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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...)

Ski Bum Gear: Reef Sushi Roll Sandal

Posted By: Tats on October 31, 2008 in All New Posts - Comments: No Comments »

Trust me, I know things.

Reef Sushi Roll Sandal

I just spent a week touring the newest Warren Miller flick around to movie venues across Oregon. I lugged boxes and carts carrying everything from $40,000 projectors to a giant, air-filled Yeti from Utah.

And I’ve done it all in my new Reef Sushi Roll Sandals. These kicks are so sweet I just can’t stop wearing them!

The others in the road crew think I’m crazy to wear sandals while loading up all the heavy equipment, but I just tell ‘em, “Sandals to ski boots, there’s nothing else!

With a shake of their heads, I just move on and get to setting up the movie screen for our gig. And all of this is done in Samurai style with these sushi-inspired sandals. Seriously, they have bamboo mat soles with feaux sushi rolls blinging up the sides; point in case, chicks dig ‘em.

It’s either that or this warrior ‘stache I’ve been sportin’. No…probably just the sandal steeze.