Downtown Throwdown yo!

To whom it may concern,

I apologize for the lack of updates. A trip to Chile, a new school year, new house, and unexcusable laziness have prevented me from updating. This will cease now...

Today, Saturday October 6th, is the third annual Downtown Throwdown hosted by Krush's Snowboy Productions and Boarderline*. Festivities will include a bbq (hell yes), rail jam, product giveaways (from more sponsors than shaun white has), and a bro fest. Setup includes a whoopty-doo, shit is gonna be crackin! This is going to be a good time.

7pm.
1100 Bellevue Way NE,
Bellevue, the eastside sonnnnnn

Rumor has it that local celeb, Craig "showtime" Gillis will be there.
*seriously boarderline, is this the best image you have??

Seattle Celebs!

Jamie Lynn got a cover shot! Pick up the August 10th edition of the Seattle Times, flip to the local section and there he is! Seems there is some hoopla going down Saturday at Gasworks Park.

There are a lot of celebrities in Seattle...including Link, the little elfy dude from Zelda. Really want to meet this guy.

sooo....

Awfully, quiet around here... But keep your chin up! Happenings are happening at Mt. Hood.

1. Monday, July 9th, 9.45pm. Think Thank sneakily premieres their highly anticipated flick, "Thanks Brain". Do not miss this.



2. Tuesday, July 10th, 9pm. Charlie's Mountain View Bar, Government Camp, OR. Celebrate 20 years of Snowboarder Magazine. They have free beer to convince you to celebrate.

skate haps

Some skate events are going down.

eS Game of Skate. Tuesday, June 19th, 3pm. Marginal Way Skatepark. This is the final skatedown from last year.



Go Skate Day hosted by Snowboard Connection. Thursday, June 21st.
5pm. Premier of Element's "This Is My Element" at the Capitol Hill Arts Center (CHAC).
After that. Shred down to Snocon via skates.
7 - 9pm. BBQ and skate jam at Snocon. Free stuff.
10pm. Big kid party at CHAC. Booze and tunes.

Concrete Rodeo at Mukilteo YMCA Skatepark. June 30th.

summer rain = computer fun

This weekends Mt. Hood mission has been postponed, due to "substantial showers". Oh well, plenty of shredding to do on the internets.
Summer snowslipping is great. Get off work, school and crack and get down (or up) to Hood (or Whistler). Here is some slope happenings for the summer.

1. Signal Snowboards will be demoing some new shred sticks at Mt. Hood Wednesday June 13 through whenever they feel like going home. Next years line is looking really good. They got some help with graphics from MONSTERPILOT. Check out their site for some sneak peeks.
2. Bonfire will be hosting a Pipe2Pipe at hood June 29th and July 20th. The event consists of a railjam on the snow, and skate jam....not on the snow. The event is open to pros, ams and lumberjacks, and if Josh Sherman likes you, he will bestow you with money, a sponsorship or a flannel shirt.
3. Burton's Abominable Snowjam is July 10-12 at the Hood, and it's a big deal.
4. Eesa is going to ghostride their RV up to Hood sometime this summer, not sure when, I don't think they are either.
5. All summer: schmooze with pros, work on goggle tans, shred with your shirt off to impress the ladies, resent the campers whose parents actually did send their kid to camp after promising to do it (thanks mom).

That's all I can remember, I really don't know what is happening in Whistler (help?). I will try to embellish this list at a later date.

Remember: snowboarding is funner than not snowboarding.

Photo: Greg Miller, frostlinephotography.com
Rider: Craig Gillis