Sometimes the whole snow phone process is just too much. You wake up tired or hungover, maybe with a stranger in your bed. Then there’s that damn chirpy voice on the other end who takes forever to tell you that only two inches fell leaving you awake, still tired, and having to deal [...]
You thought Groundhog Day was all about a dirty rodent seeing his shadow, right?
Wrong! There’s more to old Phil than meets the eye. For instance, there’s a creepy “Inner Circle” that keeps the giant hamster locked down tighter than George Bush.
Don’t be fooled by the sweet old man smiles and their [...]
Here’s a fabric that sounds like it came straight of a comic book. From the d3o site:
d3o (dee-three-oh) is a specially engineered material made with intelligent molecules. They flow with you as you move but on shock lock together to absorb the impact energy.
d30 has already been used to make GS suits from [...]
Time to pull out those stretch pants and pom-pom hats. Finally a contest that dirtbags have a shot at:
Do you think you need a winter fashion makeover? Submit a photo of yourself in your worst dressed winter outfit out on the slopes and you will automatically be entered to win a new jacket and [...]
Did you even realize that the winter Olympics are 2 weeks away? Did you even care? Does anyone care? Well, the Canadian Curling team does.
“With a little more than two weeks to go before the Shannon Kleibrink team opens play at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, second Glenys Bakker [...]
The US Forest Service announced this week that it is not a crime to ski out of bounds into public land according to the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
Ski resorts may close areas within their permit boundary due to hazards, but they may not limit access to public land outside the border of their permit area, [...]
It’s Winter Festival Week at Belleayre Mountain in New York. There’s a ball and events and a bunch of other crap, but what’s really important is that lift tickets are $10 from 1/23-1/27.
Site:Belleayre Mountain, New York
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Snowboarder Magazine is mostly filled with bro’ed out articles aimed at pot-smoking thirteen year olds. So it’s nice to see that they don’t change the formula for Snowboardermag.com. Still, the Battle Wounds section is worth checking out for the bile inducing photos of riders giving themselves the smack-down on the mountain.
All the photos [...]
So it’s a tiny hill and doesn’t have many trails. But it is in Utah (always good snow), $20 tix every day, and the whole mountain is lit up at night. Excellent joint for beginners.
Site: Wolf Mountain, Utah
Spend $100 or more at a NH Borders before 1/31 and get a free lift ticket to Cranmore, Loon, or Waterville Valley. If you can’t read, Borders also has music, movies, and books with pretty pictures.
Site: Waterville Valley, New Hampshire
You ever wonder how your local weather man comes up with those catchy phrases? Wonder no more. Meterologist Jeff Haby uncovers the secrets of the trade on his site. As he puts it:
The difference between an average and above average broadcast meteorologist is often times catchy phrases and weather descriptions. Language can [...]
Wicked Weekdays at Sugarbush North gets you $26 dollar tickets every Tuesday and Wednesday. And let’s not forget to credit the marketing department with the catchy tagline: 2600′ of vertical for only $26!. Brilliant.
Site: Sugarbush, Vermont
Le Massif up in Quebec is celebrating their 25th anniversary with cute deals like 25% off a lift ticket on 1/25 or 25% off package deals. But what really caught our eye was their visceral depiction of the Sleeman Beer Festival headliner (1/14).
The Funkafones Band is like a waiting room in a musical [...]
