The Unofficial Report

Rich Goodwin, (http://vimeo.com/user2790840), a man better known for putting together creative and fun video shredits, seems to have stumbled onto something much bigger than anyone could have imagined. A video … Read More

Today was clear and cold at Whistler Blackcomb.  Temps of -13 C up top and no wind.  The lower mountain had gotten hard after the high snow levels and a … Read More

Quite possibly, it may be the worst conditions Jackson Hole has ever seen almost midway through January.  That doesn’t mean there are no good turns to be had on the … Read More

(Vancouversun.com) X Games gold medalist Sarah Burke was seriously injured today in a ski crash at Park City.  Apparently she was airlifted to a Salt Lake City hospital with a … Read More

Skip to 1:17 to get to the Tahoe swimming. This video makes Lake Tahoe look warm and inviting.  The reality is that the highs lately have been in the 50s … Read More

While the festering famish of snow continues to dredge onward around Tahoe (though there do exist some epic conditions for those willing to work), Mt. Baker offers up some delightfully … Read More

You’ve skied a few times. You even got a yelp from someone off the lift once (at least it was in your general direction), but you need to know how … Read More

“I wiped out on a ski slope” – Brad Pitt “I was carrying my daughter down the hill and I slipped.” – Brad Pitt “The actor told ET’s Chris Jacobs … Read More

The beauty of Mammoth’s Main Park: Hot Laps. Kaya Turski takes advantage of the hot pace afforded by Chair 6 as she preps for the upcoming X Games in Aspen, … Read More

If we can’t ski powder today, there isn’t any in the good old USA that I know of, we might as well spend a few minutes laughing at the misfortune … Read More

From the Billings Gazette and Beartoothpowder.com Presumed dead, four days after the slide that claimed his owner’s life, a Welsh Corgi stumbled back to the hotel where his owners had … Read More

Ever wonder what it’s like to be t-boned by another snowmobile at about 50MPH? Yeah, me neither. But the poor guy in this video just found out. It’s a quicky, … Read More

Tuesday, January 10. After a few centimeters of snow yesterday in Hakuba, the clouds lifted and the sun came out to partially reveal the Japanese Alps.   Our group worked … Read More

This time we may get the snow further South.  Over the past couple of weeks the storms have been aimed mostly at Northern Vermont with rain or dry weather further … Read More

The culture shock of visiting a place as foreign and different as Japan can be stressful. This guide won’t help with that, but it will help you ensure that you’re … Read More

Good riddance to those nay-sayers that took off this weekend to ski pow in Canada or surf the fat swell on the pacific.  Everyone in the know was in Tahoe … Read More

We have been tracking the change in the pattern over the Pacific that is already underway this week.  The ridge off the coast of CA has begun to shift North.  … Read More

What was foretold:   20-25 cm was supposed to grace the Whistler/Blackcomb area, but a hight freezing point predicted rain high up. What it was like:  Blackcomb seemed much warmer than … Read More

After all the hype, Dream Ride is finally here. Filmed in the remote rain forest of Cairns in the far north of Australia, Dream Ride is unlike any motocross video … Read More

If you’re still suffering  from record low snows in the lower 48 there’s good news: 5 Earthly places are getting it good this year – Japan, Alaska, Europe, British Colombia, & … Read More

Keeping it Raw #2…… So the other day we were shredding the PNW rain gnar, after it had snowed 6″ of good snow followed by 6″ of wet snow the day … Read More

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We’ve already been saying it and it’s already been threatening to be a threat, but now it’s hitting its hardest, gaining an unruly taste, and becoming impossible to swallow.  It … Read More

The North Face – Know Boundaries Episode 4 – The Human Factor Be your own leader.  Don’t follow people just because of the peer pressure, or push it too hard because of … Read More

The snow was soft and the boys and girls were throwing down at Revelstoke for day one of the Freeskiing/Freeride World Tour.  Day two is scheduled for Wednesday. Check out … Read More

Silverton Mountain in SouthWest Colorado will be doing $50 heli drops this weekend.   A heli drop at Silver ton is usually $160 plus you have to buy a lift … Read More