Things Bode Well for the Weekend

In today's downhill training in Val Gardena Bode tied for third. Tomorrow is the Super G and Saturday the downhill. If Bode wins both he'll have tied Phil Mahre with the most amount of World Cup wins by an America- Go Team America!

Also this weekend, the Jeep King of the Mountain Series kicks off in Telluride. Our man Casey Puckett is one to watch (we're not the only one's who think so- see their official press release). This will be Casey's first skier cross event since his knee surgery. He has had some great training including forerunning the women's downhill in Aspen.

The Jeep King of the Mountain Series looks to be great time, so if you are in area or looking for a good road trip, pack up the Thule box, head to Telluride, cheer on Casey and take in some amazing musical acts.

Best of luck to Casey and hopefully he'll pick up where he left off last year- on top!

It's All in the Name

KJUS, like many other outdoor and ski related brands, has a name that is hard for people to pronounce. Well maybe not pronounce, but to extrapolate the correct pronunciation. The correct pronunciation is "shoos"- rhymes with juice. Here are some other companies in the industry that many of it's customers also find hard to pronounce correctly-

• KJUS- "shoos"
• Thule- "too-lee"
• Dale- "dahl-la"
• Volkl- "voel-cull"
• Reucsh- "roysh"

Some of the easier brand names out there no pronunciation key needed:

• Head
• Bell
• K2
• Smith

We are sure there are others in each category.