For him, a highlight of this trend was his entry to the WCS7 team video contest. How did you feel about the video once it was finished? Shane:I love how that video came out and I still get hyped watching it now. The camera’s are 20 years old and there’s too many old moving parts inside. I made this video the following winter and went through two different VX1000 cameras....
Ruapehu, with its twin resorts Whakapapa and Turoa. Ngauruhoe; easily recognisable as Mt. Doom in the Lord of the Rings. The first resort you hit isMt. Magnificent mountains likeCragieburn,Broken River,Mt. Potts, where heli-trips are paid for by the run on an exclusive family-owned mountain play-park.
Today’s contest venues are often just plain scary for the competitors. Triple corks on 30 meter icy step downs aren’t always fun. You won’t see any banners or a lane closure on the course. We are here to celebrate an individual in the way that he would see fit. Lets take it back to the good times of skiing, circa 1998. It was the first time any skier hit a half pipe or quarter pipe with style....
Well, that went fast. Another year of the West Coast Session has come and gone. Getting those out of the way, and the salt down, the session went off. See you at WCS 10.
“For over 15 years May Day events have been an important part of the Finnish freeskiing culture. Freeskiing has become so straightforward that few events offer any chance to try new things and goof around. That is why we wanted to bring Pentathlon into Ski or Die. This years Pentathlon consisted of five disciplines: 1. Park jam with special setups, tit-land and multiple options for transfer jumps 2. Speed skiing on a very difficult and bumpy downhill course...
These are no light weight touring boots but that is not what the designers wanted to make. These bolts help make the boots stiffer and give the boot a more consistent flex. However using bolts does cause stress on the cuff in the place the bolts are located. Because of this instead of bolting or riveting the cuff, K2 use their Interlock system. Along with Interlock K2 use what they call a Powerfuse Spyne....
Anyways, we werent able to do much skiing because of that. Our water heater blew a hose and was spouting boiling hot water 6 inches up into the air. 6:58 AMThe water is finally shut off. For all of Windells. 7:37 AMWake up round two for breakfast. http://www.newschoolers.com/watch/769702.0/IMG-3064-MOV 9:05 AMThe skiers convene in the roadhouse, motivation is low. 10:58 AMLungs rejuvenated and emails sent, I return to the roadhouse. 11:06 AMEHeath goes back to bed, the outlook on the day is grim....
Every story starts somewhere, right? The line itself is bent. This story, I thought, began on Bleury street, under the marquee of the Cinema Imperial. It makes sense that a story about a story also includes Sherpas. The real beginning is less tangible. It goes something like: I really like skiing. From this position, I can’t foresee any better outcome in this life than a career in skiing. I am not ever going to be a professional skier....
In early 2014 the first new domain name extensions started showing up on the Internet. Fast forward 12 months and there are over 300 options ranging from .news to .yoga. So why no .ski for skiers in this 300 you ask? Well that’s all about to change. From now skiers, snowsports businesses and brands are able to buy a .ski domain name. You could buy a .com likehttp://www.thedramallamaskiingsfavouritecamelid.comand have no one remember your website....
The good people at Line Skis have teamed up with NS to revamp the Member of the Month contest. Congrats to this month’s MOTM winner Mark_D! In what may be a Newschooler first, we have two brothers win MOTM. SDrvper won last July and his brother followed suit this month. Anyways, Mark has been killing it all winter and is finally reaping the rewards. From the man himself: “Thanks for nominating me for motm!...
Photos and Words: Matt Sklar Were back, and it feels like we never left. Hood welcomed us and all the West Coast Session family with a beautiful bluebird day. Mostly everyone rolled into Windells yesterday, to reunite with the crew for the week. Regardless the skiers quickly fell back into the swing of things, lapping the park. Its like a family reunion of all the parkrats from all over the globe....
Bootfitting always seems to be one of the aspect’s of skiing which causes people the most problems. Rossignol AllSpeed 120 - The ultimate Park Boot? Any time that you are fighting against the boot you will have discomfort. The vast majority of people pronate to some extent. The side of the foot by the little toe is a little harder to understand. The cuff may slightly angle outwards but in general it’s fairly straight, up and down....
Luckily, I had none other than Tall T Dan to guide me around. “Let’s check out Vishnu.” Never heard of them, but I was definitely down to check out some micro ski companies. They told me a bit, but here is the lot. Emmett and Kale; PC: Spencer Liautaud Tell me about the brand. Who are the brains behind the operation? Who are the riders? Kale Cimperman:Vishnu is a street skiing brand....
