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Witness The Sickness

desi — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:50:38 -0800

Mr. El Nino finally delivers the goods with a storm a day for a week and 5+ ft of the cold good stuff. You know how we do it...chesty mounted GoPro's and DOKA's...we hit Squaw on one of the best days of the season thus far. Not to mention the inaugural kick-off for Kevin McClure's Witness The Sickness crew. After countless hours consulting the tahoeloco weather geek and NOAA, King Kong called it for Friday and the mandatory "sick" day was on. Let's just say the day lived up to the name. Check the video!

El Nino is Spanish for The Nino!

desi — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:36:17 -0700

Wondering what El Nino is all about? If you weren't around for the winter of '98 here's a professional definition from NOAA. Perfect time to ditch your skinny GS skis and learn why fatter is better.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091015_winteroutlook.html

For a looser interpretation we turn to the master...the late Chris Farley.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoHz56jWGY

Micah and crew in Chile..Entropy goes Southern Hemi!

desi — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:43:00 -0700

Photos: Dev Finley

Day 1 Friday Aug 21,

In the Zone!

desi — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:03:04 -0700

We were lucky enough to close out our season in style at Points North Heli in Cordova, AK. Kevin and Jessica Quinn run an operation that is a better example of coordination and efficiency than most Fortune 500 companies. Try getting 50 powder hungry mad men (and women) 10-12 runs a day in some of the most bad ass terrain on the planet and on top of that get them all back to the lodge alive! Thanks to the entire Points North crew, most of all to our guide Alz for showing us what the Chugach is all about.

Extreme Scene on KNBR 1050

desi — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:32:42 -0700

The Extremem Scene Radio crew were cool enough to invite us on the show to talk surfing, snowsports, traffic tickets, and...bending over?

Take a listen...here!

Left Coast Love!

desi — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:28:52 -0800

Whether its pure luck, a keen intuition, or a fledgling career as a meteorologist, there is nothing more satisfying in skiing or riding than being in the right place at the right time. Luckily for us out here in Nor Cal all it took was a 4wd car and patience to sit in 80 traffic to be in the right place at the right time...anywhere on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe last week.

Outfitted with the latest in video equipment compliments of our friends at GoPro, we headed to the Sierra Nevada's to shoot a little POV ski action. Enjoy!

ECOsource display at SIA

desi — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:08:04 -0800

Come see the Republics at SIA in the ECOsource display!

We were stoked to be included in this years display along side a bunch of other great products that are taking the snowsports industry into a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future. Now back to the craps table....

Wasatch...delivers!

desi — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:58:21 -0800

The January high pressure system finally moved off and the snow started falling. Where else would you want to be than the Wasatch! Waist deep and nuking for two days straight...perfect conditions for doing some DOKA testing!

Thanks to Justin and Porter for showing us their secret stashes out at Snowbird and the Mountain Hardware crew and the Bogan's for a superfun day at Solitude.

Where does our wood come from?

desi — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:54:02 -0800

In 2007, Arc Wood & Timbers partnered with Entropy Sports to produce a unique wood ski core. The logs that were utilized for the Entropy Ski Cores were sourced from a decommissioned floating logger’s camp on a lake in Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The camp was built in the early 1950’s and deployed to harvest large stands of coastal forest trees. Since water logging was banned to protect community watersheds and biodiversity, the floating logger’s camp was recently decommissioned.

Entropy Snow '09: The Journey Begins

desi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:48:33 -0800

Years in the making, from the lab to the mountains, through many prototypes, waist deep blower days to bullet proof hard pack...this is our journey.