January 10, 2008

New Years in Mammoth!


Went up to Mammoth for snow sliding and New Years. The snow was alright, fun, save for a few rock mine fields. The parks were fun and all was good for the time being. When the sun goes behind the mountain beware. We stayed with the classy girls of Sierra Majorés who helped us out with shots of vodka on the slopes and defrosted wood on the homestead.
Nolan in the shadows.Peanuts and beer."Hi guys!"An in-form Hill.Grumpy's.
Cheers to free beer from the man with the exact haircut as his young son.Greg Shit.
Beer/french fry stealing break.Lugo fall down and go boom.
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On to New Years Eve. A bunch of the boys and girls joined forces and we took over the elegant (ha!) 5 course dinner at Eagle Lodge. It actually turned out pretty good considering it was almost all friends.Ruiz and grey foreskin.
Faces and head decorations.
Vannester found this gum on someone else's table. Not sure why she was so into it...
More Greg Shit.
Drunks.
Ruiz knows Drunk-Fu.
Sign of the times.
Sticky keeps it classy with his glass of red.
Vannester squeezes one out to ring in the New Year.
Florian carefully calculates distribution of ounces.
Captain has a beard. and bangs!Playing wounded ass-grab games.
Tyson sleeps well.Deer Head.
The deer is awake and it's thirsty!

January 3, 2008

back in mammoth

Couple photos from Mammoth before New Years and before the tragedy and titillation.
Tara Dakides.
Captain.
Nolan's slash explosion.
There was a good little hip on the side of one of the rails and we let out our surf frustrations on it.
Cap's slash.
Collett's lay-down.
Nolan's backside fires hard; just like he does in his sleep every morning before he wakes up.Collett standing there.
Tyson and his lunch (Snickers not pictured).
Tyson giving Tucker's private park a try after hours.
Cap flexing.

December 29, 2007

So you can't really go to Africa without seeing some wildlife, although life is pretty wild in the streets of Durban I've come to find. Kinda like the dodgiest part of TJ, but a lot lot worse. People get mugged for their crappy cellphones, babies get snatched, and virgins get sacraficed...all in a days work for the thugs around here...

Alan Laz was our trusty game guide..."Just keep the Peroni's flowing and I'll find the game"

My first sighting of wild animals in the bush

Probably my favorite animals in this crazy land. They just laze around all day.

These hippos kill more people than any other animal around...sneaky bastards

Silly little cat was just playing in the middle of the road

Then it let out a little meow and we realized it wasn't playing

I guess that means elephants crossing


The guy in the truck lives in this place and he wasn't about to budge for no elephant

I budged in my pants when this elephant charged us


Crazy striped horse


These things are so pre-historic looking its unbelievable...I'm now a believer


Pumba from the Lion King has an entourage

Toys R' Us spokesmodels

Pretty cheetah with pretty cubs


Such cute little furballs

December 27, 2007

WaveHouse Durban Comp Pro Finals

The level of riding over here is way higher than in San Diego. I guess having this water fountain for four years helps...