Live music and après go together like bluebird pow and goggle tans. Nobody knows that better than mountain town musician Curtiss O’Rorke Stedman, who goes by the name Cousin Curtiss when he’s up on stage. Curtiss’ fast-paced, high-energy stage presence combines multi-instrument talent with live loop recording and soulful vocals. When not touring, he calls […]
Tiny Block Island, RI, is 14 miles east of Montauk Point, Long Island, NY, and 13 miles south of mainland Rhode Island. With a population just north of 1,000 and no notable hills, it may come as a surprise that one of those thousand residents would become one of the most influential street skiers of the […]
The Super Bowl is a big deal. A really big deal. In 2016, an estimated 111.9 million Americans tuned in for the entire game, although Nielsen puts the actual viewership over 170 million; in comparison, 126 million Americans voted in the 2016 presidential election, making a sporting event more popular than a US citizen’s most […]
Owning an expensive camera doesn’t make you a filmer, just as buying a fancy knife doesn’t make you chef. Each is just a tool, and to lay claim to either title you have to learn to use them. Matt Cook knows this—he is one of a few who can call themselves both filmer and chef, […]
Nearly 25 years ago, a portly, fictional motivational speaker named Matt Foley—R.I.P. Farley—made the phrase “living in a van down by the river” a cultural punchline. That same year, T.J. Burke and Dexter Rutecki’s van provided them little glamour as they suffered through the Colorado cold, naïve Midwesterners lost in Aspen. Except for a small […]
The wood walls of Leo Taillefer’s small cabin gave off a honey glow in the Val D’Isere sun, as I wrapped up my interview with the long-black-haired skier. “Anything else you’d like to add?” I ask. Leo’s brother, who had just entered the informal den a minute ago, blurted out, “He’s single!” While his […]
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