The morning began with butterflies in my stomach. It was an adventure, and opportunity of a lifetime. I had a chance to go into the backcountry with a group from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and find a black bear den with a momma and cubs. It’s amazing how brave I can be amongst…
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Video: Mountain Biking Fruita + Grand Junction, Colorado
Skiing in Utah is still going full blast. Meanwhile, skiers are missing out on mountain biking that is already approaching peak season in southern Utah and western Colorado. While Moab and the St. George areas are home to our favorite desert trails, we also take road trips to another sweet place to ride this time…
“The Art of Flight” may revolutionize snowboard movies
In 2008, Brain Farm Cinema offered up a snowboarding video that was anything but the norm. ”That’s It That’s All” was more than just a couple of years worth of high quality snow-porn, it was a game-changer. Curt Morgan and Travis Rice (along with a crew of the world’s best schralpers) used HiDef, 35mm, and…
Video: Speed Fly Fisher Towers by Marshall Miller
Utah local, Marshall Miller, is making a name for himself by posting POV videos of him “speed flying” off Utah’s iconic natural features. Last December, we featured his amazing video “Superior Speed Fly” in which Miller skis from the top of Mount Superior above Alta, and flies among the mountain’s headwalls and fins. This time…
Salomon FreeskiTV videos the perfect stoke builder
After all this Outdoor Retailer 2011 Winter Market coverage, we need a break from writing (and reading) about gear, gear, gear! Today is a day to dig out from technical specs of jackets and shoes and get stoked on ski season again. The Salomon FreeskiTV videos are a series of short movies with episodes released…
X-Dance Action Sports Film Festival 2011 in Utah
Forget about Sundance. If you’re any sort of action sports/outdoor recreation/mountain lover, and you’re in Utah the third week of January, then the GoPro X-Dance Action Sports Film Festival is your ground zero for the biggest, baddest and best rock climbing, surfing, mountain biking, skiing, and outdoor documentary films of the year. This go-round is…
Discrete Headwear: Julian Carr, Utah hats, and killer ski videos
Utah has long been a community oriented-type state, and a good example is the recent push to “buy local.” As Utah’s outdoor community, we too can live by this mantra. One of our local outdoor gear companies is Discrete Headwear, owned and operated by none other than Utah ski pro, Julian Carr. Not only does…
Utah Filmmaker Bill Kerig presents “Ready to Fly”
Utah Filmmaker, Bill Kerig, is the man who brought us the ski documentary The Edge of Never. As a follow up to the success of that film, Kerig has turned his attention to the highly controversial subject of the women’s ski jumping team and their struggle to be accepted into the Winter Olympic Games. Ready…
Amazing video: speed flying Mount Superior
A sweet video came out this week on Vimeo of Utah skier Marshall Miller and his friends “speed flying” off the summit of Mount Superior. What is speed flying you ask? It’s when you ski down a mountain with a paragliding parachute strapped to yourself. This allows a skier to not only make some turns…
Vote favorite Ski Utah Snowflake Commercial and win gear
Three new television commercials were unveiled by the Utah Office of Tourism at the State Capitol this week, featuring the Ski Utah snowflakes as part of a media campaign to promote Utah’s awesome skiing to the masses around the country. We all know that Utah has the “greatest snow on earth,” (trademark, copyright, blah blah…