BLACKSTAR.

There was a point when I listened to nothing but MOS DEF and TALIB KWALI's BLACKSTAR album. Years later I still wish they would do it again.

Favorite song off that album? Check here: RESPIRATION.

Might Mos does it good with guest KWALI (also check the hints of COMMON) above but its hard to top the BLACKSTAR combo.

city lights.

A New Years Day late night hike up Dry Creek brought these views. SLC had a simmering glow that radiated into an incredible night view. What really took me the most was the dull roar that came from the city below. What a night scene. Credit to Amelia for the rad pics using our handmade snow tripod.

Flying...

..time that is.

A whirlwind tour was had. From SLC to Vegas to MKE to Madison to the 'Hurst and back while stopping in Dallas, TX before finally landing back in SLC. A whirlwind tour indeed. That was all before New Years.

A Persian dance party followed, New Years day trail riding, snowmobile trail riding and snowshoe/snowboarding has filled the void since our return. And now its Monday bordering on Tuesday.

Two, count 'em two decent pics from Sundays snowshoe up, shred down session. I might have even gotten a bit of sun tan as the day was pretty spectacular.




The new year brings us into official bike season. The shred has just begun but gotta get these ol' legs back in spinning motion. A change of landscape has brought new goals, and with new goals brings focus. It's on like donkey kong.

P.S. A late Happy Holidays to all.

can't get enough.

I still wonder every time I listen. I think to myself, "how has this not gotten tired?" Even after years and years I still listen nearly everyday and if I'm not listening I'm running the words thru my head of at least one song...serenade your ears...

funday?

Nope just Sunday.

The infamous Ali Goulet, now famous for his slidetastic stunts on a mountain bike. Really dude, you gotta get on the mtb more often, maybe a race next year?

Anyways, some good company on the trail Sunday that kept the smiles big. I need little more than some fun slippin' and slidin' on the shoreline.

Hang loose folks, hang loose.

sneak peak.

For all you fipsters on hixies out there chew on this for a moment, the new movement if you will.

First start with a composite bike with full suspension, especially one with a seat mast. Add lots and lots of composite goodies and bling. Add wheels that freewheel and lot of gears especially really low, "granny gears." Here's where it gets good. Keep off the brakes, who needs them and really they only add weight anyways right? Enough already with the steel, fixed bikes. Lets get real right?

As for the bike. More on that after the holidays, a few different components and some different "race" wheels to add and this things gonna be under 20 pounds easy. No brakes though. For real.

(silence of the) lambs canyon.

With the recent addition of some snowshoes to the arsenal, babe and I figured a good winter hike with the new shoes was in order. A short drive up to Lambs Canyon set the stage for some winter trail walking and eventually deep snow trail breaking. What fun is following the trail anyways? Not much at all.

The only slightly miserable part were the wet pants that eventually froze towards the end of our adventure (without naming names, jumping off tall piles of snow into deeper piles of snow does not mean your pants stay dry. Really knee high gaiters only work when the snow stays below them, not when the snow is thigh to waist deep...). That's really only the wearer's fault though, nobody told me the gaiters weren't snow pants.

The day completed itself with a stop to the Nike outlet and a bit of drooling over some phresh NIKE ACGs. Finally some late night roller skating put the icing on a pretty full Saturday.