Paul Thacker

PT Update 4/19/10

// April 21st, 2010 // News

Hey all! Its PT checking in.

It’s been a pretty busy spring! Since the Invasion Tour has finished up, I am back in AK for some much needed time sleeping in my own bed! Even though I am home though doesn’t seem to be slowing down my schedule much. I just got back from The Arctic Man event at Summit Lake Alaska. It’s a huge snowmobile event/party in the middle of nowhere AK! Events range from the actual Arctic Man pull where a sled tows a skier/snowboarder down the mountain! Speeds reach over 90 mph! Crazy! They also do a hillcross, snox, and cross country. I actually went this year to do the freestyle demo. I was invited to help out and since I have never actually done much in my home state I thought it was a stellar idea. Since I quit racing I thought it would be nice to rip a little freestyle in front of the hometown crowd. The entire event was a super good time and I was really glad I was invited to be a part.

As of what we are up to at the moment, we have been waiting on decent weather to get after it in the mountains. I actually was able to make my schedule fit so I could do some real back country riding this spring. We have had a few days and to say the snow and conditions are epic is selling it short. We have more snow than I have ever seen.  Should make for a great spring. I know all the SN boys are killing it right now and we will make sure that the SN AK crew (myself, Davis, Sherman, etc) are doing the same. Its been a while since I have been able to rip the AK mountains and man its been awesome getting back to it. Definitely enjoying getting on the back country freestyle plan along with my teamates Davis and Borchers. Lots of good footage and no shortage of good times!

As far as the rest of the spring we have another freestyle event at the end of the month and film, film, film! Going to be the best spring ever! Until next time….Keep Ripping!!

 PT11