Backcountry Magazine: new focus on snowboarding

KK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:21 am **Posts:** 49

pulled from http://skipressmag.com

May 5, 2005

Jeffersonville, Vermont (Ski Press)-Backcountry Magazine announced the addition of three snowboarding-focused writers, Mike Harrelson, Chris Van Tilburg, and Dan Kostrzewski, to provide added firepower for this coming season's first ever Snowboarding Annual to debut in October.

Ã¢â‚¬Å“From its roots, snowboarding was born in the backcountry, just like skiing,Ã¢â‚¬Â

Matt · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2005 9:33 am

Sounds good to me. This has caused a stir over on the T-tips forum, and triggered the classic "Snowboarding sucks"/"No it doesn't" knee-jerk reaction. I don't miss that.

mtnrider · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2005 10:23 am

Yeah, I started reading that thread @ TTips. Pretty funny...

...never mind the fact that the guys might actually have something to offer, and maybe, nah, do they have some writing talent?

From the article above they seem pretty credible to me.

I figured I'm getting a little old to be a heathen on the hill. Guess since I'm a snowboarder I'll always have the droopy pants and colored mohawk :lol:

powderjunkie · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2005 11:38 am

Good for us, eh. Congrats to CVT. Why hasn't Chris come over to this forum?

bcrider · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2005 12:00 pm

powderjunkie wrote:

Congrats to CVT. Why hasn't Chris come over to this forum?

He's here.

http://www.splitboard.net/talk/profile. ... file&u=240

PS. Congrats to CVT and Backcountry mag! Can't wait to see the results.

Greydon Clark · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 10:55 am

The TTips thread was a little strange. Peeps seem more interested in reading about the latest bindings than backcountry skiing.

powderjunkie · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 11:08 am

docwild, good to know.

ttips thread was more than a little strange. Why did it turn into sematics of skiing and snowboarding? typical.

Greydon Clark · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2005 9:42 am

powderjunkie wrote:

docwild, good to know.

ttips thread was more than a little strange. Why did it turn into sematics of skiing and snowboarding? typical.

What do you expect, peeps have a six page thread debating the music in the Powder Whores video, somehow missing the fact that this is some of the best tele skiing ever posted on the inter-web. OCD reigns supreme.

Treeliner · **Joined:** Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:21 am **Posts:** 8

KK wrote:

Chris has been riding since 1984 and authored Backcountry Snowboarding (Mountaineers Books, 1998)

This is a little off-topic but...

I was almost going to buy this book but decided against it as it probably discusses snowshoeing/hiking rather than skinning up with a splitboard. Can anyone confirm my suspicion or recommend a different book?

docwild · **Posted:** Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:50 pm

Yes, published in 98 (thus written in 96) splitboarding was still new, but I do cover splitboarding. I also write about avalanche safety, mountain safety, first aid, riding techniques, clothing, and such (it's a compact version of Freedom of the Hills for Snowboarders). CV

Ecobrad · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:37 am

I read Backcountry Snowboarding by CVT last year. It's a great book. It's not supposed to be mode of ascent specific (he describes all of them), rather backcountry snowboarding in general--as docwild suggests above. It's not for the advanced bc guru but for someone who in interested in starting or has some experience but wants an experts view.

Treeliner · **Joined:** Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:21 am **Posts:** 8

docwild wrote:

I also write about avalanche safety, mountain safety, first aid, riding techniques, clothing, and such (it's a compact version of Freedom of the Hills for Snowboarders). CV

Sounds good, Chris. Definitely what I'm looking for, think I'll go pick it up.

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