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ESPN article on action sports and the environment

Justin — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:31:02 +0000

First post in a looong time, and yes this blog layout sucks. Still. Great short article over at ESPN today, promising and worth a read.

We need to take the hippie-dippiness out of the movement.

“It’s just a straw”

Justin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:47:11 +0000

So to continue my eco-rant from yesterday and bring things totally off-topic had this exchange in the office the other day. One co-worker (who leads a fairly active outdoors life) walked into the kitchen and saw a Dixie straw sitting on the counter by the coffee maker and went on a mini-rant about people

Is our pastime sustainable?

Justin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:12:36 +0000

Your skis are killing you, and your snowboard is killing the environment.

Bold statement or understatement? Take a minute and think about your kit and the toxins used in the creation of it. The resins in your core contains VOCs. Your wax has PFCs, the production of which requires PFOA. Clothing dyes, waterproof