Breckenridge!!

Found this video of a guy trying to play hard, I guess it´s always someone harder.Anyways, Im still in Breck, gonna be h...

Keeping it real.

I walked out to my car today to apply my first set of Colorado license plates and realized that I didn’t have a single Sunday River mark on the Jetta. Every car I’ve ever owned / driven has had the logo somewhere. Thankfully, I’ve got a few hundred Sunday River stickers kicking [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/40/40/4040.jpeg[/IMG]

I?m the luckiest person alive.

I can’t believe how lucky I am this season. I’ve got season pass privileges to the following resorts… Sunday River Aspen Mountain Aspen Highlands Buttermilk Snowmass Beaver Creek Vail Breckenridge Keystone Arapahoe Basin Copper Mountain Park City Sugarloaf Loon Mountain[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/40/39/4039.jpeg[/IMG]

Heavenly, South Lake Tahoe

Here’s a shot that my iPhone casually nabbed while having lunch on the California side at Heavenly. Beautiful day.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/40/38/4038.jpeg[/IMG]

Just do hookers it.

I think the Nike Outlet store in Silverthorne is missing a memo from the Nike marketing & brand manager.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/40/36/4036.jpeg[/IMG]

Nevada

Here’s a picture I managed to nab with the iPhone on my way to the Airport from South Lake Tahoe. You stay beautiful, America.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/40/37/4037.jpeg[/IMG]

Panda Monium

It recently came to my attention that the sale of endangered species for the purpose of human consumption ranks as one of the most prevalent forms of black market trade in the world. Food connoisseurs and adventurous eaters travel to remote destinations all around the globe; they seek out secret kitchens and clandestine restaurants, and dish [...]

Freeski TV 16

The history of freeskiing through the lens of Dick Barrymore.

Bagheera

It's funny how things happen. After those last few days I was wondering what I would get up to that could equal any of those adventures. I have a huge list but it is tough to decide what to do. I had not even thought of Bagheera when Mark proposed it to me. Last year ,while I was in my CAA level 2 avalanche course, a herd of people climbed and skied this peak. I am not sure but it seemed like the first time anyone had skied it and it happened to be 11 of them. Needless to say I was excited that someone had finally skied the south face but also a little jealous that it was not me.So when Mark's suggested going up there I was excited. We left the car at 6.15 am and toured up and over Balu pass and towards Bagheera. We needed urgency since this face is huge and if it began to warm up we would be scared and screwed. SO we moved quickly and soon enough we were ski touring up the face. Yes touring! the snow had a nice 2 cm breakable sun crust that allowed us to skin 2000 feet of the 3000 foot ascent. The sun never peaked out and we felt really comfortable with the climb, the previous slides had all frozen over and nothing was warming up. Boot packing along the ridge we summitted by 12.30 and then it all began. This was the first time Mark and I had ever toured together sans chaperone. Our first outing just the two of us. By this point we were surprised that we were not really pushing the envelope. Maybe we didn't need a chaperone! We worked our way down the ridge, put on a rope and began searching out the entrance to the north chute. Switching belayers we cut cornice and searched hard for an easy entrance. No easy entrance into this thing. All we could see looking down  was ridges, rocks, super steep slopes and some cliffs; but beyond this we could also see a beautiful chute that curved away down the mountain.  Belaying our way around we finally figured out an OK approach. Mark went first and I belayed him down 100 ft, he set up  a deadman anchor with his snowboard and gave me a bit of security as I sideslipped down. Ridiculously steep, almost tough to say, 70 degrees, seriously steep. We slowly worked our way down, finding deep moats near the rocks to belay from and finally we were in. And it was still steep! But all went well and we leapfrogged down and skied to the valley floor. A 4000 foot run. But by now it was 4.30 pm and we were very far from home. up Ursus creek to Mcgill pass by 6.30 were I finally got some cell service. Called home to make sure no one was worried and we skied to the road by 7.45. Tough hitchhiking at 8 pm but luckily some highway workers saw us and sent someone down to pick us up and bring us back to our truck. Home by 915 pm, maybe we do need to be chaperoned!

An Excretory Experience

I was over at Meggo’s place this weekend when all of a sudden, I really had to take a leak. I ran upstairs to the bathroom, hopped and skipped as I stumbled through the doorway (like I said, I really had to go), unzipped my trousers, and… Oh no! I was about to let er’ rip, but [...]

K2 Hellbent

The Hellbent....so hot right now.[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/39/48/3948.jpeg[/IMG]

Simon Dumon Wins Vermont Dew Superpipe!

Simon Dumont capped off the 2010 Dew Tour with a win in Superpipe at Vermont's Mt. Snow resort on Saturday, wrapping up the Tour in second place overall. Dumont's winning run included a right 900, a double flip, an alley-oop 720 and a switch 720 to finish almost three points clear of Tucker Perkins in second-place. The win put Simon just five points behind overall Tour winner Jossi Wells, making the chase for the year-end title a close one. "It's been a long but fun season, and it was awesome to have everything fall into place to get first at the final stop of the season," said Dumont. "All of the freeskiers really came together to put on a good show today." See video of Simon's winning run!

2010 Powder Video Awards "Best Male Perf.": Sean Pettit!

2010 Powder Video Awards "Full Throttle": Sean Pettit!

2010 Powder Video Awards "Best Line": Daron Rahlves!

Freeskiing World Tour

...and top six men of today are now pre-qualified for the remainder of the 2010 Subaru Freeskiing World Tour. They now have the opportunity to get their skills noticed, gain Tour points and, hopefully...

SNOWBASIN ON-SNOW DEMO...TODAY!!

We will be in Snowbasin at the On-Snow Demo all day today and tomorrow. Swing on by the tent to check out 10/11 'isht an...[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/39/41/3941.jpeg[/IMG]

It?s A Must Have

NVC 7.7

West Yellowstone

Peter Olenick in The New York Times

Aspen's own Peter Olenick appeared in a New York Times article today. Though the picture shows a snowboarder taking a header in deep powder (caption: ...