Was going through my VTOpen pipe shots for the story I'm writing for Freeskier.com and I stumbled across this doozer. Pretty good photo. Needs a little bit of photoshop work and color correction, but all in all, pretty damn steezey.

Hey, look. Amanda found her way into the shot too. She's in the plaid jacket crouched down taking a photo.

photographer: dave amirault

Ok, if some strange woman came up to your car right off of the street and started petting your rims, wouldn't you be a bit frightened? Of course you wouldn't be! You'd bring the bitch inside your car and watch some tv in the headrests!

I also like how you can upload your own designs to your rims. What the shit is the world coming to?

I swear to god, Andrew isn't wasted in this picture. Plenty of sober people wear a gigantic bear head while at the bar and appear to have asian eyes and the biggest shit-eating grins on the planet Earth.

He had a great birthday.

Here's the view from my bedroom window. A little different than what I saw back home in Rhode Island. Damn, look at all those clouds... This is considered a "shitty" day for weather here in Boulder.

You tend to do crazy things when you've been standing on top of a halfpipe for 6+ hours taking photos. After hearing the same songs over and over through the day many of us decided to have an impromptu dance session and broke out some sweet-ass dance moves.

Andrew has always been good at stacking things. He was inasne with building blocks, created entire cities with legos... Hell, he even worked as a stock-boy at a supermarket. The man just has natural ability when it comes to placing items on top of eachother. So, here he is, celebrating his latest masterpiece, the beeramyd.

Photographer: Amanda Cola

Dave and Andrew, making it happen at Stratton on Andrew's birthday. I drank way, way, way too many Red Bull and vodkas that weekend. But when they're free, you tend to drink them down like water.

Now if you excuse me, my heart is going to explode.

Photographer: Amanda Cola

Here's a shot from Mike Wilson's 20+ foot boost at the VT Open Quarterpipe finals. The quarterpipe was 30 feet high and he was boosting 20-25 feet out. He ultimately lost control and crashed onto the flats and had to be ambulanced to the hospital. Major concussion and tons of stitches. I was standing on top of the quarter when I shot this. Look how small the people are who are watching from the bottom of the run.

Heal up fast, Wilson.

skier: mike wilson | photo: dave amirault

Ain't no party like a Freeskier hotel party.
Here's a little image from Andrew's birthday party here at Stratton. We pulled a MacGuyver and transformed the tub into a cooler.

On some pretty skechy wifi right now at the Stratton village. I'll have some massive updates along with some pretty interesting stories when I get a reliable connection.

Went to an all you can booz party for a ski company at Vail and did some recruiting in the bar to get some more ladies into the bash. Came across this fine table of CU Boulder students. Sure they seem pretty mild manored and well behaved, but break out some loud dance music and a stripper pole and watch what happens.

Yes, phone numbers were exchanged.

Coming home again, for almost a week. Spending Wednesday and Thursday at Killington, then headed to Stratton for the Vermont Freeskiing Open til Sunday. On Sunday, I'll probably head back down to Rhode Island for some quality time with the fam. Flying back on the red-eye on Tuesday night. Picked the redeye flight since it would allow me to stay home longer and it was 100 bucks cheaper. I'm halfway to a free round trip ticket on JetBlue already. Wow.

Denver > Boston
March 21st 2006 | Flight 490 | Arrival 5:15

Boston > Denver
March 28th 2006 | Flight 491 | Departure 11:55PM

Quite possibly one of the funniest Tom Green sketches ever. This one is the "Slut-Mobile". Tom takes his poor parents 1993 Honda Accord 4 door and has a local artist airbrush a hardcore lesbian scene on the hood of the car. Classic.

When asked by his mother why he would do such a thing, Tom replied that "He thought his mother liked lesbians".

Convinced Ryan to let loose tonight and get down on some margs. Hey Mikey, I think he likes it.

Philip, Ryan and I went to some shady Mexican place on Pearl Street because they have cheap tequila and margaritas. I guess the reason for celebrating was that it was Thursday. The highlight of the night was when the bartender said he poured too many margaritas and we got a bonus round. That was certainly fun.

A shot in one hand, a margarita in the other. Nice.

Rusty and I get drunk on a Wednesday night and somehow rack up 58 minutes of cellphone minutes where we make up words to describe how wasted we're gonna get when I fly back to Vermont next week.

Rusty was so excited he felt the need to crack out one of these gems in his away messaage tonight with regards to this weekend.

Outstanding.

On a side note, MMP has a total of 2,156 entries in the past 2.5 years. Damn son.

I'd like to thank Chuck Norris for being such a good sport about this and actually reading some of the 10 best Chuck Norris quotes on television.

It should be noted that shortly after the taping of this video he killed everyone on the cast and crew with one explosive roundhouse kick.

Ok, for those of you that have been living under a rock, Crash was one of the most over-hyped, over-inflated movies of 2005. It was essentially created to make all of us feel bad about using words like...

• nigger
• spic
• chink
• honkey
• cracker
  
• towel-head

The star of the movie, contrary to popular belief, is not Don Cheadle. The star of the movie was racism! Crash is essentially a convergence story, meaning that there are a handful of people and racism somehow ties their improbable story together. These people all go through stereotypical situations where race plays an enormous deciding factor in their outcome. At times the stereotypes are so blatant that it almost hurts to watch this movie. Such examples include...

• Asians can't drive.
• Islamic people owning a convenience store.
• Black people carjacking and only stealing from white people.
• Irish-Catholic corrupt white police officer.
• Bright eyed white cop who becomes disenchanted with the whole system.
• Black woman addicted to crack.

It seems that the message tries too hard in the movie. So, if you want to see a film that plays the race card for 113 minutes, go rent crash. Then do something stereotypically racist.

For those of you that think Crash was an amazing movie, great... Glad you enjoyed the movie. Personally, I don't care for a movie that makes me feel like an asswipe because I was born white. This is America, if you have a good idea, have a few brain cells to rub together, work hard and speak ENGLISH you should do just fine.

I'm sure that the 11 black / african-american (insert PC term) individuals in Boulder are busting down the door at Safeway to buy collard greens... In a can. Gross. Just look at the picture on the label, I wouldn't feed this shit to an islamic prisoner of war.

Told you I wouldn't be posting about skiing or work.

Damn, I was going through MMP's last couple months of photos and I realized that this site is really starting to blow. It used to be all about causing trouble and being a royal a-hole. Now it is pretty much about skiing and my job. Lame.

As an act of contrition, I will do something dumb for you guys and blog it. It will have nothing to do with skiing or my job.

So, let's take a detour from skiing right now. If you've been drinking here is your official litmus test to how banged up you are. Please follow the following steps.

1. Consume mass quantities of alcohol.
2. View this image.
3. If you think this chick is hot, you have drank more than your limit.
   

Did some hiking yesterday at Park City, found myself some nice runs with over a foot of fresh powder on them. Not too shabby.

Took the early 6:30 flight from Denver to Salt Lake on Saturday morning so I could make it for the World Superpipe Championships. I'll give a decent post when I've got more time. Park City is ok, nothing too super challenging and there are a ton of Joey's here. The resort is real nice and they have done an amazing job with the halfpipe. The competition went great, the best pipe skiers in the world.

So, here's a post from the airplane as I was coming into Salt Lake.

Ok everyone...
As you know, I've moved to Boulder, CO and now work for Freeskier Magazine. We recently had a little circulation meeting and introduced a limited quantity crazy deal so that people can get the magazine for 2 years for only $2. I figured you guys should get in on the deal, so, without further adeu, here's the link. Sign up for Freeskier Magazine, get a 2 year subscription for only $2. Not sure if you'll get in on the deal, it is limited to the first couple hundred people. So I guess you wanna act fast.

Get the deal, 2 years for $2.

I wasn't sure what was going on, I've heard rumors that my boy "The Hoff" has been manhandling his lady but I just had to find out what was really going on... So, I asked Geeves what the deal was...

LOS ANGELES - Less than a month after filing for divorce, the estranged wife of David Hasselhoff has filed for a court order on a claim of domestic violence by the former “Baywatch” star, according to court records.

Actress Pamela Bach, 42, made the filing Monday against Hasselhoff, 53, in Los Angeles Superior Court, summary records on the court’s Web site show.

At a private hearing, Bach also asked for a temporary restraining order against the actor, but a judge denied the request, instead instructing the two to stay away from each other.

“The court indicated that she should stay where she is, and he should stay where he is,” Hasselhoff’s attorney, Melvin Goldsman said by phone Wednesday, declining to comment on the allegations.

Documents pertaining to the hearing have been sealed by the court to protect the pair’s two teenage daughters and their privacy, Goldsman said.

Bach was granted custody of one daughter while Hasselhoff was given custody of the other, publicist Judy Katz said Wednesday.

Hasselhoff filed for divorce Jan. 12, citing irreconcilable differences after 16 years of marriage. Bach filed her own divorce papers a day later, also citing irreconcilable differences.

Messages left Wednesday at the office of Bach’s attorney were not immediately returned.

On Thursday, Hasselhoff pleaded no contest to a charge of driving under the influence and was ordered to enroll in an alcohol program for six months. The plea was entered by an attorney on behalf of Hasselhoff, who did not appear in court.

Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Lippitt also imposed a $390 fine, community service and license restrictions, said Jenaro Batiz-Romero, spokesman for the city attorney's office.

Hasselhoff was arrested in June and charged with driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent or greater. In 2002, Hasselhoff checked himself into the Betty Ford Center for treatment of alcoholism.

He is best known for playing lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the long-running "Baywatch" TV series. He also starred in the 1980s television show "Knight Rider."

This news story just goes on to prove that women are dangerous behind the wheel. Take this bitch for example, she decided it would be a good idea to apply her face while driving on the freeway. She even had a pocket mirror in front of her so she could do a bang up job. I bet she wasn't counting on the UK's insane survailance system to catch her in the act.

North Wales police couldn’t believe their eyes when a camera at a notorious accident blackspot caught a woman driver using both hands to put on her makeup.

Donna Maddock, 22, was filmed as she drove along the A499, one of Britain’s most dangerous roads. She held a mirror in her left hand and an eye pencil in her right, leaving the steering wheel to itself.

On Wednesday, she was fined 200 pounds ($350) with 55 pounds costs and had six penalty points added to her driving license after admitting careless driving at Pwllheli magistrates court.

“A car is a dangerous lump of metal in the wrong hands. You need to be in control at all times, and Miss Maddock’s actions beggars belief,” said Inspector Essi Ahari in a statement.

A police spokeswoman said the camera had been set up because of the large numbers of collisions and deaths on that stretch of road.

“It is to catch speeding drivers. But when officers saw the film of her applying her makeup it was also obvious that she was committing a careless act,” she said.

Charlie and Amanda say hello. Amanda consistantly had two beers in her hands for the better half of the evening. Now that's getting after it. Amazingly, she was fully functional the next day to shoot photos for the event and drive everyone home. Trooper.

This really is the greatest job ever... Honestly, it is my job to fly out and cover these events. I couldn't have asked for anything better in my life right now.

John-boy, sorry dude. It isn't like this happened overnight man. I've been doing this stuff for around 8 years to get to this point.

Wow, so it looks like I'll be back on the East coast from March 22nd to the 26th at Stratton for the Vermont Freeskiing Open. You may remember this event from last year when I ditched spending Easter with my family to cover the event... By"cover" I mean boozing my face off and shooting photos. I ended up on Freeskier.com for the booz-a-thon I was putting down at the afterparty. This year, I'll be there writing and shooting for Freeskier. Not to mention, we're throwing some sort of a party.

Not sure if I will have any MC responsibilities like this past weekend at Red Bull Schooled. Had a great time spitting some hot fire on the mic there, so if asked, I'll be doing it for the VTO.

Here is last year's MMP post from the VT Open.


photo: amanda cola | skier: dave amirault

Flying out this weekend to Utah to cover the World Superpipe Championships. More details to come. It is probably going to be another Red Bull and Budweiser fueled weekend.

Andrew is the artistic one in the family... We've always known he's musical, now he's also a skilled artist. His writing implement of choice, black sharpie. His canvas, Charlie's leg. For those of you that can't quite make it out, it reads "I sniff little boys bicycle seats. FAG."

Oddly enough, this image was taken 24 hours after Andrew drew it on Chuck$. Way to wear your new temporary tat with pride, Chuck.

Ladies and gentlemen, this past weekend at Loon Mountain we had a revelation of some sorts. You see, we were all sitting in a hotel room and had exhausted our options of drinking games. I know, how crazy is it that we completely ran out of ideas for drinking games!? Well, here's what happened. We just finished up a game of Cape-Cod High Low and were sitting around wondering what next to do with ourselves. That is when Rusty, Andrew, Charlie, Amanda and I had an epiphany. The game is called Beer Roulette and here's how you play...

1. Buy several cases of beer.
2. Rent a hotel room.
3. Empty all the dresser drawers.
4. Make one person hide in the hotel rooms bathroom.
5. While this individual is hiding in the bathroom, take three beers out of the fridge/cooler/case.
6. Hide one of the beers in an empty drawer. Then hide two of the beers in another drawer.
7. Instruct the person to come out of the bathroom and select a drawer to open.
8. If they open an empty drawer, they have lucked out. If they have opened a drawer that has beers in it, they have to immediately consume the cold rocks.
9. Continue to play this game until you run out of beer or have passed out due to alcohol poisoning.
   
10. If you have run out of beer, go buy more.
    

I have selected poorly, time to drink that cold rock.

Holy crap, crazy times... Here's what went down.

• Left Denver at 11:45 PM on Thursday night on the red-eye.
  
• Woke up in Boston, 6AM.
• Hopped into a rental car, went to visit Fischer skis in Manchester, NH.
• Left Fischer, went to White River Junction to see Blizzard & Dalbello boots.
• Drove back to Boston to visit Rob, Walsh, Bob & White Chocolate in Brighton.
• Amanda picked me up, went to Worcester to go see Astrovan. Walsh was also in tow.
• Saw Astrovan at the Lucky Dog. Drank enough alcohol to paint the side of a Toyota Tacoma.
• Woke up saturday morning, went out to eat at Nancy Chang's.
• After eating, drove up to Lincoln, NH to cover the Red Bull Schooled event for Freeskier & Red Bull.
• Rusty, Charlie, Andrew, Amanda and I packed into a one bed hotel room on slope at Loon and continued to dominate alcohol like it was going out of style.
• Woke up, MC'ed an event with Mike Thomas. Heads exploded.
• Wrapped up the event, drove back down to Boston to catch the Red Eye back to Denver, got in sometime around 2AM Mountain Time, 4AM EST. Was really tired.

I just transferred the images off of the camera. Wow, we're in for one hell of a picture update. Stay tuned.

Andrew says hello while we all play a game of asshole in the hotel.

These guys take the prize for most retarded and inappropriate usage of a url and business name. This is the www.cowboybar in Denver International Airport. They have multiple pieces of signage around that completely forget to use a .com. Way to go retards.

If you excuse me, I'm going to go get on my red-eye flight to Boston now.

Headed back home to the east coast tonight. Covering a competition at Loon Mountain this weekend for the magazine and Red Bull. Psyched to be headed home, chill with everyone and see AstroVan rock my socks off on Friday night.

I'm taking the red-eye tonight, arriving in Boston tomorrow morning super early and headed up to NH tomorrow to meet with some manufacturers. I should be in Worcester at some point tomorrow night, then head up to Loon on Saturday afternoon to do the competition thing.

Let me know if you are going to the Worcester party tomorrow night. It would be sweet to see you guys.

photo: ryan amirault | skier: dave amirault

I love it when friends leave me messages while I'm at work.

Skitallica: hey cut that bulshit out that everytime u ski a powder day or huck a cliff your thinking about the fuckin east coast. u know and i know the east coast fucking blows. the snow blows, teh mountains blow, the terrain blows and 95 percent of the people suck. iver skied those powder days and u wanna know what i was thinking, " man the east coast fucking blows major cow balls". me and jen just got back from tahoe and jen even said she could never ski the northeast. so stop your bitching and your little crying about how much u miss the east coast and how AWESOME the skiing is here. screw those little park rats u got here, i mean hello u got about 2 feet of powder that comes in every week. i feel so bad that little dave missses the east coast, SUCK A COCK.

This is the Highlands Bowl at Aspen Highlands. Hike-to terrain, no lift access, 12,000+ feet above sea-level. It is about a 30 minute hike if you're in good shape. The skiing is super gnarly in some sections and is definitely a no fall zone, unless you like sliding down 1500+ vertical feet on your ass. Unfortunately, Ryan and I didn't have a powder day back here, but it was still really good. It was his first "big mountain" experience skiing super steep stuff and I think he had a good time.

photo: ryan amirault | location: aspen highlands