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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Leaving the house at midnight feels really early, or late depending on how you approach your evening. Nevertheless, having gotten less than two hours’ sleep I loaded into Jake MacArthur’s car with Andy Tyson and drove away for a day in the Park. We had our sights set on the crown jewel of the range, [...]
Saturday, February 21st, 2009
After the huge success of my trip into the Tetons with NOLS in January (check out my last post,) I was super inspired to get up into the higher peaks at the core of the range. Unfortunately, my next foray wasn’t quite as successful–after leaving the house at 2am, my buddy Jake and I [...]
Saturday, February 14th, 2009
I just spent 10 days in the Tetons teaching an instructor training seminar for NOLS, doing some really amazing riding while training a new generation of backcountry snowboarding instructors. With all the time we spent skinning and riding, my trainees were pretty impressed at the performance of my Wagner Custom approach skis, and how [...]
Friday, February 13th, 2009
Wagner Custom Factory Team Rider, Chason Russell, took third place at the 2009 Subaru Telluride Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier. Some of the best freeskiers in the world faced hardpack and boney conditions at the Telluride event. I was relieved that no one was seriously injured given the challenging nature of the course and snowpack. The [...]
Friday, March 9th, 2007
I spent a few days in Telluride last week and stopped in to see Pete Wagner’s new shop in Placerville. They’ve already made several pairs of skis there but still had some trick new machines to install. The place is pretty undistinguished on the outside—not to say run-down and funky. It’s the shack with the [...]
