What I Missed at the Grand Canyon today

Powder Panic

Resorts and ski areas across the country have experienced an interesting phenomenon this season: powder panic. Now, don't get me wrong, skiers and snowboarders have always had that mob-mentality, freshies-frenzy when it comes to new snow and chairlift lines. People have been known to shove, push, pole and also to be shoved, pushed, poled in the mess that is the rush for first chair and tha...

The Bitch is Back

La Nina has been a cold nasty lady this winter...well, at least for the shredheads in B.C burrowing through their streets en route to the snow encrusted mountaintops. We in Aspen have had it lucky. We haven't had the slightest issue with parking in town or with having to decide if the furnace room or the fireplace is the best way to dry your ski gear. Yep, instead of shred outfit maintenance p...

Saddle Up with Pat and Tats: Episode 1

The Pat and Tats Show is back on program, and we've kicked it off with our first season of Saddle Up with Pat and Tats, presented by Tecnica/Blizzard. With minimal snowfall this early season, Pat's dreams have been full of powder shredding and good times from last season's escapades. Throw in some dirt skiing and you can call it early season! Watch this and pray for snow...it's time to shred ...

TatsVision

Quick edit courtesy of fellow Backcountry.com and Aspen/Snowmass team athlete, Chris Erickson. What a series of beautiful, bluebird days! So much fun out there in Aspen shredding with an amazing group of rippers. Keeping me on my toes and wind in my hair!

Trew Crew Posse Day on Ajax

Had a great time the other day with our local Trew Crew: John Pew, Casey Vandenbroek, Pat Sewell, JF Bruegger, Colter Hinchliffe, Parker Olson and more. It snowed 1/4in overnight and we took advantage of the freshies with slash-turn faceshots on every run. With this group, everyday is a powder day.

What I Missed at the Grand Canyon today

Posted By: Tats on December 8, 2008 in All New Posts, TatsVan Chronicles, Updates - Comments: No Comments »

My buddies took off early this morning on a single-day road trip to the Grand Canyon. I slept in. Check the picture.

I missed out.

But you don’t have to miss out on some sweet FREE gear at Backcountry.com! Just check out their Facebook page and wish for an item from their site. If you guess what they’ve picked out to give away, they’ll ship it straight to you. It’s like Santa has died and gone to the Internet.

I asked virtual-Santa for a new sleeping bag to keep me warm on those cold nights poaching internet from inside the TatsVan. After chatting with a ‘Gear Expert’ we decided that my midnight stumbles from the van into the wilderness would be best equipped with a North Face Dark Star sleeping bag . Since those stumbles into the dark don’t usually travel very far, weight wasn’t an issue: the cold is. With a -40 degree tolerance to keep me warm, I know I’ll be safe sleeping in that beautiful, soft snow that beckons me from outside the van in my sleepwalking dreams.

Hey, at least it’s not sleep-driving!

But in all seriousness, if you don’t get what you want, you can still buy it. And if you click through from ChrisTatsuno.com from now until December 31st, 2008, I am pledging 2% of anything you spend on gear for you and your loved ones to SheJumps.com . Put that in your stocking and warm it!