Everything. All The Time.
This film, produced by Kastle, who also make a very nice pair of downhill skis, will take you all over the world with a group of serious, talented pro athletes. The action stretches from The Arlberg in Austria to Antarctica; from Jackson Hole to Verbier to Whistler BC to Mt. Fuji. It’s a travelogue and …
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This film, produced by Kastle, who also make a very nice pair of downhill skis, will take you all over the world with a group of serious, talented pro athletes. The action stretches from The Arlberg in Austria to Antarctica; from Jackson Hole to Verbier to Whistler BC to Mt. Fuji. It’s a travelogue and …
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Powder snow is to skiing as clay courts are to tennis. A great powder day lives forever, as anyone who skis powder knows. This short film is a wonderful celebration of all that is good (and dangerous) about powder skiing. Yes…it’s a promotional film. So? It is exceptionally well shot, edited, and produced and you …
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Get In the mood. Here’s an official update on what to expect at the FIS World Championships at Vail this week. Good music (and unexpected too!), tightly edited, spectacular cinematography (how do they get those lean angles) and just the right amount of history and name-dropping to prepare you for the big event. It’s not …
Great, short, little film, that will give you some insight into the event a lot of experts believe to be the purest in all of Alpine skiing: the downhill. The concept is simple: get out of the gate and go down the course as fast as you can, testing muscle, nerves, stamina, and technique at …
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Resources, information, and other good things for the World Championship Week at Vail/Beaver Creek. World Cup Background. Ski Racing News. FIS World Championships at Beaver Creek/Vail Event Information. The U.S. Ski Team World Cup Roster. Lindsey Vonn World Cup Preview. Current World Cup Leaders (Men and Women). FIS Points List for Alpine Skiing. Bode Miller 2014 Profile. FIS World …
It’s the middle of winter and time for skiing–World Cup Skiing to be exact. The FIS World Championships to be even more exact. Last year, at this time, we were headed into the Winter Olympics (the opening ceremony was on 7 February 2014). This year, the Olympics are a memory but the series that keeps skiing …
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(UPDATED WITH AUCTION RESULTS) RM auctions has become an international powerhouse in the collector car world, with auctions all over the planet. But there is still plenty of action in the U.S. and this year, they brought a huge number of lots to the sale at Scottsdale. A few of our favorite picks are listed …
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(UPDATED WITH AUCTION RESULTS).The Arizona auctions have become increasingly important in the world collector car scene over the last decade. The offerings are increasingly diverse (and expensive) and estimated prices feed off the major sales coming out of Pebble Beach in the famous auctions held there in the fall. Here, a selection of the most …
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Press Clippings: New York magazine continues to deliver the goods when it comes to timely, incisive and important journalism. A recent issue contained an extensive and very well researched piece on an undercurrent of foreign money that’s flooding into New York real estate–some of it legal and some of it questionable–and in the process driving up …
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