Holmenkollen Ski Jump
This is a bit of a diversion from our usual posts here at AdventureSkier, but it was too cool to pass up. We can thank the Norwegian Tourist Board for giving us all a take at the famous Holmenkollen Ski Jump, which is being rebuilt with plans to reopen this May 2010.
From the VisitOslo.com [...]
Avalanches in the White Mountains
Nearly 60″ of fresh snow over the last week has once again transformed our northeastern mountains. With 8″ of wind-driven snow having fallen this past Sunday night on the higher summits of the White Mountains, slab avalanches will remain a considerable risk on many steeper slopes in the coming days. If you are heading [...]
Winter 09-10 Backcountry Ski Review
Skis designed with the downhill oriented skier in mind (lift served and backcountry, telmark or AT) continue to feature ever-widening dimensions, more durable construction and control-enhancing improvements to the tip, tail and overall shape of the ski. Several skis in this review feature “rockered” or early-rise tips, which are ski tips that begin to lift [...]
Big Wave Skiing is Born
Combining their passions for surfing and skiing, Mike Douglas and Cody Townshend are taking skiing to a whole new level. Using jet skis, they are towing into big Hawaiian surf with “surf skis” on their feet. Vermonter Jason Starr deserves a good bit of credit for this as well, as his Vermont-based Starr Surf [...]
Junkboarding Gets Some Press
Here’s a great story about our friend Dave Bouchard and “junkboarding” – the act of skiing on skis cut from a junked snowboard – that was recently published in Vermont’s Seven Days newspaper and was penned by Kirk Kardashian. LINK
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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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Backcountry Skiing Gear Primer
By Brian Mohr
Every snow season, we encounter more and more skiers and riders who want to take to the“backcountry” – that world beyond the boundaries of ski areas where untracked snow, solitude and unfamiliar terrain await the adventurous spirit. Appetites for fresh powder can be so serious that the aspiring backcountry-bound can sometimes be [...]
