Spacecraft Astronaut Sky Siljeg in the Oregon Trifecta.

This was day 2 at the Oregon Trifecta.

Sky Siljeg is destroying bowl in Tigard.

2009 Oregon Trifecta Skate contest Pier Park Day 2 from Jeff Greenwood on Vimeo.

The Oregon Trifecta is a  3 day contest at 3 different location across Oregon.
- Lincoln City
- Tigard
- Pier Park

An April dump of snow in the Cascades, one piece suits and stepping back into the rad… Check out the first annual Stevens Pass Retro Fools Day slalom race and as seen by Spacecraft’s Ryan and the Rabbit.

Retro Fool Day

A late season dump produces an amazing day at Stevens Pass on April 2nd. The crew set gates for the first annual Retro Fools Day downhill slalom race. About 100 stoked snow enjoyers showed up at the top of Hogs Back and strapped into their old set-ups. The day was a classic in the making with neon glowing gear and a pretty good assortment of snow toys that represented the evolution of 20+ years of snow shredding design. A slalom course with breakaway gates was the set-up to test your skills and shoot for the fastest time. The snow fell all day and the beer went just the same. Powder, friends and fun was Retro Fools Day… and you know that Spacecraft will be back at Stevens Pass next year… come on out and race the Rabbit on your classic equipment.

Stevens Pass Marketing Rad Dude : Nate

Spacecraft Astronaut Kenji rocking Sno Con vintage gems

Ryan and Spacecraft Rabbit at the top of the course

Maxx from POW Gloves and soon to be wife Lindsey from SOS

Dropping in... toe strap up

The Stuart Martin of Zumiez and Edmonds...

Accumulating snow

Good times in the making

Local legend,real estate agent and victor of the snowboarders : Marcel Dolak w/ sister

Classics :

Andy and Marcel

The trophy for 1st place mono ski devision

Trophy grabber snowboard division. I didn't catch your name ripper...

It was like Hot Dog the movie up at Stevens Pass

This guy landed a trophy on an old Gnu

Skier hot dogger and 1st place denim style

Girl soccer trophy for the Spacecraft mantle

The locals were in the spirit

The organizer of the day : Dave... Until next season

Check out some other rad stuff: Sno con, Pow Gloves, SOS, Zumiez

Four ever so courageous evo interns storm the walls of spacecraft, they leave with one great story to tell…

Check out Their mighty story at “evo Interns Enter Spacecraft”

evo's top notch interns!

Commander Sullivan reporting from the dark and wet regions of Alaska. Since our last update we have spent an unearthly amount of time locked in our stationary living vessels. The Pan Pacific jet stream has taken aim directly at our crew and has barraged us with storm after storm. We have seen the stars come out a few times at night, but the clear skies are gone by the time we are set to depart in the helicopter at dawn.
The best chance we had for a flight mission was the morning after my rock and roll concert in the guide school at the Pioneer Bar, when, after going to bed at 3:30 a.m. with raining skies, dawn broke to clear skies for miles. There is some truth to the saying “drinking it blue,” especially here in Alaska. Someone must not have done their share of self-sacrifice, though. Justin Hostynek, the commander in charge of the video division, had opted out of the ceremonies that night, so maybe blame could be placed on him for the clouds rolling in as we approached the helipad. There’s no arguing with Mother Nature up here. You get what you get.
Avalanche conditions are now at an all-time high after a series of storms that packed copious amounts of precipitation and winds. So even if the sun does come out for 24 hours, intrepid is the soul that first sets foot on some of the bigger exposed slopes.
My sarcastic favorite of this past week was when Camera Technician Jake Price and I stood atop one of the funnest lines we had ever planted our flags on, 2 feet of pow, ready to rip it until the Video Squad leader forbade us to ride it so as to save it for the “real” riders. The lookdown on that one was one of the hardest ever to walk away from. At this point our tracks would have been well covered as there is most likely upward of 6 feet of snow on top of it. I will attach some visual proof of Jake looking down it so one might have a taste. Can I have some cheese with my whine?
During this earthlocked interim we have been keeping ourselves busy in various manners. Gigi has been having lots of arts and crafts time, building snowmen/women and doing lots of stop frame photography and Super 8 filming for the new movie he is working on with Jake Price. Jake Blauvelt has his femme-bot, Kristin (who is also working as a guide with one of the outfits), so we don’t see too much of them on the down days (wink , wink). The rest of us are just lonely Cosmonauts awaiting our next deployment and wishing that our femme-bots were here, too.
We recently had some communications with base and it appears we will be having some new arrivals by early this week from the European Sector and the Seattle Satellite. Officers Blair Habenicht, Wolfgang Nyvelt and Nicolas Muller should be arriving by Tuesday if the launch shuttle can penetrate the thick clouds of this viscious storm cycle.

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This morning we got this email from Spacecraft Astronaut Sky Siljeg:

Hi, just wanted to check in and let you know that I’m home again from Florida Bowl Riders this past weekend. Day one at a secret back yard bowl was super fun. Sunny out and really an amazing session.
Didn’t quite skate up to where I wanted to and took a 12th. I guess scores were super tight so over all I didn’t place too far out of 1st really score-wise, just lots of amazing skaters.

Day two at Kona. Looked like it was going to get rained out. I even went to the local movies to pass the time. Got the text that it was clearing up and they were drying the bowl. Left the show early and booked it for the bowl. Some serious skating always goes down at Kona. I love that bowl. Took 6th and felt like I really put out a good show. You would not believe the level bowl skating has come to. Getting into the top ten is really taking a lot. I placed 8th in the overall scores.

I feel lucky to get to even be in the bowl with some of these guys. Thank you for your support in getting me here.

After I came home I spoke at a celebration dinner for “Invest in Youth” for the YMCA. [It] was held in a huge, very full banquet room at the Everett Convention Center. [It] was all the heads of the Ymca, trustees, committee heads, etc. My talk was basically my story and what skating is to me. They put up a pretty cool picture that my mom shot at Kona. [It] was pretty cool to get a standing ovation from that group. My hope is to get more funds for programs at Mukilteo Skate Park and hopefully a roof over it at some point in the next year. I think they see what is possible through skating.

Sky attached some great pictures, too.

The Shakedown was a grassroots event that was started in the far away country of Canada. It has grown in popularity over the years and made its way to Washington’s Summit at Snoqualmie.

We were given an invite to come see some talented snow shredders leap off of a huge snow wedge and then navigate a rail set-up after landing that.

It was a cool scene at the Summit, with a steady crowd to cheer on the snowboard leapers.

Spacecraft stayed low key and lurked around checking out the action from the sidelines.

Congrats to Manuel Diaz and Megan Ginter from your friends at Spacecraft

The images below are a slice of the final day as seen through Spacecraft eyes.

For actual substance on the event, check out these links : Snowboarder | Transworld | ESPN |

Ryan Miller : The Clark Kent of the NW Spacecraft Rabbit and grower of the clear mustache.

Jen Tofe : NW ripper, animal lover and Spacecraft hat wearer

Manuel Diaz : Friend and super launcher… also got second place. Congrats!

Girls LOVE the Spacecraft Rabbit…” My Rabbit”…

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