The Hunt for New Music: The big dogs are out: Steely Dan, Think Fast in Cincinnati, published on YouTube in 2014. Do not have a clue when the concert actually took place. The video is good, the sound is very good (sound board mix? you expect very good sound from Steely Dan), published to YouTube …
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The Winter Film Festival: "Take It Easy", a snowboarding movie
Edgework: How about one more long video to top off Saturday’s program for the Winter Film Festival (WFF). This one, “Take it Easy” is sponsored/produced by Quicksilver, 3M, Snowboarder Magazine and Method Snowboarding Magazine. It is–as you surmised based on the names of the sponsors–centered on snowboarding, which is a that deserves equal air time …
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The Winter Film Festival: "Powderwhore"
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 …
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 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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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 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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The Winter Film Festival: Giant Slalom Lessons from Rossignol
Edgework: A short, great video from ski company Rossignol on Giant Slalom(GS) racing and racing technique. Giant Slalom is the skiing event that splits the difference between the jarring, quick-turn discipline of slalom (be precise and be super-quick or you’re out) and the power-through-the-danger style of the downhill. Giant Slalom racing is a more fluid …
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The Winter Film Festival: "Few Words" featuring Candide Thovex
Edgework: Candide Thovex is a French alpinist, skier, and film maker. He is at home in the backcountry, dropping in off the top of a mountain, and, mostly, in the air, where he is constantly pushing the envelope of what’s possible in the combination of skier, snow, and mountain. This full-length film is titled “Few …
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