Catching a Ski Edge
Jan 31st 2011One thing I noticed this last Saturday when skiing in the fluffencrud was when transitioning to my new edge set the ski that was transitioning to the outside would often catch its outside edge.
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In the world of big-mountain skiing, Trevor Petersen was a legend.
Appearing in countless films, magazines and photo shoots, his ponytail
flying behind him, he was the very embodiment of the freewheeling
spirit of extreme skiing in the 1980s and early ’90s.
Then it all came to an end. On February 26, 1996, while skiing in
Chamonix, France—the so-called Death Sport Capital of the World—an
avalanche swept Trevor away. His body was found sitting up in the snow
as if gazing at the mountains he loved.
Nearly a decade later, Trevor’s fifteen-year-old son, Kye Petersen,
a rising star in his own right, traveled to Chamonix to ski the run
that took his father’s life and, with the aid of some of the world’s
greatest ski mountaineers, to become a member of skiing’s big-mountain
tribe.
There to chronicle Kye’s story was William A. Kerig, a filmmaker with a
dream of his own—to create a film about the soul of big-mountain skiing
and the band of mountaineers who ski the steepest, wildest, most
dangerous terrain in the world.
In The Edge of Never, Kerig gives us not only a ripping adventure tale about a young man coming of age but a frank and subtle portrait of the extreme skiers who "live big" in the face of death and risk everything to experience the fullness of life in the mountains.
"A gripping tale of fathers, sons, and the mountains that call to them."
— Marc Peruzzi, former editor-in-chief, Skiing magazine
"A great exploration of the tragic and unforgiving nature of life in
the mountains and its beautiful and sometimes irresistible allure."
— Derek Taylor, editor, Powder magazine
This book is truly inspirational and touching. By memory it is only $16, I seriously recommend taking a look into it here http://www.theedgeofnever.com/index.html
looks good, lets just hope that Kye gets to tell it how it really is. none of this "made for tv" BS.
wow thanks so much for posting this!
I just watched that video like 3 times, this story looks really inspirational, and definatly built up some pre season stoke! I hope to buy this book soon for sure.
Support this book ns!!!
agreed. bump for the chance of just one more sale at least!
that is pretty cool.
One thing I noticed this last Saturday when skiing in the fluffencrud was when transitioning to my new edge set the ski that was transitioning to the outside would often catch its outside edge.
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