Hello World. Benivenidos a la internet.
Hell. We flew in, and for the first 13 days of the trip we have spent a total of 10 minutes on the internet. The saying goes
while traveling, the less time spent on the internet, the more fun you be havin’. But it feels damn good to have fingers glued to a keyboard again.
After 24 hours of landing we hooked up with the “Big Show”. He’s somewhat of a big deal down here as you can see above. Straight out of the UK he’s been throwing down some serious old school hammers. Not to mention he hasn’t cut his hair in 6 years. We haven’t cut ours either. He’s a slayer.
For the first couple days we were cruisin’ around. Mountain touring. No new snow = small park days and beer sippin’. As our hearts were jerked around with the falty snow forecasts of “www.snow-forecast.com”, the storm finally arrived late night last Tuesday. A glorious Wednesday. Blue skies and 2 feet of fresh. Unfortunately, a late night of partying the night before, and an unforgettable 3:30 am powder run home, we plugged in our camera charger to the wrong circuit and blew every fuse in the house. Hard to believe……… The best day of the trip so far went undocumented by photos.
After a few days of powder cowboys, the AGoodReed team began practicing for the “Freestyle Tour at Valle Nevado” presented by Rossignol and Lippi. Our newest addition to the team, Ralph began working with Mr. Gillis on tricks for the new competition. Just like any snowboarder out of Swisssaland, ie ISENSEVEN, he likes lots of fancy tricks. Ralph claims he knows the fellas from ISENSEVEN and when ever we reference the movie he gets a foul taste in his mouth because us Americans jock the movie.
Ralphy tailblocking the meadow of Valle Nevado. Proper. I guess spending 50+ hours in your snowboard boots doesn’t prevent you from competing in a big air and doing tailblocks.
Ralph taught Doctor Gillis Truckdrivers. The doctor stomped one in the competition on Saturday landing him in 3rd place. Ralph claimed that because he taught The Doctor the trick that he should buy him beers for the rest of the night….. just another irrational statement by our Swisssa friend.
The only picture we have of the truckdriver is this one.
The photographer for the competition was a local bystander. He may or may not have been blind. Sadly enough this was the best shot of the 20 photos he took.
After all was said and done. Doctor Gillis made the podium along with a local Chilean Tomas in second and a fellow Canadian Tamo in 1st. Prizes we silly. A pair of gloves, thermals and ONE Redbull. Just ONE Redbull……
We do a lot of hanging out in the parking lot. Looking for tickets on days we don’t want to purchase.
Mario ordering Barry to come about.
Amongst all the fun, we did run into a little accident. Our fearless Chilean Tour Guide Mario Hevia suffered the patented snowboard injury. Grade 3 shoulder separation. After a girl complained about breaking her arm during our last run… (Everyone knows you don’t jinx yourself like that), Mario separated his shoulder. A week off the snowboard and he’s back riding tomorrow. A salud to Mario.
That’s it and that’s all for now. Shout out to all the friends at home. And a farewell to Dr. Gillis. Have fun in LA bro bro! You won’t be disappointed in the substitute.
