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Crazy Landslide in Switzerland | Entire Mountainside Collapses | You Gotta Watch This Video!

This is straight nuts. Think avalanches are bad? Check out this natural disaster in Preonzo, Switzerland. An entire mountainside collapses itself. The landslide was estimated at 300,000 cubic meters. A … Read More

1986 Breckenridge Newscast on Snowboarding | Classic Early Halfpipe Footage | “Nobody’s Going to Get Rich Snowboarding”

This news clip looks straight out of Anchorman- part of me actually wonders if they cut back to Ron Burgundy after it ends. The 1986 news clip- presumably from a … Read More

VIDEO: Griffin Post Going BIG in Jackson Hole

That dot hanging in space inside that red circle is a human being… Unofficial Jackson’s Griffin Post is good at skiing.  He isn’t into the flash or pizazz that we’re … Read More

A Tunnel Thru Teton Pass @ Jackson Hole? | $300 million per Mile… | Do We Want This?

  A tunnel thru Teton Pass in Jackson Hole, WY?  This’s an idea that’s been rollin’ around for a long time in Jackson, WY and it just came up again at … Read More

What it’s Like to be a Model | The Marmot Team Photo Shoot | Jackson Hole Backcountry

Intro Team photo shoots are always a blast because:  You get flown somewhere awesome, meet fellow athletes and get everything paid for; who wouldn’t want to be sponsored? The Marmot photo shoot … Read More

The Anti Hero | The Backcountry Beta Balancing Act

Preface: This column is set against the background of an expedition we went on in 2010. My friend Rico recently wrote an article regarding Over-Heroes- those people you encounter in … Read More

VIDEO: Skiing Central Couloir | Jackson Hole

Jason Strong skiing Central Couloir, a classic Jackson Hole sidecountry decent, off Cody Peak.

Griffin Post | Nature-Cam

Tree branches are great. Aside from holding leaves that allow us to breathe oxygen, they can serve countless other purposes. They can get in our way and hit us on … Read More

Deep Jackson Hole POW with the Lovely Brothers

It really all depends on who you manage to ski with on certain days.  March 19th in Jackson I kept my ears open on the tram and found a couple of … Read More

Jackson Hole Tram Review | Facts & Statistics

  There’s really nothing like the Jackson Hole Tram in North America: it’s big, it’s fast, it accesses some of the best terrain in the country, and it rocks out … Read More

VIDEO: Still Funny- Corbet’s Couloir Fail With Real Time Call Out

This is a gem from last season, if you missed it. This guy sends it off the headwall of Corbet’s, to an epic fail. Despite the dissuasion of the cameraman, … Read More

Tim Swartz Season Rewind | Alaska Spines, Jackson Cliffs, and Montana Hucks

Tim Swartz, of Moonlight Basin Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier Fame, was kind enough to put together a “rewind” edit of his season. From spines in Alaska, to S&S Couloir in … Read More

Jackson Holes Last Big Dump #2 /// Zero Gravity POW

March 19th 2012.  This was a day to remember for sure.  This is the 2nd of 4 videos all from the same day Monday March 19th.  Here is my second run, … Read More

Jackson Holes Last BIG DUMP #1 /// First BOX – March 19th

March 19th Jackson got some much needed snow. After 3 days of skiing in the soft, sun drenched corn, it was time for the snow to come back.  I was starting … Read More

Zack Giffin Teeing Off Near Haines Alaska With Sweetgrass | Hike Not Heli

Zack Giffin kills it, there’s no question. He’s a well-rounded skier and a hard worker. Don’t believe me? Check out this video from his latest trip outside of Haines, Alaska … Read More

Jackson Boys Party Skiing in AK

Trying to finish off this mediocre season properly, a crew of Jackson residents headed up to Haines, AK to find some goods.  Blue skies and a bit of fresh along … Read More

A Better Day Than Yours | Skiing, Climbing, BASE, and Paragliding

Roch Malnuit and Matt Gerdes are two multi talented human beings and the Chamonix valley is a perfect playground for them to utilize their skills.  With a lift to the … Read More

Kirkwood Freeskiing World Tour | More Highlights (and Lowlights)

While we reported on the shenanigans of the Freeskiing World Tour at Kirkwood yesterday, here’s another video if you didn’t get enough action. While conditions were, er, variable, at the … Read More

The Most Bizarre Pond Skimming Contest in the Wolrd? | Russian Pond Skimming

Here at Unofficial, we’re no strangers to weird sh*t on one or two planks. However, this pond skimming video from St. Petersburg, Russia is pretty out there. People on fire, … Read More

Todd Ligare | Lines Volume 2 | Spines, Hucks and Massive Front Flips

Todd Ligare, of monstrous front flip fame, is at it again. Well, maybe not again since this is footage from last season. Either way, it’s worth a look at a … Read More

Jackson Hole CLOSES Today with 94” Base ….lame?

Jackson Hole is closing obnoxiously early once again this year.  This year they are closing with a 94” base and 5” of new snow in the past 48 hours. As … Read More

Jon Olsson Invitational Finals | Some of the Craziest Sh*t Ever Done on Skis!

While most of us have been trying to salvage some last turns in the slush and sunshine, the pros in Sweden have been getting it done. Each year the Jon … Read More

Bruce Willis Offers to Donate a Ski Resort

It’s that time of year ladies and gentlemen, time to liquidate, everything must go…it’s tax time.  Willis has already put his residence and nightclub in Central Idaho on the market … Read More

Griffin Post in Valdez, Alaska with TGR

UnofficialJackson.com‘s Griffin Post brings us this look at how to ski Big AK lines safely. TGR – Skiing big lines in AK can be a logistical nightmare. This episode takes … Read More

Andrew Whiteford – Cheese, Chocolate, and Powder

This March I spent a little over two weeks in Switzerland on a film trip with the Meatheads. While the original plan was to chase storms around the Alps, we … Read More

Powder Alert – West Coast, Rockies, and Northeast

A storm is currently approaching the West Coast as you can see below on the satellite.  The low will come onshore in Oregon on Saturday bringing snow to the Cascades … Read More