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Trip Report 70s Style: Drinking, Smoking, and Skiing Like Fiends – Nothing’s Changed in 5 Decades!

I was riding with those outlaw Vasques Brothers Sam and Noah, and I knew the drill: drink and smoke ‘till we hit the lot, slip-slide and cuss putting our boots on, ski like fiends, then hung-over by 2 PM… with a long drive home. We were headin’ out of Modesto, CA (our home town) up to Bear Valley ski resort […]

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Mota Bota | July 27, 2020

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“Symbiosis Gathering” Review | Your CA Burning Man Alternative

A perfect waterside location for such an event. We were located on a peninsula with plenty of swimming water on all sides and buoyed off especially for us. And the water *ohh the water* refreshing, clean, and convenient. So unlike Burning Man, everybody was nice and clean thanks to the Reservoir – I swam like a fool. Rumor has it they’re trying to bargain a lease of this area for the next five years; I hope it comes to […]

Mota Bota | October 11, 2013

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Tails of a Scoundrel | “Undeturd”, circa 1981

I met Brenda on a stay–and-ski weekend at Bear Valley (circa 1981), staying and skiing with my buddy Sam and our Girlfriends. We’d skied hard all day Saturday, and after dinner, I was the only one who wanted to go out. So we parted ways, they to bed, and I out to make mischief. It all began with dancing at the Avalanche. Brenda was […]