Archive for September, 2007
Snow Dusting #1
It snowed about an inch at Mammoth Mountain last night. According to Whistler’s website, it snowed a bit there too. Woot!
What’s Up With the One-Footers?
I picked up the October issue of Transworld Snowboarding this week, and the issue is chock full of write-ups and photos about one-footers. For those not in the know (like me until I picked up this issue), a ‘one-footer’ is when a rider does a trick, like fly off a lip, with one foot out [...]
Donovan McNabb Blows My Mind
I’m watching the Redskins-Eagles game and I can’t believe Donovan McNabb is playing his second NFL game since tearing his ACL a mere ten months ago! I cringe every time he gets hit. But at the same time… I’m impressed.
The ‘Dead Months’
(Awesome winter shot of Toronto harbour taken by Peter Bowers.) Although I complain that it lacks any sort of mountains nearby, I do love living in Toronto. I’ve lived here my entire life, and could list a litany of reasons why it rocks: the multiculturalism, the ‘big city’ feel in a mid-sized metropolis, the people, [...]
Free Ski and Snowboard Films
Found this via Skipressworld.com: Apparently there’s a new-ish site out there, Nossatv.com, that’s got all sorts of ski and snowboarding movie trailers and full-length features… free of charge! The site promises “free full-length DVD quality action sports videos from the best independent filmmakers,” and it looks like they’ve worked out deals with filmmakers to do [...]
Snowboarding Link Goodness
A few tidbits of interest today: Despite the shitty weather, 2006-2007 was the sixth best season on record for ski area visits in the United States, according to the National Ski Areas Association. Burly Sports has officially launched, a sports vlog that’s from the brains behind Heavy.com. Their boards channel features several skate and snow [...]
First Planned Trip: Mont Tremblant
Once a year, for the past three years, I’ve repeated the following ritual: With some friends, I get on a bus close to midnight on a Thursday night. I travel overnight to a ski resort. Usually Jay Peak. Upon arriving bleary-eyed at about eight in the morning, I get changed and snowboard… all day. I [...]
Mount St. Louis Moonstone Has A New Lift
Local news for the Ontario riders: Mount St. Louis Moonstone has made some big improvements for the 2007-2008 season. Gone are the creaky Timberline and Stretcher chairs, replaced with a high-speed “Summit Six Express” lift. The Stretcher run has also been widened and re-graded, and they now have the “largest beginner terrain in the area” [...]
The ACL Recovery Timeline and Other Miscellaneous Bits
My physiotherapist handed me a chart today that detailed the life of an ACL graft, and provided some very interesting nuggets of information: The graft strength early in day one is still 100%. That’s before the graft goes, “oh shit, I’ve been taken out of the hamstring and put in the knee.” The graft is [...]
‘Skullcandy’ Indeed: Marc Frank Montoya Headphones Review
Earlier this year, I went on a business trip with some colleagues, one of whom showed up at the airport on the way home totally ecstatic. She’d got a great deal on a pair of Skullcandy headphones, and sat in the lounge tearing apart the packaging, giddy to try them out. Then she put them [...]
