So Sweet: Prt 2

Saw these photos here.

Worth looking at, these guy took advantage of a great opportunity and I'm sure it was a wild time riding in that place.

turned around

I left the border fairly disappointed, but i wasn't going to let it bring me down, the weather was quite perfect and i decided to spend this time with my step brother in Portland after a quick stay in Seattle where I met Shelby and ate hot dogs and drank warm natural light on the roof of his apartment, I slept on his floor as his computer made strange noises that put me a ease. I took off in the morning and headed south on hiway 5 to get to southwest Portland in time to catch Dave, he got a parking pass that let me leave my car under his apartment. We ate thai food and saved the leftovers for later that night. We walked around and he showed me the places he dug in Portland. We were only in Powells for about ten minutes and we came out with nearly ten books, one I'm opening today is Island by Adlous Huxley. We shot pool and had beer at the bar that was connected to his apartment. We continued to tour Portland the next day and played mancala in the park with Sally and Aislyn. Met some of Daves friends that rode nice track bike to a barbecue where we ate chips and had beers, no real food until the host invited us to his apartment to show us his studio setup and asked if he could take our portrait with an old camera that he was getting used to. The camera made some fantastic pictures. We took Sally home but not before visiting a bar right next to her house, we played pool and ate free popcorn while Sally heckled our bad shots and smiled when we made impressive ones. We left her complaining about her cigarettes which had escaped her sometime in the night. I spent the next day reading by the waterfront on 4/20, a "holiday" that I chose not to celebrate this year, the smell of pot was noticeable as I walked through the park to find my spot on the rocks. I read until the Surface crew dropped Ian in Seattle at which point and took off to catch up with Ian and pick up on all that I had missed out in Whistler. The weather was apparently pretty poor in Whistler which made me feel better about the time I had spent under the eight degree sun that was beating on the NorthWest. We spent the night in Seattle again only now with the loud snores that came from Ian. Shelby recorded the snores to mp3 and we got to relive the experience as I made breakfast. Ian had never been to Portland and I wanted to make sure he spent some time there so we pointed the car South on hiway 5 once again. We walked around town to take in what was the warmest day yet. In the evening we went to another barbecue, we ate portabello mushrooms, grilled pineapple and plantains, and when the time was right Nigel, who looks similar to Devendra Banhart began to play Devendra Banhart songs as two others were working hard at keeping long skinny candles they'd found in a free box next door light which seemed to be quite the task. It was getting late and we were determined to get on the road and drive through the night to get to Salt Lake by the afternoon. We did just that and bounced to the Talkings Heads, Bob Dylan, and a large collection of newer artist as the sun rose and we switched shifts driving. We made good time and made it to Ian's car at the Surface office by noon. I'm going to step back and mention the show that I got lucky at the night before I left for the week long trip. I had just locked my bicycle up at the university and was going to find a place to buy tickets as I noticed some friends standing in a doorway with ten other students that looked anxious. I found out they were waiting to get on stage for Girl Talk, who I could hear warming up as people in the mud cheered "Girl Talk Girl Talk Girl Talk" I decided to stick with them and see if I could join the party on the stage. All went well and Greg played a fantastic show and ceremoniously kept the crowd moving to his groove. Wild times

So Sweet

Dan Deacon will be visiting the 801 area code in a month or so, cannot wait.

Film

So on this trip I haven't gotten to do much skiing, the weather hasn't been to accomodating and the jump just isn't working. So i dedicated most of my energy into my Holga and taking a good roll of film, i read a little book Blake had at his house and decided to use a new technique (new to me.) It's been fun I hope it turns out the way I want it to.

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here's a video from the trip, I didn't have any part in it other then one shot near the middle.
a couple days at silver mountain from Evan Heath on Vimeo.

and here's one I did contribute a bit to, the song at least..

Silver Mountain! from Hennie vJ on Vimeo.

things to come

Just got to Silver Mtn. in Idaho for some serious skiing, i think.. maybe I'll end up learning how to surf at the waterpark that's CONNECTED to our hotel.

I've built a new fixie since I last posted and I've been riding it a bunch with Graham. I miss it already..

found this rail

Me and Ian have an ongoing joke about the rail gardens sort of. It goes like this
Me - "Dude found this sick rail, don't think anyones hit it"
Ian - "Really, where?"
Me - "Oh its sick man 16 stair down rail it's rad right off 45th and wasatch pretty much"
Ian - "Fuck off"

photo by Dan Macintyre

Upgrade/Update

Things have been interesting latey, I've begun a few projects, one of which is working with a buddy of mine, Shane Metos, he's a really passionate guy who wanted to get started with a company called Living Room, a cut, (sometimes) dyed, & sewn clothing collective, each piece is very unique and handmade in Salt Lake. He has started producing the prototypes we're waiting for screens til we can show some real finished products. This should turn out to be a really cool project and I hope it takes off!

The second project is still somewhat secret, but expect some cool things to come..

I made some changes to my bike recently.. here's a picture..

ART

Brett Allen does his thing.

new things

got a sushi mat, and a pt 100 Casio. pretty pumped on both. $2 or less! boyaah were looking into modding it too.
I also made a big commitment the other day. also pumped on that. I'll show you when they arrive.

oh boy

Found this track on pigeons and planes today and it was quite surprising to hear "Born into this" by Bukowski, one great American poet and novelist, followed by some verses by DOOM. It's weird that people have started sampling from 50s poets, crazy to think what's next.. anyhow it's a good song and you can download it from the link above if you think it's good..

highlight

canyons with photo ian

T & S DAYS (two)

Paco Garcia came and paid a visit. We skied a bit and enjoyed what the nights in salt lake have to offer. I talked to him about visiting him in Lyon this summer, apparently there are really good concerts and underground shows going on all the time. Here's a video.

4 Questions / 4 Anwers : AG

Stopped by Autumn Garage and caught up with Jared at Autumn about the store..

Your Truly

Found a set of good videos put out by Yours Truly
featuring Cut Copy and Wavves on tour filmed, edited, and uploaded for all the "interwebbers" to enjoy. This is a good one of an interview with the members of WAVVES.


Wavves Part 1 by Yours Truly from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

ramblings

so i went to pocatello a few days ago and since then i have been taking it real easy.

I watched an interview my bro Dave put on his facebook, and from that I trailed off and got a hold of the movie Stop Making Sense
Its a movie of a concert the Talking Heads did in 1984, here's a video from the concert, and it is spot on!

mustache photo

Did I ever mention..

My friend Jordan Seldin?? Well he's the shit, and anyone who doesn't like him probably doesn't understand him, or is on his bad side..

He made this video a while back one of the first days we got the LL2s and its a trip, I love it.

happenings:

Got broke off yesterday at Brighton with the SURFACE crew, I bent a ski pole in half on my face. No biggie.. But we had a good time regardless and Blake was killing a cliff line in rock gardens! Hennie was filming, and Ian was there taking photos.

Rad times.

Also Jay @ Surface made a wallpaper for your desktop. There's a few you can choose from, expect to see more soon.

(All Photos by Ian Matteson)

T & S DAYS: (ONE)

A run pieced together through Brighton using the ELPH I was talking about earlier.

Ski Times

I took a trip to Colorado in Janurary with the Surface guys and met with Hennie. The trip was for Walks Of Life and sent us through Breckenridge and Keystone for a day of riding at each resort. Thanks to Trevor for making the trip possible, and Mike for getting a hotel room and buying the good $1 tacos.

Surfacing in Colorado from Hennie vJ on Vimeo.

there will be

an upgrade soon..

Helmets...

While I was out in Vegas I got to meet up with Josh at Bern and he seemed like a cool dude, what I liked more then Josh was the Helmets. Bern is coming out with some rad shit next year, I'm real stoked.

I normally don't ski with a helmet, but after taking a few slams recently I'm glad I started wearing one.

Thanks: dan deacon

just for being around in 2009.



From his new album Bromst this is a first time through favorite.

Should I?

Mark Ecko designed a series of Star Wars themed Hoodies, they ring in at about $100 which is a little pricey for me, but imagine how bad ass you'd feel walking around in that. I think I'll be single all of 2009 if i get this..

bad place for a bruise

Slammed my hand on a rail the other day at Keystone while filming for Walks of Life. At first i was worried it could be broken, but luckily it just ended up turning into an annoying for things like biking and bussing. here is a mediocre picture.

Travel:

Gas stations, piss breaks, music, stoner movie of 2008, and some southern accents made the trip from Salt Lake to La Quinta hotel cruise by. Here are some photos from the day.

gummy lifesavers and 5 tootsie rolls..

Made me feel funny taking this photo with my cell phone, but it happened.

Bathroom art can make your bathroom time a little more enjoyable,

and decoration can really give the whole bathroom a classy touch.

Since I'm out of UT there is some gambling...I'm not a huge gambler but I do it when I get the chance. Bet $2 won $4 booyah!

so long salt lake city

Hype!

I've never met the guy, but he's on the Surface team and that's enough to tell me he's got to be a killer. I don't often check places like freeskier.com out, it makes me sad. However today was a little different the first video link was of our pal Banks Gilberti killing some slopestyle course on the Dew Tour. He's riding on next years Watch Life, they have a super simple white top sheet with a series of color ways on one tip..one of my favorite graphics for next years line up of Surface Skis.

anyhow watch Banks kill it HERE

Party Photo

I like to party, who doesn't. It's especially fun with good friends and good drinks the other night was good, but we had some funny drinks in the mix.
Here's a good 'ol pose for the camera party shot. Greg, Mike, and I.

Here's the funny drink of the night... Truly corked wine.

We're not snobs so it doesn't matter about things like that. The next photo comes from a series I call bored in traffic.

After that

There was a nice sunset as I was cruising around salt lake ..

Last Night:

Ian, Sam, and I decided to take a weekend party night off to play in the streets of Ogden, the night before was good and dramatic enough for our weekend. I showed up at the Downington house late, like 12 o'clock, to find Ian watching Gonzo, a great movie detailing Hunter S. Thompson's work in journalism during the election campaign in '72, drug culture, and the general footprint he left for the rest of us to wonder "what now? where do we go from here?"

We finished that and took off for Ogden at quarter til 1 and talked about Thompson's decision to commit suicide, the movie ends with one of his friends recalling on how poignant he could have been and how much of an influence he could have made in the elections of 2000 and 2004, seeing how we were facing pretty much the same evils then as we were in 1972. I feel that the lifestyle that Thompson led made his death somewhat glorifying, and all artists work becomes more appreciated after his death and I feel Thompson is no exception to that. His words on the '72 campaign are just as true in regards to the evils of politics. I think he would have been proud of the '08 campaign, and in some ways he could have attributed to result in some way or another.

After some discussion and jamming out to tracks like Shambala, Celia, and some Zeppelin on 94.1 and 103.5 we showed up to this sweet spot that didn't have nearly enough snow to even think about hitting, so we poked around and found a cool Hip/Urban step down to get tricky on. After a long setup a cop rolled into the alley we were at with a look of confusion on his face. He was a younger cop and didn't seem like he cared what we were doing. I told him what we were doing where we were taking off from where we were landing and he seemed even more confused. "Okay" he said "Just don't want to come back with your head split open" which he didn't have to do lucky for both our sakes. So he took off and we spent the next two hours hitting the hip until we got the right shot.. almost jumped on Ian who was planted 5 feet away from where i was landing with his fisheye.

Once we finished up at the spot it was just about 6 a.m. which is an awesome time to get done with a night shoot right? right..

We drove back and the jams weren't coming as hard, mostly cause I was to tired to worry about radio surfing and more concerned with driving back. Check the Surface Lab for some nice photos from last night and previous nights...

thanks,

Ian

Great Video

Bodies of Water made a very strange video to one of my favorite songs of 2008, Under the Pines, the song is energetic and builds up to a fantastic place as they yell "Under, and under, and under the pines!"

anyways the video tells a strange story.. enjoy

Happenings: Photos