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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Black Diamond’
An Unlikely Black Diamond Ski Convert
When I first told a friend I was going to work at Backbone, he said, “You better get used to the idea of skiing Black Diamond skis.” Nawww, I thought, those things are too planky. Turns out lots has changed about Black Diamond skis in the past few years, and the current selection is nothing [...]
Powder, Raw Fish, and Cherry Blossoms
I was lucky enough to get to spend the past week in Japan representing Black Diamond on a photo shoot and telemark festival. Before I left, I had vague visions of myself posing for pictures with Japanese skiers whose default picture pose was throwing up a peace sign. Turns out that was an unfounded Asian [...]
Black Diamond’s Trifecta
Penn’s been a busy man of late highlighting Black Diamond’s Power Series and Efficiency Series coming in Fall ’10. Check out the super fun “Justice” named Gear of the Year in Outside Magazine, the fat and light “Drift” and the great go-to ski the “Aspect”. The Salt Lake Tribune managed to stop Penn long enough [...]
Bill's Phone
Bill Crouse works for Black Diamond doing international sales. Bill spends a lot of time in the thin air – on planes and with his climbing as well. Bill rarely knows what time zone he is in – but still manages to sneak in quick mountain missions in between trips to Asia, Russia, Oz and [...]
Happy Halloween
It started innocently enough – a bowl of candy and Sue in a Witch outfit. Then Mavis wanted to borrow my West Highland Terrier, Skadi, to be Toto as an accessory to her Dorothy outfit. Next thing you know JLD is in a baby blue POC speed suit, with a Julia custom helmet and BD [...]
Outside Honors BD With Consecutive "Gear of the Year" Honors
Outside Magazine honored Black Diamond Equipment with a 2009 winter “Gear of the Year” award. This marks the second straight year that Outside has presented a GOY to Black Diamond. Taking top honors, the Bandit AvaLung is a lightweight, minimalist avy-tools pack for out-of-gate resort skiing/riding and feature’s Black Diamond’ own proprietary AvaLung technology. Also [...]
Win a free pair of Black Diamond Skis
Teton based, rando-racer, always motivated skier Steve Romeo, is giving away a FREE pair of BD skis on his blog TetonAT.com The winner will get to choose the skis of their choice by entering a contest centered around the Best Trip Report submitted by December 1, 2008. The winner will be selected on 12/15. So, [...]
The 'Tang' of Quotes
There are two schools of thought on writing quotes in press releases. First, there’s the traditional, Bull Durham approach: Crash Davis: It’s time to work on your interviews. Nuke LaLoosh: My interviews? What do I gotta do? Crash Davis: You’re gonna have to learn your clichés. You’re gonna have to study them, you’re gonna have [...]
