It would seem that those luminescent-orange skis you’ve probably spotted in The Weak are the redesigned 2013 Line Chronic. We’ve been told that the new Chronic will have regular camber underfoot and early rise in the tip and tail. While we don’t really have a great shot of the topsheet, we’re told the graphic is Jerry Garcia inspired (hopefully the Dead’s legal team isn’t like Kiss’s). Clearer photos after the jump
In a Top 10 list of the best Top 10 lists, we’d put this one in the top 5. That’s right. So don’t you dare argue that we missed a deserving skier because that’s impossible. We must have sent four emails back and forth finalizing this list. No one has been overlooked. The list is in no particular order, except for JP– he wins.
1) JP Auclair: Last year JP made the decision to step away from Poorboyz and work on a different type of segment. The result? The viral edit of the year. His All.I.Can street segment crossed over to an audience beyond skiers. The only thing to rival this thing’s popularity with the non-skiing set is perhaps Tanner’s “my ankles” video. And thank God this is what went viral and not some video of a superpipe cut into “cubes.”
PA generally, and Big Boulder specifically are well documented incubators for ski talent. Witness Jamie Ficco, Cody Gushlaw, and the one and only Sean Jordan.
Japanese skiing is so damn cool. Why don’t American crews ever shoot with them when they go over there? Oh well, check the sequel after the jump.
Welcome back gentlemen.
And a little remix of the footage (and a great song) by Rob Heule after the jump.
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So there are Tanner Hall self-taken nude pics floating around on the internet. They exist, and that’s probably how you found your way here today. BUT as we made the obligatory effort to find them, we actually stumbled upon something way more interesting.
It seems that the artist behind JustCuriousArtBlog was commissioned to make this totally awesome illustration of Tanner. It’s way sweeter than the actual photos, which have that desperate, bad-decision vibe all over them. But before you click through, you should know that cartoon Tanner’s wang is hanging strong.
See that jacket on Mr. Pollard? Doesn’t it look an awful lot like the Holden Banks jacket (below)? Now, remember that the Causwell deal suspiciously sadly fell through, and that Eric is exactly the type of dude that could bridge that “gap” between skiers and snowboarders. All signs are pointing to Eric Pollard being a Holden skier, aren’t they?
Oslo has had it as rough as we of the eastern persuasion. But TrashParty is back, so all is soon to be right with the world.
We want your stories. First thing’s first: The gig pays in eternal glory, not cash. Second thing’s second: We don’t want gushing pieces about how a Bobby Brown fixation played some pivotal role in your unconscious sexual discovery phase.
What we are looking for right now are people who have slept in their cars, camped at a mountain, or (very unlikely among readers of a park rat blog) lived in an RV/trailer during a winter. I realize that this is much more a part of the TGR crowd’s lifestyle than it is in NS world, but we have a dream that someday park rats will grow up and actually take on some of the cooler elements of ski culture, bumming being paramount among them.
May all of your opening days be full of variable cover, high-fives, and backflips. Fernie knows how to do it.
