Rage! Archive

  • The IOC recently announced some new winter events, including "team figure skating" but they have yet to make a decision on whether to include the  snowboard or ski slopestyle events. Now, I'm on record as thinking that the Olympic snowboarding events are a joke and...

    Olympic Snowboarding: So What?

    The IOC recently announced some new winter events, including "team figure skating" but they have yet to make a decision on whether to include the snowboard or ski slopestyle events. Now, I'm on record as thinking that the Olympic snowboarding events are a joke and...

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  • Been a rough week with work, and so your weekly dose of skiing stupidness is a few days late.  But “Stupid Skiers Sunday” has a nice ring to it, don’t...

    Stupid Skiers Sunday

    Been a rough week with work, and so your weekly dose of skiing stupidness is a few days late.  But “Stupid Skiers Sunday” has a nice ring to it, don’t...

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  • If you are visiting Vail resorts in Colorado over the holidays and didn't buy a season pass back in October, you're a moron.

    Lift Ticket Madness: $100+ at Vail, Beaver Creek

    If you are visiting Vail resorts in Colorado over the holidays and didn't buy a season pass back in October, you're a moron.

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  • If you're too cold, you're probably not working hard enough. Buy some thermals and start working. Ever get "cold" shoveling snow? Not unless it's 20 below.

    If You’re Too Cold

    If you're too cold, you're probably not working hard enough. Buy some thermals and start working. Ever get "cold" shoveling snow? Not unless it's 20 below.

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  • At first I thought,

    Mixing it Up: Reply to Huck Magazine

    At first I thought, "There is just sooo much wrong with this!" but eventually cooled off and I figure they were about half right, but the other half was dead wrong. So here's what they got right:

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  • The economy stinks, so luxury sports like skiing/snowboarding are going to suffer a bit, but that's not all. The service & experience at many of the ski areas here is just not that awesome anymore. Over at his blog, Jon Tollefson called out the Midwest ski resorts. This struck a chord with me because I've had the same discussion with people at every resort bar.

    Michigan Ski Resorts: Who’s Doing it Wrong?

    The economy stinks, so luxury sports like skiing/snowboarding are going to suffer a bit, but that's not all. The service & experience at many of the ski areas here is just not that awesome anymore. Over at his blog, Jon Tollefson called out the Midwest ski resorts. This struck a chord with me because I've had the same discussion with people at every resort bar.

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  • Nobody else is going up. I'm tired. I'm broke. It's too warm. It's too cold. I need a new deck. My boots smell. I think I broke a rib on that rail last Thursday. Etc.

All excuses to keep you off the mountain.

    Excuses…

    Nobody else is going up. I'm tired. I'm broke. It's too warm. It's too cold. I need a new deck. My boots smell. I think I broke a rib on that rail last Thursday. Etc. All excuses to keep you off the mountain.

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  • The front discs were easy. The drums are a lot more difficult/complicated to work on because there's a million little springs and such that need to be put back together properly. Putting it back together was trick and took a few tries, but that wasn't our biggest problem.

    An Adventure with Jeep Cherokee Drum Brakes

    The front discs were easy. The drums are a lot more difficult/complicated to work on because there's a million little springs and such that need to be put back together properly. Putting it back together was trick and took a few tries, but that wasn't our biggest problem.

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