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Reine Barkered’s POV
In case you forgot what “snow” is, here’s a refresher from Black Diamond Skier Reine Barkered’s 3rd place run @ FWT in France. YouTube – BD athlete Reine Barkered’s POV footage of his 3rd place run at the FWT stop in Courmayer, France. »
Speaking of kickass Norwegian Skiers…
This last weekend I worked the third annual Snowcial conference in South Lake Tahoe @ Harveys Lake Tahoe Casino and Heavenly Mountain Resort for the company I work for, One to One. Most of you don’t give a shit that it’s a social media, marketing and design conference for people who love snow sports,... »
Letters from a Far Country 8 | Sondre Norheim
The following comes from Bacon Stripper, Geek and all around dirtybaggy dude John Korfmacher, AKA Sphincterboy. These essays appear in the Mouse River Journal in Towner North Dakota. Letters from a Far Country 8 – Sondre Norheim John L. Korfmacher Mouse River Journal Flakes are flying at last here in Colorado after a long,... »
Blazing Zephyr Lift Evacuation
Minor adventure on Sunday. We were skiing @ Mt. Rose and were about to load the Blazing Zephyr when the lift stopped. After a while they asked us to all move back, then they brought out coffee, then there was talk of evacuation. Eventually, they sent someone over to unlock Winter’s Creek Lodge and... »
Tahoe Ski Season is ON!
That’s right. And to prove it, here’s Nooner dropping knee on the Hourglass on November 24th! Great tour with Nooner, Ray, Me, Juni, Izzie and Smokey. -M »
Snowmaking in Colorado: Wired Mag
Great article from Wired about the business of making enough snow to be the first resort in the country to open. “You can theoretically make snow up to about 38 or 39 degrees Fahrenheit,” Sellers told Wired.com. “But that’s with zero-percent humidity. If it’s 32 degrees and 90 percent humidity, you can’t make snow.”... »
Eat Pray Shred
You may have noticed that it’s getting colder and your skis, and boots have probably fallen off that back shelf you put them on in April and started to inch their way towards your bicycles with murderous gleams in their eyes. That’s because ski season is just around the corner. As such I am... »
SnoVolution: How to steal the soul of a sport with engineering…
Just saw this on SkiRebel.com. “The British SnowVolution machine is a snow covered rotating planar disc up to 300 metres (985ft) in diameter, inclined at 25 degrees, divided into four to six concentric rings each 15-30 metres (50-100ft) wide. The rings rotate independently in either direction at tangential speeds of up to 15 metres/per... »
Snow Bro
I have beed struggling recently with what to call the population of skiiers at the local Tahoe resorts on twin tips, rocking Skull Candy’s and wearing the kind of day-glow baggage that I wore to school about 20 years ago. You know the type. Equally at home in the park as the cliffs and... »
Face shots and wet slides
Taldor, The Restless Ape, Pyrofloptic and I hit the Fire Plug yesterday. AWESOME snow on the north side, shitacular snow on the south. Pyrofloptic set off a wet slide on the south face of the Fire Plug that ran all the way to the bottom. It moved slowly and took the snow down to... »