Ah…editing episode two.

Ah, editing episode two…

After Mount Hood, The Circus met up again in late August to brainstorm what we wanted to do for the second episode.  A few weeks later we had gone grass skiing, visited friends in Vermont and watched three straight days worth of ski movies at IF3 in Montreal.

Episode two includes these very random weekend trips through late August and September that for a second had us thinking that maybe summer in the northeast wasn’t so bad after all.

Here is a hint: If you’re not a fan of The Traveling Circus on Facebook. Do it up! Episode two might be on there sooner than you think.

-Shane (TC filmer/editor guy)

IF3 and Burlington fun!

After the long voyage down south we all needed to have a little fun and a few weeks later drove up to Burlington Vermont for IF3, Meatheads premiere and an epic Leddy session. IF3 for the last three years has been a huge event for us and always a fun time. This year was no different and after the long weekend of ski movies, dope fly party’s and watching our friend Ross’s life fall apart we returned to Burlington ready to rest for a few days.

After a few days of much needed rest Will and I spent the first part of the week fixing his old rails and helping the Meatheads get ready for the home town showing. That Friday we all headed down to Leddy for the most epic session ever, jibbing on the beach at sunset. After a quick change of cloths we all shook off the sand and hustled over to UVM just in time for the first movie. Both showings where packed and with plenty of sponsor toss outs everyone had a fun time.

-Andy

Episode 2 – No Snow? No Problem.

After Windells Camp ended, we flew home to the east coast and the realization of summertime set in.  Something must be done.  Astroturf and PVC rails in the backyard wasn’t going to cut it…

…So we drove 8 hours to Virginia?

The home state of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson boasts two of North America’s most epic destinations for snowless skiing.  After a night of camping, we headed over to Bryce Resort for some grass skiing.  Grass skiing feels some what like rollerblading in grass, but there are no wheels, just a track(like on a tank or snowcat) that is oiled and rotates around a center metal piece.  How do you stop? It can get interesting.  After some weak attempts at tricks on the grass skis, we decided to go all out for the most extreme day possible.

We drove south a few hours to Liberty University, home of the first snowflex center in North America.  It’s been years of seeing dryslope pictures from Europe, thinking how awesome it would be to ski year round.  Finally, at long last, we had the chance to ride one!  It was pretty cool to see people stoked on skiing and riding in the middle of August in a town that gets a few inches of snow a year max.  To add to the experience, the entire slope was lit up and open till 10 at night.

Huge Thanks to Horst at Bryce Mountain and Eric from Liberty University for helping us ski in the middle of Summer.

-Will

Ski Company sale

It was only a few years ago that Will and I were walking around the Ski Company sale in Rochester NY looking for good deals and getting pros autographs. Crazy how things have changed and somehow this year both of us had our own posters, table, and black sharpie markers for signing autographs. In the mist of the area’s biggest Ski and Snowboard sale Will and I set up shop under the Line tent for Friday night and Saturday answering questions like “Who are you?” , “What the hell is Traveling Circus?” and of course “Why are the back of those skis turned up?”. Fortunately Will and I had all the answers, and over the course of two days may have even convinced some people to go home and watch  Traveling Circus.

All in all it was a great time, we made some shy kids go hit on a group of girls with the flawless opening “How much does a polar bear weigh?”, signed a bunch of autographs, yelled at kids to buy Line stuff (believe it or not it worked) and even got our own limited edition poster. Thanks to everyone that at the sale, everyone who came out, Rene for being a kick ass Line rep, and the Ski Company for inviting us.