the summer of 2005 will be a summer i will not forget. My wife and I spent 3 weeks in Italy and Greece. this was a trip of a life time. We saw all the cool stuff you see pictures of. we travel from Venice to Rome and all the place in between and Athens and even some little islands. the trip was life changing. My out look on different culture has changed. When you encounter people that are different than you, you need to embrace and celabrate those differences. In Europe there are many differnece, like showers without curtains, and no ice in your pop.
I even saw some snowboard culture in Italy. When did not go to any mountains, but in Venice i saw graffit from somesnowboarders (see pic below). I want to stop into some shops , but did not have them time, to busy admiring michalange "David" and the leaning tower of Pisa. when i got home I watched the trailer to "december" by airblaser, and they were in Rome at the colosiume and i was totaly there, it was cool because i wore my "stay wild" airblaster a bunch of time while i was there.
Most snowboarders go to a glacier to ride. that would have been fun,but going to italy and greece can not compare. Mammoth mountain is about 4 hrs away and they had a great long season. mammoth closed on july 4, and i gone home on the 3 of july. i would have been awesome to ride there on july 4. but the jet lag was killer from the transalantic flight.
This winter I plan to ride harder, this is the season to progree. i want to learn a few more tricks ands have more fun that ever. snowboarding is all about having fun, going on trip with your freinds. Even though i broke my board at mammoth this past season, that will not dampen this comming season, i have a old rock board to ride.