Edgework: Today, the Winter Film Festival goes deep with a series of films, long and short, on powder skiing. Powder is to skiing what clay courts are to tennis–the purest expression of the sport (downhill competitors might disagree but…still…it’s pretty much the Holy Grail for most skiers). Several decades ago, a very good friend of …
Monthly Archives: February 2017
The Nightshift: 11 February 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning. It’s Saturday, 11 February 2017 and this is the morning edition of The Nightshift. The East Coast is digging out from a major snow storm and the drama in Washington continues. All seems relatively normal. Today is the third round of the Pebble Pro-Am, which has been hampered for the first two days by …
The Winter Film Festival: Rossignol on Binding Position
Edgework: A short but good on essential knowledge for skiers: where to place the binding on your ski. This one is produced with the emphasis on freestyle skiing. It’s information you should know before you put a new set of bindings on your new skis (or your old ones for that matter). The video is …
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The Winter Film Festival: Warren Miller's "Live Like There's No Tomorrow"
Edgework: It’s not the Winter Film Festival without a film from Warren Miller (or to be more specific, Warren Miller Entertainment). Today’s treat–the full length feature “Live Like There’s No Tomorrow”–has all of the highlights we’ve come to expect from a Warren Miller film. Terrific camerawork. amazing skiing, big air, exotic locations, laconic athletes who …
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The Nightshift: 10 February 2017
Press Clippings: Embed from Getty Images Good Morning. It’s Friday, 9 February 2017 and this is the morning edition of The Nightshift. A huge snowstorm–with the emphasis on “storm”–hit the Northeast last night. Schools were closed; traffic disrupted; streets clogged. But as big and impactful as the weather can be, it takes second place this week to national …
The Winter Film Festival: Skiing The Bumps
Edgework: From out friends at Ski School, another very good video on how to ski bumps. Bumps can be either an absolutely disaster if you don’t have the right technique, or a lot of fun if you do. Some people dread skiing the bumps–they’re terrified because they don’t know how to handle them. Face it: …
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Quote on timing
“If you don’t do it this year, you’ll be one year older when you do…”
The Winter Film Festival: A Giant Slalom Lesson
Edgework: To follow up on our previous post about Giant Slalom skiing, here’s another nice video,, this one by FISI TV, featuring Frederica Brignone of the Italian National Team. The dialogue is in Italian (you do speak Italian, don’t you), but there are subtitles and plenty of good action shots and overheads to give you …
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The Nightshift: 9 February 2017
Press Clippings: Good Morning. It’s Thursday, 9 February 2017 and this is the morning edition of The Nightshift. The Washington soap opera rolls on. Are we making any real progress? America voted and got the government it wanted. It’ll even out–sooner or later. But maybe not. And..the world goes on. Catch up on what’s happening with the …
The Winter Film Festival: Skiing The Trees
Edgework: One of holy grails of skiing is skiing the trees. It’s right up there with deep powder, helicopter skiing, and skiing the backside of the mountain. The attraction is a combination of danger and exhilaration: get it right and it’s one of the best experiences you’ll ever have on skis. Get it wrong and …
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