Weekend warrior

This weekend was very busy! I took Friday off work, so I made the most of the three days off. On Thursday night I went with Audrey to Salsa dancing (sorry I didn't take pics) and had so much fun! I am definitely no Salsa expert but it was awesome to try something new. After Salsa I met up with Caydie and Alex for Indian food in Rockridge. Those ladies always put a smile on my face.

On Friday I headed to Tahoe for some snowboarding. We got there Friday evening so we killed time at the climbing gym in Incline Village. After a good night of bouldering we had dinner and went to bed for an early day on the slopes. Saturday was a beautiful bluebird day and I had a spectacular day snowboarding one last time for the season. I rode until last chair. I felt so physched on snowboarding and can't wait for the snow next winter! I really feel like I have made a lot of progress in my riding after a good ten days this season. I'm even starting to perfect my jumps! Yay!

The weekend was such a good time. I feel ready to attack the week. Happy Monday everyone!

XOXO-Izzy

Tahoe Bound

I just decided I am hitting up Northstar this Saturday for my last day of riding this season. I'm sad to see the snow go, but ready to put my focus back into climbing. I haven't been up to Tahoe in the last month because I have been engrossed in packing and moving so I'm looking forward to escaping to the mountains one last time. Friday, are you here yet?

Snow Sporting!

I spent the weekend snowboarding at Kirkwood. My work was sponsoring the Masters event so we all stayed at an amazing house right outside the resort with some awe inspiring mountain views. I stopped by the Master's event at the end of the last day and watched some seriously bad-ass riding. I also did two days of riding of my own and it was wonderful. There was a ton of powder and sun (I even got a little burnt-oops)! I also attempted some jumps for the first time off some mini kickers and did an OK job, even managing to land a few. But also managing to wrench my back and neck! I've got a long way to go!

I don't venture to Kirkwood very often but I have to say the drive was beautiful and just watching the rolling hills for hours made me feel so stoked to be living here in Cali. I attempted to capture the drive with some sorry cell phone pics (I forgot the camera) but they don't do it justice.

What's in a Nickname?

I have earned so many nicknames throughout the years. This one makes me laugh every time. Izaster! It's like some sort of reckless super hero. I've also been called Blizzardbelle which started when I went on my first ice climbing trip. It's seems like all the nicknames I am given have a sort of spastic super human quality, I wonder what that means... maybe it means I kick ass and take names and in the process it's possible I trip on my own foot or fall backwards in my chair! But hey no one is perfect!

Another good nickname is The Izness, that one makes me think of the business, which makes me feel like a boss and I guess this one makes sense since I am pretty bossy (or so my kind and very blunt friends have pointed out)! Anyway, this post is random, but I was just thinking about how fun nicknames are and how they say a whole lot about a person cause they are dreamed up by the people who know you best, your friends!

Above is a pic that I thought summed up "Izaster" pretty nicely! This is what my weekend of snowboarding in Tahoe looked like! Can you say spaz! Ha!