So Long Jim McKay

On Saturday legendary sportscaster Jim McKay passed away. Growing up I had a love hate relationship with McKay. Loved him because I knew skiing would be on shortly, but before I could catch a glimpse of the Hannekahm start house I had to watch the agony of defeat- which was painful as an aspiring ski jumper.

Each weekend McKay brought ski racing and other sports not regularly seen on network TV into living rooms across the country. Whether it was cliff diving or slalom racing McKay always had great insight and brought great perspective to sport.

These days, about the only time we see alpine racing on television is during the Olympics, and McKay covered many of these as well. As the games made their way into the latter half of the fortnight, the bags under McKay's eyes got deeper than the ruts in an Olympic slalom course. But as tired as he may have looked he always reported in a calm in gentle manner.

Thanks Jim for bringing racing into our homes for so many years.

Bode on Ellen this Week

Bode won't be ripping turns on Mount Ellen at Sugarbush, but will be sharing the couch with one of America's favorite talk show hosts- and likely his new crystal too. Set your TiVo for Friday. Check your local listings for air times.

Bode Gets His Globe

KJUS Welcomes Sara Orrensjö to Freeride Team

Today, we announced that Sara Orrensjö, one of the world's top female freeride skiers, has joined the KJUS team of riders. You can learn more about her on her website, or if your Swedish isn't what it should be, try here.

These shots of Sara also give a sneak peek of next year's KJUS line. In the top photo she's wearing the 08/09 ladies Fomula in Java, and in the bottom photo she is wearing the ladies Val jacket, which is part of the new Spirit Collection we are introducing next fall.