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October 2007 Archive

A Brief History of Snowboarding

Oct 31, 2007 · 07:20 AM

Had to be short to enable the intended audience to watch it between bong hits. I keed.

posted by: Jason Swihart

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SIA Trade Show Moving from Las Vegas to Denver

Oct 30, 2007 · 06:51 PM

Snowsports Industries of America (SIA) announced today that their big annual trade show will move from Las Vegas to Denver in 2010. The lobbying by representatives of Denver and Colorado has been going on for some time, but this move makes sense—this may come as a surprise, but there’s no actual snow in Las Vegas.

The two-year time frame should be just enough for Denver to fortify its stripper and 24-hour buffet industries to better serve the 20,000-or-so dissipated snow sports professionals who descend on SIA each year.

posted by: Jason Swihart

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Ski History at Denver International Airport

Oct 30, 2007 · 07:48 AM

Next time you fly through Denver, head to the Concourse A pedestrian bridge and check out the exhibition of historic ski gear and fashion from the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum and Hall of Fame (a name only a committee could love).

Seeing the ski parkas of yore took me back to the early seventies, when I was barely out of training pants, dressed in an insulated onesy and freezing my ass off in ski school at Highlands. Those were the good old days, when ski clothing kept you neither warm nor dry, rope tows jerked your arms out of their sockets, and when you fell you just hoped it was going to be one of those times that your skis released properly.

The exhibition “FASHION . FORM . FUNCTION – Then and Now” can be seen on the pedestrian bridge to Concourse A now through March 26, 2008. If you want to see it on a layover, note that it is outside the security checkpoint.

posted by: Jason Swihart

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