Before long we will be into the true stories of Shredman. more to come in his exciting advetures.

Now we never said that Shredman was innocent, quite the contrary. He call's it like it is and adds a bit of color to his description of the world he lives in.

Its 70 degrees here in Corralitos and this high pressure system that has been dominating the west coast is strengthening again. We have offshore winds and the sky is so clear you can see a hundred miles. Certainly the weather isn't anything to complain about, but then we have had do little rain and the Sierra snowpack is as thin as its ever been for this time of year. Roll back to 1978, Doug Olson and I packed up our bags and moved to Aspen, Colorado. This photo of Doug was taken in October 1978, snurfing in Mountain Boy Gulch. That was an epic season, it just started snowing and didn't stop, it was truly one of the best snow years.

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Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding, the access, the speed and control, unfortunately that is getting to be an expensive ride. If you live at a resort and have easy access to the slopes, cherish that and never give it up. If you don't live at a resort, you do whatever you can to have your time on the slopes and that is the challlenge and with $5 gas its going to get expensive to hit the slopes. So in the meantime we look for alternatives to the snowsporting life and Snurfing has always been a backup plan for me. All you need is a few inches of snow and a yard with a hill and of course your board. We made these tracks in front of the Strawberry lodge the day before heading up to the mountain..

We just got back last nite from Tahoe, two days at Sierra and one day Snurfing at Echo Summit. 710 miles of driving round trip. 14 high school seniors, 4 parents and only 3 stitches. The snow was terrific at Sierra at Tahoe, looking forward to our next trip. Hoping eventually we get some of the snow that the northwest and rockies are seeing, its still fun. get out there.

"We could do a surfin" bit"

Not to mention we are doing all these things, life is good.

We figured we would start with the media. Get the old stuff out there. Slowly introduce Shredman to the masses. Anything is possible.

Is this how it all begins?

My brother Jay is an incredible illustrator. Back in the 1980's he developed an illustrated series called "Shredman". There are many great drawings and we plan to launch a line of t-shirts showcasing his work. If you see one out there buy it.

Members of the board; "Pioneers of Shred"

It was monday, January 22 and Kevin Delaney and I are on our way to the Airport in San Francisco. We have a destination, Aspen, Colorado where we were invited to participate in a panel discussion hosted by the Aspen Historical Society. We arrived in Aspen to an awaiting limo which in turn brought us to our hotel at the base of Aspen Mountain. They were having a party for us and we had a great time. Monday ended up being a rather long day, catching up with friends, enjoying the town. tuesday morning and I awake at 5:30 am, it has snowed overnite and there appears to be 3-4 inches of new snow. I break out my boards and head to the bottom of Ajax, I snurf in the dark until the sun rises and continue on until things start to get busy. I have an interview at the top of the mountain at 8am and have to ride the gondola to the top. I change equipment and now have my snowboard. Mike Troppman and Melinda Armani are the first to join me for a snurf, I think they are hooked. The day progresses and we soon have our group together, Kevin, myself, Larry Madden, Susan, Chris Tribble, Chris Klug, Kevin Decarlo, and its up and await to snowboard on Aspen Mountain. It was a great powder, with the new fresh on top of previous storms. Fully satisfied, we end our day and prepare for the evenings event at the Wheeler opera house, Pioneers of Shred. Moderated by Chris Klug and Travis McClain. We toured our history of snowboarding in the Roaring Fork Valley. It will go down as a historic event. Thank to the aspen historical society for being our host.

JG