Adventures Across From Two Oceans Disappointment Peak was swiftly followed up with more mellow slopes in Togwotee Pass, the mountain pass between the Tetons and Lander. Andrea, Martin and I first skied the area about two weeks before,
Adventures Disappointment Peak Andrea beat me to the punch, but I've at last had a Saturday at home to edit photos. Wahoo! The crew was Andrea, Martin, Ben (the guy with the beard), Ben (the guy
Adventures Park View Spring Skiing Went for a bit of spring skiing just recently down in Park View with Maciej and Andrea. She was nice enough to write up a report on it with some of the great
Adventures Welcome Home I spent last weekend at a hut up in Summit County called Polar Star Inn. I had been pretty frustrated with my boarding out there; my turns didn't quite feel strong enough or
Adventures Winter is Coming (Somewhere) Maciej and I went for a morning of backcountry last Thursday up on top of Medicine Bow Peak and got in a good four laps, making it home in time to shower and
signal surfboards Weekend Movie: Signal Snowboard's Every Third Thursday Signal Snowboards does something like Google's 20%, where every Third Thursday they just have fun making whatever-the-heck sort of snowboard they want. From the start of every video: This is Every Third Thursday,
Adventures Kurikoma - The Final Backcountry Trip As alluded to here, my last weekend was my final backcountry expedition for the wonderful wintry Japan season of 2011-2012. The trip took us (where "us" is defined as myself, Kanji,
Adventures 八甲田 - Hakkouda Like I said, this last weekend was an overnight backcountry trip up in Aomori-ken, the northernmost prefecture on 本州 (honshyu), the main island of Japan. I'm going to relate the story of the
Adventures Another weekend, another ski trip My last post started with the line "Maybe I do this too much". In fact, I realized that I've been getting out every weekend, and have a couple more planned. How
Adventures Snow, Fruit, and an Onsen Maybe I do this too much? The Latest Ski Trip - Zhao #3 Wade (did I mention I hang out with rock stars?) and I on our way to hit a jump-filled run
Adventures Ubagatake Another weekend, another backcountry trip. The crew was mostly familiar faces: Kazumi, Zunko, Kanji, Satoko (from the first trip) and one new face, Jun. Throw me in the mix and you'll come up
Adventures Backcountry Japan Ski Video (Gassan) Kazumi-san linked me the video she put together from our first backcountry trip for the year, so I'm throwing it here to keep it in mind. Something in the future I might update
Adventures The Big Backcountry Once again thanks to Takeuchi-san, I hit Yamagata's backcountry on the 15th. The size of the group got a little out of control on this one though... The main thing I remember from
Adventures Holidays Part 3, Back to Zhao I wrapped up my errands and met friends early in the morning at Sendai Station on the 28th to take another trip out to Zhao. This time we'd be staying the night and
Adventures Holidays Part 1, Christmas This post: a catch-up of what's happened since the backcountry trip all the way up to Christmas day. Leading up to Christmas Swingy Christmas There was a "Swingy Christmas" swing dance party with
Adventures Backcountry Japan [Update: Kazumi uploaded her video of the skiing. See it here] Sunday morning, up at five. Realized nothing needed to be done as I had sagaciously prepared everything according to backcountry checklist specifications
backcountry All Tomorrow's Parties If you need audio to go with this post, listen to the track at the bottom of this post on NPR Music. Not that I feel it particularly fits my content, but hey.
Adventures Backcountry Checklist Trips to the backcountry usually involve waking up at an hour that impairs brain function. I've been on more than one trip that's had to turn back for forgotten boots. I also hear