Ahhhh, a hard day of bending boards gets a guy hungry, even if they have a great big Youper Omelet for breakfast. I have dined in Riverside Pizza in the past but it was years ago and have long forgotten about that experience and about the only thing I could remember was thin crust pizza. [...]
One of the items I’ve been talking about here are the physics of skiing and focusing on the basic Newtonian Mechanics of skiing. Of late I’ve taken the approach to talk about basic force and have dabbled in energy a bit. As I have gone over here, I like to ski fast, so putting on [...]
Last weekend I was on a serious search for a new breakfast joint after the demise of the breakfast at The Y-Knot and at The Brule River Tap. Fortunately we found a good place, but unfortunately it was in Iron River and that place in Iron River is The Main Street Cafe and is the [...]
The latest Wisconsin Skier snow report here. Last weekend I was up north at Ski Brule and the conditions were fantastic! Nothing wrong with the scene at Ski Brule, plenty of snow riding left! The skies were sunny and the day time temperatures just below freezing and the night time lows were in the single [...]
Greetings Snowfreaks this is Sirius Davidson here with your current Midwestern liftticket future’s report! Ski futures are down with one snow resort under pressure to increase sales and while it may be tough for liftticket producers it is a great time for liftticket consumers! Today’s report brought to you by…. Lift ticket underwriters are currently [...]
In this diagram I highlight two forces involved in skiing. The force of gravity and the force normal (the force pushing back by the surface of the slope). However, this is an idealized situation and there are other forces that are assumed away. Why is it safe to assume them away and what forces are [...]
No one sees Wisconsin as a ski destination, but as my existence proves there is ski industry within the state, from my site, to my Buddy and his Kwik Strap, to FK-Tools Ski and Snowboard Tuning Equipment! FK-Tools is actually a German company, but their US importer and distributor is based in Kenosha WI! I [...]
Yes, time again to remind you to go to Blackjack before the end of this March 2011 and get setup with your 2011-2012 season’s ski pass for the amazing low price of $99.00! In addition, purchasing the pass entitles you to $10.00 discounts on this year’s single day lift ticket purchases! Please tell them, The [...]
As I have made known, I skied at Indianhead recently. I like Indianhead a lot, the lodging is super, the skiing is not too bad, the taverns they run both on the bottom and at the top of the hill are great. However, they need to replace at least that old quad-chair with maybe a [...]
The ski crew I most frequently ski with is never motivated to get first tracks. I have given up on that notion. We get to the happy carving grounds late Friday and we may have to warm the cabin up from 40° F to a more cozy temperature and of course after the long ride [...]
One frequent theme in my writing here of late has been how fast can I ski. Time to ask you that question — how fast can YOU ski?. Let me be clear about this, I always want you to ski in control and so as not to endanger others, I’m not trying to encourage reckless [...]
What we are looking at is a simple free body diagram. Free body diagrams are used by those studying the physics of a situation to understand and visualize the forces at play in the situation under study. In the situation I depict above, a snowboarder is on a level surface, that is the surface is [...]
Uh-oh. I am seeing more and more tweets and other indicators that the regional ski resorts are starting up snowmaking again and are pushing snow around. One does not have to look at the calendar to know the end is not all that far away. Get your skiing in and get it in soon!
Yes, another reminder of Blackjack Ski Resort’s $99 season’s pass sale. I’m pounding this one hard folks! Go get it and tell ‘em The Wisconsin Skier sent you. Why am I doing this? Not for the money, no one is paying me for this effort but for the love of skiing and fondness for the [...]
Blackjack season’s passes for 2011-2012 season are now on sale for $99! Go get it and tell them The Wisconsin Skier sent you! I am not being paid to let you know of this, I do it as a service both for Blackjack and for you, my readers.
The old movie Top Gun had Tom Cruise and his sidekick chanting I feel the need for speed. Of course, us skiers have the ski bum character from Hot Dog whose goal was also to go as fast possible. I have some of that in me. On Saturday the snow was cold and therefore not [...]
Starting tomorrow Blackjack Ski Resort will start selling 2011-2012 season’s passes for $99! Yes folks, that is a Big Snow Country ski resort selling season’s passes for a crazy price — crazy for customers! Tell them The Wisconsin Skier sent you!
I went Upnorth this weekend to ski. Most notably the resorts we skied at were Blackjack Ski Resort and at Indianhead, both around Ironwood/Bessemer Michigan. In short summary, the conditions were great but read on for the nitty-gritty. The Weather The weather service I frequently used called for a high in the 20s on Saturday [...]
One of the things I discovered is there is no need to let the PTEX set up over a long period before scraping off the excess. In fact, I found it harder to remove the excess and ended up scratching up my bases. In fact, I ended up applying more PTEX to some of those [...]
Filling gouges is an extremely easy process that even the klutziest tool person can do on their own
