Ten Tricks at Mt Snow

Ten Tricks

This past weekend I took a trip down to mount snow with my good friend marc. I had been to Mt Snow before but never enough to really appreciate it. This has all changed as I decided to purchase a season pass. With a day ticket costing $90 and a season pass costing $360 it only made sense to buy the season pass.

   Mount Snow is home to Carinthia  which is the first and only all park mountain face on the east coast. Recently redesigned Carinthia is home to 12 parks for all skill ability. The face features over 125 features, a half pipe and a superpipe with 18 foot walls. Carinthia was the host for the 1^st annual winter dew tour stop, redbull buttercup finals and the Freeski Open.  Their park system has been on the receiving end of praise for its amazing conditions and adaptability to these big name tours. It doesn’t matter if you’re a pro skier or a novice, there is something for everyone to ride at Carinthia.

   We hit the road Saturday Afternoon for the 3 hour drive down to West Dover VT where we were going to be staying. It was hard to sleep but when we woke up we immediately headed to the mountain. This was my first time skiing as a season pass holder, not much has changed besides the fact this is going to be my third home mountain.

   We started off the day on the main face where we took some nice warm up laps to get our legs back under us. This was my first day out for the season so my legs were doomed either way. After shredding the main face we ventured on over to Carinthia where the fun began.

   The first couple runs blew my mind, I could not believe how nice of a park setup they had for just opening. As we were taking laps we ran into Aaron, Phil and Tyler and we continued to take laps on the park.

   The day went on until it was closing time and all of our legs were beat. Carinthia had drained me of all my energy. As we went home and reviewed the clips from the day I couldn’t of been more stoked to have bought a season pass to Mt Snow. By just spending a day there I was able to realize how much better I was going to get this season. Carinthia is a perfect training ground and I’m so glad I bought a season pass.

Life at Mt.Snow

For my final project i am going to be telling a story on what its like to be a season pass holder at mt. snow and what its like to be able to ski the best park on the east coast whenever you want. i am going to be making  video to tell this story.

Illegal Art

Art is a medium that has no limits.

The techniques, interpretations, and functions associated with this realm come and go and change every day—however what it will always hold true to at the core of its existence, is that it is a free expression.

 It can capture emotions and ideas that mankind could never form into words and cements them into cultures and history for centuries to come.

So why, are some forms of art frowned upon? Why is it that when a great painter sits down to contemplate the beauty of a landscape, paintbrush in hand, he is seen as genius but when a street artist decides to enhance the public’s viewing experience and provides a mural or message he or she is viewed as not an artist, like the painter, but an offender?

There are several reasons behind this mindset. The first is simple. Many members of society view street art and graffiti as a defacing of private and or public property. They wish to see art hanging on a wall, printed in a magazine or posted on a blog. In the eyes of much of society, to walk down the street and suddenly see a building livened with color or decorated with design is to recognize it as a nuisance. They will rarely be awed by its beauty or struck by its difficulty and effort.

But why is this?

Again the answer is quite simple and comes in two parts. The first is comfort. The majority of human beings do not thrive well during change. They prefer to remain in control of their surroundings and become caught off guard and sore to the idea of individuals, in this case graffiti artists, dictating the appearance of their residence and work areas.

The second reason is due to the association that comes along with graffiti—and that is gangs and violence. This type of graffiti is generally used to ‘mark turf,’ or display signs of violence or threats of that to come. Of course this type of graffiti is relevant and possesses a greater problem than simply artistic taggers however this is only one branch of the graffiti world.

There are so many artists who take to the streets and adopt the public setting as their canvas in order to deepen the thinking of the society in which they take part and express to the greater public the world in which they find their joy and creativity.