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For June, 2010

Guide to Summer: Be the Crazy Kid

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When I went to Momentum (formerly SMS) in 2001, the crazy kid in my group was a ripper that barely said anything but was throwing Lincoln loops over the big jump and schooling the entire under-16 population of the camp. He then got caught smoking weed in his room right after he smoked me in the camper slopestyle contest. I got moved into first place by default, but it more firmly established his reputation as the camp crazy. The other option was to scorpion yourself, by repeatedly trying backflips, whenever Sarah Burke could see you. During my session, George, the British socialite from Hong Kong who only skied at Vail, did just that.  Unfortunately, his accent and social pedigree deep-sixed his possibility of becoming a true badass, and his efforts to destroy his body were completely for naught.

Fortunately, there are several ways for the visiting pros to notice you that have little to do with skill (which is way too much work these days anyway).  As long as you have a decent 540 under your belt with some bang to it, several options exist to bolster your personality cult at Windells, COC, Momentum, or any of the other glacier camps.

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We Want Your Money

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Not too long ago, I bought the couch I am currently sitting on from Overstock.com. For about two weeks after that I had the pleasure of viewing the furniture selections at Overstock in a banner ad at the top of NS. I wish BroBomb had the technology of an ad server so I could just spy the shit out of your life and stalk your buying habits, but we don’t. So we’ll go the much less creepy route and ask you for input, just like those annoying survey takers at the airport (looking at you Sierra Club Denver).

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The Sound of Music (and skiing) Edit

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Your Sunday Edit: Last weekend at Park City from Mr. Paul Braunstein.

“Urban Shred” Edit

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BroBomb’s newest Vimeo contact put together this nice grimy “Urban Shred” edit. Check Troy’s page for the list of riders and camera info.

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Skiing Solves the Oil Spill

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Ski news is serious, but real news is seriouser. As the premiere web-only ski media outlet without forums, we feel it’s our duty to tell you about this oil spill: there’s a shit ton of oil spilling. It’s pretty easy to assign blame (the British, all of Europe, dolphins, etc…), but we’re not here to play that game. BroBomb is about solutions, and we’ve got a few that those chuckleheads haven’t tried yet.

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Things I Wonder: Boone Skate Ski

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There’s nothing like blasting your AC for 24 straight hours to make you think, “What happened to that Boone summer skate-ski idea?” Boone made a thread about it awhile back that we can’t find anymore. Then there was some (not so serious) discussion of a prototype that would be somewhere between the cross country rollerskis that already exist and a simple freestyle inline skate. I could dismiss the idea as completely without a purpose, market, or a shred of coolness…but I’m exactly nerdy enough to think it’d be fun for a day.

We promise to tirelessly pursue the answer to this question and never allow ourselves to think: “Who really cares?” So expect an answer to this most pressing question by the end of the day. In the meantime, Photoshop (or just Paint) your own dream prototype and throw it on our FB. There might be a t-shirt in it for ya (unless you’re from Australia)!

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