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Anything for the shot 📸 congrats @thenickswann and @ke_sy_ah!!

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q1 recap✨

when i was in high school i admired skate culture. i ordered those ccs mags, fell in love with graphic design drawing from skate and snowboard decks

i was awful at it. i tried so hard to learn after school but could only manage rolling around town. i was for all intents and purposes at the time, a pOsEr — i loved the art, music, the culture of dissent. but most importantly, it kept the memory of one of my best friends then alive

i remember skating around her neighborhood, tryin to keep up. she’d tell me of her snowboarding trips with her family and i’d just tell her, “i wish i could learn someday”

fast forward 20 years and i find myself finally on the mountain, trying to keep up with my friends. falling a lot, but im here

glad to have stepped away from climbing a bit since i got back from rocklands this year. investing in something new and eating shit in the process, has been grounding me into my body. something i needed, to come back to climbing with new eyes

i’m just glad to have thrown myself down the mountain to learn so i can experience it all with the people that i love. i didn’t think it’d ever be possible as a kid, but snowboarding is slowly becoming something i can call my own.

lest we forget, the sociopolitical state is shit. we’re fighting the oligarchy, we’re educating ourselves on our rights, we’re putting our money where our values are, and we’re still making time to fuck around and find out

and i’m finally settling into the fact that, climbing while once treated as a means to an end, ain’t shit when you realize we’re comparing our performance and progress based on the average 6‘ white males establishing boulders in colorado

but i’m feeling stronger than i ever thought id be at 37

✔️out the cut

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Quick lil reunion at the mile high city 🏔️

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sorry minh

nick hates outside boulder #itsjustawkward

matching tats

dumb crimps on a slab

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photo dump ✿

one of my fave dedications + some that i liked from my first batch of scans

i’m already in love with film. i’m not good at it (yet) but i’m having a blast.

there was one print that i liked better than the scan because it came out much pinker, but wtv. can’t win em all.

it’s been hard to read with covid (and bc i can’t stop playing hades lol) but i’ll be back.

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• a lesson in portraiture •

ft. @thenickswann

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first year🫶🏼🧌

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Thank you to everyone who came out to enjoy our LEAP Year Rendezvous. Everyone brought great psych and one lucky member, Connor, walked away with a chalk bag signed by Alex Honnold for throwing some impressive moves on the wall! Keep an eye out for announcements about our next Rendezvous, it will be a fun one!
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#earthtreks #earthtrekscrystalcity #comeclimb

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This is the first boulder that I had ever set... it wasn’t much but it changed my life. @aiguilleclimbing is sadly closing down their facility. This place is not just responsible for my passion for setting and my entrance into the industry, it’s where my wife and I learned how to be better communicators and teammates. It’s where I met most of my dearest friends and mentors. It’s not the end...the community is stronger than that but damnit I’m gonna miss those walls.

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About to drop the hottest mix tape. Happy New Year!
#2016 #NYE #mixtape #hashtag

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UCF Climbing Club giving back by volunteering at the #ucfarboretum thanks to the wonderful folks at the arboretum for letting us come out and help out! #ucf #knights #climbing #arboretum

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