Archive for November, 2007
Blue Mountain Will Open This Weekend
Attention Ontario locals: Just got an e-mail from Blue Mountain stating it will open starting Friday. No word yet on what “open” means (one run? three? ten?). Regardless, it’s a far cry from last year, when most resorts were still closed in January. Weather is funny like that. I remember visiting Whistler in the middle [...]
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Sandboarding: Where Shredding Dry Gnar is Possible
I’ve had people at work tell me about it, it’s in the news and it’s of course on YouTube. What am I talking about? Sandboarding, of course! The sport actually needs very little explanation. Get a board, some boots, and shred some sand. The only problem seems to be a lack of lifts in most [...]
Colorado Ski Area Improvements: A-Z
Statesman.com has a nice overview of improvements to popular ski areas in Colorado this winter. New glades at Copper Mountain? Cooool.
Eight Months Out: Am I Serious About Snowboarding?
Tomorrow will mark eight months since the ACL reconstruction surgery, and the opportunities to snowboard in Ontario are becoming very real. I’m very tempted to get back to it; in fact, I scheduled the surgery in March 2007 on purpose so I could get back to riding as soon as possible. But I’m still a [...]
New Season, New Gear
I’m starting this snowboarding season by bringing sexy back. My days of wearing four different colors and piecemeal gear are over. Yesterday, I upgraded my snowboarding jacket. I ripped my old jacket last year in Blackcomb’s glades and then mended it by duct tape and 30 minutes in the dryer. Needless to say, that isn’t [...]
Whistler Launches “Podcasts”
Maybe my interpretation of a ‘podcast’ is slightly different than the real one, but this looks more like a promotional video to me. Anyway, regardless, at least they’re trying. What am I talking about? The new Whistler Blackcomb podcasts, which resemble a segment you would see on the local resort channel than anything else. But [...]
Tremblant is Covered, and Tremblog Tells Us All About It
Tremblant is up and running, and apparently there’s snow all over the place; so says Tremblog, which is doing a fantastic job of covering the early days of the season up the 401 (and then some). In local news, Blue Mountain is in snowmaking mode, and so is Moonstone. Moonstone is tentatively planning to open [...]
The Sexiest Road Bikes of ’08
The cold weather has arrived (it is snowing as I write this), and I haven’t been out on my bike in more than a week. With this cold weather has come the transition period that I’m calling the “TV season”, and the time off, so far, has been reduced to me looking at copious amounts [...]
Horseshoe Valley Opens After Snowstorm
Well, at least one resort in Ontario is open following a big snowstorm. Horseshoe Resort has one lift and one run open on a 30cm base. Not much, but it’s a start. Horeshoe tends to stay open well into the spring as well. Although I am happy to see that snow has finally arrived, I [...]
