TRIP REPORT: POWDER VIDEO AWARDS! (/w PICS!)

[summit]

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KD! YOU RULE FOR HOOKING US UP!

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Trip: Powder Video Awards at the Regis in Aspen, Friday, January 23, 2004

Blurred Elevens, Allison (see the East Vail Chutes TR), Danny (friend of Blurred’s), and I on a road trip to Aspen for the Powder Video Awards Premier.

Allison was the designated driver. We overestimated the drive time and Allison’s driving style (she is such a guy) so we actually got to stop in Glenwood Springs at the mountaineering store there and still got to Aspen an hour early. This meant free parking and extra time for drinking. Being most unfashionably early, we toured the Regis, a five star hotel. Wow. $6 beers, anyone? How about trophy wives in pink fur coats? We were definitely in Aspen.

I talked to the ESPN camera crew for a while before people started arriving. The hotel wasn’t quite ready at the time we thought it would be, but we got to stand around and talk with Klaus Obermeyer for 20 minutes which was very cool

http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic17740.jpg
(Klaus Obermeyer and Allison)

Klaus is awesome. He is a brilliant and down to earth person. Blurred had met him a few times before. Klaus is a 87 year old pioneer of ski industry who could school me on the race course with his Stocklis any day of the week. He skis faster than he is old.

“Any day you do not ski, you can never get back.” –Klaus Obermeyer

They had the February issue of Powder everywhere. It rules.
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic17738.jpg
Blurred seems quite enthralled with the issue.

They finally opened the doors to the award room and we got a great table (in the non VIP section, of course). http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic17748.jpg 2004 Powder Video Awards

We got to watch “The Power of Four,” a promo of the Aspen mountains that was very well done except the narrator had a horribly annoying voice. Lots of clips… announcements. Then we got down to the award presentations. They showed the clips for each nominee in each category then announced the winners. I cannot express the amount of stoke that I felt during the presentations. It is sufficient to say that it hasn’t even begun to wear off even after 3 days. The amazing ski stoke on twin projection screens combined with the phenomenal sound and light system and being in a room full of professionals far far above my level was mind blowing. The excitement in the room was so incredible you could ski it. I felt like I was at the Academy Awards. That is exactly what the Powder Awards are! I would go to the Powder Video Awards over the Academy Awards any day.

Nominations List:
http://www.powdermag.com/news/pva04nom/

Several of the Powder Mag editors and staff announced the awards and two hot chicks in revealing dresses handed the awards.

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Jamie Pierre and his Cliff Huck award
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Shane McConkey and his Full Throttle Award

Most of the recipients walked right by our table so we got to talk with some of them.

http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic17741.jpg
Blurred rehashing some old shit with Shane McConkey (Klaus in the background)
http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic17737.jpg
Blurred about to make out with Jamie Pierre

Talking to Shane was awesome. Kristie and Sarah are H-O-T!

While watching this incredible spectacle, I decided that I want to make some sort of tiny movie this year, even if it a shitty little basic thing made from digicam footage. I also decided I want to try and get some still photography published.

The awards ended and there was good music and dancing… fantastic party. Apparently, Blurred and Allison can dance pretty well… but I think that about everyone since a monkey with epilepsy could school me on the dance floor. Blurred and Allison were dancing next to Olenick (who won a silver in slope style yesterday at the X-Games). At the end of things, some guy got up and did some freestyle rhyming… ski rap… it was decent too.

It was frigid outside by the time we went to leave. We gave two pros a ride back to their car, which was parked at Boogies. A guy from New York City and Mike Deshenaux (Deschenaux? sp? from Switzerland) is a pro rider who (was supposed to have) competed in the pipe at the X-Games today (delayed). It took us a while to find the place.

Mike: “Where is the Boogies?”
New York: “Da thing is that Boogies iz right around here.”
Mike: “Where is the Boogies?”
New York: “Da thing is that Boogies iz right around here.”
Mike: “Where is the Boogies?”
New York: “Da thing is that Boogies iz right around here.”

The Armada House!

(no pics… A70 outa batteries)

We were then invited back to the Armada house. Mike stayed and gave us directions back. The Armada house was a three-story luxury home that must have cost $10 million. The party continued. We all ended up in the basement. There were all kinds of pros there… lots from Session 1242. Pep Fujas is a pool shark… for a little while… at least while he was on my team (sunk 5 balls to win). Blurred and Danny played pool with Pep and Eric Iberg for something like 2 hours and kicked ass too. I talked a lot with New York, Mike, and Eric Iberg (skier/cinematographer/producer) named. CR Johnson was there to as was Kye. There was also an attractive pro snowboarder gal named Mindy or something like that. The whole night was obviously fuzzy. Allison went off somewhere with Mike and we were all invited to crash for the night. What an unbelievable party. We woke up in the morning with hangovers all around and hit the rode back to Summit.

This was an unbelievable part and I felt very privileged to have been there. I would give my left nut to go back again next year.

KD! THANKS A MILLION FOR THE HOOKUP!

Add in guys!

[meatdrink9]

Nice work guys.

jealous ===> me

[iskibc]

Great report SC. Sounds like you guys had some fun. Very jealous.

[iceman]

Nice hat, Gilligan.

[Blurred Elevens]

I.I. Skipper.

[splat]

hobnobbin with the riff-raff.
nice to see ya out of the closet, there, blurred.

[Blurred Elevens]

Lord knows I forgot a second or two of that night due to alcohol overload......However,It was nothing short of amazing, surreal and beautiful.

I loved the SC1776 analogy of rather going back there than to The Academy Awards. It's true. It WAS THAT GOOD.

All thanks goes to KevinDineen, Bossass, Metcalf and the rest for the invite, a perfect party, and for something me and my friends will NEVER forget. Thank you for keeping the soul, life and spirit of skiing alive and blazing!!!! POWDER FUCKING RULES!!!!!!!! (TGR is pretty kick your mom in the face sweet too!)

[FLEX]

Sounds like a good time................hell........even without hearing your recap of the night, I would choose the Pow Video Awards over the Acadamy Awards .....always........no questions.

[bad_roo]

http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic17741.jpg
Shane McConkey presents Blurred with the award for Best Break-In Performance...

[Mcwop]

Cool report

Where are the pics of the two hot chicks in revealing dresses who handed out the awards?

[road trip]

Awesome stuff. Thanks...

[lax]

Originally posted by Mcwop
Cool report

Where are the pics of the two hot chicks in revealing dresses who handed out the awards?

Originally posted by SummitCo 1776
Kristie and Sarah are H-O-T!

look them up yourself

[Honc]

Originally posted by SummitCo 1776
. Allison went off somewhere with Mike and we were all invited to crash for the night.

Where did they go?

[Mcwop]

Originally posted by lax
look them up yourself

Ok, but many of us may never see the dresses.

http://www.freeskier.com/images/gall...0104127-03.jpg

http://www.freeskier.com/images/gall...0104127-03.jpg

[The Reverend Floater]

Yeah, but he's wearing his sunglasses at night.

[bluewood_skier]

wow, that sounds so awesome. i totally would rather be there than any awards show in hollywood!!

[lax]

Originally posted by SummitCo 1776

http://www.biglines.com/photos/blpic17737.jpg
Blurred about to make out with Jamie Pierre

first off blurred is clearly taking advantage of a shitfaced hombre, jamie looks like hes about to pass out in blurred's arms (you'd like that wouldn't you blurred)

Originally posted by SummitCo 1776
Kristie and Sarah are H-O-T!

http://www.freeskier.com/images/gall...0104127-03.jpg

http://www.freeskier.com/images/gall...0104127-03.jpg

second how is it that two of the greatest female skiiers are hot. like genuinely hot, like if-i-had-sex-with-her-my-life-would-be complete-HOT??? what are the odds?? I mean cmon...i bet theres some chick out there who can fucking rip the shit out of these two like big time (like candide would), but is boot as hell...

[lax]

kristi
http://www.killingtonmountainschool....s/kristi.j.jpg
http://www.freeskier.com/images/gall...0104127-03.jpg
kristi w/ pep
http://i.timeinc.net//freeze/content...s/ecmt.pt9.jpg

sarah
http://www.powdermag.com/onlineexclusives/sarah3lg.jpg

candide mackin les deux

http://i.timeinc.net/freeze/content/...t_sb_kl-os.jpg

[The Reverend Floater]

Originally posted by lax


second how is it that two of the greatest female skiiers are hot. like genuinely hot, like if-i-had-sex-with-her-my-life-would-be complete-HOT??? what are the odds??

You should be in marketing.

[summit]

allison went off to smoke... she has a b/f

I would've taken more pictures but no batteries and not enough room on the CF.

there was much alchoholage... over 36 bottles of beer on the wall for 4 people...

edited to add:

POWDER RULES!

I forgot to thank bossass and metcalf too! You guys rule!

knockneedman sorry we missed you!

[Blurred Elevens]

Originally posted by SummitCo 1776


there was much alchoholage... over 36 bottles of beer on the wall for 4 people...

Yeah, and you only had two beers and were falling down drunk you little panty-waste!!!

[Blurred Elevens]

Bumping the best night of many.

[summit]

hey! i had 4 beers!

sidenote... those sunglasses... brett lost him during his crazy dancin

[bossass]

You forgot about the part where allison flashed her boobies to every pro walking by to get their photo taken. I especially enjoyed that part, as I was escorting them all back to the photo studio. If I recall correct, she flashed pierre, pep, and our photo editor Dave Reddick. The next day Dave said, "She pulled her top up all the way, grabbed each one, and jammed them into her mouth." I know our assistant photo editor, Morgan, got at least one shot of the debauchery.

[Pinner]

pics!!!