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How-to Video: Setting up BD Telemark Bindings
Get your tele kit dialed: learn how to change your Black Diamond binding cartridges, adjust cartridge tension for your boot size and use the O1’s resistance-free touring mode. [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Ivan Tresch and fellow Swiss nab first free ascent of Valle Cochamo's Cerro Capicua (VI 5.12d, 1200 meters) in Chile
Black Diamond athlete Ivan Tresch is a busy guy, so we weren't surprised that it took him a few months to get us the report about his fantastic and successful climbing trip earlier this year to Chile's Valle Cochamo, a vast wonderland of rock that's often called the "Yosemite of South America." Below is Ivan's report and photos from the trip,... [READ MORE]
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Black Diamond's 16th annual Utah Avalanche Fundraiser a huge success!
Number 16! To put that into a Black Diamond ski line perspective, when the very first Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center fundraiser was thrown in 1993 the prominent ski in the BD line was the state-of-the-tele-art 85mm/66mm/76mm Boundary. What a long way we’ve come! As the unofficial “official” start of the Wasatch winter season,... [READ MORE]
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Justice ski wins Outside Magazine's Gear of the Year Award for Winter 2009
GREAT NEWS! Our new Justice ski has been awarded the prestigious Gear of the Year award from Outside Magazine in their annual Winter Buyer's Guide. The Verdict won Gear of the Year in 2007, and in 2009 the winner is the Justice, a ski born from the groundbreaking powder-specialist geometry of our Megawatt but with a toned-down performance... [READ MORE]
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Winger for the Weekend #13
“I'm out today at 1PM. I'll be back on Monday. Have a great weekend and enjoy the splitter weather! Super stoker!!!” That was the last thing we heard from our esteemed Journal editor JT, as he headed out the door for some epic weekend climbing. Not even an hour later, we realized: he hadn’t left us with a Winger for the Weekend.... [READ MORE]
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BD athletes win big at 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
Black Diamond athlete Kate Rutherford sent us the following report and photos from her weekend at the punishing 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell, a 24 hour climbing event in Arkansas. Black Diamond athletes were all over the event: Kate teamed up with fellow BD athlete, Brittany Griffith, while BD athlete Colin Haley teamed up with Mikey Schaeffer.... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Drew Stoecklein ripping it in South America—Dispatch #6
Black Diamond ski athlete Drew Stoecklein is spending six weeks skiing in South America, hitting the mountains in search of steep lines, blower pow and a cultural adventure. He will be providing us with weekly updates on his travels, complete with photos from the slopes. Here is Drew's sixth and final dispatch: (Read Drew's previous... [READ MORE]
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BD Sales Rep Brad Barlage scores first dawn patrol of the season
Forget about praying for snow—it is snowing. Here in the Wasatch a recent storm brought the first flakes of the year, depositing variable stashes of up to six inches in spots. And, true to form, the BD diehards were frothing to get in their first turns of the season. Below is the email and photos Black Diamond Sales Rep Brad Barlage sent us... [READ MORE]
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World record paragliding flights in the Karakorum
While not necessarily a typical climbing expedition Black Diamond would support, once Thomas de Dorlodot from Belgium gave us the full details of his planned trip to the Karakorum with Ramon Morillas we knew we’d want to help them out with gloves, harnesses, helmets, tents and piolets for such a wild adventure. Their goal: break the... [READ MORE]
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Customer question: What kind of ski poles should I buy
We often get the following question from friends, family and strangers alike: What Black Diamond ski poles should I buy? Simple question, complicated answer. Black Diamond specializes in adjustable poles that are more versatile than fixed length poles, especially in the backcountry, and we have a wide range of price and feature options if... [READ MORE]
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Eleven lucky HotWire sweepstakes winners announced!
Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Eleven new (and lucky) HotWire subscribers were winners of our HotWire sweepstakes last month, each walking away with either five LiveWire quickdraws or a limited edition, not-for-sale t-shirt with El Cap artwork by BD athlete and renowned artist Renan Ozturk. Congratulations to the following winners:... [READ MORE]
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Black Diamond supports America's Red Rock Wilderness Act
America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act (H.R. 1925) is an act that will protect nine million acres of BLM land in southern Utah by declaring it as wilderness. Active outdoor recreation is a sustainable, clean and growing industry (it’s one of Utah’s top five industries), and it requires the preservation and protection of the amazing,... [READ MORE]
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IMBA and mountain bikers continue decade-long involvement with America's Red Rocks Wilderness Act
The following is a press release sent to us by the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) in regards to America's Red Rocks Wilderness Act, a bill that Black Diamond also strongly supports. For Immediate Release 10-01-09 Earlier today, the congressional subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #14
We'll be honest—we've been saving this Winger for awhile, waiting for the first flakes of the ski season to fall (Josh Rhea, our Associate Content Editor, sent it to us in March). Now that the Utah ski areas have sparked up their snow cams and on Wednesday Loveland in Colorado officially became the first ski area to open in North America this... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #15
Our technical illustrator by day and an accomplished artist by night (you'll see his illustrations regularly in Alpinist and Climbing magazines, as well as in a selection of limited circulation eastern European fetish publications and covers of Nora Roberts romance novels), Mike Tea sent us this William Shatner remix music video/tweaker... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Zack Giffin reports on his South American ski trip
Black Diamond athlete Zack Giffin rallied down to Chile and Argentina for a strategic 18-day strike on South America's ski season. When Zack returned he sent us the following email, claiming it was one of his best ski trips ever. His report makes it sound pretty sweet, but when we saw the video and Grant Gunderson photos below, his trip took... [READ MORE]
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Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell attempt a new free route on El Capitan—Dispatch #1
Black Diamond athletes Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell have teamed up this fall for an attempt at free climbing a new 1000-meter route on Yosemite's El Capitan that roughly follows the aid line Mescalito . Caldwell, the most accomplished El Cap free climber in the world, has already spent quite a few days on the route, sussing out the... [READ MORE]
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Efficient Power Technology: Inside Black Diamond ski design and construction
Our freeride skis are designed for the modern skier who demands maximum performance with no limitations. Watch this video as Thomas Laakso , our Ski Line Category Director, details the design philosophy and construction technologies used in our skis. Get more info on all of Black Diamond's skis at:... [READ MORE]
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BD Sales Rep Roger Strong on how to properly place an ice screw
This video (made by our friends over at Arc'teryx ) shows Black Diamond Sales Rep Roger Strong giving a clinic at Hyalite Canyon during the Bozeman Ice Festival on how to properly place an ice screw. Roger provides some great insight into what to look for in a placement, angle of placement and method of placement. [READ MORE]
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Stormtrack tent wins Backpacker Magazine's Tent Torture Test
Backpacker Magazine recently ran four top-selling mountaineering tents (including our four-season Stormtrack ) through their "Tent Torture Test" where they blast the tents with high-pressure water from a car wash and see how they hold up. The winner? The Stormtrack —by a landslide. [READ MORE]
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BD athlete David Pitschmann scores huge, early-season powder day
Black Diamond ski athlete David Pitschmann sent us the following email and photos after scoring a huge, early-season powder day at Seegrube outside of Innsbruck, Austria. Pretty amazing powder day for the middle of October... From: David Pitschmann Sent: Donnerstag, 15. Oktober 2009 20:31 Subject: OCTOBER MADNESS!!!... [READ MORE]
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How Rocker Affects Ski Length
“What length ski should I buy?” It’s a question we hear more than almost any other heading into each new ski season. Since the advent of fat skis and raised tails—two key factors that can dramatically alter a ski’s running length and surface area—the answer has been an ever-changing target. And over the past few years, yet another... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #16
Based out of Reinach, Switzerland with the rest of the BD Europe crew, Kathi Krause is our European Marketing Coordinator (and a serious 5.13 cranker). Kathi (pronounced "ka-tea") is a massive fan of the WInger For The Weekend, so we decided to let some of her German humor enter into the Winger mix by asking her for a video of her own choosing.... [READ MORE]
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BD athletes Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell attempt a new free route on El Capitan—Dispatch #2
Black Diamond athletes Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell have teamed up this fall for an attempt at free climbing a new 1000-meter route on Yosemite's El Capitan that roughly follows the aid line Mescalito . Caldwell, the most accomplished El Cap free climber in the world, has already spent quite a few days on the route, sussing out the... [READ MORE]
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BD athletes Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell attempt a new free route on El Capitan—Dispatch #3
Black Diamond athletes Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell have teamed up this fall for an attempt at free climbing a new 1000-meter route on Yosemite's El Capitan that roughly follows the aid line Mescalito . Caldwell, the most accomplished El Cap free climber in the world, has already spent quite a few days on the route, sussing out the... [READ MORE]
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American Alpine Club's 2nd Annual International Climbers Meet a huge success!
Many climbing federations throughout the globe host climbing exchanges and now, through the efforts and support of The American Alpine Club (AAC) , the US now boasts its own: The International Climbers Meet (ICM). For the second year in a row, climbing clubs from around the globe sent climbers to the ICM, and the AAC supplied the food,... [READ MORE]
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Event recap from the 12th Annual Climb Smart event in Joshua Tree National Park, California
The 12th Annual Climb Smart event was held on October 23-25 at the world-famous Joshua Tree National Park, California. The event is the largest gathering of the Southern California climbing community and is a great chance for everyone to come together, learn and climb in one of the most beautiful climbing areas in California. Black Diamond... [READ MORE]
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