Every year, right about now, I get to the point where I’ve got one thing on my mind. Skiing. AKA shredding the gnar; aka slaying pow—if I may foist a few ludicrous colloquialisms from the free-ski scene on to you. By no coincidence, this is also the time of the year when ski film makers [...]
At this year’s Tour de France, Nike has rolled out Chalkbot, one of the coolest, most brilliant things I have ever seen. The coolest part isn’t the Chalkbot machine itself, a semi-automated truck that sprays chalk messages on the street (or Tour de France course as it were). What’s so cool is how the Chalkbot [...]
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I wanted to write something about what I saw transpire in the men’s Wimbledon final yesterday but I’ve been having a tough time figuring out what to say. Posting a picture of Andy Roddick’s visage as he sat absorbing his loss after the 30th game of the 5th set (yes, 30th game; there are no [...]
When I was still living in Washington, DC I worked with a lot of guys from Maryland who grew up going to the Preakness. They were always telling me how crazy raceday was and that people literally were permitted to bring in garbage cans filled with beer. Garbage cans filled with beer is only going [...]
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Last week on Espn.com there were a series of interesting posts that basically amounted to archived email discussions between Malcolm Gladwell (of The Tipping Poing and Blink) and Bill Simmons (of Espn) talking about the way underdogs behave in sports. Namely, why underdogs don’t take larger risks. They cite the lack of full-court press defenses [...]
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I am happy to report that we’ve got a stellar, and large, group of people lined up for our ski trip to Stratton, VT this coming weekend. Just as I’d hoped, we will be arriving on the heels of some ultra warm, snow-thawing weather. I’ve heard it rained some this past weekend and was sunny [...]
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In a city where people get way too caught up in their urban dwelling, it’s nice to see some serious outdoor activity showmanship come around. With last evening’s Snowscrapers event, Red Bull did a stellar job building a majorly gnarly jump along the East River and recruited some of the best snowboarders in the [...]
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
So I’ll shut up about snow sports for a while and just quickly say that you should definitely check out the Red Bull Snowscrapers event this Thursday. It’s going down where Houston Street (that’s how-ston for all you non-NYCers) meets the east river, essentially. The festivities start at 3:30 and the not-to-be-missed event (insane snowboard [...]
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I along with good friends and significant others was in Stowe, Vermont this weekend slashing up some of the finest northeast skiing I’ve experienced in a long time. As far as I’m concerned, Stowe skiing is as good as it gets west of Colorado. One of the very few drawbacks of skiing at Stowe, along [...]
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Around 1993 or so, despite its overwhelmingly superb functionality, the one-piece ski suit went out of vogue. While the one-piece has seen a modest revival in the past few years, thanks to park rats and bro-ish chicks, it remains relatively uncommon and mostly a vestige of the neon and iridescent decadent ski past. I was [...]
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