Rebuilding the Future

Launching Point

Check out our own Sundance Ski Team member getting some love from Surface after the jump. Dillon is a mini celebrity with the Surface/Causwell/Joystick crew and will have many opportunities with them.  This is what makes Surface soo cool and why we support them. Stay tuned to see what this kid does in the coming years.

CrossFit Games

Head over to the CrossFit Games website to check out the competition. These athletes are competing to become the fittest athlete in the world, which is a pretty big deal. Throw away all of your conceptions about working out and getting in shape, this is completely different than P90X and Zumba Dance and Insanity, Tae-bo, Pilates, Yoga, bodybuilding and everything else out there. Instead of steroids, just do CrossFit. All the benefits, none of the negatives.

The CrosFit games started in 2007 with about 750 participants. Now in 2011, there are over 25,000. Pretty cool.


What's even cooler is that 6 of our team members do CrossFit and are out working you. Come try it out!

Recognition

Dillon Flinders is famous, or will be real soon.


Clicky here! To watch moving pictures.

Do

"We shall never have more time. We have, and have always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until to-morrow. Keep going day in and out. Concentrate on something useful. Having decided to achieve a task, achieve it at all costs."
- Arnold Bennett

Sheep are...

Hi there, I'm Logic, pleased to meet you.

Just because someone says something is the best, does not mean that that something is the best. Just because a group of people say something is the best, does not mean it is the best. Just because you keep hearing that something is the best, does not mean, you get the picture.

 How many times have you been let down after waiting so long to get something that was supposedly going to make you a better skier, runner, biker, or anything? How many times have you hidden the fact that that something did nothing for you in a spout of hyperbole and enthusiasm, caught up in the wave of excitement that surrounded that something? How long did you go forcing yourself to endure that something?

If it works for you, use it and make it better. If it fits you, get it. If you need some direction on where to start, ask someone you trust, and then do your homework. Don't follow the herd. Often times, they'll lead you off a cliff into lava. A lava pit of painful feet and crappy turns.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about here? Full Tilt boots. They did not work for me. It's a 40 year old design that went away with one piece neon suits. Why did they bring it back? To torture my feet for 3 years and make me ski like a ghoombah. That's why.

Thanks logic, my feet are happy now. Oh, and thanks Nordica for making a sick boot and hooking me up with a pair.

Something Stylie

Jacket unzipped? Who cares!


Mike Hornbeck Keystone FEB from mikehornbeck on Vimeo.

Walks of Life

///Walks of Life from Paul Braunstein on Vimeo.

Something Creative

The Modern Kids: RARxGrouphome from Nick Hickling on Vimeo.

Hami's and Glutes

Skiing at high levels takes a tremendous amount of effort. Makin' moves like Ligety, Vonn, Miller, Morrison, or Sage require amazing strength and power (P=Work/Time, or a lot of work in a short time).

Do you have it? What are you doing about it if you don't? Is it working?

Jay-birds have big mouths

 Do you have a dream? How bad do you want it to become reality? There are so many ways to go about achieving your goals, and the only way to figure out what is going to work for you is to try it. If it doesn't work, change it. If it works, make it better. There's a lot of work involved, but when you feel the changes, remember what you did and recreate that every time. I'm talking about hard work, dedication, and commitment. If you need to go all Bill Nye the Science Guy on it, do it! No matter what, it's gotta be done 100 percent. No one's going to do it for you.

Jay-Z probably says it the best when he's describing Michael Jordan's extraordinary 'talent,'

“The gift that Jordan had wasn’t just that he was willing to do the work, but he loved doing it, because he could feel himself getting stronger, ready for anything.”

Jordan says the same thing in the commercial below, which is waaay better than that other self centered, spoiled brat's commercial. Just sayin'.



So, where will your highlight reel start? Do you love what you do enough to work every single day at it? Skiing, soccer, football, skating, arts, academics, or whatever it may be can only be done for a fraction of your day, week, month, year, life. What are you going to do in-between?

Skiing is Awesome

You CAN have your pudding!

Thank You from NIMBUS INDEPENDENT on Vimeo.

If you're too impatient for really cool, artsy filming, skip to 5:00.

Rail Ninja's