Chasing Dreams at Baldface
About noon on Wednesday afternoon i got an invitation to go to Baldface Lodge in Nelson BC to spend 4 days w/ the Skullcandy crew and a number of other retailers, athletes and partners from all reaches of North America… though probably the busiest and worst time to leave town, i could not say no. I found a place for Penny to stay for the weekend, waxed my board, and cleared my meetings and next thing i know its 14hrs later and im in route to a place where dreams come true.
Now when i say dreams come true in this place im not just saying my dreams…because this place is certainly bigger than me and my random antics. I have seen and heard about this place through friends, magazines and stories over the years and to be able to join an incredible crew on the trip to this epic destination with some pretty legit history, lets just say i was beside myself.
To get here we hopped a flight to Spokane, where we then met the 30′ish person crew and cruised across the border on a charter bus into Nelson BC. Once in Nelson we hopped on helicopters and took a 5min flight to Baldface Lodge. The crew and the resort itself are top shelf and i still can’t believe im here!
Conditions have been bluebird, no new snow to speak of but we managed to find some great stashes…. and we were the first cat crew to slash Baldface peak for the first time.
This evening i got a rare and truly spiritual opportunity to share a moment with a legend, two legends actually. Our guide and certainly a canadian guiding legend took Kate and myself up to a ridge right above the lodge to meet another legend, Craig Kelly. A memorial to Craig sits overlooking Baldface Lodge and sitting up there, hearing Buf talk about Craig, his history and involvement with the development of the lodge and their experiences traveling and riding together, i really felt like i was part of something special… watching and living out other people’s dreams right along side my own.
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