Hot Yoga

Friends of the TatsVan: Drew Tabke wins 2nd Backcountry.com Sickbird Buckle!

Drew Tabke is another friend of the TatsVan. He is currently down in South America destroying freeskiing comps and bagging peaks after all-night, wine-fueled parties. Recently, Drew became the third ever freeskier to win a second Backcountry.com Sickbird belt buckle for his impressive skiing in Las Lenas, Argentina. http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg842/scaled.php?tn=0&server=842&filename=4dff.j...

Snowmass, again.

My friend Ed took this shot on my DROID. Epic night in Snowmass Village.

Video: LINO’, an Animated Surf Flick

Check this video out...I've watched it ten times already. The music is super mellow, vibing well with the impressive stop-motion animation that makes those little Playmobil figurines look like they're just shredding some epic waves. Lino', made by Karim Rejeb of KarimRejeb-SurfArt.com, is a masterpiece fit for anyone who has played with plastic toys. His vision of the world of surfing, a...

Friends of the TatsVan: Scott McBrayer – Bull Rider

Scott McBrayer, better known on the Freeskiing World Tour as McSlayer, just rode his third bull at the Carbondale Thursday night rodeo. Known for tossing frontflips to a stomped landing off of 40 foot cliffs, it's his background as a hunting guide and cowboy that makes Scott really stand out. He didn't make eight seconds (the minimum time for a score) in this ride, but as any cowpoke knows...

Mobile Lifestyle: The Mobile Office

I have found two activities to occupy my time, each of which helping to engage the frontal lobe or get my heart pumping hard. On sunny days, the choice is easy: I grab my inflatable stand-up paddleboard (iSUP) and cruise with the bus and clients to the river put-in. I help unload the boats, ditch the deflated iSUP board and paddle, drop the bus at the bottom of the Shoshone Rapids section ...

Posted By: Tats on July 16, 2009 in All New Posts, TatsVan Chronicles - Comments: No Comments »

From Yesterday:

I decided to take a day off of CrossFit today and went for a run instead. It was during my job as a raft bus shuttle driver, and we were loading boats on the Lower Roaring Fork. Once the trip, replete with guides, parents and little kids, was off and floatin’, I slapped on my running shoes and took off to the top of Mushroom Rock adjacent to Carbondale and just across thehightway from the river put-in.

Mushroom Rock is a great trail, winding its way up the red rock hills that make up part of Carbondale’s spectacular mountain scenery. The best part is the reward once you arrive up top and can climb out onto the rock formations that are Mushroom’s namesake. From there, a view of the entire Carbondale area and the larger part of the Roaring Fork Valley unfolds. It is a great place to see Mt. Sopris (12,963 ft) and check out lines for next Spring’s ski touring.

A quick run down the hill and I was back at the rafting bus, ready to make the drive to Glenwood Springs where I would gas up and meet the rafters at the end of their half-day journey.

Feeling good, I decided after work to make good on a promise to my friend Kate that I would finally come in and check out her Bikram yoga studio. This is what they call hot yoga, and whoever ‘they’ are, they definitely weren’t kidding. I had practiced yoga stretching with Kate and a few friends before, but it was always on our raft trips down the Colorado River in Cataract Canyon. In that natural environment, with sparkly white desert sand between our toes, it always seemed a great way to connect with our bodies and the earth.

But, here I was, in a hot room with twenty other sweaty people in tight clothes. And it was fine. No, better than fine, I felt like I had taken a hit of some crazy drug that lifted my mind to the ceiling! I’m not sure if everyone feels this, or if it’ll happen again after the first few times, but wow, I think I need to go back…

Big thanks to Kate for hookin’ it up and getting this ski bum to stretch out! Click here if you’re on Facebook, and you can see Kate and I racing home from Yoga!

Tags: Bikram Yoga, Kate, Mushroom Rock