Archive for February, 2007
Nice: Rail Jam in NYC
Live in New York City? You gotta check this out:
“On Thursday, some of the world’s top pro riders including Marc Frank
Montoya, Danny Kass and Eddie Wall will compete head-to-head in Union
Square Park for a prize purse of $30,000.”
Details at First Tracks Online. I wish we did this sort of stuff in Toronto. Every January, we [...]
Blue Mountain Opens ‘The Orchard’
In late July, I made brief mention of an area on the north end of Blue Mountain that has been designated for ‘future expansion’ forever. It turns out Blue Mountain refers to that area as ‘The Orchard’, and they’re opening it today, for one day only. I suppose the area must be serviceable by a [...]
The Facts Cannot Be Denied
FACT: It has hardly snowed since I left Whistler.FACT: It snowed approximately 60 centimetres while I was in Whistler.FACT: It snowed 40 centimetres in ONE NIGHT during my second-last trip to Whistler.
The facts are indisputable. When I visit a ski resort, I bring the snow. Therefore, I am offering myself up to ski resorts free [...]
Has Snowboarding Peaked?
To hear the Boston Globe tell it, skiing is finding its ‘cool’ again, and that may signal a drop in popularity for snowboarding. Among the article’s arguments:
- At the X Games, Shaun White was outdone by four feet worth of vertical in the halfpipe by a skier.- From 2004 to 2005, the most recent statistics [...]
Tales From the Elk: A Look Inside the Nike ACG Team
It turns out Nike has a blog for its European ACG (All Condition Gear) snowboarding team. The team is quite large (there’s more than a dozen of them) and includes Dan Wakeham and Jukka Eratuli. The blog is actually enjoyable to read because Nike doesn’t interfere with anyone’s voice. Fonts, writing styles and spelling errors [...]
