A busy offseason
Hello hello. So you would think with this being my “offseason” and all that I would be able to blog at least twice a week right? Well apparently not!
If you’re wondering what it is that I actually do during this time of the year, here is a quick run down, with pics!
Review first Oakley prototypes of Gretchen Bleiler Collection. Yes I do get my very own GB Collection with Oakley for fall 2008! I’ve been collaborating all winter with Oakley design to create a whole collection of outerwear and accessories; it’s going to be so HOT and warm! But more on that later…
Two-week surf trip to Dominical, Costa Rica for um…cross training!
Back to Aspen for my big brother, Chad’s, engagement party. It was a fun filled weekend of eating, drinking, rafting, eating, drinking and eating.
Then to Portland for a Nike catalog photo shoot. This time it was yoga, running, and chilling by the bball court in Portland, so keep your eye out for the Nike catalog coming your way soon.
After Ptown it was straight to CA for another opportunity with Nike, but this time it was for a new TV and Internet ad campaign based around women and sports. I was in the company of many amazing women athletes including Mia Hamm, Gabrielle Reece and Picabo Street, among others. This is going to be a super powerful campaign and I was very honored to have even been a part of it. So again, be on the lookout!
Next was a trip up to the Level Gloves headquarters in Stowe, Vt. I just signed with Level Gloves this past season so I was overdue for a trip to meet the entire crew and to start collaborating on my own signature glove (due out fall 2008, are you noticing a certain theme here?!) as well as help with feedback on their all new Women’s specific Bliss Line. Charlie, Bruce, Jason, Mauro and Valter are all great people and really care about making great gloves. Not only that but they’re going to donate a percentage of all of their Bliss glove sales to the effort to stop global warming!
We also stopped by Bud Keene’s camp, 45 North, that’s also based out of Stowe. It’s a skate/ dry land snowboard camp, but it has other sports others sports, with all different types of skate set ups, ramps that shoot you into foam pits, and trampolines. It really looked like all of the kids were tearing it up and progressing so nice work Bud and crew! And thanks to the Level Crew for such a great trip!
I was fortunate enough to have my very own two-day private Rider’s Edge training course with Harley Davidson in Grand Junction, Colo., next. Harley Davidson is a new sponsor of mine, and I can’t even begin to tell you how thrilled I am about this because one, I love riding, and two, because I’m getting a beautiful, brand new Harley Davidson Nightster! All the guys at Grand Junction Harley Davidson were so welcoming and encouraging, a lot like snowboarding actually! My rider coach, Tom, whipped me through the course in two days and I departed with my motorcycle license in hand, a lot more knowledge and respect for the road and a crazy urge to get out there and ride! A very special thanks to Scott Lindsay, Tom Jackson, Jane Jackson for taking pictures and getting me a chocolate cake for my graduation! Harley Davidson and the whole crew at Harley Davidson Grand Junction!
A quick shoot with Aspen/Snowmass for next year’s ad and now I’m in Oregon snowboarding again! We’ve got a quarter pipe, halfpipe and slopestyle contest coming up Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Summer riding, got to love it!
Ciao