Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (Show)
The new Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D was a pretty good show. I thought that it was going to be like a CW style show like Arrow or Smallville but instead it felt more like a T.V. version of the Avengers movie. The first episode was kind of cool because they talk about the Avengers movie and the super heroes in the movie. It makes it feel like it is an extension of the movie and not just some gimmick. What I am hoping to see in the future of the show would be some cameos of the other marvel super heroes like Spider man, any of the Avengers and maybe even x-men or fantastic four. I would recommend that anyone that liked the avengers give this show a chance. Only the first episode is out so far (the new one comes out tonight) so when I watch more episodes if my opinion has changed at all I will update this post.
Sleepy Hollow (Show)
I started watching the new show sleepy hollow. It was better then I expected by far. The show Starts during the Revolutionary War and Ichabod Crane is fighting in the war, he ends up fighting this monstrous man with a black mask on. He shoots the man and the man just gets up and shakes it off so then Ichabod cuts off his head and gets injured in the process. This is where the story got weird Ichabod's wife turns out to be a witch so they do something to him and he crawls out of a hole a in our time something like 150 years later. I thought that this show would be like Once Upon A Time and kind of childish but the writers went the opposite way and actually made it quiet bloody and kind of action packed. I myself liked the show but my sister in law and her husband did not. This show may not be for everyone but it is worth checking out at least the first episode.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Evil Dead 2013 "SPOILER"
I watched the new Evil Dead movie last night and was pretty impressed up until the ending. I think that they did a great job remaking the original and keeping the story fairly true to its roots just making it scary and not cheesy. Then the end came and they ruined the whole movie and ruined any chance of making a decent sequel. If you are going to watch the movie and don't want the ending ruined stop reading now. I do not like what they did with the ending having the brother ( kind of supposed to be like Bruce Campbell's character) die and the sister survives and loses a hand and sticks a chainsaw on her stub. I think that this was way to drastic of a move from the original and I think that they ruined a chance at making a sequel. This really disappoints me because I would love to see them make a remake of army of darkness with todays technology and a more serious version of the film. Regardless these films can never truly beat the originals they are one of a kind.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Altitude Cup 2013
Last weekend my Son my Wife and I went to a little town in the mountains called Empire Colorado. The reason that we went there was to check out a Mountainboard competition called The Altitude Cup. This was the sixth year that it had been put on by Altitude Sickness a local board shop in Empire. (see my review of the shop)
When we first arrived I wasn't sure what to think I had never been to a Mountainboard competition due to the fact that we didn't have them in Spokane Washington. The park looked small and kind of scattered and at first I was thinking to myself we drove 2 hours for this! Then people started riding.... MIND BLOWN. Apparently that saying "it isn't the size that matters its how you use it" applies to this park. Once you see people ride it the park makes more sense.
Trying to figure out where the races would be held I looked around and all I saw was a run going down the outside and behind the half pipe at the end of the park. "How exciting can the races be" I thought to myself. Yet again MIND BLOWN. When the racers started I didn't know what to expect then at the first turn they hit a fairly steep little hill and took off. Most of the races were neck to neck and I found myself at the edge of my seat wondering who was going to win. Right before the end there was a nice left turn up a pretty large sidewall, This obstacle seemed to be what got most of the racers. There were some pretty good bails and at one point during practice someone even went off the edge and hit a tree. (they were ok though)
Over all this experience was awesome and the riders totally prove to me "it isn't the size that matters it is how you use it". I would recommend if you have some free time next year to come check out The Altitude Cup in Empire Colorado and if you feel up to is register and compete.
If you would like to check out video and pics from this event go to :
https://www.facebook.com/events/483094005091994/
The results for this years Altitude Cup are:
6th Annual Altitude Cup Mountainboard Challenge results
Groms
BoarderX
When we first arrived I wasn't sure what to think I had never been to a Mountainboard competition due to the fact that we didn't have them in Spokane Washington. The park looked small and kind of scattered and at first I was thinking to myself we drove 2 hours for this! Then people started riding.... MIND BLOWN. Apparently that saying "it isn't the size that matters its how you use it" applies to this park. Once you see people ride it the park makes more sense.
Trying to figure out where the races would be held I looked around and all I saw was a run going down the outside and behind the half pipe at the end of the park. "How exciting can the races be" I thought to myself. Yet again MIND BLOWN. When the racers started I didn't know what to expect then at the first turn they hit a fairly steep little hill and took off. Most of the races were neck to neck and I found myself at the edge of my seat wondering who was going to win. Right before the end there was a nice left turn up a pretty large sidewall, This obstacle seemed to be what got most of the racers. There were some pretty good bails and at one point during practice someone even went off the edge and hit a tree. (they were ok though)
Over all this experience was awesome and the riders totally prove to me "it isn't the size that matters it is how you use it". I would recommend if you have some free time next year to come check out The Altitude Cup in Empire Colorado and if you feel up to is register and compete.
If you would like to check out video and pics from this event go to :
https://www.facebook.com/events/483094005091994/
The results for this years Altitude Cup are:
6th Annual Altitude Cup Mountainboard Challenge results
Groms
BoarderX
1st "Flyin" Ryan Enochs
2nd Hanna Combrink
Freestyle
Sport
BoarderX
Slopestyle
Women
BoarderX
Slopestyle
Masters
BoarderX
Slopestyle
Pro
BoarderX
Slopestyle
Freestyle
1st Hanna Combrink
2nd "Flyin" Ryan Enochs
3rd Braden Combrink
4th Gage Sheader
Youth
BoarderX & Slopestyle
BoarderX & Slopestyle
1st Wyatt ParkRat Harper
Sport
BoarderX
1st Ian Forgette
2nd Wyatt parkrat Harper
3rd Matthew Tornado Spinney
Slopestyle
1st Matthew Tornado Spinney
2nd Jacob T-Bone Ochsner
3rd Ian Forgette
4th Wyatt parkrat Harper
Women
BoarderX
1st Catherine Rios
2nd Melissa Ponce de Leon
3rd Ari Coats
Slopestyle
1st Ari Coats
2nd Melissa Ponce de Leon
3rd Catherine Rios
Masters
BoarderX
1st David Kennedy
2nd Phil Sheader
3rd Brian Bishop
Slopestyle
1st David Kennedy
2nd Phil Sheader
3rd Brandon Fry
Pro
BoarderX
1st Kody Stewart
2nd Jason Lee
3rd Evan Carlson
Slopestyle
1st Devin Garland
2nd Kody Stewart
3rd Evan Carlson
Altitude Sickness
So this last weekend my Son, my wife and I went to the Altitude Cup in Empire Colorado. The Altitude Cup has been put on the last 6 years by a local Mountainboard shop called Altitude Sickness. Though the shop is small and I didn't have a whole lot of time to poke around I was able to get everything that I was looking for. They have a pretty decent selection of shirts from various companies and years I was able to Pick up an MBS shirt I had never even seen before.
If you are going to go to Empire to hit the Mountainboard park I would recommend stopping in this shop and checking it out it is a pretty sick shop. The people run it are very nice and they seem to be very knowledgeable in what they do. Plus it is conveniently located up the hill from the park so if you have anything break chances are from what I saw they probably have what yo need to fix your board.
If you are going to go to Empire to hit the Mountainboard park I would recommend stopping in this shop and checking it out it is a pretty sick shop. The people run it are very nice and they seem to be very knowledgeable in what they do. Plus it is conveniently located up the hill from the park so if you have anything break chances are from what I saw they probably have what yo need to fix your board.
Updated contact info
303 489 7699
Or
707 884 7929
Store Front
Contact info / Business card
Motorola MOTOACTV
I have had this watch for about six months or so and I love it. Not only is it a watch but it is also an MP3 player , excersize watch, With a Bluetooth heart rate monitor you can monitor our heart rate, and you can receive calls and text messages if you sync it with your phone (doesn't work with windows phones).
There are two different sizes to this watch right now an 8 gig and a 16 gig. I got my 8 gig for 149.99 plus $10 for the watch strap (it only comes with a belt clip).
Some of the cool things about this watch is that you can download personal trainer data onto the watch and it will remind you when it is time to run and it will keep track of your pace and distance and even heart rate if you have the heart rate monitor. It also has this cool feature of keeping track of which songs motivate you more due to increase of heart rate and speed and it will play those songs more frequently. If you sync the watch with the MOTOACTV web site you can view all of your stats including a satellite image of the route you took. It has a slew of different actives that you can track too. (list coming soon)
I will post more about this watch later I just wanted to throw this up to give everyone something to read.
There are two different sizes to this watch right now an 8 gig and a 16 gig. I got my 8 gig for 149.99 plus $10 for the watch strap (it only comes with a belt clip).
Some of the cool things about this watch is that you can download personal trainer data onto the watch and it will remind you when it is time to run and it will keep track of your pace and distance and even heart rate if you have the heart rate monitor. It also has this cool feature of keeping track of which songs motivate you more due to increase of heart rate and speed and it will play those songs more frequently. If you sync the watch with the MOTOACTV web site you can view all of your stats including a satellite image of the route you took. It has a slew of different actives that you can track too. (list coming soon)
I will post more about this watch later I just wanted to throw this up to give everyone something to read.
This is what the route feature looks like on the watch itself
MP3 player. This is also what the unit looks like without any strap or anything
Watch mode
Armband
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Ryders Running Glasses
My wife bought these glasses 3 or 4 months ago when we decided to start running again. If I recall correctly we paid around $45 for these.
In many ways these glasses are a lot like Oakley's. The glasses are comfortable the lenses are dark and clear and they seem to be pretty durable. My wife likes to keep them in her purse and our 2 year old son likes to run around the house in them. There are also vents at the top of each lens that seems to keep the lenses from fogging up to bad. I don't really have a lot to say about these glasses they are an amazing set of glasses and if you are looking for some new running glasses I would recommend running glasses by Ryders.
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