85-Year-Old Man Rules the Pond Skim at Breckenridge, CO For many years, spring skiing has brought forth sunshine, smiles, bikinis, bathing suits, and most famously, the pond skim. Many resorts across the country host a pond skimming competition, and the roots of the tradition can be traced back to the 1920s. It is always one of the premier events of the season as contestants try to impress the crowd […] Industry News Brent Thomas | May 17, 2024 0 Comments
Almost A Century of Fun: A Brief History of Pond Skimming For many years, spring skiing has brought forth sunshine and smiles, bikinis and bathing suits, and most famously, the pond skim. People have been using skis or variations of skis dating thousands of years back for transportation, hunting, and recreation. The concept of water skiing and skimboarding came to fruition in the early 1920s. So when did these all get […] Brains John Cunningham | April 3, 2024 0 Comments
It’s Pond Skimming Season: Here’s How to Set Yourself Up for Success Surf’s up, it’s pond skimming season! There’s no better way to rein in the end of the season than hucking yourself across a freezing pond of water. With multiple ways to have a successful pond skim, this event is guaranteed limitless fun. Whether your goal is to make it all the way to shore or appease the crowd with the […] Brains Aunika Skogen | April 12, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Candide Thovex Drops ‘Spring Butter’ Pond Skimming Video Just in time for spring skiing and end of season pond skimming events, Candide Thovex dropped another edit yesterday, showing us all how it should be done… Related: VIDEO: Sit-Skier Rob Enigl Nails End of Season Pond Skim at Big Sky Resort, MT SnowBrains | March 22, 2022 0 Comments
VIDEO: Summer Pond-Skimming in Jackson Hole, WY Looks Epic Fun! Pretty sweet video of a group pond-skimming in Jackson Hole, WY last week. Looks awesome fun, although that water still looks cold! SnowBrains | August 4, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Jackson Hole Backcountry Pond Skimming Pond skimming rocks anytime but during summer, it’s even better. You want to get wet, you know your boots are going to dry out well, and you don’t have to wear any clothes if you don’t want to. Here’s a video of some Jackson Hole locales getting after it off the tram this month. For some the search for snow never ends. Join Owen Leeper, Meredith Edwards, Connery Lundin and Tyler Horne as they build and shred an epic pond skim in the backcountry at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Shot 100% on GoPro. – Jackson Hole […] Backcountry SnowBrains | July 27, 2015 1 Comment
Mt. Lassen Report: Great Corn and Deep Pond Skimming After reasoning with Metres that, “skiing is always better than NOT skiing….” the night before, we found ourselves awake at 4 am tip-toeing ninja like around our family at our camp in Lassen NP. After heating up some water for soup and tea to get my bowels moving we hopped in my car and drove up to the summit parking lot. We suited up and soon we were skinning. After 30 min of skinning we were on the ridge, hiking up the […] Conditions Report Guest Author | May 29, 2014 1 Comment
Snowbird Conditions Report | May 26th | ONE MORE DAY! All good things must come to an end. Today it ended with Tram Operators rapping the announcements, skiing Main Chute, zipper lines, pond skimming and frothy beverages. Fortunately if you live in Utah you still have one more day to partake in all the closing day shenanigans, even those that don’t involve clothing and NOT falling. The conditions today were […] Weather Kyler Roush | May 26, 2013 4 Comments
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