http://monocera.com Ski and Snowboard Tuning Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:34:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is just a quick one, as it's April 25th and most of us are done with the our seasons.  Always a tough time of year...  putting the gear away for  "next year".  Believe it or not, there is one more reason to tune your equipment.  Summer.  Yeah, it would ... http://monocera.com/2010/04/tune-your-equipment-for-the-off-season/ [caption id="attachment_122" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="March saw us leave for Vancouver and the Paralympics."] [/caption] [caption id="attachment_123" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Creekside at Whistler would be home for two weeks. "][/caption] [caption id="attachment_127" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Rick "Pup" Ascher, of "Pup's Glide Shop" in Breck., CO, takes a break in one of the five stalls in the ... http://monocera.com/2010/04/final-in-recap/ [caption id="attachment_103" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Out of Mammoth and onto Snow Basin in Ogden Utah, for the second stop in the Dew Tour. Andres Wiig and Chas Guildemond sit for a bit before men's slopestyle with Ninja!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_104" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Torstein Horgmo discusses the course with Andres and Chas."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_105" ... http://monocera.com/2010/04/next-in-recap/ Well, i hope that everyone out there had a good season!  It was tricky finding snow at times in North America,  not necessarily the best snow season on record for some parts of the US...  sitting here after riding a foot of fresh at Arapahoe Basin in Summit County, reflecting ... http://monocera.com/2010/04/2010-northern-hemisphere-season-recap/ It's been an insanely busy December.  As many of us are aware, it is an Olympic  year.  Viva the 'Couver!  That means many of this years events are either qualifying events, or an opportunity for winter athletes from all over the globe to get competition "ready" versus world class competition. ... http://monocera.com/2009/12/deciembre/ * i GUESS THE PURPOSE OF THIS "BLOG" IS TO CORRELATE IT'S TECHNICAL MEANING TO THE COMMON SKIER/BOARDER...  TO PUT IT IN LANGUAGE WE ALL DIG.  i APOLOGIZE IF IT'S NOT "TECH-SPECIFIC" FOR SOME, BUT HOPE IT PROVIDES EXPLANATION FOR OTHERS. With tuning its interesting that we're constantly looking to the ... http://monocera.com/2009/12/look-to-the-forecast-but-know-the-snow-youre-on/ [caption id="attachment_40" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Setting edges with SnowGlide Tool for US Adaptive Team."][/caption] Well, here we go!  This is the first blog in what i hope will be many.  It's a pretty difficult concept...  a website/blog about tuning skis and snowboards.  Could be boring to some, interesting to others.  i'll try ... http://monocera.com/2009/12/welcome-to-mono-cera/