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heh, I'm guessing this post is in sorta response to someone who PMed you telling you that you had "hippocracy" spelled wrong (it wasn't me) but despite the deletion of one "p", it's still spelled wrong!Quote:
Originally posted by TheDingleberry
If mi memri seves me corract dey shud be in Zoctowber now.
At least before you had a pp, now you just have a p.
Or, I could be totally wrong. Happens all the time.
iceman=>spelling nazi
along the lines of "the making of TGR..MSP..etc" how about a little more indepth on the effort, planning and thoughts that go into big trips and big mountain skiing. Or behind the scenes at a Heli-skiing operation. Too see all the hard work that gets put in for those deep rewarding days. I am always curious and feel that the articles leave a little too much out as far as the TR's to exotic and big mountain locals.
All Maggot issue
My hipocrisy has alway had one "P".Quote:
Originally posted by iceman
heh, I'm guessing this post is in sorta response to someone who PMed you telling you that you had "hippocracy" spelled wrong (it wasn't me) but despite the deletion of one "p", it's still spelled wrong!
At least before you had a pp, now you just have a p.
Or, I could be totally wrong. Happens all the time.
That was my bad scottish accent.
It took a long time for someone to spot the spelling error.
So, wrong again. Oh well.
hypocrisy
note spelling two posts above.Quote:
Originally posted by iceman
So, wrong again. Oh well.
hypocrisy
I like Roo's idea.
I like the 100% non-pro issue idea. A lot. I guess it would be cheaper for you to produce. :D
I like the Aspect tie-in idea.
I think a roving Yurp editor who will write an interesting short piece about the Yurp scene/mountains/skiers for each issue would be a big hit. An interest in dubious retro-hairstyles would be beneficial and previous exposure here and here would be advantageous in a potential candidate. ;)
I would love to see an issue about the future of the ski industry. Not just articles about "the next big ripper" or "why pink is in next winter" but serious features about the future of the whole ski thang. Articles about boutique ski makers for example and changes in manufacture and design, environmental stuff, resort management and so on. Maybe more "Economist" than "Powder" but if done right (interesting and not too dry, humouirous writing style) I think it could be a really good read. Maybe that could hang as a special supplement - although I guess they don't come for free.
A summer focused issue would also be cool. Published a couple of months after the final winter issue, featuring summer skiing (lots of bc) and a bit on other activities, I would definitely be stoked to be able to buy that.
How about a series of contests to push our sport forward. Maybe a contest for best new trick. Kids have to come up with new tricks and send in either photos or video of the new trick. The winner get's a gear "sponsorship" (really just free gear, from one of the magazine sponsors but it'll draw in tons of kids if you use the word sponsorship). Hold a whole series of contests like this to see if something new and beneficial can be put back into the sport and create some hype.
Maybe an issue about grumpy old men in the mid-atlantic with mad (okay, semi) word skillz but no hill skillz, that would rock hard.
PM me for more beta, this one's a winner.
thats a sweet idea. there is something very similiar going on in freeriding(mtb) right now. it's called the Ultimate Freeride Championship and the winner definately gets set up for real. the riders coming out of it are top notch!Quote:
Originally posted by drugged_monkey
How about a series of contests to push our sport forward. Maybe a contest for best new trick. Kids have to come up with new tricks and send in either photos or video of the new trick. The winner get's a gear "sponsorship" (really just free gear, from one of the magazine sponsors but it'll draw in tons of kids if you use the word sponsorship). Hold a whole series of contests like this to see if something new and beneficial can be put back into the sport and create some hype.
http://www.raceface.com/ufc/index.html
What would the maggots like to see? How's about the issues reaching my mailbox ON TIME? That would be fantastic.
Monthly posters (centerfolds) would be awesome. I really feel that for such a visual sport, this is one department that is lacking in the mag. As for themes, what about a young ripper's article/issue? I know in ski flicks some of the stuff that really impresses the shit out of me is watching some middle school kid with a center of gravity below his waist do all kinda of crazy spinny flippy shit off of anything they can hit. Added bonus: you can then claim Powder Mag saw the talent first when they make it big later.
edit: What about a reader submission bonus issue? All reader articles, all reader photos. All you guys need to do is piece it together. I bet you could hit one out of the park here.
A picture of maggots in Sur America.
Please don't do that. But, of course, you probably will and fluff everyone up for the ad revenue.Quote:
Originally posted by KevinDineen
and a few years ago we did a resort guide that we're considering bringing back.
Here's an issue that will never be. End of season equipment review. Will have review of good and bad stuff with at least 100 days on it, which, of course will reveal the stuff that's made like shit. For people like me who buy one - two year old stuff for the real world prices.
I want to third the idea of posters. I've been reading the mag since my junior high days (so about 10 years now), and you used to do that shit all the time. I complained about the lack of posters this past year over at p-mag, and those complaints weren't very well received...
anyway, I'd like to see the mag return to its former grandeur. I would like to see posters (one a season would be fine, just do one), p-mag bumper stickers thrown in (like you did for the 97-98 photo annual), the large-print photo annual, etc. Also, please please please, bring back the "light & dry" section, not just having the shot in the back. Also, the "cheese" product would be great to have back...
On the new items front, I agree with having less pros and more grassroots in it. A maggot issue would be great (or some incorporation of them into each issue), and would also encourage lurkers to man up and post with everybody else. It's a community, after all. Also, less piggybacking off of MSP and TGR for their flicks - there's other filmmakers out there, like Team 13, whom I'd love to hear about. I'm sure they'd be delighted to get coverage in powder too. The dirtbag thing is what separates your mag from all the others, freeze caters to the 12-year-old jibbers, freeskier goes to the frat boys, SBC Skier goes to the hosers, Ski and Skiing go to the 40-and-50-somethings and above...your readership is different than those demographics, and I think is a tad more zealously dedicated to the sport. So more dirtbag, non-sponsored, coverage please.
Also, in each issue, it'd be great to have freeskiing comp breakdowns from the latest info available at press time. A regular update of this is great, gets people's names out there, and advertises the comps, which I think makes everybody happy. Plus, I think it'd be easy work, just a paragraph block giving this month's rundown for national and local comps.
Finally, I really really really agree with the summer re-cap issue. That's a surprise that is sure to put a smile on every reader's face. Like I said, your readership is different and is highly dedicated to the sport; something new in the middle of summer (and not a "bestest summer resorts" issue) would be fantastic.
I also like the idea of the bigger-and-badder hardbound photo annual option, but I think maybe that's an item you could sell at the end of each season, kind of like the Superpark DVDs and such. And if you can, throw in some more images, we know you get a ton more than make it into the mag each season.
The all haiku issue.
Then a swimsuit edition.
Well if your gonna have posters it may as well be poon. I'm thinking Lange Boot style. And how about a making of the mag DVD in the last issue. A half hour DVD with all of the day to day shenanigans. In office, on location, road trip etc. I'm sure you guys can put together a half hour worth of gems. Don't worry about shattering the mysitique that Powder Magazine World Headquarters dosn't look like the Playboy Mansion. It's not a bad thing to put faces on the names and personalize the reading experience. It generally can bring with it added loyalty. OK so it won't rival the making of the SI swimsuit edition. But it would be a first in our industry.
BT
I'd like to see an issue devoted to backcountry/heliskiing avalanche safety. The ISSW conference is coming up in September and there would be plenty of oppertunity to interview a lot of guides and avalanche educators. Its a thought........;)
Cheers,
Halsted
- An issue of just outstanding accomplishments in skiing and the people/processes that made them come about, but not so much the Seth/Hugo/ J.Pierrre sacking up. I'm thinking of the guy who Coombs took on the first guided ski decent of the Grand T. Talk to that dude about his skiing perspective, what he had to do to mentally/technically prepare, and the experience itself. There are dozens of other great stories out there like that: dirtbag guys dropping first decents in the Wash Cascade Pickets after a 4 day hike in, park rats working to do something new and different in that incredibly competetive and hard to stand out sub-set of skiing, people coming back from injuries.
- An issue about Mentors. The Skoog Bros, Lou Dawson, etc. Old school film makers and old ski film heroes, how they influenced shit and where we are now. Get the perspectives from old guys and the young'uns who are living off their contrails.
- A guide to a realistic skiing lifestyle. Not just ski hard, be great and get a spancer; more along the lines of the sacrifices and opportunities of living the ski as much as you can life. People like Gaper Timmay who aren't lifties, people who are lifities, the panopoly of ways to live the ski life.
I really liked the Ski Mountaineer article, it seems like touring and BC keeep getting more important and prolific, run with that.
Yeah, lifties, and not the fake ones with fake tits.
Pretty please some kind of resort guide or reincarnation of a "Little Areas That Rock" type deal. Resort guide style issues are what I keep going back to time and time again all summer long.
Also, the addition of a possible section on the East Coast, kind of like the bEAST of a few years ago. I dug those too.
Ben
asothers have said
Avalach safty (pros, what not to do, what to do when, tests)
locals who rip
the young and the old
Kids under 14 and kids over 41 that rip (freeride, chashing sticks, just ski cuz they love it) 1/2 page per person?
The work and trainging and safty that goes into a movie or still photo shoot.
I the the PTTP idea or the locals that rip.
sorry, don't think they'll be looking at Welch Village :pQuote:
Originally posted by rtp
... or the locals that rip.
you only wish you could be there!Quote:
Originally posted by crashnburn'd
sorry, don't think they'll be looking at Welch Village :p
I will be, just you wait...