AGoodReed / look tough and act a fool!

So, agr was supposed to be come home a couple of days ago…

But, for some reason, we are still in Utah. Why we are still here will remain a mystery, but rest assured we are keeping damn busy.

Here’s a sneak peak of what we are up to in the Beehive State:

-Recruiting wives fool…

-Waiting for the winner of the Ski Utah and Winter at Westminster “Invent A New Word For Skiing and Snowboarding Because ‘Riding’ Isn’t Good Enough” to show up. The competition on addictionary.org has a first prize of a Spring RIDING Trip in Utah. (via denverpost.com)

Why are we waiting for the winner? To kick him/her in the nuts, because by the looks of the entries, the new politically correct snow sport term is going to be stupid as hell. Here is a sample:

snowjoy’n

slopeboarding

snowflowing

gravislide

i-boardski

No joke folks, get over there and check it out for yourself. 

Today is the first day of spring, and that got us thinking about Easter. Easter is sick because you get eggs, and eggs remind us of our favorite movie. In our favorite movie, dinosaurs come from eggs, and then they hatch, and then they get big and eat people. So cool!

In other news…Burton is collaborating with designer Mark Ward on a shirt that has teeth on it. (via Slam X Hype)

(photo via Slam x Hype)
So anyways, think about this: a frog that eats dinosaurs! (via Telegraph UK) Crazy huh?

Man, we love dinosaurs.

Somehow, agr is still in Utah, and this past weekend we went up to Park City for the World Superpipe Championship. We were planning on sharing a comprehensive report with all you ‘goodreed faithful, but there were a lot of distractions and we ended up not paying attention to the snowboarding part of the circus. We know this is a departure from the norm of stellar reporting that agr is known for, but seriously, there was a lot going on.

Namely:

1. celebrities;
2. fashion show;
3. bro-down session;
4. free stuff;

agr’s good friend Steph can be blamed for much of our ball dropping. She managed to secure us VIP, red-carpet, high-profile, first-class, baller-status access passes. Hell yea. This gave us access to the rider/industry big-whig lair, and lots of beer, snacks, and a roast beast catered lunch. Por gratis! We also got to ride a resort that charges $79 for a ticket. Good news for us, bad news for agr…God bless ya Steph, but are you trying to sabotage us?

Anyways, we heard that some goofball won. Steph then proceeded to touch said goofball, and is now ebaying her hand, we hear that this kind of stuff sells.

But the day was not a complete loss. We got to partake in one of our favorite activities: finding new goofy sponsors.

-3rd place finisher Janne Korpi of Finland is sponsored by trendy Japanese snowboard/golf/streetwear company Kissmark. Niceeeeee. Kissmark also sponsors Toni-Markus Turunen who got 14th.

-Gary Zebrowski got 12th, but is way stoked because he is sponsored by Waxx Underwear! (WARNING: Do not view Waxx men’s underwear line in public coffee houses that are frequented by Mormon mom’s with their armies of wholesome children.)

-J.J. Thomas is now sponsored by Ecko Street Wear, and has us scratching our heads.

We know that you love worthless snowboard corporate information, but that is about all that we can stomach. So here is some radness.

As I was recently in the dirty region of Utah with fellow GoodReeder Andrew Hart, Craig Gillis and our wonderful host Steph Nitsch, we happened to find a monster in the woods.

This monster was rather large. Nearly twice the size of my self. A monster on skiis is hard to hunt down on groomed runs his scent and tracks are hard to follow. But this monster was leading us to fresh powder all day long and when we finally found him, we realized it wasn’t a monster rather Mark Eaton from the Utah Jazz.

A Basketball Superstar.

From left to right. Steph 5′7, Craig 5′6, Mark 7′5, Barry, 6′6, Andrew Hart 5′2

If it wasn’t for my good friend and sports phenom, this picture would have never happened.

Andy wrote a good little story and you should check out the real details to the story of how we hunted down Mark Eaton at bunktown.blogspot.com.

If agoodreed’s extensive traveling has taught us one thing*, it is that we ain’t as radical as we thought we were.

 The latest revelation comes to us from Latvia, via the Volcom Peanut Butter and Rail Jam. 
(click for event results)

The PBRJ’s come a dime a dozen these days, so what makes this one unique?
1) It was in Latvia.
2) The highest mountain in Latvia is 312 meters.  agoodreed is twice as tall as that.
3) There has only been ten days of snowfall at Zagarkalns, the resort where the jam was held.
4) The riders were all nuts.

 
Forealdo, watch the video.   These kids had a death wish.

 *In all likelihood, we have not learned a single damn thing. 

Hey yo!  agr has been snowsliding at Brighton in Utah!  And what a wonderful time we are having.  The only frown to think of is when we discovered that we are NOT in fact the coolest snowboarder in the world.  Our pants are not tight enough, and our jackets are not Technined enough.  Damn…

We have been building back our ego by pretending to be a local.  Here’s how we do it:

Stranger: Nice day isn’t it?
agr: It’s alright, yesterday was better.
Stranger: Oooh, do you ride here a lot?
agr: Duh…
Stranger: Oh wow!  That is really neat!  Say, do you know the name of this run?
agr: Uhhhh…no.  I don’t use the runs.  There are too many tourists….I only hike.
Stranger: I see, sorry for bothering you sir.

Bam!  Sooo legit!  It is that easy to join the ranks of SLC locals, just like Team Thunder!
Speaking of TT, they have released a teaser for their new flick “Gold Country“…

Looks good fellas.

agoodreed is still in the enchanting land of “anywhere that you need to go on Sunday is closed”.

Even the internet is closed on Sunday!



* Yea, we reed the ‘ Times, no big deal. agoodreed=classy.

agoodreed is in YOUTAH!

The ‘reed has been shreddin’, broin’, eatin’ sushi, and breakin’ computers in the best state that starts with YOU. Here is a short story from the road:

agoodreed was heading back to HQ after a sfunny* day at Brighton and was stopped at an intersection waiting for some kids to cross the street. They were about 6-16 years old, and up to no good. the ‘reed was wearing our goggles in the car because it was sunny and we don’t have sunglasses. The ruffians noticed our eyewear and began to point and yell in the direction of the ‘reedmobile. Assuming that they were of amiable nature, we waved and smiled. Suddenly the horde of hooligans turned nasty and proceeded to throw nacho chips at the ‘reedsteed.

We learned a lesson today: kids suck. Except the kids that were us when we were younger. We were hella cool, and did sweet stuff. agoodreed suspects that these kids from California might be alright too, but we ain’t putting any money on it.

Erik Leon snowboards at Bear Mountain and wears Landing Headwear. He rides like he is packing heat, and probably is. His buddy Kyle Schaefer uses a video camera to make mini-movies of Erik snowboarding.

Erik Leon from kyle schafer on Vimeo.And look: there is more of ‘em!

teaser from kyle schafer on Vimeo.*sfunny is an ‘agoodreed copyrighted word. We made it up: it is a sweet combo word of fun and sunny, or funny and sunny. We are going to be making a lot of combo words from now on.

agoodreed is coming to you from historic I-70 in Colorado: the highway to some of North America’s finest resorts, none of which we can afford.

We have learned that I-70 is also home of icy roads and high-winds, which make for interesting driving conditions. As our RV struggled up the pass, we were struck green envy as we were passed by three gents blazed past us on their snowboard/ski-kite rigs.

Turns out these fellers are with the 2XtM Expedition: a crusade to promote renewable-wind energy and general insanity. The yahoos set out from Canada and aim to traverse some of the nastiest terrain known to man, towing all provisions and camping in sinfully cold conditions. (via The Gear Junkie)

You can follow the kooks via GPS online at http://www.2xtm.com. agoodreed will be keeping an eye out for a wandering GPS signal, because we have money on these guys either:

a) being eaten by a polar bear;

or

b) posting up in Denny’s and catching a bus to the finish line.

FRESHIES!!!!

There is a lot of punctuation in that title, and you know what? That sucks. It is too busy, and strains the ol’ eyeballs. Kind of like all over prints.

Foolishly, I believed that all over prints were all over (hahahaha!!!!!). But it looks like the fashion disaster that plagued 2007-2008 outerwear is here for season two!

Grenade is teaming up with Rogue Status as a part of their Artist Series line of outerwear. (via Highsnobiety.com)

Grenade is coming way out of left field with this one….machine guns?!?!?! Man, I thought for sure there was going to be some friendly dolphins or something.

But I must commend Grenade for improving from last year. My crusade to slap everyone wearing that goddamn neon yellow skeleton jumpsuit really got in the way of riding.