Archive for July, 2007
Shaun White’s Skateboarding Struggles
(Apologies for the lack of posting. I’ve been running around and out of town!) The New York Times has an interesting article on Shaun White’s struggles with the transition from snowboarding to skateboarding. I don’t follow competitive skateboarding or snowboarding too much, so I just assumed White owned both — but it turns out he’s [...]
K-Os The Kanadian has Kontest
K-Os, Canada’s favourite rapper/songwriter, is having a contest to celebrate the release of his new album. Contestants are asked to submit a 5-minute video (or less) of themselves pulling sweet moves on the mountain/skatepark/surfing/whatever. It sounds like the winner is based on which video turns out to be most popular based on traffic. The best [...]
My One ACL Hitch
When you have your torn ACL repaired, your recovery schedule is dictated largely by your surgeon. Some surgeons begin encouraging heavy exercise/activity/a return to ‘normalcy’ around eight months; others around 12 months. If my surgeon tells me not to ride again for 12 months, I’m out until February. And that would not be good at [...]
Another Snowboarding Portal Launches…
… and this one is ladies-only. MissBoarder.com features articles, forums and a store, although the store is not yet active. The good: According to the press release on Transworld, Missboarder will open their first season with a donation drive and gear contest to benefit Boarding for Breast Cancer.The bad: Launching without the store (supposedly an [...]
Want to Earn Cash While Writing About Snowboarding?
My sister notes that About.com is hiring a snowboarding guide. Quoth About.com: “The purpose of the Snowboarding site is to teach, inform and otherwise enrich the experience of both casual and committed riders. The site will include such staples as tutorials, gear reviews and how-tos, mountain profiles, and some content covering the exploits of the [...]
Local News: Mount St. Louis Moonstone Prepares for New Lift
Moonstone’s website is short on details, but it now reports: “Mount St Louis Moonstone continues to make improvements with the removal of the Timberline double & Stretcher triple chair lifts. Preparation is under way for the arrival of anotherSix-Person Express Chair Lift!!!” This is good news. The Timberline and Stretcher chairs were pretty slow. To [...]
Snowboarding Carves An Olympic Path for Skateboarding
‘Carves’.. hey, that’s a pun! I’m too funny. Thanks to the success of snowboarding in the Olympics, skateboarding may soon follow. If there’s a snow half-pipe, the logic goes, why can’t there be a skate half-pipe? I tend to agree. Does this mean, hypothetically, Shan White could win medals in both Winter and Summer Olympic [...]
The Winter Olympics Are Headed to Russia
The 2014 Winter Olympics are headed to the Russian resort town of Sochi. Maybe I’m out of touch, but I had no idea the bidding process was on. Guess I’m still infatuated by the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. According to this article, however, Sochi is extremely lacking in infrastructure: “Sochi is sorely lacking in [...]
Snowboarding Quick Hits
Ahhhh it’s a statutory holiday here in Canada. Yippeeee! I’ll do a bit of work, then hop on the bike for the afternoon. In the interim, here’s some news nuggets for y’all: Ski resorts Down Under are asking for an expansion of cloud seeding efforts that have brought more snow to the region. Hold on. [...]
Speaking of Canada…
Happy Canada Day, eh! Canada is 140 today. I intend to spend the day like any good Canadian would: golfing and drinking! I’m also going to try and catch the Under 20 World Cup game between Canada and Chile on a TV somewhere. Hundreds of thousands of tickets have been sold for this tournament, and [...]
