A Decade In …
Ten years ago, I was a senior journalism student at the University of Florida, trying to figure out what the hell I was going to do with my life. I knew, if all went well, I would be writing something, somewhere, for someone—and hopefully getting paid to do so. But, just in case, I was…
Read MoreThere are no emergencies in Puerto Rico
I just returned from what was supposed to be my Spring Break ’08, five days of embracing my inner 21-year-old, hiking the rainforest and surfing with friends. It was all that, and a seven-hour, horrific trip to the San Juan Presbyterian Emergency Room after stepping on something angry in the ocean. And so, instead of…
Read MoreNew York is Magical
It’s hard to write a travel blog when you’re not traveling. So I spent the week looking at New York as a traveler (and celebrating my birthday over and over and over again). A few things I learned … No one actually wants to take your photo when you ask them on the street: Friday…
Read MoreGuest Blog: Lindsay’s Amazing Race
As I sit here in an uncomfortable (yet ergonomic!) chair, at my desk, in an office, under flourescent lighting, Lindsay files this report from a cafe in Monaco. I am having a hard time finding pity for her travel woes … Some days, it can be so easy to hop all over the world. But…
Read MoreMen’s Fitness article: No Time For Never
My article on San Diego triathlete Matt Bigos is out, in the March issue of Men’s Fitness. Check out a PDF of the story on my ARTICLES page (It’s the top story). A bit of backstory on Bigos … Matt, a former motocross racer, was paralyzed in a 2003 car accident. Travis Pastrana was driving…
Read MoreNew York Minute?
You know the saying, and the song … a whole heck of a lot happens in a New York minute. As the theory goes, time here in the Big Apple flies by at warp speed. Blink, and Monday is Thursday. Unless, of course, you are me, and it is this week, and I am all…
Read MoreA Grand Weekend
A short 30 hours after my scheduled flight out of Jackson Hole, I arrived at Tamarack Resort in midwestern Idaho for the second stop of the U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix. I thought no place on earth could have more snow than Jackson Hole. I was wrong. For most of the two-hour drive from the Boise…
Read MoreLindsay’s Guest Blog: Duck, Duck … Bush
While I was taking powder runs (and working very, very hard) in Jackson Hole, Miss Berra drove from Jersey to D.C. to accompany the Anaheim Ducks to the White House. Here’s her account of the day … I HAD NEVER been to the White House, so when my editor Mark Giles got a call from…
Read MoreThe Hole Story
So I’ve got a few hours to kill. The snow storm that brought me the most fun six days of snowboarding I’ve had in my life is now holding me hostage inside the Jackson Hole airport. Scheduled departure time: 1:22 pm. Time at posting of this blog entry: 8:22 pm. I might be sleeping here.…
Read MoreCoverage of Our Coverage of Bleiler
Those of us who cover action sports don’t need to be reminded how much these sports are growing, both in popularity and coverage. This weekend at the Natural Selection, writers from Rolling Stone, Men’s Journal, Outside, Men’s Health, and of course, ESPN The Mag, showed up in Jackson Hole to write about the contest (and…
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