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GOT BEACON!

2007-11-26T08:35:00.000-08:00

Old Bike home video!

2007-07-17T09:37:00.000-07:00

Fun day here when Kirk O'bee won GP Pino Cerami, I was cleaning off my computer ehwn I found this.

Good times with Balls!

2007-06-04T12:01:00.000-07:00

This guy could make a ton of money in Bar bets. It really make you wonder if it is all trial and error, or calculated geometry. I stole this from the SWOBO guys.

This is a HOG!

2007-05-30T09:08:00.000-07:00

I have enjoyed a fine evening of hog hunting in Central Florida. If you are 11 years old and you have the balls to chase this thing through the woods, you are a REDNECK!

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3214709

White water season!

2007-04-08T19:43:00.000-07:00

The water is on it's way! Zoltan is ready.

Spiders on drugs

2007-03-27T13:06:00.001-07:00

Wow

2007-02-12T20:13:00.000-08:00

Not really keeping up with this blog thing. It seemed like a great idea, but like most things, its just more work. Anyhow, I saw this on the the piton,(http://www.thepiton.com/) pretty cool.

Huntin trip to Montana!

2006-11-22T08:21:00.000-08:00

No elk this year, but the excitement is always in the chase. On opening day, my wife Kat was the only one to run into a bull, with no gun of course!!.

Cazador needs to see if the grass is greener!

2006-10-04T08:15:00.000-07:00

This thing is called the PET PEEK it gives your pooch a panoramic portal into the neighbor's yard, relieveing canine curiousities. Privacy is obviously compromised, however, both owners and neighbors, given a good sense of humor, could find it to be a humorous asset as well as a useful tool for covert spy tactics and juicy neighborhood gossip.

Shoes??

2006-09-27T08:19:00.000-07:00

IBEX???

2006-09-11T13:08:00.000-07:00

What is ibex, other than the coolest merino wool company ever. Well check out this video.

IBEX VIDEO

Cool dude RIP.

2006-09-11T12:52:00.000-07:00

Come on, everyone has to agree this guy was a great conversation topic, a bit of a nut but thats what made him so cool.

OR by way of Harley!

2006-08-17T10:34:00.000-07:00

Just got back from SLC. Another outdoor retailer show over and done. Hopefully all the orders will be in this week!! Got a crazy idea to ride my dad's harley to Salt Lake. Long ride, good times. Rain on the way home.

Only one week till the big day. I am excited to another boring married guy.

Watched the downtown circuit race stage of the Tour of Utah. Looked like a great race. Good support and lots of climbers. Nice to see Scooter pull of the win.

OR top 3.

1. Seeing the boys race downtown SLC.
2. Seeing "Flock of Seagulls" live, and they ripped it up 80's style.
3. The 9 corn dogs I ate while watching "flock of seagulls"

WSA Shoe show in Las Vegas!

2006-08-03T14:38:00.000-07:00

It is show time again, which means Las Vegas shoe show. No offense to all of you who actually come to Vegas on your own time, but I will never set foot in this town for my own entertainment. It's just so cheesy and a huge waste of money, there are awesome restaurants and entertainment acts, but you have to pay big for 'em, and you have to endure the casino crowd.

Enough on Vegas. This biggest question of the week.... "What’s the story with Floyd?" I have no insider gossip; non-cyclists always assume that doping is an open topic among pro cyclists. The truth is, cyclists do not openly talk about doping with their fellow riders/ teammates. Cyclists are always competing against each other, especially within the team, you have to be ridding better than your teammates just to be on the start list for the big races, you have to be faster than your teammates if you want to get paid more, you have to be stronger than your teammates just to get a contract, so it is rare that a cyclist will broadcast their secret habits.

I do hope Floyd proves his innocence, but even if he does, his reputation will never be the same.

Motivation!

2006-07-20T21:31:00.000-07:00

This will forever be one of the most motivating photos ever. For those of you who have not been following the Tour, today Floyd Landis pulled off one of the greatest sports come-backs ever. He rode out of pure anger, pride, and determination.

P-LOW in the house!

2006-07-18T15:39:00.000-07:00

I had to post some pics of the boys getting-r-Done on the circuit. I wanted to post one of Burke doing it up at Cascade, but no photo to steal.

This is Colorado?

2006-07-18T15:28:00.000-07:00

The guys over at The Range Life just posted some sick photos of some CO boating. Not that I will be dropping this thing anytime soon, but I didnt even know this stuff existed in our state!

Is your head in the sand?

2006-07-12T09:45:00.000-07:00

Recently I have been reminded that many people are just plain selfish. Especially athletes, they will do anything, sacrifice everything, blow-off old friends, cheat, dope, and lie, all for sport. Great examples these past few weeks, the world Cup head Butt, and the Tour de France dopers.

People often ask me if I miss cycling, and my first response is always, "I miss the travel, and all the friends I met along the way." After I quit racing it took a while before I realized what I really got out of the sport. When racing you have to be so self consumed, at least that’s what you think at the time, to get the results. But come on, who really remembers who won "such and such race" back in 2000? Except for Lance of course! He made enough money that it was worth, cheated, ruining a family, risking a life and damaging friendships. Does Lance have any Pals besides George left in the Peloton?

Where am I going with all this ranting? I am not sure. But for everyone out there, take your head out of the sand, look around, take a deep breath, take advantage of every new places you go, (the soft mattress at the Marriott does not count), and keep in touch with your friends. You will remember all this way better than any single competition or work moment.

Enough Said.

2006-07-10T10:39:00.000-07:00

No laptop = No blogging!

2006-07-09T04:15:00.000-07:00

Last week I was doing a little surfing around on the Apple site, and I found out that my computer had been recalled. The screen had some light spots on it, I figured I had let it get burned in from leaving it on. Anyhow I sent it back to be fixed. I felt totally out of it this week with out my laptop, I even had to look up some phone numbers in the yellow pages.

2006-07-02T20:18:00.000-07:00

Here is how to shoot a shotgun.

Black Friday of Cycling!!

2006-06-30T12:27:00.000-07:00

I think the tour should kick'em all out and start fresh with a bunch of first-timer average dudes. People who may have a recreational alcohol habits, full time jobs, families that they are true too, it would be the best reality show yet. We could all watch as they suffered through it CLEAN.

Tour De France...

2006-06-29T08:01:00.000-07:00

Two days till the start of the '06 Tour. It should be pretty exciting without the Texan domination. I think that another Yankee has the goods to bring home the yellow jersey. Floyd Landis is going into the tour under the shadows of the German and the Italian, but I think that good old American Stubbornness will triumph.

Yesterday we all registered for an online Fantasy Tour team. Velo GamesWe are having a Pool among Family and friends. $20 buy-in winner take all. Let me know if you want in on the action!

Rider 1: Floyd LANDIS,PHO,#24
Rider 2: Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE,IBC,#14
Rider 3: Juan Miguel MERCADO MARTIN,AGR,#75
Rider 4: Carlos SASTRE CANDIL,CSC,#38
Rider 5: ,Erik ZABEL,MRM,#42
Rider 6: Jens VOIGT,CSC,#48
Rider 7: Pavel PADRNOS,DSC,#137
Rider 8: José Luis RUBIERA VIGIL,DSC,#90
Rider 9: George HINCAPIE,DSC,#29

Merrell adventure race team?

2006-06-28T09:26:00.000-07:00

Team Merrell Wigwam is currently leading Primal Quest Utah. The team is lead by Robyn Benincasa, who is one bad-ass super chick. Robyn and her team helped design the Merrell Overdrive, which has been retailing very strong since it's introduction this season.

Primal Quest Adventure Race

The OverDrive

Beat Down of the week. #1

2006-06-27T11:31:00.000-07:00

I was up at the Fibark Whitewater festival in Salida last week. Lots of beer, fried cheese on a stick and a little boating. We watched some of the events, the raft rodeo was great and the Boater Cross was spectacular. Check out the link below. This is a female paddler showing us all what it means to keep with it, and stay in the boat. The video does not do that hole justice, it was freaking huge.

Kayak BeatDown

More Futbol action.

2006-06-26T08:46:00.000-07:00

I have really been amazed by watching these guys lately. They put american football players to shame.

World Cup...

2006-06-24T08:11:00.000-07:00

Man, those skills pay.

I need to see this movie!

2006-06-23T08:21:00.000-07:00

Click on the image to see the trailer!!!!

Getting hitched!

2006-06-20T08:06:00.000-07:00

Well I dropped the big question last week. Kat is her name for those of you that have not met her yet. We took a little Harley Ride in the mountains, I stopped on the side of the road, and proceeded to fumble around with first the Camera(Proper documentation is Key), the ring, and then of course my emotions. I am not really sure if the question even came out! Well anyhow, here are some of the photos that I took right then.

Cazador is the Champ!

2006-06-12T08:15:00.000-07:00

Cazador made his competitive debute yesterday at the Lyons White water festival. He won the best trick competition, and the retrieving comp. In a post event news conference he said "No big deal, I came prepared and took home the goods!" Thanks to Ruff Wear for the great prizes.

On another note. A tuber drowned in boulder creek yesterday, no need to bash the dead, but these guys were acting like idiots. They were running a Class IV+ Rapid in Inner tubes with nothing more than a wet t-shirt for floatation. I always hate to see river carnage.

Poker Face

2006-06-10T07:04:00.000-07:00

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For more reasons than not, I need to keep the poker face on this weekend here in WA. It worked out last night, as I took home the 2nd place pot in the SWH Poker night. An extra thirty bones to spend in the airport bar this evening.

This moring I have been laying in the hotel watching the World Cup, England vs ParaGUAY. How can I not root for my south american family!!

Off to seattle

2006-06-08T19:21:00.000-07:00

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Off to seasttle for a sportsmans warehouse grand opening. Cant say I am looking forward to leaving home, but duty calls.

photos

2006-06-08T11:52:00.000-07:00

Wow a non error.

day 2

2006-06-08T09:51:00.000-07:00

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Always get a stupid error when I try to post

Second day!

2006-06-08T09:50:00.000-07:00

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Still trying to get this all started. Having fun talking shit about the people who stole smartwool from us!
Shawn Are you there??
Hello kitty!

New days

2006-06-07T10:18:00.000-07:00

Smartwool no more!

So here is the story. We found out last friday that we are no longer the Smartwool sales reps for the Rocky mountain region. Timberland, the shoe giant that bought Smartwool last December decided that the Timberland Reps in the area should be the Smartwool reps as well. There is a lot to the story here, but I can tell you one thing for sure, our numbers for this year were up in huge ways, so there was nothing wrong with our performance. We only started with Smartwool last year, and embraced the line as a child from day one. It was a sad day when we heard the news.