up the money so I can hit some of those pre-season/Summer sales. ya dig?


If anyone knows of the best places to look up at this time of year, let me know. I'm low on cash, but I need to find myself some new boots. Maybe a board, if I can afford it. Otherwise, I'll just go get it hardcore tuned in Nov.



any way, time to go slip on the bikini and stare at my boarding goggles.

peace.

Published On: 6/26/2006
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yo its the A.Z.N nigga f*ck the rest. dial lest to new york jigga we the best. vietnam to japan to mongolia. phillapines to thiwan to cambodia. korea ah hah. home town china who u got huh. we got the shi*t nigga feel the size. its the A.Z.N betta recognize. got rice bitch got rice. got food. got soup. got spice. got brains like us. got skills like us. got cars, got clothes, got girls like us. whats up we the shi*t and we kill yall fools. we got money in the bank from our family jewles. can we help it if we rade and corupt the schools. and dont matter f*ck the laws cuz we break the rules. we got cars we got chains. yea we got the tools. coop it up, break it down, then go shoot some pool. f*ck with me. f*ck with all. bitch dont think its cool.
1 on 1 f*ck that. its the 3 on 1 no duels. got rice bitch got rice. anything u can show that is nice. got calves. got booz. got thoughts like us. f*ck no hell u white ull never be like us. take off ur shoes when u enter please. or crawl around on the floor with ur f*ckin knees. dont mind the smell u'll get used to it. molked walls. fried squid. and that buda shi*t. what the hell is that u think i dont see no forks in the house. chopsticks only. have a taste. dont be scared. try the lemon seeds. u dont want thats alright try the f*ck home leave. got rice bitch, got rice. got luck any time u role the dice. ur luck is bad unless u run and hide cuz we thugs 4 life baby. asian pride.



Published On: 6/24/2006
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(feat. Cool & Dre,Fat Joe,Lil Wayne, Paul Wall,Pitbull...)

[Cool & Dre]
This is...This is
This is...AND HE GOES BY THE NAME OF

[Lil Wayne]
Yeah you got the right one, It's Weezy f*ckin Baby
And if your woman lookin, I'll let the woman taste me
Okay now I'm with Khaled, we wilyn in Miami
We got a bunch of bitches, we pile em in the phantom
They follow us to Mansion but I don't mean the club
I'm talking bout my crib, mama I'm trying to f*ck
It's Cash Money Baby, It's Young Money Biatch
Now you can swallow that or you can suck a dick
Okay, tell me shi*t, Lil Wayne f*ck a bitch
Lil' nigga, big money, big gun full of that shi*t
Nigga I ain't Will Smith, Nah, I ain't a fresh prince
Nigga I'm a young king, Nigga I'm a Bun B
Yup, I go hard, ask my broad
Miss Stevie Wonder, she ain't lookin at y'all (She can't see)
The rest goes without me having to say
I say, go, go, go, go (DJ)

[Chorus: Paul Wall]
Holla at me, What it do, What it is
You ain't never seen a playa like this (Holla at me baby)
I'm a pimp, I'll show her how I live
Take her back then I put it in her wrist (Holla at me baby)
I'm a monster, I do it real big
You ain't never seen rocks like this (Holla at me baby)
You can see me from a far I'm the shi*t
Scream at me What it do, What it is (What It Do)

[Paul Wall]
It's Paul Wall baby, Swishahouse club rocker
Chunk a deuce, sip a deuece, pourin up big goose vodka
Lone star beast straight up out the H
Sure stoppin all the hate, sippin on the ski taste
I got the I-N-S on my tail, immigration still harass
Cause they see me in a foriegn ridin on a pointed glass
Gettin cash is my number one task
Until I'm under the grass, that's why I'm top of the class
I'm a grit boy lookin for an ass like Ketoya
Leave a bitch back all nutty like Almond Joy
My boy Toy I E got to sleep
And we got to see and who got the freaks?
Beat it up like an ass whipping
The album dropped and there's been a lot of ass kissing
But I ain't trippin, I'm trill
That's why I'm posted with Khaled cause he real one
A hundred baby like a bill, Holla at me baby

[Chorus]

[Fat Joe]
Nah homie, you done got it f*cked up
You ain't got as much money as us (Nope)
We sent Campbell in cause he got goggles on
and he's pushing something far and it's f*cked
Now all I gotta do is push a little button quick fast
And the chopper come out of the stash
Yeah money ain't jewels motherf*cker you lose
I'll make you do the f*ck Sean Comb dance (Follow me now)
Who wanna come test the kid
Have your baby mama bless the team
shi*t, I ain't even know she could twerk it like that
She a motherf*ckin sex machine, Holla at me baby

[Chorus]

[Rick Ross]
Stuntin in a magnum ridin with my hat low
Forty-five magnum, barrel full of air holes
Dade County, represent, Dopeboy ever since
Know that I'ma veteran, Million dollar president
Rick Ross, big chips, AK's, flip clips
Off set rims on a rear six inch lips
Started on the benches, rose through the trenches
Now I'm the shi*t bitch, go and check your senses
Known for the benz's, Chrome on the bentleys
Smokin on the mentleys, Dade county, big cheese
Flip soft, whip that, Rick Ross rip that
Khaled go hard dawg, talk to em Paul Wall

[Chorus]

[Pitbull]
It's Mr. 3-0-5 A.K.A
Mr. Snort yay, spit rocks, made in day
I owe my future to
Last name Campbell, first name Luther
The gun shine stayed, well that shoulda
Bought him the crib, what it do, what it is
Bust a clip, flip a brick, hey buddy where's the lick?
That's all we talk about, well welcome to the south
We in, get our bread then we out, no doubt
Harlas and priests
These boys dirty, they'll f*ck your mother, sister, daughter and nieces
Oye da loca, mueve a la carada, oye da loca, even la meraya (?)

[Chorus]



Published On: 4/28/2006
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What You Know?


Aye..aye..aye..aye..aye..
What you know about that?
What you know about that?
What you know about that?
Aye...
don't you know I got
key by the three when I chirp shawty chirp back
Louis nap sack
where I hold'n all tha work at

What you know about that?
What you know about that?
I know all about that

Loaded 44s on the low where the cheese at
Fresh off the jet to the Jects where the G's at

What you know about that?
What you know about that?
Hey what you know about that?
Hey I know all about that

See me in ya city sittin pretty kno I'm shining dawg
Ridin wid a couple latin brawds and a china doll
And you kno how we ball
Aye..
Ridin in shiny cars
Aye..
Walk in designer malls
Aye..
Buy everything we saw
You know about me dogg
Don't talk about me dogg
And if you doubt me dogg
You better out me dogg
I'm throwed off slightly bro
Don't wanna fight me bro
I'm fast as lightning bro ya better use ya Nike's bro
Know you don't like me cause
Yo bitch most likely does
She see me on them dubs
In front of every club
I be on dro I'm buzzed
Give every ho a hug
Niggaz don't show me mugs
Cause you don't know me cuz

Aye...
don't you know I got
key by the three when I chirp shawty chirp back
Louis nap sack
where I hold'n all tha work at

What you know about that?
What you know about that?
I know all about that

Loaded 44s on the low where the cheese at
Fresh off the jet to the Jects where the G's at

What you know about that?
What you know about that?
Hey what you know about that?
Hey I know all about that

Candy on the '64
Leather guts and fish bowl
50 on the pinky ring just to make my fist glow
Ya bitches get low
Because I get dough
So what? I'm rich ho
I still pull a-kick-do' (kick ya door down)
What you talking shi*t fo'?
gotta run and hit fo'?
Got you a yellin and I thought you put out a gun hit fo
But you's a scary dude
Believed by very few
Just keep it very cool
Or we will bury you
See all that attitude's, unneccesary dude
Cause you never Carry Tools not even sweary qs
You got these people fooled, who see me on the tube
Whatever try the crew, they'll see you on the news

Aye...
don't you know I got
key by the three when I chirp shawty chirp back
Louis nap sack
where I hold'n all tha work at

What you know about that?
What you know about that?
I know all about that

Loaded 44s on the low where the cheese at
Fresh off the jet to the Jects where the G's at

What you know about that?
What you know about that?
Hey what you know about that?
Hey I know all about that

Fresh off the jet to the block
Burn a rubber with a top-pop
I'll pop and bust a shot and tell em stop and make the block hot
Ya label got got
Cuz you are not hot
I got the top spot
And it will not stop
A video or not that will bust it to the glock stop
Drag ya out that Bentley Coupe and take it to the chop shop
Partner, we got ya'll
If it may pop off
I'll answer the question "Will I get ya block knocked off?"
And what it is bro
Look I'll kill ya, bro
I'm in your hood, if you a gangsta what you here for?
Somebody better get bro for he get sent for
You say you wanna squash it what you still talkin shi*t for?

Aye...
don't you know I got
key by the three when I chirp shawty chirp back
Louis nap sack
where I hold'n all tha work at

What you know about that?
What you know about that?
I know all about that

Loaded 44s on the low where the cheese at
Fresh off the jet to the Jects where the G's at

What you know about that?
What you know about that?
Hey what you know about that?
Hey I know all about that



Published On: 4/11/2006
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Boardroom Events and News: SPRING SALE @ the Boardroom
By: Boardroom


Spring Sale @ the Boardroom!
All 2006 Snowboard Gear are 30% off. Boards, boots, bindings, outerwear, goggles are all on SALE. Check out the great deals at our West 4th and Lonsdale location or click the flyer below and go shop online!  March_29_06.jpg



Published On: 3/31/2006
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Sketchy Sunday, February 26, 2006.

For the last week ive been trying to plan a trip up to the hill with my old highschool buddies who, now that were all on our own paths, are spread out in different parts of the province.  Since it was reading week for most schools last week it seemed plasible. Alas...I was wrong.

Sunday comes around, i slept in till about 11:30, got up smoked a bizzle, rolled a couple J's for the hill and lazed around till about 4ish, hoping that someone would show up to go with me.  denied! i grabbed my iPod, my board and i was off to Horseshoe.

 

I got the the hill at about 5:30, grab my lift ticket and for the next 4 hours i have a hayday.  it was kinda cool to be there alone...it was pretty much the first time ive gone snowboarding alone, but it wont be the last.  it was awesome. the hill had been much more developed since the last time i was there...since the last time i was teaching people how to ride i didnt get a chance to truely explore the mountain.  I got a chance to play around on the 3 park terrain runs and my favorite part was the boarder Cross track. 

After a couple hours of ripping around on the hill i decided to go to the car to get my wallet or some cash so that i could buy a hot pak for my gloves as they felt like they were going to freeze everytime i went back up to the top on the lift.  I got the the Pro Shop grabbed a hot pak and some "Fog Off" for my glasses/goggles (which doesnt work very well btw).  then i went outside and hooked myself up, putting my keys in one pocket and a granola bar in the other pocket,  which surprisingly enough saves my ass later on.

 

Now that i had warmer hands i was ready to go again. and so up the hill i went.  I made my way to a secluded area of the hill so that i could smoke my first J.  With a rejouvinated sense of adventure i restart my journey down the hill.  I rip down going as fast as i could with no inhibitions, cut through the woods, cross a narrow trail and then through the woods again and when i come back out to the trail, my board gets shot up over my head and i do a triple roll.  I stood up, composed myself and continued down the mountain.

while there i saw one of the biggest losers ever, just so happens to work at Horseshoe, J.Trainer....if your reading this....YOUR A FAGBLAST! cheers. i didnt let it bother me...i didnt want to get kicked off the hill so i didnt say anything.

soon there after i remember that i put a granola bar in my pocket and i was thinkin of havin a snack.  i checked my pocket and found that it was missing.  i didnt think too much of it...it was just a granola bar that cost me $0.40 so i went into my backpack and grabbed another one...had a snack, and a drink and finished off the night.

10:00 comes around, the lifts are closing and theres barely anyone around, and so i start to make my way to the car. when i get there i take off my gloves and start looking for my keys.  but i was not successful....i couldnt find my keys!?? at this point i was panicing and freezing my ass off.  I started making my way to the lodge so that i could warm up and throughly look through my things to find my keys.  when i get there i took off all of my wet things and started looking though my pockets and backpack for my keys....i cant find them...im f*cked!  im in barrie with no keys...alone.   so i go for my cell phone....its locked in the car...i go for my wallet so that i can call my brother, because at this point i have no i dea what im going to do...its locked in the car.   so...lets recap.  i dont have my wallet, or my cell phone because theyre in the car, which is locked, and i cant open my car cus i dont have the keys...thats a dill of a pickle if ive ever been in one.  i look around me and the lodge has about 5 people in it cus theyre closing up.

To be continued....



Published On: 3/3/2006
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My Journal: me
By: nitro_boi


FOR SELL:
Oakly E-Frame Goggles
Hockey Jerseys :P
Protec Ski/Snowboard Helmet
Snowboarding DVDs-sold

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"I'm not a lumber jack or a fur trader. And I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber or own a dog sled. And i don't know Jummy, Sally or Suzie from Canada, although I am certain they are really, really nice

I have a Prime minister, not a President; I speak English and French, not American; and I pronounce it "about" not "a boot." I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack; I believe in peace keeping, not policing; diversity, not assimilation; and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal.

A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is  couch, and it is pronounced "zed." not "zee," "zed."

Canada is the second-largest land mass, the first nation of hockey and the best part of North America.

My name is Tom, and I am Canadian 


                 I-AM-CANADIAN.jpg






 


Published On: 2/5/2006
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Last night I went to the movies, for the first time in years, because this chick scored a grand off some idiot, so she was taking us out everywhere.  I don't have cable so I hadn't seen any previews for this movie we were about to watch, The Hostel.  I thought it might be about some stupid dirty backpackers f*cking eachother or something. 

Anyways, all I can say is that less than 15 minutes into it, I actually had to get up and leave.  It's not that the storyline was so genius that it creeped you out on that level; the whole movie was designed to visually shock and horrify the human psyche, scientifically designed simply to scare the f*ck out of people. 

Don't get me wrong, I used to have those f*cked up sites bookmarked, so I could check out what someone looked like after being run over by a train, or blowing their head off with a shotgun.  But that's reality, this wasn't.  It was purely designed to f*ck with the heads of the audience, and imprint terror in the brains of viewers.  Maybe some meatball football player that prides himself on laughing at people getting their lungs drilled into with power tools, maybe that's who stayed and watched.  To me though, it was just too reminiscent of Clockwork Orange, and what they did to Alex in the institution. 

I'll leave the government brainwashing to Dateline NBC, for now I'll keep my cable-free lifestyle and watch Ren & Stimpy DVD box sets, over and over, until my eyes bleed.


Published On: 1/23/2006
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Posted: 5 hours ago
 
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kobe Bryant kept shooting, from all over the court and from every angle.

The Los Angeles Lakers' star scored a staggering 81 points Sunday night against the Toronto Raptors in a 122-104 win. Only Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game stands ahead of him.

"It just happened, man" Bryant said. "It really hasn't, like, set in for me. It's about the 'W,' that's why I turned it on. It turned into something special.

"To sit here and say I grasp what happened, that would be lying. Not even in my dreams."

The NBA's leading scorer left to a standing ovation with 4.2 seconds remaining, having shot 28-of-46 from the floor, including 7-of-13 from 3-point range and 18-of-20 from the foul line.

With the fans at Staples Center chanting "MVP! MVP!" Bryant made two free throws with 43.4 seconds remaining for his final points. He scored 27 points in the third quarter, 28 in the fourth.

"It feels great to put on a great show here," he said.

Chamberlain scored 100 points for Philadelphia against the New York Knicks at Hershey, Pa., on March 2, 1962, making 36-of-63 from the field and 28-of-32 from the foul line while playing all 48 minutes.

Chamberlain had 59 points in the second half - the only player with more points in a half than Bryant's 55 after halftime in this game.

Chamberlain's second-highest total was 78 against the Lakers in three overtimes on Dec. 8, 1961.

Elgin Baylor held the previous franchise record of 71 points at New York on Nov. 15, 1960. Lakers assistant Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, saw that game, too.

"Elgin's game was an incredible performance, also. I don't think there's any comparison. Elgin did it without 3-point lines. His game was attacking the hoop and hitting jumpers inside 20 feet. Kobe's range is unreal, and he does it his way," Abdul-Jabbar said.

"It was a real treat. His ability to shoot from long range and also attack the hoop, split the defense and get in close for opportunities near the basket is unique. He's made a niche for himself and he deserves it."

Michael Jordan's career high was 69 points, and only four players had ever scored more than 70 - Chamberlain, Baylor, David Thompson and David Robinson.

The 27-year-old Bryant made it five. His previous career high was 62 points during a 112-90 victory over Dallas last month - he sat out the fourth quarter because of the one-sided nature of the game.

"I was just determined. I was just locked in, tuned into what was going on out there," Bryant said. "These points tonight mattered. We needed them. The points I put in the basket were instrumental. It means a lot more."

Bryant raised his scoring average to an NBA-leading 35.9 points this season.

"I never imagined I would see history like that," said Devean George, a teammate of Bryant's with the Lakers for 6 1/2 seasons. "I can't tell you where that came from. He just kept attacking, attacking, attacking - every time he got the ball."

Bryant played nearly 42 minutes, going the entire second half until being lifted by coach Phil Jackson.

Jackson coached Jordan and the Chicago Bulls to six championships in the 1990s and the Lakers, with Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, to three more titles, from 2000-02.

"That was something to behold," Jackson said. "It was another level. I've seen some remarkable games, but I've never seen one like that before."

Bryant's performance came on the same night the NBA had its highest-scoring game in 11 years when Seattle beat Phoenix 152-149 in two overtimes. The last 300-point game in the league came when Dallas beat Houston 156-147 in two overtimes on April 11, 1995, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

"You're sitting and watching, and it's like a miracle unfolding in front of your eyes and you can't accept it," Lakers owner Jerry Buss said. "Somehow, the brain won't work. The easiest way to look at it is everybody remembers every 50-point game they ever saw. He had 55 in the second half."

Lamar Odom's 3-pointer with 7:04 remaining gave the Lakers a 100-93 lead, and Bryant scored 30 seconds later to give him 61 points and his team a nine-point advantage. The Raptors didn't pose a serious threat after that.

Bryant scored all but 15 of the Lakers' 42 points in the third quarter, shooting 11-of-15 including 4-of-5 from 3-point range. Six of his points came during a 12-0 run to finish the period, giving Los Angeles a 91-85 lead.

The Lakers outscored the Raptors 38-14 to finish the third quarter to go ahead for good. They trailed by as many as 18 points early in the period, angering Bryant.

"He was ticked off," Odom said.

When asked what Bryant said at that stage, Odom replied: "Nothing. That's when it's bad."

Bryant scored 51 points after the Raptors took a 71-53 lead. It was 63-49 at halftime.

"The thing about him that is most amazing is that he is relentless," Raptors coach Sam Mitchell said. "We played man-to-man, box-in-one and zone. We tried to put smaller guys on him to deny him the ball.

"I saw that game he had against Dallas where he scored 62, what more can you say?"

Smush Parker added 13 points and Chris Mihm had 12 points and six rebounds for the Lakers.

Mike James led Toronto with 26 points and 10 assists. Chris Bosh added 18 points and eight rebounds and Jalen Rose scored 17 points for the Raptors.

Notes

Bryant scored a season-low 11 points in the Lakers' 102-91 victory over the Raptors in Toronto last month. He had 14 in the first quarter of this game. ... Bryant has led the Lakers in scoring in the last 21 games in which he's played. He entered with an NBA-leading 34.8-point average, and is averaging 45.5 points in 10 games since sitting out a two-game suspension. ... Toronto C Rafael Araujo, who has made 30 starts this season, missed his second straight game and third of the season because of a sore right shoulder. ... Bryant made his first five foul shots before missing late in the second quarter, snapping his streak of consecutive made free throws at 62. Michael Williams made an NBA-record 93 straight for Minnesota in 1993. ... Bryant received a technical foul with 10:44 left - shortly after being accidentally struck above the right eye.



Published On: 1/23/2006
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I'm serious.

I'm sitting here typing, and it's taking me twice as long because I hurt my thumb. I also look like a complete retard because I have this big, red mark with a gouge in the middle in the middle of my forehead.


Alpine Valley has ben the shi*ttiest resort I have ever been to, and here's why.

1. All of the runs are like green circles/beginner, or maybe like blue squares/intermediate.

Seriously. I'm an intermediate boarder when it comes to Cascade, Chestnut, etcetc, but when I got to Alpine, I rode down the black diamond about 5 times before deeming it stupid. It's not hard at all. In fact, I saw 5 year olds going down it. I actually went more on the beginner hills because they had more turns and such that were interesting. Oh, and the runs are SHORT. And I'm talking short.

2. The cafeteria area/food area is mediocre.

I usually don't care what the food/cafeteria area looks like, but it's at least nice to have it set up so that it's enjoyable. At Alpine, it was like a school cafeteria, just everything was dark. The only lighted places were where you ordered your food. And the food was something I could order at a baseball game. Corndogs, nachos ... Though I do have to agree, the nachos were good. And their hot chocolate was like a Starbucks Chantico, god damn that thing was thick. Oh well. At least it was hot. But they should use some of that money on buying some new tables and chairs for the cafeteria.

And finally, which is what pissed me off the most ...

3.THEY DO A CRAPPY JOB OF GROOMING THEIR RUNS.

I am DEAD serious. I have never been to a resort where their runs were so crappy, other than Wilmot. But still, at least Wilmots was all ice. Alpine had a mix of pow/ice. No inbetween. So you're either going through pow and going REALLY slow, or you're going over chunks of ice/a sheet of ice and booking it down the run unintentionally.

Also, they keep their pow machines on 24/7. Or at least they did when I went there. I didn't mind so much when I put my goggles on, but it still impaired my vision, and being a snowboarder, you know how much your vision is needed. Plus, I needed to see where the ice and pow started and ended. That's where my first injury occured.

I was going down the beginner run, and the first part of it is ICE. Just ice, because the pow couldn't get up there. Then going down to the second part, it was pow, and ... well. I slowed down a lot. Then I started going down, and the pow machines .... Yeah. There they were. So I slid on my goggles super fast, and went down, but OH HO look! A valley of ice chunks and ice that I didn't see! So as I go over them, I picked up a LOT of speed because I couldn't turn as well, so I ended up trying to toeside stop. I did, for the most part, but as I was going in to that action, I put my left hand down for some drag, but since I was going so fast and it was ICE not snow, I clipped my thumb.

I swear to god I have never been in so much pain in my life. I thought I broke it right then and there at the base of my thumb, but I continued on down and just sat down. I think it's just sprained, but it still hurts like a mother f*cker.

SECOND.

I was going down an intermediate course (after going down the black diamonds). The course lead in to the terrain park, so naturally, that's where all the teens were and such. Any way, as I'm going down, I'm turning to my right and ZZZZZIP - This GUY is going straight and in my path! So I'm like, WATCH OUT. But he doesn't, he just keeps going and I clip the end of his board. He stumbles a bit but keeps going, without even caring to see if I was all right. But all the while, I had heel-side stopped so suddenly, then I caught a rough patch of ice, and my momentum flung me forwards in to a nice face plant in to some jagged ice. Of COURSE, I had to hit the ice ... Not the pow. But if the run was all pow, we wouldn't have had that happen.

Now, I'm going down the rest of the hill, kind of in a daze because I just got up really fast from that fall. Basically a fall, roll, and getup maneuver, but it still dizzied me a bit. So I reach my friends and they're like, what happened? So I told them the story, and after ranting about how they were going to go 'kick the shi*t' out of the guy who did that to me, one of my friends was like ... "Hey! Michelle, you're head is bleeding."

And so they laughed. I kind of laughed too because I didn't feel it and thought they were joking, but lo and behold. I took my hat off, and supposedly my forehead was BLOODY. Ew. So I wiped my hand across from forehead, and upon seeing the blood on my fingertips, immediately announced that it was lunch time.

They agreed. So I went to the bathroom, and tried to wipe off all the blood. And I did! But what happened, is that not only did a sharp piece of ice gounge out an itty bitty piece of my forehead, but I also got this massive ice burn around it. So now I have this huge, pink/red circle around the gouge.

And it looks horrible.



Now, I'm a good snowboarder. I rarely wipe out any more. In fact, when I went to Chestnut for a couple days, I didn't wipe out once. But at Alpine, the conditions were so shi*tty, that ... Well. There you go. Even your good snowboarders are in danger of getting hurt. And I'm the perfect example.

So don't go to Alpine unless you want to be severely disappointed by the runs, grooming, and overall general feeling of the place. I'd spend the time going more up north and hitting up Chestnut, Cascade or Devil's Head. But please, for all snowboaders alike, don't go to Alpine.



Published On: 1/7/2006
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Oh heres to my sweet Satan
The one whoes little path would make me sad
Whoes power is Satan
He will give you, give you 666
There was a littles toolshed where he made us suffer
Sad Satan

If there's a bustle in your headrow
Don't be alarmed now
It's just a spring clean, for the may queen
Yes there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run theres still time to change the roard you on

Led Zeppelin



Published On: 12/15/2005
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yep, u heard it!!! snow so deep, it was flyin' over my head and fillin' in my goggles and makin' me wish i had a good snorkel! FO REALZ!!!

Published On: 12/1/2005
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deaths sweet song ring in my ear controlling all that I want to hear echoing deeper throughout my soul filling ever crevice and hole the mouth speaks of blood and eye wish to see its flood the hands grab there tools making use of all our rules covering first all of the path then striking so they can fell our wrath the sweet nector begins its flow pouring faster with every blow the screams start to sear our ear but we smile from what we hear our job is almost done we have finished with our fun now for our final strike you become dry and empty from our bite

Published On: 11/22/2005
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My Journal: 1/7/2005
By: k2snowy7


coc was sooooo awsome! it was fun doing stupid stuff like putting people in snowboard bags and then on a skateboard and rolling them down parking ramps...haha

Published On: 7/1/2005
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My Journal: 26/8/2005
By: Veni_Vidi_Vici




"Brain Damage"

[Doctor] Scalpel
[Nurse] Here
[Doctor] Sponge
[Nurse] Here
[Doctor] Wait.. he's convulsing, he's convulsing!
[Nurse] Ah!
[Doctor] We're gonna have to shock him!
[Nurse] Oh my! Oh my God!
[Doctor] We're gonna have to shock him!
[Nurse] Oh my God!

[Eminem]
These are the results of a thousand electric volts
A neck with bolts, "Nurse we're losin him, check the pulse!"
A kid who refused to respect adults
Wore spectacles with taped frames and a freckled nose
A corny lookin white boy, scrawny and always ornery
Cause I was always sick of brawny bullies pickin on me
And I might snap, one day just like that
I decided to strike back and flatten every tire on the bike rack
(Whosssssh) My first day in junior high, this kid said,
"It's you and I, three o'clock sharp this afternoon you die"
I looked at my watch it was one twenty
"I already gave you my lunch money what more do you want from me?!?"
He said, "Don't try to run from me, you'll just make it worse..."
My palms were sweaty, and I started to shake at first
Something told me, "Try to fake a stomach ache it works"
I screamed, "Owww! My appendix feels like they could burst!
Teacher, teacher, quick I need a naked nurse!"
[N] "What's the matter?"
[E] "I don't know, my leg, it hurts!"
[N] "Leg?!? I thought you said it was your tummy?!?"
[E] "Oh, I mean it is, but I also got a bum knee!"
[N] "Mr. Mathers, the fun and games are over.
And just for that stunt, you're gonna get some extra homework."
[E] "But don't you wanna give me after school detention?"
[N] "Nah, that bully wants to beat your ass and I'ma let him."

[Chorus: repeat 2X]

Brain damage, ever since the day I was born
Drugs is what they used to say I was on
They say I never knew which way I was goin
But everywhere I go they keep playin my song

[Eminem]
Brain damage..
Way before my baby daughter Hailey
I was harassed daily by this fat kid named D'Angelo Bailey
An eighth grader who acted obnoxious, cause his father boxes
so everyday he'd shove me in the lockers
One day he came in the bathroom while I was pissin
And had me in the position to beat me into submission
He banged my head against the urinal til he broke my nose,
Soaked my clothes in blood, grabbed me and choked my throat
I tried to plead and tell him, "We shouldn't beef"
But he just wouldn't leave, he kept chokin me and I couldn't breathe
He looked at me and said, "You gonna die honkey!"
The principal walked in (What's going on in here?)
and started helpin him stomp me
I made them think they beat me to death
Holdin my breath for like five minutes before they finally left
Then I got up and ran to the janitor's storage booth
Kicked the door hinge loose and ripped out the four inch screws
Grabbed some sharp objects, brooms, and foreign tools
"This is for every time you took my orange juice,
or stole my seat in the lunchroom and drank my chocolate milk.
Every time you tipped my tray and it dropped and spilt.
I'm gettin you back bully! Now once and for good."
I cocked the broomstick back and swung hard as I could
and beat him over the head with it til I broke the wood
Knocked him down, stood on his chest with one foot..
.. Made it home, later that same day
Started reading a comic, and suddenly everything became gray
I couldn't even see what I was tryin to read
I went deaf, and my left ear started to bleed
My mother started screamin, "What are you on, drugs?!?
Look at you, you're gettin blood all over my rug!" (Sorry!)
She beat me over the head with the remote control
opened a hole, and my whole brain fell out of my skull
I picked it up and screamed, "Look bitch, what have you done?!?"
[M] "Oh my God, I'm sorry son"
[E] "Shut up you c*nt!" I said, "f*ck it!"
Took it and stuck it back up in my head
then I sewed it shut and put a couple of screws in my neck

[Chorus]

[Eminem]
Brain damage..
It's brain damage..
I got brain damage..
It's brain damage..
It's probably brain damage..
It's brain damage..
Brain damage..
I got brain damage..


Published On: 8/26/2005
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