05/27/2022 North American Snowsports Journalist Association Announces 2022 Mitch Kaplan Award Winner Eric Wilbur, editor of New England Ski Journal and author was awarded the 2022 NASJA Mitch Kaplan Award by the North American Snowsports Journalist Association, in a recent virtual award ceremony. Upon winning the award Wilbur commented, “It’s fun to think about the stories in New England that …
Dan Egan’s autobiography is a colorful inside look at the evolution of “extreme” skiing into what we now call big-mountain free-skiing. Dan was a multi-talented athlete with a good business head. Emerging from a large, devout yet unruly Catholic family, he found success in skiing, soccer, and sailing. But sports, and the related party scenes, interfered with academics. It took …
Read the original article in Explore Big Sky By Bella Butler MANAGING EDITOR Winter Fest is an Outlaw Partners event. Outlaw Partners publishes Explore Big Sky. BIG SKY –In a 1992 ski film shot in Big Sky, Montana native and professional skier Scot Schmidt cuts a line through classic Montana cold smoke powder, the feeling of levitation palpable through the screen. …
Read the original article in the Telluride Daily Planet. If you find tales of living life on the edge enchanting — even if it’s a brand of adventure well beyond your comfort zone — tonight’s talk by extreme skiing pioneer, Dan Egan, at Between the Covers (BTC) will be a vicarious thrill. Egan, who is also hosting a daytime …
Shop Small. Shop Local Support your local ski and book shops this winter. You can find Thirty Years in a White Haze at the following locations: Colorado Boone Mountain Sports, Evergreen Boulder Book Store Fuxi Racing, Frisco Hearthfire Books & Treats, Evergreen Next Page, Frisco Illinois Viking Ski Shop, Barrington Maine Elements Art Gallery (Book Nook), Bethel Ski Hot Shop, …
After a year of patiently waiting for borders to open, Dan Egan took a trip across the Atlantic to tour his book Thirty Years in a White Haze, prepare for some exciting upcoming projects, and attend the National Snow Show in Birmingham. Outdoor clothing and local equipment shop, Ellis Brigham hosted a signing in Manchester and a signing in London and …
09/15/2021 Extreme skiing pioneer, Dan Egan, stopped by the WMWV Morning Show to talk ski bum to ski bum with Skiing DJ Roy Prescott, chatting up his new AMAZING book, “30 Years In A White Haze”, co-written by Eric Wilbur. Dan & Eric will be at White Birch Books in North Conway, Thursday 5-7 pm. to talk about the book. …
08/04/2021 Every summer since 1961, skiers and riders from around the globe have found their way to the heavenly Chilean destination Ski Portillo. I would describe this ski area as the ultimate ski festival for enthusiasts from every walk of life. Every afternoon there is teatime where you can find yourself standing next to Mikaela Shiffrin, the best ski …
01/11/2021 As featured in Big Sky Many skiers try to slow down each turn they make because they are living under the delusion that the purpose of turning is to slow down. Skis are not designed to slow down. I’ve never met a ski engineer that has designed a ski to go slow. Skis are designed to make a …
01/01/2021 Featured in Explore Big Sky The freedom found in skiing and snowboarding is instant and rewarding. From the moment you point yourself downhill gravity takes over and going with the flow often is the best decision. I often say, “don’t let a bad turn contaminate the next good one”. With that in mind goal setting in 2021 will not …
Julie Anderson is an award winning non-fiction producer, director, writer and development executive. She is acclaimed for her inspirational insight and storytelling which has ignited programs and documentaries ranging in topics from race relations, education, social issues and sports.
She earned an Academy Award nomination for the documentary God Is The Bigger Elvis, which she produced for HBO Documentary Films. As Director of Documentary Development for HBO her projects included the series America Undercover and the Academy Award winning documentary Big Mama.
A well known sports producer, she developed ESPN’s Emmy award winning magazine shows OUTSIDE THE LINES and E:60. Anderson also co-created the award winning teen educational series Sportsfigures for HBO, which was recognized with several Clarion Awards for Best Children’s Programming, and numerous Parents Choice Awards as well as a regional EMMY Award.
Most recently, as the Executive Producer of Documentary Development at PBS, she executive produced the Emmy, Peabody and Dupont Journalism award winning series The African Americans, Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, as well as Gates’ series Finding Your Roots.
Anderson’s work has regularly appeared on ESPN, HBO Sports, HBO Documentary Films, PBS, CNN, CBS
