Following reports from several retailers and our own technical investigation. It was revealed that under specific conditions, there is a potential risk of
breakage of the spring guiding axis on the toe piece of the binding. Such a failure could lead to the disconnection of the ski boot from the ski, which may cause a skier to lose control, fall or suffer injuries.
We received a comment on Rappelling on Skinny Ropes—Part 1: Devices from a reader asking about using a Super Münter hitch to rappel on a skinny rope. (Thank you, Jonathan, for asking the question.) Let’s break down some basics, and then get into a text thread between Billy Haas, Adam Fabrikant, and Gavin Hess.
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Les Houches and Salt Lake City based Blue Ice nails the products and happens to have a compelling backstory. Begun in 2008 by Giovanni Rossi in Chamonix, the company set forward on a path of intentional growth
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A post episode 2 THR Podcast follow-up: Some Ski and Non-Ski Film suggestions for your viewing pleasure. Think less ski-stoke film and more long-form documentary.
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Nick Rosen and the host discuss ski films in the context of the broader adventure film realm.
On this podcast, you’ll find a few F-bombs and such. Really, there are far fewer F-bombs than on our skintrack banter sessions, where we discussed the spectrum of adventure films and why this podcast host should not be such a crank regarding modern stoke-focused ski films. Point taken.
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