John Clauson is Kicking Cancer
Soon after that, Clauson was diagnosed with leukemia. He has health insurance, but he and his family have had to travel to Denver for aggressive chemotherapy, and he still faces more treatment and a...
View ArticleJunk in the Truck: 2013 Dynafit Huascaran
If zee Germans can maintain this kind of rapid-fire product development, it's going to put real pressure on an industry that would prefer to spend it's money on developing shiny new marketing...
View ArticleHot Dog 2: The Sequel
Thirty-five years ago, the most seminal Hollywood ski movie was, um, released on the public, exposing them to the stunt skiing of Tahoe legend Tom Day, the boozy antics of Squaw Valley misfits, a...
View ArticleConfidential Notice: For Internal Super Evil Ski Corp Distribution Only
Ladies and Gentlemen, Undoubtedly, we’re all cognizant of the impending threats to our business model: Backcountry skiing is growing more popular, snowboarding has plateaued, climate change is throwing...
View ArticleIt’s Time For Ski Towns To Start Anti-Marketing
In 1970, the late great Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado, where Aspen was just starting to blow up. Thompson ran on a platform of tearing up all the pavement in town,...
View ArticleThe Pleasure of Not Doing Anything Rad - The pow-day program was in full...
It wasn't their fault. Tired from the shred-fest that is Jackson Hole's upper mountain on a powder day, the Rad Bros simply had no frame of reference for the happy idiot in the bandana and...
View ArticleCool-sounding Names for Crappy Ski Technology - "Revolutionary" ski tech...
1. Telemark Look, I understand that hippies can be annoying and the bindings always break or rip out, but you have to admit that at the end of the day it’s a cooler-sounding word than “randonee” or...
View ArticleThe Jaded Local’s Crystal Ball - Let's hope that this year will be better...
Fires, floods, hurricanes, Nazis in the streets… 2017 was a mess and it should come as no surprise that my predictions for the near future are suitably dark. Extrapolating current trends is a grim...
View ArticleThe Five Biggest Stereotypes in a Ski Town - Which one are you?
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View ArticleSome Things In The Ski World Need To Change - The Jaded Local's new rules for...
Chairlift loading order on powder days would be determined not by who shows up first, but by an intricate system of style points that would encourage creativity and levity. Instead of rewarding those...
View ArticleHow To Be The Best Local Ever - The Jaded Local's do's and don'ts of living...
GEARING UP Do: -Cultivate local hook-ups and then sell all the gear on eBay. -Haggle shop employees making $12 an hour by trying to pay for a tune on your $1,000 all-carbon skis with a six-pack....
View ArticleThe Brutal, Honest Truth About Ski Travel - Five missteps to avoid while...
After 25 years of professional ski travel, I've learned a trick or two along the way: Don't make fun of an Italian border guard's tight pants, always smoke cigarettes while in France, and never talk to...
View ArticleHow To Write Ski Reviews That Don’t Suck - In a world with too many good...
Dear 2017-18 Ski Testers, We have overcome many obstacles over the years: hangovers, hardpack, malfunctioning keg taps, confusing marketing lingo, too many dudes in the hot tub. But we now face the...
View ArticleA Summit Plan for Dumb People - Announcing an easy-to-follow guide to get you...
DAY ONE Choose Your Objective Make sure it sounds cool when you tell other people about it, like the Apocalypse Couloir in Death Canyon (good job on that one, Jackson). We’re looking for names like...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Set Pro Skiers Free - Because all they really want to do is go...
A very earnest A-list professional skier recently told me that he was trying to figure out how to stay in his profession without dying. Which is rational and healthy and also really sad when you...
View Article5 Pieces of Useful Ski Minutia - Wise words to heed from The Jaded Local
1. Pozi-drive, not Phillips-head screwdriver. 2. Finger-to-a-finger-and-a-half gap from the back of your heel to the shell with the liner out and your toes just touching the front of the shell. 3. Cell...
View ArticleEvery Day is Gaper Day - Skiing shouldn't be about getting gnar—it's about...
This story originally ran in the December 2016 issue of POWDER (Vol. 45 Issue 4). PHOTO: Bruno Long When weirdoes founded POWDER in 1972, the hedonism of powder skiing and freely shredding was a tiny...
View ArticleWhat Would Skiing be without Apres Skiing? - Three runs, two beers, a little...
This story originally published in the October 2016 issue of POWDER (Vol. 45 Issue 2). ILLUSTRATION: Will Dinski Pinning down the exact definition of the only ski-related term that’s the same in at...
View ArticleWhat Kind of Local Are You? - Five people you will probably meet on your next...
This story originally published in POWDER’s November 2016 issue (Vol. 45 Issue 3). PHOTO: Jay Goodrich I. Guy who doesn’t want to talk to you on the gondola: Yes, I’m acting like a dick with my hood...
View ArticleWhat Type of Skier Are You? - Beginner, Total Bro, or Type Infinity?
STANDARD SKIER TYPES AND BINDING SETTINGS Type 1 Cautious skiing on smooth slopes of gentle to moderate pitch. Lighter than average release settings. General confusion. Type 2 Average retention/release...
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