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Что делают организаторы?! | ОПЕРАЦИОННЫЙ ДИРЕКТОР ALMATY MARATHON ЕРЖАН БРИМЖАНОВ

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Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 61:32


ПАРТНЕРЫ ВЫПУСКА:RG Gold — https://www.rggold.kz/АО «Страховая компания “Халык”» — https://skhalyk.kz/_____________________________________________НАПИСАТЬ В 2Gis: спортивный чекапу меня вылезло 349 результатов в Астане_____________________________________________В ГОСТЯХ: Ержан Бримжанов - операционный директор крупнейшего забега в Центральной Азии, флагмана казахстанских беговых мероприятий. Поговорили о несчастных случаях на забегах, как себя обезопасить, что делают организаторы со своей стороны и перспективы развития организации беговых мероприятий._____________________________________________ИНТЕРЕСНЫЙ ФАКТ: Исследование, опубликованное в British Journal of Sports Medicine, показало, что даже 5–10 минут бега в день при умеренной скорости (около 6 км/ч) снижает риск смерти от сердечно-сосудистых заболеваний на 45%, а от всех причин — на 30%.По данным Гарвардской медицинской школы, у марафонцев сосуды «моложе» их реального возраста в среднем на 4 года — благодаря регулярным нагрузкам.Так что марафон — это не только вызов, но и мощная инвестиция в здоровье._____________________________________________КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТА:https://t.me/beguibasta_____________________________________________СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ:Галия Ситтыкова, Лунный Цветок, Aleksandr Morozov, Ykbf, Raushan Baizhanova, Lena_mko, Murat Mamekov, Andrey Shel, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Aybar Uatay, Bogdan Gubin, Daniyar Zhaketov, Tatyana, Indira Guryeva, Himmel GB, ildar zn, Kirill Rozengurt, Al'firad, Михайлова Ирада, Kamila Kussainova, Pedro Vizuette Castro, Konnykh Andrey, Gaukhar Zhumabek, Alma, Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина_____________________________________________СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠  Для тех, кто из России: https://boosty.to/tentser/donate_____________________________________________Страничка Ержана: https://www.instagram.com/yerzhan_brМоя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: https://t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

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Есть хлеб - полезно! | НУТРИЦИОЛОГ САНДИ АЙЖАРИКОВА

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 82:47


ПАРТНЕРЫ ВЫПУСКА:RG Gold — https://www.rggold.kz/Полезный хлеб — https://www.instagram.com/gastronomy_lab______________________________________________В ГОСТЯХ: Прекрасные гостьи - нутрициолог Санди Айжарикова, которая расскажет как есть до тренировки, после нее и в течение недели и Анель Рзина - производитель полезного бездрожжевого хлеба. Вместе мы разобрались, что и как по питанию у бегунов!_____________________________________________ИНТЕРЕСНЫЙ ФАКТ: при составлении сценария к этому выпуску был использован ChatGPT и другие нейросети, но самое интересное, что промптом (запросом) в ИИ было простое "Зная всё, чем я занимаюсь, помоги составить сценарий к выпуску, где нужно связать хлеб с гостем нутрициологом". ИИ рулят!_____________________________________________КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТА:https://t.me/beguibasta_____________________________________________СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ:Лунный Цветок, Aleksandr Morozov, Ykbf, Raushan Baizhanova, Lena_mko, Murat Mamekov, Andrey Shel, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Aybar Uatay, Bogdan Gubin, Daniyar Zhaketov, Tatyana, Indira Guryeva, Himmel GB, ildar zn, Kirill Rozengurt, Al'firad, Михайлова Ирада, Kamila Kussainova, Pedro Vizuette Castro, Konnykh Andrey, Gaukhar Zhumabek, Alma, Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина_____________________________________________СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠  Для тех, кто из России: https://boosty.to/tentser/donate_____________________________________________Страничка Санди: https://www.instagram.com/sandy_aizharikovaСтраничка Анель: https://www.instagram.com/anelrzina232Моя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: https://t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

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Как у них всё устроено? | КУРАТОР SAMARKAND MARATHON МИРХАН САГИТОВ

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 74:25


В ГОСТЯХ: Samarkand Marathon, Bukhara Night Race, Sky Camp, Zaamin Ultra - это всё он, Мирхан Сагитов. Колоритные, красивые, с запахом вкусной еды на узких улицах, под сводом древних минаретов и куполов истории, такие неповторимые и теплые забеги Узбекистана. Разговариваем с их куратором (рейс-директором по-нашему) обо всем, что можно успеть за час._____________________________________________КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТАhttps://t.me/beguibasta_____________________________________________СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ:Rinat Rakhmatullin, Lena_mko, Murat Mamekov, Andrey Shel, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Aybar Uatay, Bogdan Gubin, Daniyar Zhaketov, Tatyana, Indira Guryeva, Himmel GB, ildar zn, Kirill Rozengurt, Al'firad, Михайлова Ирада, Kamila Kussainova, Pedro Vizuette Castro, Konnykh Andrey, Gaukhar Zhumabek, Alma, Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина_____________________________________________СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠  Для тех, кто из России: https://boosty.to/tentser/donate_____________________________________________Страничка серии забегов: https://www.instagram.com/samarkandmarathonСтраничка Мирхана: https://www.instagram.com/sagitov.mirkhanМоя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: https://t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn_____________________________________________

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Анализы: всё, что вы хотели знать | ЭНДОКРИНОЛОГ ЭЛЬВИРА НАУРУЗОВА

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 74:33


Записывайте свои подкасты, Reels и разные видео и аудио в Astana Podcast Studio. Шикарная студия, классные цены, высокое качество записи и сервиса. г. Астана, ул. Ф. Онгарсыновой, 10 (левый берег), ул. Ж.Нажимеденова 29/2 (район нового вокзала)Тел.: +7 (707) 329-07-37https://www.instagram.com/astana.podcast.studio_____________________________________________В ГОСТЯХ: Эндокринолог Эльвира Ериковна Наурузова. Говорим про тестостерон, ферритин, витамин D3, холестерин_____________________________________________КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТАhttps://t.me/beguibasta_____________________________________________СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ:Rinat Rakhmatullin, Lena_mko, Murat Mamekov, Серикболсын Нахыпбеков, Andrey Shel, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Aybar Uatay, Bogdan Gubin, Daniyar Zhaketov, Tatyana, Indira Guryeva, Himmel GB, Akonjan, ildar zn, Zhenis Kairzhanova, Kirill Rozengurt, Al'firad, Михайлова Ирада, Kamila Kussainova, Pedro Vizuette Castro, Konnykh Andrey, Gaukhar Zhumabek, Alma, Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина_____________________________________________СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠  Для тех, кто из России: https://boosty.to/tentser/donate_____________________________________________Страничка доктора Эльвиры Ериковны: https://www.instagram.com/endokrinolog_kazМоя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: https://t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

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Как они бегают летом?! | DIE HARD TASHKENT

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 64:04


В ГОСТЯХ: Руслан Сулейманов, Улугбеша Султанов - основатели дайхарда в Ташкенте. Активные участники бегового коммьюнити Узбекистана. Участники организации Samarkand Marathon _____________________________________________ КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТА https://t.me/beguibasta _____________________________________________ СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ: Rinat Rakhmatullin, Lena_mko, Murat Mamekov, Серикболсын Нахыпбеков, Andrey Shel, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Aybar Uatay, Bogdan Gubin, Daniyar Zhaketov, Tatyana, Indira Guryeva, Himmel GB, Akonjan, ildar zn, Zhenis Kairzhanova, Kirill Rozengurt, Al'firad, Михайлова Ирада, Kamila Kussainova, Pedro Vizuette Castro, Konnykh Andrey, Gaukhar Zhumabek, Alma, Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина _____________________________________________ СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠ Для тех, кто из России: https://boosty.to/tentser/donate _____________________________________________ Моя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblog Мой телеграм: https://t.me/tentser Саунд: Turan - "Argymaq" Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumar Визуал: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

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Что ждет нас в 2025 году | ПОДКАСТ С JEL AYAQ

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 59:13


Ссылка на видео: https://youtu.be/2xNRpTpt7ak COPA - сеть магазинов спортивной одежды, в которых представлены оригинальные бренды Adidas, Nike, GRi, Saucony, New Balance, Rudy, Salomon, Puma, Oakley, SaySky и другие. Покупайте на официальном сайте по ссылке https://copa.kz/?utm_source=podcast или в магазинах- в Алматы: Наурызбай батыра, 111 - в Астане: ТЦ “Сарыарка” _____________________________________________В ГОСТЯХ: Ануар, Нурс из подкаста Jel Ayaq, а также сторонний наблюдатель Олег Рябченко шахматист, сотрудник одного знаменитого банка, бегун Irbis Runners случайно зашел к нам на огонёк. Затираем про то, что ждет нас в 2025 году в беге, какие будут тенденции, забеги, участники _____________________________________________КОНКУРС В ВЫПУСКЕ от COPA:Эксклюзивчик ждет вас! Условия в выпуске! _____________________________________________КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТАhttps://t.me/beguibasta _____________________________________________СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ:Rinat Rakhmatullin, Lena_mko, Murat Mamekov, Серикболсын Нахыпбеков, Andrey Shel, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Aybar Uatay, Bogdan Gubin, Daniyar Zhaketov, Tatyana, Indira Guryeva, Himmel GB, Akonjan, ildar zn, Zhenis Kairzhanova, Kirill Rozengurt, Al'firad, Михайлова Ирада, Kamila Kussainova, Pedro Vizuette Castro, Konnykh Andrey, Gaukhar Zhumabek, Alma, Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина _____________________________________________СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠ Для тех, кто из России: https://boosty.to/tentser/donate_____________________________________________Моя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: https://t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

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Про одежду, уход Искандера и планы GRi | ПРОДАВЕЦ ОДЕЖДЫ ГРИГОРИЙ ЛАЗАРЕВ

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 84:38


Ссылка на YouTube: https://youtu.be/FAQ_0A0juxoСПОНСОР ВЫПУСКА: COPA - сеть магазинов спортивной одежды, в которых представлены оригинальные бренды Adidas, Nike, GRi, Saucony, New Balance, Rudy, Salomon, Puma, Oakley, SaySky и другие. Покупайте на официальном сайте по ссылке https://copa.kz/?utm_source=podcast или в магазинахв Алматы: Наурызбай батыра 111 в Астане: ТЦ “Сарыарка”_____________________________________________В ГОСТЯХ:Гриша Лазарев - основатель бренда спортивной беговой одежды GRi, ученик Искандера Ядгарова на десятке в Белых Ночах. Много говорим про одежду, почему нет кэжуал-вещей, например, сколько тканей надо перебрать, чтобы выбрать ту самую ткань для бега. Как и почему расстались с Беговым Сообществом, Искандером Ядгаровым и какая выручка в год. _____________________________________________КОНКУРС В ВЫПУСКЕ:Эксклюзивчик ждет вас! Условия в выпуске!_____________________________________________КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТАhttps://t.me/beguibasta_____________________________________________СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ:Lena_mko, Murat Mamekov, Серикболсын Нахыпбеков, Andrey Shel, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Aybar Uatay, Bogdan Gubin, Daniyar Zhaketov, Tatyana, Indira Guryeva, Himmel GB, Akonjan, ildar zn, Zhenis Kairzhanova, Kirill Rozengurt, Al'firad, Михайлова Ирада, Kamila Kussainova, Pedro Vizuette Castro, Konnykh Andrey, Gaukhar Zhumabek, Alma, Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина_____________________________________________СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠  Для тех, кто из России: https://boosty.to/tentser/donate_____________________________________________Страничка Гриши: https://www.instagram.com/gri.lazarevМоя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: https://t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: ⁠  https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

Бегу и баста
Десять мифов в беге | ТРЕНЕР ПО БЕГУ ЭЛЬВИРА ТАХАУОВА

Бегу и баста

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 65:00


В ГОСТЯХ: Когда бегать - утром или вечером, как бегать - с носка или с пятки, как дышать - носом или ртом?! Поговорили обо всех самых распространенных мифах и правилах с прекрасным тренером по бегу Эльвирой Тахауовой_____________________________________________СПОНСОР ВЫПУСКА:  Экстремальная Атлетика — организатор самых экстремальных забегов в стране: ⁠https://athletex.kz/⁠РЕГИСТРИРУЙТЕСЬ!_____________________________________________КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТАhttps://t.me/beguibasta_____________________________________________СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ:Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Aybar Uatay, Bogdan Gubin, Daniyar Zhaketov, Tatyana, Indira Guryeva, Himmel GB, Akonjan, ildar zn, Zhenis Kairzhanova, Kirill Rozengurt, Al'firad, Михайлова Ирада, Kamila Kussainova, Pedro Vizuette Castro, Konnykh Andrey, Gaukhar Zhumabek, Alma, Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Оксана Паршикова, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина_____________________________________________СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠  Для тех, кто из России: https://boosty.to/tentser/donate_____________________________________________Страничка Эли: https://www.instagram.com/elvira.tahauovaМоя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: ⁠  https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn_____________________________________________

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Эмоции - наша валюта! Выгорание в беге | МАРАФОНЕЦ И ПИСАТЕЛЬ ОКСАНА АХМЕДОВА

Бегу и баста

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 88:30


В ГОСТЯХ: Фраза выпуска "Книга есть в каждом".  Марафонец, автор книги "Бег навстречу себе" и будущий спортивный психолог - Оксана Ахмедова. О стрессе и спортивном выгорании, о выброшенных кроссовках и поисках себя в беге, о том, что отличает любителей от профессионалов и о том, как бегать долго и счастливо. Этот выпуск наверняка отзовется в вас фразой: "Они как будто про меня говорят!". Дайте знать мне в телеграме, если это так!_____________________________________________КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТАhttps://t.me/beguibasta Тут есть: футболки из премиум тканей, качественные худи, бейсболки и новый стикерпак!_____________________________________________СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ:Aybar Uatay, Bogdan Gubin, Daniyar Zhaketov, Tatyana, Indira Guryeva, Himmel GB, Akonjan, ildar zn, Zhenis Kairzhanova, Kirill Rozengurt, Al'firad, Михайлова Ирада, Kamila Kussainova, Pedro Vizuette Castro, Konnykh Andrey, Gaukhar Zhumabek, Alma, Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Оксана Паршикова, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина_____________________________________________СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠  Для тех, кто из России: https://boosty.to/tentser/donate_____________________________________________Моя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: ⁠  https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn_____________________________________________

PHILE WEB
NICEHCK、ハイブリッド素材の「SnowCat」などイヤホンリケーブル3機種

PHILE WEB

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 0:19


「NICEHCK、ハイブリッド素材の「SnowCat」などイヤホンリケーブル3機種」 フォーリーフは、中国のオーディオブランドNICEHCK(ナイスエイチシーケー)のイヤホンリケーブル「SnowCat」「BlueLuna 3 in 1 Plug」「5A Sakura」の3モデルを、本日11月1日(金)より発売する。

Бегу и баста
Что это было?! | ОРГАНИЗАТОРЫ ASTANA CITY MARATHON

Бегу и баста

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 63:43


Записывайте свои подкасты, Reels и разные видео и аудио в Astana Podcast Studio. Шикарная студия, классные цены, высокое качество записи и сервиса. г. Астана, ул. Ф. Онгарсыновой, 10. Тел.: +7 (707) 329-07-37 https://www.instagram.com/astana.podcast.studio _____________________________________________КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТАhttps://t.me/beguibasta_____________________________________________СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ:Indira, Himmel GB, Akonjan, ildar zn, Zhenis Kairzhanova, Kirill Rozengurt, Al'firad, Михайлова Ирада, Kamila Kussainova, Pedro Vizuette Castro, Konnykh Andrey, Gaukhar Zhumabek, Alma, Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Оксана Паршикова, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина_____________________________________________СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠ _____________________________________________Страничка забега: https://www.instagram.com/astana_city_marathonМоя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn_____________________________________________

Бегу и баста
Пакет участника дороже стартового взноса?! | ДИРЕКТОР АЛМАТЫ МАРАФОНА САЛТАНАТ КАЗЫБАЕВА

Бегу и баста

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 61:19


В ГОСТЯХ: Салта Sakonya - директор марафона, который стал настолько крут, что мы обсуждаем всё это в выпуске уже в третий раз!_____________________________________________КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТАhttps://t.me/beguibasta_____________________________________________СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ:ildar zn, Zhenis Kairzhanova, Kirill Rozengurt, Al'firad, Михайлова Ирада, Kamila Kussainova, Pedro Vizuette Castro, Konnykh Andrey, Gaukhar Zhumabek, Alma, Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Оксана Паршикова, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина_____________________________________________СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠   _____________________________________________Страничка Салты: https://www.instagram.com/sakonyaМоя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: ⁠  https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

Бегу и баста
Почему Bmai везде!? | ПРОДАВЕЦ ОБУВИ АНДРЕЙ КОННЫХ

Бегу и баста

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 67:22


КОНКУРС на самый интересный комментарий на YouTube: https://youtu.be/lfJnGM0CAWg _____________________________________________ В ГОСТЯХ: Андрей Конных, тот с кого началось засилье кроссовок Bmai. У вас наверняка есть друг, с которым вы много спорили про эти кроссовки?! А теперь в них побеждают и ставят личники ваши беговые кумиры. Как так произошло?! Почему этот беговой культурный феномен случился?! Рассказываем историю с самого начала начал. Присаживайтесь, наливайте чай! А если вы на пробежке, то легких ног и приятной тренировки! _____________________________________________ СПОНСОР ВЫПУСКА: В этот раз спонсором выпуска стал патрон подкаста, пришедший с 1000 долларов США. Необычно?! Еще бы! По условиям моего Patreon, любой, кто приходит с таким платежом, получает все возможные ништяки патреона в этой категории, а также мы снимаем с таким человеком выпуск практически на любую тему. Вы тоже можете стать таким патроном и прорекламировать свой бизнес! http://rika-shop.kz/ https://www.instagram.com/rika_shop_almaty/ _____________________________________________ КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТА https://t.me/beguibasta _____________________________________________ СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ: Kirill Rozengurt, Al'firad, Михайлова Ирада, Kamila Kussainova, Pedro Vizuette Castro, Konnykh Andrey, Gaukhar Zhumabek, Alma, Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Оксана Паршикова, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина _____________________________________________ СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠ _____________________________________________ Страничка Андрея: https://www.instagram.com/konnyh.andrey Моя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblog Мой телеграм: t.me/tentser Саунд: Turan - "Argymaq" Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumar Визуал: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

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Бег — это укоренная жизнь | СПОРТИВНАЯ РЕАБИЛИТАЦИЯ С ОЛЬГОЙ ШИШКИНОЙ

Бегу и баста

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 72:54


В ГОСТЯХ: Специалист спортивной реабилитации Ольга Шишкина. Расскажет вам, что такое реабилитация, почему вам не надо к травматологу, стоит ли менять вашу корявую технику бега и как предотвратить боли в колене_____________________________________________СПОНСОР ВЫПУСКА:  Экстремальная Атлетика — организатор самых экстремальных забегов в стране: ⁠https://athletex.kz/⁠РЕГИСТРИРУЙТЕСЬ:Monster Of Shymbulak - 21 сентября 2024 года, Алматы. Сможет ли человек обогнать канатную дорогу?Zerenda Half Marathon - 5 октября 2024 года в п. Зеренда, Акмолинской области. По истине, самый красивый полумарафон в стране. (World Athletics Certified Route)Salomon Trail - 20 октября 2024 года, Алматы. Легендарная гонка в осенних горах Алматы_____________________________________________КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТАhttps://t.me/beguibasta_____________________________________________СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ:Kamila Kussainova, Pedro Vizuette Castro, Konnykh Andrey, Gaukhar Zhumabek, Alma, Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Оксана Паршикова, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина_____________________________________________СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: https://patreon.com/tentser⁠_____________________________________________Страничка Ольги: https://www.instagram.com/shishkina_ollgaМоя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: ⁠  https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

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Ep.44 - The Yuba County Five

UNPLUGGED.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 74:42


Today the boys tackle an interesting case that has yet to be solved. Whodunit? Snowcat? Gary? Mother nature? We may never know... unless he's in someone's floor. Email us at thoughtvoidpodcast@gmail.com with fun stories or comments!

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Про работу в GRi и про развитие Die Hard | СПОРТИВНЫЙ МАРКЕТОЛОГ АНДРЕЙ БАРЫШНИКОВ

Бегу и баста

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 85:49


В ГОСТЯХ: Основатель агентства andybary.agency, работал с Московским Марафоном, Беговым монастырём, GRi. Сейчас отвечает за развитие Die Hard Running. Ведёт подкаст «В спортивках» (https://sportivki.mave.digital/) и тг-канал «Дорожка и поле». (https://t.me/trackandfield). Рассказывает про синдром самозванца, про работу в Gri и отношения с основателем после ухода. Почему не всегда качество важно в развитии бренда. В общем, слушайте на здоровье и получайте удовольствие! _____________________________________________ СПОНСОР ВЫПУСКА: Экстремальная Атлетика — организатор самых экстремальных забегов в стране: ⁠https://athletex.kz/⁠ РЕГИСТРИРУЙТЕСЬ: Zerenda Half Marathon - 5 октября 2024 года в п. Зеренда, Акмолинской области. По истине, самый красивый полумарафон в стране. (World Athletics Certified Route) _____________________________________________ КУПИТЬ МЕРЧ ПОДКАСТА^ https://t.me/beguibasta _____________________________________________ СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ: Inna Li, Каримжан, Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Оксана Паршикова, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина _____________________________________________ СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠ _____________________________________________ Страничка Андрея: https://www.instagram.com/andybary/ Моя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblog Мой телеграм: t.me/tentser Саунд: Turan - "Argymaq" Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumar Визуал: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn _____________________________________________

The Skippy Report
Kingdom Brewing of Newport, Vermont

The Skippy Report

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 59:08


This episode's guests are Jenn and Brian Cook, owners of Kingdom Brewing in Newport, Vermont. They graciously host me and Missus Skippy in the taproom of their brew house, where we talk about Brian's backstory and how he went from a travelling sales rep for his family's Snowcat business to brewery owner. We also talk; beer making, scaling up their beer production, becoming music bookies, wood fired pizza chefs, food smoking, and how covid actually helped them, in a way.  All the things that weren't in the Brewery Handbook.  It is important for you to know, how important it is to them that they know where all of their ingredients come from and that everything is Vermont made!  As they say, "You bet your Ass it's farm to glass".

Бегу и баста
Сравниваем инвестирование и бег?! | ИНВЕСТОР И ПОДКАСТЕР ГАНИ СУЛТАНОВ

Бегу и баста

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 50:58


В ГОСТЯХ:  Гани Султанов - инвестор, подкастер и бегун. Сравниваем, что общего в инвестировании и беге, чем эти два параметра похожи. Почему вы можете остаться без денег в старости и как продлят жизнь вам и бег и инвестирование. ВНИМАНИЕ! Для патронов подкаста я выложил расширенную версию в свой Patreon, где рассказал, что лежит в моем инвестиционном портфеле и разобрал, какие акции я купил. Эта версия не выйдет в общий доступ, поэтому послушать ее можно только на Патреоне, а как туда попасть сразу в следующем предложении. СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем одкаста:https://patreon.com/tentser⁠ СПИСОК АКТУАЛЬНЫХ НА МОМЕНТ ПУБЛИКАЦИИ ПАТРОНОВ:Assylbek Dossanov, Нурсултан Дарибек, Айжан Калыбековна, Akmaral Almabekova, Aigerim Kuzhakhmetova, Дмитрий Аксёнов, Yuliya Soldatova, Айголек, О Наталья, Yerkebulanfirst, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Аида, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Dana Rakhimbekova, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Толкын Нурушева, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Оксана Паршикова, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZA страница бегового юмора, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина Моя страничка: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblog Мой телеграм: t.me/tentser МАГАЗИН БЕГУ И БАСТА: t.me/beguibasta (тут можно заказать футболку, свитшот, чтобы не ждать, когда вам повезет на Патреоне)Саунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

GI Joburg
Episode 336: Snowcat

GI Joburg

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 66:28


It's winter... but it's also summer! Let's do the Snowcat... and Tiger Cat! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0W3wPhykE4Z6NDF5WgdGew/join Got something to say to GI Joburg? We can be reached at arealsouthafricanhero@gmail.com We have an official Patreon page! Go to https://www.patreon.com/GIJOBURG?fan_landing=true Want some of the most unique GI Joe apparel out there? Check out our official GI JOBURG merch at: https://teespring.com/stores/gi-joburg-the-merch #gijoe #tigerforce #snowcat

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast
Podcast #176: Wildcat General Manager JD Crichton

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 82:39


This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on June 26. It dropped for free subscribers on July 3. To receive future pods as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoJD Crichton, General Manager of Wildcat Mountain, New HampshireRecorded onMay 30, 2024About WildcatClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Vail ResortsLocated in: Gorham, New HampshireYear founded: 1933 (lift service began in 1957)Pass affiliations:* Epic Pass, Epic Local Pass, Northeast Value Pass – unlimited access* Northeast Midweek Pass – unlimited weekday accessClosest neighboring ski areas: Black Mountain, New Hampshire (:18), Attitash (:22), Cranmore (:28), Sunday River (:45), Mt. Prospect Ski Tow (:46), Mt. Abram (:48), Bretton Woods (:48), King Pine (:50), Pleasant Mountain (:57), Cannon (1:01), Mt. Eustis Ski Hill (1:01)Base elevation: 1,950 feetSummit elevation: 4,062 feetVertical drop: 2,112 feetSkiable Acres: 225Average annual snowfall: 200 inchesTrail count: 48 (20% beginner, 47% intermediate, 33% advanced)Lift count: 5 (1 high-speed quad, 3 triples, 1 carpet)Why I interviewed himI've always been skeptical of acquaintances who claim to love living in New Jersey because of “the incredible views of Manhattan.” Because you know where else you can find incredible views of Manhattan? In Manhattan. And without having to charter a hot-air balloon across the river anytime you have to go to work or see a Broadway play.* But sometimes views are nice, and sometimes you want to be adjacent-to-but-not-necessarily-a-part-of something spectacular and dramatic. And when you're perched summit-wise on Wildcat, staring across the street at Mount Washington, the most notorious and dramatic peak on the eastern seaboard, it's hard to think anything other than “damn.”Flip the view and the sentiment reverses as well. The first time I saw Wildcat was in summertime, from the summit of Mount Washington. Looking 2,200 feet down, from above treeline, it's an almost quaint-looking ski area, spare but well-defined, its spiderweb trail network etched against the wild Whites. It feels as though you could reach down and put it in your pocket. If you didn't know you were looking at one of New England's most abrasive ski areas, you'd probably never guess it.Wildcat could feel tame only beside Mount Washington, that open-faced deathtrap hunched against 231-mile-per-hour winds. Just, I suppose, as feisty New Jersey could only seem placid across the Hudson from ever-broiling Manhattan. To call Wildcat the New Jersey of ski areas would seem to imply some sort of down-tiering of the thing, but over two decades on the East Coast, I've come to appreciate oft-abused NJ as something other than New York City overflow. Ignore the terrible drivers and the concrete-bisected arterials and the clusters of third-world industry and you have a patchwork of small towns and beach towns, blending, to the west and north, with the edges of rolling Appalachia, to the south with the sweeping Pine Barrens, to the east with the wild Atlantic.It's actually pretty nice here across the street, is my point. Even if it's not quite as cozy as it looks. This is a place as raw and wild and real as any in the world, a thing that, while forever shadowed by its stormy neighbor, stands just fine on its own.*It's not like living in New Jersey is some kind of bargain. It's like paying Club Thump Thump prices for grocery store Miller Lite. Or at least that was my stance until I moved my smug ass to Brooklyn.What we talked aboutMountain cleanup day; what it took to get back to long seasons at Wildcat and why they were truncated for a handful of winters; post-Vail-acquisition snowmaking upgrades; the impact of a $20-an-hour minimum wage on rural New Hampshire; various bargain-basement Epic Pass options; living through major resort acquisitions; “there is no intention to make us all one and the same”; a brief history of Wildcat; how skiers lapped Wildcat before mechanical lifts; why Wildcat Express no longer transforms from a chairlift to a gondola for summer ops; contemplating Wildcat Express replacements; retroactively assessing the removal of the Catapult lift; the biggest consideration in determining the future of Wildcat's lift fleet; when a loaded chair fell off the Snowcat lift in 2022; potential base area development; and Attitash as sister resort.   Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewSince it's impossible to discuss any Vail mountain without discussing Vail Resorts, I'll go ahead and start there. The Colorado-based company's 2019 acquisition of wild Wildcat (along with 16 other Peak resorts), met the same sort of gasp-oh-how-can-corporate-Vail-ever-possibly-manage-a-mountain-that-doesn't-move-skiers-around-like-the-fat-humans-on-the-space-base-in-Wall-E that greeted the acquisitions of cantankerous Crested Butte (2018), Whistler (2016), and Kirkwood (2012). It's the same sort of worry-warting that Alterra is up against as it tries to close the acquisition of Arapahoe Basin. But, as I detailed in a recent podcast episode on Kirkwood, the surprising thing is how little can change at these Rad Brah outposts even a dozen years after The Consumption Event.But, well. At first the Angry Ski Bros of upper New England seemed validated. Vail really didn't do a great job of running Wildcat from 2019 to 2022-ish. The confluence of Covid, inherited deferred maintenance, unfamiliarity with the niceties of East Coast operations, labor shortages, Wal-Mart-priced passes, and the distractions caused by digesting 20 new ski areas in one year contributed to shortened seasons, limited terrain, understaffed operations, and annoyed customers. It didn't help when a loaded chair fell off the Snowcat triple in 2022. Vail may have run ski resorts for decades, but the company had never encountered anything like the brash, opinionated East, where ski areas are laced tightly together, comparisons are easy, and migrations to another mountain if yours starts to suck are as easy as a five-minute drive down the road.But Vail is settling into the Northeast, making major lift upgrades at Stowe, Mount Snow, Okemo, Attitash, and Hunter since 2021. Mandatory parking reservations have helped calm once-unmanageable traffic around Stowe and Mount Snow. The Epic Pass – particularly the northeast-specific versions – has helped to moderate region-wide season pass prices that had soared to well over $1,000 at many ski areas. The company now seems to understand that this isn't Keystone, where you can make snow in October and turn the system off for 11 months. While Vail still seems plodding in Pennsylvania and the lower Midwest, where seasons are too short and the snowmaking efforts often underwhelming, they appear to have cracked New England – operationally if not always necessarily culturally.That's clear at Wildcat, where seasons are once again running approximately five months, operations are fully staffed, and the pitchforks are mostly down. Wildcat has returned to the fringe, where it belongs, to being an end-of-the-road day-trip alternative for people who prefer ski areas to ski resorts (and this is probably the best ski-area-with-no-public-onsite lodging in New England). Locals I speak with are generally happy with the place, which, this being New England, means they only complain about it most of the time, rather than all of the time. Short of moving the mountain out of its tempestuous microclimate and into Little Cottonwood Canyon, there isn't much Vail could do to change that, so I'd suggest taking the win.What I got wrongWhen discussing the installation of the Wildcat Express and the decommissioning of the Catapult triple, I made a throwaway reference to “whoever owned the mountain in the late ‘90s.” The Franchi family owned Wildcat from 1986 until selling the mountain to Peak Resorts in 2010.Why you should ski WildcatThere isn't much to Wildcat other than skiing. A parking lot, a baselodge, scattered small buildings of unclear utility - all of them weather-beaten and slightly ramshackle, humanity's sad ornaments on nature's spectacle.But the skiing. It's the only thing there is and it's the only thing that matters. One high-speed lift straight to the top. There are other lifts but if the 2,041-vertical-foot Wildcat Express is spinning you probably won't even notice, let alone ride, them. Straight up, straight down. All day long or until your fingers fall off, which will probably take about 45 minutes.The mountain doesn't look big but it is big. Just a few trails off the top but these quickly branch infinitely like some wild seaside mangrove, funneling skiers, whatever their intent, into various savage channels of its bell-shaped footprint. Descending the steepness, Mount Washington, so prominent from the top, disappears, somehow too big to be seen, a paradox you could think more about if you weren't so preoccupied with the skiing.It's not that the skiing is great, necessarily. When it's great it's amazing. But it's almost never amazing. It's also almost never terrible. What it is, just about all the time, is a fight, a mottled, potholed, landmine-laced mother-bleeper of a mountain that will not cede a single turn without a little backtalk. This is not an implication of the mountain ops team. Wildcat is about as close to an un-tamable mountain as you'll find in the over-groomed East. If you've ever tried building a sandcastle in a rising tide, you have a sense of what it's like trying to manage this cantankerous beast with its impossible weather and relentless pitch.We talk a bit, on the podcast, about Wildcat's better-than-you'd-suppose beginner terrain and top-to-bottom green trail. But no one goes there for that. The easy stuff is a fringe benefit for edgier families, who don't want to pinch off the rapids just because they're pontooning on the lake. Anyone who truly wants to coast knows to go to Bretton Woods or Cranmore. Wildcat packs the rowdies like jacket-flask whisky, at hand for the quick hit or the bender, for as dicey a day as you care to make it.Podcast NotesOn long seasons at WildcatWildcat, both under the Franchi family (1986 to 2010), and Peak Resorts, had made a habit of opening early and closing late. During Vail Resorts' first three years running the mountain, those traditions slipped, with later-than-normal openings and earlier-than-usual closings. Obviously we toss out the 2020 early close, but fall 2020 to spring 2022 were below historical standards. Per New England Ski History:On Big Lifts: New England EditionI noted that the Wildcat Express quad delivered one of the longest continuous vertical rises of any New England lift. I didn't actually know where the machine ranked, however, so I made this chart. The quad lands at an impressive number five among all lifts, and is third among chairlifts, in the six-state region:Kind of funny that, even in 2024, two of the 10 biggest vertical drops in New England still belong to fixed-grip chairs (also arguably the two best terrain pods in Vermont, with Madonna at Smuggs and the single at MRG).The tallest lifts are not always the longest lifts, and Wildcat Express ranks as just the 13th-longest lift in New England. A surprise entrant in the top 15 is Stowe's humble Toll House double, a 6,400-foot-long chairlift that rises just 890 vertical feet. Another inconspicuous double chair – Sugarloaf's older West Mountain lift – would have, at 6,968 feet, have made this list (at No. 10) before the resort shortened it last year (to 4,130 feet). It's worth noting that, as far as I know, Sugarbush's Slide Brook Express is the longest chairlift in the world.On Herman MountainCrichton grew up skiing at Hermon Mountain, a 300-ish footer outside of Bangor, Maine. The bump still runs the 1966 Poma T-bar that he skied off of as a kid, as well as a Stadeli double moved over from Pleasant Mountain in 1998 (and first installed there, according to Lift Blog, in 1967. The most recent Hermon Mountain trailmap that I can find dates to 2007:On the Epic Northeast Value Pass versus other New England season passes Vail's Epic Northeast Value Pass is a stupid good deal: $613 for unlimited access to the company's four New Hampshire ski areas (Wildcat, Attitash, Mount Sunapee, Crotched), non-holiday access to Mount Snow and Okemo, and 10 non-holiday days at Stowe (plus access to Hunter and everything Vail operates in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan). Surveying New England's 25 largest ski areas, the Northeast Value Pass is less-expensive than all but Smugglers' Notch ($599), Black Mountain of Maine ($465), Pico ($539), and Ragged ($529). All of those save Ragged's are single-mountain passes.On the Epic Day PassYes I am still hung up on the Epic Day Pass, and here's why:On consolidationI referenced Powdr's acquisition of Copper Mountain in 2009 and Vail's purchase of Crested Butte in 2018. Here's an inventory all the U.S. ski areas owned by a company with two or more resorts:On Wildcat's old Catapult liftWhen Wildcat installed its current summit chair in 1997, they removed the Catapult triple, a shorter summit lift (Lift F below) that had provided redundancy to the summit alongside the old gondola (Lift A):Interestingly, the old gondy, which dated to 1957, remained in place for two more years. Here's a circa 1999 trailmap, showing both the Wildcat Express and the gondola running parallel from base to summit:It's unclear how often both lifts actually ran simultaneously in the winter, but the gondola died with the 20th Century. The Wildcat Express was a novel transformer lift, which converted from a high-speed quad chair in the winter to a four-passenger gondola in the summer. Vail, for reasons Crichton explains in the podcast, abandoned that configuration and appears to have no intentions of restoring it.On the Snowcat lift incidentA bit more on the January 2022 chairlift accident at Wildcat, per SAM:On Saturday, Jan. 8, a chair carrying a 22-year-old snowboarder on the Snowcat triple at Wildcat Mountain, N.H., detached from the haul rope and fell nearly 10 feet to the ground. Wildcat The guest was taken to a nearby hospital with serious rib injuries.According to state fire marshal Sean Toomey, the incident began after the chair was misloaded—meaning the guest was not properly seated on the chair as it continued moving out of the loading area. The chair began to swing as it traveled uphill, struck a lift tower and detached from the haul rope, falling to the ground. Snowcat is a still-active Riblet triple, and attaches to the haulrope with a device called an “insert clip.” I found this description of these novel devices on a random blog from 2010, so maybe don't include this in a report to Congress on the state of the nation's lift fleet:[Riblet] closed down in 2003. There are still quite a few around; from the three that originally were at The Canyons, only the Golden Eagle chair survives today. Riblet built some 500 lifts. The particularities of the Riblet chair are their grips, which are called insert clips. It is a very ingenious device and it is very safe too. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, You'll see a sketch below showing the detail of the clip.… One big benefit of the clip is that it provides a very smooth ride over the sheave trains, particularly under the compression sheaves, something that traditional clam/jaw grips cannot match. The drawback is that the clip cannot be visually inspected at it is the case with other grips. Also, the code required to move the grip every 2 years or 2,000 hours, whichever comes first. This is the same with traditional grips.This is a labor-intensive job and a special tool has been developed: The Riblet "Grip Detensioner." It's showed on a second picture representing the tool in action. You can see the cable in the middle with the strands separated, which allows the insertion of the clip. Also, the fiber or plastic core of the wire rope has to be cut where the clip is inserted. When the clip is moved to another location of the cable, a plastic part has to be placed into the cable to replace the missing piece of the core. Finally, the Riblet clip cannot be placed on the spliced section of the rope.Loaded chairs utilizing insert clips also detached from lifts at Snowriver (2021) and 49 Degrees North (2020). An unoccupied, moving chair fell from Heavenly's now-retired North Bowl triple in 2016.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 44/100 in 2024, and number 544 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

Бегу и баста
Что там после бега?! | КОУЧ, БИЗНЕСВУМЕН, МАСТЕР СПОРТА ПО МАРАФОНУ AKMARAL RUN

Бегу и баста

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 83:44


В ГОСТЯХ: Akmaral Run, та самая знаменитая бегунья из Шымкента, стоявшая у истоков бегового инстаграмного блогинга в Казахстане, ставшая мастером спорта и сейчас живущая в Барселоне и занимающаяся чем?! Психологией! Выпуск о тревожности, почему мы все бежим, куда и от кого, о зависти, о семье, муже, разводе. Страничка Акмарал: https://instagram.com/akmaral_run Подкаст Акмарал: https://music.yandex.kz/album/27714269 Понравился выпуск?! Поделись им в чате с друзьями, своем беговом клубе или в сторис своего инстаграм! Для тебя несложно, для меня - большая поддержка!СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠ https://patreon.com/tentser⁠ Список актуальных на момент выпуска подкаста патронов: Айголек, Aizhan Tugelbayeva, О Наталья, Yerkebulanfirst, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Anna, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Arman, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Мадия Мадленнку, Аида, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Dana Rakhimbekova, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Timur Beket, Толкын Нурушева, Jakonda, Бибигуль Абдыраимова, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Оксана Паршикова, Александр Семенов, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZaebAll, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Atyrau Iron Team, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим Мурзалина Моя страничка: https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Визуал: https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

Cars The Podcast
Rebroadcast: Bill's career advice. DeLorean snowcat trip. Stellantis layoffs. GM OnStar tracking customers without permission?

Cars The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 35:55


Guidance for those curious about automotive careers. OEM Satellite tracking without permission? Layoffs at Dodge Ram Jeep Chrysler.

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Изотоники, витамины и сердце | КАРДИОЛОГИ ТАТЬЯНА ИВАНОВА-РАЗУМОВА И АСХАТ ТАСБУЛАТОВ

Бегу и баста

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 85:02


В ГОСТЯХ:  Татьяна - главный внештатный детский кардиолог страны ответит на вопрос, когда можно начинать бегать детям, почему нельзя пить энергетики, влияние электролитов на сердце и что делать с лишним весом. Асхат Тасбулатов - директор сестринской службы Центра Сердца UMC - расскажет и покажет как спасти человека и чего делать нельзя ни в коем случае на забегах. О забеге посвященном трансплантологии в Казахстане, который пройдет 11 августа 2024 года в Астане.СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠  https://patreon.com/tentser⁠    Список актуальных на момент выпуска подкаста патронов: Айголек, Aizhan Tugelbayeva, О Наталья, Yerkebulanfirst, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Anna, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Arman, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Мадия Мадленнку, Аида, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Dana Rakhimbekova, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Timur Beket, Толкын Нурушева, Jakonda, Бибигуль Абдыраимова, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Оксана Паршикова, Александр Семенов, Даулет Суинтаев, RunZaebAll, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Atyrau Iron Team, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим МурзалинаСПОНСОР ВЫПУСКА:  Экстремальная Атлетика — организатор самых экстремальных забегов в  стране: ⁠https://athletex.kz/⁠ РЕГИСТРИРУЙТЕСЬ:Кубок Мира по северной ходьбе и кубок Рощи Баума по 6 и 12 часовому бегу 29 июня 2024 - АлматыAstana Trail 13 июля 2024 - первый трейл Астаныaqbura bay trail-4 3 августа 2024 - самый красивый трейл северного КазахстанаKostanay Half Marathon 18 августа 2024 - красиво, уютно и по сертифицированной трассеIrbis Race - 24 августа 2024 - самая экстремальная гонка страны. Не пропусти!Страничка Фонда Центра Сердца: https://www.hcf.kz/Моя страничка: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: ⁠  https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

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На 20 км по 4:26/км "пешком"?! | ГАЛИНА ЯКУШЕВА МАСТЕР ПО СПОРТИВНОЙ ХОДЬБЕ

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 75:11


СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠  https://patreon.com/tentser⁠В ГОСТЯХ:  Галя - мастер спорта по спортивной ходьбе, стремится попасть на Олимпиаду по спортивной ходьбе, поэтому в этом выпуске рассказывает детали подготовки и рассказывает, почему в World Athletics бардак и пытается выяснить со мной, что они там курят. Список актуальных на момент выпуска подкаста патронов: Айголек, Aizhan Tugelbayeva, О Наталья, Yerkebulanfirst, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Anna, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Arman, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Мадия Мадленнку, Аида, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Dana Rakhimbekova, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Timur Beket, Толкын Нурушева, Jakonda, Бибигуль Абдыраимова, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Оксана Паршикова, Александр Семенов, Даулет Суинтаев, Chirnika, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Atyrau Iron Team, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим МурзалинаСПОНСОР ВЫПУСКА:  Экстремальная Атлетика — организатор самых экстремальных забегов в  стране: ⁠https://athletex.kz/⁠РЕГИСТРИРУЙТЕСЬ:Astana Trail 13 июля 2024 - скоро открытие регистрацииaqbura bay trail-4 3 августа 2024 - самый красивый трейл северного КазахстанаKostanay Half Marathon 18 августа 2024 - красиво, уютно и по сертифицированной трассеIrbis Race - 24 августа 2024 - самая экстремальная гонка страны. Не пропусти!Страничка Гали: https://www.instagram.com/hodochka1988 Страничка Жанны: https://www.instagram.com/zhanmamazhanМоя страничка: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

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История медалей | ПРЕЗИДЕНТ ЭКСТРЕМАЛЬНОЙ АТЛЕТИКИ ВАСИЛИЙ КОЧЕТКОВ

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Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 62:57


СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠https://patreon.com/tentser⁠ В ГОСТЯХ:  Президент Общественного Объединения "Экстремальная Атлетика" - Василий Кочетков. Поговорили, почему некоторые медали очень цветастые, а другие как куски ржавого помета. Почему медаль называется медалью и какая медаль была самой первой на забегах. Список актуальных на момент выпуска подкаста патронов: Aizhan Tugelbayeva, О Наталья, Yerkebulanfirst, SMM агентство 4Dclick, Филипп Полутин, telegram канал MyStart, Stanislav 13, Erjan K, Kate P, Anna, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Arman, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Мадия Мадленнку, Аида, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Dana Rakhimbekova, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, MyStart.kz, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Timur Beket, Толкын Нурушева, Jakonda, Бибигуль Абдыраимова, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Оксана Паршикова, Александр Семенов, Даулет Суинтаев, Chirnika, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Atyrau Iron Team, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим МурзалинаСПОНСОР ВЫПУСКА:  Экстремальная Атлетика — организатор самых экстремальных забегов в  стране: ⁠https://athletex.kz/⁠РЕГИСТРИРУЙТЕСЬ:Salomon Speed Race 8 июня 2024 - гонка на 1 милю и 3 км в Астанеaqbura bay trail-4 3 августа 2024 - самый красивый трейл северного КазахстанаKostanay Half Marathon 18 августа 2024 - красиво, уютно и по сертифицированной трассеIrbis Race - 24 августа 2024 - самая экстремальная гонка страны. Не пропусти!Страничка Президента: https://www.instagram.com/president.athletex.kz/Моя страничка в Инстаграме: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblogМой телеграм: t.me/tentserСаунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarВизуал: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast
Podcast #169: Panorama Mountain President & CEO Steve Paccagnan

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 85:21


This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on April 16. It dropped for free subscribers on April 23. To receive future pods as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoSteve Paccagnan, President and CEO of Panorama Mountain, British ColumbiaRecorded onMarch 27, 2024About PanoramaClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Panorama Mountain Village, Inc., a group of local investorsLocated in: Panorama, British Columbia, CanadaYear founded: 1962Pass affiliations:* Ikon Pass: 7 days, no blackouts* Ikon Base Pass: 5 days, holiday blackouts* Mountain Collective: 2 days, no blackouts* Lake Louise Pass: view details hereClosest neighboring ski areas: Fairmont Hot Springs (:45), Kimberley (1:43), Kicking Horse (1:54) – travel times will vary considerably depending upon road conditions and time of yearBase elevation: 3,773 feet/1,150 metersSummit elevation: 8,038 feet/2,450 metersVertical drop: 4,265 feet/1,300 metersSkiable Acres: 2,975Average annual snowfall: 204 inches/520 centimetersTrail count: 135 (30% expert, 20% advanced, 35% intermediate, 15% beginner)Lift count: 10 (1 eight-passenger pulse gondola, 2 high-speed quads, 2 fixed-grip quads, 1 triple, 1 double, 1 platter, 2 carpets – view Lift Blog's inventory of Panorama's lift fleet)Why I interviewed himU.S. America is making a mistake. In skiing, as in so many other arenas, we prioritize status quo protectionism over measured, holistic development that would reorient our built environments around humans, rather than cars, shrinking our overall impact while easing our access to the mountains and permitting more people to enjoy them. Our cluttered and interminable western approach roads, our mountain-town housing shortages, our liftlines backed up to Kansas are all the result of deliberate generational decisions to prioritize cars over transit, open space over dense walkable communities, and blanket wilderness protection over metered development of new public ski areas in regions where the established businesses - and their surrounding infrastructure - are overwhelmed.I write about these things a lot. This pisses some of you off. I'm OK with that. I'm not here to recycle the broken ideas that have made U.S. skiing into the mess that (in some fundamental ways, in certain regions) it is. I'm here to figure out how it can be better. The skiing itself, mind you, tends to be fabulous. It is everything that surrounds the mountains that can spoil the experience: the cost, the hassle, the sprawl. There are better ways to do this, to get people to the mountains and to house them there, both to live and to vacation. We know this because other countries already do a lot of the things that we ought to be doing. And the most culturally similar and geographically cozy one is so close we can touch it.U.S. America and U.S. Americans are ceding North American skiing's future to British Columbia. This is where virtually all of the continent's major resort development has occurred over the past three decades. Why do you suppose so many skiers from Washington State spend so much time at Whistler? Yes, it's the largest resort in North America, with knockout terrain and lots of snow. But Crystal and Stevens Pass and Baker all get plenty of snow and are large enough to give most skiers just about anything they need. What Whistler has that none of them do is an expansive pedestrian base village with an almost infinite number of ski-in, ski-out beds and places to eat, drink, and shop. A dense community in the mountains. That's worth driving four or more hours north for, even if you have to deal with the pain-in-the-ass border slowdowns to get there.This is not an accident, and Whistler is not an outlier. Over the past 30-plus years, the province of British Columbia has deliberately shaped its regulatory environment and developmental policies to encourage and lubricate ski resort evolution and growth. While all-new ski resort developments often stall, one small ski area after another has grown from community bump to major resort over the past several decades. Tiny Mount Mackenzie became titanic Revelstoke, which towers over even mighty Whistler. Backwater Whitetooth blew upward and outward into sprawling, ferocious Kicking Horse. Little Tod Mountain evolved into Sun Peaks, now the second-largest ski area in Canada. While the resort has retained its name over the decades, the transformation of Panorama has been just as thorough and dramatic.Meanwhile, in America, we stagnate. Every proposed terrain expansion or transit alternative or housing development crashes headfirst into a shredder of bureaucratic holdups, lawsuits, and citizen campaigns. There are too many ways to stop things, and too many people whose narrow visions of what the world ought to be blockade the sort of wholesale rethinking of community architecture that would make the mountains more livable and accessible.This has worked for a while. It's still sort of working now. But each year, as the same two companies sell more and more passes to access a relatively stable number of U.S. ski areas, the traffic, liftlines, and cost of visiting these large resorts grows. Locals will find a way, pick their spots. But destination skiers with a menu of big-mountain options will eventually realize that I-70 is not a mandatory obstacle to maneuver on a good ski vacation. They can head north, instead, with the same ski pass they already have, and spend a week at Red or Fernie or Kimberley or Revelstoke or Sun Peaks or Kicking Horse.Or Panorama. Three thousand acres, 4,265 vertical feet, no lines, and no hassle getting there other than summoning the patience to endure long drives down Canadian two-laners. As the U.S. blunders along, Canada kept moving. The story of Panorama shows us how.What we talked aboutA snowmaking blitz; what happened when Panorama joined the Ikon Pass; how Covid savaged the international skier game; Panorama in the ‘80s; Intrawest arrives; a summit lift at last; village-building; reviving Mt. Baldy, B.C.; Mont Ste. Marie and learning French; why Intrawest sold the ski area; modernizing the lift system; busy busy Copper; leaving for Kicking Horse; Resorts of the Canadian Rockies arrives; who owns Panorama; whether the resort will stay independent; potential lift replacements and terrain expansions; could we ever see a lift in Taynton Bowl?; explaining those big sections of the trailmap that are blocked off with purple borders; and whitebark pine conservation.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewIt wouldn't be fair to call Panorama a Powder Highway sleeper. The place seems to be doing fine as a business, with plenty of skier traffic to support continuous expansive infrastructure upgrades. But with lower average annual snowfall totals than Revy and Whitewater and Fernie and Red, Panorama does tend to get fewer shout-outs through the media and social media megaphones. It's Northstar to Palisades Tahoe, Keystone to A-Basin, Park City to the Cottonwoods: the less-snowy, less-intense neighbor that collects families in wholesome Build-A-Bear fashion.But Panorama is wrapping up its second full season on the Ikon Pass, and its second winter since Canada finally unlocked its Covid-era borders. What impact, if any, would those two developments have on Panorama's famously uncrowded slopes? Even if Colorad-Bro would never deign to turn his Subaru north, would Kansas Karl or North Dakota Norman load the kids into the minivan for something farther but less annoying?Not yet, it turns out. Or at least, not in great enough numbers to wreck the place. But there is another angle to the Panorama story that intrigues me. Like Copper Mountain, Mountain Creek, and Whistler, Panorama once belonged to Intrawest. Unlike Winter Park, Steamboat, Stratton, and Snowshoe, they did not remain part of the enterprise long enough to live second lives as part of Alterra Mountain Company. But what if they had? Our big-mountain coalitions have somewhat ossified over these past half-dozen years, so that we think of ski areas as Ikon mountains or Epic mountains or Indy mountains or independent mountains. But these rosters, like the composition of sports teams or, increasingly, leagues, can fluctuate wildly over time. I do wonder how Whistler would look under Alterra and Ikon, or what impact Mountain Creek-as-unlimited-Ikon mountain would have had on the megapass market in New York City? We don't really know. But Panorama, as a onetime Intrawest mountain that rejoined the family through the backdoor with Ikon membership, does give us a sort-of in-between case, a kind of What If? episode of skiing.Which would be a fun thought experiment under any circumstances. But how cool to hear about the whole evolution from a guy who saw it all happen first-hand over the course of four decades? Who saw it from all levels and from all angles, who knew the players and who helped push the boulder uphill himself? That's increasingly rare with big mountains, in this era of executive rotations and promotions, to get access to a top leader in possession of institutional knowledge that he himself helped to draft. It was, I'm happy to say, as good as I'd hoped.What I got wrongI said that Panorama was “one of the closest B.C. ski areas to the United States.” This is not quite right. While the ski area is just 100 or so miles from the international border, more than a dozen ski areas sit closer to the U.S., including majors such as Kimberley, Fernie, Whitewater, and Red Mountain.Why you should ski PanoramaLet's acknowledge, first of all, that Panorama has a few things working against it: it's more than twice as far from Calgary airport – most skiers' likely port of entry – than Banff and its trio of excellent ski areas; it's the least powdery major ski resort on the Powder Highway; and while the skiable acreage and vertical drop are impressive, skiers must ride three lifts and a Snowcat to lap much of the best terrain.But even that extra drive still gets you to the bump in under four hours on good roads – hardly an endurance test. Sure, they get more snow in Utah, but have you ever been in Utah on a powder day? Enjoy that first untracked run, because unless you're a local who knows exactly where to go, it will probably be your only one. And lapping multiple lifts is more of a psychological exercise than a practical one when there are few to no liftlines.And dang the views when you get there:There are plenty of large, under-trafficked ski resorts remaining in the United States. But they tend to be hundreds of miles past the middle of nowhere, with 60-year-old chairlifts and little or no snowmaking, and nowhere to sleep other than the back of your van. In BC, you can find the best of America's Big Empties crossed with the modern lift fleets of the sprawling conglomerate-owned pinball machines. And oh by the way you get a hell of a discount off of already low-seeming (compared to the big-mountain U.S.) prices: an American dollar, as of April 16, was worth $1.38 Canadian.Podcast NotesOn IntrawestPanorama, as a former Intrawest-owned resort, could easily have been part of Alterra Mountain Company right now. Instead, it was one of several ski areas sold off in the years before the legacy company stuffed its remainders into the Anti-Vail:On Mont Ste. MarieMont Ste. Marie is one of approximately 45,000 ski areas in Quebec, and the only one, coincidentally, that I've actually skied. Paccagnan happened to be GM when I skied there, in 2002:On Kicking HorseIt's incredible how many U.S. Americans remain unaware of Kicking Horse, which offers what is probably the most ferocious inbounds ski terrain in North America, 4,314 vertical feet of straight down:Well, almost straight down. The bottom bit is fairly tame. That's because Kicking Horse, like many B.C. ski areas, began as a community bump and exploded skyward with an assist from the province. Here's what the ski area, then known as “Whitetooth,” looked like circa 1994:This sort of transformation happens all the time in British Columbia, and is the result of a deliberate, forward-looking development philosophy that has mostly evaporated in the U.S. American West.On the Powder HighwayPanorama lacks the notoriety of its Powder Highway size-peers, mostly because the terrain is overall a bit milder and the volume of natural snow a bit lower than many of the other ski areas. Here's a basic Powder Highway map:And a statistical breakdown:On the Lake Louise PassI already covered this one in my podcast with Red Mountain CEO Howard Katkov a couple months back:Katkov mentions the “Lake Louise Pass,” which Red participates in, along with Castle Mountain and Panorama. He's referring to the Lake Louise Plus Card, which costs $134 Canadian up front. Skiers then get their first, fourth, and seventh days free, and 20 percent off lift tickets for each additional visit. While these sorts of discount cards have been diminished by Epkon domination, versions of them still provide good value across the continent. The Colorado Gems Card, Smugglers' Notch's Bash Badge, and ORDA's frequent skier cards are all solid options for skiers looking to dodge the megapass circus.On Panorama's masterplan:On Mt. Baldy, B.C.Paccagnan helped revitalize a struggling Mt. Baldy, British Columbia, in the 1990s. Here was the ski area's 1991 footprint:And here's what it looks like today – the ski area joined Indy Pass for the 2023-24 ski season:On Panorama's evolutionPanorama, like many B.C. ski areas, has evolved significantly over the past several decades. Here's what the place looked like in 1990, not long after Paccagnan started and before Intrawest bought the place. A true summit lift was still theoretical, Taynton Bowl remained out of bounds, and the upper-mountain lifts were a mix of double chairs and T-bars:By 1995, just two years after Intrawest had purchased the ski area, the company had installed a summit T-bar and opened huge tracts of advanced terrain off the top of the mountain:The summit T ended up being a temporary solution. By 2005, Intrawest had thoroughly modernized the lift system, with a sequence of high-speed quads out of the base transporting skiers to the fixed-grip Summit Quad. Taynton Bowl became part of the marked and managed terrain:On Whitebark Pine certificationA bit of background on Panorama's certification as a “whitebark pine-friendly ski resort” – from East Kootenay News Online Weekly:The Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation of Canada has certified Panorama Mountain Resort as a Whitebark Pine Friendly Ski Area, the first resort in Canada to receive this designation.The certification recognizes the resort's long and continued efforts to support the recovery of whitebark pine within its ski area boundary, a threatened tree species that plays a critical role in the biodiversity of mountain ecosystems. ,,,Found across the subalpine of interior B.C., Alberta and parts of the U.S, this slow growing, five needle pine is an integral part of an ecosystem that many other species depend on for survival. The tree's cones hold some of the most nutritious seeds in the mountains and sustain Grizzly bears and birds, including the Clark's nutcracker which has a unique symbiotic relationship with the tree. The deep and widespread roots of the whitebark pine contribute to the health of watersheds by stabilizing alpine slopes and regulating snowpack run-off.Over the past decade, whitebark pine numbers have fallen dramatically due in large part to a non-native fungal disease known as white pine blister rust that has been infecting and killing the trees at an alarming rate. Since 2012, the whitebark pine has been listed as endangered under the Government of Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA), and was recently added to the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service's threatened species list.Panorama Mountain Resort has collaborated with the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation of Canada to facilitate restoration projects including cone collection and tree plantings within the resort's ski area.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 31/100 in 2024, and number 531 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

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Куда катится бег в Казахстане?! | ПОДКАСТ JEL AYAQ

Бегу и баста

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 63:43


В ГОСТЯХ:  Ануар, Кемеш и Адиль - авторы подкаста Jel Ayaq. Поделились мыслями о беге в стране, блогерах, истории с букмекерами, где наши профики и сколько стоили кроссовки?СТАНЬ ПАТРОНОМ и услышь своё имя в каждом эпизоде, получай эксклюзивы и выпуски раньше других, участвуй в розыгрыше мерча, получи его мгновенно или стань сразу моим гостем подкаста: ⁠https://patreon.com/tentser⁠  Список актуальных на момент выпуска подкаста патронов: Gulzhan Auez, Kate P, Anna, Kristina_run_fit, Snowcat, Arman, Anel Kamanova, Евгения Онбаева, Anara Abeuova, Мадия Мадленнку, Аида, Meruyert Mukhamed-Rakhimova, Marat Shaimardanov, Diana Smagulova, erb22, Aigerim Barakova, Дмитрий Докучаев, Saduov Radmir, Askar Zhussupov, Аян Бедельхан, Timur Beket, Толкын Нурушева, Jakonda, Бибигуль Абдыраимова, chillkaef, Yuliya Korolkova, Akerke Dukenova, Мадошка, Aigul M, Алина, Оксана Паршикова, Александр Семенов, Даулет Суинтаев, Chirnika, Akhtan Yerezhepov, Atyrau Iron Team, Sergey Fyodorov, shakh -.-, Aidar Turmukhambetov, Айгерим МурзалинаСПОНСОР ВЫПУСКА:  Экстремальная Атлетика — организатор самых экстремальных забегов в  стране: ⁠https://athletex.kz/⁠РЕГИСТРИРУЙТЕСЬ:Tengri Ultra 3-5 мая 2024 - самая главная трейловая гонка страны, настоящий бёрнинг мен в истории бегаaqbura bay trail-4 3 августа 2024 - самый красивый трейл северного КазахстанаKostanay Half Marathon 18 августа 2024 - красиво, уютно и по сертифицированной трассеСтраничка Jel Ayaq: https://www.instagram.com/jel_ayaq/Моя страничка в Инстаграме: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/paveltentserblog Саунд: Turan - "Argymaq"Съемка и монтаж: https://www.instagram.com/alisher_gumarРисунки и обложка: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/izhankinn

Cars The Podcast
Bill's career advice. DeLorean snowcat trip. Reckless and senseless Audi tragedy. RAM and Jeep cutbacks. Ford Triton part scarcity. GM OnStar suit.

Cars The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 35:55


Bill's guidance for those curious about automotive careers. Local families rocked by senseless abuse of traffic laws. Muscle cars banned from meets in Texas. OnStar was caught tracking GM drivers allegedly without permission. Uncertain future leads to layoffs at Stellantis. We love to hear from you! Suggestions, topic ideas and feedback: CarsThePodcast@gmail.com

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast
Podcast #151: Schweitzer Mountain President and CEO Tom Chasse

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2023 66:38


This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on Nov. 6. It dropped for free subscribers on Nov. 13. To receive future pods as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoTom Chasse, President and CEO of Schweitzer Mountain, IdahoRecorded onOctober 23, 2023About SchweitzerClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Alterra Mountain CompanyLocated in: Sandpoint, IdahoYear founded: 1963Pass affiliations:* Ikon Pass: unlimited* Ikon Base Pass, Ikon Base Plus Pass: 5 days with holiday blackoutsClosest neighboring ski areas: 49 Degrees North (1:30), Silver Mountain (1:42), Mt. Spokane (2:00), Lookout Pass (2:06), Turner Mountain (2:17) – travel times vary considerably depending upon weather, time of day, and time of yearBase elevation: 3,960 feet (at Outback Inn)Summit elevation: 6,389 feetVertical drop: 2,429 feetSkiable Acres: 2,900Average annual snowfall: 300 inchesTrail count: 92 (10% Beginner, 40% Intermediate, 35% Advanced, 15% Expert)Lift count: 10 (1 six-pack, 4 high-speed quads, 2 triples, 1 double, 1 T-bar, 1 carpet)View historic Schweitzer trailmaps on skimap.org.Why I interviewed himChasse first appeared on the podcast in January 2021, for what would turn out to be the penultimate episode in the Covid-19 & Skiing miniseries. Our focus was singular: to explore the stress and irritation shoved onto resort employees charged with mask-police duty. As I wrote at the time:One of the biggest risks to the reconstituted-for-Covid ski season was always going to be that large numbers of knuckleheads would treat mask requirements as the first shots fired in Civil War II. Schweitzer, an enormous ski Narnia poking off the tip of the Idaho panhandle, became the most visible instance of this phenomenon when General Manager Tom Chasse chopped three days of twilight skiing after cantankerous Freedom Bros continually threw down with exhausted staff over requests to mask up. While violations of mask mandates haven't ignited widespread resort shutdowns and the vast majority of skiers seem resigned to them, Schweitzer's stand nonetheless distills the precarious nature of lift-served skiing amidst a still-raging pandemic. Skiers, if they grow careless and defiant, can shut down mountains. And so can the ski areas themselves, if they feel they can't safely manage the crowds descending upon them in this winter of there's-nothing-else-to-do. While it's unfortunate that a toxic jumble of misinformation, conspiracy theories, political chest-thumping, and ignorance has so thoroughly infected our population that even something as innocuous as riding a chairlift has become a culture war flashpoint, it has. And it's worth investigating the full story at Schweitzer to gauge how big the problem is and how to manage it in a way that allows us to all keep skiing.We did talk about the mountain for a few minutes at the end, but I'd always meant to get back to Idaho's largest ski area. In 2022, I hosted the leaders of Tamarack, Bogus Basin, Brundage, and Sun Valley on the podcast. Now, I'm finally back at the top of the panhandle, to go deep on the future of Alterra Mountain Company's newest lift-served toy.What we talked aboutThe new Creekside Express lift; a huge new parking lot incoming for the 2024-25 ski season; the evolution of the 2018 masterplan; why and how Schweitzer sold to Alterra; the advantages of joining a conglomerate versus remaining independent; whether Schweitzer could ever evolve into a destination resort; reflecting on the McCaw family legacy as Alterra takes control; thoughts on the demise-and-revival of Black Mountain, New Hampshire; the biggest difference between running a ski resort in New England versus the West; the slow, complete transformation of Schweitzer over the past two decades; the rationale behind the Outback Bowl lift upgrades; why Schweitzer's upper-mountain lifts are mostly fixed-grip machines; whether Alterra will continue with Schweitzer's 2018 masterplan or rethink it; potential for an additional future Outback Bowl lift, as outlined in the masterplan; contemplating future frontside lifts and terrain expansion; thoughts on a future Sunnyside lift replacement; how easy it would be to expand Schweitzer; the state of the ski area's snowmaking system; Schweitzer's creeping snowline; sustained and creative investment in employee housing; Ikon Pass access; locals' reaction to the mountain going unlimited on the full Ikon; whether Schweitzer could convert to the unlimited-with-blackouts tier on Ikon Base; dynamic pricing; whether the Musical Carpet will continue to be free; discount night-skiing; and whether Schweitzer's reciprocal season pass partners will remain after the 2023-24 ski season.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewUntil June, Schweitzer was the third-largest independent ski area in America, and just barely, trailing the 3,000 lift-served acres at Whitefish and Powder Mountain by just 100 acres. It's larger than Alta (2,614 acres), Grand Targhee (2,602), or Jackson Hole (2,500). That made this ever-improving resort lodged at the top of America the largest independent U.S. ski area on the Ikon Pass.Well, that's all finished. Once Alterra dropped Idaho's second-largest ski area into its shopping cart in June, Schweitzer became another name on the Denver-based company's attendance sheet, their fifth-largest resort after Palisades Tahoe (6,000 acres), Mammoth (3,500), Steamboat (3,500), and Winter Park (3,081).But what matters more than how the mountain stacks up on the stat sheet is how Alterra will facilitate Schweitzer's rapidly unfolding 2018 masterplan, which calls for a clutch of new lifts and a terrain expansion rising out of a Delaware-sized parking lot below the current base area. Schweitzer has so far moved quickly on the plan, dropping two brand-new lifts into Outback Bowl to replace an old centerpole double and activating a new high-speed quad called Creekside to replace the Musical Chairs double this past summer. Additional improvements include an upgrade to the Sunnyside lift and yet another lift in Outback. Is Alterra committed to all this?The company's rapid and comprehensive renovations or planned upgrades of Palisades Tahoe, Steamboat, and Deer Valley suggest that they will be. Alterra is not in the business of creating great day-ski areas. They are building destination ski resorts. Schweitzer, always improving but never quite gelling as a national bucket-lister, may have the captain it needs to finally get there.What I got wrongI asked Chasse if there was an “opportunity for a Snowcat operation.” There already is one: Selkirk Powder runs day-long tours in Schweitzer's “west-northwest-facing bowls adjacent to the resort.”Why you should ski SchweitzerAllow me to play the Ida-homer for a moment. All we ever hear about is traffic in Colorado. Traffic in the canyons. Traffic in Tahoe. Traffic at Mount Hood and all around Washington. Sometimes, idling amid stopped traffic in your eight-wheel-drive Chuckwagon Supreme Ultimate Asskicker Pickup Truck can seem as much a part of western skiing as pow and open bowls.But when was the last time you heard someone gripe about ski traffic in Idaho? Probably never. Which is weird, because look at this:Ten ski areas with a thousand-plus acres of terrain; 12 with vertical drops topping 1,000 feet; seven that average 300 inches or more of snow per season. That's pretty, um, Epic (except that Vail has no mountains and no partners in this ripper of a ski state).So what's going on? Over the weekend, I hosted a panel of ski area general managers at the Snowvana festival in Portland, Oregon. Among the participants were Tamarack President Scott Turlington and Silver Mountain GM Jeff Colburn. Both told me some version of, “we never have lift lines.” Look again at those stats. What the hell?Go to Idaho, is my point here, if you need a break from the madness. The state, along with neighboring Montana, may be the last refuge of big vert and big snow without big crowds in our current version of U.S. America.Schweitzer, as it happens, is the largest ski area in the state. It also happens to be one of the most modern, along with Tamarack, which is not yet 20 years old, and Sun Valley, with its fleet of high-speed lifts. Schweitzer sports what was long the state's only six-pack (until Sun Valley upgraded Challenger this year), along with four high-speed quads. Of the remaining lifts, all are less than 20 years old with the exception of Sunnyside, a 1960s relic that is among the last artifacts of Old Schweitzer.Chasse tells us on the podcast that the ski area could add hundreds of acres of terrain simply by moving a boundary rope. So why not do it? Because the mountain, as it stands, absorbs everyone who shows up to ski it pretty well.A lot of the appeal of Idaho lies in the rough-and-tumble, in the dented-can feel of big, remote mountains towering forgotten in the hinterlands, centerpole doubles swinging empty up the incline. But that's changing, slowly, ski area by ski area. Schweitzer is way ahead of most on the upgrade progression, infrastructure built more like a Wasatch resort than that of its neighbors in Idaho and Washington. But the crowds – or relative lack of them – is still pure Idaho.Podcast NotesOn Schweitzer's masterplan Even though Schweitzer sits entirely on private land, the ski area published a masterplan similar to those of its Forest Service peers in 2018, outlining new lifts and terrain all over the mountain:Though that plan has changed somewhat (Creekside, for instance, was not included), Schweitzer has continued to make progress against it. Alterra, it seems, will keep pushing it down the assembly line.On the Alterra acquisitionIn July, I hosted Alterra CEO Jared Smith on the podcast. We discuss the Schweitzer acquisition at the 53:48 mark:On Alterra's megaresort ambitionsWithout explicitly saying so, Alterra has undertaken an aggressive cross-portfolio supercharging of several marquee properties. Last year, the company sewed together the Palisades and Alpine Meadows sides of its giant California resort with a 2.1-mile-long gondola:This year, Steamboat will open the second leg of its 3.1-mile-long, 10-passenger Wild Blue gondola and a several-hundred-acre terrain expansion (and attendant high-speed quad), on Mahogany Ridge:Earlier this year, Alterra announced a massive expansion that will make Deer Valley the fourth-largest ski area in America:Winter Park's 2022 masterplan update included several proposed terrain pods and a gondola linking mountain to town:If my email inbox is any indication, New England Alterra skiers – meaning loyalists at Stratton and Sugarbush – are getting inpatient. When will the Colorado-based company turn its cash cannon east? I don't know, but it will happen.On Mt. WittierChasse learned how to ski at Mt. Wittier, New Hampshire. I included a whole bit on this place in a recent newsletter:As far as ski area relics go, it's hard to find a more captivating artifact than the Mt. Whittier gondola. While the New Hampshire ski area has sat abandoned since the mid-1980s, towers for the four-passenger gondola still rise 1,300-vertical feet up the mountainside. Tower one stands, improbably, across New Hampshire State Highway 16, rising from a McDonald's parking lot. The still-intact haul rope stretches across this paved expanse and terminates at a garage-style door behind the property. Check it out:Jeremy Davis, founder of the New England Lost Ski Areas Project, told me an amazing story when he appeared on The Storm Skiing Podcast in 2019. A childhood glimpse of the abandoned Mt. Whittier ignited his mad pursuit to document the region's lost ski areas. Years later, he returned for a closer look. He visited the shop that now occupies the former gondola base building, and the owner offered to let him peek in the garage. There, dusty but intact, sat many, or perhaps all, of the lift's 35 four-passenger gondola cars. It's still one of my favorite episodes:A bizarre snowtubing outfit called “Mt. Madness” briefly operated around the turn of the century, according to New England Ski History. But other than the gondola, traces of the ski area have mostly disappeared. The forest cover is so thick that the original trail network is just scarcely visible on Google Maps.The entire 797-acre property is now for sale, listed at $3.2 million. The gondola barn, it appears, is excluded, as is the money-making cell tower at the summit. But there might be enough here to hack the ski area back out of the wilderness:Which would, of course, cost you a lot more than $3.2 million. Whittier has a decent location, west of King Pine and south of Conway. But it's on the wrong side of New Hampshire for easy interstate access, and we're on the wrong side of history for realistically building a ski area in New England. On the seasonal disruption of hunting in rural areasChasse points to hunting season as an unexpected operational disruption when he moved from New England to Idaho. If you've never lived in a rural area, it can be hard to appreciate how ingrained hunting is into local cultures. Where I grew up, in a small Michigan town, Nov. 15 – or “Deer Day,” as the first day of the state's two-week rifle-hunting season was colloquially known – was an official school holiday. Morning announcements would warn high-schoolers to watch out for sugar beets – popular deer bait – on M-30. It's a whole thing.On 2006 SchweitzerIt's hard to overstate just how much Schweitzer has evolved since the turn of the century. Until the Stella sixer arrived in 2000, the mountain was mostly a kingdom of pokey old double chairs, save for the Great Escape high-speed quad, which had arrived in 1990:The only lift from that trailmap that remains is Sunnyside, then known as Chair 4. The Stella sixer replaced Chair 5 in 2000; Chair 1 gave way to the Basin Express and Lakeview triple in 2007; Chair 6 (Snow Ghost), came down for the Cedar Park Express quad and Colburn triple in 2019; and Creekside replaced Chair 2 (Musical Chairs), this past summer. In 2005, Schweitzer opened up an additional peak to lift service with the Idyle Our T-bar.While lifts are (usually) a useful proxy for measuring a resort's modernization progress, they barely begin to really quantify the extreme changes at Schweitzer over the past few decades. Note, too, the parking lots that once lined the mountain at the Chair 2 summit – land that's since been repurposed for a village.On Schweitzer's proximity to Powder Highway/BC mountainsMany reference materials stop listing ski areas at the top of America, as though that is the northern border of our ski world. But stop ignoring that big chunk of real estate known as “Canada,” and Schweitzer suddenly sits in a far more interesting neighborhood. The ski area could be considered the southern-most stop on the Powder Highway, just down the road from Red and Whitewater, not far from Kimberley and Fernie, skiable on the same circuit as Revelstoke, Sun Peaks, Silver Star, Big White, Panorama, and Castle. It's a compelling roadtrip:Yes, there area lot more ski areas in there, but these are most of the huge ones. And no, I don't know if all of these roads are open in the winter – the point here is to show the overall density, not program your GPS.On Alterra's varying approach to its owned mountains on the Ikon PassAlterra, unlike Vail, does not treat all of its mountains equally on the top-tier Ikon Pass. Here's how the company's owned mountains sit on the various Ikon tiers:On cheap I-90 lift ticketsI've written about this a bunch of times, but the stretch of I-90 from Spokane to the Idaho-Montana border offers some of the most affordable big-mountain lift tickets in the country. Here's a look at 2022-23 walk-up lift ticket prices for the five mountains stretched across the region:Next season's rates aren't live yet, but I expect them to be similar.On Alterra lift ticket pricesI don't expect Schweitzer's lift tickets to stay proportionate to the rest of the region for long. Here are Alterra's top anticipated 2023-24 walk-up lift ticket rates at its owned resorts:On Bogus Basin's reciprocal lift ticket programI mentioned Bogus Basin's extensive reciprocal lift ticket program. It's pretty badass, as the ski area is a member of both the Freedom Pass and Powder Alliance, and has set up a bunch of independent reciprocals besides:The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 97/100 in 2023, and number 483 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. Want to send feedback? Reply to this email and I will answer (unless you sound insane, or, more likely, I just get busy). You can also email skiing@substack.com. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

American Downhiller
Hans Knauss talks Aspen World Cup DH & Austrians

American Downhiller

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 51:16


In this American Downhiller Podcast we are joined by Kitzbuhel Champion Hans Knauss who was also a World Champion Medalist and is now one of the main Commentators for Austria covering the FIS World Cup.Hans and the boys talk about the original America's Downhill – Aspen's Aztec Course. This is a Course that played a big role in both LEW's and AJ's career as you will hear. They break down the course as well as the favorites to take the win on March 3rd & 4th.Daron Rahlves was unable to join us for the podcast, but as you hear, he checks in from a Snowcat as he was working on clearing snow on the Palisades World Cup hill during the Snowmeggedon that hit Tahoe during the GS & SL!The crew also talks about Hans' experience on the mighty Austrian Team and what it was like to have the stress of a ski nation on your backs as you competed weekly to bring Podiums and Wins back to the alpine Nation of Austria. Hans shares what the stress of being on a team with the likes of Maier, Eberharter, Stroble, Franz and Schifferer was like. He opens up about how sometimes he wishes he could have part of the US team!Other topics they cover;- The development of Speed skiers now versus then- Austrians now missing the power of Team- “If you can drink, then you can train”- Too much focus on the TOP and not the Juniors- Aspen – an Old School DH- AJ's Celebration when he won at Aspen*- And who will win this year at Aspen as the Men's DH returns to AJAX!You can find the Podcast on Apple and Spotify or on the ELITEAM Youtube Channel. Links below.Thanks for listening and watching and get the latest on the Aspen World Cup at Skiracing.com!!!

Station 151
S1E10: Snowcat

Station 151

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 23:19


With Dr. Alfieri on the move and an imminent threat falling from the skies, Wayne and Astrid rush to escape before Wilkins wakes from maintenance and puts a stop to their plans. Unfortunately, any place of safety or refuge on the map will be a dangerous trek across a frozen and unforgiving landscape. Content warning: profanity, loud noises Headphones highly recommended Support the show If you're enjoying the Station 151 science-fiction podcast series, we invite you to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or come and hang out with us and other fans on Discord! If you really like what you hear, you can support us over at Patreon—every dollar helps fund our monthly costs. Please follow the series on your favorite podcast platform, and let us know how you're liking it by leaving us a rating or review. Your support goes a long way toward helping us grow our listener base. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Up Yours...With More! The UP, UP & AWAY Comic Shop Podcast
Ep. 38 - That's Just the Way We Are, We Droop!

Up Yours...With More! The UP, UP & AWAY Comic Shop Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 85:12


Ahoy, nerds! Welcome to episode 38 of Up Yours with More, the official podcast of the worlds greatest comic shop, Up Up and Away Comics in Cincinnati, OH! BC and MODOK are back again to talk comics, pop culture, and give you the occasional hot take on Married at First Sight. So, join us as we tell evildoers everywhere to suck gas! Let's get dangerous! News The Avengers Stand Against a Cascade of World-Ending Cataclysms in New Run by Jed Mackay and C.F. Villa | Marvel The Epic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin—Lost Years Comic Book Saga Expands with Lost Day Special, While Director's Cut Offers Fans a Rare Glimpse Behind the Scenes Jeremy Renner, Chris Evans Joke About Checking on Snowcat's Health Tron 3 Is A Go At Disney, And Will Star Morbius Himself, Jared Leto Find Us Online at the Following Outlets Website :: upupandawaycomics.com Facebook :: facebook.com/upupaway and facebook.com/uuablueash Instagram :: instagram.com/upupawaycomics Twitter :: twitter.com/upupawaycomics

AMK Morgon
AMK Morgon 24 januari

AMK Morgon

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2023 75:18


!SPOILERVARNING!...för The Last Of Us! Gäster: Sebastian Järpehag, Linus Nordström, Viktor Carlsson, Viktor Engberg … Story Hotel är tillbaka med en oslagbar rabatt! Kampanjen är bokningsbar fr.o.m. måndag 19 december 2022, för boende på Story Hotel Riddargatan, Story Hotel Signalfabriken och Story Hotel Studio Malmö under perioden 1 januari - 31 augusti 2023. AMK Morgons lyssnare har 30% rabatt på samtliga rumskategorier. Patreons har 40% rabatt på samtliga rumskategorier För att boka, gå in på hyatt.com och ange koden 165414 under "Corporate or Group Code" (viktigt att inte välja annan typ av rabattkod). … Relevanta länkar: …The Last of Us https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3581920/?ref_=tt_mv_close …Linus träningslista https://open.spotify.com/playlist/66ZygLvVRYss8BT00O42UJ?si=9d4aac9821e14ec2 …Breiviks musik https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/breivik-lyssnade-pa-musik-under-massakern/ …regnplanetklippet alla killar gillar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWK3nkJhneE …Jeremy Rennes maskin https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/xgOKo8/jeremy-renner-olycka-30-brutna-ben https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/AP7wBj/jeremy-renner-bild-olycka-snoplog-pistmaskin https://www.motorbiscuit.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Snowcat.jpg?w=1200 …vågorna https://twitter.com/ohshidt/status/1617582005960724481?s=20&t=GWC4Qobvar79J5fZP7_Vdg …fjärtklippet https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=LSNqg0FgXSQ …Brian Walshe https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnmUaOmhXoW/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D …Wahlströms side business https://www.dn.se/sverige/djur-fran-skansen-akvariet-dok-upp-i-djurbutiker/ https://www.svt.se/nyheter/snabbkollen/wahlstroms-fagelhandel-olamplig Låtarna som spelades var: Memories - Sugi.wa BAYRAKTAR is Life - Taras Borovko feat. It's all coming back to me now - Céline Dion A Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer The Beast from Sicario - Jóhann Jóhannsson One Man At A Time - Rupert Gregson-Williams Leaving Caladan - Hans Zimmer Getting Away With Murder - Papa Roach Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols Alla låtar finns i AMK Morgons spellista här: https://open.spotify.com/user/amk.morgon/playlist/6V9bgWnHJMh9c4iVHncF9j?si=so0WKn7sSpyufjg3olHYmg Stötta oss gärna på Swish, varje litet bidrag uppskattas enormt! 123 646 2006

The Short Box: A Comic Book Podcast
#378 - Spider-Man Noir No More, Jeremy Renner vs The Snowcat, Pregnant Joker, and Other Comic News

The Short Box: A Comic Book Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 79:40


Shaggy Black (Cinema Villains) makes his glorious return to the show and joins Badr and Ed to catch up with the latest comic news and headlines. Watch the extended video version of this episode on YouTubeTOPICS & TIMESTAMPS: Nic Cage is not returning to play Spider-Man Noir - 00:10:35Jeremy Renner now in stable condition after accident - 00:17:39James Gunn vs Twitter, and his plans for the DCU  - 00:26:45Fox News vs Pregnant Joker - 00:37:49Ben's Comic Picks for Next Month - 00:46:24Champion Picks - 00:59:31 SUPPORT THE SHOW: Click here to join our Patreon community and get access to bonus episodes and special rewards for as little as a $1. Take your comic experience to the limit by shopping online at Gotham City Limit!Join us on WhatNot for our next live showUse the discount code "YOO" to save 10%  when you buy merch from our storeProudly sponsored by Collective Con! Proudly sponsored by Collective Con! Support the show Purchase tickets for the return of North FL's premier pop-culture event, Collective Con, here! GET IN TOUCH WITH US!

Geek Freaks Headlines
Renner Update

Geek Freaks Headlines

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 0:59


Jeremy Renner, the actor known for his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was involved in a snowplow accident on January 1, 2023. He was helping an unknown individual who was stranded in the snow when he was trampled under his personal Snowcat vehicle as he tried to clear a shelf of snow in front of his house. Renner sustained severe injuries to his leg and torso as well as significant blood loss and was flown to the hospital for surgery. His condition is currently critical but stable. Many people, including his MCU co-stars and family, have expressed their support for Renner and wished him a speedy recovery. -------------------- *Check Out All Our Podcasts!* Geek Freaks Podcast: https://linktr.ee/GeekFreaks Pushing Buttons: https://linktr.ee/PushingButtonsPodcast TrekFreaks: https://linktr.ee/TrekFreaks Headlines: https://tinyurl.com/2p8bvu6d Geek Freaks Interviews: https://linktr.ee/GeekFreaksInterviews Outlast Podcast: https://linktr.ee/OutlastPodcast Round Three: https://linktr.ee/RoundThree Disney Moms Gone Wrong: https://linktr.ee/disneymomsgonewrong Sloop: https://www.patreon.com/GeekFreakspodcast -------------------- *Hang Out With Us!* Discord: https://discord.gg/6Jrvyb2 Twitter: twitter.com/geekfreakspod Facebook: facebook.com/groups/227307812330853/ Instagram: instagram.com/geekfreakspodcast E-mail: thegeekfreakspodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.tv/geekfreakspodcast Site: thegeekfreakspodcast.com --------------------- *Support Us!* Patreon: https://patreon.com/GeekFreakspodcast Store: redbubble.com/people/GeekFreaks

GI Joburg
Episode 272: Coiling The Commander with Snowcat Ron and Mark VL

GI Joburg

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 100:16


GI Joburg chats with creators of the latest Special Forces Playmotion to premier on the channel- Mark Van Leeuwen and Snowcat Ron! Coiling The Commander playmotion film https://youtu.be/eyH0G6pRYHE Got something to say to GI Joburg? We can be reached at arealsouthafricanhero@gmail.com We have an official Patreon page! Go to https://www.patreon.com/GIJOBURG?fan_landing=true Want some of the most unique GI Joe apparel out there? Check out our official GI JOBURG merch at: https://teespring.com/stores/gi-joburg-the-merch  

Experience Tampa Bay in 10 Minutes or Less
Explore Snowcat Ridge and Experience a Drive-In Movie

Experience Tampa Bay in 10 Minutes or Less

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 10:22


In this episode, we share a few of our favorite drive-ins, get you ready for winter at Snowcat Ridge, and tell you about a place for your next stay-cation. Geno from Q105 kicks us off by telling us about some of the best drive-in movie theaters in the Tampa Bay area. He shares the must-know information for each spot and how to properly watch a movie from the comfort of your own car (1:03). Next, Q105's Roxanne Wilder is joined by Rachel from the "Theme Parks and Rec Podcast" to talk all about Snowcat Ridge Alpine Snow Park. They go into detail on how you can experience a winter wonderland right here in Florida (4:03). Then, Kathy from Q105 gives us the rundown on her recent stay-cation at Safety Harbor Resort & Spa. She tells us about the resort and the many services you can add to enhance your next stay (7:12). Join us as we take you on a journey across all of Tampa Bay. We will show you all that this city has to offer led by the biggest tastemakers in Tampa Bay. We are here to help you Experience Tampa Bay in 10 Minutes or Less! Join us as we take you on a journey across all of Tampa Bay. We will show you all that this city has to offer led by the biggest tastemakers in Tampa Bay. Hosted by Q105’s Roxanne Wilder from the MJ Morning Show and Geno Knight they will be joined each week by a new tastemaker who will fill you in on something you need to check out. From the biggest events and headliners to small community events to the hottest places to eat to the local hidden gems, we will make sure you know what is going on in our area in one easy-to-digest weekly podcast episode. We are more than just beaches and sunshine! A new episode drops every Thursday at 10a. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode! We would also love to know what you think of the show. Please leave us a 5-star rating and a review!

Beyond the News WFLA Interviews
Jon Pianki - Snowcat Ridge Opening

Beyond the News WFLA Interviews

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 6:51


Florida's first and only snow park, Snowcat Ridge, opens for its second season Wednesday, November 10th. We speak with marketing director Jon Pianki about what's new this year and what they learned from their first season.

Paul's Security Weekly TV
Query.AI, Tenchi Security, HelpSystems, CrowdStrike, & Snowcat Scanner for Istio - ESW #247

Paul's Security Weekly TV

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 21:40


This Week in the Enterprise Security News: HelpSystems Acquires PhishLabs, Elastic and Optimyze, The Leading Indicators of a Great Info/Cybersecurity Program, & more!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw247

Enterprise Security Weekly (Video)
Query.AI, Tenchi Security, HelpSystems, CrowdStrike, & Snowcat Scanner for Istio - ESW #247

Enterprise Security Weekly (Video)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 21:40


This Week in the Enterprise Security News: HelpSystems Acquires PhishLabs, Elastic and Optimyze, The Leading Indicators of a Great Info/Cybersecurity Program, & more!   Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/esw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/esw247

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast
Podcast #55: China Peak, California CEO Tim Cohee

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 77:20


The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored by Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.WhoTim Cohee, Managing Partner, CEO, and General Manager of China Peak Mountain Resort, CaliforniaRecorded onSeptember 28, 2021Why I interviewed himBecause China Peak, an independent operation situated on the Southwest side of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, sits at the bullseye of multiple issues shaping the modern lift-served skiing landscape. Climate change is descending in all seasons: seven winter snow droughts in the past 10 years; wildfire scraping the resort’s edges and damaging buildings in 2020. The mega-resorts with their super-cheap megapasses beckon the local Fresno skiers that are China Peak’s core constituency. And not just California’s many Epic and Ikon gems – Palisades Tahoe, Kirkwood, Heavenly, Northstar – but the resorts dotted all around the West – it takes the same amount of time to fly to Salt Lake City from Fresno as it does to drive to China Peak. But, like most mid-sized ski areas around the country, China Peak is stamping out a model to survive and hopefully thrive in this era of consolidation, cheap travel, and climate catastrophe: banding together with other independent mountains on the Indy Pass and Powder Alliance, and investing in a powerful New England-style snowmaking system capable of burying the place and (hopefully) fending off fires. And if you’re going to initiate such massive and dramatic change, it helps to have a charismatic leader with more than 40 years of experience dealing with every possible circumstance a snowy mountain can churn out. Skiing needs the China Peaks to thrive if skiing itself is to survive long-term, and I wanted to see how Cohee planned to do that.What we talked aboutThe Southern California ski scene in the 1970s; the Cohee family ski diaspora and their potential future at China Peak; the 1970s vacuum in ski-area marketing; the surreal reality of Southern California skiing; when the massive city below doesn’t know about the abundant skiing in the mountains above; what it took to get same-day snow conditions video from the mountain to the local news station 40 years ago; working for Bill Killebrew at Heavenly; the smartest guy in the history of skiing; quadrupling skier visits at Bear Mountain né Goldmine; how “skiing’s dream team” emerged from a 1990s version of Bear Mountain to run some of the largest ski areas in the country; moving east and working under Les Otten in the heyday of the American Skiing Company; reviving a declining Kirkwood; leaving the ski area after 17 years to buy China Peak (known at the time as Sierra Summit); what happens when a ski area ignores the customer; How and why China Peak overhauled its snowmaking system and how that’s going to change the resort; and what happens when your snowmaking manager quits over Christmas break.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewFor most of its first two years, The Storm Skiing Podcast focused mostly on the Northeast. In order to capture the true breadth and spirit of the region, it was important to me to maintain a balance between monster, conglomerate-owned ski areas and the-owner-drives-the-Snowcat family-owned hills. So episodes featuring Killington, Sunday River, Sugarbush, Sugarloaf, Loon, and Mount Snow lived alongside interviews with the folks running Plattekill, Berkshire East, Bolton Valley, Titus, Whaleback, Mad River Glen, and Lonesome Pine. The ski world is big and messy, and the podcast had to reflect that.As I expand the pod’s focus from the Northeast to the entire country, I will deliberately follow that same template. My first two western interviews – Taos and Aspen – are ski-world A-listers, checkbox items for the Ikon set, places with deep resonance and meaning for generations of locals and tourists. China Peak is something different. Once knowns as Sierra Summit, it’s a local bump that no one’s flying across the country to ski. But that’s exactly why I’m here: what the hell is this place, this mysterious Indy Pass partner wading in a purgatory south of the Sierra badboys? It’s been there for 63 years and no one outside of Fresno has ever heard of it. But like all ski areas, it means a tremendous amount to a lot of people out there, and it’s an important part of this American ski story that I’m trying to tell.Questions I wish I’d askedFor a typical Storm Skiing Podcast interview, I’ll write 25 to 30 questions and manage to get to around 80 percent of them. This time, I got through six. Cohee’s 40-plus-year journey through the ski industry during its decades of explosive change was so compelling that we didn’t even get to China Peak until we were nearly out of time. So all of my normal questions about chairlifts, trail networks, local markets, snowfall, fire danger, the Indy Pass, the Powder Alliance, and the wild world of Covid will just have to wait until next time – and you will want there to be a next time after you hear this.Why you should ski China PeakChina Peak is an interesting place. It’s more or less at the end of the road, on the way to nowhere, close to nothing at all. Mammoth, 30-ish miles away as the crow flies, is a five-hour drive. Because it’s not big enough to merit destination status in a state overloaded with alpha ski resorts, it’s mostly a day tripper’s hill for Fresno, an hour-and-a-half southwest. But there’s no rule that it has to be. An Indy Pass and Powder Alliance member, China Peak is a walk-up proposition for many skiers on their existing passes. The trail map looks fun, especially after a big snow, but the mountain’s new megahose snowmaking system ought to guarantee more stable conditions even when the snow fails to materialize. This would make a nice stop on any California ski tour.Additional reading/videosLift Blog’s China Peak lift inventoryHistoric China Peak/Sierra Summit trailmapsSome Slopefillers love for CoheeSAM($) profiles China Peak’s new snowmaking system Fires approaching China Peak last September:Cohee on video: Get on the email list at www.stormskiing.com

The Blade Dive
The Blade Dive || Episode 33 || Ty Weed

The Blade Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 94:48


The Blade Dive Episode 33 - We are joined by the humble, genuine  and all round' badass Snowcat operator…Ty Weed! Hailing from Canada, Weed was eventually placed around creditable and highly influential operators such as Charles Beckinsale, Lucas Ouellette and Steve Petrie. Ty Weed has contributed to Whistler Blackcomb, Canada's Terrain Park for almost two decades and in doing ,so landed an awesome opportunity with Arena Snowparks. Ty Weed has built features for brands and companies such as Monster Energy, Redbull, Matchstick Productions and FIS. Growing up in Pitt Meadows, Canada, Ty Weed took an interest in board sports early on.  So much though, that being outside was where Weed was  happiest. With a nudge from school leadership, Weed was able to pursue volunteer work at the near by mountain, Mount Seymour, Canada.Ty Weed, would later adventure towards Whistler. To pay the bills initially, Weed was a door man, checking ID's at the local watering hole. Eventually Weed would land an interview for Park Crew, and the rest is history. Enter Lucas Ouellette,  and a friendship that is treasured and a job with Arena Snowparks. Weed still operates Snowcats, but in recent years has created his own Home Inspection business. Ty Weed is well respected by many and to this day, continues to be sought after for industry insight and advice on building techniques. Episode 31 is a really interesting listen into the life and career of someone who is so passionate about the Snowboard community but absolutely treasures his family time at home. We discuss “The Stoke” and what it means to each of us, being a parent and operating on swing shift and the sincere value of surrounding yourself with good people. The conversation was so much fun.  Enjoy...  and if you're in the machine, go ahead and TURN THE VOLUME UP!Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/thebladedive/https://www.facebook.com/thebladedive Jobs at Crystal Mountain:http://crystalmountainresort.com

The Blade Dive
The Blade Dive || Episode 31 || Kyle Markman

The Blade Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 105:34


The Blade Dive, Episode 31 - We are Joined by the Colorado native  that comes from California roots, Kyle Markman.  Growing up Surfing, Skateboarding and snowboarding on the West Coast, on Seal Beach, California… the Markman family would eventually move to Durango, Colorado. Having read Snowboarder Magazine, Kyle Markman took an interest in Snowboarding via the power of print. Markman would later land jobs in a Snowcat at Purgatory Ski Area, CO… Keystone, CO… Eldora Mountain, CO. Kyle Markman is no stranger to pushing the limits of his own Snowboarding, but he's also constantly focusing on pushing the limits of what he can do in a Snowcat. Markman gravitated to transition builds and Zaugg operations, in an attempt to separate himself from other operators, Markman claims to have been building Zaugg features when Zaugg operations wasn't cool. Pushing the limits doesn't come without risk. Markman has 26 broken bones and has not only learned how to pick himself up off the ground but knows first hand how much of a commitment it is to be a master builder and put the trade skill above all else.  Markman has been a part of Superpark, Women's Superpark and The Launch, all of which were created by Snowboarder Magazine. Kyle was a part of the legendary A51 park at Keystone and is the previous Manager of the Terrain Park at Eldora.Episode 31 is an interesting listen. The conversation with Markman is assumed to be filled with ego, based on the Resume bullet points listed above. But the reality is that it's really not. We talk about real life shit, from mental health to depression and anxiety. We cover what it's like to be a dad and be a Snowcat operator, that physical health is so important, whether progression is linked to a wide marketing net, is the local valued, how the playlist evolves during the build and as always…the prediction of the future. Enjoy...  and if you're in the machine, go ahead and TURN THE VOLUME UP!Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/thebladedive/https://www.facebook.com/thebladediveJobs at Loon http://www.loonmtn.com

The Blade Dive
The Blade Dive || Episode 28 || Tyler Benton

The Blade Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 155:29


The Blade Dive - Episode 28 we are joined by badass Photographer and Snowboarder turned Snowcat operator, Tyler Benton.  The third year operator is a  Connecticut native who was hooked on Snowboarding at a young age... and High Cascade Snowboard Camp would become the catalyst that would ignite an interest in pursuing Terrain Park operations as a career. Growing up on the East Coast and working four different jobs to support college tuition at the university of Connecticut, Tyler Benton earned a degree in Mathematics and Economics.  The dude is smart, and wise... and is very strategic with his pursuit and path, how he wants to invest his time and grow his career, doing what he loves, enter High Cascade Snowboard Camp Photographer job. Benton would stay out west and relocate to the PNW; Bend, Oregon.Landing a job on the Terrain Park Day crew, Benton would eventually be given an opportunity to operate a Snowcat the following season and would find out that it's not as easy as it looks. Benton, being a perfectionist, was grateful to have experienced operators around him but still stumbled through the unknown of how to build and groom on the graveyard shift. Episode 28 is as fresh perspective on how we can nurture the next generation of operators, instead of singing the “well, back in my day” song. Benton discusses the importance of investing in employees in every sense of the phrase... encouraging and believing in them. We cover the difficulties of training on graveyard and that new technologies shouldn't be hated on. Lots of deep 'Blade Dives' in this one. Enjoy...  and if you're in the machine, go ahead and TURN THE VOLUME UP!Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/thebladedive/https://www.facebook.com/thebladedive

The Blade Dive
The Blade Dive || Episode 27 || Lucas Ouellette

The Blade Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 132:25


The Blade Dive, Episode 27 - We are joined by Canadian snowboard badass and Snowcat operator extraordinaire AKA “The Little Dipper”…Lucas Ouellette.  Lucas has spent time around the best operators in the industry as well as the best riders and skiers. Traveling the world to build Terrain Parks is a massive personal commitment and is consuming, but Ouellette is a family man who cherishes and prioritizes time with his family. The Ontario native is 100% all about sharing the STOKE! Landing a Terrain Park Manager job at the age of 16 with Lakeridge Ski Resort, Ontario Canada was a pretty good sign and step in the right direction, to where Ouellette wanted to take his career. Eventually moving to Vancouver, Canada, Whistler Blackcomb would become the canvas. Ouellette would later gain the trust of Steve Petrie and join Arena Snowparks. Ouellette has contributed to the company by fabricating features, from rails to boxes and everything in between, building contest venues, photoshoot features etc. Ouellette wants to keep parks evolving and growing as well as the ridership….period. Episode 27 is a real deep dive into Lucas Ouellette's vision of Terrain Parks. We discuss the value in creating parks that are accessible for everyone, what life would look like without Snowboarding, wearing multiple hats of responsibility within a company, how important it is to learn from your mistakes. Enjoy...  and if you're in the machine, go ahead and TURN THE VOLUME UP!Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/thebladedive/https://www.facebook.com/thebladedive

The Blade Dive
The Blade Dive || Episode 26 || Nicholas Symon

The Blade Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 129:50


The Blade Dive - Episode 26, we are joined by Michigan native, Nicholas Symon,  AKA Sic Nik! Symon is another Snow Industry lifer, who has been an anchor operator for the Breckinridge Terrain Park Crew. Specifically, Symon specializes in Halfpipe construction and claims to have learned from one of the best, if not the best….Brad Hoerter. Originally from Lansing, Michigan, Nicholas Symon found an escape from the cloudy winters and bitter cold of the mid west via a train ticket that took him to Alta Ski Area, Utah. Suddenly immersed in a new environment, centered around skiing and living life to the fullest, friends and future operator Mark Daigler would help keep that mission for living alive and would land Symon in Breckinridge, Colorado  behind the sticks of a Snowcat. Nicholas Symon has been a part of the Halfpipe construction at Breckinridge resort for what would have been 2 decades if the pipe were to still be in existance, but alas, it doesn't.  For an operator who has seen and experienced first hand, so much in his career, at an array of resorts…Dew Tour, Cutters Camp, US Open, home is where the heart is and Symon is so passionate about the Halfpipe at Breck. He is also passionate about the sharing of skill and knowledge and the value in teaching operators and we unpack what the future looks like... Episode 26 is a deep dive into the world of Halfpipe construction and operator culture. We discuss the difficulties of their construction and that one skilled operator at a mountain/resort  isn't enough to sustain a Halfpipe or an individual, long term. How can we develop training? Are wage increases a game changer? Enjoy...  and if you're in the machine, go ahead and TURN THE VOLUME UP!Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/thebladedive/https://www.facebook.com/thebladedive

Hashmap on Tap
#82 The SnowCAT Show with Venkat Sekar

Hashmap on Tap

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 37:53


Venkatesh Sekar, Senior Architect at Hashmap, joins Hashmap on Tap host Kelly Kohlleffel to enjoy some green tea and discuss his most recent addition to Hashmap's suite of open-source Snowflake utilities, SnowCAT - a simple opinionated approach to data-cataloging and data discovery, processed and served end-to-end in Snowflake. Listen in on the conversation to hear why Venkat created SnowCAT and how it is being used today by Snowflake customers. Show Notes: Check out SnowCAT: https://www.hashmapinc.com/snowcat Read Venkat's blog post on cataloging metadata in Snowflake: https://medium.com/hashmapinc/cataloging-metadata-in-snowflake-163d82b32172 Snowflake Access History: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/access-history.html Amundsen: https://www.amundsen.io/ On tap for today's episode: Green Tea with honey & Chai Tea Contact Us: https://www.hashmapinc.com/reach-out

La Pause Clope
#LPC63 - You've Been Unboxing Gilles Snowcat - Gilles Snowcat (ALBUM PATREON)

La Pause Clope

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 149:41


L'équipe de La Pause Clope est de retour pour une troisième saison, avec un album suggéré par Gilles Snowcat via notre Patreon. L'album en question? "You've Been Unboxing Gilles Snowcat", sorti le 11 septembre 2020! Pour retrouver la musique de Gilles Snowcat: http://www.gilles-snowcat.com Nos réseaux sociaux: Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/lapauseclopepod/  Twitter -- https://twitter.com/La_Pause_Clope Notre site: lapauseclope.fr Notre Patreon pour soutenir le podcast: https://www.patreon.com/lapauseclope Merci de nous écouter, et n'hésitez pas à vous abonner à nos flux!Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

In The Dirt
So You Want To Be a Snowcat Operator? w/ Ben Tregillus

In The Dirt

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 38:08


If you have skied or snowboarded at a ski resort, chances are you have enjoyed the fresh corduroy laid down the night before by a snowcat operator.  Mack and Ben talk snowcats and ski slopes on this episode, detailing everything from what it takes to become a snowcat operator, the various types of snowcats, to a day in the life of a snowcat operator.If you have questions for Ben, find him on Facebook under Ben Tregillus. Or reach out to myself and I will get you in touch with Ben.

The Blade Dive
The Blade Dive || Episode 18 || John Swartz

The Blade Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 138:12


"The  Mechanic" The Blade Dive Episode 18 - We are joined by John Swartz.  A Cape Cod, Massachusetts native that moved to South Lake Tahoe with his family at a young age.  Skiing was a passion, but his interest in cars, motorbikes and heavy equipment quickly took over. Swartz has spent decades in the Snow Industry.  Successfully establishing Bombardier's shop in Reno, Nevada, Swartz would eventually be influential in developing equipment for Prinoth and the evolution of the Terrain Park Snowcat, while working with brands like Snow Park Technologies. Skiing for $1 was a time to be alive, but John Swartz earned that cheap priced ticket by contributing to work needed around home, specifically shoveling snow.  In time, Swartz would take a job at a Chevy dealership, working whenever, for whatever they would pay, in order to advance his mechanical knowledge.  Still interested in Snow Sports, Swartz began to realize that flat rate work didn't pay and fortunately was offered a job at  Heavenly's shop, working on their machines, specifically Snowcats.....the rest is history.Swartz would go on to write 'the book' on how to 'demo' a Snowcat, and work with people  such as Mike Binnell, Eric Rosenwald,  Chris Gunnarson, Jeremy Cooper, instrumental in developing and pushing Terrain Park Snowcat design to where it is today.  Swartz would spend time with other operators in an effort to realize best practices, shop management, pre and post check out and assess the process, if any, as to how material was moved.  Thus, leading to his definition of the heavy handed and the light handed operator. Swartz's mechanical background has him really advocating for communication between the operator and the machine as well as the operator and the mechanic.  Swartz is a big believer in reading the operators manual in an effort to familiarize yourself with terminology to ensure that next layer of operational expertise and finesse.  Episode 18 is an in depth mechanical conversation that hasn't happened on The Blade Dive until now, with John Swartz.  The 'Special Guest' and 'Push Road 'questions, are true measures of just how interested people are in John Swartz's mechanical perspective. Swartz is one of the nicest people you'll meet in the Snow Industry and he knows his shit. We discuss what it's like to have successes and failures while providing a service as a vendor. We highlight that the ability to walk away from attempting to diagnose a problem is key and realizing that a fresh perspective may lead to no call backs.Enjoy...  and if you're in the machine, go ahead and TURN THE VOLUME UP!Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/thebladedive/https://www.facebook.com/thebladedive

The Blade Dive
The Blade Dive || Episode 17 || Harmonee Johnson

The Blade Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 123:26


“Harmony” The Blade Dive Episode 17- We are joined by Mammoth Unbound operator, Harmonee Johnson.  Passionate about Snow sports at a young age, Whitefish in Montana was the catalyst for further interest. Eventually, switching to Snowboarding, Harmonee was destined for great things and would land jobs within park programs at Bear Mountain and Mammoth Mountain. Growing up in Montana, Harmonee Johnson took an interest in sports outside of school and immediately latched onto her grandmothers passion for skiing.  Taking advantage of life lessons and how to control a ski edge, Johnson saw value in investing her time on snow with family. Eventually adding Snowboarding to her skill set, Johnson was influenced by incredible Snowboarding content coming from Bear Mountain.  Johnson's mother, who learned to ski at Bear Mountain, knew it was meant to be. Road trip! Johnson moved to Big Bear to pursue a job opportunity on the Terrain Park's day crew.As a dedicated employee, Johnson quickly found herself in front of multiple opportunities, one of which was a Snowcat. Surrounding herself with people like Tex McCullar, Dan Neilsen, TJ Dawoud…Johnson realized that a sustainable career may be possible behind the sticks. Episode 17 is a heavy realization that there are very few woman operating Snowcats. We discuss Johnson's move from Montana to Big Bear and her eventual transition to Mammoth. We deep dive into treating people with respect and how operators can be setup for success. Johnson is no stranger to a challenge and stands tall in an effort to advocate for woman in the male dominated industry, that is equipment operations. Enjoy...  and if you're in the machine, go ahead and TURN THE VOLUME UP!Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/thebladedive/https://www.facebook.com/thebladedive

The Blade Dive
The Blade Dive || Episode 9 || Charles Beckinsale

The Blade Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 139:28


"The Gentleman" - The Blade Dive, Episode 9. Charles Beckinsale, an incredibly humble individual, yet one of the most influential leaders and talented masterminds of the industry who, worth noting, is truly in it for the right reasons! Beckinsale joins us to discuss what it's like growing up in Australia, his career as a professional Snowboarder as well as how those skills transitioned over to the successes he has seen in Snow Industry management and operations today.A world renowned Terrain Park builder and business owner, Charles Beckinsale came from humble beginnings - Growing up on the coast of Australia. As a young grom, along with his Mum and sister, Beckinsale moved to a small country town (now the ‘place to be' for the Snow industry in Australia) - Jindabyne, New South Wales. Quickly familiarizing himself with his new ‘Snowy Mountains' playground and obtaining his setup through swap meets and discount sales, Beckinsale was equipped ...and he hit the slopes as any first timer would, absolutely frothing. Beckinsale continued to pursue his interest in Snowboarding, investing time around those that were associated with the Terrain Park program at Thredbo Resort.With his scope of interest expanding, Charles Beckinsale was keen to get behind the sticks and delve into Snowcat operations, whilst still riding pro. Beckinsale earned an opportunity to grow his skill set, venturing across the pond to operate at Squaw Valley, California, USA, ironically before even getting the opportunity in Australia and from there, the rest is history. Beckinsale was and continues to be instrumental in putting Australian Snowboarding and Terrain Parks on the map, managing and evolving programs such as Thredbo Resort and Perisher, Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia.Highs don't come without lows and Charles Beckinsale discusses the dramatic side of the industry - the operator social circles and the need to surround yourself with like minded positive people. Beckinsale opens up about the risks of starting “The Stomping Grounds”, the time and tolls it took and quite frankly... how much he has sacrificed to be where he is, today.In true ‘Charles Beckinsale' form, Beckinsale would be the first person to tell you that none of his successes came without the help from others and credits people like Torstein Horgmo, Jason “NINJA” Isaacs, Brandon Dodds and others, as some of his biggest supporters. A husband and father, Beckinsale views time by his family's side as precious and it's rare that his family does not join him as he travels the globe. This episode is full of laughs, yet the blade does dive deep into being true to oneself and not sacrificing authenticity, operator pay, time management and various other, often shied away from, topics. Enjoy...  and if you're in the machine, go ahead and TURN THE VOLUME UP!Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/thebladedive/https://www.facebook.com/thebladedive

The Blade Dive
The Blade Dive || Episode 7 || JP Martin

The Blade Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 100:45


"The Aspenaut" ....The Blade Dive Podcast, Episode 7. We are joined by JP Martin, a passionate industry enthusiast with Mountain roots most would only dream of.  JP Martin, hailing from Aspen, CO, USA, humbly claims to be a jack of all trades, master of none. Growing up in this iconic Mountain town, rich with Snow Industry history, Martin identified with being original, by "carving" out his own trail through life.  With Buttermilk Resort, Aspen, CO as his playground, the mountain quickly became a home away from home and influenced the creativity that JP Martin deploys to this day.  Aspen High School, at that time, was was an open campus and if Martin didn't have a class scheduled, he followed Bob Klein, an early Burton Pro rider, and Chris Carroll, an advocate who worked tirelessly to allow Snowboarding in the slopes, at resorts.  JP Martin went on to become a Pro Snowboarder, but credits his upbringing  with the outdoors as to how he came to see equipment operations as a treat. Furthering his skill set, he pursued opportunities at enviable, big name resorts, such as JHMR, Jackson Hole, Wyoming / Sugar Bowl Resort, Norden, CA / Squaw Valley Resort, Olympic Valley, CA and Baldface Lodge, Nelson, BC, CA. Martin even became one of a select few that have completed ‘Railroad Training' at Donner Summit, Lake Tahoe, CA... allowing him to apply Snowcat operations, in areas one would never even think to.JP Martin isn't the first person to discuss failures on The Blade Dive, but he really digs into the depth of his... speaking to his life burn-out and quite literally, the implosion of his Terrain Park operations career, in an effort to help the next generation understand that if your "Imagineering Goggles" aren't focused correctly, the industry will chew you up and spit you out.Enjoy...  and if you're in the machine, go ahead and TURN THE VOLUME UP!Follow us on:https://www.instagram.com/thebladedive/https://www.facebook.com/thebladedive

The Blade Dive
The Blade Dive || Episode 6 || Frank Wells

The Blade Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 100:48


The King....The Blade Dive Podcast, Episode 6. We are joined by the OG of Halfpipes; both competition circuit and construction, Mr. Frank WellsThe North Carolina native grew up chasing the surf, up and down the East coast states, making his way as far north as Rhode Island. After finding Snowboarding and becoming absolutely stoked on achieving tricks that evaded him on his skateboard, Frank Wells chose Breckenridge, Colorado, USA over Community College, and was bound for the West.  Quickly finding his crew, Frank Wells went full throttle into competitive Snowboarding, seeing it not only as a great way to advance his skillset, but also to network the scene and the industry as a whole. Reaching his ceiling on the competition circuit, Wells took an interest in operating a Snowcat and found himself co-pilot to some of the best operators in the world. His expansive scope, exceptional skills and industry rep found him sharing his expertise; consulting with companies such as Vans & Snow Park Technologies, labelled globally through years of commitment as “THE Halfpipe builder” Frank Wells  is a legend, a symbolism of success when considering influence and impact on the industry. A family man and has more time these days to work on his swing and pursue his passion for Golf. In this episode we discuss Wells' adventures with Snow Park, Cardrona, New Zealand, all that goes into teaching, training and maintaining Halfpipe operators, the current trend of Halfpipes and the future of Halfpipes!Enjoy...  and if you're in the machine, go ahead and TURN THE VOLUME UP!Follow us on Facebook & Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/thebladedive/https://www.facebook.com/thebladedive

The Blade Dive
The Blade Dive || Episode 4 || Reuben Cameron

The Blade Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 112:41


He comes from the land down under... The Blade Dive Podcast, Episode 4, we are joined by Reuben “Reubs” Cameron, an iconic Aussie operator that is passionate to the core and does not let anything stand in his way of building and managing large scale Terrain Parks and projects, within the industry.Growing up in Brisbane, Australia....Reuben Cameron was hooked on Action Sports at a very young age. While  investing his time BMX  & Surfing, Cameron had his first on snow experience and was immediately obsessed! Learning that his brother purchased a Snowboard, Cameron took the leap and dove into Snowboarding, capitalizing on resorts only a few hours down the road at Falls Creek and Mt. Hotham, New South Wales, Australia. Spending his first season employed as a Lift Operator at Mt. Hotham, Cameron  realized that Falls Creek had the Terrain Parks he wanted to ride and utilized the Helicopter link to access them, until he landed a job on the Park Crew. Once onboard Falls Creek's Terrain Park program, Reuben Cameron built relationships with highly credited and influential operators such as Jeremy Cooper, Mike Gerstner & Sam Poffley and saw a future in the industry, operating equipment. With inspiration from Poffley, Cameron approached the Mountain Manager and was told to pretty much, walk the talk! Cameron began riding along with operators at Falls Creek and logged a few solo hours behind the sticks. Cameron also realized that many operators had misconceptions regarding the landscape and weather that the Southern Hemisphere had and continues to offer. This presented priceless learning experiences for those committed to investing time operating in Australia. Cameron's first full season operating a Snowcat was spent in Vail, Colorado, and this experience quickly showed him that in order to gain good experience it required him to start with the basis of a solid foundation. It was his time at Vail that humbled Cameron's ego and set things in motion for a profound return to Falls Creek, re-joining Poffley, only to dive deeper into his skills as an operator and expanded his knowledge. Cameron has since held Terrain Operating positions at resorts such as June Mountain, CA , Perisher, AUS, Thredbo, AUS and has been a part of build projects like Women's Superpark, The One Hit Wonder Downunder, Grenade Games, Matchstick Productions photo/video shoots. Cameron  has been fortunate enough to have travelled the world building Terrain Parks, including countries like Norway & China. Because of his appreciation for properly building a solid understanding of Snowcat operations, Cameron is a firm believer in sharing the knowledge and takes great pride in helping others. Currently residing in the coastal surfing mecca that is home to the legendary Bells Beach, Torquay, Victoria, AUS and enjoying the beautiful Australian Summers, Cameron values his time with his 2 children but is always looking forward to Winter and being back on snow.Enjoy...  and if you're in the machine, go ahead and TURN THE VOLUME UP! Follow us on: https://www.instagram.com/thebladedive/https://www.facebook.com/thebladedive

The Blade Dive
The Blade Dive || Episode 1 || Brandon Dodds

The Blade Dive

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 98:11


Kicking it off with a bang, The Blade Dive Podcast, Episode 1,  we are joined by legendary operator & Terrain Park builder Brandon Dodds.A Minnesota native, Brandon Dodds developed a passion for Snowboarding early on.   Realizing his interest in the construction of world class Terrain Parks far outweighed his pro snowboarding possibilities, Dodds quickly decided to pursue a career in operations, choosing the sticks instead of the board & bindings. No matter the method, Dodds holds true to his roots and love for the sport to this day.  Choosing Lake Tahoe, CA instead of Summit County, CO, Brandon Dodds was quickly graced with opportunity after opportunity and soon realized that failure was instrumental in moving towards his definition of success, though it didn't come without significant sacrifice - loss, gains and whole lot of life lessons. His biggest cheerleaders are his family and he is beyond proud to be a father, husband and an advocate for not only professional female riders and athletes but recognizing the skill of female operators and  leaders within a typically male dominated  industry. Brandon Dodds has traveled the world operating a Snowcat and values the time that he's spent operating in other states and countries and the true friendships gained. He has contributed to world-class resort programs in California - Heavenly, Boreal, Squaw Valley. Idaho - Tamarack and Australia - Perisher. His list of projects dates back to builds such as but by no means limited to the Forum 8, Red Bull Double Pipe and X-Games . Dodds continues to  impact the industry by currently being an integral part of the innovative elite training  program and facility that is The Stomping Grounds in Saas Fee, Switzerland.Brandon Dodds calls it as he sees it and that is truly a rare quality these days.  Dodds dives deep in both a captivating and hilarious account of a lifelong passion and career, as we  discuss his journey, advice he has both given and received, balancing act of work-life and parenthood, egos, travel, how to's, the value of team, the future of equipment and the overall industry and so much more. Noteworthy, this is actually our first time ever speaking with Dodds - the rumors were real... Brandon Dodds is an incredible human being. Enjoy...  and if you're in the machine, go ahead and TURN THE VOLUME UP! Follow us on: https://www.instagram.com/thebladedive/https://www.facebook.com/thebladedive

The Snowboard Project
Go Snowboarding! Building your own Resort • Episode 3

The Snowboard Project

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 76:16


What does Go Snowboarding! mean?     In our third episode Mike Arzt and Mark Sullivan talk to a man called 'Jeff' who build his own resort - featuring 40 runs and almost 2000' vertical feet.    According to Jeff, "If it were about making money, it would be so much less interesting."   Indeed.      Stay tuned for more projects - including a DIY snowcat on GoSnowboarding!   Check out our other episodes at www.plnk.to/thesnowboardproject   This episode is sponsored by companies that love snowboarding:   Cardiff Snowcraft  @cardiffsnow www.cardiffsnow.com Coupon Code: “THESNOWBOARDPROJECT15” {15% off at their website)    Tow Pro Lifts @towprolifts www.towpro-lifts.com   United Shapes @unitedshapes www.unitedshapes.us   Check them out!   Subscribe to us on YouTube for video content {including Real Talk} www.youtube.com/c/thesnowboardproject   Please support The Snowboard Project: www.patreon.com/thesnowboardproject   Go Snowboarding! is produced by: Mark Sullivan Edited by: Dustin H. James    

Danger: North!
Danger: North! Escape from Earth, Episode 5 - "How Many Lives does a Snowcat Have?"

Danger: North! "Escape from Earth"

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 19:19


Episode Five: “How Many Lives does a Snowcat Have?” in which Nell, Dean and Dean's dad escape the FBI via alien tech that dumps them not far from a resort where Nell's ex works. While warming up, Dean's dad reveals he has a secret escape ship hidden in the woods but a snowstorm will make it nearly impossible to reach until Nell's ex agrees to drive them to the ship in a snowcat. Then...BETRAYAL!! AN ARMY DESCENDS!! And Dean gets shot AGAIN!!!Danger: North! Escape from Earth!Written & Produced by Jeffrey AdamsOriginal ArtworkBy Thomas N. Perkins IVEpisode One“Descent into Danger”Trealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisTom Bement…...………...Leon GattisCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergJustin Kapla……………...Thug OneJeffrey Adams…………....Thug Two~Episode Two“The Undermill”Trealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergJustin Kapla……………...The OfficerJeffrey Adams…………....John ThrombergTom Bement…...………...Leon Gattis~Episode Three“Sasquatches on Snowmobiles”Trealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergJeffrey Adams……….Sasquatch voices~Episode Four“The Blind”Trealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergJeffrey Adams…………...John ThrombergCaleb Silvers……………...Agent AaronsonBeth Nelson……………….Lewinston~Episode Five“How Many Lives does a Snowcat Have?”Caleb Silvers……………...Agent AaronsonTrealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergJeffrey Adams…………...John ThrombergJustin Kapla……………...SidTom Bement…...………...Leon GattisEpisode Six“Nell in a Bottle”Trealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisAela Mackintosh………..The InterviewerCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergEpisode Seven“Out of the Frying Pan”Trealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergTom Bement…...………...Leon GattisBeth Nelson……………….The NurseEditing, Sound Design & FoleyBy Jeffrey AdamsThis original radio serial is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.Copyright © 2020 Icebox Radio Theater

Tales from the Rack
Danger: North! Escape from Earth, Episode 5 - "How Many Lives does a Snowcat Have?"

Tales from the Rack

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 19:19


Episode Five: “How Many Lives does a Snowcat Have?” in which Nell, Dean and Dean’s dad escape the FBI via alien tech that dumps them not far from a resort where Nell’s ex works. While warming up, Dean’s dad reveals he has a secret escape ship hidden in the woods but a snowstorm will make it nearly impossible to reach until Nell’s ex agrees to drive them to the ship in a snowcat. Then...BETRAYAL!! AN ARMY DESCENDS!! And Dean gets shot AGAIN!!!Danger: North! Escape from Earth!Written & Produced by Jeffrey AdamsOriginal ArtworkBy Thomas N. Perkins IVEpisode One“Descent into Danger”Trealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisTom Bement…...………...Leon GattisCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergJustin Kapla……………...Thug OneJeffrey Adams…………....Thug Two~Episode Two“The Undermill”Trealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergJustin Kapla……………...The OfficerJeffrey Adams…………....John ThrombergTom Bement…...………...Leon Gattis~Episode Three“Sasquatches on Snowmobiles”Trealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergJeffrey Adams……….Sasquatch voices~Episode Four“The Blind”Trealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergJeffrey Adams…………...John ThrombergCaleb Silvers……………...Agent AaronsonBeth Nelson……………….Lewinston~Episode Five“How Many Lives does a Snowcat Have?”Caleb Silvers……………...Agent AaronsonTrealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergJeffrey Adams…………...John ThrombergJustin Kapla……………...SidTom Bement…...………...Leon GattisEpisode Six“Nell in a Bottle”Trealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisAela Mackintosh………..The InterviewerCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergEpisode Seven“Out of the Frying Pan”Trealwney Erwin………...Nell GattisCody Boyer………………Dean ThrombergTom Bement…...………...Leon GattisBeth Nelson……………….The NurseEditing, Sound Design & FoleyBy Jeffrey AdamsThis original radio serial is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.Copyright © 2020 Icebox Radio Theater

Everything Icebox
Danger: North! Escape from Earth, Episode 5 - "How Many Lives does a Snowcat Have?"

Everything Icebox

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 19:19


Episode Five: “How Many Lives does a Snowcat Have?” in which Nell, Dean and Dean’s dad escape the FBI via alien tech that dumps them not far from a resort where Nell’s ex works. While warming up, Dean’s dad reveals he has a secret escape ship hidden in the woods but a snowstorm will make it nearly impossible to reach until Nell’s ex agrees to drive them to the ship in a snowcat. Then...BETRAYAL!! AN ARMY DESCENDS!! And Dean gets shot AGAIN!!! Danger: North! Escape from Earth! Written & Produced by Jeffrey Adams Original Artwork By Thomas N. Perkins IV Episode One “Descent into Danger” Trealwney Erwin………...Nell Gattis Tom Bement…...………...Leon Gattis Cody Boyer………………Dean Thromberg Justin Kapla……………...Thug One Jeffrey Adams…………....Thug Two ~ Episode Two “The Undermill” Trealwney Erwin………...Nell Gattis Cody Boyer………………Dean Thromberg Justin Kapla……………...The Officer Jeffrey Adams…………....John Thromberg Tom Bement…...………...Leon Gattis ~ Episode Three “Sasquatches on Snowmobiles” Trealwney Erwin………...Nell Gattis Cody Boyer………………Dean Thromberg Jeffrey Adams……….Sasquatch voices ~ Episode Four “The Blind” Trealwney Erwin………...Nell Gattis Cody Boyer………………Dean Thromberg Jeffrey Adams…………...John Thromberg Caleb Silvers……………...Agent Aaronson Beth Nelson……………….Lewinston ~ Episode Five “How Many Lives does a Snowcat Have?” Caleb Silvers……………...Agent Aaronson Trealwney Erwin………...Nell Gattis Cody Boyer………………Dean Thromberg Jeffrey Adams…………...John Thromberg Justin Kapla……………...Sid Tom Bement…...………...Leon Gattis Episode Six “Nell in a Bottle” Trealwney Erwin………...Nell Gattis Aela Mackintosh………..The Interviewer Cody Boyer………………Dean Thromberg Episode Seven “Out of the Frying Pan” Trealwney Erwin………...Nell Gattis Cody Boyer………………Dean Thromberg Tom Bement…...………...Leon Gattis Beth Nelson……………….The Nurse Editing, Sound Design & Foley By Jeffrey Adams This original radio serial is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Copyright © 2020 Icebox Radio Theater

Magic Woods
Chapter 28: The Abominable Snowcat

Magic Woods

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2020 18:37


Bunny journeys to a dangerous land where a mythical monster is said to roam.

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast
Podcast #32: Hermitage Club General Manager Bill Benneyan (+ a Mountain Creek Bonus)

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 95:22


The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored by Mountain Gazette. Get 10 percent off subscriptions with the code “GOHIGHER10” at check-out. Get 10 percent off everything else with the code “EASTCOAST.”Who: Bill Benneyan, General Manager of Hermitage Club, Vermont, and former President, COO, and General Manager of Mountain Creek, New Jersey.Recorded on: December 1, 2020Why I interviewed him: So you’re profiling a mountain with a 50K buy-in and another 15 grand a year to keep playing in the sandbox? This from the same podcast/newsletter outfit that constantly bumps the virtues of the $229 Indy Pass and its motley coalition of back-of-the-woods, shack-at-the-bottom-of-a-40-year-old-double-chair family-run ski areas? The same Storm Skiing Journal that’s constantly complaining about the price of single-mountain season passes ticking percentage points above the cost of big-money-backed Epic and Ikon Passes? What gives, Bro? The thing about lift-served skiing is that it’s a big, complicated, wonderful kingdom, with room for almost infinite interpretations of how a ski area can exist, function, operate, and thrive. The private ski area is one of many possible versions of Haystack as a ski area, and, as it turns out due to a clause in a previous sales contract, the only possible skiing-based version, as Bill explains in the podcast. It’s this or watch the place disappear back into the mountain over the next 30 years. Besides, there is nothing to be bitter about here: the one percenters didn’t rope off Killington or Sugarbush. This is a 1,400-vertical-foot mountain that’s steps away from one of the largest ski areas in Vermont (Mount Snow), and within an hour of three other larger ones (Stratton, Bromley, Magic). There are budget ways to ski each or all of these, and the presence of a tony version of these southern Vermont mainstays does more to bolster the region’s overall ski cache and culture than anything. Besides, the mountain, with all its intermittent struggles and triumphs, survives against considerable odds, and that’s a story I wanted to hear.I also wanted to talk about Mountain Creek. And you Mountain Creek haters are just going to have to find a way to deal with that.The ski area. Photo courtesy of Hermitage ClubWhat we talked about:Hermitage Club: How a group of former members superheroed out of the clear blue sky to buy the ski area out of auction in spite of protests from irascible failed owner Jim Barnes; the status of Barnes’ legal challenges to the new ownership group; the importance of operating the new operation with integrity to win back the trust of a traumatized community; the endless tension between resorts and resort towns; the club’s roots and how Hermitage Club 1.0 went wrong; same name, new business – this is a total reset; dealing with Vermont’s Act 250; the immense package of assets that came with the ski area; what the new owners sold to refocus on skiing; why the club contracted the Schaefer family, owners of Berkshire East and Catamount, to help run the place; rebuilding the workforce after the ski area sat dormant for two years; ISO: Snowcat driver/sous chef; the ski area’s anticipated operating season; why Hermitage Club aka Haystack could never operate as a public ski area; private rentals are available; membership caps, both for this season and long term; opportunities for summer business; Benneyan’s reaction to Chris Diamond’s assertion in Ski Inc. 2020 (a must-read) that the Hermitage Club was unlikely to ever be viable as a private ski area; the zany, uneven history of Haystack ski area; ditching the lobster thermidor for a more reality-based experience; what it takes to become a member; whether former members of the bankrupt club were grandfathered into the new iteration; how to ski the club if you’re not a member; what would have happened had someone bought and removed the Barnstormer six-pack; the justification behind removing the Hayfever Triple (which is now Bousquet’s summit chair); the state of the remaining lift fleet; possible future lift additions; the impact of losing 41 snowguns to Mount Snow and the condition of the snowmaking system in general; future snowmaking improvements; the state of the trail network and how the crew prepped the whole thing to come back online for the 2020-21 ski season; long-term trail expansion opportunities; what the ski area wants to upgrade next; how the private club intends to honor the history of the public Haystack mountain; and the club’s relationship with neighboring Mount Snow.Mountain Creek: Why I’m an unapologetic Mountain Creek fan in spite of its obvious flaws; how the place “gets in your blood”; how to manage the hordes of terrible skiers that overwhelm the place on any given weekend; how true Creek skiers manage the crowds; why NYC is lucky to have a mountain of that size that close; the immense challenges of managing a large ski area with two base areas, marginal temperatures, enormous crowds, and little natural snow; why Mountain Creek may be the best ski area in the country to learn the business; the incredible and surreal transformation of the ski area from Vernon Valley-Great Gorge to Mountain Creek in the Intrawest post-acquisition maelstrom summer of 1998; the regulatory obstacles that were waiting like a brick wall to stop Intrawest’s 100-mile-an-hour machine; the grand and unrealized vision of Mountain Creek-as-quaint-ski-village and why that didn’t happen; how the great transformation changed the mountain’s character; how Intrawest decided what to replace and what to install instead; the true story behind the installation of the Cabriolet and its “flying buckets,” the most ridiculed ski lift in the Northeast; why Creek didn’t ultimately work out as an Intrawest property. Photo courtesy of Hermitage Club.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interview: Because 10 months ago, Hermitage Club looked like it was about to be dismantled and sold off like a decommissioned warship. Vail had plucked more than three dozen snowguns off the ski area’s slopes and moved them over to Mount Snow. Boyne, among others, had bid on the Barnstormer high-speed six-pack and was ready to send in the helicopters to move it God knows where in its giant network. The place had sat fallow for two seasons, and if Hermitage Club lost that lift, it likely would have followed nearby Maple Valley into the abyss of lost ski areas. Then, miraculously, in the wild and silent early days of the pandemic, when all news was THAT news, a group of 181 mostly former owners announced that they had bought the ski area and all related assets at auction for a touch over $8 million. This despite a barrage of legal hijinks meant to overturn or delay the ruling by former owner and world-class knucklehead Jim Barnes. The new owners, a collection of mostly business professionals more capable with a Power Point deck than a Snowcat, made a couple of key early decisions that reset the club’s scope and made sure the snowguns would be pointed in the right direction: they shed extraneous assets to refocus on skiing, and they brought in a posse of ski industry badasses who could probably set up a snowskiing operation in the Florida Keys if you let them try it. That included, as consultants, the Schaefer family, who are the long-time operators of Berkshire East and Catamount ski areas in Massachusetts (Jon Schaefer has appeared twice on The Storm Skiing Podcast), and Benneyan, who for more than two decades learned how to pull a bear out of a rabbit-sized hat as one of the top guys at Mountain Creek, a snowskiing operation where it seems to never snow anymore. Compared to North Jersey, Southern Vermont is Little Cottonwood Canyon, and the team that’s in charge of the skiing is going to make sure the skiing is as good as the skiing can possibly be. I think they’re doing it right this time, and I wanted to hear about it from the guy in charge of making it all happen. Why you should go there: Well you probably can’t, but let’s suspend our imaginations for a moment and pretend an initiation fee about equal to the average annual American income is not an obstacle: you should go there because skiing in Southern Vermont on a weekend can feel like trying to catch the last shuttle off Planet Earth before its molten core atomizes its population into spacedust. Skiing at Hermitage Club is probably not like that. It’s probably like skiing at Hunter on a windy day when it’s 37 degrees and raining. Only without the wind or the rain - just the almost complete absence of people. Or it’s probably like skiing at a place everybody forgot about, or a place from the past, but like a weird steampunk past where they’d invented shaped skis and six-passenger bubble chairs. Or it’s all of those things. It’s probably just amazing. And if you have kids and a bank balance that has a hard time finding a teeter-totter partner, then this is something you may want to think about, especially in this year when flying is bad and crowds are bad and crossing state lines is bad. But if you’re just a regular dude whose money has to be spent on, you know, food and that kind of b******t, then make friends with a member, because members are allowed to bring guests (eventually). Or, you know, save up and make it happen. Good luck.Bonus video:Here’s a cool video of The Witches pod that the previous iteration of the club commissioned:In case you’re digging the Mountain Creek history bit:For context on the Mountain Creek conversation, the Vernon Valley-Great Gorge trailmap in 1997, the year before Intrawest bought the place:The transformation for the 1998 season was remarkable - perhaps the largest single-season overhaul of a ski area in the history of lift-served skiing. Only two of the chairlifts from the map above remain (the Vernon Triple, which stands today, and the Soujourn Double, which was replaced a few years back with another double; the tow ropes have all since been removed and replaced with a cluster of magic carpets adjacent to the Cabriolet): Get on the email list at www.stormskiing.com

Johnny's House
Live From Snowcat Ridge Alpine Snow Park!

Johnny's House

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 106:24


Johnny's House live from Snowcat Ridge Alpine Snow Park in Dade City!

Johnny's House
Live From Snowcat Ridge Alpine Snow Park!

Johnny's House

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 106:24


Johnny's House live from Snowcat Ridge Alpine Snow Park in Dade City!

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast
Podcast #30: Saddleback GM and CEO Andy Shepard

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 62:58


The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored by Mountain Gazette. The first issue drops in November, and you can get 10 percent off subscriptions with the code “GOHIGHER10” at check-out. Get 10 percent off everything else with the code “EASTCOAST.”Who: Andy Shepard, General Manager and CEO of Saddleback, MaineRecorded on: Nov. 9, 2020Why I interviewed him: Because this is one of the best pure skier’s mountains in the Northeast. Classic New England steep and twisty shots run between broad gladelands of the sort that inject lift-served skiing with a patina of rambling adventure. It is probably the best mid-sized ski area in New England (even if it’s at the upper end of “mid-sized” and probably falls somewhere more on the “medium-to-large” end of the spectrum), and it may be on its way to becoming one of the best large ski areas in the region if everything falls right. A study of the ski area’s steadily morphing trailmaps over the past two decades demonstrates that Saddleback is a place where imagination translates seamlessly into the possible – when outer forces can be kept from foiling the mountain’s boundless expansion ambitions. As this monster prepares to drop back online, I wanted to see how much of the ski area’s oft-stalled momentum had been re-ignited behind the energy and vision of new owners and management.Saddleback skier Tracy Sesselberg preparing to bomb one of the ski area’s many glades. Photo courtesy of Tracy Sesselberg.What we talked about: The enormous challenge of bringing a mothballed ski area back online and how Covid compounded that effort; the Oompa Loompas kept the machinery from decaying while Willy Wonka was away; the incredible liability of relying on an antique double as your alpha chairlift; details on the enormous base lodge renovations; persistence through the springtime Covid ambush; the collective desperate energy to be outside right now; how pandemic-era changes to travel patterns may make this the ideal time for Saddleback to pop back online; rewiring skiers to spend more time outside; Saddleback’s legendary mountain ops team reforming like the scattered Justice League when Arctaris blew the conch shell; how Arctaris came to own Saddleback after a multi-year saga marred by scammers, false starts, and mistrust; optimism that this time, under this owner, is different and Saddleback can finally reach its ultimate form; the potential to convert the resort to solar power and what that would mean; how the proposed mid-mountain lodge would vary from traditional construction to blend into the environment; how Shepard is tapping his decades in the outdoor industry to smooth formerly tarnished relationships between Saddleback and environmental and government groups; how long Arctaris may own the mountain before finding a long-term owner; why Saddleback had to be saved; Shepard’s long-term vision for the mountain; how Saddleback compares to Sunday River and Sugarloaf and why Maine needs all three; the condition and future development plans for the snowmaking plant, the trail and glade network, and the lift system; Saddleback’s potential footprint; there will be a terrain park; when we may see a trailmap and whether the old Niehues design and trail names will remain intact; which legacy lifts were demolished and when they may be replaced; how the remains of the Rangeley Double will live on at Saddleback; why we’ll probably see more T-bars in the ski area’s future; an update on the construction of the Rangeley high-speed Quad; the engineering achievement of demolishing the old Rangeley double with one tug of a Snowcat; hints that terrain expansion may be happening very soon; the mountain’s lift ticket and season pass pricing philosophy; there will be RFID gates; whether we could see additional reciprocal ticket deals like Saddleback’s partnership with Jay Peak; whether the mountain would ever consider joining the Indy Pass.Hank Sesselberg navigating the traverse to Muleskinner after a massive storm. Photo courtesy of Tracy Sesselberg.Questions I wish I’d asked: This was a conversation that was unfortunately bedeviled by several dropped phone lines, which altogether probably cost us about 15 minutes of potentially dense and productive conversation. Among the questions I had queued up but could not get to: could the shutdown under the Berry family have been prevented? Why did the attempt to form a cooperative à la Mad River Glen fail? How do we know Arctaris won’t walk away if we have a couple crummy winters? How was the mountain able to fast-track the permitting process to get the new Rangeley Quad up on such short notice? Will Kennebago Station operate this season? Any plans for employee housing? Will there be shuttle service from Rangeley to the mountain? What is the Covid-era operations plan as far as lodge capacity, lifts, lessons, race programs, rentals, etc.? What will summer operations look like? What kind of support have you gotten from the State of Maine, Ski Maine, and the Rangeley Community? I also wanted to ask about the anonymous donor who stepped in with a large gift to help local kids access Saddleback over the next five years.Meryl and Alemnesh Sesselberg won big at Saddleback’s legendary lollipop races one year. Photo courtesy of Tracy Sesselberg.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interview: Because the return of Saddleback is the biggest non-Covid story in North American skiing as we enter the 2020-21 ski season. Among the sport’s existential issues – climate change, growing its appeal within a diversifying nation, adapting to plague-era operations – the continued existence of its lift-served plant ranks highly, if less urgently. Over the past several decades, Americans – especially in the Northeast – have more or less locked off their public lands and wilderness areas to any sort of permanent, material development. Ski areas, with their visible-from-space trail networks, bottomless appetite for power and water, and traffic-generating weekender appeal are pinatas for NIMBYs, conservationists, and all manner of bureaucrats and government officials who just want a mountain to be a mountain and nothing more. This despite the fact that America is jammed from coast-to-coast with the most garish collection of trashy buildings ever assembled by mankind, a garbage barge of tacky commerce, a Dollar General on every corner and a McDonald’s hanging off every interstate exit ramp. The construction from scratch of a large ski area is a non-starter anywhere in New York or New England. So we better save the ones we have. In Saddleback, you have one of the good ones. It could be one of the great ones. Successive generations of managers, armed with grand development plans and hazy visions of a mega-oasis of Maine skiing, have buckled under the forces described above, which make expanding a ski area only slightly less painful than starting one. But here, in this horrible year of 2020, we have the improbable story of capital, iron willpower, and a long-term vision forged into something palpable. If Magic and Tenney and Crotched can go dark for multiple winters and re-emerge with momentum and followings and a sense of permanence and stability, then so can Saddleback, which is bigger and brasher and snowier than any of them. It’s going to be amazing to witness.Why you should go there: Because it’s back, and you knocking on the door with your crew in tow is the best way to make sure it doesn’t ever have to be back again. Yes, it’s far. But look what you find when you get there:It’s big and bruising and angry, like a mountain in the wilds of Western Maine ought to be. It has broad dominions of wild glades and elevator shafts dropping all around them. Despite its five-year hibernation, Saddleback has already seen more trail development this century than any other mountain in New England, as the previous owners began an aggressive transformation of the mountain from under-developed backwater to fully developed resort. Just compare the trailmap above to this 2003 trailmap:The Berry family, who’d bought the mountain in 2003 and invested tens of millions into development before shuttering the place in 2015, had far more planned as well (the trails in blue represent the current footprint):The 2008 trailmap shows where some of these lifts would rise in relation to the current terrain footprint:Shepard says in the podcast that a new master plan is in the works. Whether that resembles this old document or not is irrelevant: Saddleback is a big, bold mountain that is only set to grow.And if big and bold isn’t your thing, the little green zone off the South Branch Quad is completely isolated from the ripping sprawl of expert lanes above. It’s a complete ski area in the way that so many in New England are not, even if it isn’t a complete resort just yet. Additional reading/videos:This history of the ski area on New England Ski History details the various sinkholes previous owners have stepped into as they’ve failed to develop Saddleback to its full potential. Also, this is pretty awesome:Follow The Storm Skiing Journal on Facebook and Twitter.COVID-19 & Skiing Podcasts: Author and Industry Veteran Chris Diamond | Boyne Resorts CEO Stephen Kircher | Magic Mountain President Geoff Hatheway | NSAA CEO Kelly Pawlak | Berkshire East/Catamount Owner & Goggles for Docs founder Jon Schaefer | Shaggy’s Copper Country Skis Cofounder Jeff Thompson | Doppelmayr USA President Katharina Schmitz | Mt. Baldy GM Robby Ellingson | Alterra CEO Rusty Gregory | NSAA Director of Risk & Regulatory Affairs Dave ByrdThe Storm Skiing Podcasts: Killington & Pico GM Mike Solimano | Plattekill owners Danielle and Laszlo Vajtay | New England Lost Ski Areas Project Founder Jeremy Davis | Magic Mountain President Geoff Hatheway | Lift Blog Founder Peter Landsman | Boyne Resorts CEO Stephen Kircher | Burke Mountain GM Kevin Mack | Liftopia CEO Evan Reece | Berkshire East & Catamount Owner & GM Jon Schaefer | Vermont Ski + Ride and Vermont Sports Co-Publisher & Editor Lisa Lynn | Sugarbush President & COO Win Smith | Loon President & GM Jay Scambio | Sunday River President & GM Dana Bullen | Big Snow & Mountain Creek VP of Sales & Marketing Hugh Reynolds | Mad River Glen GM Matt Lillard | Indy Pass Founder Doug Fish | National Brotherhood of Skiers President Henri Rivers | Winter 4 Kids & National Winter Activity Center President & CEO Schone Malliet | Vail Veterans Program President & Founder Cheryl Jensen | Mountain Gazette Owner & Editor Mike Rogge | Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows President & CMO Ron Cohen | Aspiring Olympian Benjamin Alexander | Sugarloaf GM Karl Strand – Parts One & Two | Cannon GM John DeVivo | Fairbank Group Chairman Brian Fairbank | Jay Peak GM Steve Wright | Sugarbush President & GM John Hammond | Mount Snow GM Tracy Bartels | Get on the email list at www.stormskiing.com

Cities and Memory - remixing the sounds of the world
3383: Mountain stream and snowcat, Davos

Cities and Memory - remixing the sounds of the world

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2020 4:22


A recording of a peaceful mountain stream in the Alps above the town of Davos is interrupted by a passing snowcat tending to the pistes. Recorded during the World Economic Forum, when the town below was full of the world's most influential business and political leaders - but above the town, all is peaceful and normal. Recorded by Cities and Memory.

La Pause Clope
(#LPCHS) - Interview de Gilles Snowcat (avec Sébastien)

La Pause Clope

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2020 28:06


Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast
Ep 10. Ron Baldis: Park City Powder Cats

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 33:26


You’re standing a ridgeline amidst 43,000 acres of powder. Despite low hanging clouds, the view is endless. Looking down the fall line you see nothing but untracked powder in every direction. Your skis dip down into snowpack, carving big arcs with snow creating a rooster tail as you head down into the trees. Tom Kelly takes the Last Chair podcast to Park City Powder Cats, chatting with owner and guide Ron Baldis about how he found his way to the pristine mountain ranch and what makes cat skiing such a social experience.

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast
Ep 10. Ron Baldis: Park City Powder Cats

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 33:22


You’re standing a ridgeline amidst 43,000 acres of powder. Despite low hanging clouds, the view is endless. Looking down the fall line you see nothing but untracked powder in every direction. Your skis dip down into snowpack, carving big arcs with snow creating a rooster tail as you head down into the trees. Tom Kelly takes the Last Chair podcast to Park City Powder Cats, chatting with owner and guide Ron Baldis about how he found his way to the pristine mountain ranch and what makes cat skiing such a social experience.

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast
E8. Laura Sexton Creating the Perfect Groomer Day at Deer Valley Resort

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 39:30


Little specs of light up on the mountain, teams of snowcats sculpt the snow surface every night. Veteran Deer Valley Resort groomer Laura Sexton is a master, maneuvering her 10-ton Prinoth Bison around the mountain in the darkness. This week Tom Kelly rides shotgun for a shift, exploring the techniques used in the art form of grooming, and the peacefulness of a quiet night up on the mountain.

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast
E8. Laura Sexton Creating the Perfect Groomer Day at Deer Valley Resort

Last Chair: The Ski Utah Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 39:34


Little specs of light up on the mountain, teams of snowcats sculpt the snow surface every night. Veteran Deer Valley Resort groomer Laura Sexton is a master, maneuvering her 10-ton Prinoth Bison around the mountain in the darkness. This week Tom Kelly rides shotgun for a shift, exploring the techniques used in the art form of grooming, and the peacefulness of a quiet night up on the mountain.

LIVETHEFUEL - Health, Business, Lifestyle
262: Our HELIYES Heliskiing Wedding Adventures

LIVETHEFUEL - Health, Business, Lifestyle

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2019 19:23


Our Skiing Themed Wedding of Heliskiing, Backcountry Cat-Skiing, and more in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada:This is a quick and short, special podcast episode to reflect on our return from our #HELIYES heliskiing wedding. That's right, I actually got married! Dr. Kristen Fenstermacher VMD of All Points Equine and I, Scott Mulvaney of LIVETHEFUEL said "I DO" the only way we know how... on an adventure skiing in the Canadian Rockies baby!!! Live The Fired Up Epic Life! - Quoted: Scott Mulvaney Top 3 Hot Points:Our ski wedding hashtag is #HELIYES We highly recommend backcountry skiing! RK Heliski and Great Northern Snowcat Skiing are epic!   [spp-tweet tweet="We are #Married listen in for a fun overview of our #HELIYES skiing themed #wedding Reminder, you too can LIVETHEFUEL! @livethefuel @scottwmulvaney "]  Our #HELIYES Album on Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/scott.w.mulvaney/media_set?set=a.10156295365662914&type=3) Final Words:I've been ripping the lid off here this year, we've got my first book coming out soon, a little story of some of the lessons I learned from the Hotshot Wildland Firefighting world. So that'll be coming out when I can get it there. I'm still finishing editing on that, so that's taken longer than I expected.   Resources: Follow Scott's personal Instagram @scottwmulvaney (https://www.instagram.com/scottwmulvaney/) Friend & Follow Scott's personal Facebook @scott.w.mulvaney (https://www.facebook.com/scott.w.mulvaney) RK Heliski in Panorama British Columbia (https://www.rkheliski.com/) Great Northern Snowcat-Skiing British Columbia (http://www.greatnorthernsnowcat.com/) ManlyBands.com (http://ManlyBands.com)   On This Episode You Will Hear:[spp-timestamp time="00:30"] Introduction [spp-timestamp time="04:00"] We're not all hardcore skiers, it's all about that deep, fluffy, amazingly powdery snow. That was the theme of our wedding, it was hey guys, let's go have an adventure. Let's do some heliskiing. Let's rock out and have a good time. [spp-timestamp time="09:30"] We rocked out some serious old school and amazing onesie ski suits. Mine was three different shades of purple and blue. I'm quite proud of it and I'm not getting rid of it. I spent $150US on eBay for that bad boy and it is in mint condition. [spp-timestamp time="10:45"] So we went skiing for a couple of days after heliski and then we had a Snowcat skiing trip booked, which was awesome! Normally they're actually using them to groom the ski slopes or open up remote mountain roads, but they actually mount big metal boxes on the back of them and so you can carry people. So instead of flying you into the backcountry like we did the first week. We had them drive us up into the backcountry in and around where they were based in a remote part of British Columbia. [spp-timestamp time="15:30"] Luckily my lung and rib muscles held up and I was able to do a lot of crazy stuff. I was not at my full physical fitness level but still pulled everything off that I could. Now that I'm back, it's time to do some riding because I got some training ahead. Come this July I'll be doing my first 100-mile mountain biking race of all things, the Wilderness 101 aka W101. [spp-timestamp time="17:00"] The wedding ring I bout is a black zirconium, wrapped in elk antler bone, inlayed with a ring of brown teak wood. I got this from manlybands.com [spp-timestamp time="18:00"] Final Words Action Steps: (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/livethefuel/id1150969758?mt=2) . More 5 Stars reaches more people! Visit our  (http://livethefuel.com/resources)  page and a reminder to LIVE-THE-FUEL my friends! Join my private Facebook community (http://livethefueltank.com/) !   Watch On YouTube:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Hs7aDAybQ]  Follow on Instagram: (http://livethefuel.com)

CHED Afternoon News
Antartica zero emissions electric snowcat

CHED Afternoon News

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 16:31


Xavier Chevrin, Venturi Automobiles

Woody & Wilcox
Craig's List Price is Right 11-06-2018

Woody & Wilcox

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 7:51


A haunted Furby, a stretch limo Snowcat, and an M&M shaped like Kyle Busch's car.

Woody & Wilcox
Craig's List Price is Right 11-06-2018

Woody & Wilcox

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 7:51


A haunted Furby, a stretch limo Snowcat, and an M&M shaped like Kyle Busch's car.

Out of Bounds podcast
E24 Charlie Greenberg – Snowcats and Newschoolers

Out of Bounds podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2018 48:22


In this episode, we sat down with Charlie Greenberg, a Colorado based freestyle skier, and Snowcat driver. We talk skis, Vail Resorts taking over the world, new schoolers, ski brands, and way more. Check out... The post E24 Charlie Greenberg – Snowcats and Newschoolers appeared first on Out of Bounds Podcast.

Out of Bounds Podcast
E24 Charlie Greenberg – Snowcats and Newschoolers

Out of Bounds Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 48:22


In this episode, we sat down with Charlie Greenberg, a Colorado based freestyle skier, and Snowcat driver. We talk skis, Vail Resorts taking over the world, new schoolers, ski brands, and way more. Check out... The post E24 Charlie Greenberg – Snowcats and Newschoolers appeared first on Out of Bounds Podcast.

Night of the Living Geeks
If Memory Serves Episode 001: Christmas OR Boss Hogg in a Snowcat

Night of the Living Geeks

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2017 80:50


Welcome to IF MEMORY SERVES! Our new podcast in which two brothers, who grew up in the Bay Area during the 80s and 90s, spend some time each month to reminisce and wax nostalgic about the things they remember from that era. First up! Christmas!

If Memory Serves
Episode 001: Christmas OR Boss Hogg in a Snowcat

If Memory Serves

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2017 80:50


If Memory Serves Episode 001: Christmas OR Boss Hogg in a Snowcat by Night of the Living Geeks

Imagine Sundance Mountain Resort
Episode 2 - SnowCat Grooming With Scary Jerry

Imagine Sundance Mountain Resort

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2015 17:49


There's a story behind the immaculately groomed ski trails at Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah and Jerry Hill might know it best. Jerry started working at Sundance 55 years ago and is now the director of mountain maintenance. In this episode of Imagine Sundance, he joins General Manager Chad Linebaugh on a SnowCat snow groomer to discuss the hazards and thrills of creating the perfect Rocky Mountain ski run.

Gizmatron Fortress Podcast
Gizmatron Podcast 04: The Search For Podcast 03

Gizmatron Fortress Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2007 43:54


Due to technical difficulties, podcast three has gone the way of the buffalo. Mike and Jeremy are joined by Joe from show one. We discuss Mondays, Jimi Hendrix, Esteban's $100 guitar, Bittorent, Gizmatron Fortress stocking stuffers, the recording of Snowcat's 3rd album, Redneck Rampage, and Puscifer's first album. Music by: Brad - "Rufus" Visions Of Snowcat - "2 Glaciers and Tumbleweeds" Questions? Comments? Hatemail? Gizmatronpodcast@gmail.com

Gizmatron Fortress Podcast
Gizmatron Podcast 04: The Search For Podcast 03

Gizmatron Fortress Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2007 43:54


Due to technical difficulties, podcast three has gone the way of the buffalo. Mike and Jeremy are joined by Joe from show one. We discuss Mondays, Jimi Hendrix, Esteban's $100 guitar, Bittorent, Gizmatron Fortress stocking stuffers, the recording of Snowcat's 3rd album, Redneck Rampage, and Puscifer's first album. Music by: Brad - "Rufus" Visions Of Snowcat - "2 Glaciers and Tumbleweeds" Questions? Comments? Hatemail? Gizmatronpodcast@gmail.com