Alaska Archives will chronicle a spring spent ski touring out of an RV around south central Alaska. Item 1: Arrival and Thompson Pass Item 2: Gone Skiing Words and … Read More
Alaska Archives will chronicle a spring spent ski touring out of an RV around south central Alaska. Item 1: Arrival and Thompson Pass Words and photos courtesy of Zach Paley. … Read More
Alaska Archives will chronicle a spring spent ski touring out of an RV around south central Alaska. Item 1 After a successful winter with an incredibly deep and consistent snow … Read More
Burton Snowboards has started releasing full segments from their 2011 team movie “Standing Sideways”
Whistler local Mark Sollors can ride anything, big backcountry jumps, step downs, urban wall rides, big kinky rails, you name it and he’ll shred it harder than you can.
So pump up the volume and watch this when you tie up your boots this week, it will get you stoked to go big. There’s only a few more days left before the Whistler season comes to a close, so make the most of them!
Enjoy.
Moments after our writer, Joey bagodounts, published his very controversial piece Still Telemarking, Huh? it started to spread it’s way around the internet. Within a day and a half it had over 1,000 Facebook shares, hundreds of comments on a number of ski forums and a few thousand pageviews. The controversy rolls on but in the mist of this banter we were made aware of this very amusing video, A/T Anonymous: A Tale of a Telemarker Turned A/T Skier. Enjoy.
Back in January and February when we weren’t sure that Squaw would stay open until March, Josh Anderson and I decided to have some fun. The snow was non-existant and hardly pow, so we came up with creative ways to pass the days on the hill. Everybody loves SaucerBoy so why not go play the part for a day or two and see what happened? The response was amazing. People were yelling from the chairlifts, taking pictures, and super stoked on the whole thing. Josh has dressed up as SaucerBoy for various events, and plays the character really well so it was funny.
Saucer Boy
If you haven’t dressed up as SaucerBoy I would suggest that you try it out. Feel out your inner Shane and the SaucerBoy in all of us. The looks, responses, and gawking was certainly worth it and I think Shane would have been proud. Thanks Shane for making these kinds of things funny and fun to do.
Andrew McLean is one of America’s most accomplished and experienced ski mountaineers. He has also been testing and designing gear for companies like Black Diamond and Mountain Hardwear for over a decade. Generally speaking, the man is an authority on backcountry skiing. Luckily for us, Andrew shares his wealth of experience on his blog – Straightchuter.com.
This is NOT a tutorial.
Straightchuter is a catch-all for any topic in the realm of backcountry skiing – posts range from crazy trips around the world to ski politics in the Wasatch. However, some of McLean’s most interesting and helpful contributions are his tips and How Tos on all things ski related. Examples include: Building Launch Pads, Ripping Skins, Drying Gear with a Camp Stove, and Uses for Voile Straps. Andrew McLean has a unique system for everything, and his tips and tutorials are well worth reading.
Base camp complete. Photo from Straightchuter.com
The most recent How To from Mr. McLean is on Cook Tent Architecture. It explains in detail how to set up an effective cook tent / base camp using a pyramid style tarp tent. Pyramid style tents are the base camp solution for those of us who can’t afford the weight or $$ on a Space Station (that’s pretty much all of us). Pyramid tents are cheap and light. Used improperly, they provide no protection from the elements at all, but with the correct system, they are warm and cozy.
For more tips and tutorials from Straightchuter, explore the categories drop down menu on the right side of their homepage.
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
I’m not sure who had the most G.N.A.R. points at Squaw this winter, but Aaron Fox had to be close. If you want to know what it feels like to ski a lot of the Squallywood lines at Squaw, the POV of it is right here. It is 6 minutes long, but there are a lot of the lines in Squallywood in this edit. Skip to the :53 second mark to get to the actual skiing. Hatchett Line at 1:10, Smooth air at 1:16 looks perfect, Straightlining Box chute the way its supposed to be skied at 1:19, The Gate at 1:25 My air at 1:33, Colemans alternate slides at 1:44, Ring Finger at 2:11, Jt’s Air at 2:36, Center Line in the Chimney at 2:41, Rock Maze at 4:55, Smooth air POV at 5:03, Voltage Rock at 5:17, The triple at 5:10, Center Line in the Chimney again at 5:21, Diving board at 5:28, and POV of the Gate at 5:41.
This edit was also dedicated to Benny Brackett. RIP BUDDY.
This is section really really sick, and even though I’m surfboarding in Mexico I desperately want to teleport back to Whistler, more specifically to the Brandywine wine or the Rutherford … then rewind the clock 45 days, start up my sled and hit some of these cheese wedges. After that we’d rewind the clock aother 15 days and hit some pillow lines + slice pow. Well whistler is awesome.
About the Movie.
About the movie: YES. It’s a Movie. It’s about a year in the life of the YES. Family. DCP, Romain, JP, and Tadashi are rolling around the world as you read this, slaying pow and adventuring. We started in Chile last July, and have been shooting in Canada during December and January. Next, DCP, Romain, JP, Tadashi, and Benji head to Japan with Pascal Gallant filming. Helen Schettini, Mikey Pederson, and Jake Koia will hold it down in the Whistler Backcountry.
Download on iTunes or check out their website at yesitsamovie.yesnowboard.com
