Skiing

A Letter to Warren Miller

Dear Mr Miller, I could never address you as Warren because I still see you with my adolescent eyes. With the eyes of a budding dirtbag who never thought making a life as a skier was possible. You were a titan in the ski world, and while I never had the priviledge of meeting you, …

Skiing and Social Media – The End of Adventure?

Note: this piece originally appeared on the Last Frontier Heliskiing Blog, December 3rd, 2014. It’s the norm these days, and not just with skiing; people can’t seem to participate in any activity without documenting it visually. Everything they do is catalogued, filmed and photographed so it can be posted to some form of social media. Instagram, Tumblr, …

Ski Patrol – A Real Job

It happens to ski patrollers at every resort. A guest gets on the chairlift, sees the crosses on the jacket and asks: ‘So…do you guys just ski around all day? Do they pay you for that?’ I usually don’t dissuade them. On most days, I do just ski around, and yes, they pay me for it. …

Pow Day Decisions: Ski Solo or With a Group?

Skiers are creatures of habit. We all have our rituals. When I was sixteen years old, my ritual on any ski day, whether there was a foot of fresh or not, was to watch one of Greg Stump’s films and get my stoke on before going out and ripping all that epic eastern fluff. As …

Air Bags – A Review on Decision Making

I had the pleasure of trying a couple of the current offerings in air bags over the last two years and was impressed by their design. Well, at least the ones from Mammut and ABS. The BCA one was a pile of crap cause it wouldn’t open, but I digress… We’ve all seen the stats, …