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 [...]
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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 [...]
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. [...]
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.
Norway-1, US-0
Usually I would say that the US Ski Team is the best in the world and blah blah blah… but in this case, there is just no question, Norwegians rule. It’s nice to see athletes of this caliber relax a little… or a lot. Not sure how much Aquavit it took to get these guys [...]
Hot Tub Time Machine
If you’ve been watching the Olympics coverage (if you can call it that) on NBC, you might have seen the previews for Hot Tub Time Machine. Almost two years ago we got a call from a production assistant at MGM asking permission to use vintage Kästle skis in the movie. At the time, we could [...]
Crazy Brits … or are they?
A new off-season training technique or just a fun day at the pool?
Google Street View from a Snowmobile
It’s only a matter of time before you’ll be able to watch a Google Street View of your favorite backcountry run. And pretty soon you even won’t even need to get up at 5 a.m. for dawn patrol. You can just make your turns virtually on Google and call it a day.
