Archive for 'Skiing'
Three of the Top Ten Ski Resorts Are in Canada
Aussies have surfing (grrrrrr). The UK has rugby. The Americans have damn well what ever they like. And us Canucks? Well we do one thing really well…we do cold like no other country on Earth. Heck, it’s actually below zero in BC right now. For the adventure travel junkie this means one thing…Ski slopes!! Canadians [...]
Posted: December 12th, 2011 under Skiing.
Tags: BC, best ski destinations, lists, ten best ski resorts, Whistler Blackcomb
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How to Ski in the City, Look Cool and Not Get Caught
Caught in the doldrums of winter? Me too. It’s grey, it’s cold and I so can’t think about surfing right now. Fortunately us Canadians are a hardy breed and ne’er without an excuse to grab the skis and hit the slopes…whether on a mountain or, as you’ll see in this video, through the streets, back [...]
Posted: December 5th, 2011 under Skiing.
Tags: BC Transit, Nelson BC, ski in the city, ski video
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Absolutely Sick Cliff Jump During Avalanche
Where do people think up this stuff? We’ve seen guys jumping out of planes in kayaks, people waterskiing behind great white sharks. And now, in perhaps the best-looking video ever, a skier makes an absolutely sick cliff jump during an avalanche.
Truthfully, I think somebody was sitting at home one night, took acid and [...]
Posted: May 7th, 2011 under Air Extreme, BASE Jumping, Skiing.
Tags: avalanche, cliff jump in avalanche, cliffjumping, Mathhias Giraud
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Polar Bear Greets Skier
What do you get when a professional skier happens upon a polar bear on a ski jump? A video that’s garnered over a million hits. Bear with the amateurish video, cause the brief encounter is so worth it. The skier looks petrified, but the bear’s more like WTF?
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Posted: April 16th, 2011 under Animals, Skiing.
Tags: Norway, polar bear and skier, ski jump
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Speed Flying By Halvor Angvik, Norwegian Daredevil
After watching this video I realized three things. First I am glad to have Norwegian ancestry because if YouTube is correct, Norwegians have mastered the art of skiing and BASE Jumping and have cojones big enough to fit in a dump truck. Two, this video, of Norwegian daredevil Halvor Angvik speed flying (if that’s what [...]
Posted: December 29th, 2010 under Air Extreme, BASE Jumping, Skiing, Why Categorize it Cause it's Just Freakin' Awesome.
Tags: cojones, daredevil, Halvor Angvik, Norway, Wengen Switzerland, wing-suit
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Wing-Suit BASE Jump in Norway
There are no words that can really capture the poetry of this video, in which J.T. Holmes and some Norwegian BASE Jumpers glide over the cliffs of Norway. Amazing. Just amazing. I want a wing-suit.
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Posted: June 10th, 2010 under Air Extreme, BASE Jumping, Skiing.
Tags: daredevil, J.T. Holmes, Norway
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A Canadian Olympic Curse?
What was that hoopla about Canada never winning Olympic Gold in Montreal or Calgary? I’m lovin the fact that a week into the Vancouver Olympics, we’re sitting at four golds already, with seven medals in total, and we’re in fourth place for medals so far. But you know what they say…you never forget [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2010 under Olympics, Skiing.
Tags: olympic gold
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