Archives for the ‘30s Thursday’ Category

30s Thursday: iPhone Gems»

I scrolled through the memory banks of my iPhone and picked out 5 video gems to share.  None are longer than 30 sec.  Most are much shorter.  NOTE: THIS WILL BE A WASTE OF YOUR TIME.
1.) Jack Mitrani’s Announcer-Man Voice
In this clip, Jack is doing his best impersonation of Brad J, a guy who I [...]

01/28/10 » No Comments
30′s Thursday: The Official Snow Basin (Bathroom) Review»

Last week, the downstairs bathroom in the base lodge at Snow Basin, UT became second nicest place I’ve ever taken a crap.  It’s typically never fun to stop and have the runs when your out taking them – but I’d argue that the gold-plated toilet bowl plumbing, solid floor-to-ceiling-cherry-wood bathroom stall doors and the decorative [...]

01/21/10 » 8 Comments
30s Thursday: Preston’s Poems™»

5 Geographic Limericks
Your normal 30’s Thursday programming has been temporarily* replaced with Preston’s Poems™.   I have decided to dabble in Action Sport’s Poetry!  An extreme (-ly lame), cutting edge form of snowboard journalism/entertainment.
The following are five limericks inspired by The Man From Nantucket.
Bear.
There once was this man from Big Bear.
He had a perfect deep tan [...]

01/14/10 » 9 Comments
30′s Thursday: The Danny Davis Look-a-Likes»

Danny Davis. Photo courtesy Boardistan.
This article is a perfect example of the feast of d-grade crap that is served up to the Internet everyday.   Millions (if not billions) of people around the World Wide Web, force-feed the Internet with photos, videos and text, under the loose license of journalism leading to our epidemic state [...]

01/07/10 » 8 Comments
Best of 2009 — 30s Thursday»

High Cascade superstar and all around great old man Preston Strout is an incredibly busy, but funny human being. He’s been kind enough to offer his unique brand of humor in the form of a weekly column about old age and other random stuff, 30s Thursday. One of Preston’s early efforts entitled, “Skiing and Snowboarding [...]

12/31/09 » 2 Comments
30s Thursday’s Last Minute Gift Ideas»

I went to Target yesterday to buy a trashcan. On my journey through the store I walked by the clothing section and there it was!  Shaun White 4 Target.
I had heard Shaun had his own line of T-Mart clothes a few years back, but I had never actually seen it with my own eyes…  There, [...]

12/24/09 » 7 Comments
30s Thursday’s Xmas Wishlist»

I once heard life described through the “4 Stages of Santa Claus.”
Stage 1: You believe in Santa Claus.
Stage 2: You don’t believe in Santa Claus.
Stage 3: You Are Santa Claus.
Stage 4: You look like Santa Claus.
Now that I’m in my 30s I guess I should be in Stage 3 where I am Santa Claus, but [...]

12/17/09 » 7 Comments
30′s Thursday: The Old Man in the Mountain»

A few years back I rode the chairlift at Waterville Valley, NH with an old guy. He looked to be in his mid sixties, and I was impressed that he was still out there skiing.  On his jacket was a patch that subtly, yet proudly stated “85+”, something I thought nothing of it at first.  [...]

12/03/09 » 12 Comments
30s Thursday’s Thanksgiving Snowboard Grab Menu»

If your passion for carving corduroy outweighs your craving for carving turkey, you’ll find the following Thanksgiving Menu right up your alley.  This list is a cornucopia of real snowboard grabs named after food you’ll just want to gobble up.  (Actually visualize, or act some of these out, as a few of them are mind-boggling.)
Caution: [...]

11/26/09 » 2 Comments
30s Thursday = Free Pizza»

This isn’t even an article.  It’s a scheme to get more Twitter followers for High Cascade Snowboard Camp.  But read on – because I’ll buy you a cheese pizza.
Here’s the deal:
– Follow High Cascade Snowboard Camp on Twitter. Click Here.
(if you’re on Twitter already it’ll take 10 sec.  If you’re not, it’ll take 1 minute.)
– [...]

11/19/09 » 9 Comments
The Double Cork Hits Home (and 30s Thursday)»

Shaun White will make the double-cork a TV household name this winter on NBC, ESPN and beyond.  Make no mistake that his command over these tricks and determination to bring them into the competitive arena is truly impressive.  If this were NASCAR, Shaun basically just built a car that’s twice as fast, and the rest [...]

11/12/09 » 17 Comments
30s Thursday: Cookie Currency»

The ability to bake a good chocolate chip cookie can help secure a free ride to the mountain, extend a couch surfing welcome a few days and generally enhance the lives of everyone around you this winter.
My advice: Learn how to make the following chocolate chip cookies, and practice by making them for a friend, [...]

11/05/09 » 6 Comments
30s Thursday: Don’t Go Blind This Winter»

Nowadays, there are whole mountains that are nothing but parks, such as Echo. But don’t forget to make some turns. photo: Chris Garrison
Over the years I’ve noticed our population forgetting the beauty of the simple groomed trail, mistaking it as nothing more than a necessary evil to help deliver you to the top of [...]

10/29/09 » 14 Comments
30s Thursday is in a Rut»

This handplant is five years old, but yet Preston is still doing it.
If you’re like me, you sometimes get stuck in ruts.  Days turn into weeks, and I realize I’ve been doing the same thing over and over. Days turn into weeks, and I realize I’ve been doing the same thing over and over [...]

10/22/09 » 9 Comments
30s Thursday is on Vacation»

So I’m on vacation right now in Hawaii getting ready to write a 30′s Thursday for Yobeat when the reality of this situation punched me in the face.  Why the hell am I writing an article for Yobeat while I’m on vacation?
The End.

10/15/09 » 3 Comments