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Nothing like a POV shot to make you feel like you’re the one bailing.
From Austin: (Nice air, now about the landing…)
From Tave: (He gave new meaning to the term ‘snow-blind.’)
From Bill: (And it was such a beautiful barrel, too.)… Read the rest

I’m going on record that I’d rather take it down there than the faceplants in last week’s Wipeout Wednesday, but not by much.
From Barry: (And he thought he was home free…)

From Jackson: (We didn’t know he could do the splits.)
From Ezra: (At least he can ice ‘em… Read the rest

Extreme skiing lost an iconic member of its community Sunday, November 13, 2011. Jamie Pierre, best known for his record-setting cliff huck, died in an avalanche at Utah’s famed Snowbird Resort. Pierre, snowboarding with a friend in the South Chute area at the still-unopened resort, triggered a slide, which swept… Read the rest

Sweetgrass Productions spent two years in the South American wilderness filming the solitude of backcountry skiing and snowboarding to bring you their latest film SOLITAIRE.  The film … Read the restfollows expert back country skiers and snowboarders as they head into the silent wilderness of South America, seeking the truth lying in the

With November approaching the thoughts of lads and lasses of the winter sports persuasion turn to powder, and what better way to get ready for the slopes than to show people who weren’t.
From Jameel: (Back to the drawing board.)
From Antoine: (Don’t lose that edge.)
From Guillermo: (That first… Read the rest

If you happen to be in the Portland, Ore. area on Saturday night, don’t miss out on the Absinthe Films premiere of their latest film, twel2ve, at the Hollywood Theatre. Also screened will be the newest film from the YES crew, Yes. It’s a Movie… Read the rest:
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The Snowbowl Ski resort in Flagstaff, Arizona sits somewhere along the range of inactive volcanoes called San Francisco Peaks, which, according to Mother Jones, are “volcanoes that contain the only alpine tundra in Arizona, at heights of more than 12,000 feet.” Pristine as the range may sound, the snow levels… Read the rest

This video will make you smile and probably laugh, too. It may also make you feel like a totally unskilled human and/or dog trainer because these guys are smart and talented to boot.
Enjoy!… Read the rest

Shot on location in Chile, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia, Sweetgrass Productions‘ new film, Solitaire… Read the rest, takes the story line of a traditional American Western film and sets within it a backcountry skiing, snowboarding and telemark production. This creates a unique juxtaposition that balances the contrast of powder with the feel

The drive to the local ski area twists up beautiful mountain passes and through soft white landscapes bordered by pine stands and etched with creeks and rivers. It shouldn’t be as hard to picture as it is, but the hustle to make first chair clouds our periphery and the landscape… Read the rest

Sometimes, our weekly roundup of people eating it is based on a type of wipeout, like, say, kitesurfing or road biking. Not this week. This week, we bring you videos of people doing stupid stuff.
From Paul: (Banking the sharp left turn was a bad idea.)
From Jennifer: (Trying to… Read the rest

Spring is almost here. But a video like this will make you wish of nothing more than sweet, sweet powder.
Enjoy.
[Via: Filme von Draussen on Vimeo]… Read the rest

There’s not much we can say about this video except that it’s pretty damn funny. In fact, we’d argue it’s the perfect smile-inducing minute-long vid for a lazy Sunday. Enjoy.… Read the rest

Skiing and Snowboarding are not cheap past times–they take money, time, skill and equipment. But I love that moment of first introducing someone, regardless of age, to snowboarding or skiing. The look on their face when they realize that they are effortlessly floating down hill–that moment, just before they face… Read the rest

It’s okay. You don’t have to admit it to us. But if you don’t know how to ski or snowboard, this is just the month to try it out. January is officially ‘Learn to Ski & Snowboard Month‘, and many resorts around the country are offering up incredible discounted packages… Read the rest