Watch: Travis Rice and pals nose deep!

Until you've got a mouth full of powder you don't know what kissing is...

Until you’ve got your mouth full of powder, I always say, you don’t know what kissing is. One kiss goes on from phase to phase like one of those novels by Balzac and Zola and Romain Rolland and D. H. Lawrence and those chaps. And you never get tire. You’re on fourth speed all the time, and the engine purrs like a kitten, a big white kitten with the stars in its whiskers.

Yeah. That’s what I always say.

And now here is fourth speed from the Fourth Phase.


How to: Look when getting busted!

Halldór Helgason instructs!

Today is Halldór Helgason day here on LodgeGrit and why not? Have you watched his video part yet? Have you seen how his brother smashed one of the most famous living artists?

And now the Icelandic superstar teaches us how to look when getting busted by the fuzz!

How many times in your life have you gotten nipped for something only to behave in a very uncool way that you were very embarrassed about afterward? Every time for me.

Sometimes I am totally out of proportion livid. Spewing curses etc. Embarrassing!

Sometimes I am too friendly in always misguided attempts to beat the rap, even thanking the pigs when they hand over my fine. More embarrassing!

But examine our hero acting perfectly in the above shot! His bemused expression surely belittles the law to their very cores. He is far to rad to be undone by their bureaucratic nonsense. Their petty little bullshit.

And now I know how to act and now you do too.

Bemused!


Forecast: DUMP ALERT! DUMP ALERT!

Cancel your weekend plans!

Snort this fresh forecast, chopped just moments ago from the Weather Underground site:

Winter Storm Caly is kicking into gear Thursday in the Pacific Northwest, and will then lay down an over 2,600-mile swath of snow through the Rockies, Plains, Midwest and Northeast into early next week. With the coldest air of the season either in place or heading in, together with an active jet stream, the stage is set for this cross-country swath of snow.

Winter storm warnings have been issued for the Portland, Oregon, metro area, while Seattle has been placed under a winter weather advisory. This means significant amounts of snow, sleet or ice are expected. Once this subfreezing air is in place, it can be hard to dislodge, even near the Pacific coast, particularly if it is being resupplied from the east through breaks in the Cascade Range, such as the Fraser River Valley of Washington and Columbia River Gorge.
As of late Thursday morning, snow had been reported in northwest Oregon, including around Salem and Portland. In some areas, this snow may eventually change over to freezing rain in the lower elevations of the Pacific Northwest. Eugene, Oregon, had reported several hours of freezing rain Thursday morning.

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Bulletproof: Halldor Helgason Full Part!

Does it get any better? DOES IT?

For many, it’s tough to find the bright spots on the 2016 calendar but not for Halldór. He slid through 2016 like a king. From bronzing on the beaches of Monaco to locking down a movie project with his pal Sage Kotsenburg and Carlino behind the camera to launching a new outerwear brand, Atrip.

Bouncing between street missions, jumping, & powder on filming trips to Japan, Switzerland, Italy, & Minnesota; even a return to Superpark where he sent it to the moon.

And now, just as 2016 finally dies Captain Harold drops trou and whips it out:

his full part.

Halldor Helgason – Dayumm! Full Part from Sexual Snowboarding on Vimeo.


Jeff Koons poses with Michael Jackson and Bubbles when not snowboarding.

Burton: “This is the best graphic ever!”

Famous artist Jeff Koons designs! Should we see?

Jeff Koons is a very famous artist who uses aids to make metallic giant balloon animals and ceramic Michael Jackson with Bubbles and a naked lady coming out of a banana. His net worth is over $100,000,000.00 and he loves to represent the banal.

But wanna know what he thinks ain’t banal? What he thinks rules?

Snowboarding!

And he just partnered up with Jake Burton to make a $5000.00 board. Should we read about it in the New York Times?

Of course we should!

Around three years ago, at the urging of his children, the artist Jeff Koons learned how to snowboard. To his surprise, he fell in love with the sport — and it wasn’t just shreddin’ the gnar that captivated him.

“There’s this sense of vastness that overcomes you,” Mr. Koons said. “It’s an extremely philosophical, transcendent sport. You really feel connected to something much, much vaster than yourself. There’s a sense of space and time as very vast.”

As fate would have it, one of Mr. Koons’s former studio employees works at the Chill Foundation, a charity established by Jake and Donna Carpenter, the founders of Burton snowboards. The foundation helps children from underserved communities learn through competitive sport.

After Mr. Koons and Mr. Carpenter became friends, a new snowboard was born. Called the Philosopher, it marries Mr. Koons’s artistic skills and Mr. Carpenter’s technical finesse. In his design, Mr. Koons included a likeness of Plato and a rendering of the allegory of the cave (from Plato’s “Republic”).

“He wanted to use his creativity to create the best graphic ever,” Mr. Carpenter said. “I always thought of myself as a perfectionist. Let’s just say, not anymore. He takes it to a whole other level.”

Mr. Carpenter handled the board’s technical specifications, most notably making it a twin tip, meaning that a snowboarder can ride forward and backward. The tail is as wide as the nose.

Only 50 boards were made. The plan is for them to be sold, for $5,000 each, at an event in New York City, with all proceeds going to the Chill Foundation.

“We’ve done so many co-labels with so many organizations, but I don’t think we’ve ever done one with an individual who had such a passion for the sport,” Mr. Carpenter said.

Mr. Koons’s enthusiasm was apparent when he described how the act of planting both feet on a single board encourages a physical and spiritual convergence.

“There’s a sense of oneness,” Mr. Koons said. “No longer is it a left side-right side. You’re riding the board as one. I’ve never had a greater experience. Finally, you’re one again.”

Soooooo are you excited to see this best graphic ever?

Ready?

Can you wait?

Here it is!

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What the fuck.

That is ugly and NOT the best graphic ever. It is not even close.

And hello Eiki Helgason! You are still the winner! A better artist than Jeff Koons! $100,000,000.00 is basically in your pocket!

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