Last summer–Father’s Day, in fact–I had the unique pleasure of hitting the slopes of Aspen Mountain in the middle of June. Glacier skiing, common in parts of Canada and the Pacific Northwest, enables skiing almost year round. This is not the case in Aspen. The glaciers that carved out the Roaring Fork Valley have been [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘sports’
November 22, 2008
#84 Hit a drive off the top of a mountain!
When I would go on golf road trips with my dad we would always look for fun places to hit golf balls. My dad always liked to carry around old throw away golf balls in a sac that came in handy in these cases.
When I went to the beaches of Northern California with high cliffs, [...]
November 19, 2008
Go to the TEXAS v. Nebraska Volleyball Game!
Check out our Texas Longhorns (#4) face off against the Nebraska Cornhuskers (#3) tonight, Wednesday (Nov 19), at 8pm. Get there early, sells out everytime! Students get in free, youth $4, adult $7, and reserved #10 at texasboxoffice.com.
And why should you go, you might ask??? Nebraska sells out every home game, it’s the best Big [...]
November 16, 2008
#64: Try something Extreme
This kind of relates to Kristin’s awesome post about learning to skateboard, but I’m going to take another angle and go with BMX biking! I have to admit that I am still a little nervous to try this one out, but again, it’s on THE 144 LIST so I have to do it!
I’m bringing back my [...]
November 14, 2008
#59 Learn To Skateboard
Skateboarding has been around since the 1940s. When some California surfers didn’t have any waves to ride, they put some roller skate wheels on a box and away they went. In my hometown, it went more along the lines of…snowboarders wanting something to ride when the snow melted.
I learned to skate (no true skater really [...]
November 6, 2008
#33 Put together a fundraiser for someone
Whenever tragedy hits, it’s tough to see the positive side of things and to “appreciate the small things in life”. I am usually a person who definitely does these things, (if you know me, you know that I get excited about everything), but my friends definitely came through and showed my whole family what it’s [...]
November 5, 2008
#29 Attend a major sporting event
Whether it be the NFL Superbowl, the Kentucky Derby, the Indy 500, just pick something you care-or at least sort of care- about and be there! It’s history in the making and you can say, Hey, I was at the Alamodome for the Final Four in 2008!
There are so many different sporting events to choose [...]
