Rossignol Rippers!

Rossignol skiers!

Opulence, I has it

Treat yourself to a Pygmy giraffe, dogs that play poker(or that another game?), or a NASTC trip this year. What makes this commercial great is the attention to detail. Watch it slowly and you will pick out some interesting nuances. Live life slower and see what you notice.
Slow down this year and notice what you have been missing. Call NASTC(530-582-4772) for information regarding our next full immersion ski experience.

A change of seasons

I was leaving the South
To fling myself into the unknown…
I was taking a part of the South
To transplant in alien soil,
To see if it could grow differently,
If it could drink of new and cool rains,
Bend in strange winds,
Respond to the warmth of other suns
And perhaps, to bloom.

Richard Wright

Good Night Steve!

"One can never be bored by powder skiing because it is a special gift of the relationship between earth and sky. It only comes in sufficient amounts in particular places, at certain times on this earth: it last only a limited amount of time before sun or wind changes it. People devote their lives to it "for the pleasure of being so purely played" by gravity and snow.
Dolores LaChapelle

Getting ready for ski season! Bikes are good, but dont forget the fundamentals.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the
Human race. H.G. Wells
Its impossible to get me off my MT. Bike in the fall and into the gym. However I know the key to season durability is to find the weak links and deal with them in prehab, so I don't face rehab halfway through the season. Total Skiing my new book due out Dec 12 will give anyone the tools to screen for fitness holes and tactics and technique flaws. Taking these suggestions will ensure you have a happy healthy ski season. Look for it and buy it!!
Thanks

Crested Butte Mt. Bike, Alone in the WOODS!!

Doest a tree make a sound when it falls in the woods, does a blog get read when in cyberspace? The only way to really understand the smell. the color, the texture and the feel of flying through peaking aspens in the high alpine of Colorado is to be there. Chris Rust and Bill Ellard hosted me for 4 days of primo mtbing last week. Nick Herrin joined in for a few rides and gave us a locals only visit to his favorite haunts. Dyke, Deer trail, 401, Strand and Hartland were a sampling how awesome this place is. An exciting and adventuresome trip that included confrontations with a fox, bull, herd of cows, hawks, ranchers, steep decents, knarly climbs tight switchbacks, slick rock like technicals, bow hunters, ATV's, sweeping single track through a sea of sage and cow patties. At the end we promised to return.