A LOT OF YOU KNOW THAT I SPENT MY SPRING BREAK IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA. I WENT WITH A GREAT CREW THAT CONSISTED OF BUDDY & CLAY RASSMUSSEN, ROBERT “POP & LOCK” CHILDRES AND MYSELF. TOGETHER WE WERE “TEAM TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE” AND THATS EXACTLY WHAT WE DID. WE MASSACRED IT. WE TOOK 3RD PLACE REALISTIC AND HAD AN AMAZING WEEK. OUR FIRST NIGHT THERE, WE ALMOST GOT ASSULTED BY SOME ESKIMO THUGS. IT WAS INSANE BECAUSE WE SAW THOSE SAME GUYS ALL BEAT UP LATER. I SAW A MOOSE CLOSE UP, IN THE FLESH AND ON MY PLATE. (MOOSE MEATLOAF), WE ALSO BUSTED ASS ON SOME OF THE WORLDS BIGGEST BLOCKS OF ICE. THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL. LIKE WATER FROM A POOL. VERY BLUE, ALMOST LIKE A DIAMOND. I MET SOME VERY COOL PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY AND BONDED WITH MY CREW WHILE WE WERE UP THERE.

IT  DEFINETLY WAS ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE COMPETITONS I’VE BEEN TOO AND THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT HAPPEN DESERVE A BIG THANK YOU. EVERYONE THERE WERE VOLENTEERS, FROM THE LIFT OPERATORS TO THE KITCHEN CREW. EVEN THE CARVERS WHO FLEW IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAD TO SPEND BIG MONEY JUST TO GET THERE. THANK YOU TO DICK BRINKLEY FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, AMAZING GRACE FOR THE HOT CHOCOLATE, CONNIE, JASPER AND TOM FOR LIFTING OUR SCULPTURES WITH PATIENCE AND EASE. (and thank you jasper for not beating my ass) Your the best! To the Brices, who shared their home with me for an evening of homemade pizza and margaritas. And to Stacy, who threw one hell of a party afterwards. and last but not least, big thanks to my team mates, Buddy, Clay, and Robert. I’ll never forget that week. especially the morning showers! (What, thats how we trained)

JAPANESE SANTA........HO HO HO