Gear of the Week Review! Having a small pressurized air canister with large balloons on your back has been added to the new recipe for better luck, while traveling avalanche prone terrain. The BCA Float 36 is a new addition to the backcountry checklist, through a rigorous gear checklist. This week presented a good start […]
The World Heli Challenge is gaining momentum as one of the top competitions in the world. Why? Because the competition uses helicopters to access the best terrain in New Zealand. The event features an “Extreme Day” and a “Freestyle Day” where competitors showcase their skills on a variety of NZ’s incredible terrain (did you think […]
Stellar Media, with a crew consisting of Colter Hinchliffe, Lynsey Dyer, Sam Cohen, Leo Ahrens, Jacqui Edgerly, Wyatt Caldwell, Yancy Caldwell, Jamey Parks and Hayden Price, put together an impressive first episode of their new webisode series, Migrations. In episode one, the crew sends it to Alaska. Description by Stellar Media: Haines, Alaska represents the idyllic […]
Check out this short timelapse film: “Elemental Iceland” by Stian Rekdal. It’s under 3 minutes and shows some really cool shots of Iceland’s geography and the Aurora Borealis. It’s worth your time (watch it in HD). Elemental Iceland from Stian Rekdal on Vimeo.
We’re glad people were as dumbfounded by Inside Edition’s “investigation” into pot on the slopes. Some Breck locals made this movie as a response. Enjoy. You can see the original story here.
A dual premiere of “Further” and “Dream Factory” was put on at the Taylor Auditorium on the Western campus to benefit the WSCU Freeride Team, the CB Avalanche Center, and the SoCO 14er Expedition. If you still haven’t seen Jeremy Jones’ “Further”, you need to make that a top priority. “Dream Factory” is definitely a […]
Crested Butte Takes the Coveted Backcountry.com Sickbird Belt Buckle at Back-to-Back FWT Events In it’s first time at Moonlight Basin, the Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier went off March 23-24. Moonlight Basin pulled out the red carpet for the athletes as the athletes showcased the great terrain Moonlight Basin has to offer in the “Headwaters.” Kyle […]
Photo: Mike Schirf Andrew Pollard had a very good season in his last year in junior competition. He took podiums on the JFT and IFSA tours at Snowbird, Squaw, and Revelstoke. In addition, Pollard took 10th among the adults in the Freeride World Tour Qualifier at Snowbird. This is his season edit. Watch out adults. […]
Back in 2011 Ski Arpa had great year and hosted a Freeskiing World Tour event. The story of Ski Arpa, a cat-ski operation 1.5 hours north of Santiago, Chile, is more than great terrain and the lure of skiing in the Andes, however. Check out this short film from Zach Ornitz and Ollie Nieuwland-Zlotnicki about […]
Here’s a short 3 minute clip discussing the memorable crash at the 2006 Birds of Prey Downhill at Beaver Creek. TJ Lanning was an up-and-coming US star at the time, trying to make up for past injuries, he hit a compression awkwardly and well, you should just watch this crash. Thank goodness for the fencing.