Articles by Dstan

It’s been almost a year since I released my app Ullr to the public. It’s come a really long way since I launched it back in March and by some measures, it’s been reasonably successful. Over 1,500 people have downloaded the app and about 300 people have registered for an account. But reaching a...

Requisite Promotional Stuff: This article is about my experience making the app, so I want to get all the promotional stuff out of the way up front: I released an app called Ullr! Its a crowd-sourced terrain park conditions app. It lets you see what the park setup is like at any mountain. If...

It seems to be the natural progression of a ski for me: edge crack -> edge ripping out -> water gets to the core -> demoted to street ski -> ski dies. Every ski shop i've been to says they can't fix it, but is way too eager to sell me new skis. But last season I when the process began again, I...

If Voluerz taught us anything, its that skiers and boarders can be friends. I have been the video intern at Camp of Champions for the past two summers. This project was sparked by countless generic t-bar conversations there that usually resulted in people asking me what I was doing on snow, or...

Cornices. 2 feet of powder. North Carolina in November. One of these things is not like the others. The forecast for snow earlier in the week got us all excited. Temps would be cold enough for Cataloochee to make snow and maybe have an early opening if conditions were right. We made plans to...