Sitting here at the Fresh Aspect headquarters content with what has been put together over the last year. And not without several good reasons.

Reasons









More to come friends.

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e

photogs By: Eric Berglund (other than the second one of Scotty and i, in which case good compadre Brent Metcalfe must be responsible).

I'm gonna start off this 100'th post with this super catchy track 'Around the Bend' by Danish pop/electronic/funk crew 'The Asteroids Galaxy Tour'. Supposedly this was used in some Apple iTouch commercial..unbeknownst to me of course...i'd say good use of blurppy horns, lasers, thumpy bass, grainy technicolor and organ...and a nice fur hat too.

Bump on the horizon. A couple of weeks ago before the mercury started to drop.

Celebrating Birch: the lore, art and craft of an ancient tree- put out by the North House Folk School down the road in Grand Marais, Minnesota, given to me by my wise and old uncle Erv. This book covers everything from birch biology and ecology to its practical and spiritual aspects in many northern cultures. Along with its step-by-step instructions for several projects it's definitely stoking the creative fires that are pouring through my axe and knives these days...oh, and the bathtub full of birch bark that i had to steam in order make it supple again. Check it, if this sort of craftiness is up your alley.

Lutsen pretty much beat me to getting first tracks yesterday. Shouldn't be long now till we're up to our eyeballs in the white stuff and sliding cross country and down hills.

Big dog- November 15th, 2008.

Little dog- May 15th, 2008.

And to keep things a little on the surfy side...i came across this gem while cruising the ever killer content at Shakas and Singlefins. Good surfing, nice boards and a fun musical selection.

Bing Surfboards and Chris Del MoroIII Present:
The Lovebird Colab Project
A film by J. Smart

Nunchuck attack-spring 2008.
(photo By: Thomas Jordan)



So yeah, keep on keepin on.

peace
e



photos By: eric berglund

Been off in the northwoods of Minnesota with family, partaking in an annual tradition that we wait for all year. A ritual of practicing patience, observing, learning, laughing and hopefully putting some healthy protein in the the freezer for the year. The wind blew and the wolves were present and the alarm at 4:20AM every morning comes too fast some days. But ya do what ya gotta do.

Moon setting at 5AM on a crisp November morning.

Stillness...and deafening silence waiting to be broken by the
snap of a branch or foot steps on leaves.

Reality


Next post is numero 100 and "the fresh aspect" is 10 days from being a year old, WOOT!

oh yeah...my apologies if the sight of blood is just too real.
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e

photo's by : e.

Big crew rolled east yesterday in the wind and rain for a long and burly session. Just the way we like it here on Superior. Figured i throw up a few shots to get the week off to a good start.
Enjoy.

Dave Edwards drops into a bit of a bomb.

Dave again, throwing some backside spray.

Jer Bowery

Jer again with plenty of northshore style.

Jaakko Natri eying up a peeling left.

Chris Kukkee rips a nice one.



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e

photo's By: Eric Berglund

Bull moose of the Swedish variety seen crossing while we were cruising up
to Sunne from Karlstad, just after my second cousin Stefan told us how they hadn't been seeing many moose these days.

Yesterday's meager windslop session, under sunny skies. Totally expecting more, we settled for what was there.

Trying my hand at some carving.





photo's by: Eric Berglund

Truth has it, the forecast for the weekend was looking much bigger and more badass than it turned out to be. Almost like winter was on its way. But when you park yourself along with your buds in the right place at the right time, you might just get it good.










photos By: eric berglund

Great bike culture in Sweden. Everyday people in every day clothes riding their everyday bikes in all conditions. Just gettin er done. One of many bicycle photos from the trip.


I pretty much couldn't resist poaching this Dilbert strip that was posted over at Moldy Chum the other day.


And in light of a positive looking surf forecast for Sunday, a little clip with some high style points.

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Didn't pause long enough to take any half decent photo's yesterday, mostly cause the stoke was running high and i hadn't been in the water in a long time. A few of us enjoyed several hours of clean lines at a spot that is notoriously unclean and not all that fantastic. Anyways, major stokage all around.

Hit the jump over to SecondGlance to check out some of John's great shots from a session just up the shore from where we were.


photo by: e.


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A few reasons among many to love fall.









First outright birdy experience for Lutsen. Between thrashing fish and thumping grouse, he was going mental with excitement. Good times.

A week of jet lag and sorryass sickness picked up somewhere between here and Stockholm has finally started to pass and man, is it ever beautiful here. Full on autum ..and windy, windy like it were surf season on the great lakes or something. I'll keep with the shots from Sweden for now, only because there are piles.

Ironwork on the doors of the Bro kyrka, circa 1200AD.
Gotland Sweden.


Viking boat along the shores of Lake Mälaren.
Sigtuna, Sweden


Golden chanterelles (Cantharellus cibarius)
Stockholm




I don't like to get all uppity about this stuff but really.. only 59% of all Canadians managed to get out and vote in yesterdays pathetic waste of a $300 million federal election...booo. Even our good friend who was a couple hours from giving birth managed to make it to the polls. Anyways.
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e

photos By: eric berglund