Journal


The Journal is dedicated to the sports and people that make Black Diamond what it is.


Tuesday, September 6, 2011

VIDEO: Black Diamond Equipment's 2011/12 ski development, design and testing

A massive amount of effort and innovation has gone into our new line of Freeride Series skis . Watch the video here as we take you through all of the the crucial steps from CAD design to prototyping to field testing to manufacturing to quality assurance testing.  
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  • Thursday, May 24, 2012

    BD athlete Johnny Collinson reports on spring skiing and traveling

    Black Diamond athlete Johnny Collinson is a busy guy these days. When he's not shredding pow here in the Wasatch (a rare occurence this season), he's traveling to compete, shoot with photographers and film companies, and drop in at some of the best ski destinations on the planet. This spring was no different for Johnny, and below is Part I of... [READ MORE]

  • Tuesday, May 22, 2012

    BD athlete Jake Sakson reports on skiing in the Pacific Northwest

    Black Diamond athlete Jake Sakson might be short in stature, but he is usually found ripping some of the biggest lines imaginable—all on telemark gear. Jake made a break from the dry, sunny Rockies of his native Colorado this winter to ski the bottomless pow of the Pacific Northwest and drop in at Grand Targhee Resort for its Big Mountain... [READ MORE]

  • Thursday, May 17, 2012

    Part III: BD Employee Evan Bouchier reports on prototype ski testing in France and Switzerland

    Black Diamond employee Evan Bouchier is one of our engineers hard at work on new ski development projects, and fortunately for Evan, “hard at work” often means testing prototype skis in some truly epic locations. After his missions to the Pacific Northwest ( check out Part I here ) and Chamonix ( check out Part 2 here ), Evan headed to La... [READ MORE]

  • Thursday, May 10, 2012

    Take Action: Lawsuit from Governor Gary Herbert for control of 25,000 miles of roads threaten Utah wilderness

    Utah wilderness is again under pressure—this time from Governor Gary Herbert and a creative interpretation of an old mining law. Below is the report posted on the Conservation Alliance’s blog , along with instructions on how we can get our voices heard. As always, the time for action is now if we have any chance of stopping this latest... [READ MORE]

  • Monday, April 23, 2012

    Spring 2012 Black Diamond Instagram Photo Contest

    Here at Black Diamond we have been really enjoying Instagram as a way to take and share photos with our friends, and we can now be found on it at @blackdiamondequipment. If you know about Instagram, we don't have to tell you how rad it is; and if you don't know, well, it's basiclally an awesome way to share photos from... [READ MORE]