Archive for January, 2007
Behold, the Power of Science! Self-Waxing Skis
Well, it looks like science is finally helping humanity. Some scienticians in the UK have built some pretty kick-ass self-waxing skis that always keep the sticks slick, making them a little faster (really fast, apparently, on artificial snow).
Check it:
On an indoor slope with artificial snow, skiers were 8% better. And an
early test conducted in the [...]
Mother Nature Prepares to Deliver in Ontario and Quebec
All I can say is: it was a long time coming.
Collingwood (where Blue Mountain and others are located) is expected to receive 15 centimetres of snow in the next 24 hours. Barrie (where Moonstone, Horsehoe and a slew of others are located) will get 10. This is a much-needed dump for Ontario resorts. If you’re [...]
Coming to Toronto: Capture the Ride Snowboard Film Festival
I just got alerted to a cool event taking place this weekend in Toronto: the Capture the Ride Film Festival. There many not be snow outside, but there’s plenty on the big screen:
“On January 12th and 13th at the Bloor cinema the Capture the Ride Festival of Snowboard Films is screening 6 of the top [...]
Winter X Games 11 is Coming
Hear ye, skiers and snowboarders of the extreme sort. January 25 marks the opening of Winter X Games 11, the wonderful time of the year when ESPN televisies men and women tossing themselves off halfpipes, race courses and snowmobiles.
Here are some factoids on X Games 11, to be held in Aspen:
- (Okay, this isn’t a [...]
Adam on Ontario’s Snow Crisis: Not So Intelligent
A friendly reporter from the Canadian Press interviewed me over the weekend for a story about our lack of snow up here. The resulting article focused largely on the impact the weather was having on stores, and features a fair bit of moi.
Although I was quoted at length in this story, I didn’t emerge sounding [...]
Introducing Snow Hacks
Most of the snowboarding guides I come across are pretty standard: how to ride switch, how to keep your balance, how to hit jumps, etc. What I don’t see are any guides that provide small, useful snippets of practical information for snowboarders who know how to ride, but aren’t ready to start doing handplants of [...]
1,300 Laid off at Blue Mountain
It’s tipster day. JB points to a Toronto Star article reporting that 1,300 employees have been laid off at Blue Mountain for at least three weeks thanks to the incredibly crappy weather (unless the weather improves soon). That’s terrible news. And here in Toronto, it looks like the city-owned slopes might not open at all.
What [...]
Jay Peak: Deux Pour Un
Got a tip (thanks, Erik) that Jay Peak has deal for skiers and snowboarders in Quebec: you get a two-for-one deal if it snows more than 25 centimetres.
(At least that’s what it seems to say to me. I haven’t taken French since university.)
Snowboarders: Hot. Nerds: Not. (Apparently)
My marketing department cohort Joey over at Accordion Guy made a pretty funny (or offensive, depending on how you take it, I suppose) discovery recently. Remember the board game Mystery Date? Apparently there’s a new, more ‘hip’ version of the game available at toy stores (the versions from the 1960s and 70s were finaly becoming [...]
It Had to Happen: Snowboarding Reality TV
Get ready for reality television, snowboarding style. According to Reality TV World, a new TV show will take viewers inside The Block, a chain of hotels geared exclusively toward snowboarders. The article doesn’t have too many details on what the show will be about, but apparently it will depict what day-to-day life is like at [...]
