Archive for April, 2009
Attempting to Break a Cycling Record for a Great Cause
Ross Rader, a friend and co-worker of Steve and I, will attempt to break an Ontario cycling record in early May for a great cause. On May 8, Ross is going to attempt to break the word record for a solo crossing of Ontario on a bicycle, while raising awareness and donations for a childhood [...]
Blue Mountain Opening Once Again
If you happen to live in Southern Ontario you still have an opportunity to check out Blue Mountain one last time before it shifts to green season: the resort will be open for riding and skiing once again this weekend. Details can be found at www.bluemountain.ca.
Ontario Ski Resorts Celebrate ‘Fantastic’ Winter
The Barrie Examiner recently published an article featuring interviews with staff from several Southern Ontario ski areas. All of them seemed to agree that the 2008-2009 winter season had some amazing weather, which led to a pretty long season for most. Interestingly, at least one closed for the season due to apathy rather than a [...]
So Long, Winter
Another season is done, this time marked by a record-low 11 days of riding. So much for being Highly Obsessed. Toss in a vacation, extensive work travel and hectic days at the office and suddenly this blog is neglected. But this post marks two days in a row of posting, a trend I hope to [...]
A Fine Spring Day at Blue Mountain
Yesterday Josh and I headed to Blue Mountain to get in some final turns. Blue decided to re-open for the long weekend after some wacky weather dumped 30 centimetres, so we headed to Collingwood for a last hurrah. We had pretty low expectations for the day, as Blue reported 9 runs open, a 50cm base, [...]
Follow Along With an ACL Recovery
Okay, so I haven’t posted in eons. But I swear I have an excuse! More on that in a subsequent post. In the meantime, I just wanted to flag Andrew’s blog as he recovers from an ACL replacement. Anyone with questions about the process should follow along; he went under the knife five days ago. [...]
