Archive for February, 2006
Canada Wins Bronze
Canada won a bronze in the women’s snowboard cross today!
Apparently it followed some pretty bizarre stuff from the Americans.
Go Canada!
Here I Come Whistler… Again
Thanks to the magic of Air Miles and family, I am heading back to Whistler on Wednesday!
My Air Miles account is allowing me to fly for free. My cousins, who live in Pemberton (just north of Whistler) and operate a kick-ass grill in Whistler, are once again providing accomodations (I would say one in every [...]
Growth Vs. Selling Out
Good article
in the Chicago Sun-Times about how American snowboarders are cleaning
up at this year’s Olympics, and what that means for a sport that is
widely regarded as a counterculture thing.
“The Snowiest Month in 25 Years.”
So wouldn’t you know it. I go to Whistler in December, it doesn’t snow.
I go to Jay Peak, it rains. The only fresh snow I’ve experienced this
year was 10cm of wet snow at Blue Mountain. Go figure!
Whistler, on the other hand, just finished a record January that they’re calling the “snowiest month in 25 years.” [...]
New Bindings: So Long, Step-Ins
As I mentioned previously I was having some serious issues
with the step-in bindings I owned. I initially thought I would just get
another pair of step-ins; I didn’t want to lose the convenience of
simply stepping in and riding down. But after a great deal of
deliberation I took the plunge and bought a pair of Salomon SP1 [...]
Jay Peak and Even More Rain
Over the weekend I spent two nights and three days at Jay Peak,
sandwiched in between a total of 16 hours on a bus. It’s the second
time I’ve made this pilgrimage, namely for the two things that make Jay
famous: the most snow in the east and its extensive network of glade
runs.
Unfortunately, it really hasn’t snowed either [...]
The Headline Says it All
I’m out of town this week but I thought I would post this email headline I just got:
Whistler Breaks 25-year Monthly Snowfall Record with 469cm - 11cm of new snow overnight
OK, I’m going to cry now. Though it’s nice and warm here in California..
I’m back tomorrow morning (thank you, red-eye flight) and then on a [...]
