Living, Romping & Writing in the Outdoors
I can’t ski everything. I mean I can ski everything on a mountain but I can’t ski everything on a mountain on every new ski that’s due out next fall. We’re talking 1000s of products. Fat skis, skinny skis, racking skis, jibbing skis, all-mountain skis. And don’t even get me started on the snowboards. In a space 300 feet by […]
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If you haven’t heard that January is National Learn-To-Ski-Month then you obviously need to learn to ski (or snowboard). Just about every resort in the country is participating on some level in this coordinated effort to get people out sliding on sticks. Ski and snowboard areas will offer free and reasonably priced turnkey lesson programs throughout January as part of […]
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I’m making jokes about summer being here. We had all of six days of winter, a sh*tload of spring and now everything’s toast. Sure, we may get a few random storms but for the most part, with less than a month left, the 2011/2012 “ski” season is wrapping up. The good news is that the trails should be clear to […]
Read moreYou don’t have to be a halfpipe or slopestyle athlete to appreciate the competition throwing down at Snowbasin Resort in Utah this weekend. In fact, Saturday’s ski halfpipe finals for the 2012 Dew Tour drew huge crowds from skater teens to families. The annual event debuted in 2008 as the first-ever winter action sports tour with a stop in Utah. […]
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