DAMN HER

It's April's birthday and she gets to slam down a Polly's cake this afternoon.

Not bad when the office wants to buy you a treat for your big day and they head down the street Polly's. No they're not just cakes. Insane works of art.

24 HOURS ROUND THE CLOCK

Memorial Day 2008. 3 days of pure relaxation and:

(1) Hell yeah my Blackberry won't turn on.

(2) None of that weak office drip *&#. French Press please.

(3) Feet up.
(4) Etc.

What did you do? Bryan and Dave did something. Something kind of epic if you ask me.

The power duo decided to tackle a 24 hour relay mountain bike race up in Spokane. 24 hours of racing round and round a 15 mile off-road course. 24 hours of sleepless, painfull grinding. 24 hours of passing the baton (mind you, relay teams are generally composed of 5 people, so B + D did double time). Whoa. Nice work boys.

PORTLAND'S TOP MARKETING FIRMS- SUMMIT PROJECTS MAKES THE LIST

Looks like Summit made Portland Business Journal's list of Top Marketing Firms. You know what else is pretty cool...we were 16th to be exact, up 2 spots from last year.

SHOT OF THE DAY.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD.

Ethan Sanner Kepple was was born on May 12th, 8.31. 8 pounds, 6 ounces, 21 inches. We're thrilled for you Dru!.

MT. HOOD CYCLING CLASSIC

Top professional cycling teams from the U.S. and Canada arrived in town last week for the 6th annual Mt. Hood Cycling Classic. Recognized as one of the top professional bike races in the United States, the event features 6 grueling stages in 6 days and 35,000 vertical ft of climbing. Combine that with near record highs in the mid 90's this year...let's just say we're all pretty pumped to work in the web industry and not the pro cycling circuit.

Ask any local what their favorite stage is they'll undoubtedly say the 6th and final Sunday criterium in downtown Hood River, where cyclists battle for an hour round a 1 kilo lap with sickly sharp corners that make you cringe when the peloton flies by.

The scene is really something else. Thousands of roudy spectators, music, food, Full Sail brewery and Double Mountain pulling pint after pint for the crowds. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

FREAK OF NATURE

Our one and only endurance freak machine (Dave) striked again and kicked some serious butt in last weekend's Desert Winds 26 hour expedition race in Nevada. How does he do it? We have absolutely no idea. He's one serious animal.

HOOD RIVER- PADDLER'S PARADISE

On my way into the office this morning, I walked right through a photo shoot for Paddler magazine. Apparently they're doing a spread on Hood River as the ultimate paddler town. Pretty cool to see dozens of hard core local water enthusiasts (including Tao Berman, one of the world's best-known extreme kyakers) lining the entire main drag, all geared out and enthused to be taking over town. And the quitessential Hood River family on top? Yes, that's Jen, Summit Project's email marketing director, posing with her two sweathearts.

Winn Grips

How do you take a seemingly boring, benign product like golf grips (no offense to all you golfers out there) and make them come to life with a kick-ass brand and product experience? Hand the project over to Summit. Check out Winn Grip's new site.

LUCASARTS LEGO INDIANA JONES LAUNCHED

LucasArts' new Lego Indiana Jones site is live. It's not everyday that you get to collaborate with the brilliant video game masterminds of LucasArts, dream up the ultimate interactive experience for the launch of their HOT new video game and jam to the Indiana theme song (officially ingrained in our brains). It's been quite the journey and we're psyched with the final execution. Sure didn't take long for people to start talking:
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