SKIING/SNOWBOARDING

A nimble and powerful board. The Never Summer Harpoon is an unsuspecting beast with a host of subtleties that make riding it an incredible experience. The first is Fusion Camber, which offers reverse camber between the bindings (which gives the Harpoon incredible maneuverability); a short, positive camber section in the nose with early rise (which

European boardsport trade publication, Boardsport Source, has a pretty rad series of interviews with three leading individuals at Roxy. First up was Roxy founder, Maritxu Darrigrand. The second interview is with Stephanie Micci, Roxy global creative and design director (she provided some insight in issue 19.1, make sure to check it out), who leads both

The latest from Smith and Zeb! It was only a matter of time. With a few sneak peeks throughout last winter (X Games and a few other events), Zeb has been transitioning from glasses to goggles with the latest signature line from Smith. “Super hyped to release my first ever signature goggle with @smithoptics 🥽🥽🥽 I

As Rome Snowboards celebrates its twentieth anniversary, we traveled to 1 Derby Lane, the brand’s headquarters in Northern Vermont. The red building is humble and iconically New England on the outside, but on the inside, ideas, concepts, products, movies, and more have been catalyzed, created, and applied to snowboarding for two decades, shaking up the

From the mind of master shaper Wolle Nyvelt. Master shaper Wolle Nyvelt fine-tuned his Hillside Project Series snowboard, the Salomon HPS Fish, to be an incredible balance of speed and agility. A full-length bamboo topsheet not only gives the Fish an elegant appearance, but also its signature happy, yet humble character. The topsheet isn’t the

Takeaways from the 2022 POW Leadership Summit. In early September I sat on the floor of an old ski lodge halfway between Reno and North Lake Tahoe, leaning against the back wall next to my rolled-up sleeping mat that I used the night before to camp out inside. Outside a lift sat waiting for colder

Get full access to Outside Learn, our online education hub featuring in-depth fitness, nutrition, and adventure courses and more than 2,000 instructional videos when you sign up for Outside+ Sign up for Outside+ today. Next winter, North American ski racing fans will get a chance to experience a taste of the European ski racing scene

Skiing has never been a low-cost sport, but these days, there’s an added charge (and added worry) for us all to consider: parking. That’s right, the days of parking in a free lot, unloading your gear, and hitting the slopes without any sort of planning or payment is long gone at several resorts across the

In their words, “Sometimes it just works.” It has been more than working for a few years for the most celebrated crew in snowboarding right now. Check out the latest offering above featuring Jonas Harris, Dan McGonagle, Reid Smith, Brett Kulas, Nate Hanson, Noah Peterson, Robby Meehan, Noah Brown, Rob Roethler, Ryan Collins, Jordan Morse,

There’s no denying that rocker technology has changed our sport in some really positive ways. It’s made skiing more accessible and more fun for beginners; it’s helped coax intermediates off the groomers and introduce them to the joys of skiing off-piste; and it’s allowed experts to take skiing to new heights. But there is one

The Double Dog is built to point it. Built to point it, the Burton Family Tree 3D Double Dog feels just like your trusty cambered board but offers a 3D shape and host of features that make it incredibly versatile as conditions on the mountain change. Underfoot, the Double Dog has traditional camber, which makes

A look into the creation of Kimmy Fasani’s AK Collection. When Kimmy Fasani initially started working with Burton to design her signature AK outerwear, it was before bibs had exploded in recent popularity, especially on the women’s side of softgoods. “Burton has always been so receptive to the riders. We all have deep input into

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“If you had a metal detector, it’d go crazy in this room,” says Adele with a nod toward a group of nearby skiers last March. Her gang members were unmistakable. They gathered tightly in the cafeteria, huddled and shouting over one another, squinting at cell phones and listing off injuries they’d sustained over the years:

The Burton team goes to New Zealand in this team update from the Southern Hemi. From Burton:After a long two-year travel lockdown, the Burton Team was stoked to make the summer pilgrimage back to New Zealand. Not wasting any time, the Team rose with the sun for a private sunrise session on Cardrona’s pristine park.

Get full access to Outside Learn, our online education hub featuring in-depth fitness, nutrition, and adventure courses and more than 2,000 instructional videos when you sign up for Outside+ Sign up for Outside+ today. Testing skis isn’t easy. Especially when there are 27 brands and over 150 pairs of skis that need a fair shake.