Last week I spent four glorious days seeking paths to self-expression in the white world of Snowbird. To honor this annual ritual, I’m reprising here the final chapter of Snowbird Secrets, in which I expound upon the myriad ways skiing allows for...
[On Drifting is Chapter 14 of Snowbird Secrets, A Guide to Big Mountain Skiing, which I co-wrote with “Guru” Dave Powers during the summer of 2012. Each chapter is a stand-alone meditation on some aspect of skiing that illuminates and informs the rest of our lives. It...
On March 13, 2009, I died. As the astute reader will instantly sense, something is not quite right about that sentence. The problem is the verb. I write, “I died,” because we have no other word to describe what happened to me that day. Allow me to start over with a...
As the Pontiff of Powder, I have a sacrosanct duty to bestow spiritual enrichment upon my flock. The spirit guide I have co-authored for this express purpose is Snowbird Secrets, from which On Sensuality has been excerpted. While it is a fallacy to believe, as some...
[With the ski season looming just over the time horizon, the communal anticipation of skiers everywhere begins its annual climb to fever pitch. To add to your stoke, I’m offering a chapter from Snowbird Secrets that addresses the sensation of anticipation as it...
