Our friends over at Outside Magazine have posted their Summer Buyer’s Guide. If you are trying to figure out what sleeping bag to pickup for your affair with the Sierra or pair of boots for time in the Rockies then head on over to the buyer’s guide and get an educated opinion.
This Friday, June 26 at REI stores and REI.com the summer sale clearance begins. Items will be up 30% off. Be sure and get there early to grab some product for your summer adventures.
You can expect to save 20% – 30% on selected clothing, footwear, and camping and cycling gear. Selected bikes will be 15% – 20% off.
We all find ourselves scouring our collection of iTunes music for training music. Before my last half-marathon I carefully chose just enough music to finish without hearing one song twice. I timed it just so I would make my goal. As the race came to a close (iPods were legal) I picked up the pace as the final song came on. Normally I would have waited much later to pick up the pace for the final sprint – but the song urged me on. And so I only heard the first few seconds of the first song. Mission accomplished.
Finding the right music takes a little time. Our buddy Fitz Cahall over at The Dirtbag Diaries has sweet music on his site and I from time to time grab it and go.
My latest find from KCRW in LA is Loney Dear. The lead is Emil Svanangen an ex-pro cyclist. Spin Magazine says of Loney Dear, “Despair has never sounded so sweet.” But I beg to differ. There have been a few long climbs I have made where I could have used his music. Check them out on their site and their myspace page.
Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature’s most spectacular locales — from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska — The National Parks: America’s Best Idea is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background — rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy. It is a story full of struggle and conflict, high ideals and crass opportunism, stirring adventure and enduring inspiration – set against the most breathtaking backdrops imaginable.
At 3:50 on Monday, June 15th, the Budget Conference Committee voted in favor of an alternative to Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposal to present to the California State Legislature. While the Governor proposed withdrawing all General Fund support and closing 220 state parks, the committee today voted in favor of an alternative that would purportedly keep all California State Parks open.
The committee’s alternative proposal is to impose a $15 fee per registered vehichle to fund California State Parks. Those driving California registered vehicles would then be given free day use of all California State Parks.
EC has been busy lately producing some 80’s Rock!
Rumor is he shaped the board in the pants from this video too…
His Example: EVH Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein Replica guitar Solid-Body
EC’s Replica:
Check out what else he is capable of at the EC site, www.ecsurfboards.com, or just go their to learn the business number so you can call EC to sing your favorite 80’s Monster Ballad into his voice mail with your next order.
With the concerns in the media about the United States economy, it seems people are trying to spend their money and play close to home. This is keeping EC busy as he has been shaping some serious works of art.
Boards of the Month:
Model– Pistelero
–The Mod Sleds
–Super Sled
EC has some sick sleds but these are making me thirst for a new shredder…
Check out his site for a full list of his models and some of the custom work that has been done or submitted in art shows, http://www.ecsurfboards.com/.
And, when you call him for your new toy tell him you heard it hear, outsideallday, and we will make sure he gives you 10% off your order, or I will give him double flats in his tires next time we get out on the trails.