One of these ski movies is not like the others

October 12th, 2009

So, as I’ve written about before, each fall ushers a wave of graphic ski-porn into peaceful little Bozeman, Montana. This year I attended the premiers of the Big Two: Teton Gravity Research (Re:Session) and Matchstick Productions (In Deep). They did not disappoint! Both shows were the rowdy, booze-fueled, adrenaline inducing stoke-fests I’ve come to know [...]

July 5th Skiing on Sacagawea

July 6th, 2009

We are a fanatical bunch, here in Bozeman. July is not ski season, by any stretch of the imagination. Yet when my girlfriend and I hiked up Sacagawea on July 5th to make some summer turns, there were probably more skiers up there than any day in the winter. Every last swatch of dirty, sun-pocked [...]

Valdez: Spring Skiing on Thompson Pass

June 5th, 2009

The morning before the wedding and the day we drove out of town we skiing up on Thompson Pass. The first day was only my girlfriend’s second day backcountry skiing ever, so we did a pretty mild and short run on the East side the road, on the shoulder of Odyssey. The second day was [...]

Making Skis with Seneca Boards

May 2nd, 2009

A couple of months ago I was able to spend an evening with Bozeman based Seneca Boards to watch them press a pair of skis. I’m a big fan of DIY stuff and have long played with the idea of making my own boards, so I was excited to get a first hand look at [...]