Hey everyone thot I would give an update, Im here in good 'ol Breckenridge, CO. just got in at 6:30am and napped till 2. what a way to travel! Tonight I'm heading down to the Art of Flight Premiere at the Boulder Theater for the 9:30 showing!!! 21+, so needless to say I'm gonn have a few drinks and a realllly good time. Hope to see someone there!
tomorrow I will complete my long road trip with the final 17hr leg to Incline Village, NV. This has been my first completely solo cross country road trip and I can say it gets real boring, hope I never have to do that again. anyone out there want to join me for the last part of the trip to Tahoe? If so, then drop me a line here or on any of my other social media pages.
thanks for reading, TAHOE HERE I COME!
The life of professional snowboarder Will Mayo through photos, videos and words...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
The Road Trip Has Begun
Couple things... I'm in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, left Maine yesterday, I'm headed to Minneapolis Minnesota tomorrow, then Boulder, CO on Wednesday, and coming to a rest in Incline Village, NV. Those are the cities, the highlight will be The Art Of Flight premiere in Boulder. not too much nature on this drive just a whole lot of seeing old friends and getting down to business. got some cool things coming your way this winter I hope you all stay posted!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Smith Optics Factory Team
Well well well, my hard work and dedication to the Smith Optics brand has finally paid off, after 2 years of riding for smith at a regional level, they have chosen me to move up to the factory team! A big step for me! I am very stoked to officially be part of the Smith Team and am very grateful to them for recognizing me in this way! Once again if you haven't seen life through a pair of Smith I/O goggles you should check it out, its a clear and visible world of comfortable and stylish winter shred!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Check Out My Mayo...
My season long compilation is here, love it, hate it, comment on it, tell me what you think!
Friday, June 17, 2011
Made it.
long drive, Canada was hot and sticky, had a lot of fun at Yellowstone, saw Devils Tower, A huge herd of Bison, Mt Rushmore, Elsworth airforce base, Niagara falls, a Grizzly bear, the Tetons, an old friend, Chicago and over 200 pa-diddles. I also saw a friend and gained a passenger in Wisconsin (Never though that would happen), Opened SEVERAL beers, ate some steak, went up a tower (for free), revolved a few times then descended a tower, saw a movie, ate some ice cream, rode the Maid of the Mist and walked into America, took a photo and walked back to Canada. some good shit, alot happened in 7 days. its was a straight shot from tahoe to yellowstone, took 15 hrs overnight starting at 5 pm. Arriving for sunrise in The Tetons, I was not going to let myself sleep till sundown. I saw the park all day after being awake for 24hrs when I arrived there at 8am. That means by the time it was sundown I was awake for 35hrs. I was pooped.
Anyway, I drove pretty hard to get to my buddy joel (western South Dakota) the next day. Saw Rushmore, a bar with a nightclub downstairs (didn't think I'd see that in SD), the bottom of a lot of beers/Mixed drinks, the floor of joel's room. Woke up and headed for Wisconsin, short story, I got there (not much happened in between). I arrive at Kaila's and hug Cheyanne for the first time in what seemed to be a great while. The next morning we left Kailas in a hurry to get to Chris in Guelph, Ontario. I was a fairly scenic drive, some cool examples of stunning Architecture and Engineering in Chicago. and a decent view of the great lakes. we got into Canada during the day light but didnt have much for our drive, we got to Guelph at 10pm and stayed for two days with Chris saw some new people, played beach volleyball, had a good meal, and had a good friend there the whole time, well 2 really. Then we headed to Niagara and spent 1 day and 1 morning exploring the various attractions at the falls, then made our way to Massachusetts where the Sawyer family was kind enough to treat me to a great meal and great atmosphere.
The last day of my drive was my birthday; June 3rd. I made it home in 5 hrs from Cheyanne's house in time for birthday dinner at longhorn with my madre, my aunt and my brother. A good Journey It was, full of life, energy and passion. It was not as I expected, but then again, it never is. Road trips are fun, they are eye opening but theres something about sitting in a car for 12 hrs a day 5 days a week just sucks. It is because of this I have made a huge life decision: ladies and Gentlemen, I have decided to NEVER BE A CROSS COUNTRY TRUCKER...
Anyway, I drove pretty hard to get to my buddy joel (western South Dakota) the next day. Saw Rushmore, a bar with a nightclub downstairs (didn't think I'd see that in SD), the bottom of a lot of beers/Mixed drinks, the floor of joel's room. Woke up and headed for Wisconsin, short story, I got there (not much happened in between). I arrive at Kaila's and hug Cheyanne for the first time in what seemed to be a great while. The next morning we left Kailas in a hurry to get to Chris in Guelph, Ontario. I was a fairly scenic drive, some cool examples of stunning Architecture and Engineering in Chicago. and a decent view of the great lakes. we got into Canada during the day light but didnt have much for our drive, we got to Guelph at 10pm and stayed for two days with Chris saw some new people, played beach volleyball, had a good meal, and had a good friend there the whole time, well 2 really. Then we headed to Niagara and spent 1 day and 1 morning exploring the various attractions at the falls, then made our way to Massachusetts where the Sawyer family was kind enough to treat me to a great meal and great atmosphere.
The last day of my drive was my birthday; June 3rd. I made it home in 5 hrs from Cheyanne's house in time for birthday dinner at longhorn with my madre, my aunt and my brother. A good Journey It was, full of life, energy and passion. It was not as I expected, but then again, it never is. Road trips are fun, they are eye opening but theres something about sitting in a car for 12 hrs a day 5 days a week just sucks. It is because of this I have made a huge life decision: ladies and Gentlemen, I have decided to NEVER BE A CROSS COUNTRY TRUCKER...
...I know shocking right?
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Driving back to Maine, just because
Cross country drives are long, they are costly, they are bad for your vehicle and they can be more physically demanding than most would guess. None of these are good reasons to drive cross country, so why am I doing it? I want to see more of this country which I call home, and a little bit of our neighbor to the north. Yellowstone, Bear Tooth Pass, Badlands, Detroit, Toronto, Niagara Falls and to finish it off I will arrive at my home in Maine.
My girlfriend of 4 months, Cheyanne, will be joining me when I pass through Wisconsin. She started her drive a week before me with her roommate from school Kaila, who hails from WI. She has never been to the falls or Canada so this will certainly be a great part of the trip for her. I, on the other hand, have been to Canada before not to say its not exciting but the part of this journey which I am most interested in is the solo section at the start. Its a 12 hour drive from Tahoe to Yellowstone, I don't expect to stop for much other than gas along the route. its an adventure though so who knows. So, here I go, wish me luck, this is going to be a long journey and hopefully a fun, rewarding and eye opening experience which will create memories that last a life-time.... or it could just be a miserable trudge through the northern half of our country, who knows.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Super Park!
HOLY JUMPS BATMAN!
it was certainly a new experience for me to go down the trails of super park and stand above every feature thinking what I usually only get to think once a year; "I know the speed, I know its fast, but I've got this..." Having to psyche myself up for every jump was a great feeling, I finally have gotten comfortable hitting jumps that i haven't gotten comfortable on yet. Each jump had a different shape and something unique about it that i had never ridden before. My favorite jump was the second biggest one at super park, it was about 80 feet to the knuckle and close to 95 to the sweet spot. At first i sent a few straight airs and then some back threes, back sevens and eventually a back ten on it the ten i landed second try and I couldn't have been more stoked. Throughout the week I hit every feature created for super park and I can honestly say it was the most intimidating park i have ever been to. There were hips and big jumps and wall rides and big drop rails and cannon step ups and cliff drop step downs and everything else u could think of. one of the best weeks of shredding i have ever had and I managed to stay in one piece the whole week, only a few hairy moments scattered here and there. I had a great time and saw a great deal of old friends out killing it on ever feature. Yale, Luke, Ian, Eric, Jeff, Tarjei, Collin, Adam, Aaron, Jeremy, Trip, Pete, Forest, Riley and so many more people who I have seen all year showed up and threw down. it was a killer week on all fronts.
Thanks again to Pat Bridges for the Invite. Hopefully i will find some videos or photos with me in em to post here very soon. Until then this shot from my GoPro should suffice.
it was certainly a new experience for me to go down the trails of super park and stand above every feature thinking what I usually only get to think once a year; "I know the speed, I know its fast, but I've got this..." Having to psyche myself up for every jump was a great feeling, I finally have gotten comfortable hitting jumps that i haven't gotten comfortable on yet. Each jump had a different shape and something unique about it that i had never ridden before. My favorite jump was the second biggest one at super park, it was about 80 feet to the knuckle and close to 95 to the sweet spot. At first i sent a few straight airs and then some back threes, back sevens and eventually a back ten on it the ten i landed second try and I couldn't have been more stoked. Throughout the week I hit every feature created for super park and I can honestly say it was the most intimidating park i have ever been to. There were hips and big jumps and wall rides and big drop rails and cannon step ups and cliff drop step downs and everything else u could think of. one of the best weeks of shredding i have ever had and I managed to stay in one piece the whole week, only a few hairy moments scattered here and there. I had a great time and saw a great deal of old friends out killing it on ever feature. Yale, Luke, Ian, Eric, Jeff, Tarjei, Collin, Adam, Aaron, Jeremy, Trip, Pete, Forest, Riley and so many more people who I have seen all year showed up and threw down. it was a killer week on all fronts.
Thanks again to Pat Bridges for the Invite. Hopefully i will find some videos or photos with me in em to post here very soon. Until then this shot from my GoPro should suffice.
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