High Falutin Ski Bums

It’s been a crazy few months, but we’re getting back into the swing of things just in time for the end of ski season. We shouldn’t have talked about squirt. iTunes – Subscribe and rate the podcast Spotify – Subscribe and rate the podcast RSS – Add the Ski Bum Podcast feed to your RSS […]

Mario has just returned from an amazing alpine adventure in St. Moritz Switzerland and we get to hear all about it.

It's the best of times, it's the worst of time when you need new ski boots. Some cool new innovations from K2, Rossignol and Armada have recently hit the market and we take a closer look.

Have you ever been in public and wish you had your own bathroom? This is isn't but it's the second...maybe third best thing.

It's Christmas time and we follow-up on some stories from previous episodes and look forward to what we're up to this Christmas season.

It's been a rough start for our FIS heroes this season with both Mikaela Shiffrin and Marcel Hirscher having serious crashes.

We chat with our new friend Ryan Thompson CEO of 10th Mountain Whiskey.

We are up in Boston and we have a little pre-Snowbound chat before heading to the conference.

The Snowbound Expo is almost here and we chat with the man who is making it all happen, Stephen Morgan MD at Raccoon Media.

We finally got through summer, but somehow we both found a way to get injured. Here's what happened and what we're doing to get ready for ski season.

Everyone's waiting for the snow to fall, so while we wait, let's see what NOAA has to say about North America's winter.

We're suckers for a top-10 list, especially when it comes to skiing. Here are the top-10 ski towns to live according to OnTheSnow.com

Summer is wrapping up and the big news is that Powdr Corporation, owner of Killington, Snowbird, Mt. Bachelor, etc. is starting to dump ski properties they own and restructure their business.

It's been a few minutes and this is feeling like the Endless Summer, but we're getting psyched and ready to go skiing.

We're back and Brian recaps his recent GoRuck Operation Overload adventure.

It wasn't the season we were expecting, but it was the season we got and ain't that good enough?

Did you know that real estate in prime in ski towns is expensive? We took some data from our friends at Peak Rankings and cross-referenced it against some current available listings in the top ranked ski towns.

Brian took his family up to Vermont for a trip to Stratton and he's going to share his experience.

Mario is back and he tells us all about his trip to Pregelato, Italy.

We chat with our pal Tim from Ski Rex Media who fills in for Mario who's currently skiing over in Italy.

Skiing and Snowboarding is expensive and it's not getting any cheaper. Mega passes like Epic and Ikon have made it cheaper for skiers, but also changed skiing and ski towns in the process. We take a closer look at how this happened.

Part 2 of our chat with Sam Weintraub, Founder and CEO of Peak Rankings.

We chat with our new friend Sam Weintraub, Founder and CEO of Peak Rankings.

We chat with our new friend David Abramowitz, Founder and CEO of Kulkea.

We all love ski & snowboard movies and we find some cool movies that we think you should watch.

We chatted with our new friend Caroline Proulx, Quebec's Minister of Tourism.

It's finally time for the Snowbound Expo in Boston and we're on our way to Boston!

It's not winter without Warren Miller. This year's film will something a bit different, but we're getting stoked and getting ready to check out "Alltime," the 74th film from Warren Miller Entertainment.

We've both been busy doing a bit of traveling, Mario at Oktoberfest and Brian at Ikon Pass and Ski Utah events. We recap some highlights of our trips.

We chat with our friend Stephen Morgan for Raccoon Media who is getting ready to host the Snowbound Expo in Boston, MA, 11/3-5.

We chat with our friend Tom Duke who's living the ski bum dream out in the Taos Valley in New Mexico.

Mario is heading over to Oktoberfest. He gives the inside scoop.

What do American's drink? A lot, but apparently not nearly as much as the Brits who are busy gravy wrestling.

Mario just missed getting hit with Hurricane Idalia. What does that have to do with skiing? Everything.

Do you think you could outrun a bear? I thought I could until I watched this video.

Did you hear that @jacksonhole is getting new owners? The two main owners have been announced, but there's several owners that are remaining unnamed. Have you also heard that @margaritaville is opening its first #skitown resort in South Lake Tahoe? Is Jimmy Buffett part of the new management team at Jackson Hole, looking to take over Jackson Hole from the inside?

It's been a crazy summer and we're just catching up with all the ski & snowboard news.

Do you ever feel unappreciated? Have you ever pondered faking your own death to see who would come to your funeral? What about tattoos, do you have any good ones, or just regrets?

It feels like the past ski season is so far away and next season will never arrive. Not true friends. We're here to help get you through the summer.

Whales as weapons and don't fight bears in Missouri.

It's the first week in June and you haven't booked next season's ski trips? I guess that's how you were raised. Mario has already booked a big trip to France for next season and will help give you some tips on getting ahead of the slackers and get some ski days on your calendar.

We've wrapped up our ski season so now it's time to look to summer. That which you do know will set you up for success once the snow starts falling again in the fall.

We chat with our friend Ben Ruhl, snowmaker, ski instructor, liftie, probably soon to be CEO of Bretton Woods.

We chat with our friend Mike Arciero, New England Sales Rep. for Terracea about the brand and the recent injury he sustained skiing at Killington.

We chat with our friends Tricia and Phil Pugliese from SkiTalk.com.

Brian and Andrea go up to Killington for a Ski Vermont media event, have 2 great days of skiing and report back on the all the details regarding the newly approved Six Peaks Village.

We love the Indy Pass and with the weather being warm and questionable, Brian and his family had to make a decision. They did and went to Greek Peak in Cortland, NY.

Did you enjoy our recap of Cannon Mountain and Franconia, NH? Well, we're doing the same thing with Waterville Valley, another Epic Pass resort we visited on our trip to New Hampshire.

Brian and Mario meet up with their pal Tim from @SkiRexMedia to spend a day at Cannon Mountain in Franconia, NH.

We chat w/ our friends Clarke and Chris about their new business, PrivateCatz, where you can rent a private snow cat to do some epic backcountry skiing at Jones Pass in Colorado.

Can you believe there will be no new Warren Miller film this year? Does it even really matter at this point? Do ski movies matter? Let's talk about it and figure it out.