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We Want Team Videos

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 Team videos have not figured prominently in the ski scene. A couple light attempts have been made in the past few seasons: Atomic’s 44 Days and Skiing is ____,  Voluerz’s Outdoor Graduation, and Joystick’s Hot Lunch (the balls!). Of course, who can forget the Oakley video, perhaps better known by its more unfortunate name- “Session 1242.” It’s one of the best videos ever made, and one of Tanner’s best parts as well. Not to mention Tony shredding a full part to “Blue Collar Man.”

 We’re ripe for another team video- several teams are stacked with talent, and slopes are flush with video nerds pointing cameras at every jump and rail who are willing to slave for pennies on the dollar. Any bro who can do a switch-up now has his own webisode series; companies are out of excuses.  Somebody’s got to drop a proper team video. Here’s a few that I’d like to see: Continue reading this entry »

A Real Review: SPK boot

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SPK Kaos boot.

SPK Kaos boot.

After perusing the latest edition of what Freeskier calls an Annual Gear Guide, I could write a week’s worth of posts on the complete lack of real product reviews in the ski world. I’ll try not to wear the hater hat for too long, but let’s face it, there are shit products out there. But of course you would never know this if you relied on the sole surviving print mag our fledgling corner of skiing has left. Each ski gets a stoke factor (which means literally nothing), and the only products that get a more thorough look are pro setups. The LAST thing that matters in a gear guide are pro setups. They’re paid to ride this shit, hell I’d ride any damn thing if you paid me to do it. I’d rather hear what Joey the pizza guy in Truckee is riding, cuz his ass paid real hard earned cash for his setup. That means something.
ANYWAY…on to our review:
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