The Con Man welcomes the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboarding Club back to the program, then explains why the conventional wisdom that said Democrats would be damanged by the primaries was so completely wrong.
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Add comment June 11th, 2008
That's easy. The best part of the last day of skiing--at least here in the Roaring Fork Valley--is that the start of the 2008 Aspen Music Festival is just around the corner... Remember last season?
Add comment April 5th, 2008
Come one come all to the lucky 13th annual Sun Dog’s K-9 Uphill, “A Snowshoe Event for Dogs and their People”! This unique benefit event can be experienced on Saturday, April 12th at 10:00AM at Buttermilk Mountain. Dog and owner teams are invited to snowshoe, ski or hike 2000 vertical feet over two miles from the base to the East Summit FINISH/Refueling Station. Erik’s Epic Raffle and hot dog BBQ will be presented back at the base to reward hearty uphillers. NEW this year: Dog and Owner Look Alike Costume Contest with awards!
Continue Reading Add comment April 2nd, 2008
For more than a decade, Bob and Tish Lockard have inspired the children of the Roaring Fork Valley by teaching the discipline of alpine ski racing through the Buddy Werner program at Sunlight Mountain Resort. That’s right. Slalom, Giant Slalom, and Super Giant Slalom, served up on a palette of genuine enthusiasm designed to appeal to children ages 5 to 95. While most Buddy Werner participants are children ages 5 to 12, Bob and Tish have made Sunlight’s Buddy Werner program an art—a way for willing parents to actively participate in teaching their children to ski. While the focus of the Buddy Werner program may be ski racing, I find myself one of the fortunate few who have learned that where Bob and Tish are concerned, the only real metric is helping a child find self-worth and confidence through skiing.
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Continue Reading Add comment March 16th, 2008
In this piece, I hope to dispel a wildly held myth about life in a ski town, which is, if you live in a ski town you ski all the time. The fact is, for me at least, you ski less. I moved to Aspen six years ago and have yet to surpass the number of days I skied each year when I lived in Florida.
Continue Reading 1 comment February 2nd, 2008
I quit skiing altogether back in the early 90s, mainly because fly fishing was so much more cost effective. Then I had kids. As if children weren’t expensive enough, we enrolled them in ski lessons. Now, I’m sitting on a hotel-room bed in Leadville next to a slumbering eleven-year-old who is comatose with the exhaustion of skiing two Super Giant Slalom training runs, and one race. It’s good he’s asleep, for there’s another training run and two more races first thing in the morning.
Continue Reading Add comment January 26th, 2008
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Add comment January 24th, 2008
I was sniffing around the internet for local news when I came upon this story about a new contraption that’s supposed to keep you safe in the event you find yourself being overtaken by an avalanche. In a week that has brought us two fatalities on separate occasions in the East Vail chutes, and a GSPI feature about some hair-raising backcountry travel by one group of intrepid locals, I learn of a device that takes charge of an avalanche critical moments before a beacon has a chance to be useful: the Avalance Airbag System.
Continue Reading Add comment January 13th, 2008
Today was my 1st day on the mountain as I am sure it was for most of the people on the hill. Perfect! It was awesome.
The mountain was packed and the lines were long but it was worth the wait to get some runs in. What a way to start off World Cup week. I am sure the ladies will be excited to see all of this lovely snow.
Continue Reading Add comment December 2nd, 2007
Sure, it was my idea, as it usually always is. It turned out very well, incredibly well, actually. I couldn't have asked for more. I had this incredible lake to my right, and a serious vertical ski slope a hundred yards in front of me as I soaked in the hot tub on our third floor balcony. This was about as close to Heaven on earth as i could summise.
First of all, my first name is indeed Bobby. The girls always loved that name. My mother, as screwed up as she is, is probably the only person who ever actually called me Bobby. Personally, I hated that name. I thought it too feminine, too gayish, too, ... well not worthy of a guy as comfortable on a horse as I was running over defensive backs. Yet, as I come to grips with turning 40 next month, I am also coming to grips with much more. Honestly? I like the name Bobby. Kind of sexy isn't it? Hah.
Continue Reading Add comment November 30th, 2007
