Have you ever been watching a ski movie and wished that you could see more of the second or third guy on the hill?  yellowBird 360 is a new camera technology that does just that.  Just checkout the video.

More at: yellowbirdsdonthavewingsbuttheyflytomakeyouexperiencea3dreality.com

Ted Ligety of the U.S. Ski Team shares a little bit about his offseason training.
Thanks to @denversnowdude for tweeting this.

EpicMix is a new feature offered by Vail Resorts to make keeping up with your on mountain activities easier and more social. Keep up with your favorite places to ski, vertical feet skied, automatically share your achievements in social media outlets and more.  Sounds cool, but how do they track this?  What if I don’t want to be tracked?  Who has access to this information once it has been collected?

EpicMix is a breakthrough online and mobile application that allows Vail Resorts guests (and employees) to digitally capture their ski and ride experience, and share it with friends and family. EpicMix leverages all of our past innovation in radio frequency (RF) technology to open a whole new world. We are currently installing state-of-the-art RF scanners at each of our 89 lifts across our five mountain resorts that will allow us to capture the lift rides and location of our guests. Guests and employees can then engage with their information online and in a free mobile application. We will then allow guests and employees the option to integrate that information with Facebook and Twitter.
– from Vail Resorts Vimeo Account

The promo video on Facebook has mixed reviews, where some critics raise some very good questions about privacy and how the system works. Vail Resorts mentions on their Facebook page that this is opt in and the RFID chip can be removed from the pass if you don’t want to be tracked.

Tracking my ski activity sounds cool as long as Vail explains the new feature to people buying passess clearly.

Opening with the production of a ski, this movie looks to have plenty-o-action to get your blood pumping.

Powder skiing in the dark with head lamps, jumping pipe dragons and some of the sickest urban skiing I have ever seen. Watch poorboyz.com for the release this fall.

Oh, if you are diggin’ the music, see The Glitch Mob website

This brings back memories of sitting on the living room floor watching Scot Schmidt, the man in yellow, kill it on some K2 downhill boards.

In 1983, while living in Squaw Valley, California, and tuning skis for a living, a Warren Miller cameraman approached him and asked him to appear in what would be Scot’s first ski film, Ski Time. Hucking 60- to 100-foot cliffs with a controlled style that set him apart from other daredevils, Scot carved out a place for himself in the early days of extreme-skiing videos. He went on to star in dozens of films, including cult favorites Blizzard of Aahhs, License to Thrill and Groove.

-TheNorthFace.com

Scot I hope your well!

This movie looks pretty amazing!

Loveland Ski Area has pulled out the snow guns and activated the countdown to snow making. In this video, Loveland shows that they are ready to rock and roll as soon as cold air arrives.

Last year Loveland was the first resort to open in North America.  Can anyone else do it first??

This is an oldie but new to me.  It was also cool to see more about the crazy huge jump the car over shoots in the video.

I want to drive this thing so bad!!

Jonesing to jump back your boards?  Cody Townsend and Mike Douglas have a awesome way to make turns in the summer!

Armed with their ski boots, waterskis with mounted bindings and jet skis, Townsend and Douglas take to the waves in Maui.