Archive | January, 2011

ASN Colorado Trip Giveaway: Day 4 Recap

So we finally arrive at Copper Mountain around 10:45am.  What was normally a 2 hour ride turned into a 3 ½ hour ride due to weekend mountain traffic.  I have lived in Atlanta and the LA area which are known for their horrendous traffic, but Denver took top honors today.  Bumper to bumper traffic for [...]

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ASN Colorado Trip Giveaway: Day 4 Early Morning Update

Everyone is a little tired from the night out on the town in Denver.  Once again, a big thank you to Desi and Charlie from Transworld on taking care of the ASN crew last night.  VIP access is where it is at!! One amazing thing that I forgot to mention was that we saw the [...]

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ASN Colorado Trip Giveaway: Day 3 Recap

I am not sure what to say about the Riders Poll Awards…lets just say it was classic.  It was a night of one liners and the quote that took top honors was "Skiers are Gay!"  With that, it is late and I will let the pictures speak for themselves.  A great night in Denver and [...]

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ASN Colorado Trip Giveaway: Day 3 Afternoon Update

Another great day of boarding at Winter Park.  We were on the lifts by 9am (when they opened) and headed straight to the top of the mountain.  Got some great groomed runs in before we headed into the trees.  From the top of Mary Jane, we found an open field of powder that was 2-3ft [...]

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ASN Colorado Trip Giveaway: Day 3 Early Morning Words From Brian Case

"Day 3 of Colorado begins with the sun rising over the Arapaho mountains and it’s a incredible sight!  Ryan and I are getting up and packing our bags for our drive to Denver this afternoon after we tear Winter Park a new one!  Tonight we have the Transworld Snowboarding Magazine’s Rider’s Choice Awards and we’re [...]

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ASN Colorado Trip Giveaway: Day 2 Words from Brian Case

As the day comes to a close, it’s hard to describe how intense of a day it’s been.  We woke up early (still on Eastern Time) but we were able to get out and grab some killer photos of the sun coming up over the mountains.  Breathtaking to say the least!  Then we headed into [...]

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ASN Colorado Trip Giveaway: Day 2 Recap

Ring, ring.  "Hey, where are you?" asked Carl.  " I am stuck in a tree!" said Trey.  Quote of the day.   That pretty much sums up our day.  Stuck in powder surrounded by trees.  Everyone had some amazing runs today.  We basically went all over the mountain.  Groomed runs to amazing tree runs in [...]

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ASN Colorado Trip Giveaway: Day 2 Early Morning Update from Brian Case

"Good morning everyone from Colorado!  The sun is coming up and Ryan and I are getting up, getting ready to make the first turns on the mountain!  We got into some unbelievable powder yesterday doing a little "off access" boarding!  So well worth it!!!  Day 1 couldn’t have gone any better and we have a [...]

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ASN Colorado Trip Giveaway: Day 1 Recap

Today was an amazing day!  Great flight into Denver and picked up the ASN winners.  Super nice guys who love to ride in the powder!  Music to my ears.  We raced up the mountain to Winter Park, checked into the hotel, and got into our gear for an afternoon ride.  We only had an hour, [...]

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ASN Colorado Trip Giveaway: Day 1 Morning Update

Everyone is in transit today to Winter Park and I couldn’t be more excited.  Below is the first update below from out winner, Mr. Brian Case:   The first leg…. We are off and running with the final destination in Denver. We left for McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville at 4am this morning and just [...]

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