What’s all the way out in Vermont aside from snow and mountains? The Burton 2008 US Open of course. My friend Ian and I went out to check out this snowboarding extravaganza. The snowboarders were amazing, flying off the half-pipes no problem. I got some pretty sick photos of the pro boarders coming off the pipe and of the serene countryside known as Vermont.

Of course while I was there I decided to try snowboarding for the first time ever. With my trusty guide, he taught all about the art of gliding down the hill and all I managed to master was the tumbleweed. I was nasty at it, pulling a 1080 tumbleweed was no problem as long as no one got in the way of my graceful tumbling. That aside, it was awesome because I managed to start going up the mountain on lifts the very same day. Snow boarding is amazing, a whole different sport entirely. I don’t think the whole half-pipe thing is for me, but I’ll be sure to go snowboarding some more in the future! Pictures will follow sometime soon, so keep an eye out for those!