Brian Behrens

This year I decided to make an Amazon wish list to aid the people in my life who would be getting me gifts. It paid off big time. Everything I got I loved. The Amazon Wish List Chrome Plugin is a nice helper when bookmarking stuff you want on your list. I made out big time. Some gifts I love are the Akai MPK49, James Jean “Rebus” book & James Jean “RIFT” accordion book. Hope your Christmas was merry and have a great new year!

Flipboard for the iPhone came out this week. It’s the first time on my phone I’ll actually keep up with all these feeds, in particular Google Reader. I never found an app previously that allowed me to browse Google Reader in a visual way I actually liked. Now I need to buy an iPad because I hear Flipboard amazing on it.

The app is FREE!

Snowboarding at Stevens Pass on January 8th, 2011

We went all over the mountain in this video. The cat track jumping at the end was especially fun.

Music:
The Smiths – “Ask (Demo)”

Snowboarding in the backcountry @ Stevens Pass – February 19th, 2011

We had a great day building a kicker in the backcountry of Stevens Pass.

Music:
Sun Airway – “American West”

Snowboarding @ Grand Targhee Resort – March 6th, 2011

We had a great first day snowboarding in Wyoming at Grand Targhee Resort. We hiked Mary’s Nipple a couple of times and had a lot of fun all over the resort.

Music:
“Screws Get Loose” – Those Darlins
“Throwing Shade” – Abe Vigoda
“Standing At the Station” – Ty Segall

Snowboarding in the backcountry @ Jackson Hole – March 9th, 2011 (extended cut)

We spent the day with backcountry guide Brendan Burns. Awesome guy and great guide. We rode No Shadows/Cody Bowl, Four Pines, Rock Springs, Green River, & Split Rock.
(This is the extended cut with footage from the whole day)

Music:
“Silver Screen” by the Beat Connection
“Take Me In” – Wild Nothing
“What a Pleasure” – Beach Fossils
“New Theory” – Washed Out

Enjoying Stevens Pass Springfest 2011 (Debauchery & Pond Skim)

Max and friends enjoyed a snowy day of springfest. Enjoying some brews with the van bros, some sweet lines in the park and a nice smooth skim across the pond… what more could you ask for?

Our friend Brendan was in from Philly. We had a great day on the mountain. Chris, Rob and myself took an avalanche awareness class at Stevens Pass the day before. The class was great and definitely makes me feel a lot more comfortable hiking into the backcountry. Chris and I have been trying our hand at snow shoeing and also got our beacon/probe/shovel set. I can’t wait for Jackson Hole.

The track in the video is “Edge of Extremes” by Clubfeet.

We spent the day January 22nd hiking Cowboy Mountain. Here are some of the results.

Music in the video:
Ducktails – Hamilton Road
The Pharmacy – Little Toys On A Shelf

I recently purchased a new action sports camera called the Drift Innovation HD170. Here are the results from a day of snowboarding at Stevens Pass with some friends. This was our first day up at Stevens of the season. It was also the second day the backside of the mountain was open.

Drift Innovation HD170

I’m super excited about the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. We’ve been tinkering with the SDK at work. The videos of the actual device being used are starting to pop up and it’s looking like a promising tablet.

Azure Ray is releasing a new album after a 6 year hiatus. Both Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink have been off pursing music in their own ways, but are releasing a new full-length album as Azure Ray again on September 14th. Check out a sample of the upcoming album below:

Don’t Leave My Mind (MP3)

And, best of all, they’ll be playing the Tractor Tavern in Ballard on October 27th!

Tracklist:

1. Wake Up, Sleepyhead
2. Don’t Leave My Mind
3. In the Fog
4. Larraine
5. On and On Again
6. Make Your Heart
7. Silver Sorrow
8. Signs in the Leaves
9. Love and Permanence
10. Shouldn’t Have Loved
11. Dancing Ghosts
12. Walking in Circles

We had an epic trip to Shi Shi this past holiday weekend. We were blessed with great weather and bald eagles galore (even bald eagles carrying snakes). Enjoy some of the photos!