Archive for the ‘Snow’ Category
Nothing quickens the pulse quite like the whoomp-whoomp of a helicopter approaching a high altitude snowfield.
When it’s a six-seater Bell 407 dropping in to scoop up you and your adrenaline-high mates for another ski run down almost 1,000 vertical metres of featherlight powder snow, the sensation is scarily exciting and (the Aussie said it) positively pre-orgasmic.
We huddle on the snow while the pilot parks his bird as close as a kerbside taxi, and pile aboard in the manner prescribed -Â head down to avoid decapitation, backside first, calm and orderly. It’s all we can do to stop giggling.
Airborne again, we can take in the …Â Details
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — The weather was warm, the “lake†was chilly and the crowds were out on Saturday, celebrating the end of Squaw Valley’s ski season at the 19th annual pond skimming contest known as the Lake Cushing Classic.
This year almost 50 competitors attempted the more-perilous-than-normal pond crossing on skis, snowboards and various other creative contraptions including my personal favorite — snowlerblades mounted with telemark bindings (that guy didn’t have much chance of getting across the pond, but he attempted it with style)… Details & Pictures
Burton Snowboards, a snowboard manufacturer, launched a mobile marketing campaign. Working with only a tight budget in China, the company wanted to combine trend-setting Chinese youth and video mobile phones to create their mobile channel. The campaign drove traffic to their WAP and web sites through the mobile as well as online media.
The idea of the campaign was to let users record a video clip of the location they are in on their mobile phones and upload it to the Snobile website. Within seconds, the users will receive a customised movie back onto their mobile phones with soundtracks by local punk bands…Â Details