Here's a couple photos from day one snowboarding in Russia, a new land.  After a 40 hour travel day followed by a 10 hour vodka-bath party, we woke up to try to get everyones mind wrapped around some urban shredding.  We went to scope a bunch of spots that were really sketchy, but which our newly appointed Russian guide/photog/expert assured us were really great.One spot in particular was a steep down bar with a 5-foot long landing, into a dirty duck poop pond.  Clearly, hitting the rail would land you land you in duck shit.  The conversation went like this:

Nick Dirks: "That rail lands right in the water." 

Guide:  "No it doesn't." 

Nick: "No, it DOES." 

Guide: "No, it doesn't, and besides the water is shallow."

 We moved on quickly, to scope out some other sketchy spots before deciding on this down-flat ledge that Nick set up as a wall-jam to down-flat.  We ended up having a pretty good day for waking up really really "jet lagged" and then being pressured to launch into duck poo. 

Then we went to McDonalds of Moscow which is similar to the US-version, except that instead of special sauce, they have 'cheese sauce' to dip your fries in.  Pretty cool.  Then we had free time.  For the video version of our trip check Thank You, Baby. the DVD is free on our online store, you just have to pay for shipping.