UP CLOSE WITH ASHLEY ROSEMEYER
“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...
Issue 17.4 Covered
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...
Mini SKOLF: The Summit at Snoqualmie, WA
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....
Smash Life 2020 at Lost Trail, MT
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...
MT BAKER LBS LOCAL'S QUALIFIERS 2020
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...
Hoodoo Voodoo
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...
There’s No Such Thing as Slackcountry
“Does this go back to the ski area?” The man was standing on the wrong side of the boundary line. He had a thick European accent, a fresh outerwear kit, and two ski partners. None of them wore backpacks. “Yeah,...
Holiday Mash & Bash 2019
The sun dances in and out of the clouds above Windham Mountain, NY as Johnny O'Connor readies to drop. He situates his Santa Claus hat, squares up on the hip and backflips grabbing tail to hype everyone up at the...
Mt. Baker Opening Day 2019
View Full Feature In stark contrast to office days, 5 a.m. just hits different when powder is on the itinerary. The battle to get out of bed doesn’t seem so uphill in knowing that you’ll soon be sliding down a...
Picture Organic Clothing Presents "Shelter"
The European Alps are changing. As ancient ice pulls back, among the debris sits a solemn sense of responsibility. In Switzerland, glaciers have lost ten percent of their mass in the past five years, and over 500 have disappeared altogether...
Going Right at Dirksen Derby 12
Sometimes, things just go right. And I can’t think of a better place for that to happen than at the Dirksen Derby 12, Josh Dirksen’s inclusive-by-design snowboard rally race at Mt Bachelor, OR. Case in point: on Thursday night, it...