Articles by cydwhit
I've drawn a lot of ski scenes over the last few years, so I figured I might as well do some youthful ones as well.
Kids are never too young to teach them the finer points of ski hill hitchhiking and carpooling
Nothing tastes better than that first sip after you slip out of your ski boots...
Before the dog lived with us, she did not know what skiing was. She didn’t know much actually, other than how to get over shockingly tall fences and how to annoy the people she lived with. Now she knows a little more, and the promise of maybe getting to go skiing keeps her from trying to scale...
Last week, when I published these illustrated cliches at we often rely on to describe skis, I was reminded in the comments section that I'd missed a few. So big thanks to everyone who made recommendations. Here are six more:
Thanks to a freelance project I’ve spent the last few weeks digging through descriptions of ski resorts located everywhere from the East Coast to Australia, and everywhere in between. My biggest takeaway from digesting all of this information about all of these mountains is that there’s a wild...
Over the years I've noticed that we, as an industry, tend to fall into certain ruts when it comes to describing skis. Here are some of my favorite cliches:
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Since my last few weeks have been a whirlwind of consistent high pressure systems, crappy snow, and intensive avalanche rescue training, I don’t have a nice fluffy piece about how delightful skiing is this week. Instead, as I’m gearing up to do a few Roof Box reviews for NS, I figured now...
Valentine's Day can be challenging for skiers. It's usually a pow day, so it's easy to forget to do something special for your special someone. Don't worry though, I've got your back. Here are 18 Valentine's Day cards for skiers. You can download the print files here:
Download your own and...
The Powell Movement podcast recently released this excellent interview with “Digi” Dave Amirault, and I highly recommend giving it a listen. Dave is certainly one of the smartest and most forward thinking people in the ski industry, and is always worth paying attention to. But what that podcast...
I've been really intrigued lately by the idea of illustrated panoramas. There's something about scrolling across a wide piece of art, packed with details that I find really enjoyable. So here's a little view from the parking lot. There's no real story here, like my normal comics, instead there's...
George C. Lichtenberg wrote that “Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.” But, while that’s a nice thought, Dr. Lichtenberg obviously never had to deal with a buddy asking for advice on what skis they should buy for next season. (Of course he didn’t...
Recently I was digging through old work and realized I had a bunch of trip report comics that I'd never published. During the 2019-2021 season I'd just started to draw comics, and I resolved to draw a page for every "significant" day I skied that winter. What follows is the resulting chronicle...
The weatherman said that it might snow tomorrow, but the moose grazing in the alders knows better. He can feel the changes in barometric pressure in his joints, and he’s got another week at least of grazing at higher elevations before the next storm system forces him to descend to the valley and...
Backcountry skiing Instagram is the pits, literally. There are so many stories of skiers digging pits and slapping snow posted every day all winter. Sometimes my time scrolling through the app feels like a repetitive barrage, screenshotted “high” avy forecast, trailbreaking video, ski tip shot...
Over the years one of the most common messages I receive via DM or email is "Yo! Can you draw me a tattoo!?!" Occasionally, I'll get the less common but more entertaining "Hey! I got your art tattooed without asking and had the artist do some weird edits! Look at this poorly-lit picture of my...
My freshman year of college I bought a Subaru Outback explicitly to go skiing in. All through high school I’d owned a parade of trucks that varied only in the size of their tires and the level of disrepair of their interiors. None of them were reliable enough to drive the three hours to the ski...
Happy New Year. Instead of building a post with links to everything I made for Newschoolers last year, I spent last night freezing my feet off around a bonfire. So instead, here’s a follow-up to Thursday’s roundup of things I read this year that helped me write. This one is a little more vague...
‘Tis the week of ambiguous productivity between Christmas and New Years when the kids are out of school, the resorts are packed, and the self-employed find themselves in a conundrum of motivation versus vacation. So, instead of writing anything new this week, or putting together a pile of links...
Last week I cranked out some stained glass window saints. But it's impossible to thank everyone who makes resort skiing possible in just five windows. So here are a few more. This one goes out to all the snowmakers and lift mechanics and groomers and lifties and waiters and ticket checkers and...
I used to think that my ultimate lap, my purest experience on skis would be something monumental, something epic. Something that stood out in its grandeur above every other run I’ve taken. Maybe I would be in Alaska, stepping off a helicopter, clicking into my skis before I charged 5000’ of...