November 2008

It is with honor and respect we blogisten (blog-christen) three week old Ann Perlmutter. She is already sponsored by Elan and has a “birth” on the 2025 U.S. Team. Congratulations Bob (WildSnow guest blogger) and Sue. Lou DawsonWildSnow.com publisher emeritus…

As many of you know, it’s been as dry as an overcooked pancake here in the west. But it is FINALLY storming today in Colorado. So perhaps this will be a repeat of last year, when the heavens held off…

On this day of thanks I can think of many things to appreciate. Family, friends, amazing freedoms — not to mention Dynafit bindings. But specific to WildSnow I want to thank all you guys who’ve supported this crazy endeavor over…

The WildSnow T, available in many designs and colors. Every worthwhile endeavor has to have a T-shirt, right? Designed by WildSnow descendant Louie Dawson and his college roommate Jason Caudill , our T-shirts are created through printfection.com, an interesting company…

Tired of guessing about how much “volume” ski boots have, or how suitable the fit is for a given type of foot? WildSnow intends to answer those questions once and for all. I spent some time last week figuring out a way of “casting” the interior of a ski boot, so I can basically make a copy of the boot last. The process uses all hardware store and grocery store materials (injection foam insulation), and results in an accurate mold. I’ll be charting this stuff over the next few weeks, and I’ll start a page just for the data.

Edge of Never book review, asks if Trevor Peterson would approve of his son Kye extreme skiing in Chamonix.