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Finding Treasure in the Tetons

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 [...]

Successful Denali Snowboard Descent

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I woke up on the morning of June 14th to temperatures well below zero, with frost caked around the hood of my sleeping bag and a layer of the stuff coating the inside of the tent walls. Every move brought a shower down from the ceiling. I could hear Jaime firing up the stoves in [...]

Preparing for Snowboard Descent of Denali

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

So I’m just back from guiding a successful Denali climb with a great friend of mine, recuperating and trying to regain some of the weight that I lost while we were stuck in a storm at high camp for a week. (17,200′) Hanging around in Palmer at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) [...]

Wagner Custom and Winterstick Snowboards Form Alliance

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Wagner Custom, leader in custom ski fitting and design, and Bigelow Mountain Partners, owner and operator of Winterstick snowboards, are proud to announce a worldwide licensing partnership. For the coming 2007-2008 riding season, Wagner Custom will manufacture and distribute a select line of Winterstick products, including the grandfather of all snowboards, the Swallowtail. Interested in [...]