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Thursday, 19 Apr 07
The Glacier Shop is where the event took place. Imagine slideshows projected on to the walls, a DJ section on construction scaffolding that looked hot of course, and free liquor for all the quests. This was a private party that people wanted to get in. And many of the who's who is skiing did. Besides Grete, Sarah, Lynsey, Ingrid (Backstrom), Laura Ogden, and Mike Douglas joined me to do a little freestyle pogo sticking. The 14 girls (10 pros, 4 amateurs) had five minutes to show off their art or cultural talents. The winner was one step closer to claiming the Ullr Girl crown that will be announced this weekend. The winning pro gets $25,000. If Lynsey wins the cash purse, it will all go toward the SheJumps foundation fund to help women on the verge of making their dreams come true.
During the contest, many of the girls displayed their brilliant art. Lynsey introduced her slide show by pogo sticking on to the stage with her crew (me and some friends), and then showed the crowd illustrations and photography of her travels around the world. Snowboarder Vanessa Stark brought cupcakes to sweeten up the audience and created a massive art installation of her oil paintings. Meg Olenick, being the comedienne she is, showed a video of snow falling for about three minutes. And Mercedes Nicoll walked everyone through a hilarious how-to video on paper majetting.
The scene
But the crowd favorites were the entertainers. Grete sang a Chinese song that she had received extra credit for in her college language class. She won. The "Notorious B.E.V." placed second with a rap song about Ullr. And snowboarder Dominique Vallee got third with a flashy dance routine.
Lynsey and I were bummed for a long time. "My little heart is broken," Lynsey said. "It feels like a boyfriend just broke up with me." She had stayed up until 4 a.m. the night before and the entire next day putting together her slide show while I worked on the entertainment for the evening.
But I made her post-party pogo, and pogo sticking cures all problems. The SheJumps girls got props for whipping everyone's ass in a freestyle pogo contest. I did a no hander, no footer, chugged a beer while pogoing, and jumped up a stair, stalled, and kept on going. Even if she didn't win that night, SheJumps was the talk of the party.
Pogo sticking is fun. Vanessa Pierce, left, and Laura Ogden
So far Grete is in the lead with two wins (Stompede and art contests). But Lynsey is in the running. Stay tuned.
Ullr Girl contest day 2: Art
Comment on this Post We all knew the girls invited to compete in the Ullr Girl contest were talented skiers and snowboarders, but the art night proved that these girls can throw down in more ways than one.The Glacier Shop is where the event took place. Imagine slideshows projected on to the walls, a DJ section on construction scaffolding that looked hot of course, and free liquor for all the quests. This was a private party that people wanted to get in. And many of the who's who is skiing did. Besides Grete, Sarah, Lynsey, Ingrid (Backstrom), Laura Ogden, and Mike Douglas joined me to do a little freestyle pogo sticking. The 14 girls (10 pros, 4 amateurs) had five minutes to show off their art or cultural talents. The winner was one step closer to claiming the Ullr Girl crown that will be announced this weekend. The winning pro gets $25,000. If Lynsey wins the cash purse, it will all go toward the SheJumps foundation fund to help women on the verge of making their dreams come true.
During the contest, many of the girls displayed their brilliant art. Lynsey introduced her slide show by pogo sticking on to the stage with her crew (me and some friends), and then showed the crowd illustrations and photography of her travels around the world. Snowboarder Vanessa Stark brought cupcakes to sweeten up the audience and created a massive art installation of her oil paintings. Meg Olenick, being the comedienne she is, showed a video of snow falling for about three minutes. And Mercedes Nicoll walked everyone through a hilarious how-to video on paper majetting.
The scene
But the crowd favorites were the entertainers. Grete sang a Chinese song that she had received extra credit for in her college language class. She won. The "Notorious B.E.V." placed second with a rap song about Ullr. And snowboarder Dominique Vallee got third with a flashy dance routine.
Lynsey and I were bummed for a long time. "My little heart is broken," Lynsey said. "It feels like a boyfriend just broke up with me." She had stayed up until 4 a.m. the night before and the entire next day putting together her slide show while I worked on the entertainment for the evening.
But I made her post-party pogo, and pogo sticking cures all problems. The SheJumps girls got props for whipping everyone's ass in a freestyle pogo contest. I did a no hander, no footer, chugged a beer while pogoing, and jumped up a stair, stalled, and kept on going. Even if she didn't win that night, SheJumps was the talk of the party.
Pogo sticking is fun. Vanessa Pierce, left, and Laura Ogden
So far Grete is in the lead with two wins (Stompede and art contests). But Lynsey is in the running. Stay tuned.
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