Them on Us: Would real cowboys make ‘the code’ a law?

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

By Jake Nichols

Ski bum reality show on ice
Jackosn Hole, Wyo.-The proposed television show that would chronicle the lives of young Jackson ski bums is on indefinite hold. The series, called “Epic,” was to have started shooting in February but according to the show’s producer: “things aren’t coming together.” That’s industry code for nobody wants to air it and nobody can pay for it.

Robert Hickey of Better Wings Entertainment in Los Angeles isn’t discouraged, saying it typically takes shows like this a few years to wind up on the small screen. Producers of Epic had received preliminary approval for a cash rebate from the Wyoming film incentive program.

For some odd reason, Canadian Business was interested enough to pick up the story.

Powder Week turns BYOP
The 10th annual Powder Week wrapped up last week at JHMR. The annual event features 23 ski manufacturers, the staff of Powder Magazine and powder conditions. Two out of three ain’t bad, eh?

Powder hounds demo’d 2011 ski gear – presumably to see how it held up on the rocks – in search of whatever freshies they could find. “After two days of sun-soaked groomers, the clouds rolled in and blanketed the resort with 10 inches of the fresh stuff for one final day of perfect conditions.” Wait, what?
Tommy Moe’s kid don’t need no stinkin’ powder

Hudson Moe smoked the field in Park City last week at the USASA Intermountain Division Finals (“King of the Wasatch”). The competition was fierce, reported Teton Valley News, with top skiers from Teton Valley, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley and Greater Salt Lake area competing for the chance to become the “King” of slopestyle and half pipe.

In the Men’s 16-18 slopestyle group; Owen Winship (Victor, ID) took 1st place, with Christopher Lawton (Jackson, WY) and Hudson Moe (Jackson, WY) taking 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Old cars rally in Sunshine State
The Model T Ford Club’s Winter Tour 2010 just wrapped in Gainesville, Fla. About 108 Model T owners from 29 American states and two owners from Canada met in Gainesville for this year’s tour. Every year the club tours a different city in Florida.
Wilson, Wyoming’s Clair Carlson has been making the scene for quite a while now. This year he showed off his 1914 Model T Ford Speedster. Carlson, in addition to being a highly visible member of the Chamber of Commerce’s Howdy Partner program in Jackson Hole, is an avid classic car enthusiast who organizes the car show for the county fair each summer.

Code of Wyoming
Newspapers across the country were tickled by Wyoming’s “Cowboy Creed.” The creed features 10 bullet points: Live each day with courage; Take pride in your work; Always finish what you start; Do what has to be done; Be tough, but fair; When you make a promise, keep it; Ride for the brand; Talk less and say more; Remember that some things aren’t for sale; Know where to draw the line.
The bill, which is symbolic only, was sponsored by Sen. Jim Anderson-R. It was borrowed from the 2004 book, Code of the West by James Owen, a retired Wall Street investor from Texas.

We found equal instances of publications that either ridiculed it or found it refreshingly charming.

National Park Service shuffles brass
Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott gets the call-up to the big club after the sudden retirement announcement from NPS Intermountain director Mike Snyder. Scott packed her bags for Denver last week when she was tapped as the temporary fill-in for Snyder. Scott said she was honored but hoped the designation came with a roundtrip ticket.

Deputy Super Bob Vogel will handle the reins at GTNP in Scott’s absence. The six-year Grand Teton NP veteran will now oversee 91 units in eight states and more than 5,000 employees. Our information came from KJCT-TV News 8 in Grand Junction, Colo. JHW

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Clair Carlson shows off his Ford Model T.

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