I Corinthians 13:1-3: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but [...]
Fellow Daily Crusher Debbie stopped by and left the following comment: That last paragraph of yours got me to thinking. I?ve been working on trying to live in the moment. Your analogy really describes how I use to live most of my life. Worrying about that last hill back home. Thanks for the food for thought. [...]
Look over to your right and vote in the new poll: How Many Times did you Ski/Board Last Season? We want to know!
Back to thinking of physics and skiing. Newton’s first law of motion states: Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it. This is like a pool of water deep in a mineshaft, it appears to be 1′ deep, but is [...]
Even a couple of weeks ago I would have been okay with snow, as a skier I like it and I believe winter should be — winter. Over the night of April 7 and into April 8, we received snow and when it was done the total amount came to about 4″. It will not last [...]
Duh! Chairlifts need the same maintenance everything else in our world does, otherwise nature would slowly and inexorably reclaim the material in the lift. Most of the lifts I have had the pleasure of riding on consist of a series of towers (often referred to as riblets) going up the hill, each tower having a [...]
I focus on Winter sports, but we all know astronomical and meteorological Winter are done. What does this mean? It means my focus will shift from skiing to other things. My writing will consist of a grab bag of topic from ski-dreaming, to biking, to gardening, to photography, to making firewood, to IT and web [...]
How was your ski season? I had a pretty good ski season. It started earlier than normal but ended a littler sooner than usual. I skied at Ski Brule nine times, Blackjack once, and I skied for the first time at Nordic Mountain. The old saying about quantity vs. quality is one I need to [...]
The title of this post says it all. Ski Brule could not fight the weather anymore and closed down. I remember maybe ten years ago Upnorth skiing around about now. We left for Ski Brule and there were people on the lake ice fishing. We had a pitcher of beer and chili dogs on the Homestead [...]
Very closely I watched the USSA J4/J5/J6 Finale at Ski Brule on March 6 and 7. It was fun to watch these children ski and engage in friendly competition. Much is made of youth competition, coaches try hard to build winning teams or athletes, parents push their children hard to practice, and competition league officials [...]
I find there are a number of different activities many skiers like. Obviously most of them are outdoor activities, if the cold, snow, and winds of Winter do not keep us from skiing we will surely find as many reasons we can to be outside during the summer. I am sure I am not the [...]
People from Wisconsin are not the only ones to use the phrase Up North, but it seems like for us it is not so much a phrase as it is an idiom. A typical Friday conversation might go like: So Jeff, what’s up this weekend? (answer) Oh, not much, just headed Upnorth. Of course, in [...]
I most often shun rope-tows and t-bars. Typically one has to expend a fair amount of energy to ride them up, especially if the local geography is not well suited. Study the T-Bar in the photo, this T-Bar is one I am extremely loathe to ride, much preferring to watch from the chair. Ski Brule has [...]
Sometime ago I wrote an article entitled March Madness it was not explicitly about the NCAA March Madness, but it touched it. No, the article was more skiing in March than anything. In it I stated: March skiing is neat and the weather is the biggest factor in that. While the weather at our home hill [...]
I am hearing reports a late season blizzard is targeting the Upper Midwest! I called my contacts at the area ski resorts and they are planning to be open! Stay tuned for more details!
The most interesting search hit of the day (so far) was someone coming in searching for Hot Tub Time Machine Dubai. If you are in the Middle East and hoping to watch Hot Tub Time Machine on the big screen; forget it there is no chance of that happening. Still, there is cause for hope, [...]
Like most people who ski, I like to bicycle ride. I have a Trek 7000 I bought over ten years ago just prior to taking up skiing in a big way. The bike is a cross bike compromising between mountain bikes and road bikes. That suits me fine because most of my miles are spun on [...]
Jason over at the Michigan Ski Report provides us with some instructions on putting our gear to bed for the summer. I am going to do that this year, normally, I wipe my skis down with a rag, put them in the bag, and then find an out of the way place to stash them, [...]
Watch out! It may be an Olympic cycle or two, but check but Afghanistan is commencing on building an Alpine ski team! Of course, I am being a bit sarcastic above, but things like this are important. I am convinced another factor in the growth of Western civilization is our games and recreation. We all have [...]
The top pair are my K2-3s, the middle pair are a pair of K2 4s my brother uses, and the bottom set is a set of K2 G4s my father skis on. My skis are 192 cm long and I am not certain about the length of the other two sets of skis. Not that [...]
