Well the 2009-2010 season is about to kick off with temperatures dropping day by day. We can only hope that this winter will be as good as last year, with just as much snow, if not more!

This year I have decided to relocate to a new mountain town with a ridiculous reputation for the steep and deep... Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I am anticipating a gnarly year of shredding that will amp up my riding and rodeo skills!

(Photo by Ed Herbold, in Bariloche, Argentina)

With the Northern winter just around the corner, I decided to update my site with all of the incredible experiences I had down South, when I opted for summer-less years.

For the past two seasons instead of roasting in the heat of the desert, I decided to head South of the boarder... way South to Argentina. There I met up with friends and other riders alike. In the beginning I traveled around the beautiful country to really experience what a wonderful nation Argentina is. We started out in Buenos Aires the capitol city. It is inhabited by over 3 million people and it has the architecture and charm of a Western European city, with cobblestone streets, statues and sculptures.

While we were in Buenos Aires we were told that we "MUST" go to Iguazu Falls; it seemed as though it was almost a pilgrimage of sorts. So we decided to take a 48 hour detour to the Northern area of Argentina where the falls create the national boarder between Argentina and Brazil. We took an overnight bus to the city of Iguazu, and in the morning we set off to the falls, however nothing could have prepared us for how spectacular they really were. We started off in a boat traveling upstream toward the falls where we charged through class 4 rapids. Then, all of a sudden we rounded a bend and the falls came into view, they were incredible. They consist of over 100 individual falls that were created by a sudden geological shift. The falls are expansive and it took us all day just to hike to the area's located on the Argentinian side. Later that night we hopped back on a bus and took off toward our final destination... Bariloche.

It took a 36 hour bus trip to make it to our snowboarding mecca, with a few detours along the way due to snowfall in the Andes. However, once we had arrived we realized that we were in heaven. Bariloche had been pounded with snow for two weeks, prior to our arrival and we were ready to shralp all those freshies up.

My four week trip turned to six when I realized how sick Argentina powder is. While we were there we rode with the South America Snow Sessions crew, where we were able to shoot with Transworld photographers, the Sandbox video crew, and ATG Media. It was a trip of a lifetime and it made me never want to return to hot and dry summers again!

(Photo by Ed Herbold, in Bariloche, Argetnina)



The next Southern season I decided to return to Argentina with the South American Snow Sessions to shred the Andes mountains yet again. When we arrived it was rainy because of a volcanic eruption near the boarder of Chile. However with a few days of patience and a quarter pipe jib, we made due with what little weather we had. Once the storms hit, they hit hard. We were blasted with over a meter of fresh over night and we continued to get pounded.

After days of fresh powder we finally got to work. We build some features and began to shoot. Booters, cornice drops, cliffs and fresh landings, what else can a girl ask for? After several days of hiking, building and shooting we got some killer shots and one of mine was featured on the Transworld Snowboarding website.

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/2008/07/31/sou
th-america-snow-sessions-argentina/?pid=25642

After years of sweltering summers it was nice to have two seasons without one. I enjoyed every minute down in Argentina, and I am looking forward to several more summers filled with fresh tracks, booters, and cliff drops.

So until next season.... adios amigos, and remember Viva la lucha and Viva la Revolution!!