Paying Attention: Google’s top searches of 2015. You are what you search for. Special thanks to the gang at Google for compiling this amazing list.
Monthly Archives: January 2016
The Celtic New Year
The Hunt For New Music: Van Morrison closes out the holiday season’s music with this terrific version of “Celtic New Year”. Click it on, turn it up, take it in. It’s a great way to end the old year and bring in the new one. The Fine Print: Embed courtesy of YouTube(thanks guys). Posted …
Looking Back
The end of the year 2015 offers the chance to put things in perspective. Below, a group of “best of” lists covering 2015. Click through to get an informed overview of the what happened of consequence in culture, money, music, news, and sports in 2015. The Year in Money (Source: Bloomberg.com) Forty-Seven Weirdest Charts from 2015 …
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 …
Sartre on Standing Up
“Better to die one’s feet than live on one’s knees…”
The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Ski Priority 2. Changing Edges
Paying Attention: Part two of our series on basic skiing technique. This video is about the essence of the sport: changing edges. To initiate turns and complete them, you have to change edges. There’s a reason that pro hockey players just happen to be some of the best skiers around: they are experts at changing …
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The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Ski Priority 1. Centered Balance
Paying Attention: The Olympics are gone in spirit (mankind coming together for the greater good) and deed (Gold Medal performances heavily offset by the Russian invasion/annexation of Crimea and soon to be annexation of Ukraine) but our love for skiing is not tied to the Olympics. It’s a year round thing, and spring is here …
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The Third Annual Winter Ski Festival: Ski priority 3- Pivot Based Skiing
Paying Attention: Technique is very, very important in skiing. Bad technique in tennis and you lose the big match. Bad technique in golf and you shoot a high score. Bad technique in skiing–especially in the backcountry–and you can die. If you ski and have ambition to ski really, really well, take the time to get …
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The Third Winter Film Festival: Ski Coaching Pivot
Edgework: Skiing is about turning. No turns. No go (and probably trip to emergency room). Here’s a very short video on the pivot and why it’s necessary for controlled turning. There are slow pivots and fast pivots. Conditions (or gates) determine which one is appropriate. See the video, visualize, and realize.
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 …
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