Tuning J-Rod’s new shallow water rig before poker night…
Chronology
Sheep Salon
Shrek and Fiona looking mighty fine after an afternoon salon session with Lilia, Lisa and the Richardson sisters! All systems go for the fair next […]
Barbarian Days
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, William Finnegan Definitely one of my favorite books, I just couldn’t put it down. A big thank you to Craig […]
Mother’s Day at the Coast
Maxie was up bright and early to make Mum a special batch of blueberry muffins, after which we jetted out to the coast to explore […]
On the Edge
On the Edge, Nate Silver I really enjoyed Silver’s first book – The Signal and the Noise – which was released after his almost overnight […]
Shrek and Fiona
One of the many things Maxie and I missed out on up in the mountains was the arrival of this year’s batch of lambs. We […]
Day 100
I was going to be exceedingly stoked with 90+ days on the slopes for the season… But when Sugar Bowl closed early last Sunday it […]
The Everything Store
The Everything Store, Brad Stone A bit dated these days – it was written in 2013 – but a fun read nonetheless… Goodreads: Amazon.com started […]
One Last Storm
The resorts up here had really been hurting following that insane high pressure system that rolled over Northern California a couple of weeks back… Max […]
U12 Far West Championships
A few pics of our carpool buddy Beaux tearing up the slalom course this morning… He won both days one and two of the champs, […]
Powder Haus Spring Guests
Max misses out on spring break this year (I guess you could say he’s been on spring break for three months now!), but it was […]
Stolen Lives
Stolen Lives, Malika Oufkir Amazon: Born into a proud Berber family in 1953, the eldest daughter of the King of Morocco’s closest aide, Malika Oufkir […]
Tahoe Junior Freeride Series IV
The fourth and last of the 2025/2026 season’s Tahoe Junior Freeride Series comps was scheduled to be held at Mount Rose last weekend, but the […]
Donner Peak
A fun morning with Mum to the Truckee side of Donner Peak overlooking Donner Lake…
Springtime Tallac
Paris had been telling me fables of an Alps-like summit along the west shore of Tahoe for a while… With spring conditions and still plenty […]
Day 72
California giveth, and California taketh away… After a phenomenal week of some of the best skiing conditions I’d ever experienced in Northern California during powder […]
Raising Cain
Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon Ph.D. and Michael Thompson Ph.D. This should probably be required reading for all educators, administrators in schools and especially parents with […]
Money Line and the Lake Run X 2
After we’d let the snow settle for a couple of cycles it was incredible day in the backcountry yesterday with all this fresh pow. We […]
Powder Week
The forecast had consistently been calling for an intense storm to hit us on President’s Day long weekend. Originally it was slated to start on […]
Fresh Snow!
Finally some fresh snow! And a quick midweek visit from Paul benson…
