8 – Gig Harbor Ski Swap – Come on Out!
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7 – Summer Skiing With Andrew & Double-D Todd’s Rental Boots
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Our first mic’d interview. Featuring Andrew Reid. Andrew and two others went summer skiing at Oregon’s Mt. Hood. This episode is about their great first day of summer skiing. Make that summer BOARDING at Mt. Hood’s Timberline Lodge. Everybody should Summer Ski (as opposed to late skiing spring skiing). We think Andrew will be inspired to make his boarding love a year round lifestyle. If he does – we can’t wait to interview him from the Southern Hemisphere next year!
And – Todd (Todd with two “d”‘s). Our favorite boot-fitting story. It might go back 25 years. But it will live eternally. Love you, Todd!
6 – Ski Films Spark the Vibe & Anthony’s Aprés Dance
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Ski films should be watched during the end of summer. It’ll put you in the mood to gear-up during Labor Day mega-sales. Mike talks about his mid-80’s Warren Miller Fave. Lance launches into his Greg Stump Era (i.e. Plake, helmet cam, mic’s on skiers, Schmidt) hero’s.
Our story-teller favorite regular guest (whether he knows it or not), Tony Pasin, talks about another tony, “Anthony’s” infamous dance!
Fun stuff for one commute!
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5 – Labor Day Ski Vibe and JB Misses First Tracks
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Show Notes
Labor Day Starts the Season Vibe with Biggie Sales:
Seattle
Ski Bonkers – Labor Day Weekend NOTE: Some preview items and prices are on its web page!
https://www.facebook.com/skibonkers/
http://skibonkers.com/
8/31-9/3
Held at abandoned Sports Authority, just south of Bellevue Square.
Colorado
Christy Sports’ Powder Daze
Events at four locations. But biggie:
1. Denver Powder Daze. 8/24-9/4. Christy Sports Event Center, 8601 W Cross Dr., Littleton, CO – Next to the Southwest Plaza Mall. 10-8. up to 70% off. Ski pass deals from 11 CO mountains.
2. West Vail Powder Daze. 8/24-9/3.
3. Steamboat Powder Daze. 8/17-8/26
Coorado Ski and Golf’s Ski Rex Sale
https://www.epicmountaingear.com/ski-rex/
Epic Mountain Gear’s Labor Day Weekend Sale
8/31-9/16; starting at 8am friday and saturday, 10am sunday.
At each of Epic Mountain Gear’s 7 locations: Aurora, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Frisco, Lone Tree, Littleton, Westminster.
Utah
Ski-A-Rama – hosted by Ski-n-See and ARCS (Related stores – same web site, 15 or so stores in Utah.)
Salt Lake area. Aug 24-Labor Day. Web site says details coming soon. (like location and times).
CA/NV
Heavenly Valley
https://www.heavenlysports.com/labor-day-ski-snowboard-sale/
Vermont
Bolton Valley – Vermont’s largest ski and snowboard sale. over $1mill inventory
Hours for the ski and snowboard sale are as follows: Aug. 28, 4 – 8 p.m.; Aug. 29, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Aug. 30, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Aug. 31, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Sept. 1, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Sept. 5, Noon – 8 p.m.; Sept. 6, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; and Sept. 7, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
5k trail run. Hop Jam – music.
Straton Mountain – labor day weekend tent sale
TIMES: Thursday 9-5, Friday 9-6, Saturday 9-7, Sunday 9-6, Monday 9-1
Potters Brothers – at Bromley Mountain.
Pennsylvania
http://willisskiandboard.com/
a five-shop outfit. has a big sale
Greentree Sports Complex and Monroeville Convention Center
Sept 1-3.
4 – Rating Ski Town Jobs & Mustard Color and Wood Panel Station Wagon
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We have dozens of years of observing resort employees, seasonal help, restaurant and hospitality servers, and retail workers. Maybe this discussion will help you decide what kind of work to pursue in the soon-to-occur hiring fairs? It’s hardly a how-to episode. All vision.
Then Lance shares a family wound to his self-worth. Support him by listening to his childhood commute to the mountain.
3 – Buying Gear Online & Kirk Drops a Racer
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We are partial to buying ski and snowboard equipment in your local shop. But sometimes online shopping for ski and snowboard gear just makes sense. There are risks with buying big items, and closeouts online. Why not stock up on base-layers, goggles, resort-wear now. We’ve tried some of the online retailers we mention. And, we share some of our Craigslist and Ebay experiences. Get shopping. Ski season and full retail pricing will be here before you know it.
Mike shares a story of our 80+ year old skiing hero and the dude who entered the lift-line a little hot.
Here’s the basic idea. Find stuff at the sites listed below. Cross references buyers guide reviews by year of gear at powder.com, skimag.com/gear, backcountrymagazine.com
ONLINE SHOPS
SPECIALTY: Racing and tuning
2 – Pre-Season Pass Deals; And The Runaway Dumpster
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It’s already next season! It’s time to decide if you’re a good fit for a pre-season discount on a season pass. We review the multi-mountain passes that have intrigued us to the point of purchase. And we compare these mega-passes to scoring a deal at your local hill.
Our parent company, Runaway Dumpster, LLC, has a little explaining to do. You may not have known it, but Runaway Dumpster is skiing verbiage. We’ll explain. And Mike will humbly accept full credit.
Every episode includes something helpful, something entertaining, and maybe some other stuff – blurbs, silly memory, sentimental call in, apres/drunken tale, or you-should-have-been-here-yesterday reminiscence.
1 – The Intro
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On The Lift Podcast is unveiled in this episode. Tune in to learn about this brand new podcast about all things skiing. We are Lance and Mike. This podcast has lots of planning and dreaming behind it. It’s simple concept is this: we are a podcast for skiing enthusiasts. We hope to offer two things in every episode: something helpful for skiers and snowboarders, and an entertaining ski-related story. We want this to be interactive. In fact, we hope you’ll think of it as YOUR podcast. Please call. Leave us your ideas. Share a teaser ski story. And maybe you can tell your tale on one of our upcoming shows. It’s going to be fun.
Almost published!
On The Lift Podcast is so close to publishing we can almost taste it. It’s a great taste – like that first sip of coffee while waiting for the lifts to spin, or the coldest golden pour from a mountain micro tap at the end of the day. We’re going to start your ski season this summer. We’ll cover all the early season pass options, where to plan your trips, equipment considerations. And we’ve got stories and interviews to listen to while you do pre-season wall-sits. It won’t stop with our egos. We want your calls, your stories, and your ideas. Keep checking back. Subscribe. It’s going to be fun.