The Hunt For New Music. Once in a while, you find a great source of new music. Maybe it’s something that’s been around for a while and you were late to the discovery party. Maybe it’s an entirely new band or sound that came to you in an entirely new way. One of the very …
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Live from Daryl’s House: Rob Thomas
The Hunt For New Music. Once in a while, you find a great source of new music. Maybe it’s something that’s been around for a while and you were late to the discovery party. Maybe it’s an entirely new band or sound that came to you in an entirely new way. One of the very …
The Poetry of Rock: The End of The Innocence
The Poetry of Rock: With this post, a new series of posts begins based on the Poetry of Rock. This first post is from a song done by Eagles member Don Henley, “The End of The Innocence” (written by Don Henley and Bruce Hornsby), and seems very appropriate in light of the recent passing of …
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How To (re)Build An Iconic Racetrack
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
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 …
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The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Ski Priority 2- Changing Edges
Edgework: Skiing is about edges. It is the edge of the ski cutting into the snow which enables the turn. The speed at which you can change edges is important: do it fast enough and you’re probably a slalom racer. If you don’t do it fast enough-or with enough confidence–you can find yourself in trouble …
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The Snow Weekend Concert Series: Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004
The Hunt For New Music: It’s a winter weekend. Maybe you’re stuck inside because a blizzard is raging outside. Maybe you don’t want to watch the NFL playoffs. Maybe what you want to watch is a little blues, a lot of Eric Clapton, a bunch of good music played by very accomplished musicians—each of them …
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The Snow Weekend Concert Series: Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2004
The Hunt For New Music: It’s a winter weekend. Maybe you’re stuck inside because a blizzard is raging outside. Maybe you don’t want to watch the NFL playoffs. Maybe what you want to watch is a little blues, a lot of Eric Clapton, a bunch of good music played by very accomplished musicians—each of them …
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The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Ski Priority 1-Centered Balance
Edgework: You have to have good technique to ski the backcountry, go helicopter skiing, or go off-piste. The back country is no place for amateurs and bad technique. So, coming up a series of six videos, all from the BASS Network, on the fundamental techniques of skiing. Watch the videos to refresh yourself before you …
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The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Helicopter Skiing in Alaska
Edgwork: A very short film featuring two of our favorites: helicopters and mountain tops. The skiing is daring and the helicopter piloting is absolutely breathtaking. All done in HD. Kick this one to the flat screen…it’s worth watching big. The Fine Print: Embed via YouTube(thanks guys). Video from New York Times and Teton Gravity …
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