Lake Peak: Both Sides of the Story (…Mountain) May 17 2012
Cinco de Ski-Climb-Bike-o with @brodyleven May 15 2012
2 Outings, 1 Weekend, 0 of my Work May 14 2012
For Immediate Release and More Immediate Reading: I’m Your Problem Now, Surface! May 11 2012
Two weeks ago, I didn’t even know the name of Lake Peak. And while that may not come as a surprise to you–mainly because you don’t care–it’s actually kind of telling. During my 6 winters here, I’ve spent enough days getting sufficiently lost in Utah’s backcountry and enough evenings geeking out in front of topo [...]
Grab your broken piñata from the recycling bin and crack open a can of black beans.
Questionably defacing the typically-beautiful front page of the Surface Skis blog today sits a group of young men, all of whom are prone to hiking on rocks in ski boots and receiving stone grinds from…stones. In May. On skis. On Sunday, we found the only snow left on Planet Earth for a fun day of [...]
For Immediate Release…at Your Convenience March 25th-ish, 2012 SALT LAKE CITY, UT. – Surface Skis, creator of lightweight touring skis for Granolas, alpine and powder skis for First-Tram-ers, and park skis for ‘Rats, is happily rounding out its roster of youthful, mainly short-statured team skiers with Utah-based backcountry vagabond Brody Leven. Headquartered with a back-alley [...]
May 17, 2012
Two weeks ago, I didn’t even know the name of Lake Peak. And while that may not come as a surprise to you–mainly because you don’t care–it’s actually kind of telling. During my 6 winters here, I’ve spent enough days getting sufficiently lost in Utah’s backcountry and enough evenings geeking out in front of topo [...]
May 15, 2012
Grab your broken piñata from the recycling bin and crack open a can of black beans.
May 14, 2012
Questionably defacing the typically-beautiful front page of the Surface Skis blog today sits a group of young men, all of whom are prone to hiking on rocks in ski boots and receiving stone grinds from…stones. In May. On skis. On Sunday, we found the only snow left on Planet Earth for a fun day of [...]
May 11, 2012
For Immediate Release…at Your Convenience March 25th-ish, 2012 SALT LAKE CITY, UT. – Surface Skis, creator of lightweight touring skis for Granolas, alpine and powder skis for First-Tram-ers, and park skis for ‘Rats, is happily rounding out its roster of youthful, mainly short-statured team skiers with Utah-based backcountry vagabond Brody Leven. Headquartered with a back-alley [...]
May 10, 2012
It was awesome to get out for some 9-to-5-friendly climbs with Tim in Big Cottonwood Tuesday night. We started by each leading Goodro’s Wall before walking down the street for a quick run up Steort’s Ridge. It was super fun. Tim’s the person with whom I learned to climb 5 or 6 years ago and [...]
May 9, 2012
Rappelling silently, I glanced over my shoulder as Jay, anchored to his ice axe, snapped photos from a nearby rock nook that guarded him from falling rocks, ice, and slough. Thirty seconds later, I was anchored alongside the rest of the crew: Surface Brandbassador Hayden Price, Surface Creative Genius Jason Eichhorst, and Tahoe splitboarder Abe [...]
