John is a life long Squaw skier and published research scientist.
Russell Caulkins, the first ESPN Skysufing Demo Champion, 1992. (watch the video first) The monoski, a nostalgic anachronism capable of inspiring giddy bewilderment on the slopes and from the chair with … Read More
Our hides have been getting cooked for ages and the sun has tattooed countless patterns on the faces, feet, backsides, bellies, legs, boobs, arms, and asses of people all over … Read More
That’s Andy Hays stomping Center Line this morning. Easily the most impressive line of the day! The landing zone below the Chimney slid creating a sketchy crown close to where … Read More
This morning started out as a fun but wet and blinding lower mountain storm day. If you were out between 9:00 and 11:30 you got some smooth turns on the … Read More
Last year saw the first ever Skinny-Ski-Athon. Athletes strapped on their favorite old pair of skinny skis and lapped KT-22 a mind numbing number of times from bell to bell. … Read More
One of the greatest ski competitions known to Man or Woman, The Pain McShlonkey Classic was held yesterday at Squaw. A torrent of tiny skis pinged their way down the … Read More
Weather balloons, pressurized capsules, and space suits were in the skies above Roswell, New Mexico this morning as Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner executed a successful test jump from … Read More
Here’s some footage from the Silver Belt Banzai at Sugar Bowl, the final stop on the 2012 Rahlves Banzai Tour. Conditions were tough out there with the low visibility but … Read More
Snow is in the forecast all week! And the first storm of the series hit the Sierra Crest hard with strong winds and near whiteout conditions during the final stop of the … Read More
An officially sanctioned SnowFest event, The Cornice Cantina Sun Deck Ski Race was held on Tuesday. Jumbo from the Cantina put up two $50 bar tabs for the fastest male … Read More
Went out today with hopes of finding a few stashes and wind drifts. Found spots that were fun to ski but nothing off piste that would be considered “good” conditions. … Read More
Wow! The Red Bull Cold Rush 2012 has been going down over the last few days in Silverton, Co. The lines skied during the Big Mountain discipline are some of … Read More
Survival was the name of the game during the KT-22 Banzai at Squaw this weekend. While earlier Banzai events this season were well described by words like “fast” or “sketchy”, … Read More
Based on my experience yesterday with the frozen base layer at Squaw I didn’t expect conditions at the resort to be all that great today. I wasn’t even planning on … Read More
Looks great doesn’t it! I know what you’re thinking, how could a storm that was only supposed to drop a couple inches of snow result in blower pow turns like … Read More
The Rahlves Banzai Tour stop #2 went down today. Men’s and women’s ski and snowboarders all charged hard and put on a show for what turned out to be a … Read More
After yesterday’s time trials, the Rahlves’ Banzai Tour stop at Alpine Meadows will run today in stacked heats starting with Men’s Snowboard at 10:45, and yes, that mogul field in … Read More
Looking for an affordable, healthy pre or apres meal in Squaw? Hot & Healthy Crepes will fill this niche perfectly. This crepe stand just opened up under new ownership right … Read More
The last couple of days at Squaw have been pretty sweet! Still not the bottomless hero snow that we all seem to expect on the regular, but on the whole … Read More
The 2012 Rahlves’ Banzai Tour kicked off this weekend at Kirkwood. It was fast, it was treacherous, and it was fun! As a result of the low snow conditions in … Read More
Today was a pow day! Maybe the best of the season in Tahoe so far. Anywhere from 6 inches to a foot of new snow was laid down last night. … Read More
After Sarah Burke passed away on January 19th 2012, the Tahoe production company and website Shreddy Times along with local sticker manufacturer Sticker Pack began a fundraiser in an effort … Read More
We seem to be in a holding pattern at the moment here in Squaw Valley. Blue skies, cold snow, good groomers, rough and frozen off piste conditions. The new snow … Read More
Today, Punxsutawney Phil, the prognosticator of prognosticators, AKA chief meteorologist, emerged from his burrow on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania to the sight of his plump penumbral shadow indicating that we’re … Read More
Conditions were firm today. A drizzle on the mountain yesterday and fog in the evening followed by cold overnight temperatures resulted in widespread frozen chunder anywhere off piste. However, Tower … Read More
This is the biggest, craziest, gnarliest project Mike Wilson has ever put together. If you have seen even a fraction of the things Mike has pulled off… you know that’s … Read More
