Costa Rica 10.03.201

 
This was kind of a last minute decision, but I'm leaving Friday for Costa Rica. One week of surfing, rain forests, volcanoes, wildlife and exploring! I couldn't be more excited! It's my dream to travel the world and my goal to go to 50 countries before I turn 50. So this will be # 9, which I realize isn't much but for the most part I've done many road trips across Canada and USA. Regardless, I will be taking a million photos and possibly come back with a tan :)

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.

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!

California Girl

Ok so the big move already happened. I now live in Huntington Beach California and I'm working at Quiksilver HQ as Roxy Snow Marketing Intern. Corporate world is different. My camera is still in Maine but hopefully it will be here soon for some real photos. Till then my iPhone will have to suffice. I've been exploring a bunch along the coast from LA to San Diego and all that's in-between. My favorite place so far is Laguna Beach with cliffs along the beach and a cute downtown area. Too bad it's so far from work. More pictures soon!

Carlsbad Beach Sunset

The Office. I could get so lost in here, it's huge!

Quiksilver Skate Park.

This is Laguna Beach!

The Maine Event

Any opportunity to travel somewhere new I will always take it, given I have the funds. This trip was so great! Maine reminds me soo much Canada, everywhere from east coast to west coast and everything in between. I took a few pictures but unfortunately left my camera in the rental unit. But to sum it up: rivers, trees, old buildings, sandwich shops, lobster, good people, cheeseburger and beer!

On top of all this I got to watch a snowboard made from scratch, check out Team Eight Snowboards for fully custom boards.

BBQ on the river

Umm, wow

Day shot... didn't get to see the stergin :(

THIS is Cheeseburger

Smalls Falls waterslide

Smalls Falls, Tom and I

Wedding Party Time

Rainy Day board building... Buy Team Eight Snowboards! www.teameight.com

Some more board building... just the other kind. Black Point Surf Shop

America!

I'm so excited to be here. I drove through Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wyoming before I got to Salt Lake City. And after a week there I finished my drive through Las Vegas to San Diego, California. My current location is Carlsbad, right on the beach and only about 1.5 hours from my office in a couple weeks. Already having the best time! I've been blowing it with the camera, but here are a few pics from the drive and at the beach today.

Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

Smoggy SLC Sunsets

Cottonwood Heights Pool, SLC

Las Vegas for a minute

Oceanside, CA

Ms.Superpark

I always feel privileged to get invited to Ms. Superpark and this year when the dates and location changed from Seven Springs, PA in March to Squaw, CA in April I was stoked I would actually be able to make it. With the lack of snow this year it seemed to be pretty hard for any resort to put together a big enough course to be considered "super." Squaw made a fun set-up and although I was hit with a cold/fever making it hard to breathe up there, I enjoyed the rail set up rather than the jumps. I still had a good time and it looks like everyone else did as well.

 
 Erin Comstock 


Didn't see this one coming so early in the afternoon, Isabel Derungs backside rodeo


Enni Rukajarvi is a girl of not so many words, she lets her riding speak for itself


This is one luxurious stalefish Stefi Luxton has to offer


Silje Norendal heads back to Norway for Russ, finally graduating boys!


Bright colours could mean a number of things, but this time it's Japanese rider Michelle Zeller


Tres Chickitas, yours truly, Steph Feld, and Ku(mara) Kelly


Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier, Kara Rennie, just a fan of the cartoon movie "Rock-a-doodle"
 
Ashley Thornton wall ride

8 hours in Vegas

Normally I'm not really the spontaneous type but upon Jordie's arrival to SLC airport she suggested we make the trip to Las Vegas for our friends birthday. 6 hours later we were there and ready to party! I need not say more....