For an amazing photo set of the 2008-09 Ski Jumping World Cup, featuring Steamboat Springs' Todd Lodwick, head on over to The Big Picture.

Let me be frank: the event was a splash! Joking aside I had fun last weekend up at Vail. Bacardi invited both myself and Rachel to attend the Bacardi World Pond Skimming Championships. If you're not clear on what this event is: a bunch of people ski and snowboard down a hill, one at a time, towards a 100 foot long pool filled with almost-freezing water. The goal is to skim across the pool to the other side (but most people do a half-flip and fall on their asses). A few highlights and our thoughts: The Jumbotron: It was nice having a ...

If you haven't already checked out the New West Snowblog Snowtography contest, go submit your snow photos a nd win a prize! Click here for more information.

If you're an awesome photographer or have found yourself capturing some excellent photographs this winter season you need to do two things: Join Flickr: Put your pictures on my favorite photo community site and join the Colorado Snow group. Once you join the group and 'send' your pictures to the pool your pictures will show up on our sidebar and other interested Flicker-ers can check out your shots. Enter the Snowtography Contest: The folks over at New West have setup a contest 1st place will receive a snowboard from Edge of the World, 2nd place a camera from The Dark Room, and ...