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The Sports Brewery Podcast
TSB Goes To The Movies - John Wick: Chapter 4

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2025 33:26


Braga, King, and Ski talk John Wick: Chapter 4. John takes on The Table and basically the entire city of Paris. A blind swordsman, a tracker and his dog, and Scott Adkins in a fat suit. It throws the action kitchen sink at us and somehow delivers. Is it any good? Listen!

The Sports Brewery Podcast
Episode 370 - 7-17-25

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 86:41


Braga, King, and Ski talk: :15: King's insane neighbor getting evicted, confrontations at Winco, getting wrecked by COVID. 34:05: Rationalizing death, the world moving on without us, disposing of dead bodies. 43:14: Dame returning to Portland, how he helps the team, how the team helps him. 55:02: Shane Gillis at the ESPYs, resetting our comedy tastes, the derby and all star game. 1:06:52: Top 3 players who should have retired with their original team.

The FuMP
Picnic in the Sun (Punching Nazis) by Phil Johnson and Roadside Attraction

The FuMP

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 3:16


Her: Where should we go on our first date? Me: Let's go to a nice sunny park and have a picnic. Her: Sounds great! Me: They also have a petting zoo-type thing that's a pen full of Nazis you can beat the crap out of. Her: Fun! You bring the sandwiches. I'll bring the bats. Psst -- Don't forget to join Team Philogelos to be the first to hear my new songs and comedy, plus get a ton of behind the scenes and stuff from my vault.

The Danny and Park Novels Good News Podcast
From the front line to the homefront- An interview with Kelly Lewandoski

The Danny and Park Novels Good News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 44:46


Welcome back to the podcast, I'm Jamie Baynes. A few weeks ago, I interviewed Richmond Police Sergeant Michael Lewandoski about his firsthand experience with the riots in Richmond during the 2020 Summer of Love. After the interview, I noticed that his wife, Kelly, mentioned him in a few of her social media posts, so I got an idea and asked Ski if he thought Kelly would be interested in doing an episode about how she felt during that Spring and Summer. He said that he'd ask her and mentioned that in addition to her being a police officer's spouse and having to watch all of the invective thrown at cops during the riots, she was a nurse and was dealing with being a health care worker during COVID as well. There was no way that I could pass up a chance to interview her, so here she is. As a programming note, in the interest of time, I stopped the interview at about the 45-minute mark, but don't worry: a part two will be coming soon. After you listen, let me know what you think. It angers me that some peple in the health care field actually post signs like, ‘The only good cop is a dead cop' on their wall. I mean, really, really makes me mad. As I'm typing this, people in Texas are having to come to grips with a flash flood that killed dozens of people, including children at a summer camp. One of the news outlets reported that a pediatrician in Texas was fired because she posted on a social media page that the people who died got what they deserved because of how the majority of the state voted in the 2024 election. The audacity, ignorance, stupidity, and wickedness of people still astound me. But don't worry, I have faith that part two will bring some much-needed positivity to the world. So, until next time, take care of one another, and as always, thanks for listening.

The FuMP
Marvel in the Sack by Bad Beth and Beyond

The FuMP

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 3:32


A kinky thing happened on my way to a Comic Con. I met the smooth-talking reprobate Kirk St. James, and we co-wrote this song. Luckily, cold showers are the norm this time of year anyway! Superheroes get all the glory, but fans need love too. Or maybe geeks just need to use a few superpowers of their own (that could get them arrested in public). Bad Beth and Beyond: vocals, acoustic and electric bouzoukis, bass Kirk St. James: vocals Stephen Randall: drums Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Lewis D'Aubin at the COG Secret Lab, Harahan, LA

The Sports Brewery Podcast
TSB Goes To The Movies - John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025 33:54


Braga, King, and Ski talk John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum. Halle Berry has amazing dogs and she helps John survive The Adjudicator, who is coming after John and everyone who ever helped him. Can the series survive the shark jumping that happens? Listen!

Einfach Recht - Antworten rund ums Arbeitsrecht
Tattoos im Arbeitsrecht und was sie dich kosten können!

Einfach Recht - Antworten rund ums Arbeitsrecht

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025 19:30


„Tätowierungensind heute Alltag – Ausdruck von Persönlichkeit, Mode oder Kunst. Doch was passiert, wenn sich ein frisches Tattoo entzündet und du deshalb arbeitsunfähig wirst? Wer trägt dann das Entgeltrisiko?  In dieser Folge schauen wir uns ein aktuelles Urteil des Landesarbeitsgerichts Schleswig-Holstein an und gehen der Frage auf den Grund:  Wann gilt eine Erkrankung nach einem Tattoo als selbst verschuldet – und wann entfällt deshalb die Lohnfortzahlung? Wie ist das beim Sporttreiben? Gilt dasschon bei Verletzungen beim Fussball oder Ski-fahren? Du bekommst heute die komplette Einordnung – klar, fundiert und praxisnah.“Mein Nameist Sandro Wulf, ich bin Rechtsanwalt und Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht.Willkommen bei „einfach recht“. Dein Podcast und YouTube-Kanal.Ich binInhaber der deutschlandweit tätigen Kanzlei Wulf & Collegen mit Standortenin Magdeburg und Stendal und Geschäftsführer der Einfach Recht GmbH. Ichbeantworte Unternehmern, Personalverantwortlichen, Selbstständigen und amArbeitsrecht interessierten Menschen Fragen rund ums Arbeitsrecht.Icherkläre grundsätzliche Regeln als auch aktuelle Tendenzen undGestaltungsmöglichkeiten im deutschen und europäischen Arbeitsrecht. Miteinfachen Worten wird die juristische Fachsprache übersetzt, so dass jeder sieverstehen kann. Ich warim Fokus für die 100 besten Fachanwälte in Deutschland nominiert.Geradewegen der klaren und verständlichen Worte bin ich wiederholt Interviewpartnerfür das Fernsehen, Radio, Zeitungen als auch in Podcasts. Hier erfährst Du mehr: www.kanzlei-wulf.dehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrQwjHCOFa81UwDsWw9oDiQhttps://www.facebook.com/@einfachrechthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kanzleiwulfmd/https://www.xing.com/profile/Sandro_Wulf/cvhttps://www.instagram.com/@kanzleiwulf  BeiFragen diskutiere mit uns auf den sozialen Netzwerken, schreibe uns deine Fragein den Kommentar oder per Mail an  info@kanzlei-wulf.de  Wenn Dirder Podcast gefällt, freue ich mich riesig, wenn Du ihn abonnierst und miteiner positiven Bewertung hier bei iTunes unterstützt.Du hilfstmir damit, den Podcast "einfach recht" sichtbarer zu machen und nochmehr interessierte Menschen zu erreichen. Gern kannst du ihn auch mit Freundenteilen. VielenDankdeinSandro unddein Teamder Kanzlei Wulf & Collegen.

The Sports Brewery Podcast
Episode 369 - 7-10-25

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 69:15


Braga, King, and Ski talk: :15: Prime Deals, ducking jumbo BuzzBalls, teaching dogs 4th of July anxiety. 20:12: Pundits somehow ignoring Oregon's history, lazy and uninformed CFB takes, Oregon fan apathy. 39:26: TSBSki's Packs Episode 2. 52:41: Top 3 athlete performances in movies/TV.

The FuMP
I'm A Jew But I Know This Ain't Christian (2025) by Lauren Mayer

The FuMP

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 1:16


The so-called 'religious right' proves once again that it is neither (religious or right) by embracing the Big Ugly Budget Bill, demonizing immigrants, and countless other hallmarks of Trump's agenda. (I did a version of this song 7 years ago, but history keeps not only repeating itself but getting worse, so it was time for an update!)

The Ski Podcast
251: Ski Touring in Italy, Rob Katz's ‘To Do' list at Vail Resorts & Skiing the Mississippi

The Ski Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 44:54


Today we discuss ‘Homeland' – a ski touring only ‘resort' in Italy, we ask what should be on Rob Katz's ‘to do' list as he takes up the reins again at Vail Resorts, plus we find out about skiing along the Mississippi. Host Iain Martin was joined in the studio by freelance journalist Sam Haddad and host of the Storm Skiing Podcast, Stuart Winchester, as well as down the line with snow reports by Rachael Oakes-Ash in Australia and Guy Beatson in New Zealand. SHOW NOTES Sam was last on the show talking about La Grave in Episode 214 (1:15) Stuart was last on the show in Episode 235 (1:30) Find out about La Sarenne in Alpe d'Huez (4:00) Stuart's last day of skiing was at Arapahoe Basin in Colorado (5:00) Guy Beatson reported from New Zealand (9:30) Rachael Oakes-Ash from Snowsbest reported from Australia (11:00) Homeland is a ski touring ‘resort' in Italy (13:00) Read Sam's Substack ‘Climate and Board Sports' (14:00) Read Sam's article for the Guardian We featured Madesimo in Episode 165 (18:00) Read Stuart's Storm Skiing Journal Substack (23:30) ”Everyone's searching for skiing's soul. I'm trying to find its brains” We covered the Ikon Pass, Indy Pass, Mountain Collective & Epic Pass in Episode 265 We discussed how the Epic Pass is making a difference in Australia in Episode 250 (25:45) Vail launched the Epic Pass in 2008 (26:00) Sales of the Epic Pass were down for the first time in 2024/25 (28:30) The ski patrol strike in Park City was a PR disaster for Vail Resorts (30:00) The CEO of Vail Resort Kirsten Lynch resigned in May 2025 (32:00) She was replaced by Rob Katz (32:30) What should be on Rob Katz's 'to do' list (32:45) “Walk-up lift ticket prices that would embarrass a luxury handbag store!” “Wait, There's a Limit to What People Will Pay to Ski 7 Hours on a Tuesday in a Highly Competitive Market?” Skiing in Alabama (37:00)  Feedback I always enjoy listener feedback. Please leave a comment on Spotify, Instagram and Facebook – our handle is @theskipodcast – or drop me an email to theskipodcast@gmail.com  Guy Beatson: "I really enjoy the podcast – it helped prepare for my trip to Big Sky and Grand Targhee in late January"  You can follow me @skipedia and the podcast @theskipodcast. You can also follow us on WhatsApp for exclusive material released ahead of the podcast.  If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help the podcast, there are three things you can do:  -          Follow us, or subscribe, so you never miss an episode -          Give us a review on Apple Podcasts or leave a comment on Spotify -          ‘Buy me a coffee' at buymeacoffee.com/theskipodcast

The FuMP
Family Trippin' by Dead by 28

The FuMP

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 3:12


It's just one of those fun summer songs about taking a vacation with your family ... while on LSD. Special Guest: Mike Bolly of "2 Sleeps" on Guitar. Music by: Dead by 28 Vocals/Lyrics/Bass : Chris " Dizman" Grice Keyboards/Programming/Production: Shawn " Keymaster" Shaheen Session drums by Maria Delos Black 13 Recordings. WeHatePublishing@BMI. Special thanks to Mike Bolly, Maria Delos, The FUMP, your Mom, and LSD.

The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
TPM Episode 440: Sam Kuch, Pro Skier

The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 62:28


Sam Kuch has been blowing the collective ski world's mind since he blew up after skiing with Stan Rey and crew on a 2016 Powder Highway trip. Since then, Sam has established himself as arguably one of the best skiers in the world. Between his Matchstick Productions parts and his Natural Selection performance, if you know skiing, you know Sam and if you don't, now's the time to find out what a rad dude he is. Plus, he has that throwback mentality that I love. Cole Richardson asks the Inappropriate Questions Sam Kuch Show Notes: 4:00: Finding mines, the best skiers, Type B recreating, trampolines, finger sports, his vision of the mountain, IFSA, and shop sponsors 20:00: Liquid Force, Feel the Pull and get 15% off your LF Purchase by using the code Powell15 at checkout Stanley:  The brand that invented the category! Only the best for Powell Movement listeners.  Check out Stanley1913.com   Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories or sugar. 23:00: Grom days, influences, Ski Logic, finding his groove, contests, his breakout shoot, MSP      41:00: Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better. Outdoor Research: Click here for 25% off Outdoor Research products (not valid on sale items or pro products) 43:00: Going from Head to K2, breaking his femur, his pin it mentality coming back, and Natural Selection  56:00: Inappropriate Questions with Cole Richardson

The Sports Brewery Podcast
TSB Goes To The Movies - John Wick 2

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2025 34:45


Braga, King, and Ski talk about John Wick 2. It's rare that a sequel is better than the original, but this movie was widely regarded as a step up. Same formula, same star, and new, fun ways to murder. But is John actually a baddie in this one? Listen!

The FuMP
MK ULTRA (into you) by B.U.S.S.I.

The FuMP

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2025 3:34


Australia Wide
Bendigo bank closures will see Tasmania's west coast lose its one and only bank

Australia Wide

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2025 30:00


The Bendigo Bank has announced it will close 10 branches across the country before the end of October, meaning the west coast of Tasmania will lose its last brick and mortar bank. 

The Sports Brewery Podcast
Episode 368 - 7-2-25

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 102:13


Braga, King, and Ski talk: :15: Becoming a fur daddy, feeding dogs better than people, eating dog food for clicks. 20:10: Eugene Reddit, non visible disabilities, step dad Peter DeFazio. 31:40: Fake medical bills, child physical scams, JD Vance's lack of rizz. 48:13: Braga guesses MLB all star player teams, Damian Lillard's future, Kershaw's 3,000. 1:11:06: Top 3 TV shows we haven't watched.

Fitness M/K
#078 Ski! med Thomas Uhrskov

Fitness M/K

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 55:07


Fitness M/K har haft besøg af Thomas Uhrskov, "Mr. Ski". Nu er sne/snowboard sæsonen snart over os og hvem bedre til at give os råd med på vejen en manden vi kender fra den gule skijakke på TV2. Thomas beretter "Der var mange benefits ved at være skilærer dengang, en af dem var at pigerne var forelskede i en allerede når de passerede Hamborg i bussen og længe før de rent faktisk mødte mig og de andre skilærere." Lyt med, når Uhrskov giver råd om hvor skiferien skal gå hen.NB: Programmet er et genudgivet program fra da Fitness M/K blev Produceret hos Radio24syv. Programmet blev sendt første gang 2017-01-21. "Hejsa, det er din vært, Anders her.Hvis du gerne vil følge bedre med i hvad der sker i Fitness M/K universet, så kan du nu blive skrevet op til vores nyhedsbrev. Der vil du på månedsbasis modtage nyheder om podcasten, som nye afsnit, kommende events, tilbud fra og samarbejder med podcast gæster.Du kan blive skrevet op til nyhedsbrevet her , læse nyt fra redaktionen her, se og søge afsnit her.Jeg håber at se dig i Fitness M/K universet på www."

On est fait pour s'entendre
L'INTÉGRALE - Quentin a perdu toute sa mémoire à 15 ans après un accident de ski

On est fait pour s'entendre

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 36:43


REDIFF - Quentin, victime d'un grave accident de ski à l'âge de 15 ans a été plongé dans un coma de plusieurs mois, suivi d'une amnésie totale. Comment a-t-il réappris à vivre, à écrire et à retrouver sa place dans la société ? Quel parcours l'a conduit à obtenir son BAC en trois ans, et quelles leçons a-t-il tirées de cette épreuve ? Découvrez son incroyable histoire de résilience et de motivation. Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

The FuMP
Everything In Your Body Hurts by Steve Goodie

The FuMP

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2025 2:43


Oh good! Another song about oldness! Music: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe Words, guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals: SG Tuba: Timothy J. Weber Helpful suggestions: Niamh Bagnell From my new album which you should totally buy, "The Artist Eventually Known As Somebody You've Heard Of" at www.stevegoodie.com!

Sherman & Ski - Talk You Into It
Talk You Into It Episode 29: The Cardigans

Sherman & Ski - Talk You Into It

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2025 66:18


Welcome back to Sherman and Ski: Talk You Into It. One of the most iconic pop acts from the mid 90's through the mid aughts - The Cardigans flew into our collective lives on a sugary magic carpet of melodies with the one-in-a-million superhit Lovefool. But, as customary here at this pod, we are diving WAAAAY deeper, and so should you! These Nordic pop magicians weaved an incredible sound through all of their albums, Life, First Band on the Moon, Gran Turismo, Super Extra Gravity...and all with a mysterious, dark, death metal underpinnings - almost predictable coming from Sweden. Blending influences from the Beach Boys, Burt Bacharach, and yes, Black Sabbath - The Cardigans were a true group of musicians with a deceptive malleability of their sound. They are true masters of the earworm, with a signature vocalist in the form of Nina Persson - it's stunning that they don't have a greater presence in the American music culture. Also, do NOT ever underestimate their covers of both Ozzy Osbourne AND the Talking Heads...you KNOW Sherman and Ski are talking about it here. ..this pod is a must listen for 90's fans and alt-rock historians, we went deep into the catalog on this one! Rise & shine, folks.

The Sports Brewery Podcast
TSB Goes To The Movies - John Wick

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2025 32:05


Braga, King, and Ski talk about John Wick. It didn't reinvent the wheel, but it influenced every action movies after it. It also saved Keanu's career and elevated two stun men into sought after directors. It spawned a franchise. Is it any good? Listen!

The Sports Brewery Podcast
Episode 367 - 6-26-25

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 87:08


Braga, King, and Ski talk: :15: garbage eating goats, podcast dogs, avoiding dog 'rrhea, letting dogs in the bed. 22:00: Portland drafting Chinese Jokić, not trusting Cronin, The Celtics blowing it up, the most hated NBA players ever. 47:18: NBA players not drinking booze, Trump's 12 day war, the death of Night Train. 1:01:56: Top 3 hobbies if money wasn't an issue.

The FuMP
Skeeter on my Peeter by Kurplunk

The FuMP

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 1:56


I wrote this before I knew there were a couple of other songs by the same name, lol. This is what could happen if you're a man going around naked outdoors. Probably best to not freeball outside it during mosquito season! Please Follow and Subscribe at YouTube and IG (@kurplunkmusic) for new funny videos! Most songs from the new album can be heard (and seen!) at our YouTube channel plus behind the scenes content. Video for this song - https://youtu.be/eZVUyMQ7fW8?

The FuMP
It Can Get Lonely in My Mansion by Lemon Demon

The FuMP

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 2:31


Johnjay & Rich On Demand
Couples Therapy: Grant & Cait's Honeymoon Recap (EXPLICIT)

Johnjay & Rich On Demand

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2025 40:35


Yep. Grant and Cait are back from their honeymoon and they're about to tell you all about in this edition of Johnjay & Rich: Couples Therapy. If you enjoyed this episode, listen to Grant & Cait's podcast, TERRIBLE PERSON, wherever you get your podcasts :) Thanks for listening!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Sports Brewery Podcast
TSB Goes To The Movies - Accountant 2

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2025 34:57


Braga, King, and Ski talk about Accountant 2, this year's follow up to the sneaky hit from 2016. Affleck and Bernthal team up to avenge JK Simmons' death and save an immigrant kid. Amazing action, cool new characters, and higher expectations. Is it any good? Listen!

The Sports Brewery Podcast
Episode 366 - 6-19-25

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 86:55


Braga, King, and Ski talk: :15: Ski's annual pilgrimage to Mariners/Sox, Iran attacking the Tacoma Dome, King's Father's Day job. 21:50: The Haliban and Shaisis, the WNBA's marketing shift, not protecting their best players, not promoting black stars. 37:58: Oregon recruiting's fall off, why it's impossible to follow with NIL/transfers, Lanning never playing freshman. 54:17: Top 3 movies we've never seen.

The FuMP
Your Birthday Has Elapsed by Circuits or Gears

The FuMP

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 2:07


Hey meatbags! Another 365 days have gone by. Do you know how long that is in machine-cycles? No? Figures. Well, let me state it in terms that you will understand with your measly meat-minds. lead vocals: drumbot backing vocals: OTTO-TUNE drums: TR-808 synth solo: ID10T arpeggiations: Proctor Silex Recorded automatically at the burned out shell of C.O.G. Secret Lab, Harahan, LA, Nuclear Summer 08x42

Im Gespräch
Ameli Neureuther - Aus der Skifahrer-Dynastie ins Kunstgeschäft

Im Gespräch

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 34:41


Eigentlich war ihr Weg vorgezeichnet. Schließlich stand Ameli Neureuther schon als Zweijährige auf Ski. Doch die Tochter der Skilegenden Christian Neureuther und Rosi Mittermaier tauschte Bretter gegen Mode und Malerei. Heise, Katrin www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Im Gespräch

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast
Podcast #208: Bluebird Backcountry Co-Founder Erik Lambert

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 79:13


The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast is a reader-supported publication. Whether you sign up for the free or paid tier, I appreciate your support for independent ski journalism.WhoErik Lambert, Co-Founder of Bluebird Backcountry, Colorado and founder of Bonfire CollectiveRecorded onApril 8, 2025About Bluebird BackcountryLocated in: Just east of the junction of US 40 and Colorado 14, 20-ish miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, ColoradoYears active: 2020 to 2023Closest neighboring U.S. ski areas: Steamboat (:39), Howelsen Hill (:45), Base elevation: 8,600 feetSummit elevation: 9,845 feetVertical drop: 1,245 feetSkiable acres: 4,200-plus acres (3,000 acres guided; 1,200-plus acres avalanche-managed and ski-patrolled)Average annual snowfall: 196 inchesLift fleet: None!Why I interviewed himFirst question: why is the ski newsletter that constantly reminds readers that it's concerned always and only with lift-served skiing devoting an entire podcast episode to a closed ski area that had no lifts at all? Didn't I write this when Indy Pass added Bluebird back in 2022?:Wait a minute, what the f**k exactly is going on here? I have to walk to the f*****g top? Like a person from the past? Before they invented this thing like a hundred years ago called a chairlift? No? You actually ski up? Like some kind of weird humanoid platypus Howard the Duck thing? Bro I so did not sign up for this s**t. I am way too lazy and broken.Yup, that was me. But if you've been here long enough, you know that making fun of things that are hard is my way of making fun of myself for being Basic Ski Bro. Really I respected the hell out of Bluebird, its founders, and its skiers, and earnestly believed for a moment that the ski area could offer a new model for ski area development in a nation that had mostly stopped building them:Bluebird has a lot of the trappings of a lift-served ski area, with 28 marked runs and 11 marked skin tracks, making it a really solid place to dial your uphill kit and technique before throwing yourself out into the wilderness.I haven't really talked about this yet, but I think Bluebird may be the blueprint for re-igniting ski-area development in the vast American wilderness. The big Colorado resorts – other than Crested Butte and Telluride – have been at capacity for years. They keep building more and bigger lifts, but skiing needs a relief valve. One exists in the smaller ski areas that populate Colorado and are posting record business results, but in a growing state in a finally-growing sport, Bluebird shows us another way to do skiing.More specifically, I wrote in a post the following year:Bluebird fused the controlled environment and relative safety of a ski area with the grit and exhilaration of the uphill ski experience. The operating model, stripped of expensive chairlifts and resource-intensive snowmaking and grooming equipment, appeared to suit the current moment of reflexive opposition to mechanized development in the wilderness. For a moment, this patrolled, avalanche-controlled, low-infrastructure startup appeared to be a model for future ski area development in the United States. …If Bluebird could establish a beachhead in Colorado, home to a dozen of America's most-developed ski resorts and nearly one in every four of the nation's skier visits, then it could act as proof-of-concept for a new sort of American ski area. One that provided a novel experience in relative safety, sure, but, more important, one that could actually proceed as a concept in a nation allergic to new ski area development: no chairlifts, no snowmaking, no grooming, no permanent buildings.Dozens of American ski markets appeared to have the right ingredients for such a business: ample snow, empty wilderness, and too many skiers jamming too few ski areas that grow incrementally in size but never in number. If indoor ski areas are poised to become the nation's next-generation incubators, then liftless wilderness centers could create capacity on the opposite end of the skill spectrum, redoubts for experts burned out on liftlines but less enthusiastic about the dangers of touring the unmanaged backcountry. Bluebird could also act as a transition area for confident skiers who wanted to enter the wilderness but needed to hone their uphill and avalanche-analysis skills first. …Bluebird was affordable and approachable. Day tickets started at $39. A season pass cost $289. The ski area rented uphill gear and set skin tracks. The vibe was concert-tailgate-meets-#VanLife-minimalism-and-chill, with free bacon famously served at the mid-mountain yurt.That second bit of analysis, unfortunately, was latched to an article announcing Bluebird's permanent closure in 2023. Co-founder Jeff Woodward told me at the time that Bluebird's relative remoteness – past most of mainline Colorado skiing – and a drying-up of investors drove the shutdown decision.Why now was a good time for this interviewBluebird's 2023 closure shocked the ski community. Over already? A ski area offering affordable, uncrowded, safe uphill skiing seemed too wedded to skiing's post-Covid outdoors-hurray moment to crumble so quickly. Weren't Backcountry Bros multiplying as the suburban Abercrombie and Applebee's masses discovered the outside and flooded lift-served ski areas? I offered a possible explanation for Bluebird's untimely shutdown:There is another, less optimistic reading here. Bluebird may have failed because it's remote and small for its neighborhood. Or we are witnessing perception bump up against reality. The popular narrative is that we are in the midst of a backcountry resurgence, quantified by soaring gear sales and perpetually parked-out trailheads. Hundreds of skiers regularly skin up many western ski areas before the lifts open. But the number of skiers willing to haul themselves up a mountain under their own power is miniscule compared to those who prefer the ease and convenience of a chairlift, which, thanks to the megapass, is more affordable than at any point in modern ski history.Ski media glorifies uphilling. Social media amplifies it. But maybe the average skier just isn't that interested. You can, after all, make your own ice cream or soda or bread, often at considerable initial expense and multiples of the effort and time that it would take to simply purchase these items. A small number of people will engage in these activities out of curiosity or because they possess a craftsman's zeal for assembly. But most will not. And that's the challenge for whoever takes the next run at building a liftless ski area.Still, I couldn't stop thinking about my podcast conversation the year prior with Lonie Glieberman, founder of the improbable and remote Mount Bohemia. When he opened the experts-only, no-snowmaking, no-grooming freefall zone in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in 2000, the ski industry collectively scoffed. It will never work, they promised, and for years it didn't. Boho lost money for a long time. But Glieberman persisted and, through a $99-season-pass strategy and an aggressively curated fist-bump image, Boho now sits at the aspirational pinnacle of Midwest skiing, a pilgrimage spot that is so successful it no longer sells Saturday day-time lift tickets.Could Bluebird have ascended to similar cult destination given more time? I don't know. We might never know.But shortly after Bluebird's shuttering, Erik Lambert, who co-founded Bluebird with Woodward, reached out to me. He's since helped with The Storm's digital-marketing efforts and knows the product well. With two years to process the rapid and permanent unraveling of an enterprise that had for a time consumed his life and passion, he felt ready to tell his version of the Bluebird story. And he asked if we could use The Storm to do it.What we talked aboutHow an East Coast kid developed a backcountry obsession; White Grass, West Virginia; the very long starter-kit list for backcountry skiing; Bluebird as backcountry primer; Jackson Hole as backcountry firestarter; why a nation as expansive and wild as the United States has little suitable land for ready ski area development; a 100-page form to secure a four-day Forest Service permit; early Bluebird pilots at Mosquito Pass and Winter Park; a surprising number of beginners, not just to backcountry, but to skiing; why the founders envisioned a network of Bluebirds; why Bluebird moved locations after season one; creating social scaffolding out of what is “inherently an anti-social experience”; free bacon!; 20 inches to begin operating; “we didn't know if people would actually pay to go backcountry skiing in this kind of environment”; “backcountry skiing was wild and out there, and very few people were doing it”; who Bluebird thought would show up and who actually did – “we were absolutely flummoxed by what transpired”; the good and bad of Bluebird's location; why none of the obvious abandoned Colorado ski areas worked for Bluebird; “we did everything the right way … and the right way is expensive”; “it felt like it was working”; why financing finally ran out; comparisons to Bohemia; “what we really needed was that second location”; moving on from failure – “it's been really hard to talk about for a long time”; Bluebird's legacy – “we were able to get thousands of people their best winter day”; “I think about it every day in one way or another”; the alternate universe of our own pasts; “somebody's going to make something like this work because it can and should exist”; and why I don't think this story is necessarily over just yet.What I got wrong* We mentioned a forthcoming trip to Colorado – that trip is now in the past, and I included GoPro footage of Lambert skiing with me in Loveland on a soft May day.* I heard “New Hampshire” and assigned Lambert's first backcountry outing to Mount Washington and Tuckerman Ravine, but the trek took place in Gulf of Slides.Podcast NotesOn White GrassThe Existing facility that most resembles Bluebird Backcountry is White Grass, West Virginia, ostensibly a cross-country ski area that sits on a 1,200-foot vertical drop and attracts plenty of skinners. I hosted founder Chip Chase on the pod last year:On Forest Service permit boundariesThe developed portion of a ski area is often smaller than what's designated as the “permit area” on their Forest Service masterplan. Copper Mountain's 2024 masterplan, for example, shows large parcels included in the permit that currently sit outside of lift service:On Bluebird's shifting locationsBluebird's first season was set on Whiteley Peak:The following winter, Bluebird shifted operations to Bear Mountain, which is depicted in the trailmap at the top of this article. Lambert breaks down the reasons for this move in our conversation.On breaking my leg in-boundsYeah I know, the regulars have heard me tell this story more times than a bear s***s under the bridge water, but for anyone new here, one of the reasons I am Skis Inbounds Bro is that I did my best Civil War re-enactment at Black Mountain of Maine three years ago. It's kind of a miracle that not only did patrol not have to stuff a rag in my mouth while they sawed my leg off, but that I've skied 156 days since the accident. This is a testament both to being alive in the future and skiing within 300 yards of a Patrol hut equipped with evac sleds and radios to make sure a fentanyl drip is waiting in the base area recovery room. Here's the story: On abandoned Colorado ski areasBerthoud Pass feels like the lost Colorado ski area most likely to have have endured and found a niche had it lasted into our indie-is-cool, alt-megapass world of 2025. Dropping off US 40 11 miles south of Winter Park, the ski area delivered around 1,000 feet of vert and a pair of modern fixed-grip chairlifts. The bump ran from 1937 to 2001 - Colorado Ski History houses the full story.Geneva Basin suffered from a more remote location than Berthoud, and struggled through several owners from its 1963 opening to failed early ‘90s attempts at revitalization (the ski area last operated in 1984, according to Colorado Ski History). The mountain ran a couple of double chairs and surface lifts on 1,250 vertical feet:I also mentioned Hidden Valley, more commonly known as Ski Estes Park. This was another long-runner, hanging around from 1955 to 1991. Estes rocked an impressive 2,000-foot vertical drop, but spun just one chairlift and a bunch of surface lifts, likely making it impossible to compete as the Colorado megas modernized in the 1980s (Colorado Ski History doesn't go too deeply into the mountain's shutdown).On U.S. Forest Service permitsAn oft-cited stat is that roughly half of U.S. ski areas operate on Forest Service land. This number isn't quite right: 116 of America's 501 active ski areas are under Forest Service permits. While this is fewer than a quarter of active ski areas, those 116 collectively house 63 percentage of American ski terrain.I broke this down extensively a couple months back:The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing (and sometimes adjacent things such as Bluebird) all year long. Join us. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

The FuMP
Taking My Bong Out to the Trash by Big Fat Chuck

The FuMP

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 3:05


This is a tragicomic country number about breaking a bong, and throwing it away. Apply all the hidden messages you'd like. (C)2025 Box Office Poison Records Written, performed, produced, mixed by BFC Donkey Hotay Music (BMI) Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper - TurtleTone Studio NYC Art by Rochelle Carr Studios

The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
TPM Episode 439: Craig Murray, Pro Skier

The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 67:23


Craig Murray, aka Weezy Davis, is arguably the best skier in the world. Fresh off a win at Travis Rice's Natural Selection, an event where Craig went head-to-head with the best big mountain skierrs in the world and showcased a different vision, speed and style than almost anyone else in the comp…But what's different about Craig is how humble he is. While skiing is something that he does and he's one of the best, he can easily get lost in the crowd off the hill because he has zero ego or need to be known.  He's one of those guys that's the best at what he's doing now, and at some point, he'll be the best at something else. He's smart, calculated, and who knows where life will take this guy. Finn Woods askes the Inappropriate Questions Craig Murray Show Notes: 4:00: His nickname, traveling with no passport, his brother, does biking influence his skiing, his sister, his adventure racer parents, growing up without a TV and having a loose leash, and moving to Chamonix at 17 22:00: Liquid Force, Feel the Pull and get 15% off your LF Purchase by using the code Powell15 at checkout Stanley:  The brand that invented the category! Only the best for Powell Movement listeners.  Check out Stanley1913.com   Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories or sugar. 25:00: Back to NZ, making the FWT, traveling and being genuinely concerned for the environment, sponsors, money, NZ fame and the huge AK double 40:00: Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better. Outdoor Research: Click here for 25% off Outdoor Research products (not valid on sale items or pro products) 42:00: Natural Selection, big nights,   58:00: Inappropriate Questions with Finn Woods

The Sports Brewery Podcast
TSB Goes To The Movies - Hot Shots!

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 32:54


Braga, King, and Ski talk Hot Shots! It's a spoof of Top Gun and was created by the legendary people behind Airplane, Naked Gun, and Police Academy. It's peak Charlie Sheen and it was a blockbuster. Does it hold up? Listen!

The Sports Brewery Podcast
Episode 365 - 6-12-25

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 88:36


Braga, King, and Ski talk: :15: Selling out on Twitch, Ski's toxic gaming, staph infections from beer pong. 18:20: Degens watching golf, tacky NBA Finals logos. 33:34: Ski opens card packs. 54:31: Top 3 childhood TV shows.

NBC Nightly News
The Drink with Kate Snow: Mikaela Shiffrin

NBC Nightly News

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 11:11


In this bonus episode of The Drink, Kate Snow sits down with Mikaela Shiffrin, the most decorated alpine skier in history. Shiffrin reflects on the defining moments of her career so far — from the thrill of 101 World Cup wins, to the heartbreak of Olympic disappointment. She also opens up about her recent PTSD diagnosis, and how she hopes to bring greater attention to mental health among athletes. Tune in to watch the Winter Olympics in February 2026 on NBC & Peacock.

The FuMP
Man in Red by Jefferson DeLeone

The FuMP

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2025 3:07


This is my own take on Johnny Cash's "Man in Black." A bit of context here....In previous incarnations, performing as Powered BY Satan and later as Flibbertigibbet, I let it all hang out in a low budget devil suit, often in redface, with horns and basketball sock codpiece. I was, and forever will be the Man in Red. So what goes through a middle aged scientist's mind as he finds himself once again standing in an inch of ick in a toilet stall of a low end venue struggling to squeeze his middle aged ass into unwashed red leotards for zero pay and mimimal groupies. THis song explains it.

The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
TPM Episode 438: Mike Douglas, Pro Skier, Filmmaker, Part 2

The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 60:01


Mike Douglas is the legendary skier who helped change the direction the industry was going in the late 90s with the Salomon 1080. From there, he has filmed with everyone, had a long, productive career, and has been the brainchild of Salomon's Freeski TV for the past 16 years, and now is the ski point person for Travis Rice's Natural Selection Tour. Part one with Mike was long ago in episode 94, where you can hear his life and times. On this episode, we talk about his feature film that he is currently selling, all things Natural Selection Tour, and more. Award-winning journalist Les Anthony asks the Inappropriate Questions Mike Douglas Show Notes: 4:00: 16 years making films for Salomon, always pivoting, documentaries are changing, meeting Thor, challenges of that adventure, and the edit, and getting involved in Natural Selection 21:00:  Liquid Force, Feel the Pull and get 15% off your LF Purchase by using the code Powell15 at checkout Stanley:  The brand that invented the category! Only the best for Powell Movement listeners.  Check out Stanley1913.com   Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the    23:00:  Back 9, planning  phases, working with Travis Rice, setting up, volcano, Parker White, how did it work for athletes, the all time day of skiing in AK, the weather changes      40:00:  Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better. Outdoor Research:  Click here for 25% off Outdoor Research products (not valid on sale items or pro products) 42:00:  Sam Kuch and Craig Murray, keeping secrets, and cost 52:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Les Anthony

Man Talk Radio Podcast
Bull Elephants & Millstones: Men Rising to Their God-Given Roles

Man Talk Radio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 24:47


In this powerful first session of Man Talk, hosted by Roy Jones Jr. and Will Hardy (TAWCMM), pastors Lud and Ski share transformative testimonies and deep insights on Godly manhood. Pastor Lud (originally from Vancouver) reflects on: His journey from spiritual drifting to disciplined discipleship in Canada and the U.S. Lessons from Bible schools, Youth for Christ, and family legacy drawn from four generations of faithful men. The vital role of mentorship and passing down faith within the home and church. Pastor Ski (a former Marine and seminary graduate) recounts: Leaving a potential life as a Catholic priest to serve in Vietnam. A life-changing path through business, loss, and eventually, pastoral service in New York. His inspiring catalyst imagery: “bull elephants” and “buffaloes”—older men coming together to protect younger generations. Together, they tackle critical questions: How has the role of men evolved in the church and home over the past decades? Why men need to step off the sidelines and into spiritual leadership. Practical advice on mentorship, discipleship, and legacy. This episode concludes with a heartfelt prayer for courage, commitment, and community.

The Sports Brewery Podcast
TSB Goes To The Movies - Novocaine

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2025 30:55


Braga, King, and Ski talk Novocaine. Jack Quaid plays a guy who can't feel pain and tries to rescue his new love after she was kidnapped during a bank robbery. Fun action, flimsy plot points, and Ski discovers a new word. Is it any good? Listen!

The FuMP
Don Not Like Musk by Steve Goodie

The FuMP

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2025 1:02


Carrie Dahlby texted me and said "I HAVE AN IDEA FOR A SONG FOR YOU!" And two days later, here it is. Cause it's like timely and stuff. And hey, there's a video below! Music: Kendrick Lamar Words, accordion, bass, percussion, vocals, arrangement, production: SG Tuba: Timothy J. Weber Very clever and timely idea: Carrie Dahlby

GEAR:30
Ski vs Bike Industry, Part 2: State of Shops; Gear Wins & Fails; & the Future of Each

GEAR:30

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 47:34


In past years, we've done a series called ‘Bikes vs Skis' where we've posed the question: Which bike company is most like which ski company? But this year, we're zooming out a bit, and instead are putting up the whole ski industry vs the bike industry. In part 2 of this conversation, we take a look at the state of ski shops vs bike shops; what each industry is doing to grow participation and engagement in their sport; gear trend wins and fails; and we weigh in on which industry has the brighter future. You'll hear from Blister reviewers Luke Koppa, Jonathan Ellsworth, David Golay, Simon Stewart, Kara Williard, and Xan Marshland.RELATED LINKS:BLISTER+ Get Yourself CoveredSki vs Bike Industry, Part 1Our ‘Bikes vs Skis' Series:Bikes vs Skis, 4th Edition (2023): Part 1Bikes vs Skis, 4th Edition (2023): Part 2Bikes vs Skis, 4th Edition (2023): Part 3Bikes vs Skis, 3rd Edition (2021): Part 1Bikes vs Skis, 3rd Edition (2021): Part 2Bikes vs Skis, 2nd Edition (2020): Part 1Bikes vs Skis, 2nd Edition (2020): Part 2Bikes vs Skis, 1st Edition (2018): Part 1Bikes vs Skis, 1st Edition (2018): Part 2TOPICS & TIMES:Ski Shops vs Bike Shops (3:13)Growing Participation: Ski vs Bike Industry (12:52)Lift Tickets (25:01)BMX Bikes (26:30)Gear Wins & Fails (29:43)Brighter Future? Ski or Bike Industry? (38:41)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister CinematicCRAFTEDBikes & Big IdeasBlister Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Sports Brewery Podcast
Episode 364 - 6-5-25

The Sports Brewery Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 88:39


Braga, King, and Ski talk: :15: Twitch subs, bits for dabs, drugs on streams. 11:50: The 25th year anniversary of Lakers/Zers game 7, Haliburton's dagger to open the boring finals, the day after Da Bomb. 24:40: Oregon baseball and softball going out with a whimper, Lombardi's flash season, Canzano forcing OSU baseball down our throats. 46:37: A-Aron to the Steelers, Kansas stealing the Royals and Chiefs, peak baseball stadiums. 58:12: Top 3 after game snacks.

The Morning Agenda
PA lawmakers deal with "vexatious requesters." And are river otters making a comeback in PA?

The Morning Agenda

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 13:40


Interest in public records, especially for school boards and elections offices, has increased in recent years. But some lawmakers say there are bad actors using the right to access as a way to harass government officials. In response, the Senate is advancing a bill to allow government agencies to ignore records requests from so-called vexatious requesters for a year. Two Pennsylvania lawmakers hope to rejuvenate a state-funded program that helps cover the cost of badly needed home repairs. A new report from the Lenfest Institute for Journalism shows Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration is getting mixed reviews from residents who see some progress - but often feel left out of the process. Testimony is underway this week in the homicide trial of a York County teenager, accused of fatally shooting another York County teen. Harrisburg Area Community College's President and CEO John J. “Ski” Sygielski will remain in his role, past July 18th which was to have been his retirement date. The announcement came at HACC’s June 3rd board meeting. Otters once inhabited every river system in Pennsylvania. But by the early 1900s, most of them were gone. The Allegheny Front’s Julie Grant joins a wildlife biologist who has been working for decades to bring back river otters, and finds an environmental success story. Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Fine Line
60. Ride the Tram, Ski the 'Shoe

The Fine Line

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 49:07


Season 9 of The Fine Line begins. In this premiere episode, we go deep into a backcountry skiing accident that occurred on May 18, 2024.
Mark Fellermann and Tanner Flanagan recount how a picture-perfect spring day turned into a near-death experience after an accident in the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort backcountry.
Meanwhile, Teton County Search & Rescue volunteer Brook Yeomans explains how this rescue went to the heart of why he wanted to become a volunteer in the first place. This episode covers the importance of being familiar with your gear, the special bond between ski partners, and how mental health can play a significant role in backcountry accidents. “Ride the Tram, Ski the ‘Shoe” is the first of six episodes in Season 9. This story was recorded in the studios of KHOL 89.1 FM. Editing and sound are by Melinda Binks. Hosted and produced by Matt Hansen from the Teton County Search & Rescue Foundation. The Fine Line theme song is by Anne and Pete Sibley, with additional music provided by Ben Winship. The original cover art is by Jen Reddy. This episode of The Fine Line is sponsored by Roadhousebrewery.com. Learn more about The Fine Line and additional risk mitigation programming at BackcountryZero.com.

The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
TPM Episode 436: Janelle Yip, Pro Skier

The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 56:30


Janelle Yip's path to becoming a pro skier was more unexpected than unconventional. She grew up as a skier on the slopestyle path, and while she loved it, being a comp skier wasn't in the cards for Janelle. So, after a gap year led her to Revelstoke, Janelle never gave up on her pro skier dreams, giving herself a 5-year window to make it happen. In year one, Janelle met the crew that would become “The Blondes," altering the trajectory of her life. In what started as a play for free beer, “The Blondes” took the ski world by storm and, in turn, launched three ski careers. On the podcast, Janelle and I talk about the influence of Windell's, starting an all-girls ski crew, Intersection, MSP, and so much more. One of Janelle's partners in crime, Emily Childs, asks the Inappropriate Questions. Janelle Yip Show Notes: 4:00:  Parking, front teeth, sponsors, Ringettes, Windell's, Canada Olympic Park, her gap year, and the dream of becoming a pro skier 18:30:   Liquid Force, Feel the Pull and get 15% off your LF Purchase by using the code Powell15 at checkout Stanley:  The brand that invented the category! Only the best for Powell Movement listeners.  Check out Stanley1913.com   Best Day Brewing:   All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories or sugar. 22:00:  Revelstoke, meeting Tonje, meeting Emily, making ends meet in Revy, starting a ski crew, sharing a sled, WSI's Intersection fiascos, and MSP    40:00:   Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better. Outdoor Research: Click here for 25% off Outdoor Research products (not valid on sale items or pro products) 42:00:  Movie tours, TGR, personal projects, “The Blondes” identity, and women   50:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Emily Childs  

Small Town Murder
#598 - Cookies Solve Murders - Stowe, Vermont

Small Town Murder

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 70:43


This week, in Stowe, Vermont, a young woman trades in the corporate city life, to hopefully spend her time as a "ski bum" in the Vermont mountains, but disappears, while enjoying the outdoors. Her bike is left, leaning against a tree, while she was nowhere to be found. Eventually, detectives not only find her body, but figure a lot out, due to the cookies she was eating. Then, they link the whole thing to a man, who was under their nose, the whole time! This leads to a huge change in the way the state deals with DNA!!Along the way, we find out that maple syrup is a beverage in some places, that you should really watch where you leave cigarette butts, and that if someone's DNA is found on/in a murdered woman, they have a lot of explaining to do!!New episodes every Thursday & Friday!Donate at: patreon.com/crimeinsports or go to paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.comGo to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder & Crime In Sports!Follow us on...twitter.com/@murdersmallfacebook.com/smalltownpodinstagram.com/smalltownmurderAlso, check out James & Jimmie's other show, Crime In Sports! On Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Wondery, Wondery+, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast
Podcast #206: SE Group Principal of Mountain Planning Chris Cushing

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 78:17


The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast is a reader-supported publication (and my full-time job). To receive new posts and to support independent ski journalism, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.WhoChris Cushing, Principal of Mountain Planning at SE GroupRecorded onApril 3, 2025About SE GroupFrom the company's website:WE AREMountain planners, landscape architects, environmental analysts, and community and recreation planners. From master planning to conceptual design and permitting, we are your trusted partner in creating exceptional experiences and places.WE BELIEVEThat human and ecological wellbeing forms the foundation for thriving communities.WE EXISTTo enrich people's lives through the power of outdoor recreation.If that doesn't mean anything to you, then this will:Why I interviewed himNature versus nurture: God throws together the recipe, we bake the casserole. A way to explain humans. Sure he's six foot nine, but his mom dropped him into the intensive knitting program at Montessori school 232, so he can't play basketball for s**t. Or identical twins, separated at birth. One grows up as Sir Rutherford Ignacious Beaumont XIV and invents time travel. The other grows up as Buford and is the number seven at Okey-Doke's Quick Oil Change & Cannabis Emporium. The guts matter a lot, but so does the food.This is true of ski areas as well. An earthquake here, a glacier there, maybe a volcanic eruption, and, presto: a non-flat part of the earth on which we may potentially ski. The rest is up to us.It helps if nature was thoughtful enough to add slopes of varying but consistent pitch, a suitable rise from top to bottom, a consistent supply of snow, a flat area at the base, and some sort of natural conduit through which to move people and vehicles. But none of that is strictly necessary. Us humans (nurture), can punch green trails across solid-black fall lines (Jackson Hole), bulldoze a bigger hill (Caberfae), create snow where the clouds decline to (Wintergreen, 2022-23), plant the resort base at the summit (Blue Knob), or send skiers by boat (Eaglecrest).Someone makes all that happen. In North America, that someone is often SE Group, or their competitor, Ecosign. SE Group helps ski areas evolve into even better ski areas. That means helping to plan terrain expansions, lift replacements, snowmaking upgrades, transit connections, parking enhancements, and whatever built environment is under the ski area's control. SE Group is often the machine behind those Forest Service ski area master development plans that I so often spotlight. For example, Vail Mountain:When I talk about Alta consolidating seven slow lifts into four fast lifts; or Little Switzerland carving their mini-kingdom into beginner, parkbrah, and racer domains; or Mount Bachelor boosting its power supply to run more efficiently, this is the sort of thing that SE plots out (I'm not certain if they were involved in any or all of those projects).Analyzing this deliberate crafting of a natural bump into a human playground is the core of what The Storm is. I love, skiing, sure, but specifically lift-served skiing. I'm sure it's great to commune with the raccoons or whatever it is you people do when you discuss “skinning” and “AT setups.” But nature left a few things out. Such as: ski patrol, evacuation sleds, avalanche control, toilet paper, water fountains, firepits, and a place to charge my phone. Oh and chairlifts. And directional signs with trail ratings. And a snack bar.Skiing is torn between competing and contradictory narratives: the misanthropic, which hates crowds and most skiers not deemed sufficiently hardcore; the naturalistic, which mistakes ski resorts with the bucolic experience that is only possible in the backcountry; the preservationist, with its museum-ish aspirations to glasswall the obsolete; the hyperactive, insisting on all fast lifts and groomed runs; the fatalists, who assume inevitable death-of-concept in a warming world.None of these quite gets it. Ski areas are centers of joy and memory and bonhomie and possibility. But they are also (mostly), businesses. They are also parks, designed to appeal to as many skiers as possible. They are centers of organized risk, softened to minimize catastrophic outcomes. They must enlist machine aid to complement natural snowfall and move skiers up those meddlesome but necessary hills. Ski areas are nature, softened and smoothed and labelled by their civilized stewards, until the land is not exactly a representation of either man or God, but a strange and wonderful hybrid of both.What we talked aboutOld-school Cottonwoods vibe; “the Ikon Pass has just changed the industry so dramatically”; how to become a mountain planner for a living; what the mountain-planning vocation looked like in the mid-1980s; the detachable lift arrives; how to consolidate lifts without sacrificing skier experience; when is a lift not OK?; a surface lift resurgence?; how sanctioned glades changed ski areas; the evolution of terrain parks away from mega-features; the importance of terrain parks to small ski areas; reworking trails to reduce skier collisions; the curse of the traverse; making Jackson more approachable; on terrain balance; how megapasses are redistributing skier visits; how to expand a ski area without making traffic worse; ski areas that could evolve into major destinations; and ski area as public park or piece of art.What I got wrong* I blanked on the name of the famous double chair at A-Basin. It is Pallavicini.* I called Crystal Mountain's two-seater served terrain “North Country or whatever” – it is actually called “Northway.”* I said that Deer Valley would become the fourth- or fifth-largest ski resort in the nation once its expansion was finished. It will become the sixth-largest, at 4,926 acres, when the next expansion phase opens for winter 2025-26, and will become the fourth-largest, at 5,726 acres, at full build out.* I estimated Kendall Mountain's current lift-served ski footprint at 200 vertical feet; it is 240 feet.Why now was a good time for this interviewWe have a tendency, particularly in outdoor circles, to lionize the natural and shame the human. Development policy in the United States leans heavily toward “don't,” even in areas already designated for intensive recreation. We mustn't, plea activists: expand the Palisades Tahoe base village; build a gondola up Little Cottonwood Canyon; expand ski terrain contiguous with already-existing ski terrain at Grand Targhee.I understand these impulses, but I believe they are misguided. Intensive but thoughtful, human-scaled development directly within and adjacent to already-disturbed lands is the best way to limit the larger-scale, long-term manmade footprint that chews up vast natural tracts. That is: build 1,000 beds in what is now a bleak parking lot at Palisades Tahoe, and you limit the need for homes to be carved out of surrounding forests, and for hundreds of cars to daytrip into the ski area. Done right, you even create a walkable community of the sort that America conspicuously lacks.To push back against, and gradually change, the Culture of No fueling America's mountain town livability crises, we need exhibits of these sorts of projects actually working. More Whistlers (built from scratch in the 1980s to balance tourism and community) and fewer Aspens (grandfathered into ski town status with a classic street and building grid, but compromised by profiteers before we knew any better). This is the sort of work SE is doing: how do we build a better interface between civilization and nature, so that the former complements, rather than spoils, the latter?All of which is a little tangential to this particular podcast conversation, which focuses mostly on the ski areas themselves. But America's ski centers, established largely in the middle of the last century, are aging with the towns around them. Just about everything, from lifts to lodges to roads to pipes, has reached replacement age. Replacement is a burden, but also an opportunity to create a better version of something. Our ski areas will not only have faster lifts and newer snowguns – they will have fewer lifts and fewer guns that carry more people and make more snow, just as our built footprint, thoughtfully designed, can provide more homes for more people on less space and deliver more skiers with fewer vehicles.In a way, this podcast is almost a canonical Storm conversation. It should, perhaps, have been episode one, as every conversation since has dealt with some version of this question: how do humans sculpt a little piece of nature into a snowy park that we visit for fun? That is not an easy or obvious question to answer, which is why SE Group exists. Much as I admire our rough-and-tumble Dave McCoy-type founders, that improvisational style is trickier to execute in our highly regulated, activist present.And so we rely on artist-architects of the SE sort, who inject the natural with the human without draining what is essential from either. Done well, this crafted experience feels wild. Done poorly – as so much of our legacy built environment has been – and you generate resistance to future development, even if that future development is better. But no one falls in love with a blueprint. Experiencing a ski area as whatever it is you think a ski area should be is something you have to feel. And though there is a sort of magic animating places like Alta and Taos and Mammoth and Mad River Glen and Mount Bohemia, some ineffable thing that bleeds from the earth, these ski areas are also outcomes of a human-driven process, a determination to craft the best version of skiing that could exist for mass human consumption on that shred of the planet.Podcast NotesOn MittersillMittersill, now part of Cannon Mountain, was once a separate ski area. It petered out in the mid-‘80s, then became a sort of Cannon backcountry zone circa 2009. The Mittersill double arrived in 2010, followed by a T-bar in 2016.On chairlift consolidationI mention several ski areas that replaced a bunch of lifts with fewer lifts:The HighlandsIn 2023, Boyne-owned The Highlands wiped out three ancient Riblet triples and replaced them with this glorious bubble six-pack:Here's a before-and-after:Vernon Valley-Great Gorge/Mountain CreekI've called Intrawest's transformation of Vernon Valley-Great Gorge into Mountain Creek “perhaps the largest single-season overhaul of a ski area in the history of lift-served skiing.” Maybe someone can prove me wrong, but just look at this place circa 1989:It looked substantively the same in 1998, when, in a single summer, Intrawest tore out 18 lifts – 15 double chairs, two platters, and a T-bar, plus God knows how many ropetows – and replaced them with two high-speed quads, two fixed-grip quads, and a bucket-style Cabriolet lift that every normal ski area uses as a parking lot transit machine:I discussed this incredible transformation with current Hermitage Club GM Bill Benneyan, who worked at Mountain Creek in 1998, back in 2020:I misspoke on the podcast, saying that Intrawest had pulled out “something like a dozen lifts” and replaced them with “three or four” in 1998.KimberleyBack in the time before social media, Kimberley, British Columbia ran four frontside chairlifts: a high-speed quad, a triple, a double, and a T-bar:Beginning in 2001, the ski area slowly removed everything except the quad. Which was fine until an arsonist set fire to Kimberley's North Star Express in 2021, meaning skiers had no lift-served option to the backside terrain:I discussed this whole strange sequence of events with Andy Cohen, longtime GM of sister resort Fernie, on the podcast last year:On Revelstoke's original masterplanIt is astonishing that Revelstoke serves 3,121 acres with just five lifts: a gondola, two high-speed quads, a fixed quad, and a carpet. Most Midwest ski areas spin three times more lifts for three percent of the terrain.On Priest Creek and Sundown at SteamboatSteamboat, like many ski areas, once ran two parallel fixed-grip lifts on substantively the same line, with the Priest Creek double and the Sundown triple. The Sundown Express quad arrived in 1992, but Steamboat left Priest Creek standing for occasional overflow until 2021. Here's Steamboat circa 1990:Priest Creek is gone, but that entire 1990 lift footprint is nearly unrecognizable. Huge as Steamboat is, every arriving skier squeezes in through a single portal. One of Alterra's first priorities was to completely re-imagine the base area: sliding the existing gondola looker's right; installing an additional 10-person, two-stage gondola right beside it; and moving the carpets and learning center to mid-mountain:On upgrades at A-BasinWe discuss several upgrades at A-Basin, including Lenawee, Beavers, and Pallavicini. Here's the trailmap for context:On moguls on Kachina Peak at TaosYeah I'd say this lift draws some traffic:On the T-bar at Waterville ValleyWaterville Valley opened in 1966. Fifty-two years later, mountain officials finally acknowledged that chairlifts do not work on the mountain's top 400 vertical feet. All it took was a forced 1,585-foot shortening of the resort's base-to-summit high-speed quad just eight years after its 1988 installation and the legacy double chair's continued challenges in wind to say, “yeah maybe we'll just spend 90 percent less to install a lift that's actually appropriate for this terrain.” That was the High Country T-bar, which arrived in 2018. It is insane to look at ‘90s maps of Waterville pre- and post-chop job:On Hyland Hills, MinnesotaWhat an insanely amazing place this is:On Sunrise ParkFrom 1983 to 2017, Sunrise Park, Arizona was home to the most amazing triple chair, a 7,982-foot-long Yan with 352 carriers. Cyclone, as it was known, fell apart at some point and the resort neglected to fix or replace it. A couple of years ago, they re-opened the terrain to lift-served skiing with a low-cost alternative: stringing a ropetow from a green run off the Geronimo lift to where Cyclone used to land.On Woodward Park City and BorealPowdr has really differentiated itself with its Woodward terrain parks, which exist at amazing scale at Copper and Bachelor. The company has essentially turned two of its smaller ski areas – Boreal and Woodward Park City – entirely over to terrain parks.On Killington's tunnelsYou have to zoom in, but you can see them on the looker's right side of the trailmap: Bunny Buster at Great Northern, Great Bear at Great Northern, and Chute at Great Northern.On Jackson Hole traversesJackson is steep. Engineers hacked it so kids like mine could ride there:On expansions at Beaver Creek, Keystone, AspenRecent Colorado expansions have tended to create vast zones tailored to certain levels of skiers:Beaver Creek's McCoy Park is an incredible top-of-the-mountain green zone:Keystone's Bergman Bowl planted a high-speed six-pack to serve 550 acres of high-altitude intermediate terrain:And Aspen – already one of the most challenging mountains in the country – added Hero's – a fierce black-diamond zone off the summit:On Wilbere at SnowbirdWilbere is an example of a chairlift that kept the same name, even as Snowbird upgraded it from a double to a quad and significantly moved the load station and line:On ski terrain growth in AmericaYes, a bunch of ski areas have disappeared since the 1980s, but the raw amount of ski terrain has been increasing steadily over the decades:On White Pine, WyomingCushing referred to White Pine as a “dinky little ski area” with lots of potential. Here's a look at the thousand-footer, which billionaire Joe Ricketts purchased last year:On Deer Valley's expansionYeah, Deer Valley is blowing up:On Schweitzer's growthSchweitzer's transformation has been dramatic: in 1988, the Idaho panhandle resort occupied a large footprint that was served mostly by double chairs:Today: a modern ski area, with four detach quads, a sixer, and two newer triples – only one old chairlift remains:On BC transformationsA number of British Columbia ski areas have transformed from nubbins to majors over the past 30 years:Sun Peaks, then known as Tod Mountain, in 1993Sun Peaks today:Fernie in 1996, pre-upward expansion:Fernie today:Revelstoke, then known as Mount Mackenzie, in 1996:Modern Revy:Kicking Horse, then known as “Whitetooth” in 1994:Kicking Horse today:On Tamarack's expansion potentialTamarack sits mostly on Idaho state land, and would like to expand onto adjacent U.S. Forest Service land. Resort President Scott Turlington discussed these plans in depth with me on the pod a few years back:The mountain's plans have changed since, with a smaller lift footprint:On Central Park as a manmade placeNew York City's fabulous Central Park is another chunk of earth that may strike a visitor as natural, but is in fact a manmade work of art crafted from the wilderness. Per the Central Park Conservancy, which, via a public-private partnership with the city, provides the majority of funds, labor, and logistical support to maintain the sprawling complex:A popular misconception about Central Park is that its 843 acres are the last remaining natural land in Manhattan. While it is a green sanctuary inside a dense, hectic metropolis, this urban park is entirely human-made. It may look like it's naturally occurring, but the flora, landforms, water, and other features of Central Park have not always existed.Every acre of the Park was meticulously designed and built as part of a larger composition—one that its designers conceived as a "single work of art." Together, they created the Park through the practice that would come to be known as "landscape architecture."The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast
TPM Episode 435: Klaus Obermeyer, Skier, inventor, Entrepreneur, Legend, Part 2

The Powell Movement Action Sports Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 43:47


Klaus Obermeyer has had a bigger impact on skiing than any man alive, and when he wasn't innovating the sport, he was in Aspen or traveling the world to ski. He was often found surrounded by a harem of beautiful women. In part 2 of his podcast, we talk about inventing sunscreen, mirrored sunglasses, ski brakes, the down jacket, and so much more.  It's crazy the innovations and the fun that Klaus has brought to skiing over his 105 years Klaus Obermeyer Show Notes Part 2: 4:00:  Aspen, 1947 ski school, Freedle Pfieffer, inventing a new ski boot, inventing sun block, raising money, inventing the down jacket,   18:30:  Liquid Force, Feel the Pull and get 15% off your LF Purchase by using the code Powell15 at checkout Stanley:  The brand that invented the category! Only the best for Powell Movement listeners.  Check out Stanley1913.com   Best Day Brewing:  All of the flavor of your favorite IPA or Kolsch, without the alcohol, the calories, or sugar. 22:00:  Inventing the mirrored sunglass, inventing the ski brake, inventing aluminum ski poles, patents, Snowmass, and Spider Sabich   34:00: Elan Skis:  Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better. Outdoor Research:  Click here for 25% off Outdoor Research products (not valid on sale items or pro products) 36:30:  Athletes, snowboarding, working a lot, and life