While this is not a ski post, it is about sports (and will lead into a post or two about skiing) and performance enhancing drugs (aka PEDs). Recently, ESPN broke a story about the Milwaukee Brewer’s star Ryan Braun. It was a devastating report, and most reactions (in fact, I did not see a [...]
Lately, the words have been flowing like a gusher of fine olive oil. Not only, have the ideas of topics to write about been coming fast and furiously, but I have been making the time and taking the effort to get them out! I know there are probably at least a half dozen ideas I [...]
Jim was sure all was set to go when he returned from vacation, but he knew he would check it a few more times. On his way out he ran in Lilly whom he worked with on a previous project and Lilly too was an avid skier. So, they chatted a bit and there was [...]
The Crossfit workout regimen is making quite a splash in fitness circles, of late. One of my online ski buddies & FB connections made mention of this and I checked it out, and it appeals. Skinet has picked up on cross fit: Crossfit is an all-out, holy-crap-I-can?t-go-any-harder work out. Variety is the name of the [...]
Not too long ago I put up a couple of videos from YouTube. The first video is of a semi-pro with a helmet camera, but it is a pro setup. The video comes along with commentary from the announcers. The skier runs a downhill race course and catches every bit of air one would expect. [...]
One of the key factors in ski & snowboarding health is balance. Often times when we think of physical fitness for the snow we think of getting our legs muscles up to snuff and our cardiovascular fitness up. However, who thinks of balance? I know the ski publications do, they often have many exercises aimed [...]
One item of frequent discussion in ski & snowboard circles is the steepness of a given slope. However, I get the feeling when I see and hear discussions on slope of a given hill is people are either not using the terminology in the same way as others or they use the terminology in a [...]
I remember seeing clips of a sales training video featuring Vince Lombardi talking about winning and the principles he thought winning everywhere requires. In this video he addresses the importance of being physically fit. Yeah, you got it, a football coach talking to salesmen on the importance of being fit (there is more to the [...]
Lately, I have been near obsessive about viewing YouTube POV videos of skiers going down ski trails of nasty repute, e.g. Birds of Prey at Beaver Creek, the HahnenKamm at Kitzbühel, and the downhill race course at Lake Louise. I watch the videos and the combination of translating a 3D world onto a 2D [...]
In any event, with the holiday season full swing skiing isn't happening just yet. Still, the fact of snow on the ground provides comfort and assurance that ski season is just around the corner.
From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Every February, Will Andersen heads west for a week of serious skiing at one of the top resorts in Utah’s Wasatch Range, where he’ll carve turns on runs that drop from lofty summits around 11,000 feet down to base areas more than 3,000 feet below. … “Wisconsin is where I live [...]
The set of photos below come from Blackjack at their 2010 Slush Cup competition (much writing has come from this day). While I did not capture it, the snowboarder gets completely out of the pond and lives for the next round. Still, amazing stuff!
Early on in the video is a elevation to distance profile of the course. You can pause it and take a close look at the numbers, but here is my analysis.
Last Saturday evening the University of Wisconsin (football) Badgers won a close game against the Michigan State (football) Spartans. The game was close the whole way through with the Badgers and Spartans trading leads and momentum. Again it was a last minute ending, ending on what appeared to be a Spartan punt return for a [...]
Woke up the other morning to a private comment alerting me to: Wisconsin Outdoor Fun. Looks like website well worth visiting. While this site focuses on skiing Wisconsin Outdoor Fun is a generalist site discussing all of the things one can do in the great Wisconsin outdoors. Go visit it and tell them The Wisconsin [...]
As many of you are well aware, Wisconsin has been a hot front in the ongoing political war. In fact, it has been one perpetual political campaign, and that is not going to let up until at least next fall, and even then who knows? As I have made perfectly clear I am firmly on [...]
Is to be found here in a post entitled Three Different Ski Regions to be Aware Of over at SkiSnowboarder dot Com: 2. The Midwest. Most people don?t view the Midwest as skiing country, but cold-weather states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota are built for winter sports. Maybe other events like snowmobiling and icefishing are [...]
Why do we stay in Wisconsin? Obviously you all know I am die-hard ski fan, and Wisconsin is in no way a place for skiers to thrive. Why not move to Colorado, Utah, or out to the Eastern ski locations, so mountain skiing is a regular event and not a ever few years event? [...]
Nothing is obvious as to what happens, the video is close and tight on Laurenne, but Picabo notes that Laurenne hit some irregularity on the course and put her out of control, and at the speeds these women are skiing lapses of control can get you intro trouble very quickly.
