I’m new to the outdoor industry. My colleagues here at Backbone Media call me the FNG. Even Gary, our UPS guy, calls me the new guy because he hasn’t learned my name yet. For those of you who haven’t met me or don’t remember a time before golden Aspen leaves and dreams of endless face [...]
Posts under ‘Skiing’
Tired, Fortunate and Somewhat Amazed
After two weeks on the road for the OR Show, SIA, X Games and On Snow in Winter Park I feel tired, fortunate, and somewhat amazed. Tired because in between dinners with awesome clients, dawn patrols with friends and near constant meetings with media – we also hosted a killer party in Aspen during X [...]
It’s Hut Trip Season
Here in western CO, we are lucky enough to have a vast network of backcountry huts to ski to for overnight adventures. In the case of the Shrine Mountain Inn where we went at the beginning of the month for a holiday retreat, “backcountry hut” means beautiful log cabin complete with bathtub, sauna, running water, [...]
PowderWhores in the Roaring Fork Valley
That’s right! Its time for the PowderWhore film, Television, showings in both Aspen and Glenwood. As the last stop on their Colorado tour, the Belly Up in Aspen will host the movie on Friday night, and the Glenwood Springs Rec Center will be the location for the Saturday night viewing. Tickets are $10 for both [...]
Ski Here Now
Black Diamond just announced a new web video series coming this winter titled Ski Here Now. The three episodes will be released one each in December, January, and February and feature BD athletes Ptor Spricenieks, Tor Eggeboe, Nicolas Aubert, Martin Webrant, and David Pitschmann skiing in France and Switzerland. Here is a preview, or as [...]
Not that kind of MEETING
Every year for the past six, Aspen locals, fans, sponsors, athletes, and avid filmmakers present themselves in Aspen for the biggest ski-film premiere event of the year: The Meeting. The idea behind this gathering is simple—create an opportunity for ski and snowboard films to be shown and, well, meet. It truly is one of the [...]
Powderwhore Presents 2010 Telemark Flick: TeleVision
Names that were left on the cutting room floor: Telekinesis, Telecommunication, Telegraphs. Telemark puns aside, it’s trailer season, which combined with the growing amount of ski talk around the office is causing some of us to eagerly anticipate winter a bit too early. For their 2010 film, the Powderwhores traveled to Haines, the Revelations, and [...]
VholdR and ContourHD – exploding the myth of press release professionalism
In our little alternate universe here in Carbondale press releases follow a predetermined ebb and flow defined by brevity and succint facts. That’s kinda how a release needs to be delivered to our audience – they’re busy, and beside that, who really wants a barrage of exclamation-point saturated sophomoric drivel from overly-caffeinated, prone-to-fits-of-Daffy-Duck-like-enthusiasm 12-year-olds? I [...]
Iceland 2010
“If you find yourself alone you are probably late.” Those were the simple, sage words of Leifur our Viking guide, as he described our nimble itinerary following the eruption of Eyjafjoell the morning of our arrival in Reykjavik. Roads were being dismantled to avoid flooding and bridges being washed out. The ash was so thick [...]
Backbone News
A bunch of stuff going on… SmartWool, New Belgium and Aspen Skiing Company win Best Places to Work in Outside Magazine, for 3rd and 2nd times, respectively. Skiing is wrapping up. Spring is here with good road riding in the RF valley in between snow storms and powder tours. Backbone recently was named one of [...]
