Monday, June 22, 2009

Thinking of a Helmet Cam?

Sup crew, busy life up here in Shasta getting ready for my brothers wedding. I have been in close contact with David Miller at Matador, and he asked me to put together a helmet cam review piece for their site.

The piece can be found here http://matadorgoods.com/helmet-cam-guide-3-top-designs/.

It's a review of the GoPro Wide, VIO POV 1/1.5, and the brand new Contour HD by Vholdr. If any of you adventurist are in the market for a helmet cam be sure to check out this piece for some good prospective.

Shon

Friday, June 12, 2009

Lovers Leap Limestone, The Other Leap

    Siskiyou County has some of the most diverse rock climbing of anywhere in California. Lover's Leap Limestone is just another gem in our plethora of great crags. Although some early development had taken place about a decade ago by Jeff S., Styles and a few others. The Leap really came alive last fall when the the Shastafarian crew headed out there and began putting in new routes on every aspect of this 360˙ euro plug, which sits high up on a hill in the Scott Valley. In just under an hour drive from Mount Shasta and a 30 minute approach you can be at the crags base and spend all day chasing the sun or the shade, making the season at the Leap almost endless.

Some of the crew heading up to the Crag

The Choice Venue area.

Jeff, one of the early pioneers, warms up on the Midway Slab 8+

Steve on Get'n Tubed, 11c

Orion, one of the more motivated developers putting in another hard day at the office with Steve in the background sending the first ascent of Plasma 11d.

Orion finishing up a new classic "Meant To Be" 11a

We are putting together a mini guide for the Leap, should be up in a week or 2. So check back in at the Shasta Base Camp web site or if you can't wait give us a call and we'll hook you up with the beta to head out and sample some of NorCal's Lover's Leap Limestone.

No This Aint In Tahoe!

Monday, June 8, 2009

Matador

In this past crazy week of finals and moving back to Shasta for summer, I spoke with David Miller at Matador, an online blogging community. These guys are great and have a great outlook to where they want to take their company.

Check out the full interview at http://matadorsports.com/athlete-profile-shon-bollock

Hope everyone else has gotten more water than me these past few weeks, but the water will come my way soon.

SB