around the bloch

Warren Miller's Impact

So last night I was flipping through the TV and found Warren Miller’s ski documentary, Impact. It was a nice surprise to run across this film late on a Sunday night with nothing else to watch. The bad part… it’s Sunday night in August and it’s about to hit 100 feakin’ degress this week. Who is Warren Miller? Warren Miller is the master of documentary ski films. Warren Miller has been making ski films since 1949. He has shown the world what skiing and now snowboarding is all about. But watching this great showing of Impact… I started thinking back to when I saw my first Warren Miller film.

My first Warren Miller ski film I saw was way back in 1987. The film was titled “Steep and Deep.” I’ll never forget going to this show. A family friend of mine was old enough to drive and drove my brother and I over to the Scottish Rite Temple in Stockton. I remember that there was excitement in the air… the ski season was coming… the sponsor was going to have a ski fashion show (the neon was awesome) and there was freebies galore. People were excited for the film and the event itself. By the time the house lights dimmed for the movie… everyone seem stoked for a full immersion into the movie. (more…)

Soooooo….. I’ve decided to make some changes here at aroundthebloch.com. Recently our site was hacked. That sucks to say the least. There are really some inconsiderate people in the world who find it their place to leech of other people. I would not have known about this attack, but a nice web admin brought this to my attention. I thank him for that. We have decided that we are going to change what is posted here and what information is presented. I want to thank my friends and family for looking in on the past few years… but I think we’re making the right decision for now.

More to come…