Retro Snow and Beer Runs (WWS)

This video from 1983 cannot be described with words. It is from the hit "Apocalypse Snow." Just watch it.



Further, I thought it was a good idea to get drafted into a 193 mile relay race on Friday. Yes, this Friday. The Ragnar Relay sounds gnarly. 12 runners, 36 legs, 3 legs per runner. 24 hours or so of running. Start 9AM Friday in Cumberland, MD. Finish sometime Saturday at RFK stadium in D.C. My team is known only as "Beer Run." I like the sounds of that and I hope to live up to their expectations.

Ragnar is awesome. Ragnar was a 9th century Norse King. He was a pirate, a raider, a conqueror, an explorer, and a wild man. I like the sounds of that.

Stay tuned to this blog for updates from the race.

He's Not Coming Back (Bodhi Paddles Out for Good)

Another Boloney hero has left us and ventured off to the great point break in the sky. Patrick Swayze lived as he died - inspiring us on the beach, to the sky, to the slopes. Just this summer several boloners lived out "Operation Swayze" when in Point Break fashion, Pukey was abducted by Dong and myself, and thrown out of a plane at the early hour of a summer day.

Many of Boloney's key mantra's stem from the wise words of the Bodhisattva - the ultimate searcher. Rules to live by: 1) fear causes hesitation, and hesitation causes your worst fears to come true. 2) If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. 3) It's not tragic to die doing what you love.

As Swayze said about Point Break, "It's a statement about our society... of giving up on yourself and becoming part of a system rather than staying an individual."

So tip your drink to this hero, and remember to take words of wisdom from two other Swayze classics, Road House and Red Dawn, and be thankful for the insight he provided us all with.

Burton Basicaly Bites Boloney's Borgir

Boloney Moguls was far ahead of all the other big production/ski companies when we cranked out None More Blacker in June. Of course, who could forget the second teaser to the snow epic to drop featuring Pukey.



Now the theme in that hit teaser was Dimmu Borgir's The Serpentine Offering. Video posted on March 19, 2009.

Here, see Burton's trailer for their "B" movie.



Notice any similarities (beyond our equally epic style of skiing and riding)?

Burton: You should be ashamed of yourself.

MTB Edition (Wide World of Shred)

While I will get everything up about the most recent debauchery weekend in Walton, I wanted to post an awesome barrage of MTB-related things I've come across in this edition of WWS.

First off: Awesome teaser for a new MTB video called "Dust and Bones." It's painful to watch because a trick isn't landed until about two minutes into the thing. They might not be motorcycles, but they are landing, hard.



Secondly: Red Bull in their infinitive brilliance has setup another sick demo of sorts. This time a barge floating around San Francisco with 1800 cubic yards of dirt on it. Presto, a floating freestyle platform.



Alright, I thought I had a third thing but maybe not.

Thanks Bill, POV Videos, and Snow Shred (WWS)

In this installment of the wide world of shred, I'm all over the place.

First, with the Hurricane Bill update. It turned out so good, that Andy Irons himself was dancing over New Jersey and riding East Coast swell. Epic pictures abound on the intertubes. There is also now an additional "Tropical Wave" coming up the Atlantic that could make for additional swell next weekend. Wahooo. Perhaps a trip down to Ocean Shitty, MD to drop into the nutso closeout wave there will be fun.

Next up, Teton Gravity Research has been holding a point-of-view video competition and they just released the results. The number one video is epic. Definitely check it out.


Finally, ESPN had a post up about awesome spots to go to for vacations. Take a look at this pic of Portilio. If only one boloner got his ass in gear, perhaps we would be there. Just looking at these peaks is amazing. Riding and living up at 10,000 feet surrounded by the Andes and without a tree in sight. Definitely got to get there one of these days. And as to next year, planning is already in place. Seems like we may in fact be off to Heavenly to shred the slopes of the Sierra Nevadas. w00tw00t. Even better, we'll be staying at a casino, so we can just bet our plane tickets and get a totally free trip.

Avast, matey! (Swashbuckle Stikes Again)

If you enjoyed everyone's favorite teaser to the smash hit "None More Blacker," than you already know Swashbuckle:



But, Swashbuckle has now risen to attack again from the very depths of Davy Jones' locker. Storming, raping, and pillaging wherever they go, beware. This group of course knows that Rum is for drinking, not for burning, and understands what leverage is. The first single is now available, as is the rest of the album. Get it or they will kill your loved ones. They might not have the Black Pearl, but I would shudder if I saw that cursed vessel approach off my port bow.

Summer Time (DC VS CHILL-E)

To looker's right, you'll see a lovely map of the Mid-Atlantic where one power seen is currently sweltering. The last thing anyone could contemplate right now is snow. While D.C. might have a heat advisory in effect right now (at last checking the absolute temperature was rapidly approaching 100 degrees), it's a different world south of the Equator.

Down in Chile, the shred season is in full gear. More than just Portilio, there are spots all over the 2,500 hundred mile long country. With such clever names as "el colorado" and "valle nevado" I wonder what's next.... "el hunter mountain," "el jackson hole?"

Check out this great read over at ESPN Action. The article is more about boozing and traveling in Chile than shredding, but it is fun none the less. Snow is snow, whether it's pronounced snow or "el snow" and as it crosses the 100 degree wall today, I'm going to be wishing I was in "el chile" at 10,000 el feet. Meh, start organizing next year's southern boloney mission now.

And after recent communication with one exceptionally stylish Kelly, B-town is sounding better and better. Will the Boloney Compound finally become operational? Stay tuned.