Saturday, February 28, 2009

HS Headers

For all you hard core HS readers out there who have been around since day one, (which is nobody) or anyone who is curious about all the past headers I've created to greet you upon arrival to the site, (also no one) here ya go. A trip down HS header memory lane... I thought I had more than this but apparently not. I really like the second one, and of course my all time favorite so far, the Mu-stache header. Hairy, yet elegant... Dig it.

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Friday, February 27, 2009

Oh Shit...

WTF happened to the blog!?!?! I'm pulling some strings and trying out some new looks so things are going to be F'd up for a little bit. Hang in there, the blog with either look new and awesome... Or exactly the same as it did before. Dig it.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Back On The Wagon...

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I fell ya bro....

Well, as awesome as it is living in the Xterra Inn and being able to shred everyday, I'm starting to think my body is rejecting this hard core rock n' roll lifestyle and any further nights spent in the sub 20 degree weather could possibly be detrimental to my health. Last weekend I was feeling quite shitty, with symptoms ranging from an overall dog shit feeling throughout my entire body, to green shit coming out of my throat, and someone playing a Neil Pert drum solo in my skull. I felt So shitty in fact, I left the mountains and went to Fort Collins to chill out and recover for a few days. I didn't feel this shitty though... It was very nice to have a nice warm couch to sleep on, a bathroom that was accessible 24 hours a day, running water, and a meal that wasn't either:

A) Coffee
B) Nature Valley Granola Bar (Oats and Honey flavor, of course)
C) Strawberry Pop Tarts
D) McDonalds Honey Mustard Chicken Snack Wraps (OMGSFGBTW) ((Oh My God So Fucking Good By The Way))
E) Honey Buns
F) Sudafed
G) All of the above

My very good buddy Jake G made me some delicious meals, provided ample amounts of grocery brand cream soda, which as it turns out is really, really tasty, sat on the couch all day with me and watched critically acclaimed films, and overall nursed my sick little body back to health. Thanks again JG.

I'm feeling all better now, and am ready to give up living in the Xterra. I hate being sick and have had enough of the nomadic traveling, dirt-ball, shred-bum, mentally wandering life style. So, I'm moving to Denver and getting a 9-5 as a legal assistant, a nice little loft down town, and a schnauzer. I won't have much time for snowboarding or skating anymore and I'm selling Hybrid Sessions to some global corporation, but that's ok, I'll have lots of money and high class friends and I'll drink dry martinis with an extra olive. Life is good.......

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Psyche!! Oh man I had you all going there didn't I?!? You totally bought it... I think you'll be happy to know I'm not giving up living in the Pewter Palace, in fact I'm in Keystone at this very moment awaiting another magical night in the Xterra and at least 10 days in a row of shred. The determining factor of when I'll be moving out of my SUH (Sport Utility House) is when I run out of money, which hopefully, if I play my cards right, isn't until at least sometime in April. Fingers crossed!

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Xterra driving face

I'm really hoping to get some usable footy in the next few days so I can make another video, because I really like doing that. Also, my mu-stache is starting to curl up on its own now... pretty pumped about that. Um, that's about it for this post I guess... "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

2009-2010 Lib Tech Skunk Ape Review

Well here's the first of 6 board reviews from the '09/'10 on snow on demos that I participated in last week. You have to keep in mind that I only took at most 4 runs on each of these boards and all the following words are my initial reactions to how each of them rode. Had I been able to spend an entire day or more on each board, these reviews might be a little different, as it usually takes some getting used to when riding a new board. So if you don't like my review and absolutely love the board I'm talking about, hold off on talking shit and read the above 3 sentences again.

If there's anything in the review I don't cover and you want to know about, just ask. I'll probably know the answer, and if I don't, I'll point you in the right direction.

2009/2010 Lib Tech Skunk Ape 157 Wide BTX

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To fully comprehend this review and get the best feel for what this board is all about, you need to click here and listen to a few songs from the new Lamb Of God album while reading this. Really, it's mandatory.

The ins and outs
The fine people at Lib Technologies crafted the Skunk Ape with the big-ass Sasquatch sized snowboarders with clown feet in mind. This twin free-style board only comes in one waist option, wide. Now, I'm right on the cusp of being able to ride a regular sized board and needing a wide. I ride with my bindings ducked out at 17 and -17 degrees so my 11.5 sized boots fit fine on the smaller waist boards and fit perfectly on the wide boards. I've been riding a 25.5 cm waist Skate Banana for the past two seasons and haven't had one single problem with toe or heal drag, or any other performance problems. It also helps that my binders are raised about a 1/2" to 3/4" off the board. Before that I rode a 157w Lib Phoenix and a 161w Lib Factory Test Magne-Trac for a pow stick, so the transition from wide, to regular, back to wide hasn't been a problem for me. Lib's specs recommend the Skunk Ape for a size 10.5 or bigger boot, but again depending on you binding angles, (in my case) you can get away with riding a smaller waist board. However, if your feet are bigger than a size 12, you need a wide board for sure, no questions asked.

Snow Conditions and weather
Hard packed groomies, cold, snowy, shitty day

Set-up
157w BTX Skunk Ape, my Bentmetal Step-in binders, 25" stance with 17 & -17 degree angles, Vans 11.5 DK4 boots, awesome mu-stache.

Like a noodle, or a 2x4?
Stiff, stiff, stiff! Stiff like a big ole'... Ah you get the point. Again, not designed for the status quo 5'6" 150lb rider, the Skunk Ape is stiff to handle a real man riding it. Even with the Banana Tech, (reverse camber) it was still very stiff overall. Perhaps because I'm used to the softer Skate Banana, the first run I took on this board was a little weird. I tried to pop any ollie the way I usually do with the Banana and got about 6 inches off the ground. "Whoa this is super Stiff!" I said. (And also what she said) You really have to load up that back foot for a good pop. After a few attempts I got it dialed in and was able to snap off some big ollies. Stiffer board = more pop. It's science. The nose and tail are a little softer, chalk that up to the Banana Tech, but not much. I tried to butter around on it, and again you have to load up pretty good to make the board bend. Torsionally stiff also for a very stable ride.

Is it easy to turn?
Does a fat baby fart? Take a look at this equation: Effective Edge/Magne Trac x Banana Tech - Stiffness x Pi + Bad Ass Heavy Metal graphics, all square rooted, = Totally fucking awesome and easy to turn. It was super easy for me because I've been riding the Banana Tech (BTX) for almost 2 years now and am so dialed on it, I can turn in my sleep. But for everyone else who has yet to experience the BTX, it's very easy to initiate turns, the Magne wiggles hold an edge like a vise grip, the Banana makes it ride skateboard-esque and edge to edge transitions are quick and effortless... Like how I pick up babes at the club... Holla!

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Stability ability
Stiffer and wide make for a very stable board. At warp speed and just cruisin' along. I didn't really notice any board chop suey when bombing, and didn't ever wash out while turning. Also very stable for huge rooster tail slashes, lay backs, and gaper sprays.

Riding backwards
Since it's a twin shape and my stance is as even as the number 2, riding switch was no problem. I've really dialed in my switch game this season and usually ride the wrong way about half the time down the hill.

Booters and Boxes
I took every board I rode through the little mini park at Keystone and hit a 3 box jib line followed by a 3 set jump line. I didn't really want to take boards I'd never ridden through the bigger parks. The boxes were a flat, flat down, and finally a smaller, longer, slightly up. Very easy. No huge ollie or side approach necessary. The jumps were also pretty mellow, getting progressively bigger. The last hit was a decent 10-15 foot table. I didn't throw down any ground breaking maneuvers... 50s, 5-0s, board slides, half-asses front boards, and a couple nose press tail slappys on the boxes, and shifties, stalefishies, nose and tail grabs, a couple back ones, and of course at least one method every time through the park. No double corked rodeo 10's, sorry. Also, I didn't de-tune any of the boards I rode.

I found the Skunk Ape handled very well on the boxes and even better off the jumps. It's not exactly a jib board, being so stiff, but it was easy enough to slide around on. It was super stable off the jumps and on the landings. I didn't have a problem with washing out at all, but then again I wasn't trying to pull a b/s 7 around either. Methods are very easy to grab with the Skunk Ape and everyone below watching gets scared when they see all the skulls. I had tons O' fun in the park on this board, and kind of wish I would've been able to ride it longer and take it off some of the bigger jumps.

Everything except...
I didn't ride any pow, (I know it kills it though) the half pipe, drop any cliffs, or air guitar the board, so if you need that info, you're just going to have to keep searching.

Art and Graphics
So fucking awesome! Done again by Lib artist Qunicy Quigg, the bad-ass skulls and skeletons make me want to listen to Heavy Metal and trash dance all the way down the mountain. I love this graphic, and so does the devil.

Good, bad, or ugly?
Overall a super duper fun board. Stiff, (if you haven't figured that out already) very stable, pops like a balloon, and makes snowboarding very enjoyable. If you're a big, hairy dude (or chick) who likes to have fun all over the mountain, the Lib Tech Skunk Ape is what you need to spend your money. Dig it.

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The '09/'10 Skunk Ape will come in sizes 157, 161, 165, 169, 172 with BTX, and sizes 180 and 190 with MTX.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Do You Like To... Do It, Yourself? Snowboard Helmet

The next installment of the Hybrid Sessions DIY series features some original snowboard helmet art work by, yours truly. I didn't really like what I'd spray painted on it first anymore, so I thought a complete redieign was in order. Plus I was super into doing the time lapse videos at the time. I also created a new verb for the english language during the process of the helmet painting, Arting. Meaning, "The physical act of creating any type of art; painting, drawing, sculpting, snapping photos, etc..." For example:

JB: "Ah dude what are you up to?"
ZB: "Oh not much, just hanging out and arting on my snowboard helmet."

The verb can also be used in the past-tense.

"I arted my ass off last night."

Someone from Websters Dictionary please feel free to contact me and pay me my money!

So anyway, here's the time lapse video I made of some snowboard helmet arting.


Snowboard Helmet Time Lapse from Zac Bryson on Vimeo.

One day in class during my usual arting/doodle sessions, I drew one of those yellow eye/fish looking things and I really liked it, so I drew it's reciprocal, and have drawn and painted those on a few different things. I think they look pretty rad. The rest are just some doodles I came up with off the top of my head. I tried to paint directly on the helmet, without sketching out what I wanted first, but the acrylic paint I was using was pretty limiting. It was hard to paint long, smooth lines with. I would paint a very short line and have to dip the brush into the paint again, paint a short line, dip the brush, paint, dip, and so on. So, I sketched out what I wanted with a black marker and the painted over that. I think it turned out pretty cool... Definitely better than what it looked like before.

After numerous requests from JB, and many empty promises by me, I finally found the motivation a couple weeks ago to paint up his helmet. I wanted to incorporate the written word on the helmet so I used a lyric from one of my all time favorite songs, "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan.

"There must be some kind of way out of here... Said the joker to the thief."

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I painted the faces on there first, having in mind the words coming out of the mouths and wrapping around the helmet. This definitely took some time to paint... Again having to paint, dip, paint, dip. I really like how it turned out.

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Let me know what you think!

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Shit Happens When You Party Naked

This post is quarter part snowboarding, two thirds part bloody hilarity, three eighths part drunken shenanigans, full part totally fucking awesome. This little video you're about to watch is from a day of riding at Beaver Creek last week, in which HS crew member Brian was having one of the worst days he's ever had riding his snowboard. Luckily for you readers, and for my personal amusement, I caught some of his mishaps on camera and now we get to watch and laugh at Brian. Enjoy.


Bloody Brian from Zac Bryson on Vimeo.

HAHAHAHAHA! Oh man, I laugh quite forcefully every time I watch that...

So the next part of this post also comes from Brian, this time in the form of the written word, and has absolutely nothing to do with snowboarding, or anything else this blog is about, it's just really funny. After he smashed his face on the mountain, he proceeded to go back to Greely and get smashed, then get his face smashed... Again. He wrote up this little memoir, if you will, of the nights epic adventure, and sent it to me since I wasn't fortunate enough to witness the pandemonium. I was at a Starbucks in Silverthorne when I first read this and was visibly laughing out loud, drawing attention to myself. I couldn't help it though... This shit is funny. Perhaps I think it's funny because I know the majority of the people involved. Brian is quite the sarcastic smart-ass and his mouth has a tendency to get him in trouble sometimes. I would recommend reading the whole thing, and if you don't laugh, well then, you can never come back to this blog. Just kidding... But really, you better laugh. Dig it.


The names of almost all the people involved in this story have been changed to protect the innocent, except Brian's. (who also goes by Dinger)


From the Desk of Brian the Bloody Face...

Wild Saturday Nite

So I have complied the stories of everyone I know that was there to witness the idiocy that conspired this weekend. Since I was blacked out at 9 clock, I had to be informed of everything that went down…..The nite went a little like this.

7:00 p.m. Jake and I hit Romas for dinner. We finished off a pizza after waiting a considerable amount of time for the dude that was serving us to actually notice that we were alive. He felt the need to serve the other 6 tables he had because they had 6 people each. In hindsight, the tip from those tables was probably more than are meal cost total, so I can see his rationale. I proceed to consume a 34 ounce margarita, and Jake downs a 34 ounce beer.

8:00 p.m. We head to the bar where my good friend “Bartender” is working and I begin to drink. I have my first beer.

8:01 p.m. I finish said beer. I have my second beer. Jake decides that he would rather play pool then continue on at this pace. Him and “Randy” go and begin to play pool.

8:02 p.m. I finish second beer. I decide that beer will not suffice, and I have to move on to something stronger. Bartender passes me a shot of Patron. It goes down way to smooth. I decide that shots are the way to go tonight.

8:10 p.m. I decide to order a round of shots. I bring 2 over to Randy and Jake. The next goes to this weird guy that is sitting in the corner of the bar staring at everyone. He seems lonely. I believe that a shot will change his fortune, so I pass him 1 and I drink 1. The guy drinks it and smiles. He is a creepy dude.

8:12 p.m. I order another round of shots. I bring 2 over to Randy and Jake at the pool table. I find a new old guy who is super rad and I give him 1 and I take the other 1.

8:15 p.m. I order another round of shots. At this time “Colby” is showing up to the bar. I think it is going to be a great night. He brings “Madusa”. I think it is going to be a horrible night I bring 2 shots over to Randy and Jake at the pool table. They're not there, I walk back to the bar. Both are getting more beer. I hand them the shots, and hand Colby a shot.

8:20 p.m. I make fun of Medusa for a bit because….well I’m an asshole and I hate her. I order another round of shots. I give 1 to Colby, I drink mine, and I give the other 2 to Randy and Jake.

8:21 p.m. I am starting to get loud. I am clearly buzzed. I know this because I look around at the bar and for some reason half of the bar is looking at me. I tell myself I rule and order another round of shots. This time I order Flaming Dr. Peppers. Bartender says, “Are you kidding? I can’t do those they’re a fire hazard man.” I inform him that that is alright with me, but he still says no. I tell him to give them to me without the flame. He shrugs and decides this is alright. I get the round of flaming Dr. Peppers and hand them out to the usual group. They taste EXACTLY like Dr. Pepper.

8:25 p.m. I sit down at the table and start to make fun of Medusa for a while because….well like I said I’m an asshole and I hate Medusa. The table next to us is a table of 4 girls. I hear that three of them were decent looking, the fourth was a mom. I decide that I look incredible after these shots and that I want to fuck the mom. I begin being very nice and spitting my awesome game, but it quickly becomes clear to me that this is going nowhere, so I do what I do best, and begin, as Colby puts it, “Being a fucking asshole.” I make fun of her for being out at the bar at her age and proceed to tell her how big of a joke she is and how her kids are at home getting high rite now. I laugh to myself as everyone at the table looks at me in disgust. I go back to the bar for another round.

8:26 p.m. I call Bartender over and order another round. I take it upon myself to inform him also that Medusa is under age and that he should not serve for. He thanks me. I feel great, I have successfully ruined her night. Bartender brings me another round of Dr. Peppers. I give a shot to the cool ass old dude at the bar, and bring the other 3 over to the table, where “Tyson” has shown up to. I give him a shot, I take 1, and I give 1 to Colby. I think that I am real cool after I take my shot, so I put my glass down and coolly slide the shot glass across the table. The glass doesn’t stop, slides off the table into Tyson’s lap, and smashes on the ground. I laugh. “Amy”, one of the bartenders that we know walks over and says she saw it with a smile on her face and picks up the pieces. “Amy” rules.

8:30 p.m. I am clearly drunk by this time, and am still ordering shots at an alarming rate. I am sitting at the bar now because I am convinced that the girls at the other table are going to kill me, and I can’t take that humiliation. I am sitting at the bar with the cool ass old dude who is talking to me about girls, when some quite large girls, chunky would be putting it nicely, come over to order drinks from Bartender. They say they want something fruity. This makes me laugh hysterically and me and the old guy start laughing together. They order sex on the beach, and this kills me. That’s just comedy. Fat girls wanting sex on the beach….as if. She can’t take a joke and leaves very upset. Fuck her. I order another round of shots. I get 1 for me, 1 for Colby, 1 for Jake and Randy each, and 1 for the old dude who is still laughing. I take the shots over to Colby at the table, where I get some sweet looks from every girl there. Medusa is there telling them how big of an ass I am, shocker. I sit down to take my shot but decide that I want it to be a true flaming Dr. pepper. Not having the flame will not suffice. I take Colby's lighter and try and light the shot on fire for the next five minutes. The girls tell me that this is not a good idea. I disagree. The shot never lights on fire so I end up just taking it. I take 2 shots over to Randy and Jake, who are still playing pool and drinking beer, and at the table next to them are the girls that I was laughing at at the bar, with their very large boyfriends. They are still not happy with me.

8:40 p.m. I am quickly reaching blackout state, but those damn Dr. peppers taste so damn good that I have to keep consuming them. I order another round for everyone, and this is where the night turns for me.

This is where I blacked out…..around 9 at night. The rest of the story I gathered from other people, bits and pieces to make a full night for me. Times are estimated now, considering the fact that I have no recollection of anything that happened.

~9:00 p.m. I am drunk texting every girl I know, and the ones that take the time to write me back inform me that everything I am sending them is unreadable. I decide to take 3 more shots of flaming Dr. peppers, and then proceed to call a girl whose dad works with mine. I inform her that we are going to have sex, where she proceeds to tell me that she is in TN and to fuck off. She has me on speakerphone and is with a lady that used to work for my dad. I decide to tell the girl how hot I think the lady is, not knowing I am on speakerphone. I sing the whole Flo-Rida song apple bottom jeans to them. They tell me they can’t understand me, and I guess this upset me and I begin to get pissed that they can’t, say horrible things and hang up on them.

~10:00 p.m. Tyson says that his next door neighbors are having a party, so we decided to head over there. Medusa goes home because she sucks at life and can’t drink. Sweet.

~10:15 p.m. We get to Tyson’s house and Colby has a 100 proof bottle of Captain with him. Everyone decides that they are not drunk enough yet so they go into Tyson’s house to go drink the bottle. I inform them that I am drunk enough and want to party.

Jake: Cool dude don’t get in a fight.

Dinger: What are you talking about dude?

~10: 30 I stumble into the party where I know exactly 2 people. There are about 50 or 60 people there, mostly dudes. I decide that I want to be next on the beer pong table and push my way to the front of the table. The kid across the table is wearing a tall tee. I am wearing a tall tee. I proceed to tell him that my tall tee is taller than his tall tee. He walks across the room, and head butts me in the nose.

(I went snowboarding the day before this and caught an edge while messing around. I went flying through the air and the first thing that hit was my nose and teeth. I began bleeding profusely out of my nose. I sat there bleeding for about 10 minutes just watching the snow get blood stained. It was awesome)

Since I had just busted my nose the day before, this dude head butting me didn’t help it, and I again, begin gushing blood from my nose. I am forced out of the house because the kids living there didn’t want a fight, like I was in any shape to fight, but I’m sure I was still running my mouth.

~10:45 I proceed to walk back over to Tyson’s house where everyone is still drinking. I guess I looked a hot mess and was gushing blood pretty bad from my nose. Tyson’s roommate later came out of his room and asked if somebody had died in the kitchen, so clearly it was bad. I guess I still had a little smirk on my face the whole time in the house. I asked them why they didn’t jump in, and they laugh at me and tell me they weren’t even in the same house.

~11:15 While I was cleaning up, Jake, Tyson, Colby, and Randy went back into the house and began trying to fight the kid who had decimated my nose. I ended making my way over there, still talking shit, and the people at the house kicked us all out. We stood outside waiting for the dude to come out, and finally he did, with the rest of the house. The dude ended up apologizing, and we were allowed to go back in the house and continue drinking. I ended up telling Jake that I was way too drunk for this and was going home. I guess I bet him 20 bucks he wouldn’t hit the dude, and to Jake's drunken mind, this was a good enough bet to take on at the time.

~11:45 I ended up trying to walk home and ended up passing out in a frat house front yard about a half mile down the road. While I’m passed out the rest is going on. The rest of the guys ended up staying at the house drinking, and Colby and Jake decided to wait outside for the kid. 20 minutes later, the kid came outside to smoke a cigarette with one of his friends. Jake, being the bigger kid, took the kids friend and tackled him into the street about 20 yards away. Colby ended up getting pushed into the side of the house by the kid who head butted me. He didn’t like that and proceeded to bash the bottle of Captain Morgan over the kids head. I guess the word got out that they were fighting outside, and about the time Colby hit him with the bottle, kids started flowing out of the house. Colby says that the kids that came out of the house were clearly more pissed off than him, and he ended up getting thrown to the ground, and kicked repeatedly by about 6 dudes. He ended up screaming for Jake, and Jake left the dude he was beating mercilessly and ended up tackling most the dudes off of Colby. More guys ended up rolling out of the house, and both Colby and Jake ended up getting kicked on the ground by a plethora of dudes. While this was happening, Randy walked outside to witness this and his drunken thought process was this. “Wow, that dude is getting kicked to death. He’s wearing a flannel. Jake was wearing a flannel. That’s Jake. Save Jake.” Randy ended up trying to break it up at first, and then tried to grab a guy in a head lock. He was so drunk he fell backwards while attempting the head lock, and the guy slipped out of his grasp as Randy hit the ground. The guy proceeded to turn around and drop a straight jab to Randy's eye repeatedly. Randy is now the third guy on the ground getting kicked. “Jason” had shown up just before this whole incident was taking place, and tried to save Randy. Jason ended up taking a kid to the ground and beating him. The kid did not like getting punched in the face, so he bit Jason’s finger, almost off. He had to get stitches. (Jason gets to wear a sweet band-aid on his finger for a while though, so that is a plus.) Some girls ended up screaming for the kids to stop and they finally all stopped playing soccer with everyone’s bodies. Randy was not very happy at this time and ended up going Denzel Washington on them in “Training Day”…you know the “KING KONG AINT GOT SHIT ON ME!” and kicks the shit out of the window in the kids house. He ends up losing his shoe in the process. He realizes quickly that this isn’t a good idea, and decides to run. The cops are coming. Randy is running down the street with one shoe, people from the house in hot pursuit.

~12:30 a.m. Everyone gets up, and surprisingly, besides a couple of bruises, save Randy, everyone is mostly ok. ( Randy ended up pretty bad with a busted eye, couple cuts, and what he says is “internal bleeding”) Colby tries to get in a car and is quickly called out by the police. He gets out and starts to talk to them. They say he got assaulted. He laughs. They say look at you, you have dirt on your face, you got assaulted. He laughs again. They ask him if he wants to press charges.

Colby: “Na man cuz I’m pretty sure I started that shit haha.”

Cops: “Ya that happens man.”

Colby ends up leaving and ends up picking up Jake who had run and was about 10 blocks away already.

I had passed out in the front yard of the frat house down the road. A girl named “Britt”, (who ended up picking up Colby and Jake about 20 minutes after me) ended up finding me in the front yard of the frat house. There was a sign above me and I ended up reading it over and over again until she found me. She ended up driving me home, but I was not satisfied with this and told her to take me to the bar. She did. Good for her.

~1:00 a.m. I walk into the bar and Bartender and Amy have a puzzled look on their faces.

Bartender: “What the fuck happened to your face.”

Dinger: “What are you talking about? Gimme a beer.”

Bartender: “Fuck no dude go clean your face up.”

Amy: “You have blood on your shoes.”

Dinger: “Can I have a beer.”

Amy gives me a beer. Amy rules.

I end up sitting at the bar until Colby and Jake are dropped off by Britt. We end up getting kicked out, which means we were obliterated beyond belief, because Bartender always lets us stay till past close.

~1:45 a.m. We walk across the street to another bar, and are shocked to find that they have made last call. Fuck. We end up talking to some frat boys who are outside smoking cigarettes. This makes Colby happy. He smokes a cig with them. I find out I passed out in their front yard earlier. Sweet.

~2:30 a.m. We end up making our way back to our house. Colby and Jake go downstairs to play some solid games of Mario kart. I end up upstairs with a girl and we proceed to have relations. I know this because Colby and Jake inform me the next day that there were animalistic screams coming from my room that they could hear all the way in the basement, over the awesome noises of Mario Kart.

8:00 a.m. I wake up as the girl is leaving.

Dinger: “What happened? My nose hurts.”

Girl: “Are you joking? Go look in the mirror.”

I get up and look in the mirror to find some blood caked on my nose. This makes me laugh. I go into Colby’s room and wake him up to ask him what has happened. I seriously have no recollection of anything.

Dinger: “Dude what happened, my nose is busted.”

Colby: “Dude, I got my ass kicked. Like literally. My ass hurts so bad rite now, someone kicked me in it so hard. You got head butted dude.”

This is where the whole story of the night before begins to unfold. Jake ends up leaving around 11. Colby and I end up going to the bar. At the bar some guy comes up to me and starts talking about my nose. I look at him blankly for a minute without saying anything.

Dinger: “Dude do I know you?

Dude: “ Ya man you were here last nite, I drank with you when your nose got busted, you told me you got hit by a frat boy or something. “

Dinger: “O sweet man my bad, I don’t remember.”
The two old guys are also there, the cool one and the creepy one. That dude was creepy. He came over and sat by us and just sat there not saying anything and looking at us. We said bye and left.

So the nose is fine, little gash nothing big, not even black eyes or anything. Colby and Jake had some bruises and that was about it. Like I said Randy got it the worst. We went to see him the next day and he was pretty upset. He said he was missing his scuba diving class today.

Dinger: “Why dude?”

Randy: “Because I’m physically unable to scuba Brian.”

Well worth it for a great night of drinking. Alcohols one hell of a drug.

Pow Sesh at The Beav

TJ, his girlfriend Stephine, and I hit up Beaver Creek yesterday to ride some Valentines Day freshies. It was cold and snowy all day and there were some great staches and pillows in the trees. We were able to get some good shots from the days riding. TJ owns about 10 different combinations of brightly colored outerwear and since my kit is "pretty bland" he insisted I wear some of his gear for the day. Purple pants and a lime green jacket... Sick.

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Cold

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Nice little pillow...

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For me to poop on!

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Shifty

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Pillow under the log

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Ditto

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Pillow air

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TJ board slide up the tree jib... This photo turned out sick!

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Log guitar

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TJ and Steph eating the delicious, and free Valentines Day cookies...

Thursday, February 12, 2009

'09/'10 Board Demos at Keystone Day 3

Today was the last day of the industry board demos and man it was a fun one. Unfortunately, I didn't ride yesterday because I woke up with my head feeling like it was being punched repeatedly and a cactus in my throat, so I dropped the crew off at Keystone and went and slept in the Dos Locos parking lot for 5 hours. I felt a lot better after some quality ZZZZZZ's in the Casa de Xterra.

You can peep Shay's blog for some day 2 action.

The sun was shining and there was a dusting of fresh snow that made for some pretty nice conditions today. TJ, K, and I rolled up to Keystone from Breck without our boards, ready to get our demo on. We met up with Shay, Adrian, and Lauren and had a super fun day. Since we were all riding a bunch of different boards, we kind of just cruised and messed around all day, testing out what each board had to offer. TJ and I were on slashing, lay back, and sign spraying missions all day, which we completed of course. We didn't get too radical... Not that we ever do anyway.

I rode the Rome Pusher, Rome Mod, and Capita Horrorscope today. I rode Rome Targa bindings with the Rome boards and Union Force binders with the Captia. Reviews coming soon.

I also got to meet Mark, from MTNOPS.com who was super cool. I was going to demo one of their boards but ran out of time... Bummed. MTNOPS is such a sick site, go there right after you read this!

Here's some moving picture action, expertly edited, and even with music! However, before you watch the vid, you'll need to familiarize yourself with a few references...

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Ok you check all those out? Now you can watch the vid. Dig it.


Ultra Radical Demo Fun from Zac Bryson on Vimeo.

We also got a bunch of rad photos from today... TJ took some, I took some... gold jacket, green jacket, who gives a shit?

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Standard issue chair lift crew photo

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Ultra power stance with the Rome Pusher

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TJ with the Rome.... Shit I can't remember

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Hookin up the Rome Mod

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Tree ollie

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K barrel tail tappy

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TJ tail block

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Shay on the wall ride

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Butter on the Rome Pusher... I couldn't believe this photo when I saw it

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Adrian with the Forum Scallywag... This board has a great graphic

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Lauren with a nose grab

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Here's a photo of Shay... Taking a photo!

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TJ Slaaaaaaaysh!

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Bright colored TJ tree ollie

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Reflection

It wouldn't be a good day of shredding with out a method photo. Thanks TJ for this sick shot!

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Is that a little Michael Jordan tongue action?? Yes it is... I don't know why

We finished the day off with some frosty brews, (literally) and good laughs. It was such a good day of riding and I'm not really very stoked to go back to riding my old beat up board....

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It's so good once it hits your lips...

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Lauren likes beer

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Shay and TJ... Raging alcoholics

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

'09/'10 Board Demos at Keystone

Well, it's official. Hybrid Sessions has hit the big time. I'm in Keystone for the industry demos of all the new 2009-2010 snowboards... Yeah that's right, all the boards that are coming out NEXT season... Boo ya! You're supposed to be involved in the industry some how to be able to demo the boards, but when I rolled up to the tents and told the dude checking credentials , "Yo I'm from Hybrid Sessions, the sickest shred blog in all the land, I'm coming in to demo the boards, ya dig?" He gracefully bowed out of my way and let me enter, saying as I walked past, " Sorry Mr. Bryson I didn't recognize you at first, I love Hybrid Sessions, I read it at least ten times a day!" Of course you do. See? I'm in the big time now....

Does anyone believe that? Anybody? If you do, you just got punk'd! Hahaha.... Hybrid Sessions is only just a little bit in the big time. You know how they say it's not what you know, it's who? Well that phrase is exactly why I'm getting to demo the new boards. I met up with Shay, from Shayboarder, yesterday to ride and she hooked me up real nice. She is pretty much the raddest chick in all of snowboarding and is signed up for the demos so she got me in. She knows the all the guys at Never Summer very well and the dude from Lib Tech so I am very fortunate to know her. So thank you o' so much shay!

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The company tents

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Shay at the Never Summer tent

I was able to demo 3 boards yesterday, the 09/10 Lib Tech Skunk Ape, the Never Summer SL, and the Never Summer Evo. I'm going to write reviews on all the boards I ride when the demos are over, which is tomorrow. Here are a few photos of yesterdays riding.

Again HUGE thanks to Shay, Jay from Lib Tech and Gags from Never Summer for hooking it up!!

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The Crew... ZB, Shay, TJ, and K

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Thumbs up for the Skunk Ape

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Never Summer SL... I wasn't exactly ready for this photo

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Never Summer Evo

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TJ likes Rome

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Fence ollie

Shay made a cool little video that gives a great look at what the demos are all about. Dig it!


Rocky Mountain On-Snow 2009 Demo Day 1 from Shayboarder on Vimeo.