Alpine Initiatives

JP Auclair just informed me that he will be visiting Colorado prior to his 2nd Alpine Initiatives trip to Africa.

“I’ll be in CO between the 23rd and the 28th of June,right before heading off to Africa for our second AI trip. I think we should throw some partied to raise some $$ while we’re at it.”

JP’s french canadian is obviously still high gear. Can’t wait to revisit with him as it has been a very long time since our last edit session. Alpine Initiatives is about to drop a new website… take a sneak peak here and feel free to donate to the good cause.

New Alpine Initiatives Website

New Alpine Initiatives Website Coming Soon

No Joke

Ball Marker, Cigar Holder, Club Head Cleaner, Divot Tool, Golf Grip Saver… s/w. But Shotgun Opener?

NoJoke.com - Div Pro - 6 Tools in One

NoJoke.com - Div Pro - 6 Tools in One

Preliminary findings of this most likely utterly useless 6 tools in one golf utility includes ONE major question of curiosity – does it work? And if it does, how could you NOT have one?

Joke or no joke – I’m going to find out.

Team USA – Ryan St.Onge

Another exciting olympic season is closely approaching and I can’t wait for a good friend to win gold. Ryan St.Onge will be the next Olympic Gold Medalist for mens freestyle aerials.

Don’t be as surprised as I was to see him in this ad for Olympic Team USA.

Double Full - Triple Full - Full … I think you missed one too Ryan

Double Full - Triple Full - Full … I think you missed one too Ryan


Long Drive Replaces Bowling

My goal of a perfect 300 in 2007 never rendered in bowling… luckily I carry well over 300 consistently on the course.

Over the last month I have been researching everything I can learn about the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship in Mesquite, Nevada.

To sum everything I have learned in one giant sentence…

“In order to win $250,000 at the world finals you need to first spend $40 for 6 balls and qualify in a local qualifier which will send you to a $150 entry fee regional championship and if you smack it hard there you will secure one of the 150 available spots to compete against the best of the best at the Mesquite Regional Park firing range where you will spend 3 days of bracketed competition to hopefully reach the head to head final rounds where ultimately you will face last years 20 year old 418 yard drive champion, Jamie Sadlowski who is only 5’10” tall 170lbs but has the ability to double wrist cock and generate ball speed greater then 210 miles per hour off the face of the club and pretty much the only thing you have going for you now is the fact that Jamie only lands 20% of his shots in the 450 yard long 50 yard wide grid which equates to only 1.2 balls out of 6… I hope he misses.”

Thanks to YouTube for providing endless golf tips on how to hit the ball farther. I don’t think I will ever have the Canadian 98mph lefty slapshot that Jamie has… but I do have the power of the internets.

Pinnacle Distance Team – Part 1
Pinnacle Distance Team – Part 2
Pinnacle Distance Team – Part 3
Pinnacle Distance Team – Part 4

Golf + Technology = TrackMan

TrackMan is an amazing little orange device that uses doppler technology to calculate pretty much everything you would ever want to know about your golf swing. Unfortunately TrackMan can not calculate a proper media delivery method from their website – or I would have linked to them.

TrackMan is used by nearly every tour player to analyze their swing and maximize driver distance by calculating swing speed, ball speed, vertical launch degree, launch spin and smash factor. It is also exclusively used by the LDA at the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship to enhance ESPN’s telecast of the 2009 finals in Mesquite, Nevada on October 25-30th. Who wants to go?

Here are some videos I would like to remember I watched.
TrackMan at 2008 LG Skins Game
TrackMan at 2009 Sony Open

Kristi Leskinen is a Superstar

Superstars is Back – and it’s back on ABC beginning June 23rd, 2009.

The only reason I really care is not because it features sports heros and celebrities teamed together to compete for something of extreme value… but because another good friend is going to reach network television superstardom.

Congratulations Kristina Leskinen on hopefully kicking some Terrell Owens / Bode Miller / Jennifer Capriati / Brandi Chastain (think soccer + sports bra) and other sudo celebrity / superstar asses.

Superstars Timeline

1973 – Intro
1973 – Swimming Heats
1979 – Opening Titles
1980 – Intro + Contestants
2008 – BBC Remake Gym Test