Steve Romeo, skier and blogger of Tetonat.com, posed a question about skis vs. snowboard – which is a better mountain descent tool here. There are many excellent comments, so check out the link above for those! Following are my responses from that discussion. Randosteve: I think it might be a little easier for snowboarders [...]
SKIS vs. SNOWBOARD FOR MOUNTAINEERING DESCENTS
June 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Gear Reviews, Snowboarding, climbing tips
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Grand Teton First Female Snowboard Descent
March 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Jackson Hole, Snowboarding
Congratulations to Dani DeRuyter, who, on March 11, 2010, carved her way into the history books with the first descent of the Grand Teton by a female snowboarder! Dani’s wonderful accomplishment comes 39 years after Bill Briggs made his visionary first descent on skis and 21 years after my first snowboard descent in 1989. I [...]
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