Hiking In The Snow

Moon Coming out
Ben on the Bristle Cone Trail

Quinn Enjoying A Hike on the Bristle Cone Trail

In an attempt to not get any fatter then I all ready am Ben and I decided to head up to the mountain and do a bit of snow shoeing. It was not as deep as we thought it would be so the snow shoes were not necessary. It was a bit of shock coming from 60 degrees in the Valley to about 28 in the snow. Good times were had, but now I have my bike up and running again it's time to hit the dirt.

Small World and Termas de Chillan

8.5 years latter back in the USA

EPIC POWDER DAY IN TERMAS DE CHILLAN

So there I was, back in 98' a long hair traveling through Chile and enjoying some sweet southern equator July snow. After an epic adventure me and my traveling companions had found our selves in a hostel about 10 miles from the resort http://termasdechillan.ski.com/. It rained and snowed the entire night which could only mean one thing, snow on the mountain (that night I also ate my first pig with an apple in it's mouth, but that is an entirely different story). I woke up bright and early to a massive amount of fresh powder and a huge desire to get up the mountain. Only problem is I had no way of getting up there but my thumb. So I walk to the road and started hitching. The fine gentlemen in the picture above, picked me up and we had a killer time boarding with fresh lines all day. I have kept in touch with Rafa (the one in the Hawaiian shirt) for the past few years. So here is where the story gets cool. My buddy Rafa and his girlfriend are traveling the U.S.A and just happened to be in town the same weekend as my daughters 1st birthday party. It was so wild to be hanging out in my house during my daughters birthday party with my buddy who picked up hitchhiking in Chile. I love the fact that life is so packed with cool experiences.

Snow On The Mountain

The Beauty of living in Sin City Dirt Country is that you can get a great mountain bike ride in then hit the slopes all in the same day. The Frog and I loaded up in the truck this morning and made the thirty minuet drive up the mountain. It was great to "visit" the snow. FYI to all Sin City Dirt Locals; the ski resort is open (http://www.skilasvegas.com/winter/index.html). If you are lucky and bump into "ski patrol" Ryan ask if he will let you shoot the howitzer (all in the name of avalanche control).

Gennius Book of World Records And The Great Santa Run

The Family Ready To Tear It UP
The Frog and I


Me and Mrs. Claus

7,800 Santa's

What could be better then 7,800 hundred Santa's in one location spreading Christmas Cheer???? Breaking the Gennius Book of World Records amount for the most Santa's at one location. I have been able to do some cool things in my life but not one of those things has ever landed me in that book until know. You may ask who held the title before? The answer to that question would be Liverpool, England. Being that our forefathers took the American Colonies away from England, I only feel that it was my patriotic duty to take this record from them as well. Honestly did they stand a chance? Roy from "Siegfried and Roy" was the out in front of event. The dude has been mauled by a Tiger, but that did not stop him from wanting to crush England (his desire to crush England may have something to do with the Armistice of 1919). The 5K was great, even though it got a bit hot running in a beard. I did get passed this time by a bunch of kids, but being that it is so close to Christmas I thought I would give them this one shot. The family had a great time and as long as we are in Vegas we will keep doing our duty to make sure England never recaptures the title.

Good By To Evel Knievel

Original Sin City Dirt....Evel Jumping the Fountains at Caesars

Who is the originator of Man as we know it????? Easy answer Evel Knievel (o.k. Chuck Norris may be mixed in there as well). In a society were it is no longer cool to be a man (in the sense of Burt Reynolds in "Stuntman" or Clint Eastwood in "High Planes Drifter") we lost a true icon. Evel encompassed manhood in a pure and true sense. He did not care if it was a "good idea" or if it was "logical" he just did it. If he failed he just healed and went on to the next jump. I can remember being a kid a watching prime time televised Evel events and thinking how cool he was. So Evel, Sin City Dirt salutes you and all that you stood for. Fare thee well.........