Time was, kids on a ski hill or mountain bike would buy a helmut and attach a small (or sometimes huge) camera to the side with a wad of duct tape. Sometimes they’d balance the lopsided weight of the camera with an actual, real weight on the other side — carrying … CONTINUE READING /
Amidst some company transition and expansion, I’ve taken advantage of some sporadic downtime by watching bits of ski movies online. Ski movies are great: 90-minute music videos interspersed with comedy bits and slow-motion helicopter shots of gorgeous mountain powder. You probably know by now that I’m a huge fan of the … CONTINUE READING /
Named “The world’s most recognizable skier,” Glen Plake started out skiing in the mid-80′s and quickly became a cult phenom among skiers and ski shop owners and ski movie buffs. Here’s how he made the leap from just skiing to making money skiing.… CONTINUE READING /
In celebration of so much snow around the country, here’s another clip from the famous 1998 Greg Stump ski flick “The Blizzard of Ahhh’s,” arguably the favorite late ’80′s wintertime movie from the Skyline neighborhood in Mankato, Minnesota.… CONTINUE READING /
I learned to ski in Southern Minnesota, and in the late 1980′s, this was the movie to watch — Greg Stump’s “The Blizzard of Ahhh’s.” In the world of ski movies (most of you’ve probably seen Warren Miller flicks on a Sunday on ESPN), this marked the beginning of the documentation … CONTINUE READING /
California’s Mt. Waterman is for sale for a mere $1.65 million and though that sounds like a lot of money, it seems like a pretty good deal for an area with 27 trails and 3 double chairlifts. Inc magazine has a nice rundown of the pros and cons of the bid. … CONTINUE READING /
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