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Check out this conceptual design. Nothing really new, but fun to see the industrial designers have their thinking caps on. I still contend that a passive system is the way of the future.

WildSnow.com just got the word from Teton Gravity Research about the release of their new ski and snowboard film Re: Session, which premiers at the Walk Festival Hall in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on September 19th, 2009. The Re: Session trailer is live on TetonGravity.com. Pre-order a copy of the film and view the trailer.

When we heard Friday evening was comedy night at 5Point (Five Point) Film Festival here in Carbondale, Lisa and I agreed, that’s the time to go. After all, you see a few adventure films and sure some are elating and even get you on the edge of your seat, but laughing causes health. So there.

Consider the new Onyx backcountry skiing binding from G3. Not only do these guys have to take a complex meld of ski machinery from fantasy to reality, but they’ve got things like user manuals to produce, not to mention putting together an effective back country story for their marketing, as well as educating their retailers and sales reps on how to mount, maintain and use the Onyx binding. Oh, and how about minor details such as customer service, spare parts inventory/supply, and having an army of lawyers on tap just-in-case. Must be an interesting life. For now, I think I’ll stick with blogging. To that end, let’s get on with mounting those Onyx.