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!
Recently, I had the pleasure of joining Angel Collinson, Re Wikstrom, Grant Gunderson and some homies from the Backcountry.com media team on a road trip through the Southern Utah desert. We rallied the TatsVan, packed full of gear from the Backcountry.com warehouse, and after a few pit stops for photos and pie, we set up camp outside Boulder, UT. The next few days included hikes to waterfalls and slot canyons, where we posed like really good-looking monkeys for the multitude of camera lenses all vying for the shot. Our nights consisted on pass-the-whiskey-handle and jokes around the campfire; one night was a little rainy, so the TatsVan hosted one its most epic parties as the desert monsoon drizzled out the campsite. All in all, it was a solid trip, and I have to thank Angel, Re, Grant, Sam, Josh, and Brenda for such a memorable experience.
The whole trip was filmed, so there will be a series of road-trip, back-to-school videos posted in the Backcountry.com email letters over the next month. Click the picture below to visit the website and add your name to the email newsletter. Cheers!
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.
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Click the link above to see a pic of Drew’s new hardware. The whole story is online @ESPN_ski in Drew’s own words. Skiing comps, South American road-trippin’, and $200 of Argentine beef! (Read Drew’s nausea-induced report here: http://frsk.me/QRNordicn)
Congrats Drew!
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Thanks for the virtual high-five! – Tats
It’s been a full two days since I received the best call of my life. I was sitting at an early dinner in Irvine, CA with my mom. She was planning on coming to the Warren Miller ‘Dynasty’ show we were playing on the UC campus, and we met up ahead of time to hang out and grub down at a café just across the walking bridge from the theater. We ordered some turkey/avocado/chorizo sandwiches with side salads, and took our time to chat up a storm about all sorts of topics.
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