Downhill training thoughts

Everyone's favorite- breakable crust! After the recent Heathen Challenge at Sunlight Mountain Resort (which was great and once res...

Poor Man's Guide to Gear Maintenance

Tools of the trade Gear, even really good gear, gets worn and breaks when abused. I remain amazed at how durable skimo race gear is. ...

Wolf Creek Race Recap

  RECAP First off, sorry this is so late as to be almost not worth posting (the race recap) but I think there are a few lessons us aver...

Opening Day!

Opening day on a 6" base. I couldnt resist. My skis paid the price though. I think I hit a rock every run and one was a doozie. The...

Summer Fun

I have some kind of weird mental thing where I have no desire to compete in anything other than skimo races. And all Im ever going to do i...

Another reason to adopt a skimo mindset

2 friends on heavy gear with my wife in the middle on a recent spring outing. Note the ridiculously heavy "all about the down" s...

Putting training to use

12 hrs down, only 5 to go! While the ski season has been winding down my "life" has been winding up. I feel like Ive got a few...