Monthly Archives: October 2009

The Gear Sloot Tuning Room

Nothing beats a nice thorough hand wax when it comes to caring for your boards. It prolongs the life of the ski, keeps you from poling out of the flats at the bottom of your favorite tree shot, and can even help win you that impromptu Chinese Downhill. The problem is waxing can be a [...]
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Hands On the New Flylow Jackets

I had the pleasure of handling and trying on few of Flylow’s new jackets the other night my local shop. As you may already know, I’m a big fan of their Dropkick Pro pants, so I was excited to check out their latest offerings. I’ll preface this with the fact I am a notoriously difficult [...]
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Mid October Skiing at Sunday River

Went up to Sunday River on Saturday (October 17th) to get the earliest turns of my life and play with my new VIO POV 1.5 (a review is in the works.) Skiing during peak foliage was a bit surreal, and despite my being rusty and the single open trail being scratchy to say the least, [...]
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Slaythegnar.com – New Ski Stoke Website

Skier666 from the TGR Forums has written the book on the ski trip report. They’ve got soundtracks, comedy, great photography, and ripping skiers. The Tahoe area can be feast or famine in terms of snow but this guy and his crew are out there every week getting it done and having a good time regardless [...]
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