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The Coal Pad Grows in Glacier, WA
The Coal Pad continues to grow. About two weeks ago we saw the final pour in phase two of the expansion plans. The new section more than doubles the size of the park and sets up the rest of the...
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SHRED Foundation
above Peace signs and smiles during a SHRED Foundation gathering in upstate New York. In 2005, Danny Hairston was working as a youth development leader in a Brooklyn high school where he directed violence-prevention programs for at-risk teenagers. One day,...
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The Other Side of Timberline
Tick. Tock. Digital or analog, clocks always move slow when you’re hungry. But two minutes is almost up, meaning my ramen is nearly ready. Steam rises from the pot and brings with it the smell of cheap, starchy noodles—a delicacy...
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Rat Race 2017
“It’s a double, triple, double-double,” I think, Josh Dirksen said. “Or maybe a quad.” It was the evening of July 11 in Government Camp, OR. He was describing the whoops. Everyone was talking about the whoops. The hats for the...
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Mt. Baker Slush Cup 2017
“They usually set up jumps at the end of the pond, not in the middle of it. Where are we even supposed to land?” The random skier standing next to me atop the drop-in point asks me this like I...
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Blair Habenicht Video
From his roots at Crystal Mountain, WA, to AK sessions with Absinthe Films and, finally, life in an airstream on Northwest Washington's Olympic Peninsula, this is the life of Blair Habenicht--literally the Boy in the Field. CONTEST IS CLOSED Sign...
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Mt. Baker Seshup 2017
The sun is burning brightly above “Grandma’s” in the Mt. Baker Ski Area backcountry as Hana Beaman readies to drop. She cinches the drawstring of her straw hat beneath her chin and places an inflatable blue stingray atop a steep,...
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Mt. Baker 2016-17 Recap
View Feature A December to remember. Then, a March miracle. Powder aplenty in between. La Niña delivered as promised during the 2016-17 season at Mt. Baker Ski Area. With an unprecedented cold snap before the holidays, we were treated to...
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The 2017 Holy Bowly
The 2017 edition of Snowboy Productions’ Holy Bowly at Sunshine Village, AB, was a stage for any style and a catalyst for inspiration. The layout was tight, a pinball machine of rad that invited exploration, rewarded creativity, and let riders...
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The Last Ditch Effort
Blair Habenicht has been scheming up a contest at Crystal, WA for a while. It's his home mountain. He was up there on skis at one-and-a-half years old. It's also where he started skipping out on ski racing to go...
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The Gerry Lopez Big Wave Challenge 2017
It’s cloudy and cold for April in Oregon. High force winds make the waves a bit choppier than we’d expected they’d be. But these heavy gusts won’t deter us, nor the few hundred snow surfers who have amassed on Mt....
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Hella Nostalgic
View Feature The dream of the 90s is alive at Mt. Bachelor. Remember the 90s, those halcyon days of snowboarding’s youth, that movie Ski Patrol? Slick Willy was playing Sax on SNL, your Mom had those Lee jeans and there...