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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 the [...]

Bottled Water 101

In a recent episode, Katie Couric talks to “Tapped” filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig and Joe Doss, president of the International Bottled Water Association, and asks them pressing questions about the new film and what the IBWA has to say about it. If you’ve got a half hour, this debate will educate you on both sides of [...]

Pickathon Festival Partners with Klean Kanteen to Go 100% Plastic-Free

Many say it is impossible to hold a large, multi-day music festival without using plastic cups and without selling bottled water. The organizers of Pickathon 2010 and Klean KanteenĀ®, maker of the first BPA-free metal bottle designed for personal hydration, are determined to prove the naysayers wrong. Pickathon is a three-day music festival held every [...]

Just In…

Typical spring travel and excitement here at Backbone. Trips to visit clients and sales meetings abound. Dax, JLD, Kara and Fielding are in Santa Fe visiting Outside Mag and the weekend here holds promise for skiing and biking.
Arriving here at Backbone are three sweet cruisers from New Belgium and a little piece in Outside Mag [...]

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 Colorado Companies to [...]

Wednesday Inspiration: Birthright

Check out this beautiful short film the guys over at Paddling Life found.

One man’s struggle to transcend.
This humble film is about a friend of mine named Michael and his daily ritual to find his natural self through surfing.
Directed by Sean Mullens
Cinematography by Sean Mullens
Music by The Album Leaf – Into the Blue Again – [...]

Clips of Faith – Films Needed

This summer our good friends at New Belgium Brewing are launching a film and beer tour called Clips of Faith (a pun on their tasty Lips of Faith batch beers). They’re looking for “amateur filmmakers, activists, aspiring actors and accidental brilliance in video” to submit films that are 10 seconds to 10 minutes in length. [...]

An Hour on the Pan

Last weekend, a crew from Outside Magazine descended upon our upvalley neighbors in Aspen for a couple days of skiing and staff bonding. After a bluebird day spent hiking Highlands Bowl on Saturday, a bunch of the boys decided they wanted to test the legendary waters of the Frying Pan river on Sunday. Kara, born [...]

Planz 2 Domin8 the Online

Pillow Line

If you haven’t heard of or visited the Cold Smoke Festival in Nelson BC maybe this will help the process.
Pillow Line
It is always interesting how creative minds approach a simple act like skiing.
Cool.