Donek Snowboards T-Shirt Sighting

[utahcarver]

The Discovery Channel had a program on last night narrated by Morgan Freeman called 'Through The Worm Hole'. In the episode, a Theoretical Physicist named Garrett Liesi is seen wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the Donek logo. This guy is one smart cookie, ya'll!

Is Mr. Liesi a BOL member?

Mark

[Snowman]

Garrett used to be a Summit County rider. He moved to LA some years ago. Always rode with a trademark white flowing lab coat when riding at Abasin. Not only super smart, a profecient rider to boot.

Think Snow!

[Michael Pukas]

'Through The Worm Hole'
I saw that earlier in the summer too - way cool! :lol:

[pow4ever]

http://www.bomberonline.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=30828

[utahcarver]

I wondered if anyone else out there had seen this before me.

Sorry again,

Mark

[pow4ever]

sorry; didn't mean it like that at all.
The more alpine exposure to the main stream the better?
Figure a picture help out the cause.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_AynzvcXqc-I/TBKE_UQIWlI/AAAAAAAABWw/PxcUCN51FOA/donekcap.png

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David

[Michelle]

I hadn't seen it! WOW! When he came to the SES a few years ago, I asked what he did. He said "I'm a physicist" and I went "pfft yeah right" until I saw him in a magazine. I know it's not what I'll be when I grow up - he explained it in layman's terms and i still don't get it :confused:
Super cool Garrett - defy all odds and keep creating (and surfing, riding, etc) !

[utahcarver]

Pow: No problem. Like anyone else, I was stunned to see a familiar logo from carving on television. Initially, I didn't think I was seeing correctly. I got up close to the screen to make sure it was a Donek logo.

If I remember correctly, there is older SES footage of Mr. Liesi riding in his lab coat. Anyone?

Mark

[kjl]

I don't think Garrett carves that much anymore - though he's been up to visit my neck of the woods (SF) twice or so in the last few years to give talks at and attend science/physics conferences, and we've done some kitesurfing in the bay when he's free and I'm uninjured :)

Here's him in a lab coat from... gosh, 7-8 years ago? The last year that the SES was actually half in Summit county. I think this was at Beaver Creek... on Harrier? It's been a while.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7929436707249581510#

[pokkis]

I like his riding style :biggthump:biggthump

[Riceball]

This brings up an interesting question that I really never ask any of my fellow carvers - what do they do for a living? I know it doesn't really matter, but at the same time it would be cool to know that I'm riding beside a guy who studies worm holes and can rip it! Thanks for the video Ken.

[Jack Michaud]

Is Dr. Lisi a BOL member?

fixed.

[Snowman]

It's Dr. Lisi.

Think Snow!

[Michelle]

This brings up an interesting question that I really never ask any of my fellow carvers - what do they do for a living? I know it doesn't really matter, but at the same time it would be cool to know that I'm riding beside a guy who studies worm holes and can rip it! Thanks for the video Ken.
It's weird when I find out what people do for a living. I just know you guys as "carvers". Everyone already knows what I do. LOL

What do you do Steve?

[Neil Gendzwill]

What do you do Steve?Near as I can tell, he rides boards and bikes and travels a lot... there might be some techy thing in there too.

[Michelle]

See, that's what it seems everyone here does! What do you do Neil?

[Neil Gendzwill]

I keed. Steve and I are both computer geeks. He specializes in databases, I work in the satellite industry.

[martyagt4]

This brings up an interesting question that I really never ask any of my fellow carvers - what do they do for a living? I know it doesn't really matter, but at the same time it would be cool to know that I'm riding beside a guy who studies worm holes and can rip it! Thanks for the video Ken.


Sounds like a good thread starter. Thought I had saw one already, I'll have to search around.

[garrett]

Hey Kids,

Yah, I'm a flakey BOL member, but I still fly the colors, and get out and carve a few weeks a year. The kitesurfing on Maui has been too good during the winter to leave.

I expect I'll be in Tahoe again for a week in February, and some aerospace engineers invited me to give a keynote for their conference in Big Sky in March; in exchange for lift tickets -- woot!

Every once in a while I think about making it out for another SES... but if you knew how much fun kitesurfing in Maui is in the winter, you'd understand. It's not like I'm missing SES because I'm behind a desk. :D I do miss it though, so I'll come back to the fold eventually... and maybe do another season in the Rockies.

Best,
Garrett

P.S. Michelle, I wouldn't have believed me either. And I think Ken still doesn't believe me -- heh.

P.P.S. Latest physics is going well.

[Michelle]

I can imagine that the kiting in Maui far surpasses anything in the Rockies, but we'd love to see your famous face again if you can spare a week at the SES one year. This year is looking to be a huge one for sure!

Glad to see that you are still around! and congrats!

[philw]

I'm still somewhat confused about what a theoretical physicist would be doing with a lab coat.

[garrett]

Snowboarding is my only chance to wear it.

[Snowman]

It would definately be a pain in the arse to wear while sufing!

Think Snow!

[Neil Gendzwill]

Snowboarding is my only chance to wear it.That's a mighty nice bit of applied physics in that video.

[Jack Michaud]

This is so cool!! Einstein 2.0 is on our little forum. :biggthump

Garrett, I just hope you are careful with that noggin!

[Riceball]

Near as I can tell, he rides boards and bikes and travels a lot... there might be some techy thing in there too.

Yes, I'm a Database technical geek specializing in Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. I own my own consulting company and am a full partner in another that provides database services world-wide. All this to fund my carving, cycling (downhill, all mountain, road), long-boarding, soccer, ball hockey, RVing and photography obsessions.

[McDougall]

The first couple years I went to the SES I stayed with Garrett in Frisco. Had some great conditions at the Basin this day. Happened to get a couple of great shots of Garrett on the steeps. The riders on the ridge top pic are: Bob Jenny, Norm Bemel, Ken Lao, Garrett Lisi, James ?.
These are from 2004. Enjoy - McDougall

[James Ong]

Sh*t i remember that run, A-Basin i think. I still dream about that day :1luvu:

[oldvolvosrule]

McDougall, I remember many years ago when we stayed with Garrett at his pad. You brought a bunch of smoked salmon along with tons of shrimp. We had good eatings for a couple of days. That was a great session!

[big mario]

Its on my to do list for this season. That is awesome!
mario

[kieran]

that looks like a grippy bit of high-pitch piste.

[Snowman]

West Wall it is. Its waiting for you Mario, I want to be there to watch. Back side Zuma bowl has some steep groomed faces that I think you will be interested in also. Break free of the LCI bonds and come to the dark side, well, at least the other side of Loveland Pass.

Think Snow!

[www.oldsnowboards.com]

SWEET!!

What a great combination of talent!!


Way to "Get after it" !!!!!

[garrett]

Ha, thanks for bringing the memories back. Between talking about A-Basin and McDougall's Alaskan seafood, you guys are making it harder to stay away. I keep looking at my kiteboard in the corner though... it's needy.

[big mario]

West Wall it is. Its waiting for you Mario, I want to be there to watch. Back side Zuma bowl has some steep groomed faces that I think you will be interested in also. Break free of the LCI bonds and come to the dark side, well, at least the other side of Loveland Pass.

Think Snow!

Ask Ice about our day in zuma, how I was killin'it on Bear??? right up until I wasn't on the 86 and did a belly slide for a few hundred yards towards a pair of tele skiers watching us make fools of ourselves:D, fun stuff, I think you were supposed to join us that day. I will probably pick up a 4 pak for the freak show and join you a few times this season
mario

[kjl]

Man, I remember that run, too. Sick.

Maybe second year on plates, sitting at the top of the steepest run I had ever tried to carve on, with like 40 other carvers watching, and it was my turn, and go big or go home I guess! I made 5 very, very high speed carves, just barely holding on for dear life on those heelsides, got to the bottom with the biggest ****-eating grin of all time, and I was hooked. OK, I was already hooked, but I was hooked more.

Man, that was a great session overall, too, with the bomber factory tour (with the fainting) and the A Basin (with the high altitude fainting) and the shrimp and the carvy carving... etc., etc..