Mammoth Road Trip

The end of winter is among us and its time to take a trip. I drove with two lovely ladies to Mammoth California to meet a with even more ladies. The drive was quite exciting having a pit stop in the middle of nowhere for a beer during the rise of the blood moon. Ms. Superpark is my most favourite time of the year. It is the time when Snowboarder Mag puts on the event to bring some of the best female boarders together in one perfectly built park. I always have so much fun because I'm around friends as if it were a contest, only theres no pressure. This year I took the role of a rider and photographer and got one of my best shots.

Leaving SLC

Pit Stop, Middle of Nowhere

Blood Moon

Boardslides for dayzzz p:Veroniki

Veroniki, my best shot

Goodbye Cali, thanks for the cone

Weekend Surf Trip

After almost a month of no rain in Salt Lake, I couldn't handle the heat anymore. My roommate Corinne and I decided last minute to drive to the beach. A 9 hour drive got us to SoCal where although it doesn't rain there either, it is only 75 degrees rather than 100. It was Corinne's first time so we visited the Roxy HQ, Transworld and anything else I felt she needed to see. Visiting friends, surfing and eating tacos were the highlights. I could have done without the bad sunburn on my backside and the stab wound from a stingray, which was quiet possibly the worst feeling I have ever felt. The antibiotics I'm taking for my traumatic experience are keeping me indoors, so here are a few pictures from our days in Cali.

Stingray Stab wound. Gettimg the poison out in hot water.

Missing Cali

It hasn't even been a year yet but I'm missing so many things from my Cali life. Surfing, Ocean, Roxy, Surfing. I'm spending my summer in Salt Lake City to go to school, Laguna beach is only about 10 hours away. I Can't wait to go back!

Last day at Roxy

I had such an incredible time interning at Roxy in Huntington Beach, California. Living in Laguna Beach was a treat and exploring (and I'm sure I barely touched it) LA County, Orange County and San Diego County.I'm lucky to say I work get to work with Roxy, maybe one day I'll be back, fingers crossed.

The Brands

Welcome to Quik

Executives offices upstairs

My favourite part, the store!

Fall colors are in, even though its always summer in So Cal

The frequented hallway

Surf wall in Marketing dpt

I got to work with these lovely ladies for 3 months!

Da Boss Amber and our girl Torah

Checkin out Torahs new gram

Mammoth Weekend

And she begins, the winter season of 2012/2013. To kick things off I headed to Mammoth for their opening weekend. Although it sounds like we missed the snowy days my friends and I were able to get a few powder turns as well as ride two blue bird days in the park.
Thank you Mammoth Mountain for the tickets and Roxy for the new kit.

My new Torah mittys (Roxy)

All Roxy'd out

Condo life (Roxy Eminence Board)

The peaks are pretty snowy for November. This view made me smile

Powderrrrr!!

And the park!

Local Spots

I've been living in Laguna Beach for about a month now and slowly learning all of the local spots. I mean the coffee shops, the beaches, the bars, the hikes... Let me show you.

This is the beach off West St. South Laguna. There are about 1000 steps to get down but probably the best spot to have bonfires at night.

This beach is called Table Rock, it's directly behind the Coyote Grill. To get to it you have to walk down what looks like a private driveway, but the sign is right there and the steps to the left of it.

 

The Coyote Grill. This place has been local for many years and they have a great crowd nightly. Every day is happy hour from 3-6 and Tuesdays has $3 tacos. The Calamari tacos are the tits.

South Swell Donuts is a good place to get coffee and duh, a donut in the morning. Very cute and small but perfect finger food so you can walk to the ocean while your eat.

This was the first place I tried when I moved here. The Mahi Mahi tacos are fresh and sooo good. This is more of a lunch spot since its window service only. 

Last but not least, the hike. Just start walking up Eagle Rock Rd and the gate is behind a couple houses. The hike is only about 20 minutes and once you get to the top the view is amazing!

Hollywood

The ever so touristy spot of Los Angeles, Hollywood Blvd brings people from all over the world, and although I hate crowds I still had the desire to go. I wanted to see the famous stars along the sidewalk and the hand/feet of the most famous imprinted into the pavement in front of the Chinese Theater. And of course the Hollywood sign.
I also bought a Monroe poster.

I twisted my hair all stupid like

My girl Monroe

Follow the grey brick road