DENVER SNOW SOIREE for USSA. November 23, 2013

 

 The DENVER SNOW SOIREE is the best way for Coloradans to support the U.S. Ski Team, U.S. Snowboarding and U.S. Freeskiing. And it's the most fun too.  What could be better than a huge party to support our athletes...and to meet most of them.  AspenSpin has been assured that a stellar turn-out of U. S. Athletes is expected at the Denver Snow Soiree on November 23, 2014 in Arvada.

The 2014 Olympics are coming up fast and our teams need your support.  Please join us on NOVEMBER 23, 2013 for The Denver Snow Soiree.  It's a fantastic way to kick off  ski season 2013/14.  Eat, drink, dance, bid on auction items and and best of all... you can meet your United States snow sports athletes.

Click for information and tickets:  DENVER SNOW SOIREE

Aspen Shred City

Living in the Rocky Mountains has it's privileges.  I love beautiful Fall weather in Colorado, but Winter is my milieu. When it snows in Aspen, even if it's only Oct 14, the cartilage and tendons in my body start to tingle.  Muscle memory kicks in and I look skyward towards the Ridge of Bell.  Looks pretty sweet. Right?

Yesterday, we had a full scale POW storm in Aspen.

Other parts of Colorado have gotten the goods. Arapahoe Basin is open for business. A-Basin again won bragging rights as the first ski resort in North America to open, 10/13/13.

Are u ready to RIP?  We are.

My Feet are KILLING Me. Full Tilt Boots

Skiing every day and partying every night in Aspen for the past 10 years has taken its toll on my feet.  As you can see in the photo below...my feet are f#*ked up.

That's why I need to win the Show Us Your Boots contest from Full Tilt Boots.   Using the original 3-Piece boot design, Full Tilt has developed a boot that is comfortable and performs at the highest level.  I entered FTB's contest to win a free pair of Full Tilt Boots....and I need your help to win.

PLEASE CLICK ON MY ENTRY.  View it.   Like it, share it, comment on it...do your thing.  Andy Party needs a new pair of boots, ASAP.  Help me to help you.

Click the link:  Show Us Your Boots

My feet hurt.. Help me win a new pair of Full Tilt Boots. Click to see my entry.

Ski Memories made on Memorial Day in Aspen.

Skiing on Memorial Day. Totally worth it. Click 4 Pix.Would you drive 1000 miles to ski Aspen Mountain on Memorial Day?  I did. 

When Carmelo and I got the tweet that Ajax was re-opening for Memorial Day weekend...we almost sh*t our collective pants.  30+ days travelling without an agenda or a GPS had led to lots of fun and interesting adventures. Alas, the allure of the open road was getting old.

SKI MEMORIES on Memorial Day.

We had 2 options; pay $459 per night for a crappy hotel in San Francisco over Memorial Day weekend...or point our sled East and rip a few last turns on Ajax.  As an added bonus we'd get to crash in our own beds for the first time in over a month. It was clear that my furry best friend was looking for some stability. Gas...check....cruise control...check...rogain...check.  We headed East   I analyzed the old fashioned road atlas (no GPS for us) and we hit Hwy 50 East, a.k.a The Loneliest Highway.  Have you done it?  1000 miles to glory, a straight shot to our apartment home in Aspen.  Hwy 50 is intense, 3 or 400 miles between gas stations. very few other cars.

Carmelo and I took a quick overnight at the always gorgeous Lake Tahoe.  A drive-by gambling sesh at Harrah's in S. Lake Tahoe yielded results.  Carmelo got to jump in the 48 degree water and I took down Harrah's.  Luckily I scored on almost every doubling opportunity at the black jack table. On the downside smoking is allowed in Nevada casinos and the second hand smoke was killing me.  I was up BIG, I thought...let's blow this town.  We hit the road with a pocket full of Benjamins.

The next 600 miles sucked.  A single lane the whole way through desolate, rural Nevada. But it was worth it.  Coming home to warm, clear, beautiful Aspen.   There was still enough snow up top to slide on...and thanks to Aspen Ski Co. the lifts were spinning all weekend.  All the usual suspects were there, all the Aspenites who love to ski and ride.

Click 4 pix.  SKI MEMORIES on Memorial Day.

New Jock City. The Rippers who Rip. Click 4 pix.Memorial Day Skiing in Aspen. Yeah its fun. Click 4 pix.Beach attire was entirely appropriate on Aspen Mountain for Memorial Day. Click 4 pix.

Bluebird Days in Aspen, Colorado

Truth be told... AspenSpin loves it when it snows.  We love the BIG, fat, fluffy snow flakes that make it hard to see and hard to drive and hard to fly. We love the phat flakes that make the skiing and riding siiiiiiiiiiiiiiick.   If we can't have a blizzard...it might as well be...

a BLUEBIRD Day in Aspen, Colorado.

Aspen Highlands Bowl as seen from Aspen Mountain. 2/12/13 9.15 a.m. minus 5 degrees.Lift 6 on Aspen Mountain. The best 591 verts in skiing.From the top of Henry's Run on 1a. Yeah...I crushed it.Ladies of the Lifts. Expression session at Lift 1a. Aspen, Colorado.