Novara Safari Touring Bike Review

When it comes to biking, sometimes the long way is the best way.

Livin' in exile

some sick BMX featuring Sergio Layos, Mike "Rooftop" Escamilla, Kurtis Elwell, Bruce Crisman, Seth Kimbrough, Will Love

Nodica 09 skis and boots

Freskier Editor Matt Harvey reviews some 2009 Nordica gear.

Cloudveil Men's Down Patrol Jacket

Cloudveil tele monster Nick Devore rips it up on a cold day in the Down Patrol jacket.

You say hiatus, I say potato.

This blog is, like, suspended.

There, there. Dry those eyes . . . so you can watch WHIPLASH THE RODEO MONKEY!



Thanks for reading. Or watching. Now go outside!

Straight to Vegas.

I will not be posting much this week -- I'm going here instead.

I hope skiers and snowboarders like to have a good time . . . some of 'em may even drink booze!

Planet warms, ski resort industry cools.

A ski resort in the Swiss Alps just sold for 90 cents.

Global warming? What global warming?

Effectively giving the ski operation away was an act of desperation on the part of Ernen, which, like hundreds of other small Alpine ski stations at medium altitudes, faces dire times.

Because . . . they hate freedom? I'm gonna go with freedom-hating. It's a Swiss resort, so they're probably "neutral" on freedom, but you know deep in their efficient little hearts, they HATE it.

As global warming brings less snow, lower-altitude stations rely more on costly snow machines.

Okay, maybe there are a few different factors at work here. It's far too complicated to reduce to any one problem, though, right? This is just ONE resort we're talking about, after all.

Examples of Swiss ski resorts facing economic hardship abound. This year, three mountain villages in the southern canton, or state, of Ticino warded off bankruptcy proceedings after the canton offered interim financing.

La la la la la! Can't hear you! Off to stare at the Olympic mountain range for a while! All sorts of snow up there! Everything's just FINE!

La la la la la!