The Next Level

Michael David Cook @ The Aspen ClubEverybody knows that AspenSpin.com has a body built for partyin'.

Lately we've been taking our fitness training to THE NEXT LEVEL with Michael David Cook @ The Aspen Club.

With Michael's revolutionary program, The Next Level, we've established our goals and now we're gettin' after it.   MDC helped customize a workout regime   that helps improve strength, flexibility, quickness, agility, stamina and overall fitness.  

A-Spin's career as a professional athlete  is finally over- (PSIA certified ski pro 3 seasons, retired).  That doesn't mean we don't still want to rip it up hard on a POW day, --- all day long.  We're still trying to take it strong to the net in rec. hockey, and we like to walk the dog with no aches and pains.  HELP!!!

The Aspen Club has the best stocked gym in the world.  They have every type of weight, workout equipment, cardio machine, etc. and the professional trainers to show you how to use it all.  We asked Michael David Cook to come up with a plan stressing core strength, balance and to help build those explosive twitchy muscles that allow us to "take it to the house" ---everyday.  Whatever?  We just want to maximize our potential, physically.  Cook is highly trained--click the The Next Level to read about him.  He's even got a golf specific program for our more sedate golfing buddies.  

Yeah, AspenSpin.com may be retired, but we're waaaaaay to radical for golf.  With the help of Michael David Cook and The Aspen Club, we'll be "takin' to the hole,... all night long" for a long time.

 

X Games/ The Ultimate Re-Cap.

Double Gold Medalist, Torah Bright. click 4 pixX Games: The images say it all. 

The events were awesome, the partying was scary-good and we took more photos than we can handle.

The published photos are the siiiiiiiiiiiick ones, obviously.  Normally we'd caption them up (and spell everybody's name correctly thanks to FaceBook), but there are just so many "goooooood ones".  We've got the party pix, the music pix, the backstage pix, the big air pix---u name it.  Unfortunately we couldn't caption-ize them all.  So find yourself , look for your friends, tag all the extreme athletes and gold medal winners, the ESPN talking heads and the corporate execs.  They're all here. 

We got some help this year. Special thanks to photographers: Jordan Curet, Tracy Ernst, Aaron Gabriel, Susan Manuello and Stacy Holand and to all the ESPN guys especially ZO and TZ.  We also owe a extra-special thanks to Red Bull Skiing, Oakley, Blizzard/ Tecnica, Powder Mag, Fuze, Hamilton Sports, Boarding for Breast Cancer, Women's Sports Foundation, ESPN Event Media, Vijay, O'C, G. Strokes, Ricci Savi and all the rippers.

Contained below: An executive summary of the 7 photo albums & more than 200 images. Click 'em all and let Ullr sort 'em out.

PARTY #1.   Red Bull & Aspen Daily News threw the best party.

Backstage @ Buttermilk.  Pix from the athlete's lounge & events.

Oakley House Party. Chillin' with the athletes @ their mansion.

Powder Video Awards. The Oscars of the ski world.

X Games Jam Session. See the Music.

The Party People.  Find your photo here.

More Party People.  More pix of you.

Oakley House Party: Click 4 Pix

Party #1 click 4 pix

 More Party People: click in

See the Music, click here

Powder Video Awards: see the pix

Backstage @ Buttermilk

T.G.I.O / X Games / Day 4

Thank God its Over.  Winter X Games in Aspen is always a blast, but 4 days of shredding and 4 nights of massive partying takes its toll on everyone.   Highlights from day 4.The ladies "gettin after it" in Skier X. Photo Eric Lars Bakke/ Shazamm/ ESPN Images

Local hero Sam "Bam" Ferguson rode the gnar on his sit ski to take Silver in Mono X. Photo: Craig Stein/ Shazamm/ ESPN Images

Shaun White had to throw down on his final run to repeat GOLD in Snowboard SuperPipe. Photo: Tomas Zuccareno/ Shazamm/ ESPN Images

Gold Mine / X Games / Day 3

Tucker Hibbert raged to his 3rd straight Snocross Gold. Photo:Zach Ornitz/Shazamm/ESPN ImagesAspen, CO: ESPN's Winter X Games 13 was a Gold Mine. Click the pix to ENLARGE.

Shaun White shows off the Gold in Aspen @ Winter X. Photo: Tomas Zuccarano/ Shazamm/ ESPN Images

Anna Segal (r) was super-stylie to win Gold in Slopestyle. Photo: Flip McCririck/Shazamm/ ESPN Images

Simon Dumont exploded into the sky to win the Gold Medal in Big Air. Photo: Eric Lars Bakke/ Shazamm/ ESPN Images

Dane Ferguson ripped the Gold Medal in Next Trick. Photo: Brian Balsitis/Shazamm/ESPN Images.

Golden Girls, Aspen Style / X Games / Day 2

Burky & A-Party Torah is GoldTwo more Gold Medals were captured at Winter X Games 13 in Aspen. Squamish Superstar Sarah Burke (left, our favorite) 3-peated in the Skiing SuperPipe. She likes to ski, surf and bake cookies.  Sounds good, right?

Knuckle dragger  and clothing designer Torah Bright (right, also our favorite) stomped the Snowboard SuperPipe so hard that she's taking the Gold waaaaay down under to her hometown, Cooma, Australia.

Both Sarah and Torah are super-successful professional athletes, extremely mature young women, fiercely competitive and SMOKIN' HOT!!!.  Is this a dream? naaaa, T.I.A.  This is Aspen.

Click the pix to ENLARGE.

Torah Bright wore Gold and won Gold in Aspen: Photo Tomas Zuccareno/Shazamm/Espn images

Sarah Burke 3-peats @ Winter X Games: photo: Zach Ornitz/Shazamm/ESPN Images