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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.  

"Hello, Internet…So nice to see you again."

Posted By: Tats on May 20, 2009 in All New Posts, Ski News, TatsVan Chronicles - Comments: No Comments »

Wow, in the wake of this past ski season, I have found myself hitting a wall, both emotionally and physically.  With a doctor’s diagnosis of fractured humeral heads in both of my shoulders and a fractured right scapula, I finally have an understanding of all the pain I had dealt with throughout the season.  Not to mention the torn labrum (a part of the AC joint muscle-tendon group in the shoulder) in my left shoulder that I must have sustained through the impact and eventual dislocation during the ‘Jib theTatsVan’ session back in January.  I haven’t had the motivation to keep up with stories on this site, mainly because I haven’t been doing much.  Needless to say, the X-rays, MRIs and doctor’s diagnosis have helped me get my head around all of these injuries, and I’m now trying to get back in shape for rafting this summer.

And though there is no excuse for my tardiness in updating this website, I make no apologies from taking time off from the Internet.  I know some of my close friends and acquaintances have been jibbing me for all the mobile-uploads on Facebook and my fervor for Twitter updates, so I decided to give myself some time away from it all.  But now, I find myself clearing up my mind, ever more intent on keeping this blog up-to-date.

In the interest of introducing you, the reader, back into the life of a ski bum, I have compiled a list of Twitter feeds for you to check out:

Freeskier Magazine’s ’100 People to follow on Twitter’ – Yours truly is included in the list of skiers!

Tecnica/Blizzard – My ski and boot sponsor
Backcountry.com – Follow BC.com and catch up on all the latest sales
Julian Carr – My good friend and entrepreneur extraordinaire
Cody Townsend – This guy rips.  And sleeps on couches too.  Sweet.
Henrik Lampert – My fellow Freeskier Fest ski tester – always good with funny quips!
Dave Amirault – Digi Dave is the brains behind the whole Freeskier Online
Jonny Atencio – Backcountry.com’s Athlete Wrangler and my longtime sponsor
Keith Carlsen – Former editor of Powder Magazine and current big mountain comp photographer

To wrap it up, I’ll give you a little idea of what I’ll be doing over the next few weeks to a month from now.  Soon, Jamie and I will be driving to Sun Valley to celebrate my dad’s 67th birthday.  I can’t wait to go home and see the old valley for a short while.  On the 26th, my dad will be giving a presentation at the Ketchum Library on my grandfather’s film ‘Topaz’ about the Japanese-American internment during WWII; it’ll be good to get back in touch with my JA side.

Jamie and I will return to Aspen by the end of May, when I hope to begin working for Blazing Adventures once again as a professional, commercial bus driver and (crossing fingers!) raft guide.  By June 10th, I’ll be hitting the road with the Challenge Aspen race team on the way to Mt. Hood, Oregon to help coach a two-week race camp and some summertime skiing.  Big thanks to Jonathan Mika and Kevin Jardine for the hookup on that one!  Read more about Challenge Aspen here

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