Daytona 24: A time lapse film of the reconstruction/redevelopment of Daytona International Speedway, the site of this weekends’ Rolex 24 at Daytona. Very cool and perfect prep for the weekend race. The Fine Print: Embed via YouTube(thanks guys).Video by EarthCam (well done). Good luck this weekend to everyone racing in the D24
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Maisel on Cameras
“Always carry a camera. It’s tough to shoot a picture without one….”
How to Ski Cliff Drops
Edgework: You’re going off a cliff if you ski the backcountry or drop in from a helicopter. It’s going to happen and it’s a part of the sport. Sometimes you’re going to seek out the cliff and sometimes it’s going to show up right in front of you. So…deal with it. Here’s how. The […]
Einstein on simplicity
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough….”
The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: The Steeps
Edgework: If you ski the back country or go helicopter skiing, you’re going to be skiing deep and steep. Being good on the steeps is a necessary technical skill, for both safety and enjoyment. In keeping with our Winter Film Festival series for 2016, here’s the first of several videos on good technique for skiing […]
CHROME
Annals of IP: One of the most interesting and useful products available today is the Chromebook, a very streamlined type of laptop that uses the CHROME operating system created by Google (when it was still Google…don’t which department it’s in now that ALPHABET is up and running). The idea behind the product is very, very […]
The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Inside Ski
Edgework: There is a lot of attention in ski technique given to the outside ski but even as important as that ski is in turn initiation, the other 50% of the action is happening on the inside ski. Here’s a short instruction piece, with Josh Foster, on the what, why, and how of using the inside […]
The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Ski Priority 5–Control of Line and Speed
Edgwork: You’ve seen the elements in the previous four Ski Priority videos; now learn how to tie them all together in the fifth installment on controlling your line and speed down the mountain. You do know what the fall line is, don’t you? The fall line is the fast way down the mountain. Because it’s […]
The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Ski Priority 4–Pressure Based Steering
Edgework: Continuing with our series of videos to make you more technique conscious. More instruction from the Ski Priority Series…this one on Pressure Based Steering, something you will need to master to ski it steep and ski it deep. Watch the video a couple of times and it’s best if you can kick it to […]
The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Ski Priority 3-The Pivot
Edgework: Changing directions is one of the core essential skills in skiing. You have to change directions not just to go where you were you want to go, but to also to avoid going where you don’t want to to (like into a tree or another skier ). Also…a change of direction is a great […]