On Hallowed Ground | E84

With five feet of new snow on the Sierra Crest in April, Tahoe is finally getting the snow we should have gotten in March. As a result, the boys are back to skiing, with a couple days at the resort and a backcountry mission to the Eastern Sierra for the annual Green Creek Chute-Out. The boys talk about the concept of hallowed ground – places with spiritual significance and importance, and how social media has led the charge in exploiting these places, resulting in “hollowed ground”. The concept of gatekeeping is also discussed, and asking, is gatekeeping actually a bad thing when you are trying to protect hallowed ground from abuse of the masses?

Other topics include new ebikes launched at Sea Otter, lift line DOPE or DERPs, is AI music a plague that should be resisted, upcoming events to check out, discovering the original ice cream man song has racist affilations, and CALL US BACK, GORDO!

2:30 – Winter isn’t over yet – recapping a busy late season Palisades pow day

11:25 – DOPE or DERP – The Rogue Single in the lift line

16:20 – DOPE or DERP – Smacking your snowboard off the ground to remove snow

18:08 – Pow Bot went wing foiling and Trail Whisperer got some hero dirt

19:28 – Skiing the east side of the Sierra Nevada – Green Creek Chute-Out

29:20 – The concept of hallowed ground and respecting special places

35:45 – The Jackson Hole Air Force – the first JH skiers to ski out of bounds

39:00 – White Man Hallowed Ground vs Native American Hallowed Ground

42:40 – Gatekeeping and protecting Hallowed Ground

44:50 – Hallowed Ground vs Hollowed Ground

49:20 – Downhill Phil calls in – POP-CORN was the phone number, prefers the original theme

52:44 – Colin says AI music is DERP. AI is a plague

54:15 – Seeing the band DEVO in RENO – the importance of the band and their art

1:02:50 – Discovering that the original Ice Cream Man song is super racist

1:05:45 – Call back GORDO!

1:08:40 – Amery wrote in about Russell, the Canadian snow Yoda, and his funny words

1:11:45 – Clark wrote in about the reintroduction of grizzly bears

1:16:55 – Lots of new ebikes introduced at Sea Otter Classic

1:24:00 – The value of ebikes in making you a better rider in less time

1:30:00 – Upcoming trail work days in the Reno/Tahoe area

1:32:30 – Going to the Virginia City Grand Prix

1:36:05 – May 15-17 – Spring Epic Trail Work/Ride in Quincy