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TEA BAG SQUEEZER

Source: Look, a hot dog! Buns and the fixings, too!

Come to Silverton Mountain any day of the season and there’s a solid chance you’ll see Brian Phelps earning extra gnar points under the mountain’s only chairlift. The Durango local spends the winter skiing in snowblades and a vintage one-piece and spring skiing in—you guessed it—his birthday suit. As the unofficial leader

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