Las Vegas SIA Ski and Snowboard Show

Last week was the SIA Ski and Snowboard trade show in Las Vegas. I landed in Reno from Aspen Sunday night and 16 hours later I was boarding my flight to Vegas. With the combination of the last two weeks I am beat. This is the last SIA in Vegas, it's moving to Denver in 2010 so everyone wanted to go out with a bang. I am going to hit on the highlights of the week. The show it's self was nothing special, the ski side was so quiet you could hear the crickets, as you moved towards the snowboards it got progressively louder, until you were in a full dance party at the Skullcandy both.

The night life was off the hook. The best night we started of with a party in a suite at the Hard Rock with Gene Simmons introducing his line money bag. I'm not into Kiss or Gene but the media and the crowd was crazy, it's amazing how girls go flock for an old rock star. After a few hours at the Hard Rock we were of to Hofbräuhaus for dinner with the Burton crew. At first I was skeptical about going to the Hofbräu, but we had a lot of fun and a good dinner, the beers were huge the crew was drunk by the time we left.

After dinner we took a party bus to the Palms were we went see Snoop Dogg, Mix Master Mike and Super Natural opened. It was a great show. Skullcandy was putting on the show and they hooked Porters Tahoe up with VIP passes which got us in Rain with out waiting in the line, that was a few 1000 deep, an open bar and the VIP level, which had great unobstructed views of the stage. Super Natural started the show with his insane freestyling followed by a sick mix session by Mix Master Mike that got the club hyped up for Snoop Dogg. Snoop didn't start until about 1:15 am, he performed for about 40 minutes and the crowed loved it. He sang about 7 songs which were all hits Gin and Juice was the best.

After the show some went to bed, but most kept partying at the Hard Rock round bar until the sun came up. This being the last year for SIA in Vegas Skullcandy helped take it out with a bang. I'm going to miss this show. R.I.P SIA Vegas.