A lot of people have been taking advantage of great late season conditions to go skiing. Although he did skin up, Derek Johnson prefers to get down another way. According to Johnson, “Once your feet have left the ground, standing on solid earth no longer feels right.” Check out his recent speedflying edit from Snodgrass.
Tahoe based ripper Hazel Birnbaum threw together a fun edit from her time traveling and skiing on the Freeride World Tour last season. Enjoy.
Lawton “Disco” Grinter is a former Crested Butte resident and a very avid hiker. Last week we spoke on the phone for an interview aired on KBUT, the community radio station serving Crested Butte and Gunnison. CR: Disco – lets credentialize your hiking career. Could you list off some of your major accomplishments in […]
After a large avalanche suspended competition, the Fieberbrunn FWT stop resumed today at Vallnord Arclais for the men’s ski, men’s snowboard, and women’s snowboarding. Big congratulations to SLC ripper George Rodney for taking his first win (George took CB Sickbird last year). Next up, the invite only stop in Haines, Alaska. Ski Highlights Snowboard Highlights […]
If it’s deep enough to ride it’s deep enough to slide. This is POV footage of a skier’s close call with a slab on Jones Pass on the Front Range yesterday. You can read about his adventure by following this link to his website.
Matt Evans takes 4th, Brittany Barefield 6th, Josie Byron 10th. After a weather suspension, the finals of the IFSA North American Championships wrapped up under clear skies on Revelstoke Mountain’s North Bowl. Anticipation was high as the skiers who qualified for finals were within six points of each other, including a first place tie between […]
Two Sweedish women, tired of uncomfortable bike helmets, have created another solution. It looks like a scarf, and like an airbag, expands to protect you when you fall. Interesting and innovative stuff. Thoughts? The Invisible Bicycle Helmet | Fredrik Gertten from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo.
Crested Butte Mountain Biking Association did it again this past weekend with the completion of the upper section of the Lupine Trail. CBMBA lead the trail building with the amazing help of 182 commmunity members totaling over 1,000 work hours of digging and buffing over 2 miles of new trail wide enough for the adaptive […]
All around crusher Dane Tudor looks like he has rebounded well from a season ending injury last year. Here, Tudor takes you for a few laps at Revelstoke. Revy POV from Vinzenz Keller on Vimeo.
At the end of May, Patrick Westfeldt got after it on North Maroon. That was quite a spring in the Elk Mountains, eh? North Bell Ski from patrick westfeldt on Vimeo.