February 2010 Archive
Feb 17, 2010 · 08:55 PM
This afternoon the New York Times reports Lindsey Vonn’s gold medal in women’s downhill—her first of the 2010 Olympics—saying:
In one of the most stirring descents in Olympic downhill skiing history, Vonn ignored the pain in her injured shin, chased down [Julie] Mancuso and caught up to nearly a lifetime of expectations to become the first American woman to win an Olympic downhill gold medal. With an aggressive style and stance she held throughout her run — jaw, hands, knees and hips always angling forward for more speed — Vonn’s time of 1 minute and 44.19 seconds on the bumpy, treacherous Whistler race course was 0.56 of a second ahead of Mancuso. Elisabeth Görgl of Austria won the bronze medal.
Despite a bumpy, nasty course and an injured leg, she stills shreds the mountain and wins gold. Way to be a true champ. Go kick more ass, Lindsey.
Feb 11, 2010 · 03:14 AM
Among the gear we demo’ed last Monday at the SIA demo day at Winter Park were the Tecnica Dragon 120 HiPerFit ski boots. I was skeptical about the claims of the rep that these would be a comfortable performance boot, but his claims bore out on the slopes.
The Dragon 120s were immediately more comfortable than my regular boots—snug and secure without any excess pressure or hot spots. Built on a 100mm last, the toe box was snug but comfortable and I developed a little numbness after a few runs, but a slight adjustment to a few buckles fixed that. What was wonderful, though, was the secure seating of my heal with no need to crank the buckles and no need to readjust. I skied 12 runs in the Dragon 120s with only the one adjustment for numbness, and it was like they’d been made for my feet.
Feb 02, 2010 · 02:41 PM
A little while back, I wrote a review of the Giro Manifest goggles that I invested in for the ‘08/’09 season and I wasn’t totally complimentary. In short: I liked most things about the goggle except that I was having endless problems with them fogging and frosting.
So I stopped by the Giro booth at SIA on Sunday and spoke to Eric Richter about my issues, and his answer was: the G10 helmet might not be the right match for my Manifest goggles. In particular, Giro’s newer helmets now incorporate a stack vent—a vent right at the front of the helmet that gives the goggles someplace to vent. For men, this includes the Seam and Revolver helmets and in ‘10/’11 Giro will be introducing a bunch of additional helmets for men and women which incorporate a stack vent.
