The beers are chilling in the fridge as the decade edges ever closer to a close, so within the hour Getting Stoked will raise its ice-cold beverages in a cheers to 2009, the 2000s and an all-round radical decade.

A lot has happened in 2009 to make it a fantastic year, though looking back 12 months I don't think I could have come close to imagining how this year would turn out.
From slaving away in an office writing sports stories to climbing at Araps to mountain biking in NZ to shouting 'I CAN'T MAKE IT STOP' mid-nightmare on a plane to smashing margaritas in LA to riding amazing powder through the Snorkel Glades at Revelstoke, it's been a very fun ride.

I hope everyone has an amazing new year's eve and makes a great start to 2010. Who knows what you'll be looking back on in 12 months time!