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Why You Should Ski Like a Beginner

When is the last time you skied like a beginner? Next time youโ€™re on the slopes ascending smugly in your black diamond chair, check out the beginners below – those folks are having fun! Their weight is all wrong, their hands are back, their knees are straight, and their polls flail about, as they thoroughly enjoy themselves. Give it a try, forget everything youโ€™ve learned. Ski over to that intermediate slope, get in the upright snowplow position, straighten those knees, get those […]

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Mota Bota | July 30, 2020
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Trip Report 70s Style: Drinking, Smoking, and Skiing Like Fiends – Nothing’s Changed in 5 Decades!

I was riding with those outlaw Vasques Brothers Sam and Noah, and I knew the drill: drink and smoke โ€˜till we hit the lot, slip-slide and cuss putting our boots on, ski like fiends, then hung-over by 2 PM… with a long drive home. We were headinโ€™ out of Modesto, CA (our home town) up to Bear Valley ski resort […]

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Mota Bota | July 27, 2020
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Creature Stories from the California Delta:

I’ve leased an Island in the San Joaquin Delta (on Disappointment Slough) the past 40 years
and I’ve ‘always’ had a BIG problem with rats and mice. Every winter they invade and begin
chewing through my chairs, containers, and even the houseboat to make their nests, merrily
crapping as they go. And they easily chew (because their teeth regenerate) through the most stalwart containers, even […]

Mota Bota | July 1, 2014
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Smart Phones = Mankindโ€™s Downfall…

I bet you thought the downfall of mankind would be mass riots due to Global Warming and food shortages, or perhaps the ever popular Nuclear Holocaust? Oh contraire mi amigo, itโ€™s that little device you worship and canโ€™t go without checking every five minutes โ€“ your Smart Phone. I think we can all agree the internet ROCKS! Whether itโ€™s FaceBook, Twitter, Blogs, Web Sites, E-mails, or Texts, the net is a wondrous source of information and entertainment. But like so many things in this ole world, the internet has a double edge, and this โ€˜otherโ€™ edge is cutting deeply into the flesh of human connection. […]

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Mota Bota | October 30, 2013
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โ€œSymbiosis Gatheringโ€ Review | Your CA Burning Man Alternative

A perfect waterside location for such an event. We were located on a peninsula with plenty of swimming water on all sides and buoyed off especially for us. And the water *ohh the water* refreshing, clean, and convenient. So unlike Burning Man, everybody was nice and clean thanks to the Reservoir โ€“ I swam like a fool. Rumor has it theyโ€™re trying to bargain a lease of this area for the next five years; I hope it comes to […]

Mota Bota | October 11, 2013
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Lurch & The Ax Murderer

  Mount Reba was crisp, clear, and cold, *perfect* it was gonna be delicious day of skiing at Bear Valley.ย ย I was dating Jakeโ€™s sister Ella (they were transplants from Minnesota) and I was honored to be Jakeโ€™s guide on his first excursion into the Sierras. After clicking onto our skis and securing our sunglasses, we spontaneously high-fived each other in […]

Mota Bota | July 29, 2013
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Are You a Wuss? Do You Really Need a Coffee Sleeve?

Are You A Wuss? Then why are you using a โ€˜wuss-sleeveโ€™??ย ย A wuss-sleeve is what they slip aroundย your coffee cup so you wonโ€™t burn your widdle hands.ย ย Coffee shop vendors are likeย robots, they will always slip on the sleeve because itโ€™s company policy, and in turn, youโ€™re like a robot accepting it. In fairness, there are people with heat sensitivities that genuinely […]

Mota Bota | July 1, 2013
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Do Not Wash Your Hands | Urine to Conserve…

Do Youย Urineย Toย Conserve? Sequestered and slumbering under a layered cloak of denim and cotton, the phallus rests pristine. As guys, we may gloss over various sectors of our body when bathing, but Richard โ€˜alwaysโ€™ gets a good, vigorous, scrubbing. Iโ€™m talkinโ€™ about your penis! *Now picture yourself walking into a public restroom*ย ย You’ll initially touch the cleanest object in the world (your […]

Mota Bota | June 11, 2013
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