frequency TSJ crew heads south to Snoqualmie Pass for K2 and Summit at Snoqualmie's Mamafest event. Dedicated to spreading awareness and prevention of breast cancer, as well as raising money for a cure.

I am without a doubt the least e-inclined, e-interested or e-proficient person on our staff. I threw my cell away about three years ago, and I don't own a laptop, Ipod, or Blackberry. I rarely wear a watch. But that's not what the web is about.

I tend to look at these things a bit differently. Websites, blog communication, and viral dissemination of information are cool. It's like art theft. Duck in a duck out. Log on in a café in Amsterdam, say what's up, check conditions, do your biz, and get on your bike and ride. Do the same in Chamonix, Whistler, Santiago, wherever. Fight like a brave don't be a slave, make technology add to your life, not detract from it. Blog and destroy...

So, like for the last three years or so, Jessie Lu, frequency TSJ's art director has been bugging us to enter the Maggie's, the major awards for niche, travel, and industry publications in the US. And of course, we were always so busy making, printing, and shipping magazines we never had time for elective classes. Finally, she simply filled out the forms herself demanded we pay the entry fee and do this. And WTF, we won! Specifically, we won Best Consumer Quarterly for 2006, beating several other very high quality mags for this title. Special thanks to Norb Garrett for picking up the award and representing to a sold-out show in The Westin in downtown LA. We all went to Mt. Baker instead.

frequency TSJ throws the best on-snow party ever for our subscribers three days of 20,000 ft vertical, powder, and the owner dancing on the bar. Priceless. Check the pics from this all-time event.