Category: iRide

New Movie – For Right or Wrong

Looks as though our dear friend Burton is getting into the movie biz with For Right or Wrong. Being a web guy, I gotta talk about the website first. It’s sexy, the preview is awesome… but someone smack the designers in the back of the head for the text. I don’t know what size monitors… Read more »

Quick Coolzone Winterplex Link

I happened across another link for the Coolzone Winterplex announcement last spring on the Dallas Biz Journal. Sure it’s old news, but I wanted to get an entry pointing to it.

NASA Confirms El Niño’s Return – Kinda Sorta

Ski Press World is reporting that NASA Confirms El Niño’s Return. Awesome! El Niño bringeth snow! Woo hoo! However, a little bit of reading into the article isn’t AS exciting.  Conditions are not as strong as they were in 97/98 and the effect could taper off. Still, the potential for a great snow season is… Read more »

Texas Snowboarding: Coolzone Winterplex

Remember when I said how great it would be if Texas had an artificial park? Well, it’s happening! The plans are to finish the park by 2008. Unfortunately, I don’t know if the park is just ‘proposed’ or if it’s funded and under way. I will have to try to find out. The place is… Read more »

Shout Out: afterbang*

I wanted to give a shout out to Gavin Hope over at afterbang*. He had some kind things to say about my site, many thanks. And yes, I am still working on the new site. I’ve even tried enlisting some help recently. It’s been more than a year now and I keep getting distracted by… Read more »

SnowTripping – Where exactly have I been?

While organizing the upcoming Thanksgiving trip, someone asked me how many times I’d been snowboarding. Offhand, I didn’t know. I couldn’t remember all the trips. After digging through blog posts, pictures, and calling friends… I finally got the list together… mostly. Ski Trip 1 Jan, 98: Red River New Mexico for 3 days I rode… Read more »

To Helmet or not to Helmet: Protecting My Head is the Question

So someone was paid to study the effectiveness of a helmet and the Denver Post is proud to announce: “Study: Helmets cut risk of head injuries in skiing“… Who would have thought? I wonder if the study was sponsored by a helmet manufacturer? Since I started riding, I’ve never – not once – worn a… Read more »

Motorola Bluetooth Hat For Snowboarders

While reading Gizmodo, I ran into an odd product. The Motorola Bluetooth Hat lets you use your bluetooth devices (re: cell phone) hands free on the mountain. This reminds me of a rather annoying moment on my last new years snowboarding trip. Some dunce busted out his phone in the front of the busy lift… Read more »

Let the 06/07 Season Begin!

It’s such a magical time of year when all the major mountain websites go from their summer sites full of hiking, camping, mountain biking, and kayaking to their winter sites – full of snow! That’s right, the 06/07 season is finally here. The industry is buzzing with excitement as the snow is coming early. Colorado… Read more »

Site Update – Switching CMS

I used to run this site on a custom set of scripts. I hate to change the site as it was the ‘first’ thing I did to get back into web development after the bubble popped. However, it was dated and it was also clear that I do not have time to finish writing the… Read more »