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Braga, King, and Ski talk: :15: Living to 100, Lanning fiending for five stars, USC hoarding three stars, the best WR room Oregon's ever had. 20:07: Tosh and Stein jumping ship and who replaces them, bro Dan vs nerd Chip, Husky fan copium, Automatticus Sappington. 47:00: The return of Bryant/Moore/Stewart, possible playoff matchups, the dead MBB team. 1:00:00: B1G lines. 1:20:04: Top 3 road trip snacks.

Recently I asked people for another batch of ridiculous ideas for Christmas songs. I got over 70 suggestions and rather than just choose one I decided to do multiple songs and release an EP. The Ridiculous Christmas EP is now available featuring this and three additional tracks. This song was suggested by Scott Morgan who said "How about a parody of Eminem's Stan, writing to Santa?" My first inclination was to reject it because this is a good idea, not a ridiculous idea, but I kept coming back to it. Then I googled to see if anyone else had already done it and yes, several had, including SNL. So I rejected it again. But I couldn't get it out of my head. Eventually I said screw it and just started writing. I got a few other suggestions for songs that I didn't make into full songs but I did use as individual lines in this song. Those were from Steven Shilling and Roberta Maher and are called out in the lyrics. Lyrics: Tom Rockwell Music: Trevor Morgan Vocals: Tom Rockwell, Whitney Morgan, Chris Mezzolesta Parody of "Stan" by Eminem

A new partnership deal in the ski industry aims to tap into the booming Chinese market. NZSki and Sunac-BonSki have signed on, giving New Zealand direct access to 13.5 million active skiers in China. NZSki CEO Paul Anderson told Mike Hosking while the New Zealanders and Australians make up the bulk of skiers, they've seen an increasing number of Chinese visitors to ski areas – particularly Queenstown. He says they're no longer the traditional bus tours of groups that came through from China, but high spending free independent travellers. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tune in to our newest Hey U! episode to hear Sierra Ryder from U.S. Ski & Snowboard as she navigates the world of PR & Communications within the Alpine racing world!

A song for the next mayor of NYC and his haters.

Ski resort opening dates -- Hardware Ranch kicks off holiday sleigh rides -- Survey: Utahns' faith in institutions declining

Growing up at the mouth of the Cottonwood Canyons, Chase Thomason went from deep powder kid to full-blown weather nerd after Twister hit screens. Now he's a meteorologist at KUTV Channel 2 who still finds time to snowboard powder at Snowbird Ski Resort.In this episode of Last Chair by Ski Utah, Chase explains the science behind the Greatest Snow on Earth including snowflakes, storms and Utah's wild lake effect magic. Recorded at the High West Whiskey Library.

Growing up at the mouth of the Cottonwood Canyons, Chase Thomason went from deep powder kid to full-blown weather nerd after Twister hit screens. Now he's a meteorologist at KUTV Channel 2 who still finds time to snowboard powder at Snowbird Ski Resort.In this episode of Last Chair by Ski Utah, Chase explains the science behind the Greatest Snow on Earth including snowflakes, storms and Utah's wild lake effect magic. Recorded at the High West Whiskey Library.

Braga, King, and Ski talk about a Thanksgiving tradition, Planes, Trains, Automobiles. John Candy and Steve Martin are national treasures in a movie about a guy's awful trip back home before the holiday. It's a John Hughes classic. Is it any good? Listen!

SOUVENIRS DE COURSE, c'est l'occasion de replonger ensemble dans l'histoire du sport… Qu'ils soient pilotes, ingénieurs, skieurs, préparateurs… entrons quelques minutes dans la tête des acteurs qui nous font vibrer à travers leurs exploits et leurs performances… Je suis Anthony DREVET et dans cette déclinaison de TRAJECTOIRES LE PODCAST, je vous invite à revivre avec eux des moments forts de leur carrière, des souvenirs marquants, des performances exceptionnelles vécues de l'intérieur et racontées avec le cœur… Puisque derrière chaque victoire, chaque espoir, chaque trajectoire, il y a une histoire… je vous propose aujourd'hui de plonger dans la mémoire de Sylvain Guintoli. Nous sommes en novembre 2014 au Qatar… Le circuit de Losail accueille la grande finale du Championnat du Monde de Superbike où Sylvain est engagé sur une Aprilia. Il se bat pour le titre face à Tom Sykes et sa Kawasaki. Seulement 12 pts séparent les deux protagonistes après les 11 premiers rendez-vous et Sylvain Guintoli n'a pas quitté le podium depuis 6 courses… La tension est palpable, Sylvain sait qu'il peut entrer dans l'histoire à l'issue de ce week-end Qatari… ____TRAJECTOIRES c'est votre podcast hebdomadaire qui retrace le parcours de personnalités qui ont marqué le monde du sport automobile, motocycliste ou des sports d'hiver.ABONNEZ-VOUS ✅ ACTIVEZ LES NOTIFICATIONS

"Most people don't know the words to Deck the Halls, so they just go falalalala. I find that disrespectful to Christmas, so I sing all the words. Like this." M. Spaff Sumsion: Concept and falalalyrics Macy Lund: Vocals Robert Lund: Vocals, instruments, production, what have you. "Deck the Halls" has 1862 lyrics by Thomas Oliphant to "Nos Galan," a 16th-century Welsh carol. (New lyrics to an existing melody? Can you even do that?)

Today we find out about Carv - ‘the wearable ski coach' - and learn about one of the world's great ski resorts: Whistler Blackcomb in Canada. We also have snow reports from Tignes, Val Thorens and Cervinia. Iain was joined in the studio by Alex Jackson from Carv and Lauren Everest from Tourism Whistler, and down the line by Floss Cockle, Alex Irwin and Alex Armand. Tirol in Austria sponsors The Ski Podcast. We've already covered Innsbruck, Ischgl, Tirol West, St Johann in Tirol and the SkiWelt area this winter, with more to come. Catch up now to learn about the different areas and the ‘‘Lebensgefühl' – that Austrian way of life that connects them all together.   SHOW NOTES Floss Cockle from FreeFlo Ski Coaching reported from Tignes (3:45) Alex Irwin from 150 Days of Winter skied in Val Thorens (5:30) Alex Armand from Tip Top Ski Coaching was in Cervinia in the Aosta Valley, Italy Listen to interviews recorded at The London Snow Show (8:30) What is the Carv? (10:00) How does Carv work? (11:30) Listen to Iain's interview with Carv co-founder Jamie Grant (12:30) The Carv dataset covers over a billion turns (14:00) How your Ski:IQ is calculated (14:30) The gamification aspects (19:30) New developments for this year: Ski:IQ™ Wasatch (21:30) Carv costs £199 for an annual subscription, or £99 for a single week (26:00) Where is Whistler? (28:00) Whistler is biggest ski resort in North America with 8171 skiable acres? (28:30) There are 200+ runs in Whistler Blackcomb (29:20) Whistler is celebrating its 60th anniversary (30:00) Hosting the 2010 Vancouver Olympics (32:00) Find out about the Peak to Valley Race (33:45) Can you tell us about the ‘Seven Wonder Routes' (34:30) Whistler is owned by Vail Resorts and included in the Epic Pass (35:00) Buy your Epic Pass before the deadline (36:00) Try the Garibaldi Lift Company (GLC) for an apres ski drink (38:00) Feedback If you've enjoyed this episode – or even if you didn't like it – I would love to know. You can leave a comment on Spotify, Instagram or Facebook – our handle is @theskipodcast – or drop me an email to theskipodcast@gmail.com. You can also follow us on WhatsApp for exclusive material released ahead of the podcast Matt Hayes: “The Bladon Lines episode is such a great story. A must listen.” Wayne Reeder: “Really enjoy your shows, guests and great information.” He also asked about the ‘Ski à la Carte' pass Phil Shotton: “Long time listener to your podcast. I really enjoyed them in the closed season – they helped keep me in the ski mood”  Make sure you subscribe to the Skipedia YouTube channel and find out how to carry skis properly! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9ZALXFwR34 There are now 283 episodes of The Ski Podcast to catch up with and when I looked this morning, the stats say that 175 of those were listened to in the last week. Go to theskipodcast.com, have a search around the tags and categories and you're bound to find something you'll find interesting to listen to.  f you'd like to help the podcast, there are three things you can do:     -          you can follow us, or subscribe, so you never miss an episode   -          you can give us a review on Apple Podcasts or leave a comment on Spotify   -          And, if you're booking ski hire this winter, don't forget that you can get an additional discount if you use the code ‘SKIPODCAST' when you book at intersportrent.com or simply take this link for your discount to be automatically applied

Braga, King, and Ski talk: :15: Buzzballz holiday flavor reviews, Ski ducking responsibilities, Hallmark Christmas movies. 25:45: 20 years of USC failures, not playing defense since Pete Carroll, failing with good recruits. 42:10: Lincoln Riley's jump ball offense and limitations, Will Stein evolving his offense, the offensive line backups playing amazing.  59:40: Washington trivia. 1:12:47: B1G lines. 1:34:29: Top 3 new rivals for Oregon.

In dieser Episode nimmt Sie Audiotraveller Henry Barchet mit zum Schneeschuhwandern in der Silberregion Karwendel in Österreich. Abseits von Ski und Snowboard entdecken nämlich immer mehr Winterurlauber die Faszination des Schneeschuhsports: Schritt für Schritt durch unberührte Schneelandschaften, begleitet von der Stille der Natur. Besonders intensiv lässt sich dieses alternative Wintersportvergnügen während der Schneeschuhwanderwochen erleben, die vom 10. bis 31. Januar in der Silberregion Karwendel stattfinden. Geführte Touren, eindrucksvolle Panoramen und authentische Begegnungen machen die Region zu einem idealen Ziel für alle, die einen nachhaltigen Winterurlaub in Österreich suchen. Mehr Informationen unter Silberregion Karwendel

Tu arrives crispé le jour J en te disant « Il faut ABSOLUMENT que je réussisse, sinon c'est foutu » ? Ce stress qui te paralyse vient d'une seule chose : tu regardes à court terme.Dans cet épisode, je te montre comment transformer ta perception de l'échec en travaillant avec un rider au plus haut niveau mondial. Tu vas comprendre pourquoi même Teddy Riner, qui a tout gagné pendant 10 ans, a parfois perdu sans que ça détruise sa carrière.La réalité ? Les études sur le bonheur montrent qu'aucun événement, ni victoire ni défaite, ne change ton état émotionnel pour toujours. Ce qui te détruit, c'est pas la compétition ratée. C'est de croire qu'une seule compétition va gâcher ta vie à tout jamais.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Erin Isakov  is the co-founder of global ski and outdoor apparel brand Erin Snow, which she began with her husband in 2003. Erin grew up an avid skier and snowboarder (her father was a ski patroller at Mammoth Mountain, California) and now calls Southern California home, regularly making trips to Utah to hit the slopes with her husband and children. Erin is the author of Après Ski, a celebration of the skiing lifestyle on and off the slopes, in a gorgeous must-have package—including dazzling stained edges! Shop at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1648293948?tag=hacboogrosit-20Support the show

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau link up in studio with Rick Merizon life coach/mentor, passionate long distance runner and retired field biologist with the AK Department of Fish & game.   Missing the Nelchina herd good o'days, 2025 Draw hunt strategy, how many hunts can you commit to?, shout out to Awaken Productions, check out Bridgett Watkins documentary “Without Warning” releasing December 9th, check out withoutwarningfilm.com, Ski-doo snow machine raffle w/AK Wild Sheep Foundation, check out Northern Aspect Film Festival 11/22 & 11/23, Kuiu Island, Ugashik River work, Cordova fish biology, building a magical life in Cordova, working fish biology in the Susitna River, moving to small game biology and management, building a small program, a passion for long range running, a run in with cardiovascular disease, building a path of new health, the close call duck hunting in Prince William Sound, finding purpose and opportunity in life coaching, mirozoncoaching.com, Project Outdoors, Connoisseur Crude Trivia, “Rapid Fire” brought to you by Alaska Gun Co.        Visit our website - www.alaskawildproject.com Follow us on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alaskawildproject Watch on YouTube - www.youtube.com/@alaskawildproject $upport on Patreon - www.patreon.com/alaskawildproject

The Tahoe TAP podcast is back, tapping into the Things, Adventures, and People fueling life in the Sierra Nevada. Hosts Mike Peron and Rob Galloway return to the studio to share stories and voices from around the basin, catching listeners up on what's happening across the Tahoe region. In this episode, they sit down with Amy Ohran, President & Chief Operating Officer of Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley — one of the most storied ski resorts in the United States. The conversation explores both her personal journey in the industry and the evolving legacy of Palisades Tahoe itself. Ohran joined Palisades Tahoe in September 2024, bringing nearly 35 years of experience in the snow sports industry, much of it rooted in the Tahoe and Western mountain communities. Before stepping into her current role, she served as Vice President & General Manager of Northstar California, and spent two decades with POWDR, including two years as VP & GM of Woodward Mountain Centers and eight years as President & GM of Boreal Ridge Corp. Her career also includes 16 years at Mt. Bachelor, where she held multiple leadership positions such as Director of Staff & Skier Services and Director of Ski & Ride School — experience that helped shape her reputation as a thoughtful, people-centered mountain operator. Beyond resort leadership, Ohran is deeply involved in the broader ski industry and the Tahoe community. She serves on the boards of the National Ski Areas Association, Tahoe Fund, and North Tahoe Community Alliance, and has been a member of the Ski California Board Executive Committee since 2018, including a term as Chair from 2019–2020. In this episode, Tahoe TAP takes listeners inside the decision-making, collaboration, and vision required to lead one of the country's most iconic mountain destinations — and what that means for the future of winter sports, local communities, and the Tahoe region at large.

Braga, King, and Ski talk about Sisu, a movie about a legendary Finnish soldier trying to survive the end of WWII. When Nazis try to steal an old man's gold, they get a reckoning. Over the top violence, revenge, and Nazi killing. What's not to like? Is it any good? Listen!

Chaque jour, retrouvez le journal de 7h de la rédaction d'Europe 1 pour faire le tour de l'actu.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Chaque jour, retrouvez le journal de 7h de la rédaction d'Europe 1 pour faire le tour de l'actu.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Braga, King, and Ski talk: :15: Mike Riley in the World League, Oregon taking it out on Minnesota, perfect B1G refs, Iowa loving kids cancer, broadcasting replay reviews. 22:44: Festive BuzzBallz parties, vag scented candles, avoiding Ducks talk, genuinely dumb Minnesota fans, the biggest game ever at Autzen. 56:17: USC trivia. 1:13:21: B1G lines. 1:25:25: Top 3 movies from the year you were born.

When Paula Cole released her breezy country/Americana ballad "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" in 1996, she was irritated by the fact her fans missed one key attribute: She'd meant it to be ironic. This tidbit was largely overlooked by her fans, the critics, and even Wikipedia, which notes: "The first two verses explore infatuation and discovery; a bridge expresses disillusionment, and a final verse changes to despair." (Kind of a metaphor for our entire music career, actually.) Of course, that's Wikipedia for you - and looking at the rest of the entry, I'm hard-pressed to find anything else they got right about this song, either. Much like our version. So why the confusion? Maybe, back in the 90s, people didn't know what irony was, until another song came along to explain it: apparently, it's like rai-yeee-ain on your weddingggggg day. Glad we got that cleared up. But here's what I DON'T get. Back in the day - say around the time of Elvis - a whole lotta US states (including California) were actually part of Mexico. (We won them in a poker game.) Today, a lot of American citizens in those states can actually trace their lineage back to that time. So the fact that our government is deporting citizens from states they no longer like anyway, and which used to be Mexico, back to modern-day Mexico, smacks of irony to me. ~ Bob Bad hombres: M. Spaff Sumsion: Lyrics Zelda Pinwheel: Lead and backing vocals Chris Mezzolesta: Kokomo vocals, epilogue Bob Emmet: Concept, all instruments, production, etcetera

WhoDeb Hatley, Owner of Hatley Pointe, North CarolinaRecorded onJuly 30, 2025About Hatley PointeClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Deb and David Hatley since 2023 - purchased from Orville English, who had owned and operated the resort since 1992Located in: Mars Hill, North CarolinaYear founded: 1969 (as Wolf Laurel or Wolf Ridge; both names used over the decades)Pass affiliations: Indy Pass, Indy+ Pass – 2 days, no blackoutsClosest neighboring ski areas: Cataloochee (1:25), Sugar Mountain (1:26)Base elevation: 4,000 feetSummit elevation: 4,700 feetVertical drop: 700 feetSkiable acres: 54Average annual snowfall: 65 inchesTrail count: 21 (4 beginner, 11 intermediate, 6 advanced)Lift count: 4 active (1 fixed-grip quad, 1 ropetow, 2 carpets); 2 inactive, both on the upper mountain (1 fixed-grip quad, 1 double)Why I interviewed herOur world has not one map, but many. Nature drew its own with waterways and mountain ranges and ecosystems and tectonic plates. We drew our maps on top of these, to track our roads and borders and political districts and pipelines and railroad tracks.Our maps are functional, simplistic. They insist on fictions. Like the 1,260-mile-long imaginary straight line that supposedly splices the United States from Canada between Washington State and Minnesota. This frontier is real so long as we say so, but if humanity disappeared tomorrow, so would that line.Nature's maps are more resilient. This is where water flows because this is where water flows. If we all go away, the water keeps flowing. This flow, in turn, impacts the shape and function of the entire world.One of nature's most interesting maps is its mountain map. For most of human existence, mountains mattered much more to us than they do now. Meaning: we had to respect these giant rocks because they stood convincingly in our way. It took European settlers centuries to navigate en masse over the Appalachians, which is not even a severe mountain range, by global mountain-range standards. But paved roads and tunnels and gas stations every five miles have muted these mountains' drama. You can now drive from the Atlantic Ocean to the Midwest in half a day.So spoiled by infrastructure, we easily forget how dramatically mountains command huge parts of our world. In America, we know this about our country: the North is cold and the South is warm. And we define these regions using battle maps from a 19th Century war that neatly bisected the nation. Another imaginary line. We travel south for beaches and north to ski and it is like this everywhere, a gentle progression, a continent-length slide that warms as you descend from Alaska to Panama.But mountains disrupt this logic. Because where the land goes up, the air grows cooler. And there are mountains all over. And so we have skiing not just in expected places such as Vermont and Maine and Michigan and Washington, but in completely irrational ones like Arizona and New Mexico and Southern California. And North Carolina.North Carolina. That's the one that surprised me. When I started skiing, I mean. Riding hokey-poke chairlifts up 1990s Midwest hills that wouldn't qualify as rideable surf breaks, I peered out at the world to figure out where else people skied and what that skiing was like. And I was astonished by how many places had organized skiing with cut trails and chairlifts and lift tickets, and by how many of them were way down the Michigan-to-Florida slide-line in places where I thought that winter never came: West Virginia and Virginia and Maryland. And North Carolina.Yes there are ski areas in more improbable states. But Cloudmont, situated in, of all places, Alabama, spins its ropetow for a few days every other year or so. North Carolina, home to six ski areas spinning a combined 35 chairlifts, allows for no such ambiguity: this is a ski state. And these half-dozen ski centers are not marginal operations: Sugar Mountain and Cataloochee opened for the season last week, and they sometimes open in October. Sugar spins a six-pack and two detach quads on a 1,200-foot vertical drop.This geographic quirk is a product of our wonderful Appalachian Mountain chain, which reaches its highest points not in New England but in North Carolina, where Mount Mitchell peaks at 6,684 feet, 396 feet higher than the summit of New Hampshire's Mount Washington. This is not an anomaly: North Carolina is home to six summits taller than Mount Washington, and 12 of the 20-highest in the Appalachians, a range that stretches from Alabama to Newfoundland. And it's not just the summits that are taller in North Carolina. The highest ski area base elevation in New England is Saddleback, which measures 2,147 feet at the bottom of the South Branch quad (the mountain more typically uses the 2,460-foot measurement at the bottom of the Rangeley quad). Either way, it's more than 1,000 feet below the lowest base-area elevation in North Carolina:Unfortunately, mountains and elevation don't automatically equal snow. And the Southern Appalachians are not exactly the Kootenays. It snows some, sometimes, but not so much, so often, that skiing can get by on nature's contributions alone - at least not in any commercially reliable form. It's no coincidence that North Carolina didn't develop any organized ski centers until the 1960s, when snowmaking machines became efficient and common enough for mass deployment. But it's plenty cold up at 4,000 feet, and there's no shortage of water. Snowguns proved to be skiing's last essential ingredient.Well, there was one final ingredient to the recipe of southern skiing: roads. Back to man's maps. Specifically, America's interstate system, which steamrolled the countryside throughout the 1960s and passes just a few miles to Hatley Pointe's west. Without these superhighways, western North Carolina would still be a high-peaked wilderness unknown and inaccessible to most of us.It's kind of amazing when you consider all the maps together: a severe mountain region drawn into the borders of a stable and prosperous nation that builds physical infrastructure easing the movement of people with disposable income to otherwise inaccessible places that have been modified for novel uses by tapping a large and innovative industrial plant that has reduced the miraculous – flight, electricity, the internet - to the commonplace. And it's within the context of all these maps that a couple who knows nothing about skiing can purchase an established but declining ski resort and remake it as an upscale modern family ski center in the space of 18 months.What we talked aboutHurricane Helene fallout; “it took every second until we opened up to make it there,” even with a year idle; the “really tough” decision not to open for the 2023-24 ski season; “we did not realize what we were getting ourselves into”; buying a ski area when you've never worked at a ski area and have only skied a few times; who almost bought Wolf Ridge and why Orville picked the Hatleys instead; the importance of service; fixing up a broken-down ski resort that “felt very old”; updating without losing the approachable family essence; why it was “absolutely necessary” to change the ski area's name; “when you pulled in, the first thing that you were introduced to … were broken-down machines and school buses”; Bible verses and bare trails and busted-up everything; “we could have spent two years just doing cleanup of junk and old things everywhere”; Hatley Pointe then and now; why Hatley removed the double chair; a detachable six-pack at Hatley?; chairlifts as marketing and branding tools; why the Breakaway terrain closed and when it could return and in what form; what a rebuilt summit lodge could look like; Hatley Pointe's new trails; potential expansion; a day-ski area, a resort, or both?; lift-served mountain bike park incoming; night-skiing expansion; “I was shocked” at the level of après that Hatley drew, and expanding that for the years ahead; North Carolina skiing is all about the altitude; re-opening The Bowl trail; going to online-only sales; and lessons learned from 2024-25 that will build a better Hatley for 2025-26.What I got wrongWhen we recorded this conversation, the ski area hadn't yet finalized the name of the new green trail coming off of Eagle – it is Pat's Way (see trailmap above).I asked if Hatley intended to install night-skiing, not realizing that they had run night-ski operations all last winter.Why now was a good time for this interviewPardon my optimism, but I'm feeling good about American lift-served skiing right now. Each of the past five winters has been among the top 10 best seasons for skier visits, U.S. ski areas have already built nearly as many lifts in the 2020s (246) as they did through all of the 2010s (288), and multimountain passes have streamlined the flow of the most frequent and passionate skiers between mountains, providing far more flexibility at far less cost than would have been imaginable even a decade ago.All great. But here's the best stat: after declining throughout the 1980s and ‘90s, the number of active U.S. ski areas stabilized around the turn of the century, and has actually increased for five consecutive winters:Those are National Ski Areas Association numbers, which differ slightly from mine. I count 492 active ski hills for 2023-24 and 500 for last winter, and I project 510 potentially active ski areas for the 2025-26 campaign. But no matter: the number of active ski operations appears to be increasing.But the raw numbers matter less than the manner in which this uptick is happening. In short: a new generation of owners is resuscitating lost or dying ski areas. Many have little to no ski industry experience. Driven by nostalgia, a sense of community duty, plain business opportunity, or some combination of those things, they are orchestrating massive ski area modernization projects, funded via their own wealth – typically earned via other enterprises – or by rallying a donor base.Examples abound. When I launched The Storm in 2019, Saddleback, Maine; Norway Mountain, Michigan; Woodward Park City; Thrill Hills, North Dakota; Deer Mountain, South Dakota; Paul Bunyan, Wisconsin; Quarry Road, Maine; Steeplechase, Minnesota; and Snowland, Utah were all lost ski areas. All are now open again, and only one – Woodward – was the project of an established ski area operator (Powdr). Cuchara, Colorado and Nutt Hill, Wisconsin are on the verge of re-opening following decades-long lift closures. Bousquet, Massachusetts; Holiday Mountain, New York; Kissing Bridge, New York; and Black Mountain, New Hampshire were disintegrating in slow-motion before energetic new owners showed up with wrecking balls and Home Depot frequent-shopper accounts. New owners also re-energized the temporarily dormant Sandia Peak, New Mexico and Tenney, New Hampshire.One of my favorite revitalization stories has been in North Carolina, where tired, fire-ravaged, investment-starved, homey-but-rickety Wolf Ridge was falling down and falling apart. The ski area's season ended in February four times between 2018 and 2023. Snowmaking lagged. After an inferno ate the summit lodge in 2014, no one bothered rebuilding it. Marooned between the rapidly modernizing North Carolina ski trio of Sugar Mountain, Cataloochee, and Beech, Wolf Ridge appeared to be rapidly fading into irrelevance.Then the Hatleys came along. Covid-curious first-time skiers who knew little about skiing or ski culture, they saw opportunity where the rest of us saw a reason to keep driving. Fixing up a ski area turned out to be harder than they'd anticipated, and they whiffed on opening for the 2023-24 winter. Such misses sometimes signal that the new owners are pulling their ripcords as they launch out of the back of the plane, but the Hatleys kept working. They gut-renovated the lodge, modernized the snowmaking plant, tore down an SLI double chair that had witnessed the signing of the Declaration of Independence. And last winter, they re-opened the best version of the ski area now known as Hatley Pointe that locals had seen in decades.A great winter – one of the best in recent North Carolina history – helped. But what I admire about the Hatleys – and this new generation of owners in general – is their optimism in a cultural moment that has deemed optimism corny and naïve. Everything is supposed to be terrible all the time, don't you know that? They didn't know, and that orientation toward the good, tempered by humility and patience, reversed the long decline of a ski area that had in many ways ceased to resonate with the world it existed in.The Hatleys have lots left to do: restore the Breakaway terrain, build a new summit lodge, knot a super-lift to the frontside. And their Appalachian salvage job, while impressive, is not a very repeatable blueprint – you need considerable wealth to take a season off while deploying massive amounts of capital to rebuild the ski area. The Hatley model is one among many for a generation charged with modernizing increasingly antiquated ski areas before they fall over dead. Sometimes, as in the examples itemized above, they succeed. But sometimes they don't. Comebacks at Cockaigne and Hickory, both in New York, fizzled. Sleeping Giant, Wyoming and Ski Blandford, Massachusetts both shuttered after valiant rescue attempts. All four of these remain salvageable, but last week, Four Seasons, New York closed permanently after 63 years.That will happen. We won't be able to save every distressed ski area, and the potential supply of new or revivable ski centers, barring massive cultural and regulatory shifts, will remain limited. But the protectionist tendencies limiting new ski area development are, in a trick of human psychology, the same ones that will drive the revitalization of others – the only thing Americans resist more than building something new is taking away something old. Which in our country means anything that was already here when we showed up. A closed or closing ski area riles the collective angst, throws a snowy bat signal toward the night sky, a beacon and a dare, a cry and a plea: who wants to be a hero?Podcast NotesOn Hurricane HeleneHelene smashed inland North Carolina last fall, just as Hatley was attempting to re-open after its idle year. Here's what made the storm so bad:On Hatley's socialsFollow:On what I look for at a ski resortOn the Ski Big Bear podcastIn the spirit of the article above, one of the top 10 Storm Skiing Podcast guest quotes ever came from Ski Big Bear, Pennsylvania General Manager Lori Phillips: “You treat everyone like they paid a million dollars to be there doing what they're doing”On ski area name changesI wrote a piece on Hatley's name change back in 2023:Ski area name changes are more common than I'd thought. I've been slowly documenting past name changes as I encounter them, so this is just a partial list, but here are 93 active U.S. ski areas that once went under a different name. If you know of others, please email me.On Hatley at the point of purchase and nowGigantic collections of garbage have always fascinated me. That's essentially what Wolf Ridge was at the point of sale:It's a different place now:On the distribution of six-packs across the nationSix-pack chairlifts are rare and expensive enough that they're still special, but common enough that we're no longer amazed by them. Mostly - it depends on where we find such a machine. Just 112 of America's 3,202 ski lifts (3.5 percent) are six-packs, and most of these (75) are in the West (60 – more than half the nation's total, are in Colorado, Utah, or California). The Midwest is home to a half-dozen six-packs, all at Boyne or Midwest Family Ski Resorts operations, and the East has 31 sixers, 17 of which are in New England, and 12 of which are in Vermont. If Hatley installed a sixer, it would be just the second such chairlift in North Carolina, and the fifth in the Southeast, joining the two at Wintergreen, Virginia and the one at Timberline, West Virginia.On the Breakaway fireWolf Ridge's upper-mountain lodge burned down in March 2014. Yowza:On proposed expansions Wolf Ridge's circa 2007 trailmap teases a potential expansion below the now-closed Breakaway terrain:Taking our time machine back to the late ‘80s, Wolf Ridge had envisioned an even more ambitious expansion: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

In this inspiring episode of Live Life by Design, Jeff Mendez sits down with solar sales legend Ashton Buswell, whose 20-year journey through direct sales, leadership, and personal growth reveals what it really takes to live intentionally.From his early door-to-door days to selling over 1,000 solar systems and creating the “28+ Challenge,” Ashton shares his mindset for consistency, leadership, and building a life fueled by purpose and love.Whether you're in sales or simply chasing personal growth, this episode delivers lessons on discipline, perspective, and the daily non‑negotiables that lead to success.

Winter adventures await! ❄️

While Super Mario was my favorite video game franchise growing up, Zelda replaced it pretty quickly once I discovered Twilight Princess and Wind Waker in the late 2000s. Thiis was followed by about a decade of not having a functioning Nintendo system, but when I bought a Switch I mostly played Breath of the Wild and now mostly Tears of the Kingdom. I'd already written a song about older Zelda games years ago, which I was fortunate to have played on the Dr. Demento show, but every once in a while I'd wonder why I'd spent so much time playing the open world games without writing a song about them. And yet nothing came to mind until Pink Pony Club had been one of the most popular songs in the United States (and probably the world) for a while and it spent a good deal of time running through my head, and then I came up with the basic idea of how the inventory (Link's Load of Stuff) in Tears of the Kingdom seemed too heavy for even the strongest of heroes to carry. It took a while from the moment of inspiration until finishing, but it's here now and I hope you like it. As should be apparent, it's not me on the vocals, but someone I've hired before to anonmously provide vocals for parodies I've written.

Legendary resort designer Chris Cushing joins Last Chair to share stories from a lifetime spent shaping ski areas around the world, including Deer Valley's new East Village. From learning the craft alongside his father to watching families enjoy the terrain he built, Chris offers a rare look into the art and heart behind designing the mountains we love to ski

Legendary resort designer Chris Cushing joins Last Chair to share stories from a lifetime spent shaping ski areas around the world, including Deer Valley's new East Village. From learning the craft alongside his father to watching families enjoy the terrain he built, Chris offers a rare look into the art and heart behind designing the mountains we love to ski

Braga, King, and Ski talk Jurassic World Rebirth, the spiritual reboot of the Jurassic World trilogy. No Pratt, no problems? Scar Jo takes the helm and leads an expedition to get life saving DNA on a forbidden island while saving a father and his daughters. It's a lot. Is it any good? Listen!

What are the Top 10 skis of the century? Top 3? #1 Ski? Today, Blister reviewers Dylan Wood, Luke Koppa, and Jonathan Ellsworth reveal their selections, and we also share some of the picks and insights from a number of pro skiers and ski industry professionals.Note: We Want to Hear From You!Please let us know if there's a topic you'd like us to cover or a guest you'd like us to have on GEAR:30. Or if you'd like to nominate yourself for a ‘Gear Therapy' episode, let us know that, too! You can email us at info@blisterreview.comRELATED LINKS:BLISTER+ Get Yourself CoveredCHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELSBlister Studios (our new channel)Blister Review (our original channel)TOPICS & TIMES:Setting the Stage for Best Skis of the Century (3:15)Luke & Dylan's Top 10 (7:24)Top 3 (34:40)Luke's #1 (46:44)Dylan's #1 (50:03)Honorable Mentions (53:02)Jonathan Joins (56:52)Jonathan's Top 10 (1:02:01)Most Influential? (1:06:54)Jonathan's Top 3 (1:09:27)Jonathan's #1 (1:15:14)More Takes from listeners and Industry (1:24:15) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Braga and Ski talk: :15: The worst officiated game we've ever seen, Iowa having the softest fans in the country, the MVPs of the win, winning without passing. 22:14: Oregon basketball avoiding taco Tuesdays, the inability to shoot at all, 6'9" guys going deep, Judge stealing the MVP. 32:24: Minnesota trivia. 44:55: B1G lines.

The sweetner used in the sugar free variety of these gummi bears will tear you up if you eat too many at one time. The reviews online of this product are a riot...and perfect topic for a song! There's a dance mix of this one too. Music video here . Please Follow and Subscribe at YouTube, TT, and IG (@kurplunkmusic) for new funny videos! All songs from the current album can be heard (and seen!) at our YouTube channel, plus behind the scenes content. More info and links to all our socials at Please Follow and Subscribe at YouTube, TT, and IG (@kurplunkmusic) for new funny videos! All songs from the current album can be heard (and seen!) at our YouTube channel, plus behind the scenes content. More info and links to all our socials at kurplunk.lol. Thanks for listening!

39 procent. Dat is hoeveel winstgroei Disney ziet bij hun streamingafdeling. 12,5 miljoen mensen kozen afgelopen kwartaal voor een abonnement op Disney+ of Hulu. Ook bij de afdeling die over de pretparken, de cruisereizen en de merchandise gaat is het feest. Dus deelt Disney cadeautjes uit. Meer aandeleninkoop, en meer dividend. Maar toch zijn beleggers niet tevreden. Die zien vooral een terugloop in advertentie-inkomsten bij de tv-kanalen. Zijn beleggers verwend? Dat vragen we ons deze aflevering af. Dan gaat het ook over modehuis Burberry. Dat heeft eindelijk de smaak weer te pakken. Sinds de pandemie verschraalden de verkopen in China, maar er is weer sprake van groei! Maar is dat te danken aan de nieuwe strategie van Burberry, of hebben ze gewoon weer de wind in de rug in de hele sector? En je hoort over de zorgen van de Autoriteit Financiële Markten. Die ziet 'grote, complexe en ondoorzichtige risico's' door de enorme invloed van techbedrijven op die markten. En tot slot nog een prettig bericht, want je hoeft voorlopig het woord 'shutdown' niet meer te horen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peak Performance Nutrition! Hunter Baum is a Registered Dietitian (RD) and Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) currently working with U.S. Ski and Snowboard in Park City, UT. Previously, Hunter has worked with the Miami Marlins in Major League Baseball and the Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer. He has a master's degree in Exercise and Nutrition Sciences from Montana State University and a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and Health from the University of Wyoming. Hunter enjoys helping athletes optimize energy for performance, strategize for recovery, create game plans for their international travel schedules, and just play a small piece in an athlete's journey.

Ski season is here - time to gear up, hit the slopes, and get some early runs in before that big mountain trip, plus holiday celebrations that won't break the bank and why saving too much for retirement isn't always wise.

How has technology made us less sure of ourselves? This week, Jess and Joey talk about technological change, Christmas cards, scraping, phone numbers, friendships, and FaceTime. They don't talk about beepers. references Ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop Rolodex propinquity Don't lose that number, Jenny Sternberg's Triangular Theory and The 8 Types of Love Mr. Postman Desiigner "LOD Freestyle" 

As always when Kim Jong Duh is in (what's left of) the white house, the scandals and nightmares come far too quickly and numerously for me to keep up. This song is about air traffic horribleness from earlier this year... and it seems appropriate to drag it out now, with the air traffic controllers on furlough (which might be over before this song gets to you). Oh well. You know me... I have to parody this classic John Denver song every few years. I think this is the fourth one. Wow. Music: John Denver Words: SG and Niamh Bagnell Guitar, mandolin, bass, piano, arrangement, production: SG

Matt Reardon made it from Louisiana, to Killington, to Tahoe, and then on to Chamonix. After that, on a trip to NZ for the World Heli Challenge, Matt blew his knee, got an infection during surgery and wasn't the same athlete for the next 3 years...So he became a rockstar. On part 2 of his podcast, we talk about more skiing, music, charting on his first singe, how business politics put his band, Black Sunshine, on hold, and much more. Ski legend Josh Loubek asks the Inappropriate Questions.  Matt Reardon Show Notes Part 2: 4:00:  Being a ski mountaineer, mentors, European ski movies, skier cross, Glen Plake, music, his injury, and writing   22:30: 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. 25:30: The cost of music, "The Streif" Red Bull Movie, Staff infection, getting every cover while injured, Fisher to Volkl, money, touring musician, McConkey,     44:30: 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) 46:30: Biggest shows, why move back to the states, getting a record deal, how skiing is like music, Black Sunshine, the business of music, getting another ski contract, and his new project 70:00: Inappropriate Questions with Josh Loubek

Braga, King, and Ski talk about The Holy Trinity, a movie about a son avenging his betrayed father in 1880s Montana. Pierce Brosnan and Sam Jackson clash in a battle for gold. It's talent top heavy and was called mid by everyone. Is it any good? Listen!

What are the Top 10 skis of the century? Top 3? #1 Ski? Today, Blister reviewer, Paul Forward, reveals his very personal picks, plus we share a story from the Blister archives that involves New Zealand farmers and helicopters.Note: We Want to Hear From You!Please let us know if there's a topic you'd like us to cover or a guest you'd like us to have on GEAR:30. Or if you'd like to nominate yourself for a ‘Gear Therapy' episode, let us know that, too! You can email us at info@blisterreview.comRELATED LINKS:BLISTER+ Get Yourself CoveredCHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELSBlister Studios (our new channel)Blister Review (our original channel)TOPICS & TIMES:What's New at Blister Studios (1:55)BDog & Benchetler on Blister Cinematic (2:33)BLISTER+ and Bangtail Bike & Ski (3:28)Paul's Top 10 (4:40)Our NZ Heli Story (16:33)Some Formative Skis (28:35)Paul's Top 3 (39:09)Paul's #1 Ski of the Century (44:07)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister CinematicCRAFTEDBikes & Big IdeasBlister Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Braga, King, and Ski talk: :15: podding naked, eating asbestos gum, dumb Will Ferrell takes. 23:45: Portland's hot start, playoff buy in, paying with checks, caring more after Billups, Pelosi natties. 31:03: Oregon's ugly win over Hawaii, Bittle not progressing at all, the weird takes about Iowa, Dante Moore's bounce back. 52:24: Iowa trivia. 1:12:23: B1G lines.

Oh no! Republicans have learned our secret, that millions of supposed protesters are actually hired agitators and haters who only care about getting paid by George Soros. As long as they're on to us, we might as well let them hear our 'leader' lay out our rules, in song

In this festive episode of I AM HOME, hosts Tyler Wisecup, Becca Sudbeck and Hilary Woltemath unwrap the magic of holiday decorating with a deep dive into this year's hottest seasonal trends. From the origins of the Christmas tree to modern-day "Kitschmas" flair, Hilary guides listeners through three standout styles: Arcadia, a handmade, folkloric look bridging fall and holiday; Tannenbaum, a take on understated luxury with rich textures and moody tones; and Après Ski, a playful, serotonin-boosting blend of sporty chic and candy-colored whimsy. Along the way, the hosts share DIY décor ideas like fabric garlands and book-page trees. Whether you're a minimalist or a maximalist, this episode offers inspiration to deck your halls your way, this season and beyond. Resources: nfm.com/podcast

Out of Collective Podcast – E23 – Still Excited to Ski w/ Noah Dines Noah Dines didn't just ski a lot — he's rewrote what “a lot” even means. In 2024, Noah broke the world record for the most human-powered vertical feet skied in a single year, climbing and descending over [...] The post Out of Collective Podcast – E23 – Still Excited to Ski w/ Noah Dines appeared first on Out Of Collective.

Simon Hillis is the best Indonesian skier to ever slide on snow and has been sponsored since he was 4 years old. While both of those things are crazy to think about, Simon also had his first cover at 7, he's never paid for anything ski-wise, and while skiing isn't totally paying his bills these days, they have over the past 20 plus years of his sponsored skier career.  From winning contests to filming with Warren Miller and TGR, Simon is where he is because of his insane talent that he developed at Red Mountain, not marketing or flashiness.  Simon Hillis Show Notes: 4:00: Marko Shapiro, sponsored at 4, his recent cover shot, the pressure of being the best Indonesian skier ever born, Red Mountain, video inspiration, a bad Pettit comparison 19:00: Therm-ic Heated Socks: The branded that invented Heated Socks 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: Ski programs, school, Dane Tudor, competing, Warren Miller, 37:00: 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) 39:00: Quicksilver Young Guns, post pandemic season, TGR, Alaska, and sponsors 53:00: Inappropriate Questions

Dopamine Method: 3 Steps to Find Your Passion (Science-Backed) October 27, 2025 | Episode 5211 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Still collecting productivity frameworks that don't actually work? Smart goals. Atomic habits. All those little tactics sitting in your notebook while you're still off track. Here's the thing. They're too tactical. You need something that's wired into how your brain actually works. Three simple steps that change how you feel about your world starting today. Not next month. Today. Scott breaks down the science-backed approach that makes motivation stick. No frameworks to memorize. Just three strategic shifts that light you up from the inside. And what he discovered about your anticipation engine might surprise you. Featured Story Ever notice how excited you got about Christmas as a kid? Scott did too. Then he became an adult. Boring. Just work. One day he said screw that. Started putting concerts on the calendar. Ski trips. Anything that got him genuinely excited. And his whole life shifted. He realized something most people miss. When you schedule experiences that fire you up, your mood changes. Your motivation increases. You can handle anything at the office when you've got something coming up this weekend. Most people lacking motivation are just lacking hope. That puts them in doubt and fear. The trick? You need to know you're growing toward something. Important Points Why looking at the past to solve present problems keeps you stuck in the same patterns you're trying to escape. The anticipation engine discovery that makes kids excited about holidays works just as powerfully for adults who remember to use it. How connecting with 5-10 truly like-minded people creates more momentum than 5,000 Facebook friends ever will. Exploring future possibilities lights up your brain differently than trying to fix your current situation. Memorable Quotes "The present doesn't stick around. The only thing that guides you is the future." "If you're not exploring and looking forward, most people look at the past. That's not going to work for you." "We were not designed to do things alone, but make no mistake, we're also not designed to do things with 10,000 people." "Two or more people actively engaged in the pursuit of a definite purpose with a positive mental attitude constitute an unbeatable force." Scott's Three-Step Approach 1. Explore future possibilities instead of past solutions. Stop asking what worked 20 years ago and start asking where your interest guides you next. 2. Fire up your anticipation engine by scheduling one experience that genuinely excites you. Concert tickets. Weekend trip. New dress. Anything that makes you eager. 3. Connect with like-minded people in smaller groups of 5-10 who actually vibe with you naturally. No forcing it. No proving how smart you are. Chapters 00:00 Why Your Goal-Setting Frameworks Keep Failing 00:50 The Daily Boost Moves to YouTube (Big Announcement) 02:39 Stop Collecting Ideas That Don't Work 03:37 Step One: Explore Future Possibilities 05:27 The Anticipation Engine That Changes Everything 07:13 Step Three: Connect With Like-Minded People 09:24 What Messes People Up (It's Always One of These Three) 10:11 Tomorrow's Show: One Project at a Time Connect With Me Search for The Daily Boost on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices