After 56 days and 56 nights of dry, man made snow sliding I was beginning to wonder if 2012 really did mark the end of the world, or at least skiing as we all know it. But old man winter finally decided to shake of the dust and blow a nice sloppy sierra storm our […]
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Photo Tour of Squaw Valley After 60″ of Snow | *Updated* at 10am
Today we have sun for the first time after getting our first real snow of the year. 60 inches of it. We all wanna see photos of how the mountain looks. Squaw’s ubercam is iced up and not working, so the upper mountain is cloaked in mystery for the time being. *UPDATE: Clouds have rolled […]
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Powder Report | The Video is the Clincher | Unofficial Mammoth Conditions | January 23 2012
Oh my Gobs of face-shots! And to think not even a week ago there was far more dirt showing than snow. After living in Mammoth Lakes for close to 10 years I didn’t doubt that one storm could turn the whole season right around, yet somehow I was still skeptical that this storm was the […]
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State of the Tahoe Backcountry 2012: II | Sponsored by Cloudveil
And then there was snow. If you happened to stay above the 8500’-8700’ foot mark the past few days then you’re Fired Up because you just scored three stellar powder days out of the long awaited storm cycle. It wasn’t pretty down low, at least until Saturday morning, but above that magic snow level it […]
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Junior Freeskiing Tour Stop #1 POSTPONED! | Crested Butte
Even though the Butte received over 37 inches in the last week the JFT is rescheduled. Stop one of the Junior Freeskiing Tour, February 2-5 in Crested Butte, Colorado is postponed until March 29-April 1. This delay will provide junior skiers with the best possible snow conditions for the competition and ensure a top quality […]
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Jake Burton, Founder of Burton Snowboards, Beats Cancer
In late September, we found out that 57-year-old Jake Burton, the founder of Burton snowboards, had been diagnosed with testicular cancer. He planned to fight it as hard as he could. He underwent chemotherapy and was able to battle it head on. We are pleased to announce that Jake Burton is now cancer-free. “It […]
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100 Inches of Snow in 6 Days | Mt. Bachelor, OR
Mount Bachelor ski resort in Oregon got drowned in snow this past week. Their 7 day storm total is 99 inches of snow. Bachelor’s season snow total is 194 inches…so, they got half of this season’s snow so far in one week. “More than 8 feet of snow fell during a six day period between […]
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Turning Fantasy Into Reality
What would you do with a whole lot of money and nearly unlimited media outlets? It’s a tough question, I know; but bringing a multi million dollar Formula 1 race car to the beaches of the Dominican Republic and tearing around in the sand with a helicopter to film it all didn’t pop into my […]
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Canadian Freeskiing Open W/ the UBC Freeride Team | Part 3 | Qualifiers
It was all a dream. Ian still reads word up magazine. Three years ago Rosie O’Donnell, The UBC Ski and Board Club and a solar flare had a galactic space fuck and this year a baby was born. The UBC Freeride Team strutted out of Rosie O’Donnell and onto the scene this past week for […]
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Internet Censorship Bill “SOPA / PIPA” Senate Vote POSTPONED
Senate Majority leader, Harry Reid (R) of Nevada, has indefinitely postponed the U.S. Senate’s vote on the internet censorship bill named Stop Online Piracy Act / Protect IP Act or SOPA / PIPA. “In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on the PROTECT I.P. Act.” – Harry Reid The blackouts […]