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Raising The Bar

We're just finishing a romp down Squaw Valley's Mountain Run and NASTC clinic leader Kemp Dowdy is all smiles. For three miles we've been chasing his tracks from the top of Siberia... Full article

Mar 24, 2007   Comments (0)

Children of the Morning

Let me preface this outburst by saying that when it comes to original Squaw Valleyicious cherry phat gnarr gnarr Hall of Fame-like ski stunts I include Greg Beck's epic huck off Beck's... Full article

Feb 9, 2007   Comments (0)

Shaken, Not Stirred...

Let me preface this outburst by saying the uncontrolled growth at Northstar is starting to effect its guests getting onto its hill. Parking, which has always been a problem, has become non-existent,... Full article

Jan 8, 2007   Comments (0)

Love Me Tender

High atop Mount Rose, while plunging down the Chutes, I found Elvis. It was a surreptitious meeting. While marveling at the array and difficulty of The Chutes' mini-couloirs and heart stopping fall... Full article

Jan 5, 2007   Comments (0)

South Lake Pow Day is Heavenly

And thus on a Wednesday pow day with new gravy of 22 inches falling overnight, I found myself on the Nevada side Comet Chair next to Davey Boy fondling his Arriflex. Heavenly... Full article

Dec 27, 2006   Comments (0)

As 'The Old Dude' Sees It: Boarders vs. Plankers

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SNOWBOARDER 10am ­ Wake up on couch of a friend. Bong hit. 11am ­ Grab roommate¹s board. Hitch to Alpine Meadows. 11:10 am ­ Get... Full article

Dec 21, 2006   Comments (0)

The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful!

It would have to sit for another day, at least after my conversation with this guy in line at the nursery school ski Swap. He'd just returned from skiing in Australia and... Full article

Dec 7, 2006   Comments (0)

First Runs at Squaw - Livin' La Vida Mocha

I won't say it was the last run on Squaw Valley's opening day that did it, but I carved turns gingerly, indeed, and condemned my lower back for its spasms. Harry the... Full article

Dec 2, 2006   Comments (0)

NorCal Operators Begin Annual Snow Farming

Each morning Sierra Nevada ski resort operators emerge into the open air of Tahoe to stick a ski pole into the earth, prodding the ground like a baker sticking a toothpick into... Full article

Nov 30, 2006   Comments (0)

Where's Warren Miller? And What's Up With "Off The Grid?"

I spoke with Warren Miller last month. He was laughing about his one year instructing skiers at Squaw Valley. "It was 1949, the first year the resort opened," he said over the... Full article

Nov 26, 2006   Comments (0)

When Racing Champions Collide With a Nice 1982 Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou

Yesterday, by chance, I bumped into Daron Rahlves in the Tahoe City lakeside Boatworks parking lot. Full article

Nov 16, 2006   Comments (0)

Snowboarding's A Wristy Business

Snowboarding's popularity is not always acknowledged on the slopes. As the sport gains popularity medical professionals continue to see an increase in injuries. By far the most common injury for snowboarders are... Full article

Nov 9, 2006   Comments (0)

Icer Air: The World According To Gumption

Hey, this is an original idea: Let's soar out and over the Giant's baseball stadium on a specially constructed, 100-foot high, snow covered jump into a plateful of mud which used to... Full article

Nov 8, 2006   Comments (0)