Archive for 2013


On Maximum Average Snow-Depth at the Mount Mansfield Stake
June 26th, 2013 | By:  Greg | 10 Comments


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Every Vermont Skier who keeps an eye on the snow-weather knows about the Mount Mansfield Stake, and its hallowed records. Thanks to Mr. Wright's simple and effective database, any Internet user can investigate the snowfall records at Mt. Mansfield dating back to November 1, 1954. We here at FIS particularly ... ...Read more


The Rarest of May Flowers (UPDATED w/ More Pics 5/27)
May 26th, 2013 | By:  Greg | 13 Comments


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The rarest of May Flowers is upon us: the Nor'Easter. Burying all the other May Flowers (which, incidentally, look amazingly similar to the rarest of May flowers as seen above)... ...and bringing the May powzez... ...it's time to SCHUSS. EDIT (noon on Sunday 5/26): Now with video! EDIT 2 (7am on Monday 5/27): Here's a ... ...Read more


Le Bon Temps
April 16th, 2013 | By:  The F.I.S. | 16 Comments


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FamousInternetSnowboarder, Christian the Curmudgeon (AKA "Wayne"), checks in with a video TR of our trip to the north. Check in later for a photo-TR here on FIS.


How to…
April 4th, 2013 | By:  Greg | 2 Comments


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That man... That's not me. I walk through walls... I float down the Liffey. Strobe lights and blown speakers.... I'm not here... This isn't happening.


On the Homology of a Schuss
March 26th, 2013 | By:  Greg | 3 Comments


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"Nihilistic" comes to mind when I'm asked what schussing is all about; you go up, you come down, and that's about it. Don't search for deeper meaning. It's not there. Sometimes you come down the same thing you went up. Sometimes you come down a different thing. Either way though, ... ...Read more

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