Blogs from Río Negro, Argentina, South America - page 12

After the snow hardened up I decided to hit the park and try to do some rails. After a sweet boardslide to rib-grind I had to take a week off the board completely, then another week of pretty light riding. A lot of backgammon and ping pong was played, along with a couple good parties. Here’s some downtime pictures!... read more

You never know how much you miss the green lushness of NC until you haven´t seen it for awhile and then BAM, there it is in front of you after so many weeks-months-years on the road. I have felt this familiar sensation of appreciation for my home state many times, though usually from an airplane. On Monday, I was welcomed into the arms of the most beautiful place I have ever seen, and let me tell you, NC has some catching up to do. Bariloche and its surrounding environs hold for me what are the holy trinity of outdoor loveliness: greenery, super tall snow-capped mountains and WATER. There is glorious, sparkling blue water everywhere you look. I don´t even need to leave my freakin´hostel room to see the water. It´s right there. After 3 1/2 weeks ... read more

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The first day we went up to the mountain it was too windy so we went over to Hotel Dinko to help them build their snowboard park. There’s a big group of locals that get together and build a park right next to the hotel. They do competitions and there’s a bar right next to it. Pretty sick setup! On Canada day we got about a foot of snow. It was insane! The terrain is a lot different than Canada. A lot of open runs and sweet cliffs, but not a lot of tree runs. Spending Canada day in winter was a different experience, but it felt right. The next couple days the mountain was closed to we just helped out with the snowboard park. Can’t wait until it’s done!... read more

The trip here was interesting. 49 hours of planes, airports and buses. Everything was going pretty good until the cab driver at the Buenos Aires airport tried to say I gave him 2 ten pesos bills instead of two hundreds. I should have learnt to say "give me back my money" in spanish. Probably with a few more F words in there, but i think i agreed not to swear on this blog site or I'd get kicked off. Eventually after me just saying no and two hundred a bunch of times he finally took me to the bus station. The bus station was a pretty interesting place, it was hard to take pictures from the bus but the station was surounded by some spretty interesting areas. It kind of looked like pictures I've seen of ... read more