It’s true, this horrible phenomenon is sweeping the slopes at this very minute. I’m talking about text messaging of course, but not just any texting… texting WHILE boarding! (Que scary music).

There I was, sitting on the chairlift eagerly waiting my arrival to the top of the mountain when a young woman snowboarding caught my eye. At first glance I thought she was videotaping her run down the mountain on her spiffy cellular telephone. However, I could not help but notice that her glove was off.. and her thumb moving at an extraordinarily, almost supernatural, rate of speed. Then it dawned on me, I was witnessing the rare act of texting.. while snowboarding! (Que scary music again)

Many questions can be asked as to what brought this horrible & terrifying act upon the snowy trails of northern New Hampshire. Why is it not easier to stop, text, then ride? Why not just make a phone call instead of texting? What is so important that it couldn’t wait to the bottom of the trail? Why did I purchase the meatloaf at the lodge instead of the pizza, when the pizza was clearly more delicious?! These questions, and many others, may never be answered. We were just lucky that no lives were lost on this frightful day, but I can’t say the same for the future of all skiers and snowboarders out there.

To help spread the word about the dangers of texting while boarding, or textboarding, you can donate your hard earned money to Boards and Decks, where it will be most likely spent on something completely unrelated to meatloaf, and more related to delicious pizza. Then while consuming pizza I will chat with my surrounding lodge mates about the dangers of textboarding.

Here are some other activities Boards and Decks suggests keeping off the slopes.
- Applying Lotion (creamboarding)
- Blogging (blogboarding)
- Flying a Kite (idiotboarding)
- Getting Dressed (chappedboarding)
- Shaving (trimboarding)
- Watching a Movie (attentiondefecitboarding)
- Crying (tearboarding)
- Eating Meatloaf (loafboarding)

If you feel we have left anything off the list, please leave your comments below and your shoes at the door.

Let set the record straight, just because I live in New Hampshire does not mean I like NASCAR, nor does it require me to only drink Pabst Blue Ribbon, although I have been known to.

I enjoy living in a small town, but sometimes I understand why people stereotype us. There are some real wacko’s out in these woods. Harmless people for the most part, but weird none-the-less. So im here to clear my name of any generalization you may be thinking.

- I do not participate in the shameless hunting of animals.
- I absolutely have all of my teeth.
- There is no rusty car frame in my front yard.
- I do not drive a pickup with a wooden flatbed, deer antlers and a confederate flag.

Now that we have that settled let me tell you why I do choose to live in a small town. The answer is simple: It’s beautiful.

I would much rather have a backyard full of trees and rivers than Starbucks and traffic lights. There’s something great about seeing the stars at night and hearing the birds in the morning.

Sure I miss out on some luxuries. Public transportation is non-existent. There are no 5 star restaurants in walking distance and as for the night life? Well.. it’s there, but mostly consists coyotes and fisher cats.

I guess I’m just not cut out for the city, what about you?

It occurred to me today that it’s nearly March and im not really happy about it.

I’ve been so busy lately that it still feels like January. While most people are thanking the calendar gods that spring is almost here, I on the other hand am pouting about it because I’m just not ready to give up boarding!

I haven’t gotten as many trips in this year as I wanted (I should note that I’m never satisfied with the amount of trips I get in). I also have not taken Kaylee boarding nearly as much as intended. While I do love spring riding, it’s also depressing at the same time knowing we have to wait another half year to do it again.

However, last weekend I did get two glorious days of powder riding in, with plenty of footy to prove it. Hopefully I will have some of it edited soon for everyone to check out.

Spring time does bring good times though, like skating, camping, fishing and other stuff… I guess its not all that bad… Wait!.. What am I saying?! ITS ALMOST MARCH!!!

It’s been awhile since my last post because things have been pretty crazy around here on my end. However, I wanted to get a quick post in to announce the addition of Jacob Daniel Mensinger, our new son.

He arrived on Thursday morning at 7 lbs 12 ounces with a full head of hair! Healthy and cute, that’s more than I could ever ask for. Ladies watch out.

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It snowed about 15 inches this past weekend and I did not go boarding. The weather man had predicted a measly 3-6 inches, and while that’s still nice i thought I would spend some time at home this weekend and relax and get some stuff done. Well, I woke up to 8 inches of powder and about another 8 dropped over the course of the day. You could say I was bumming just a bit..

It happens though, and while I could have made the trip to the mountain in the heavy snowfall I decided to stick with my plans miss out on this one. Luckily my good neighbor down the street decided to take his ATV for a spin on the snowy dead-end road. While talking to him we decided it would be a good idea to tie a rope to the back an perhaps pull something with it. Needless to the say the entire neighborhood was soon outside taking turns being pulled on a sled, and myself even got a few runs in on my board.

What I’m getting at is, do you ever voluntarily miss out on glorious powder? I would usually NEVER miss a good pow day unless I absolutely had to work. However a weekend at home sounded nice, and even though it would have been a great day on the mountain, it turned out to be a great day at home as well. So if you do get stuck home with a foot of pow outside, what do you do to pass the time?