Archive for April, 2006
If You Like the Beastie Boys and the Dandy Warhols…
… you will like this mashup. (Click the first link under “What?”) Also, you are the coolest.
Freebord: The Summer Snowboarding Solution
Goddamn. I just discovered the Freebord, a nifty board that rides like a snowboard and comes complete with bindings. You can turn, ride switch and even slow down heelside like a snowboard. “Center wheels” in the middle of the board that rotate 360 degrees make most snowboarding moves possible. But the falls are much harder [...]
The Affordable Housing Issue
Keeping with the politics theme, apparently…
I came across an interesting snippet
in the Vail Daily News touching on the issue of affordable housing in
the Colorado resort town. I haven’t done much research, but it sounds
like some residents are wary of affordable housing being built in their
neighbourhoods. The Vail Daily News quotes a defending the concept. The
letter [...]
The MRI Adventure
As I indicated in my last post, I booked an MRI in the United States. And I’ve already had it done!
I’m still kind of shocked that everything happened so quickly. After hoping (and failing) to hear from North York General Hospital’s MRI department about any last-minute openings, I decided it was time to give the [...]
A Beautiful Day
It’s a great day here in Toronto. The weather is warm and sunny. Pat Quinn has finally been fired. And tomorrow, I’m going to get my MRI done in Buffalo. Woohoo! Road trip!
Snowstorms, Rail Jams and Burning Cars
Wouldn’t you know it - the Telus Ski & Snowboard Festival
in Whistler has been accompanied by tons and tons of snow. The Festival
is supposed to unofficially mark the end of winter; instead, Whistler
has been getting dumped on over the past several days.
(In fact, I got a report from a friend up there on Sunday telling [...]
An Open Letter to Shaun White
Dude, I’ll be honest, I haven’t been following your career as much as I
probably should, given I now operate a blog about snowboarding. But
when I saw you tear up the US Snowboarding Championships on TV I decided to find out a bit more about you.
First, I Googled “Shaun White”. That took me to shaunwhite.com. Dude, [...]
Skiers Only? How About Snowboarders Only?
In a previous post some time ago where I spelled “skiers” wrong, I pointed out an article which said several resorts in the United States still ban snowboarders outright.
This got me thinking: what if resorts turned the tables and became
“snowboarders only” resorts? After all, the number of skiers and
snowboarders in the United States is nearly [...]
So Maybe It’s Immature. But I Can’t Help Myself.
CBC Kids has two neat online snowboarding games that are, um, slightly addictive.
Don’t ask me what my times were. Suffice to say that “snow.blogware.com” doesn’t end up on the top 100 times list.
I need to think bigger, though: gotta get me SSX or some other snowboarding video game for my Playstation 2.
Edit 4/16: I just [...]
Quick Hits
Sometimes I receive grief about posting quick hits because it doesn’t provide any insight or useful information; just links. If I would expand each of these into a story accompanied by commentary, I would get more attention and search engine love, I’m told. Oh well. Here are a few tidbits of snowboarding-related information making their [...]
