Pacific Northwest Tour Week #2
Oh boy, here we go with the next installment of tales from the tour.
Portland, or rather ‘land of the port’ was packed 170 deep to celebrate Columbus Day Eve. The Snowrider Foundation raised money from the raffle to continue their work.
This lucky gal walked away with the new Justice skis from Black Diamond!
A fresh tank of full serve petrol and we were off to Bellingham.
We brought the show back to the Chuckanut Brewery for a second year.
A fun little covered outdoor venue
Wasatch transplant and now adopted local, Paul Kimbrough came out with his posse to enjoy the show with nearly 100 others. The ASAP volunteers raised roughly $500 to keep spreading the word about being safe in the alpine playgrounds.
Sometimes the ‘after party’ happens on a whim. Jonah and I ended up at the local shop Backcountry Essentials. They’ve got a large private selection of the essentials.
We moved the party outside..
and up a notch….
to the roof! Here we conspired to move next years show into the shop. Thanks for the beers guys!
Driving south we pulled in a bit early to the Fremont area of Seattle.
Sight seeing before the show
Excellent turnout at EVO Gear as always. Might be the free beer they provide??
Crashed just outside of town, woke up to a cup of Seattle’s famous beverage.
After so much time in Oregon it took us some time to figure out how to work this silly thing again.
Next stop was a new addition to the tour, Sandpoint Idaho. Lively crowd due partially to the free Moose Drool provided by Big Sky. Thanks Joey!
Lovely drive over to Whitefish.
The Great Northern played host to our largest show there yet. Thanks to Ken Wenzel for putting up posters and spreading the word.
Mesmerized!
We moved down the street to see the raucous punk that is Burning Cattle. Probably won’t be using them in the next flick, but go check them out if you get a chance.
Missoula is home to Big Sky Brewing and our next stop on the road.
Each fall they put together the ‘Burning Dog’ which is a fundraiser event for the local avalanche center. Yes that is a gigantic dog made of pine bows. Seems like you can only do this sort of thing in Montana.
Sam Cox, a true Montucky local, took time out of smoke jumping to help us out.
Congrats Joe and team Big Sky for winning the Galonde Quaffing and moving on to the World Championships.
We showed the flick on the outside of the Brewery on a huge screen. Somebody tripped over the audio cables and cut the movie short a few minutes. The chant of ‘Burn the dog’ quickly drew the crowd of several hundred to the main event.
We set the night on fire.
Until this was all that was left.
The next morning was like Christmas!
Santa doesn’t always ride a sleigh.
Strange year at the Pour House! We’ve been here for several years with crowds of around 150. This year was modest with around 60 and half of those folks were friends of Jay Beyer. Thanks for coming out everybody. That’s just the way the tour goes. We spend tons of time trying to figure out why some shows do really well, why some tank and why some change from year to year.
The bar scene is never disappointing in this town.
This guy didn’t even come for the movie, but bought all the merchandise. I think he woke up the next morning asking ‘what the hell is Powderwhore’.
Sam displaying that his smooth style crosses over from skiing to the dance floor.
Heading back towards SLC we stopped in Victor for the next show.
The Wildlife Brewery hosted the event. Jonah waits patiently for the crowd to arrive. Crowd might be a strong word to use, but 25 folks came out to hang and view Flakes. Thanks to Chris at 22Designs for arranging this show and pulling it off.
We crossed over the pass into Jackson Hole and spent the day hanging out with our good friend Dede. She has recently moved into a really nice place with a huge basement with plenty of room to house some stinky ski bums. We’ll be visiting this winter!
Our final night on the road was at the legendary Mangy Moose. Some ski towns have a real off season where town is dead and apparently we hit the peak of this season in JH. 15 friends and fans came out for what was our most ‘intimate’ showing. We’ll try and move the date next year to try and make the show more of a success.
Miles and miles on the road have given Jonah and I time to come up with next years film concept, discuss filming locations and plans for the winter. We learned a lot, drank too much, met up with good friends and made new ones. The first 2 weeks have been excellent!
Being home for 24 hours was a nice break to do some laundry, rest, hit the gym and repack swag and merch for the next leg. Jonah is packing up right now as I am finishing this. Off today for the California/Nevada leg of the tour. Dates and times are below.
Reno 10/21 Wed 8pm Patagonia Outlet $10
S. Lake Tahoe-10/22 Thur 8pm Mo’s Place $10
San Francisco 10/23 Fri 7pm Sports Basement (1590 Bryant St.) $10 (from 6-7 happy hour, free beer and wine, snacks and 20% discount on everything in store)
N. Lake Tahoe 10/24 Sat 7pm Sawtooth Ridge Cafe (877 N Lake Blvd) $10
