Powder and Rails: A Televised History of Snowboarding
If you would like to watch a fascinating TV series on the history of snowboarding, then you should check out www.vbs.tv. The specific show I am referring to is Powder and Rails, but there are a number of shows here that you might like. The streaming quality is very good and there is a wide [...]
UPDATED: Winter Olympic Tickets Are Quite A Process
UPDATE: A hearty thanks to Peter Morgan for clarifying some points in the comments of this article. Among his points: On two websites: the IOC only allows the Vancouver Organizing Committee the right to do business on its own inside Canada. Not all Olympic sports events go through the lottery method. Other credit card companies [...]
First Snowboarding Trip Booked: Mont Tremblant!
Over the past couple of years I have made it a habit of heading to Mont Tremblant. Consistently rated one of the best resorts in the east, it’s an Intrawest property with a European feel. Although the mountain is nowhere near the size of anything out west it’s still pretty big, and does the job [...]
Snowboarding, Cycling and the Fatigue Parallel
When it comes to snowboarding trips, I am not the life of the party. I’m usually the first one awake, grumpy that no-one else is; I sigh loudly while I wait for everyone to gear up, wanting to get on the hill as early as possible; and I usually don’t want to leave until ski [...]
I Now Officially Declare Ski and Snowboard Season Open
Labour Day weekend means a lot of things. No work. The start of school. Some strange rule about white shoes and pants and purses or something. And it also means ski and snowboard season is underway. Okay, maybe I’m jumping the gun just a little bit. But if this year’s season is anything like last [...]
Will BMX Racing Be An Olympic Hit Like Snowboard Cross?
There’s a lot of talk right now about BMX racing, which is making its Olympic debut in Beijing. The concept of BMX racing is very similar to that of snowboard cross, which made its Olympic debut in 2006: ride over a bunch of obstacles, fly in the air, and try to get to the finish [...]
Happy Canada Day, Britain. Now Move Here and Snowboard
Today is Canada’s 141st birthday, which means I get to write this at the kitchen table, coffee in hand, instead of hopping on the bus to work (which is what I should be doing right about now). And in honour of all things Canadian, including hockey, beavers and snow sports, I present quite a large [...]
CDC: Snowboarders Lead Emergency Room Visits
Here’s a dubious honor recently bestowed upon shredders. According a recent study by the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the journal Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, snowboarders lead the dubious category “outdoor recreational injuries” by a long shot. According to the study, detailed here, almost 26 percent of the nearly 213,000 [...]
Summer Gear for Shredders
The scene is a familiar one. You’re on a beach, in the sun, sitting on a towel. Then, suddenly, it hits you; in a moment of sheer terror, you realize it’s June. Recognizing just how far off shredding actually is, you sob uncontrollably. You bury your head in your sand-covered hands. Somewhere, an inflatable dinghy [...]
China Gets in on the Ski Resort Action
Recently The Globe and Mail ran a piece on the growth of ski resorts in China. So did Frequency, the quarterly snowboarder’s journal. The story in the Globe is more focused on the development of the real estate market as it relates to ski areas; Frequency’s story is much more about improvements within the resorts [...]
