Snow Angels / She Devils

Gretchen Bleiler and Clair Bidez @ Cover Girl's Snow Angels InvitationalIt was a double/double in Aspen.  2 HU-MONGO events on the very same day---AND it was a POWDER DAY too.  Decisions/ Decisions.  We ripped first and then took care o'biz at both soirees.  Snow Angels /She Devils--somebody's got to cover this stuff.

Duplicity? Double vision? It was full-on Schizophrenia @ AspenSpin.

18 of the top professional snow boarding shred betties were in town for the Cover Girl Snow Angels Invitational.  The Snow Angles mixed a super-progressive Pipe Sesh, with spa-treatments, make-overs, photo shoots, yoga, fine dining and a re-donk-u-lous girls night out.  The whole thing was hosted by Aspen's own local Olympic Princess, Gretchen Bleiler. 

 See the talent;  click the pix  SNOW ANGELS.

This photo was kept small to protect the innocent. If hot Hooters Girls in bikinis is offensive to you, please to not click. You must be 18 to enter.On the other side of the coin, Fox Sports' Best Damn Sports Show held the Hooters Bikini Fashion Show.  The talent (both natural and enhanced) was abundant. If bikini shots are offensive to you in any way, don't click Hooters Girlz.  Also, don't hate the "playa", hate the game.  

Click: HOOTERs GIRLZ BIKINI CONTEST. 

Disclaimer:  To our lady friends, clients, business affiliates etc.  AspenSpin.com doesn't plan this stuff, we just shoot it.  To the guys,-- yep, this was real.

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Spring Loaded

In Aspen, April is the new March; meaning killa skiing and riding.  Colorado's been getting copious amounts of Spring powder and the conditions in Aspen are siiiiiiiiiiiiiick.   Saturday on Ajax, we got dumped on to the tune of 10-12".  FRESHIES,  Niiiiiiice.

The blizzzzz didn't stop SPRINGBOARD from throwing their annual Spring Fling BBQ to raise money for local non-profits.  SpringBoard set up shop at Buckhorn Cabin on Ajax and served up burg.s, brats and brew-skis for the whole mountain. SpringBoard is a group of motivated young adults in Aspen who want to give something back to their community.  SpringBoard annually selects several deserving charities in the Roaring Fork Valley to receive contributions. Learn more, give SPRINGBOARDDa playas dig da POW POW. April in Aspen. Dealmaker, Robin Pringle gettin' it done in the high country. a click.  Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol in da house.

Despite a Spring blizzzzz, SpringBoard's Spring Fling was a huge success.

The Trustafarians

Spring-time in Aspen attracts affluent visitors from all over the world.  Many of them actually ski and ride in our Rocky Mountain retreat.

Maybe you've read about Wall St. prodigy Cooper Sosberg, the youngest "hedgie" in the world.  In 2008, his long/short fund, the Pre-School Strategy Fund returned 48%.  Sosberg is known, as the "anti-Madoff" for his extreme transparency. He's up 28% YTD in 2009.  The pint-sized Sos was discovered drawing investment algorithms in the sand box at school & now he has the keys to the kingdom. We ran into Sosberg and his grandfather, Jeffrey during their recent house-hunting trip to Aspen.  "No fractionals for me" declared Sosberg---"I'm going BIG."

There are plenty of other  TRUSTAFARIANS in town, but Sossie is our favorite.  Click the pix--see who else is still solvent.  Click THE TRUSTAFARIANS

Cooper Sosberg and Grandpa Jeff with Carmelo, keeping it real. Click 4 pix.Mini Me ridin' the 3. click 4 pix.

The Amazing Race

Baker Boyd blasts the Bowl. Aspen, Colorado is a pretty competitive place. Rivalries abound.  Who has the biggest house? Who rips the gnarliest lines? Who can handle the most shots? Who has the most friends on facebook?  Everthing's a competition. 

This past weekend there were 3 HUGE races held in Aspen.  The Elk Mountain Grand Traverse is a 40+ mile high country race between Crested Butte and Aspen.  The Battle in the Bowls was an extreme lap-fest at Aspen Highlands and Red Bull's SchneeTag was serious biz@ Snowmass.

Click 4 pix  THE AMAZING RACE

Its all good clean fun, but to the winners----they can never take it away from you.

SchneeTag. Everybody wins. Click 4 pix.

CB's Glo welcomes the Grand Traverse racers

Drinkability

Aspen Extremists click 4 pix.Like skiing, partying at 8,000 feet takes stamina, skill and practice.  Just like on Ajax, if you wanna hang with the Aspen locals, you better bring your A game.  A lot of "show ponies" visit Aspen in March & they think they're ready to party (RTP)---but they're often left holding the tab. 

Recently we've seen some awesome examples of Aspen's DRINKABILITY. 

Dusty PowThe weather has been super-freaky too.  We had a week of the most beautiful 60 degree days followed by an epic dust storm that got mixed in with the POW to create sandpaper-like brown snow.  Then we got a series of storms from the North with crazy-high winds and some sweet, sweeeet cold-smoke powder accompanied by single digit temps, brrrr.

AspenSpin took advantage of both the late season dumpage and the end of March party-a-thon.  We leave the ski pix up to the pros, but when it comes to point and shoot party pix---we're #1.  So check yourself out, click:  DRINKABILITY.

The Hooters Girlz invade Aspen, Benny basks. click 4 pix.