SKIING/SNOWBOARDING

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. They say you can tell a lot about a person by the type of shoes they wear. My dad was a loafer man. My Mom always had a pair of Birkenstocks. Well, the

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. The morning started cold. At 8:30, the sun hadn’t yet reached the roadside pull-off on Colorado’s Ofir Pass. Despite the cobalt blue sky, temperatures hovered a few degrees below zero. Still, my insides

Shannon’s 1996 pro model is one of four boards in the Retro Collection. The Burton Retro Collection honors four boards that iconic in snowboarding’s history. The pro model snowboard has long been the holy grail of achievement for professional riders. It’s an acknowledgement of your abilities, as well as a contribution to the advancement of

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Crevasse fall is pure nightmare fuel I’m not sure there’s much stronger nightmare fuel than the video you’re about to see. While skiing in the French Alps, Les Powtos took a tumble into

Left to right: Takaharu Nakai E.P., Takaharu Nakai, Louif Paradis, Wolle Nyvelt Fish, and Annie Boulanger Since 2017, the Hillside Project Series has been one of Salomon’s most-anticipated releases every season. Evolving from the bespoke board creations of Wolfgang Nyvelt, the HPS collection is defined by a dedication to craftsmanship and consideration devoted to the

Words and photos by Todd Robertson.  Not since the carefree days before Covid had Mt. Baldy hosted a banked slalom, but thanks to an incredible snowpack and some fresh enthusiasm brought by Wave Rave Los Angeles, the time was finally right to relaunch the event.  It took several weeks of back and forth between WRLA

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Did you know that we get upwards of 50,000 comments from survey respondents during the six-week period that our annual Reader Resort Survey is open? Most are helpful, some are, er, colorful, and

Time for the show! Watch above!  “This is the Natural Selection Alaska, the third and final stage of the 2023 Tour, hosted live by none other than Todd Richards, Eddie Wall, Hana Beaman, Mary Walsh, Ed Leigh & Pat Bridges. Looming above the Gulf of Alaska just outside of the tiny fishing village of Valdez,

Austin Smith weighs in on emotion. words: Austin Smith ACROSS ALL CULTURES AND THROUGHOUT ALL HUMANS, WE SHARE THE SAME SIX EMOTIONS: sadness, anger, fear, joy, love, and peace. For me, snowboarding touches each of those. Sadness when I’m hurt and I can’t snowboard. Anger when I’ve made a mistake leading to an injury. Fear

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Alta Ski Area now has a new benchmark upon which to judge all ski seasons to come. On April 24, just one day after it closed for the season, the Utah resort hit

From Natural Selection: Tune in at NOON PT / 3pm ET / 8pm CET to watch the third and final stage of the 2023 Natural Selection Tour, The Natural Selection Alaska presented by Backcountry, hosted live by none other than Todd Richards, Eddie Wall, Hana Beaman, Mary Walsh, Ed Leigh & Pat Bridges. Fasani. Hight. Langland.

Creating community and professional pathways with a rake (and more). words and photos: Ally Watson It was early February when Abby “Gail” Lewis shared a call-out for female diggers in Western Canada on her Instagram account. Without knowing what she was up to, I knew I wanted to be a part of it, so I

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Over the past 34 years, the Canadian brand with a namesake fossil logo has developed a reputation for highly-technical performance gear and steep price tags. Few will argue: Arc’Teryx has developed a reputation

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Unless you’ve been hiding under a mogul, you know that it’s been snowing, like really snowing, all season across much of the western part of the U.S. Wondering where records have been broken—or

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. New Ski Austria logo looks a little Antifa Whoops. Looks like the marketing department at Ski Austria might have fumbled this week with the drop of their new logo. Originally designed to convey

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. It all started with frustration about the fit of ski kits. Capri Philip and Cheryl LeBarr were working in design and development at Arc’teryx—a brand known for its premium outdoor wear and specific