Alright, so where have we come since Portsmouth. We've all heard about the battle that was YoBeat vs Burton. And I'd have to say, YoBeat won. And we've now had our first openings out west leaving everyone on the East Coast jealous as hell. The winter is creeping closer and closer.
I made my first trip out west of the season, alright it was only to Cincinatti for a wedding but it did have profound effect on the upcoming season. Sitting in the Boston airport for our 9am flight to Cincinatti, our lovely Delta agents came on the mic and informed everyone that the flight had been over sold and that they were looking for people to trade in their seats for a later flight and a $400 voucher. Yup, that's another trip to Denver.
Friday the 16th was the next date on our movie tour. Burton was showing its new film, the 'B Movie', at Jillian's. After watching the first few innings of the Phillies game over we headed over with the Bartley's and settled in for another depression causing movie. The footage was pretty sick, and the B park that they built was definitely the highlight. Jeremy Jones segment was pretty impressive and the new use of the ICS boards for a different kind of spin trick.
Now, hanging out with some like minded people for the night, talking about the coming season would have been just fine, but tonight had an extra special treat. At the close of the show, the MC for the night called everyone around him and informed us all that Concepts had donated a Burton Custom V Rocker 156 and he was going to give it away. How you might ask? A raffle? No, it was a one question, first person to scream out the answer and the guy saw you. Pretty basic, and my expectations were pretty low, but man, that was the perfect board for me.
As he asked the question, I quickly realized that I knew the answer to a pretty obscure question. Thanks to my damn near obsession for the past 3 months, I'd seen a cool video on YoBeat about the legend that is Terje Haakonsen that gave me the answer to the question, "What snowboarder currently holds the record for the highest jump out of a quarter pipe?"
Mass hysteria broke out with people screaming answeres at teh top of their lungs. Shaun White was the most popular answer, but sadly wrong. About 5 seconds went by and all of the sudden, with one last "Terje!!!" I met the look of the MC. He was pointing right at me. Next thing I knew, I was walking up to claim my prize, a brand new 2010 Burton Custom V Rocker!!
After a quick photo and some posts to twitter and texts to friends, I'd notice a lot of jealous people looking my way. I took them gladly!
Two days have passed now and it still hasn't really sunk in. A nice unplanned perk for the coming season. Plus, it gives us another deck for Sean to use if he ever decides to give up his ski obsession.
After hanging out at the party for a while we put the board in the safe keeping of the Bartley's and moved on to Harvard Sq to meet up with some family visiting from Philly. Needless to say, the good spirits from Jillians kept with us througout the night and caused for a long Saturday morning.
Well, two movies down and a bunch still to come.
Next stop, a ski flick, Match Stick Production's 'In Deep: The Skiing Experience'
No comments:
Post a Comment