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cindy

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Tl;dr — sad girl’s career highlight/honour: building pic n shov/pipelandia with Eric and Steven.
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The start of 2025 was probably the hardest my life has been in a loonnnng time. I collected my sad little grieving heart and helped build a fucking superpipe on my misery’s front porch with @mntn.nerd and @goobtron5000 and it was the most special thing I’ve done thus far in my snow career. For a lot of ops, prolonged hours in a machine is frustrating but for a minute there it was the only place I felt peace. The collaboration, the long hours, the way we get to watch piles of snow change every 60 mins, the support of mentors and people on the lift as they wave and yip at the cats, the LEARNING I get to do from SO many talented builders and their help/encouragement they give me as a yung op means the world to me. I think about it every lap I take and every lap I take breathes a little more love back into my Way of Being.
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Life has gotten brighter and once again snowboarding saves it daily. Thank fuck for the board, the body, big opportunities, even bigger feelings, Eric, Johnny, and for ME and my own persistent hunger. taken in Support City by @c1nd__y

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2 years ago

And that’s a wrap on Australia. It was genuinely something I could write about for years, but nah. A very special thank you to @_scottrussell for the sweet opportunity, @kay_koh for the push, @jimigasgas for running the grave show + helping me find/keep my southern hemi cool, the string of floss in this boom that I got more comfy with, and for the maaaaany new special friends. It was sooo soo good screaming with you all. taken in Mt Kosciuszko National Park by @c1nd__y

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2 years ago

Waited 4 years for this one. taken in Utah by @c1nd__y

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4 years ago

Just here to say that I fucking LoVE lapping with Brady McCarthy @big_gringostyle taken in Funville by @c1nd__y

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7 months ago

Turns out I needed a morning with Daryl and apparently red jacket kid, too, you keep doin you red jacket kid❤️ taken in Peace And Serenity by @c1nd__y

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8 months ago

Worst year so far still looks pretty good at times. It fr feels like I died 100 times, thankfully there’s evidence of 101 times I lived. Bye 2025 I am so grateful you’re ending, you were terrible start to finish❤️ taken in Hell and Heaven Open Air by @c1nd__y

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10 months ago

not a two paragraph caption about learning to fish, thanks for all the worm work @zachdebo_21 🫂 by @c1nd__y

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a year ago

Hahahahahahahah what taken in Bonkers - A Weird Idea by @c1nd__y

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a year ago

80% non pure clips 100% all pure feelings. Riding w @dryscapes and pushing w @mntn.nerd soon soon soon soon soon❕🙂‍↔️❕ taken in Heaven Is for Real by @c1nd__y

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a year ago

At the center of my life there is an earth angel named Ford Erickson. Every time I talk about Ford or see him play music I choke up. 11 years ago I met this man who taught me how to backpack, supported me through the disappearance/SAR/death of my sweet Annie, and pulled me into my journey with ANASAZI shortly after the search. Ever since then, my life changed.
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Ford was the first stranger to believe in me. In the last 11 years he’s picked me up off the side of the road….so many times. He’s likely shared a thousand donuts with me. He’s guided thru hundreds of miles of wilderness with me. He’s sat with me at Capitol Hill while I cry (I had a phase.) He’s made me laugh 1000000508 times. He’s told me hard truths and helped make hard choices easier. He’s made life easier. He’s taught me. He’s literally physically held me up when I couldn’t stand during funerals for our friends and for our kids. He’s held my hands and feet while I lean over the roof picking cherries from his tree. He’s brought me food while I lie in a bed with burnt and unusable legs. He’s one of the only men on earth I will always trust right away every time. He’s convinced me to start running up mountains (how???) He’s been a guardian over me and watches my location when I’m out in the world alone. He’s been my best friend, my guide, my angel, my clown, my explosion in the sky and on the ground, my reason I’m here. Here’s to forty and to forty friggen more @ford_thunder_erickson I love you. taken in The West by @c1nd__y

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I turned 30 this week.
I’ve always been private about my age but public about being afraid to turn 30. A few months ago I stopped feeling the need to be protective over that info and I started to feel—proud?¿¿?. After a deeply beautiful and chaotic decade, I feel proud to be 30, and proud to feel excited about it.
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There’s a lot of things in the world that are so fucking not exciting. It doesn’t feel like there’s an overwhelming file of evidence for life to be any easier or more special with my new age. There’s a lot of things that make me sad. There’s a handful of dreams that I dreamt a little too late and I feel hopeless about them coming true — yet at the same time I feel so excited.
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I feel excited about who I have for dearly beloveds. I feel excited for my waves of sadness and uncertainty to pass. I feel excited every time I drive my truck. I feel excited every time it’s cloudy or for when I see snow. I feel excited for the next time I eat shit on a shitty front board. I feel excited for the next time I feel butterflies even if it makes me want to throw up for all of forever. I feel excited for the new things I’m learning and the fact that I’m still learning new things. I’m excited that my mind can change. Everything feels more important, including me, including my sad moments and bad days, including every sunrise as if it’s a total surprise. Nothing about 30 feels scary. Luckily @ford_thunder_erickson @gemsnave and @healingsycamore_ went first, and with thanks going to those big three I feel rock solid in who I am, in my support system, and all the work I’ve done on myself in the last 10 years. I wanna go shake 23 year old me and just scream “giiiirrrrrrl guesssss whattttt” because getting to 30 is so not scary and neither was getting there. 💖 taken in Planet Love by @c1nd__y

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a year ago

a collection of stuff I fuck with (positive connotation) in response to the last two weeks of life fucking with me (negative connotation) taken in Can a Girl Catch a Break? by @c1nd__y

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