Off to London Town in a few — will hopefully have some tales to share on the flipside. In the meantime, check this out:

Against his better judgment, Steven Vogel asked me to take part in a fashion showdown called “It’s a WALK-OFF!!!!” over at Black Lodges. My competitors were my brother and Ryan Willms of h(y)r collective. The theme I chose was “Après-Shred,” which of course is French for “after shredding.” Hit the jump for a rundown of my ‘fit, and see what I’m up against here. Who do you think takes the crown?

I hit up the Red Bull Red Snowscrapers event in NYC last night, but unfortunately I don’t have that much to report on account of the fact that it was “freezing brass monkeys,” as they say in the olde country, and I am not built for such conditions. Red Bull may give you wings, but it could not furnish me with more appropriate footwear in my time of need.

I did catch the first round of the finals, and it was pretty incredible to see Shaun White and Co. stomping tricks in the same spot where I usually do some CALESTENTICS during a run. And though the air wasn’t quite as big as I expected, the jump was pretty unbelievable. When I turned the corner on my Mongoose and saw the ramp lit up in the distance for the first time, I got so amped I thought I was Nigel Sylvester for a second. Thankfully I came to my sense before trying to cross FDR Drive while popping handle bar spins.

Anyway, as I say I couldn’t brave the cold for too long, and my hands were too numb to really take pictures of the boarders, but I snagged a few quickies just to give you a sense of how they set it up. I would have loved to have seen what kind of crowd stuck around in the frozen tundra for the Anthrax concert…kind of regret not checking that out.