I’m more of a coffee guy myself…but I think this is pretty cool.
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Heading out of town and into the mountains for a few days. Be back next week. Have a great weekend. Live to ski!
Dustin Lemke rappels the Stettner Couloir on the Grand Teton. So, I saw this thread on the TGR Forums last week and at first I though, “whatever, trick photography, no biggie!” But after reading the entire thread, learning about Tilt-shift, and finding out there is a website to modify your own images with the flare […]
Click on image to view…give it a minute or two to download (28mb). This is great rainy spring day (hope we don’t get any of those) reading material when your lounging around the house…wishing you were skiing. ExoticSkis.com, a website which provides links, info and general buzz revolving around independent (whatever that means) ski manufacturing […]
Considering it has just snowed 30″ in the last 36 hours in the Tetons, I thought this would be a good time to post this video about waxing fat skis. Have fun in the new snow today!
Check out Animated Knots by Grog Knot (hehehe) like I stink at tying knots or anything, but sometimes we all brain fart and space-out if a bend goes here…or a bight goes there. Knot typing books can help, but they cost money and can sometimes knot (hehehe) have enough photos or discritpions to really figure […]
I felt like a private investigator or detective at Outdoor Retailer a few weeks ago, hunting down the Stratos, a new full carbon fiber rando race boot offered from La Sportiva next year. My phone buzzed with it’s late arrival to the trade show and I was ushered into a cramped closet full of cardboard […]
Images courtesy of Teton Gravity Research. Once again, the internet proves to be a very small place and updates on new gear from our friends across the pond at ISPO are starting to role in. The latest looks to be a new alpine touring binding from SkiTrab called the TR-1. The Tr-1 looks to be […]
Would you rather ski in the powder…or on it? Me? I’m an “on the powder” kind of guy these days and ultra-fat skis are the key to staying on top. The fatter the better really, and my BD Megawatts shine for this. In the powder…or on the powder. Which do you prefer? Pro’s to skiing […]
Yes…I am a confessed CamelBak addict. (Actually, I prefer the MSR Hydromedary bladders, modified with CamelBak accessories.) Whether its summer or winter, I find myself always sucking out of a hose for hydration when I’m in the mountains. In the summer, its’ easy. Just fill up your bladder, plop it in your pack…and you’re good. […]
I sure thought this email I got CC’d on yesterday from the National Ski Patrol was very interesting, and I wonder how many ski patrols, guide services and SAR units are scrambling, trying to get their radio and transceiver combos up to par. Basically their saying that the magnets in certain Motorola radios can switch […]
New and improved Black Diamond ski poles and straps. My one full day at OR was action packed, running from booth to booth, trying to see all the new gear. Besides all the ski improvements from Black Diamond, they also have totally reworked their ski pole line, separating 7 models into the Power and Efficiency […]
Backcountry Access Sales Representative Steve Christi demonstrates (in real time) the Float 30 Avalanche Airbag at the 2009 Winter Outdoor Retailer. Though not the first ones to introduce an ABS (airbag system) in a backpack to the backcountry skiing community, Backcountry Access hopes to make them easily available and user friendly in fall 2009 with […]
Rolled into the Winter Outdoor Retailer Backcountry Basecamp around noon yesterday and only had a few hours to check out the new ski gear, so I headed straight to the Black Diamond tent. BD was running a demonstration of the effectiveness of the AvaLung by burying OR show director Kenji Haroutunian and it was pretty […]
I’m headed down to Salt Lake City today for a couple days at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, where vendors from all around the world show off what’s new for Fall 2009. I’ll do my best to inform you of what’s hot…and what’s NOT! After debuting the hot new Dynafit DyNA rando race boot a […]
Ortovox S1…Ready to Calibrate! As many of you who own altimeter watches know, digital compasses often need calibrating, and the same goes for the new-school, signal separating digital avalanche transceivers on the market today. The internal compasses in these units help navigate you smoothly to transmitting beacons and should be calibrated every time you change […]
Check out this hot new Dynafit DyNA rando race boot coming out for next season and scheduled to debut at Outdoor Retailer next week in Salt Lake City. Click photo for larger image. Weighing in at under 2lbs (920gr) for size 27, The DyNA is sure to be one of the lightest and best skiing, […]
I got an email from Black Diamond headquarters yesterday, enlightening me on some of the additions and tweaks to some of the ski gear for next season…so I thought I’d forward it to you all. BD says they have redesigned all of their Power Series skis, but it seems like most of the hype is […]
It’s going to be hard to win a guy like me over from Dynafit’s proven reliability, but take a look at G3’s new AT binding offering, the ONYX. (More information here.) G3 ONYX features highlights are: Tour Lock-out Mode Boot-toe stop Base Plate Mounting System- Allows or 33mm of adjustment for different size boots. Din […]