Category: Media

Review: The God of Skiing

  With a name like The God of Skiing you can’t help but wonder who or what Peter Kray has written about. It’s a heady title to say the least. After reading it I can say he does a stellar job of describing the experiences that are endemic to a skiers life, and some of …

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Mike Hattrup on Industry Responsibility

  Last January 2014, at the annual Outdoor Retailer Winter show Verde PR teamed up with Emerald Expo to convene a panel of industry leaders to talk about the Business of the Backcountry. The questions posed were important and I felt it was important that this seminar be shared beyond the floor of the trade …

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Review: P-whore’s Some Thing Else

  Ya gotta luv the Powderwhore’s sense of value. I mean, really, besides being a ‘ho for pow, what else matters? Certainly that is the inescapable conclusion one must come to when kicking back to indulge in their 10th episode of documenting last season’s most epic days – the sort of days that never graced …

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P-ho’s Elevation kick’s off ski porn season

  Does any other sport get as obsessed with anticipation as skiing does? Golfers don’t, but then what’s so exciting about golf? For most it is, as the comic strop Lulu used to portray, “a good walk spoiled.” There are action videos about sailing, kiting, kayaking, or mountain biking but I don’t know of anyone …

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Backcountry Mag’s Icon Issue

Have you seen the latest issue of Backcountry Magazine? Besides the usual fair of stunning photography with inspirational words to accompany those images, the current issue focuses on the who’s who of the backcountry world. As much as I’d like to remain silent and humble about it, the fact is the latter can’t be done …

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Madsen buys Telemark Skier Magazine

  TSM goes Digital for International Appeal When Height of Land Publications announced the sale of Telemark Skier last January (2012) to its editor, Josh Madsen, it sounded like a good fit but the move immediately raised questions about the future of the magazine. Was this just a way for them to quietly divest themselves …

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Review: Backcountry Mag, Jan. 2012

Over time Backcountry magazine has evolved into a solid representative for the backcountry skiing community and those who know me know this is not a casual admission.

The evidence, however, is irrefutable with the current issue now on newsstands.