Just when you thought you have seen Chris Davenport at his best, he comes dressed to impress for the sixth annual NEPSA Video Awards in Aspen, Thursday night.
To see more of Davenport, make sure you check out Saturday night’s Matchstick Productions, Claim, here in Aspen where one hopes to see Chris in his normal ski attire.
Looking good Dav!
This month’s SKIING magazine is out on stands and highlights the Annual Resort Awards with some creative new categories.
Overall winner, is Whistler Blackcomb, followed closely by
2. Jackson Hole, WY
3.Vail, CO
4. Telluride, CO
5. Alta/Snowbird, UT
6. Alyeska, AK
7. Our own Aspen/Aspen Highlands, CO
8. Big Sky, MT
9. Steamboat, CO
10. Breckenridge, CO.
This year’s new categories included the following.
Best Backcountry Access: Goes to my favorite mountain, Jackson Hole.
Best Powder: Alta/Snowbird
Best Slopeside Tuning Shop: Teton Village Sports, Jackson Hole
Best Place to Use a Snorkel: Whitewater, BC
Best Patio: St. Bernard, Taos.
Best Apres: Whistler Blackcomb
Best SurfaceLift: The Roca Jack, Portillo Chile
Best Green Development: Jiminy Peak, MAS
Scariest Access Road: Valle Nevado, Chile
Best Hot Tub: Squaw Creek Resort, Squaw Valley
Best New Terrain: Palmyra Peak, Telluride
The list goes on and on…
Dennis Lewon to head up new Glamping Magazine
Word on the street is that Dennis Lewon may leave his post at Backpacker to head up the recently launched Glamping magazine. Glamping is a form of glamorous camping as reported on in the USA Today, ABC News and the LA Times. Dennis was quoted saying, “I have always considered camping sort of glamorous and over the years have grown sick of sleeping on the ground.”
Perhaps the best SWAG ever
Swag is loved and disdained. It has been described by one infamous gear editor as “a river that flows through my office.” So, who might be qualified to rate swag as the best ever? How about a PR person – Nate Simmons, who has experience giving out over a decades worth of swag. In an unequivocal statement today Mr.Simmons exclaimed, “this is the greatest swag I have ever received, ever.”
The object of his affection?
BD’s new Custom telemark boots.
Comfy enough for all day wear
Shot in Jackson last spring – here’s the beta on BD’s award winning Verdict, Zealot and MegaWatt skis.
As usual Powderweek in JH was full bore with great snow, good people and the 1st Annual Gelande Quaffing World Championships.
Team BD slings a beer to Dav
With ski season quickly approaching, who better to give you a brief overview of Kästle’s new 2009 line than Kästle’s Marketing Ambassador and professional skier, Chris Davenport.
Watch the video here.
Teton based, rando-racer, always motivated skier Steve Romeo, is giving away a FREE pair of BD skis on his blog TetonAT.com
The winner will get to choose the skis of their choice by entering a contest centered around the Best Trip Report submitted by December 1, 2008. The winner will be selected on 12/15.
Rando Steve atop the Prong looking at the NF of the Grand
So, either get out there or get busy writing up the greatest, worst or most hilarious recent trip and share it on TetonAT.com
With frost on the windshield this morning this seemed appropriate.
Here’s a link to Chris Davenport and Stian Hagen from Matchstick Productions new film capturing their 08 project of skiing the Matterhorn, Eiger, Monte Rosa and Mont Blanc last spring.
Once loaded, click on Chris, Stian and the project first, then watch the Matterhorn video.
I learned to ski as a kid at a little hill in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia called Wintergreen. It’s a classic East Coast ski resort where the lodge is on the top of the mountain and they hand out trash bags at the base of the lifts so you don’t get soaked by the snow makers on the way up.
In 1985, the height of ski fashion at Wintergreen was a CB Sports jacket, jeans and gaiters. And you better believe it, that’s the outfit I was rockin’ along with my prized chicken-heart Dynastars.
At about the same time, GORE-TEX hit the scene and and was quickly adopted by the ski industry with its unique claim of “waterproof” AND “breathable.” I especially remember coveting one of those sweet yellow and black TNF Steep Tech getups that Scott Schmidtt always wore. Of course, who could afford it?