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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

Come the latter half of the summer, most of my days are spent shuttle driving for Blazing Adventures as the water on wild rivers gets lower and lower, and operations shift to other, more dam-controlled rivers. With the local trips on the Roaring Fork River on the wane, thanks in part to a rapidly melting snowpack and only a few bursts of precipitation since Memorial Day, we have started buss...

Pingu Goes Skiing

This is a funny viral video that has hit the winter audience. Stop-motion animation is so fun! (WARNING: some adult language and themes) For those who haven't been following ski design innovation over the past few years, rocker technology is an ancient design that has found a new life in current ski brands. Ski companies are adopting the early-rise tips and tails of the old carved, wood...

Friends of the TatsVan: Leo Ahrens

It's not very often in the skiing world that the major ski media promotes the up-and-comers of the freeskiing world who don't hail from the superpipe or slopestyle scene. Yet the competitive Freeskiing World Tour (read as gnarly cliffs, manky venues and sometimes, billowy powder) has had its share of stars emerge from the ranks of ski bums and college students alike. (more...)

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!