Articles by theabortionator
Housing in skitowns has been a problem for at least 15 years. Sure it depends a lot on the town, and the timing, but it's been lingering.
While some towns have built new housing to combat this issue, other ski areas have gone the other way. From being stagnant to straight up bulldozing their...
As pride comes to a close...kjdgfkhgbdf
Pride events have always had some backlash. The idea that skiing is
Two common themes
"Don't shove your politics down my throat I'm here to ski!" and "The mountains have always been accepting of everyone.
In a sense you can see it. We head up to the...
Winters are harsh. The ripping winds and insane gusts, pelt me with snow. I am not hunkered down, I am fully exposed. I ignore the icy blasts.
Family avy down below
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Seeds take, trees grow, but the alpine winter are some of the toughest places to grow. Trees can be...
We've all had at least a day where everything lines up and it's the best day ever. How many "best day evers" can you have? 1 a season? Once in a lifetime?
I think the best day ever is more of a feeling, a vibe, than a statistic. Usually a best day ever means, the snow was amazing, good laps...
Skiing and snowboarding have brought me a lot, maybe everything.
It's easy to get bogged down on the little things, honestly some of them are pretty big things. At the route of it, the very core of it all, there's a reason why we still do it. Watching somebody learn their first front 2 out of a...
Skiing and snowboarding have brought me a lot, maybe everything.
It's easy to get bogged down on the little things, honestly some of them are pretty big things. At the route of it, the very core of it all, there's a reason why we still do it. Watching somebody learn their first front 2 out of a...
As pow days become more and more crowded i find myself prefering spring days
As the boats begin to come off the lake, the golf clubs go back to collecting dust in the garage, winter is coming. The random cold night of late summer adds to the mixed feelings of this transition.
6:45, AM, wake up off a dirt road in the back of my old trusty 2006 Subaru Forester. She's got some problems, but we've been through a lot. I gathered myself together and rolled down toward town to grab some much needed coffee and breakfast before heading up to the top of the pass.
The pass is...
I was slathered in words. Less likely about the end of the season and very likely about the gosh dang mouse attack if earlier. A show of strenght, and courage. Our live will not be hqulted because of a mouse. But that is trivial, who care,s It was the last friggin day of the season. Helll some...
There's something great about mastering something. To get truly decent at something like skiing. At the same time, there's something equal or possibly even better about doing something you're bad at. Like somebody jumping on a skateboard they found in their friend garage and rolling around on...
Why do we watch people ride.
Por. Etc
Why do we watch other people ski? What's compelling about a video part.
The tricks more than matter but there's more to those video parts. The filming, the editing, the song the style. You get sucked into the zone for that spot.
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What are your...
A good nostalgia session feels good. Linking up with an old friend, seeing an old photo. Looking back on these times and moments feels great, those memories, laughing at ourselves, remembering tricks we used to have, a time went camping in the desert. That's all good. We need to make sure we...
Park ski has always been gnar, the early says of rando sends on big features are hard to rival. The features are sometimes bigger and the tricks are friggin massive but what happened to the barrier of entry, what happened to the blood oath.
As a person deeply immersed in terrain parks I'm...
To all of you who hoot and holler, scream do a backflip, hit that cliff. To those that heckle with kind, comedic amusement. When you ski sometimes it's all about you, but the ambience, the vibe will always have an impact. When you're going up the lift it can give you a break on those full on...