Conditions Report: Portillo, Chile 8/1/13 | Photo Tour & Video Portillo is one incredible place.ย Situated quite literally on the border of Chile and Argentina, the resort is located in the depth of the magnificent Andes. In bounds conditions: It’s been about an week and a half since this part of the Andes has received any snowfall.ย The snow pack is in a melt-freeze cycle with generally spring conditions throughout […] Bevan Waite | August 7, 2013 1 Comment
Brain Post: Denmark Power-plant Houses Man-made Ski Resort on Roof Skip to 14:00 to hear Bjarke Ingles talk about his Waste Plant made Ski Resort presently under construction. ย He’s a witty guy, a genius, and a starchitect. A lust for mountains and the recreational activities associated with them is shared even by cultures residing in places flatter than a pancake. ย An example of this mutual desire for mountainous activities is […] Brains Bevan Waite | July 15, 2013 4 Comments
Blackrock Bike Park, Oregon: July 4th-8th Conditions Report Words, video, and most photos by John Bamford. Blackrock’s Trail Sections: Basic Training: Green(easiest) Bonzai Downhill: Green Rating (easiest) Sickter Gnar: Blue Rating(intermediate) Slayer: Blue Rating(intermediate) Dinoโs Runaround: Black Rating(most difficult) Sunday Stroll/Brake Check: Black Rating(most difficult) Grannies Kitchen: Black Rating(most difficult) Conditions Report: Blackrock’s trails were extraordinary this past weekend.ย The conditions couldn’t have been any better.ย The best […] Cycle Bevan Waite | July 11, 2013 3 Comments
Black Diamond AMPerage Ski Review Pick up a pair of these behemoths here:ย Black Diamond AMPerage Ski at evo.com View on Black Diamond’s website here: Black Diamond AMPerage Black Diamond’s 2011/12 ski line up was far from average.ย The three most notable of which were the Zealot, the Megawatt, and of course, the AMPerage, which won a staggering 7 awards for it’s versatility in a […] Gear Review Bevan Waite | July 2, 2013 10 Comments
Private Reserve: Mt. Hood Meadows’s Secret Spot Skip to 0:50 for the action! Private Reserve (PR) is the closest thing Mt. Hood Meadows will ever have to a side country, and it holds the most impressive, challenging, lift accessed terrain in Oregon period.ย A relatively recent addition to the resort, accessed by the Hood River Meadows (HRM) chair, Private Reserve is a wooded glen on the northeastern […] Bevan Waite | June 25, 2013 9 Comments
Chasing Ice: Review of The Award Winning Documentary โThe smoking gun on climate change.โ – Robert F Kennedy Jr. โThe Climate Change debate is over.โ – Greg Reitman, Huffington Post Trailer Segment from the film of largest calving event ever caught on tape. Chasing Ice is an astonishing documentary that aims to prove Climate Change’s existence through a riveting visual experience.ย It captures the evidence of glacial change […] Movie Trailer Bevan Waite | June 20, 2013 3 Comments
Mt. Bachelor Conditions Report | Snowy, Sunny, Slushy, & Fun | Video & Photo Tour Oregon never ceases to amaze me. ย And I’m not talking about the luscious forests and rugged volcanoes, no, it’s the diversity of rotten weather on any given day that really stupefies me. One normally associates spring skiing with cloudless skies and beating sun rays composed of nice, mid 50 degree weather slushing up all that previously slippery ice into a […] Bevan Waite | May 20, 2013 4 Comments