Category: Skills

The Flux Capacitor

The next time you have to carry your skis on the approach to an amazing day of skiing in the mountains, consider our good friend Craig Barnard’s signature Flux Capacitor technique. The Flux Capacitor has several advantages over strapping your skis diagonally or A-frame style to your backpack: • You can bushwhack like you’ve never …

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Grass Skiing 101

It all starts with the your favorite pair of old, dusty boards…and a good attitude. Then… 1. Wait for some light rain; 2. Head for an older New England ski area trail with an especially thick coat of grass and moss, and few, if any, rocks exposed; 3. Try not to turn much.