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Will Ritter doesn’t know the meaning of quarantine and chill. Or maybe he does, but he chooses not to partake. Will can’t help it—he's a creator. He goes by the title of “Co-Owner/Chief Designer” for Spark R&D, the Bozeman, MT-based...
Being that we are collectively in a space to tell and listen to stories these days, I thought I would share one appropriate for April 1. Given that Craig Elmer Kelly’s birthday and April Fools are one in the same,...
Early spring is usually go time for snowboarders. Longer days and a stabilizing snowpack combine with strong legs and a honed skillset to finally tag those lines you’ve been eyeing all year. If you’re lucky, maybe a trip to BC...
The cabin smelled like stale weed. A box of crushed beer cans and discarded wine bottles sat outside. Next to it, spent shotgun shells. “Maybe we should just stay here for the next two weeks?” Austen Sweetin said. It was...
“Can I have everyone’s attention over here?” Pat Moore yells over the sound of more than 40 idling snowmobiles bound for the Jackson, WY backcountry. It’s difficult to decipher exactly what he said next, although it went something like, “This...
“When you’re shooting fisheye, if you’re not scared that you’re going to get hit, then you’re not getting the shot,” Ashley Rosemeyer says. “If you can’t see their board right in your face, or the emotion on their face, then...
The cover of Issue 17.4 features Ryland Bell riding a steep spine at home in Haines, AK. At the bottom of the line, a slab avalanche pulled out, putting Ryland in an unexpectedly sketchy situation. Thankfully, he reacted quickly, knew...
People are filling into the park shack at The Summit at Snoqualmie, WA wringing out their gloves, looking for places to hang their soaked jackets and wet goggles and it isn’t even time for the 10:30 a.m. riders’ meeting yet....
We dug, we raced, we laughed, we howled at the moon and lit up the parking lot. It snowed, then the sun came out, and the band played on at one of the great mom and pop resorts in the...
The screech of unraveling duct tape rings out across the second floor of the Heather Meadows base lodge at Mt. Baker Ski Area, WA as racers prepare for the 2020 Local’s Qualifier. They display slightly different techniques for fastening bib...
It’s early morning and bitingly cold in the high country of the southern Utah desert. A recent weather system stalled overnight above the three-mile-wide amphitheater at 10,000 feet, delivering more than a foot of snow. Feeling awakened and charged from...