It’s sad to hear about Natasha Richardson’s ski accident. She was apparently taking a lesson: Natasha Richardson is Brain Dead After Ski Accident (www.nypost.com) The British-born Richardson, 45, fell during a private lesson at Mont Tremblant resort yesterday and allegedly told resort employees she felt fine. But an hour later, she complained of an extreme…
Michigan (U.P.) Ski Trip 2009 This year I headed up north for a ski trip with Al and John. We left late Thursday afternoon and got back on Sunday night. We got to stay at Al’s uncle’s cabin in Mercer which was great. The first day, we went to Whitecap Mountain. Although confusing at first,…
Last night we had our normal, Wednesday night clinics. We normally do a general clinic for an hour and then they do a certification clinic for an hour and half after that or sometimes there’s an alternate clinic. The first one was on movement analysis and that was good. John first showed us how to…
Well, I spent 2 days over at Sunburst doing my Level 2 Prep. Actually, I got there one day early and spent a few hours out on their hill, reacquainting myself with it since it had been 2 years and the only other time I was there was during a blizzard where we cut the…
Well, we did another trip out to Utah again. Jason and I stayed at Dave’s place and another guy, Brian from Detroit, joined us this year. Day One: The Canyons. Jason and Brian rented skis in town and Dave and I got a good deal on lift tickets to Snowbird when a lady approached…
I have to say, the last few weekends, I’ve been doing runs without my poles and I just love it. We went last night and I had my poles here at home, getting ready for my trip (on purpose) so I was skiing without poles all last night. I felt so free. I really wanted…
Yikes: Snowboarder killed at central Wisconsin ski area He had a helmet on but probably shouldn’t have been on those moguls. -T
Will we get to ski in majestic scenes like this? I hope so! We probably won’t need lifts there but might want them anyway if it’ll look like this. 🙂 Click on the image to go to the full picture (then save it as your desktop wallpaper!). -Tony
Cascade Mountain is making snow now. It’s no wonder, it’s cold enough. We have our orientation meeting on Sunday and then we may open by the 22nd, I’ve heard. Nice! -T Update: We’re trying to open this Saturday. Here’s an updated photo (from the webcam): There will probably be just 2 runs open:…
Well, ski and snowboard season starts this month, so it’s time to dig those skis out, see how dry they are and get them tuned up. Until, I’ve had my skis tuned maybe twice a season and just did some paste wax in between tunings. I just bought a Swix waxing iron and now even…