Ready, Set, HUCK It !!!

Big Air + Big Biz = ESPN's X-Games.  For the 7th straight year Aspen is the site of Winter X, and we're locked in through 2010.  Every year X gets bigger, better and more corporate.  The swag alone must be worth millions.  About 80,000 fans will bus themselves into B-Milk over the next 4 days to experience the games. Tune into ESPN on Jan 24th-27th to see all the action, LIVE. 

You'll be eatin' popcorn and we'll be wearing the warmest possible foot-gear we can find.  There are so many events, parties, concerts and promotions that we'll be workin' it full time in the FBC (four block core).  Hopefully we'll survive the weekend.

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It's all GOLD. (From Left, Tucker Hibbert who won his first Sno-Cross Gold at 15, Tanner Hall has won 6 Golds at X, a record, and SnowBoarder Hannah Teter who won the Olympic Gold in 2006.

King and Queen of the superpipe. Boarders,  Steve Fisher (Team Rip It)has 2 Golds including 2007, and Kristi Leskinen is a pipe pioneer, and a very pretty lady.

A-Town Dream Team. Photo pro Zach Ornitz from the Daily News, David Perry and Jeff Hanle from ASC and Mountain Man /TV Host Chris Davenport.
Lady's snowboard superpipe returning champ Torah Bright is an Aussie and a cutie.  She's named aftrer the sacred text.

Home grown hottie Gretchen Bleiler has won X-Gold and Olympic Silver. Look for her fashion line GB, next Fall. 
X-Games legend Shaun Palmer, now 39 yrs old , has 6 X-Games Golds. He's tied with Tanner Hall and Shawn White for the most all-time.

Grin and Bear it.

Skiing conditions on Ajax were super-de-duper yesterday.   About 6 inches of fresh snow mixed with a warm, sunny, "bluebird" of a day.  The only issue that came up to inhibit our fun was the potential crises in the world financial markets. 

How did the staff at Aspen Spin handle the near collapse of the stock market?    We wore a diaper under our Gore-Tex.  

          The Bears are winning.
                What me Worry? Yup!!!

                                                                    
Just another day in the salt mine.

2 Birds and the Bowl.

Thank You.  We've been receiving  lots of photos from our viewers.  If you've sent us your own art, we will try our best to use it, however,  pix from camera phones usually won't make the cut.  It's a pixel thing. 

The photograph featured below was taken by Mario Careaga.  We're calling it:

                                                 2 Birds and the Bowl.

Straight Line

Even some of the straight folks came out to play during GSW.   The ski conditions are still awesome---despite
Click here to see the Straight Line Pixthe mercury getting down to 20 below overnight.   We've  been getting it done in the White Room every day, but------ man it's cold.   That's January in Aspen.

Nello Balan, owner of the famed NYC restaurant that bears his name was in Aspen to ski with his wife Elbi and their kids.  The Balan's threw a phenomenal party at The Little Nell that was well attended by the skiers and the fashionistas alike. 

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This week is setting up to be a HUGE one as X-Games ignite on Thursday.  The pow and the parties are gonna be siiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!!  Stay tuned.                                                        

Every Day, in Every Way

Gay Ski Week is still humming, and there's plenty of DNA around town to prove it.  Tonight's pool party at the ARC should be siiiiiiiiick, but A-spin's going to have to take a "pass-a-dina".   No bananna hamocks for us, but send us your pix.

The costume downhill is always one of the highlights of GSW,  but the 10 degree temperature made for some chilly willy's.   The SHOW MUST GO ON!!!     All these pix are thumb-nails,  click 'em for a better view.

Gelsey stuck on the Matterhorn by Karen Kilimnik.  It's this year's lift ticket.       
Extreme skier Christy Sauer from AAM dressed as Gelsey.                          
"I've gotta be me!! performed by Roxie Rubenstein.                              
A pair of Cher's. These 2 guys are so Gay ---"every day in every way" they sung in unison.                         
Scott from L.A. dressed as toe tapping Idaho Senator Larry Craig.

The G Force, an all-gay, all-star ice hockey squad put on their "game faces".
The Hindu Gods from Boulder Co.

Mario and his Fla. Kitty Kat Klub. Ray, Maria, Lisa & Adrienne. Behind the velvet rope.  
L.A. divas Mary and J. "just J." chilled out in the V.I.P area.                                                    

Captain of the Euro Trash, Freddy Ricard prepares to "take on" G-Force.