January 1, 2023

2022

 WTF. How did I miss the years. 

I’ve been riding a lot. Not like some friends who ride all day every day. Last year I managed 149 days. This year I could match that and add a few days. 

I’m building my boards, living my life and battling metastatic papillary carcinoma in my thyroid. Alternative treatments are working and I’m proud of my accomplishments. 

Enjoy every day. Jg

Three years gone by and look at where we are now?

 The past two years have been a challenge, first my dad died from complications of his Dementia.

A year later mom passed right at the beginning of the Corona Virus lockdown and the worst part is they wouldn't let us visit her during her final days. The last time we saw each other was through the window at the lifecare facility. 

Now we've been in some form of lockdown since march of 2020.

Eldorado county is at the highest tier due to a shortage of ICU beds.

300,000 people have died from the Virus and comorbidity, typically some other condition. Covid is like an accelerator, it speeds things up for people with poor health and health conditions.

Enough.

We are still suffering through an election where there is corruption, unconstitutional behavior on behalf of states and a really angry population.

I watched my dad develop his dementia, it sure looks a lot like what is going on with Joe Biden?

How can someone in his condition be elected to the highest office of the land is beyond my comprehension.

To kick things off. 

We are launching "Shredman"

Enjoy

So as I sit here starting to write the new post I have to wonder where did last season go?
I managed to log over 1.5 million vertical feet and hardly snurfed at all? go figure it was one of those years where it was best up on lift serviced terrain.

Well that's no excuse.

So moving forward this will be a season to make a difference, Grellboards will go back into a limited production and for those of you who brave reading my posts, perhaps there is a board with your name on it.

In the short term, I've been building scale models of my designs and they have a purpose.

The purpose is to be able to build more boards at a cheaper cost and now I can make six at a time with whatever design I want to integrate in to the board. The excitement of building continues only on a different scale.

My dad died this past June and he loved bluebirds, so he's up there feeding them and looking down on me along with Anne, and Roxy.  Loosing the ones you love is tough. I sure did love that snow dog.

JG

Summer 2017 ended with a snowstorm

Its been a while since I've posted anything on this blog, I guess its been a summer of discontent.
I've been working alot, haven't had the focus I've had in the past and have only just recently started working in my shop again. The shop is still a mess and I'm a bit better than that. Its coming up on two years since my beloved Anne died and went to heaven.

I've moved on and am ready to enjoy a great season ahead. I have heard that the upcoming 2017-2018 season will be a 200 year event. What that means is we could have even more snow than in 2016-17.
Since that was a record year, I'm excited to see the deepest snowpack ever.

My friend Steve Klassen, a legend and wonderful friend sent me a message this morning and said he was going on a Snurfari, sure enough, he found good snow and a fun pitch. Steve goes down with one of the longest running season, August 6, to one of the earliest starts to the upcoming season, September 24. Bearly 6 weeks between fun on  the snow.

I am going to make my best effort this season to give my readers a reason to follow my adventures and hope you will respond with feedback, photos and other interesting things that involve the "Snurfari Adventure" in all of us.

JG

I'm officially starting winter tonight

Imagine.
The world is warming,
global warming is ruining our winters,
its to warm,
its doesn't rain enough,
where's the snow.

The way I figure it, when I look back on my 58 years and remember the variability of each winter, its always been unpredictable.To say this causes that or to think that when I was young it was colder or snowier, its never the same from one year to the next. I hear people tell me that we have to save the planet, face it, the planet doesn't care about humans. It has been here for a billion plus years and will be for the next billion. The trees will grow back, the oceans will teem with life, all signs of humanity will vanish and the planet will just keep on doing what it does. What we really need is a really cold subzero winter with 30 plus days. Freeze all the stinking bugs, rejuvenate the earth.

So with that phrophetic vision, we are still here on this planet, and winter is just kicking in, don't let your guard down, its going to snow, the resorts will open, the back country will still be a dangerous place and some of you won't make it til spring.

When you are freezing cold and stuck on the side of a mountain because you thought winter was over, remember, Mother Nature is in charge.
JG

Believe it "Winter is coming and its going to hit fast"

Here we are into November of 2016, its been one hell of a year for me, I've been on the roller coast of my life and some of it has been terrific and fun and other parts of it have been pure hell.
Looking the love of your life is tough, meeting a new love of your life and loosing them to is enough to "drain the swamp".
All the old love songs are pretty much the same, man meets woman, life is great until it isn't the the agony of a breakup haunts you every minute.

What does any of this have to do with Snurfari, well it is a part of my journey which will culminate in some great turns ahead. I'm ready to hike, I'm ready to ride lifts, I have an Epic Pass, a mammoth pass and a sierra at tahoe pass and if I have to I can buy a ticket anywhere I go.

Until my next post.

I'm proud to be a republican and that my vote for Donald Trump mean't something, he will be a great President and if you disagree, get over it. All the rhetoric on the campaign trail was in the moment, now its time to get down to business and "Make America Great Again". JG