Posts Tagged ‘skiing’

Share I’m not sure of the origins of the quote, “It’s always snowing somewhere”, but I know it’s not snowing in Utah (currently 94 degrees and sunny). So what the hell are we doing here? With the coaxing of Andy Jacobsen and Jay Beyer, Jonah and I decided Powderwhore should finally visit the Southern Hemisphere [...]

Share Our goal at Powderwhore Productions is to capture the backcountry experience and bring it back down to the valley for your viewing pleasure. With our slim budget we try to mix up the angles and get creative, but nothing fancy like cable cams or dollies. I had seen very little new and innovative ways [...]

Share The Grunge Couloir (NE Couloir of Mount Timpanogos) Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. The word grunge is believed to be a back-formation from the US slang adjective grungy, which [...]

Share March wrapped up nicely with the annual migration north to Alaska. The PW crew hit the road for Alyeska and the Telepalooza (details here) event. Drawn back by the amazing lines we captured last year, we’ve returned to the Chugach for some unfinished business. This time we’re packing high powered HD cameras. The weather [...]

Share This isn’t so much a ski review as it is a celebration of the floatiest, fastest, non-tip divingest pleasure-boards I’ve encountered. Black Diamond Megawatt Length=188cm Dimensions=153-125-130mm Turn Radius=42m I’ve had the privilege of being a BD product tester for the past 4 years. The latest items to fall into my lap (and it wasn’t [...]

Share Another little break in between storms gave me a chance to ski a great little roadside chute up Little Cottonwood Canyon. The White Pearl has been an elusive shot to ski over the past few winters, being located near the mouth of the canyon, it takes a ton of valley snow to make it [...]