Westbound Boarder

Snowboard season’s quickly approaching, and of course as the season draws near, so does the online chatter!  We have lots of link love to share, highlighting some of the best content from around the Web and bringing it to Westbound Boarder.  Have something else to share that we may have missed?  Leave a comment below!  And remember… Think Snow.

• Interview With Jamie Anderson: Jamie Anderson is snowboarding’s latest rising star, and this week Snowboarder Magazine caught up with her for a glimpse of what she’s been up to and what’s next on her list.
• Louie Vito, He’s Still Dancing: Yes, folks, Louie Vito is still in the running to becoming the next Dancing with the Stars champion (and apparently his hips moved just fine this past Monday).  Read his most recent blog post here.
• Bike To The Beach With Your Surf Board: I’ve seen several renditions of the bike surfboard rack, but this one takes the idea to new heights… literally.  
• What? Live and Blog in Aspen… For Free? It’s true.  According to the Denver Post, “A Colorado company is offering a rent-free apartment in Aspen, a ski pass and spending allowances for a year,” and all the chosen one has to do is blog about it.  Pretty wicked; application, please? :) 
• Tall, White, and “Chunky” Kleptos: This is why you don’t drink and order Craigslist hookers.  Great story, though!

This past Saturday, the city of Los Angeles gathered at 70+ locations to clean the SoCal waterways.  Deemed “Coastal Cleanup Day,” the monumental event gathered more than 14,000 LA County volunteers and removed over 150 tons of trash from regional areas.  Volunteers unearthed some pretty unusual debris, including a dead sea lion, a severed goat’s head, a restroom urinal, a dilapidated 10-foot skiff, and a fake mustache (I don’t know about you, but surfing in a sea of fake mustaches is a little less-than-appealing; kind of gross to think about).

Great work to all the volunteers involved in the initiative, and I know I’ll personally take it upon myself to keep the beaches around me clean as can be; I invite you to join me!  For a look at some of the photos from the event, check out the Coastal Cleanup Day Flickr gallery.