
People always love to talk about all the things they love about Europe and there are so many things to love about voyaging across the pond, aboard, over seas or whatever you want to the journey to the "continent". The Chocolate, the majestic mountains, the simple life, two hour lunches, fresh homemade food, cheese, punctuality, coffee, coffee, coffee, but here are a few things I feel like people forget to put on the list.....the stench of ciggarette smoke that lingers on your skin after just passing through a bar, the amazing ability europeans have of fitting tons of people into tightly packed places, aka the tram, gondola, bus, liftline, etc. seriously it is amazing their lack of personal space issues and the fact the the 80's are still alive here and not in that oh we're so retro with our leg warmers and bright colors but seriously in the I am wearing a shiny goldedn one piece jumpsuit with rear enter boots, hot pink sunglasses and a helmet. Seriously, the shear number of buggz goggles I saw on the mountain was stunning, I always wondered who bought those and finally I found out; all of europe, who knew?

"Hey Man how's your day glo-ing?" This guy was not alone in all his day glow splendor!
Let us not forget that European ski culture pretty much invented APRES-SKI, they now how to ski all day and party all night in the same one piece and ski boots, anyway this whole place is amazing all of it and the whole experience of cruising around at Laax is almost as tasty as the Fondue or the Chocolate. So yeah, rememer all the fun that Europe offers.
Laax Pipe above the Clouds, so beautiful!
So yeah why I am here blabbing about Europe you ask, well I am here for the European Open, and this is the first contest in 20 years that I have been at and have not entered or dropped into the pipe for that matter, kind of strange but cool in it's own way. I am doing the webcast for go211 and am stoked to be apart of it, except for the part about me being a big a-hole. So yeah, check it out and forgive me I swear being an idiot is harder than it looks. !
FYI semis is starting tomorrow so stay tuned for awesomeness and please check out the webcast, ...xoxoxo t