A Strict Pre-Season Training Regimen

The tracks of a Skiasaurus Grassius

I don’t know about you, but 2011 was kinda rough for the insomniac bloggers behind the General Stark’s Pub Blog. After epidemic season-ending injuries across the mountain, wild floods from spring right into fall and everything in between, we are so completely ready for 2012, we’re gonna party like it’s 1999!

But before we get too ahead of ourselves, we are warming up by getting thoroughly stoked for the snow to fly. And while it’s true, there have been plenty of hungry Skiasaurus Grassiuses on the mountain, eagerly ripping turns on the hoar frost, the ski season as far as the lifts are concerned, isn’t here quite yet.

To pass the time, we are adhering to a strict pre-season training regimen full of hiking, clipping pesky branches out of ski lines, building rails on Lark and of course doing extra reps of pint curls and bear-hugging ski buddies we haven’t seen since March.

And we’re watching ski porn. Lots and lots of ski porn.

Somewhere in there, we’re also making time to update the GSP blog! We’ve just updated the What’s Going On page so get out your iCal or, dare I say, your regular old calendar and enter all the pertinent information required so you know precisely when to call in sick.

Here’s a few places to head to THIS WEEK to find some super fresh ski porn, reunite with your ski posse and maybe even win some sweet swag. (See the trailers, below)

• Tuesday, Nov. 15  Savoy Theater, Montpelier SOLITAIRE – The latest installment from the artists at Sweetgrass Productions, this ski flick is not your average bro-brah’s ski porn full of baggy pants and cliff-hucking. These guys take you on a much deeper ski trip, filled with jaw dropping cinematography and insightful commentary that will strike a nerve with anyone who truly loves this sport. With only 50 seats in this Theater, be sure to RSVP with Onion River Sports so you can experience this.
• Saturday, Nov 19  The Big Picture, Waitsfield Prime Cut – After 10 years of making ski movies dedicated to promoting skiing in the East, the geniuses behind Meathead Films have mastered the art of getting creative. They bring together a wonderful mix of powdery technical skiing (all shot in the East!) and crazy urban jibbing in one of the most fun ski movies you’ll see this year. Presented by the Flyin’ Ryan Hawks Foundation with Mad River Glen and Sugarbush, not only will you be able to get your stoke on, but there will be drink specials, a booze luge and a give-aways. So if you’re lucky, you might even win a super long Ski The East t-shirt and be the envy of all the jib rats!

Solitaire – Sweetgrass Productions

Prime Cut – Meathead Films