Ingrid Backstrom's Skiing Blog

• it's getting colder!

  Ok, so I realize I've been sorely lacking in the 'new post' department....this past winter I totally just dropped the ball on posting. I felt like it wasn't very exciting for people to read about--"oh, guess what, we're sitting here in another rad skiing location, watching it dump outside and [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2007, 8:30am EDT
  by Ingrid Backstrom

• Springtime, and hot pow

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  You'd think that after 23 years or something of skiing, that I'd get used to how quickly winter flies by, but once again, here it is almost the end of April and I'm totally shocked that winter is probably already over! (I say probably because you never know what the [...]
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  Posted: April 21, 2006, 5:04pm EDT
  by Ingrid Backstrom

• What on earth is going on?

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  What is up with this time of the year? I swear, more shit goes down around the first week of April amongst the mountain community--it's heartbreaking. Three years ago yesterday, MC Constantinescu, a beloved Tahoe ripper and all-around enjoyer of life and making others smile, passed away skiing Squaw. This [...]
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  Posted: April 05, 2006, 2:12pm EDT
  by Ingrid Backstrom

• Home, sore, and happy!

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  Whoa, am I sore! After a great last week or so in Norway and six days in Switzerland, I'm back home in Squaw Valley, and it's been an epic two days of skiing powder. My legs, however, can't keep up--the amount of skiing you can squeeze in while spinning laps [...]
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  Posted: March 16, 2006, 6:48am EST
  by Ingrid Backstrom

• Hallo from Norway!

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  I was hoping to wait until something more exciting happened to start my blog, but since just being in Norway is so cool, I'll start with that. I'm here with Matchstick Productions, hoping to get some skiing in, and perhaps make a movie in the process. We took a gamble [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2006, 12:52am EST
  by Ingrid Backstrom