The competition in Vallnord-Arcalis was held under blue skies but in tricky snow conditions. The other categories only have two results so far. “I was pretty nervous coming in to today. I fell in the last event. I really wanted to go to Alaska and represent our home country,” Hazel said at the bottom. “I just wanted to stay on my feet. Last time was a pretty big ego-crash. I can’t believe I won....

Watch the action-packed first round of videos and start placing your fan votes at redbullbracketreel.com. Each team is comprised of up to seven talented team members, including athletes, filmers, and editors. Each teams video segments will be broken into three parts: morning, day, and night. The entire edit represents one epic day, using footage compiled from the full winter season. As teams advance each week, theyll drop their next segment....

This is a random picture of skiing to (hopefully) keep your interest. The world of content creation is full of excuses. “I would be a great photographer, but cameras are too expensive.” “I would make great edits but all my athletes suck.” “I would be a pro skier but my park is too small.” The one medium that harbors no excuse is writing. All it takes to tell a story is a computer and a person....

My names Karhu and I’m a 3 year old Golden Retriever! Where does your name come from? Karhu means bear in Finnish because I look like a little polar bear! Karhu as a puppy What’s your favorite outdoor adventure, Karhu?! Do you have a favorite human food? I will do just about anything for an apple core! What’s the best part about ski touring in the mountains? Probably the snacks I get when we stop at the top!...

Well, maybe its just a part of the ongoing conversation on competitions. You know the one, that pits core skiers against money- and fame-driven ones. Or so the story goes. He knows somethings got to give, and this year hes turning an old idea into a new reality. Where did the idea for the tour come from? But the sport is growing so fast that now the freeskiing aspect we need to cover is contests....

Again it was Lundmark who took the top spot. “It is my first visit to Poland, and I liked it very much in here. The competition was super good - perfect weather, nice jump and good riding. I put down the tricks as I wanted, so Im glad of course. “I am really happy with my Bio 10 Mute and Switch 7 Stalefish. When I look at this year’s competition I have to say it all went in a great way....

Never fear, I’m here to help with advice that could potentially change your personal life forever. (rejection, restraining orders and prison time count as life changing right?) Are you single, floating like a lone snowflake looking for your own special snowflake mate? Here are a few easy steps to get that Facebook relationship status changed. Are you a single special snowflake slowly searching for a soulmate? Cologne is a good idea all the time but it is even more important on the slopes....

Yet there is no lift in sight and no ticket required. In an industry so dominated by money, it’s pretty refreshing. On a typical day only 5-10 and the only rule is if you ride it, you shape afterwards. In fact it might be the most fun park I’ve ever ridden. The whole event epitomized the freedom that ‘freeskiing’ supposedly exemplifies but so rarely actually exhibits. Meanwhile DJs kept the party going and through the day the level went through the roof....

Sarah Burke- the woman each female skier owes our sport to, the woman who has inspired each one of us to do something bigger, and the woman we tragically lost two years ago. X-games is partnering with E:60 this Valentines Day, Saturday February 14th at 3 P.M. EST on ABC to bring us the incredible story of Sarah Burke and her husband, Rory Bushfield. First in Flight: The Sarah Burke and Rory Bushfield Story...

When did you start skiing, and at what point did you decide to pursue it? I started skiing at 2 and a half and actually started snowboarding at 7 but always kept doing both. At 13, I saw the movie Propaganda and thought freeskiing was the coolest thing ever! That’s when I got my first pair of twins! What was it like being a part of freeskiing in the Olympics?...

Apart from the slight shell modification Mark does not change anything else on the shells. The one area that is a little different to what you or I could have is the liner. The above image may look like a fairly non descript liner but they are more interesting then they appear. These liners are a very rare prototype liner created specially for Mark to test. They explained because they were testing new foams the heating process had to be very precise....

The million-dollar question for west coast skiers this year. The answer, according to northwest weather forecaster Larry Schick, we dont know. So we can have winters like this. Weve had worse winters, but this is going to go down maybe as one of the worst. While the rain may not melt the snow completely it further compacts and stresses the already thin snowpack. These weather patterns are known colloquially in the PNW as Pineapple Express....

Photo & Video Joaish Phelps came out from San Francisco to try out some new skis. Everything seems to work out when you get the right people together. Enjoy some photos and videos from that day and look out for Volume4. Josiah sending down the waterfall, he just goes bigger on everything, we like that about him. @thebigdurty @pjbaymiller at home. 15/16 Joystick These - testing the hike-ability of the ski....