The talk went great! I saw some of the kids there that I see skiing around Alta all the time, which was awesome, because that just might mean that I have helped them not make the same damn dumb mistakes that I got away with when I was their age… In other news the skiing in Utah has been less than amazing lately, so I’ve been doing what any good ski addict would do and making the most of very little. Alta and Snowbird have both been really fun if you have the right people to help you make it fun.. Mostly I just like to follow the Alta groms like Andrew Pollard, Grant Howard, and Leo Ahrens (if you don’t know them, you will… They’re all sick) around when it’s weather like this because it makes me realize how much fun you can have on a crappy day, and they always know where the good jumps are. I have also been taking some time to learn digital animation effects, in the hopes of making some very cool edits with myself and some friends over the next couple of months. As they come together (invariably with the addition of actual Utah snow..) I will have them up on here and wherever I can think to put them up on the internets. Thanks for reading!
Love Always.
Cody
Well it’s tough to answer that question, seeing as it’s totally ridiculous… Let me explain, I just got home from Phoenix, Arizona where I was promoting the new Warren Miller flick that I have a segment in, and wandering around the decidedly weird streets of the ‘concrete desert’ as it is affectionately(ish) referred to by the locals. A major part of promoting a film is doing a bunch of interviews on TV and the radio and trying not to get sucked into the sophomoric directionless banter of morning show DJs while getting the point across that there is a movie playing and people should go see it. Three radio interviews, two TV interviews, a shop appearance, two movie showings, and a promo at a bar. Two days. All in a days work. Well except for one thing, all of the interviewers asked me the same question. Without fail sometime directly after being introduced I would hear some version of the phrase “So tell me, are you insane??” Hmmm… Well, it’s tough to answer that question… And tragically, I didn’t think of the right answer until I was half asleep on the plane home after a weird night of bad mexican (in phoenix, go figure) even worse college bars, and some good guys from the WM road crew, but I suppose if I could go back I would answer something to the effect that the best definition of insanity that I’ve ever heard came from Albert Einstein when he said that Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result… Am I insane? Well, no. I try hard to do my best at something that makes me really really happy every day. I do things that are out of the boundaries of normalcy, sure, but at least by our dear friend Albert’s definition that normalcy is the most true act of insanity that I’ve seen anywhere. Ever. Doing the same thing over and over. The same job. The same town. The same. All the while expecting happiness. Well, whatever builds yer jump… As for me, no, I’m not insane, my love for skiing is, I suppose, the greatest act of sanity in my life. Well, that and the new sport of chuteless base jumping that I’m developing… Just kidding. But in anycase, the best part of Pheonix is a little vegan restaurant called ‘Green’ up in Scottsdale. Try the BBQ sandwich. Until next time.
Love Always,
Cody
