Category: Snowboarding

Blizzard dumps 18 inches of snow on Colorado

OMG OMG OMG OMG! DENVER, Colorado (AP) — A powerful snowstorm dumped 18 inches of snow in parts of the Colorado mountains and spread eastward Thursday, snarling traffic and shutting down dozens of school districts. I could crap my pants! Attached is a webcam shot of the town of Winter Park. I’m so freak’n excited!… Read more »

Winter Park Turning White

Shuweeeet! I’ve been bummed at the lack of white on the Winter Park cams lately… Finally, today, we noticed the snow… f’n shuweeeet! I’ve been bouncing around the office since I found out! I’m stoked. Must.. calm down.. must… do … work … ACK! Check it out: OVERALL SITUATION TODAY – A low pressure system… Read more »

Heavenly Gets Early Snow

While aggregating data for the new Snow Tripping website tonight, I ended up on Heavenly’s website. I was pleased to see in big bold letters, “Second Snow Storm in a Week!” The news was posted about 5 days ago. You can check out the Heavenly Web cams for an up-to-date view. I must admit, I’m… Read more »

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 »