Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, William Finnegan [xrr rating=5/5 display_as=textstars] Definitely one of my favorite books, I just couldn’t put it down. A big thank […]
Chronology
Mother’s Day at the Coast
Maxie was up bright and early to make Mum a special batch of blueberry muffins, after which we jetted out to the coast to explore […]
On the Edge
On the Edge, Nate Silver [xrr rating=3.5/5 display_as=textstars] I really enjoyed Silver’s first book – The Signal and the Noise – which was released after […]
Shrek and Fiona
One of the many things Maxie and I missed out on up in the mountains was the arrival of this year’s batch of lambs. We […]
Day 100
I was going to be exceedingly stoked with 90+ days on the slopes for the season… But when Sugar Bowl closed early last Sunday it […]
The Everything Store
The Everything Store, Brad Stone [xrr rating=3.5/5 display_as=textstars] A bit dated these days – it was written in 2013 – but a fun read nonetheless… […]
One Last Storm
The resorts up here had really been hurting following that insane high pressure system that rolled over Northern California a couple of weeks back… Max […]
U12 Far West Championships
A few pics of our carpool buddy Beaux tearing up the slalom course this morning… He won both days one and two of the champs, […]
Powder Haus Spring Guests
Max misses out on spring break this year (I guess you could say he’s been on spring break for three months now!), but it was […]
Stolen Lives
Stolen Lives, Malika Oufkir [xrr rating=4/5 display_as=textstars] Amazon: Born into a proud Berber family in 1953, the eldest daughter of the King of Morocco’s closest […]
Tahoe Junior Freeride Series IV
The fourth and last of the 2025/2026 season’s Tahoe Junior Freeride Series comps was scheduled to be held at Mount Rose last weekend, but the […]
Donner Peak
A fun morning with Mum to the Truckee side of Donner Peak overlooking Donner Lake…
Springtime Tallac
Paris had been telling me fables of an Alps-like summit along the west shore of Tahoe for a while… With spring conditions and still plenty […]
Day 72
California giveth, and California taketh away… After a phenomenal week of some of the best skiing conditions I’d ever experienced in Northern California during powder […]
Raising Cain
Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon Ph.D. and Michael Thompson Ph.D. [xrr rating=4.5/5 display_as=textstars] This should probably be required reading for all educators, administrators in schools and […]
Money Line and the Lake Run X 2
After we’d let the snow settle for a couple of cycles it was incredible day in the backcountry yesterday with all this fresh pow. We […]
Powder Week
The forecast had consistently been calling for an intense storm to hit us on President’s Day long weekend. Originally it was slated to start on […]
Fresh Snow!
Finally some fresh snow! And a quick midweek visit from Paul benson…
The End of the World is Just Beginning
The End of the World is Just Beginning, Peter Zeihan [xrr rating=4/5 display_as=textstars] A little doomsday-ish and magisterial for my liking, but it was a […]
Sun Before the Storm
Great to see the girls again this weekend after three weeks apart! We had some beautiful blue skies for most of their three days at […]
