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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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Part II: BD Employee Evan Bouchier reports on prototype ski testing in Chamonix
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 last mission to the Pacific Northwest ( check out Part I here ), Evan made a stop in our Zhuhai, China production facility... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Drew Stoecklein reports on skiing and steelhead fishing in Washington
With the dismal winter we've been having here in Utah, Black Diamond athlete Drew Stoecklein has been hitting the road north to get his deep-snow fix. After a stint in Canada (check out the Journal video HERE ), Drew packed up and headed for Washington, where the promise of deep pow was sweetened by the chance to hook an elusive winter... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Johnny Collinson skiing at Snowbird and Alta
Black Diamond skier Johnny Collinson grew up skiing the Wasatch and knows where every cliff, spine, chute and little pocket of powder is hidden. Check out this video as Johnny spends a couple days ripping around on his old stomping grounds of Snowbird and Alta. [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Callum Pettit skiing in British Columbia, Canada
Black Diamond athlete Callum Pettit travels the world every year to ski amazing lines on stunning peaks. One of his favorite places to ski, however, isn't some far-off locale—it's the mountains around his home in British Columbia where the pow is outrageously deep and the pillow lines are plentiful. Check out this video that the Sherpas... [READ MORE]
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A Tribute to Steve Romeo
The Black Diamond Equipment family, and the larger skiing community as a whole, lost another dear friend to the mountains last week. On Wednesday, March 7, 2012 an avalanche in the Grand Teton National Park backcountry claimed the life of Steve Romeo and his ski partner Chris Onufer. Steve, or "Rando Steve" as many of us knew him, was both a... [READ MORE]
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