Swap Skis & Devour Turkey Sales
There are few things that define the start of the when-will-it-be-the-ski season here in Whistler other than the annual Turkey Sale, in which locals, weekend warriors and zoners alike take to the shops,…
DPS Wailer 99
Alright, we admit, we’re a bit infatuated with DPS here at NN, but for good reason: the skis ride well, are strong, light and versatile. Several years ago I picked up my first…
Grit, Fear & Tension from Chamonix to AK
I love documentary footage in ski films. There is nothing that fascinates me more than footage of the banal yet intricate preparations involved with expeditions into the wild: nights spent pouring over maps;…
playing Solitaire in Whistler
I like most ski flicks I see, but very few do I buy. One of the few I have treasured and watched repeatedly is the Sweetgrass film Signatures, which followed an entire season…
All.I.Can hits Squamish
If you’re like me and weren’t able to make the Whistler premiere of All.I.Can (I’ve got a broken ankle; what’s your excuse?) to watch our local boys rip it up around the world…
Reel Rock 2011 comes to Squamish
Tighten your britches and bring some chalk for your sweaty palms. On Wednesday, October 19th, the sixth annual Reel Rock Film Tour hits Squamish’s Brew Pub. In the lineup is footage from Dean…
TGR is in town!
There’s been plenty of film premieres this past month—’tis the season—but I am especially stoked for TGR’s latest, One for the Road. TGR always brings the rougher edge to ski films. This isn’t some…
Flocking to the Turkey Sale
Every year Whistler’s infamous Turkey Sale descends upon the Village. For us locals it’s like the mongol hordes… we’re enjoying a rainy, quiet Fall when all of a sudden the madness comes to…
Dendrite Takes its Time
With the autumn rain rolling in, most of us turn to immersing ourselves in footage from last winter. Beer in hand, it’s time to bulk up for the incoming drifts and storms… In…
the Spoon in action
So we recently mentioned the DPS Spoon, a convex ski with 3 dimensional shaping…. Well, check out the footage above from Little Cottonwood Canyon last year. This is Stephan Drake, DPS founder and…
the skies part
After four days of deluge, of incessant rain and wind, the skies dark and grey have parted to reveal a deep blanket of snow extending about a third of the way down Solar…
DPS SPOON
This is a preliminary report — yes, the 150cm underfoot (!!) DPS SPOON ski, otherwise known as the powder weapon of the future, will see some form of release this season, probably sometime…
February 28, 2013
tobias c. van Veen — Yah, mine are beginning to pile. A quality merino liner would be appreciated, for warmth & faster drying. I find...
February 28, 2013
Dave LeBlanc — the fleece liners in the SV's suck, they get wet and stay wet. Replaced mine with wool and all is...
December 9, 2012
karl — Even tho well written i will STRONGLY disagree with ya on the case of racers being the best on the...
November 12, 2012
Vince — Thanks for your review Tobias.
Wanted to respond to a few key points:
1. Cakehole and Khybers (while outside boundary) were not...
