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JAPES

CAPiTAlism and an army of AIRBLASTERs, its the way the west was won!!!!!

About Me

I am an ambassador of good times, I live for the shred! Snowboarding is my life! My life revolves around snowfalls. I travel pretty much everywhere to ride. Ive been all over the US in search of snow, as well as Canada, and am currently down in New Zealand! I just want to snowboard, thats about it. I just want to shred.
"FUCKING GNARLY" beats "THOUSANDTH TRY" any day of the week. Nobody taught me that, i KNOW that. Go big or go home seems to be my lifes motto, sure Ive paid some shitty consequences, but who hasn't? Keep that shit real, get paid and push weight.
"We are all connected somehow, we are all part of a community, a strong community. We migrate from our dossil and boring homes to the white of winter wherever it may be, it has brought me and many others to the southern hemisphere and back again to insure the dream, or closest thing to, to living an endless winter. Some of us are trend setters, some of us work nights to ride the days, others are caught in the sights of cameras, some of us are record breakers, but all of us are snowboarders. we are all connected by the ability to snowboard and to have fun doing it. snowboarding unites the better half of people, where the world and its problems are blurred and only happiness reigns, the freedom to ride is the best freedom of all, whatever you are doing, attempting, or shredding, snowboarding is and always will be fun, and make sure you do have fun and that you look like your having fun. snowboarding is the best life that i can ever imagine living." --meQuickly back up
The difference between success and failure is not in how many times you get knocked down. The difference is in how quickly you get back up.
High achievers experience at least as many setbacks as everyone else, and often quite a few more. Yet they refuse to let those setbacks stop them.
There are plenty of things that can come along to ruin your plans, and many of them are impossible to avoid. You don't have to let those things ruin your day, or your attitude, or your determination to move forward.
In fact, the more life pushes against you, the more clearly you'll see and understand how to push ahead. When you so choose, you can transform every setback into a new opportunity.
When the situation changes unexpectedly, choose to quickly adjust. Somewhere in all that change there is valuable energy that you can harness and put to good use.
When you get knocked down, get back up quickly. You'll very likely see a new way forward that you had never noticed before.
I am a SWEDISH kid, tan, blonde hair, and blue eyed. I am really big into my heritage. "HOW SWEDE IT IS!"
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My Interests

SNOWBOARDING

SNOWBOARDING

SNOWBOARDING

a little of SKATEBOARDING

SNOWBOARDING

TRAVELLING

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SNOcompton Nigga!

Chillin in Utah, drunk as fuck on the lift, yea!

my dawgs in TAcompton!

THE NEW(old) STICK! YEA, go AIRBLASTER!

Me at Mt. Rainier national park standing on a crazy cliff! That was a fun day!
Mt. Hood was so sick! so was all the damn candy in my mouth, notice the face, yeah, mucho sour candy! fun stuff though!
This is me and my best friend....Ronnie.....yes, i already know we're bad asses.
I dunno....some weird picture! I like it though.

This is me skimmin it up at Chambers creek...some shitty jump!

Warped tour 2004...I was really drunk....it was fun

shredder survey
name JP Sokolowski
height/weight 6ft 180lbs
stance/width/angles reg 24 18 -15
season you started riding 1999
board Capita Stairmasterb 152/Mid life theory 155
bindings Union Force/Inverter
boots Thirtytwo lashed/305s
outerwear 686
goggles electric
home mountain Crystal/Snocmopton
iPod or MD? ipod
music hip hop to punk rock..just play it loud
park or pow? pow days....pow, all the other days...park
most memorable day riding 9s and bs rodeo 7s off this natural windlip at Crystal
crew you ride with David, Chad, Kyle, Kate, Levi, Brook, Alex, Dan, Rojas, Emma, Seth, Rae...
tindy or tailfish? both...boned out super gnar!
snow gangster, emo kid, or jock? snow gangsta
favorite trick fs over 270 or bs 270
bradshaw or cronk haha Dennison got em both beat
last injury seperated shoulder
last trick you learned sw bs 7s
call last run? never!
is the JP Walker look finally over? Never, long live JP
will Holden be cool next year? emo steeze!
remember baseless bindings? shit!
remember low backs? ??
jacuzzi or cold shower? my hot tub
pretzel or danish? pretzz
trends for next season lets all snowboard with our jackets open!!

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I'd like to meet:

Genuwine people who are all about, SNOWBOARDING, SKATEBOARDING, TRAVELING, and LAUGHING.

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Music:

Anything and everything. Anything that i can snowboard too and that brings a smile to my face! I have a very eclectic music style and enjoy pretty much everything!

Movies:

Uhhh...i just watch snowboard movies most of the time....my collection includes...
FOLLOW ME AROUND
PEOPLE
WEAR IT WELL
THAT
DRAW THE LINE
BIKECAR
DECEMBER
STATE OF MIND
ONE LOVE
GAP SESSION
SOME KINDA LIFE
EVERYDAY SOMETHING
DC MOUNTAIN LAB
DERELICTICA
PROMO COPY
THE BIG BLIND
SMELL THE GLOVE
FROM _____ WITH LOVE
CHULKSMACK
PARADOX
POSITRON
THE COMMUNITY PROJECT
LAME
AFTERLAME
POP
HO'S ISLAND, SOUND STRAIT
REFLECTION
91 WORDS FOR SNOW
VIDEO GANGS
TRUE LIFE
THE RESISTANCE
PULSE
SHAKEDOWN
FULL METAL EDGES
so on and so forth...for the typical movies..
Forrest Gump
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas
Napoleon Dynamite
Old School
Dumb and dumber
Cool Runnings
Boondock Saints
Requiem for a dream
Bio Dome
Office Space
Da Vinci Code
............on and on and on......

Television:

eh..dont really watch tv.

Books:

i prefer snowboard magazines..

Heroes:

snowboarders=

My friends David and Seth.

Travis Parker
Andreas Wiig
David Benedek
TJ Schnieder
Devun Walsh
Both Eero's, Ettala and Niemela

My Blog

$6 tragedy

It started off like every other $6 mocha mornings when all these thoughts started to flood my mind. There were terrible, menacing vibrations all around me. All around us, we could feel all the eyes on...
Posted by JP Sokolowski on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:04:00 PST

park bench rivalries(W.I.P)

i thought i heard your voice, your whispers along and through the night, but nevertheless that was my lonely-n-brainwashed mind. life is leading me on like life is going fine, but both you and i know ...
Posted by JP Sokolowski on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:26:00 PST

Measurements and dissapointments.

Just when i thought that I had life figured out, just when i thought things might actually work out, I found out that its not going to. I had life going for me, absolutely wonderful girlfriend to whom...
Posted by JP Sokolowski on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:20:00 PST

Blooms to much avail and similarity to that of snow.

Keeping the pace and holding on with a tight grip, following the brake lights just ahead, the windows are amongst there shells, allergies and wind fill the cabin, hair doesnt seem to stay in uniform a...
Posted by JP Sokolowski on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:09:00 PST

remember whens of a Park City romance scene

The days arise and then the sun falls. One more day down until my arrival. I fall into temporary traps as if I cant describe this emotional revolution. Between the frustrations and the unbearable urge...
Posted by JP Sokolowski on Wed, 24 May 2006 06:56:00 PST

Life tastes sooooo goood!

Everybody has those days and those moments of pure happiness, that moment for me was yesterday! Life, most of the time, isnt too appeasing. A majority of the time people are down and discouraged about...
Posted by JP Sokolowski on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 04:21:00 PST

Close to being retarded

So theres this girl named Marama, she is the best thing to happen to me! When i hear her voice i melt with happiness! She is gorgeous, she is a snowboarder, she is pretty, she loves to rock, she is pe...
Posted by JP Sokolowski on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:35:00 PST

Second Chance

"Second Chance" by the local band "The Republic"   Oh, could it be that young and freeIs an unfulfilling tragedyIf I could only be tied down to you, to youWell, Ill hold on strongBut dont be too ...
Posted by JP Sokolowski on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:45:00 PST

understatement

Why do we hurt? Why do we strive for things we simply cannot have? Why does love seem to spread more dissapointment then happiness in my way? There are so many things in life that I want right now, ...
Posted by JP Sokolowski on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Snowborading in June

Ok, today is friday...a rather good day...got the weekend coming up ready to have fun...no work...its perfect.....unless you are leaving for MT. Hood monday morning. that is even better. Kevin, Fawn.....
Posted by JP Sokolowski on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST