Archive for November, 2008
East Coast Forecast: Late November/Early December Openings?
So I just realized Mont Tremblant says they’re planning to open in five days. I find this curious, as I can tell you there’s very little snow east of, say, Manitoba. In fact, temperatures have been relatively warm. And when I look at Tremblant’s webcams, the resort seems as green as spring. So what the [...]
Canadian Ski Resort Improvement Roundup: Post 601 and Counting
First, big ups to Josh for holding down the fort while I was out of town on business travel the past couple of weeks. He put up some great articles that stirred up some interesting discussion. I’m really pleased to have Josh on board! (He was also responsible for post number 600!) I wanted to [...]
Monumental Crashes While Snowboarding
I have had a few very forgettable falls. The worst one of all happened at Jay Peak. I landed so hard right on my bottom, I couldn’t move for 15 minutes and I thought I might have an unfortunate ‘accident’. I feel better about my fall after seeing this video I found on bofunk.com. Do you have any [...]
Patterns in Snowboarding Injuries
I stumbled upon this article written by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) that discusses snowboarding injuries. A lot of what I read I already knew, but there are some things that I found really fascinating. Here are some of my favourites: 1) Wearing protective equipement such as wrist guards does of course reduce [...]
Planning on Going to South America Next Summer?
I am sure you know this, but the South American summer is our winter. As a teacher with a lot of time off during the summer, it makes a lot of sense for me to hop on a plane and go boarding in July. I’m sure I would be eager to do this even if [...]
Jay Peak Resort Releases a ‘Sneak-Peak’ Video
We at Highly Obsessed have a bit of a soft spot for Jay Peak Resort in Vermont. It was one of our first big snowboarding trips and it help start the addiction (maybe obsession is a better term). I can’t wait to return. I love Jay because it is not at all corporate. There is [...]
“Throw Your Panties” Film Release
I don’t really know anything about snowboarding movies or videos. I suppose I just prefer to ride. I also find some movies to be sort of generic – they all have a lot of very cool powder riding or park tricks with a lot of funky new indie music playing that I have never heard of [...]
Snocator: The New Application for Boarding iPhone Users
It seems like too many of my friends, including Adam my fellow blogger, have iPhones. I feel left out and dejected. Nevertheless, I thought I should tell you about this very interesting iPhone App. Snocator is being billed as a must-have tool for boarders and skiers. On the mountain, it can do things such as help you [...]
What Not To Wear (When Snowboarding)
We don’t editorialise on this site too often (okay, that’s not true), but I would like to discuss something with you today: Boarding Fashion. Sometimes when I am snowboarding, I feel old. It isn’t because my knees and back are sore. It’s because I look at some of the styles out there and I think to [...]
Builder Profile: Venture Snowboards
Venture Snowboards is a very small, independent shop that makes boards out of Colorado. This is another company that brings a great perspective and approach to what they do. If I were to run a snowboard company it would look and sound a lot like Venture. Check out their site here. They use a minimalist [...]
