“Skiing on Stones” – Sylvain Saudan Shows Us How It’s Done
Former French extreme skiing pioneer, Sylvain Saudan – also known as “the skier of the impossible” – trained for his extremely challenging and oft-unrepeated ski descents in the French Alps and in the Himalaya, by skiing down snow-free mountainsides. Aside from the training element of this kind of skiing, it seems clear that Saudan was [...]
A Tribute to Jack Hannan
In late March, Vermont-raised Jack Hannan – a inspirational and passionate skier, husband and friend of many – was taken by a Class 3 avalanche in British Columbia’s Coast Range. Local contributor to AdventureSkier.com, Dave Aronson (aka “Baker Dave”), who was a very close friend of Jack’s, shares with us below some personal thoughts about [...]
Alta Presents: The Rope Tow Wedgie!
Jonesing for some fresh snow here in the northeast, we came across this priceless video footage while looking for footage of the recent big dump the Wasatch. We hope the skier, who thought he need to straddle the rope, instead of grabbing a hold of it with his hand, has fully recovered at this point.
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Powder Magazine Interview with Lars-Chickering Ayers
We forgot to mention in an earlier post about Lars’ win at the Freeskiing World Championships at Snowbird, UT this March that his younger brother Silas (watch video of Silas here) stood on the podium that same day, at a junior event at Jackson Hole, WY. Way to go Silas!
Anyhow, check out this recent interview [...]
Great Video: Pillow Line
Here’s a very creative and interesting video by British Columbia-based photographer, Kari Medig, who describes his video as follows:
“Here’s a show I put together for the 2010 Coldsmoke photo competition that happens every year here in Nelson BC. It was inspired by an amazing stop motion concept and technique used by Tel Aviv based [...]
Crossing Paths With Sylvain Saudan
New Englander Dave Watson, who recently skied from the upper reaches Pakistan’s K2, crossed paths last week with the legendary French-born extreme skier, Sylvain Saudan – known in some circles as “the skier of the impossible”. Both Watson and Saudan base themselves out of Gulmarg, Kashmir for a little while each winter, working and enjoying [...]
Apres Ski: It’s Hard to Beat a Single Chair Ale
There’s no doubt that the enjoyment of a nice beer at the end of a ski day is often a wonderful, if not essential, way to make the transition from skiing back to normal life. It’s so great to bask in the euphoria of the skiing experience, reminisce with a few friends and let your [...]
Skiing and Salad Greens
After a recent day spent skiing beautiful December powder close to home here in Vermont, we were hungry for some dinner. So we headed for the garden with some scissors and a collecting bowl. Even now in mid-December, we are still harvesting tender salad greens and spinach from the cold frames in our garden. [...]
Little Ski Areas
Here’s a great post by writer and photographer Steve Casimiro, from his blog, The Adventure Life, entitled In Praise of Little Ski Areas: Keepers of the Spirit. Check it out.
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Perhaps The Best Ski Movie Teaser Yet…not
They’ve got to be kidding…
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The Flux Capacitor
The next time you have to carry your skis on the approach to an amazing day of skiing in the mountains, consider our good friend Craig Barnard’s signature Flux Capacitor technique. The Flux Capacitor has several advantages over strapping your skis diagonally or A-frame style to your backpack:
• You can bushwhack like you’ve never [...]
Grass Skiing 101
It all starts with the your favorite pair of old, dusty boards…and a good attitude. Then…
1. Wait for some light rain;
2. Head for an older New England ski area trail with an especially thick coat of grass and moss, and few, if any, rocks exposed;
3. Try not to turn much.
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