Chas Truslow really likes snowboarding videos. But where most enthusiasts might stick to just watching them, this Champlain College senior went beyond that? and transformed a compulsive interest into a blog with a devoted following.The result is The Catfish Chronicles, an online repository of open source snowboarding videos that Truslow creates and updates by himself.When the blog launched in 2009, Truslow decided the snowboarding world needed more footage documenting the kind of riders he and his friends wanted to see.?There was a point where all the websites wouldn?t post videos of younger kids and the content was always just pro?s,? he said. ?But it seems like a lot of the younger kids are the ones that are the most progressive and made the best videos, in my opinion, yet you would never see them on any other sites.?And while his blog may not be able to compete with the volume of edits that larger sites like Vimeo and Transworld feature, the videos that Truslow deems worthy of reposting are selected with a different criteria in mind.?It?s more about a feeling,? he said. ?Sometimes I?ll post videos where the tricks aren?t, like, amazing, but it?s more about kids who clearly like to snowboard and giving them attention that they normally wouldn?t get.?Four years after he started the Catfish Chronicles? a title that pays homage to Truslow?s alcohol-induced alter ego his friends called ?the catfish?? the blog now has over 600 followers on Facebook and Instagram, reaching an audience beyond what Truslow said he could have ever expected.?Having a following is pretty weird,? he said, laughing. ?The majority of it is people that I don?t know, which I think is pretty cool?it?s weird that it?s kids all over that I?ve never met. I?ll meet people and it will come up.?Possible web fame aside, it takes a lot to keep a blog running, especially when its a one man operation. Truslow said he wakes up every morning at 8:00 a.m. to scour the latest in snowboarding edits on Vimeo and other accounts that he checks throughout the day by phone or laptop.This is on top of attending school, working at Sugarbush as a parks crewmember and posting social media for Salomon Snowboards. And with zero ad revenue, it is unlikely that Truslow will ever make a dime off of a blog he spends so much time updating.?I?ve gotten a few offers to get paid to post ads but I?ll never do that,? he said. ?It?s kind of a labor of love, I guess.?Still, if the time comes when financial woes end up crippling the catfish?s ability to keep the blog up and running, that time looks a long way off.He said the site is currently undergoing a total redesign that has a cleaner look, more features to handle multimedia streaming and even an online store that will sell Catfish Chronicles merchandise. While the Catfish Chronicles may have a tough time reeling in those who don?t ride or share Truslow?s passion for snowboarding, keeping the blog small might be exactly the point. ?One of the things I think about is how [snowboarding] connects so many people,? he said. ?It?s a worldwide community, but it?s a lot smaller than what people may think.?The formula for snowboarding video sites is actually pretty simple: snowboarders just like watching other people snowboard, Truslow said. ?There?s something about watching it all the time,? he said. ?It?s what they love. And it?s not necessarily because it?s a really good video or anything, there?s just something about the experience of watching someone do something you love to do.?For more information, check out the blog here.