ABasin Closing Weekend and Summer Internship

Ahhh... The first day of "summer". And it's just like Colorado to kick it off with a morning blizzard. *sigh*

This past weekend was closing time for Arapahoe Basin, the last standing ski resort in Colorado. I've gotta hand it to them; For one of the worst snow seasons in 20 years, it was pretty impressive that they were able to stay open into May. I spent my day there Saturday celebrating Cinco De Mayo and the One-Year anniversary of Phunkshun Wear. Phunkshun Wear is a new company I'm interning for, which I'll touch on later. Arapahoe Basin also had their annual Huck Rock and Roll slopestyle jam, as well as live music, a pig roast, and awesome spring skiing.

Following pictures taken by Carlo Marasigan

Anyway, Phunkshun Wear is a facemask company based in Silverthorne, CO that I've been interning for for a few weeks now. They originally wanted me to be an athlete for them and film some edits, so I went to their "lab" to get some swag and talk about sponsorship when one of them mentioned they needed an intern. As of now I'm working as their "customs" facemask designer for companies who want their own custom designs. In the future I'm going to be doing their blog and helping with some marketing as well.

I guess that wraps it up for the year! I usually do a big "year ending" entry, but I've been so busy lately! I'm sure I'll post some entries over the summer... As always, this is going to be the best summer ever!

June 20th, 2011

I would have put a more interesting title, but I don't even know what to say... Last night was pretty cool. It was the first thunderstorm here in the mountains (with sleet instead of rain). I guess I didn't think I would wake up to this, though.

Here are some pictures some kids took shredding Loveland Pass today.

What Month Is It?

Thursday was the first sunny day in a long time, and thankfully it was decently warm too. I got to ride my dirtbike for the first time and it was beyond fun. It took me a while to get the clutch down the first time... it's been a while since I've used one, and I've never used one on a normal sized motorcycle. I would move maybe a foot and it would stall out, HAHA! It was very frustrating, but after about 20 minutes I finally got it and didn't stall it the rest of the day!

 

Then yesterday it decided to cloud up and start snowing again... And not just snowing... it was DUMPING. I woke up this morning and was almost confused about what month it was.