Header image: Ben Smith throwing down and taking the win. An event typically hosted byMt. Bachelor, the contest has now become accessible to the Rocky Mountain population with an additional stop atCopper. Ben Smith during men’s qualifiers. Kellan Baker bringing out the style. Ben Smith, Derek Simpson, and Mike Cappola each taking a slice of the $30k. Mike Cappola during finals. Mike Cappola, Kellan Baker, and Nicky Keefer. Derek Simpson taking home third....

Five guests were swept up in its path and one was reported to have serious injuries. Rescue teams performed numerous searches and ultimately cleared the scene. All reported missing persons are accounted for at this time, and search operations have officially concluded. kindly stay safe out there yourselves. To all winter enthusiasts - there’s always tomorrow.

The first major slopestyle event in a post-olympic world went down in Switzerland earlier today. There were certainly more mistakes than normal but also some crazy runs, most notably from Alex Hall. double grab of some kind), left dub 12 blunt, switch 2 on misty off. Kai Mahler: Steezy switch swerve slash on the qp. Slight early off on the 6 means it’s only an 87 though. Sebastian Schjerve (no, me neither) - Super dope backslide-cork 4 on the cannon....

Weve been lucky enough to spend a little time on the ski so heres our two cents. Yes, it might be the same footprint but its certainly an improved ski. With a 25m radius and stiff flex, this ski likes to go straight… fast. Ive never been more tempted to just gun it and send. Here I had some issues forcing the ski around because I wasnt really flexing it....

Earlier today, Borja Ayed Capillas (34), a local mountain guide, was killed in an avalanche while preparing a face for the upcoming Freeride World Tour competition at Vallnord-Arcalis in Andorra. According to a short statement released by the Freeride World Tour, the injuries he sustained as a result of the slide proved fatal despite a rapid response from rescue teams. A second guide was also caught in the slide and was rescued, having sustained a broken leg....

He grew up skiing Mt. The inspiration behind his style comes from guys like Shane McConkey, Kye Petersen, and Parker White. McConkey is the reason for all my backflips, Tyler said. The Big Picture was my favorite thing in skiing. Go watch Lite Years." This past season, Tyler landed a few shots in Matchsticks new film Drop Everything. It probably sounds cliche, but that was a dream come true. This winter you might find him back at Squaw, and competing on the Freeride World Qualifier....

In this part 1 we’ll offer our impressions about the SHIFT. Atomic’sSHIFT MNCand Salomon’sS/LAB SHIFT MNCare one and the same. As canvassed in thisinitial article by Matt SklarSHIFT was 7 years in development. Previously if you wanted alpine-style performance from your binding you needed a platform style binding. Now all ski equipment is about compromises. You simply can’t have it all. I’ll have had less then 5 days on these bindings since publication....

Cover photo:US Freeski Team Watch all of the men’s and women’s halfpipe & slopestyle skiing runs from the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics! Women’s Skiing Slopestyle Gold: Sarah Hoefflin https://streamable.com/41862 Silver: Mathilde Gremaud https://streamable.com/v0x3h Bronze: Isabel Atkin https://streamable.com/ks9kt Men’s Skiing Slopestyle Gold: Oystein Braten https://streamable.com/9mhku Silver: Nick Goepper https://streamable.com/818qw Bronze: Alex Beaulieu-Marchand https://streamable.com/nyqhi Women’s Skiing Halfpipe Gold: Cassie Sharpe https://streamable.com/ot7hi Silver: Marie Martinod https://streamable.com/5hz5n Bronze: Brita Sigourney https://streamable.com/ciorp Men’s Skiing Halfpipe...

That’s all folks. Olympic halfpipe is insanely gnarly and we saw some big crashes today. He did ski out though after an injury break though. Heal up soon to all those guys. David Wise cashed in for his second Olympic halfpipe gold medal. Good amplitude on the most beautiful run in pipe skiing. Time for Dave to just screw his boots to his skis. Went big, great grabs. Stomped, pole whipped… 92....

They mostly managed to make it work for run two though so we’re in for a stacked final. Fingers crossed they can fix that wall for the big show. Solid run, good amplitude, mad style. Safety run but good for 89.6. Robin Briguet: Ran out of pipe but did a dope 23 ft alleyoop flat 5. Landed super deep on the right dub 12. Apparently he’s carrying an injury from qualifying, he could barely walk once he took his skis off....

The third of four sets of Olympic freeski medals were decided today in the halfpipe of PyeongChang. There really was only ever going to be one winner in the women’s event and so it proved. Simply put, nobody has a run that can match Cassie Sharpe on her day. 79.7 nice run but not great on the grabs. No grabs but better amplitude. Brita Sigourney: Straight air mute, ao japan (15ft), 9 tail (miss?...

He’s followed by silver medalist Nick Goepper, and bronze medalist ABM. Read on for full results, and a recap of the Olympic slopestyle medalists' runs. Pretty crazy run, very high score. 85.8, better scoring there for some pretty basic rails at least. Dope run but only 76.4. Couple of dodgy grabs perhaps. Couple of bobbles on the rails but still a 91 and second for the time being. Cleaner but still maybe put a hand down, 92....

Devin Logan was the only famous name not to make finals. Cassie Sharpe looked like if she can keep her grabs solid she’s untouchable in tomorrow’s final. Annalisa Drew: B2b 9s at the top but lower amplitude and some missed grabs. Marie Martinod: Kit godess (see cover). Straight air, b2b 5s, left 9, flair, left 720. Solid grabs (mostly safety), kind of low amplitude though. Good run, great amplitude, better grabs this time round but her score doesn’t improve....