Photo Essay
Another Reason to Smile
Summer Snowboarding at Mt. Hood, OR
Event
The Last Ditch Effort Banked Slalom
“That thing looks crazy,” the skier said to no one in particular. He was riding Alpental, WA’s Armstrong Express and looking straight down upon The Last Ditch Effort Banked Slalom course. Matt Wainhouse was putting the finishing touches on the...
Photo and Video Feature
2017/18 Mt. Baker Season Recap
VIEW FEATURE When time flies at the speed of fun, it can be hard to fully appreciate everything that’s happening. Pages fell quickly off the calendar as we charged forth into inch-per-hour storm cycles and the deep, bluebird days that...
Event
Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge 2018
In surfing, strong storms often bring about the biggest waves. In snowboarding, they bring out our community’s most resilient riders. That’s who we saw at the 2018 Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge at Mt. Bachelor, OR this past weekend: a...
Video Exclusive
Absinthe Video Leak: "I'm Not Snowboarding"
Absinthe Films just dropped a third mid-season leak, featuring some truly awesome street riding. Here's a word from Absinthe about their latest leak, entitled "I'm Not Snowboarding": This March Absinthe traveled from Utah to the Northeast stacking for the new...
Culture
A Decade of Shorts and Shades
No goggles, only shades. No pants, only shorts. Hucking meat is mandatory, and only some of the riding will be filmed. This is a loose outline of Shorts and Shades, the infamous springtime party-boarding extravaganza at Mt. Bachelor, OR. The...
Lines
This is Not a Drill
“I’ve never used an arm rappel before, aside from practice… aside from a drill,” I stammered. I leaned awkwardly on my downslope arm, gained some friction on the rope, and slowly sideslipped further down the steep, narrow couloir. When Matt...
Video Exclusive
Whitefire in Haines: Ryland Bell, Morgan Hebert and Kei Nakanishi
Ryland Bell, Morgan Hebert and Kei Nakanishi rip some DIY powder lines out of Haines--Whitefire does AK.
Photo and Video Feature
The Fernie Factor at Island Lake Lodge
Snow has been stacking in the Lizard Range all day long, despite predictions calling for it to let up last night. “Locals have dubbed this sort of thing the ‘Fernie Factor,’” says our tail guide, Dave Atkinson. “These mountains will...
Fly By
Whitefish With Travis Parker & Jesse Grandkoski
It’s early March 2017, high noon and busy in the Summit House atop Whitefish Mountain Resort. There are groms in need of hand warmers, their parents maybe in need of a drink, but no one’s short on powder turns. Amidst...
Video Exclusive
King of Saas x Absinthe Films
Absinthe Films drops another mid-season leak, this time with a heavy Euro squad in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. Featuring Nicolas Müller, Mikkel Bang, Fredi Kalbermatten, Severin Van Der Meer and more.
Event
Mt. Baker Splitfest 2018
Split-skiing can be a roll of the dice. I’ve fallen on my face as many times as I’ve successfully pizza-french-fried my way through a skintrack. But Kyle England, a fellow splitboarder I met at this year’s Mt. Baker Splitfest, seems...
Event
Stevens Pass Slayride Banked Slalom 2018
The 2018 Slayride Banked Slalom at Stevens Pass, WA was something special. After raising almost $30,000 for the Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center through the event in 2017, Stevens Pass brought back the slalom and spread it over two sun-filled...