Newbeginners in Åre

I don’t think my iPhone liked the pow as much as I did.

January 6, 2012 · 1 min · 13 words · Aaron Bowman

Park Update: Jan. 6, 2012

The Nashoba Valley wallride has been put at the bottom of the park. 16' flat rail to a 16' down wooden dancefloor. 30' flat box. A close-up of the step down.

January 6, 2012 · 1 min · 31 words · Lauren Watkins

Weekend Warriors Video Round Two Starts Today

Weekend Warriors Round Two started today at noon. We’ve posted this weeks videos to copy on our facebook profile and on campofchampions.com. Then get your friends to add their vote and post it around tot heir friends to help you out. Next Friday at noon we post up the previous week’s winner and drop the new video. For example, if our video is done on a kinked rail your video has to as...

January 6, 2012 · 1 min · 99 words · Christopher Tucker

Argentina: A Skier?s Journey EP3 [Season 2]

Argentina: A Skier’s Journey EP3 [Season 2] is a road trip through some of Argentina’s lesser known ski locations, covering nearly 4000km down the windswept spine of the seemingly endless Andes mountain range. Chad Sayers, joined in part by local skier Maximilliano Artoni, explores desert and pampas, Cohiue and Auracaria, pumice and ash, cardboard and blower, sunshine and wind, granite spire and some bubbling agua termale. Presented by Arcteryx.com, The GORE-TEX Brand, and VIO-pov....

January 5, 2012 · 1 min · 138 words · Natasha Anderson MD

Industry Night.

Every Wednesday night the Downstairs in Park City hosts Industry Night. We tend to be wall flowers in group situations.

January 5, 2012 · 1 min · 20 words · William Gentry

SLOWLY BUT SURELY

We had one run open, serviced by the Standard chair. (and I must apologize…a “real” blog post is far over due. )Standard and Bambi were obviously our first priority, offering both beginner and slightly more advanced terrain. ***A couple of announcements…From this Sat. January 7 until further notice you might also enjoy 50% off our regular daily lift ticket rates. ***Paradise awaits, don’t miss out!Cheers,Mark

January 5, 2012 · 1 min · 65 words · Cynthia Harmon

Swiss Freeski Open Davos ? Halfpipe Swiss Champs cancelled

Therefore the halfpipe Swiss Champs have to be cancelled. Riders who have already payed the starting fee will be refunded. Whether and where the Swiss Champs can be staged later in the season is not clear yet. We will keep you posted. Good news is: We have more time for the slopestyle! The set up is epic with a massive kicker and a decent rail section. The new program is as followed:...

January 5, 2012 · 1 min · 157 words · Douglas Fletcher

5 Non-Crappy Ski & Snowboard New Year?s Resolutions

I see it every year. Want to guess how many of those people I see in spring when we start riding more? It’s about 1.5 (short people count as half). New Year’s resolutions can actually be good though. They just require a few guidelines to be successful. Here are some examples of crappy resolutions turned into good ones. Crappy: I want to get into better ski/snowboard shape this year. (action: book that lesson now)...

January 4, 2012 · 1 min · 167 words · Tony Ellison

Clipping Masks

In a previous article we discussed the power of selective editing.  Here is another great photoshop feature to offer when it comes to selective editing. Then just Alt/Opt + Click. There are many ways to use clipping masks creatively. Then load an image that you like to clip to the text. confirm the text is located underneath the image, and move your cursor between the two.  Simply mask the athlete in a layer, and create a curves adjustment layer above....

January 4, 2012 · 1 min · 80 words · Joseph Bell

Red Bull Linecatcher 2012 ? Invited Rider list

Not only does it return but it’s also in a different format. In previous years, there would be rookie skiers that would qualify for the final phase of the event. JP Auclair ?Chris Booth ?Parker White ?Mathieu Imbert ?Dane Tudor? Eliel Hindert ?Tim Durtschi ?George Pengelly? Fabien Maierhoffer Fabio Studer? Rory Bushfield ?Dana Flahr?

January 4, 2012 · 1 min · 54 words · Morgan Barker

Salomon Freeski TV: Glacier Express

In the latest episode of Salomon Freeski TV, Mike Douglas takes the train from Switzerland to take in the mountain scenery. There’s something different about taking the train, it seems to make the journey an the trip all the better. Kaj Zacriksson is definitely an advocate of this method as he joined Mike on the trip for some fresh powder. MPORA Action Sports Related posts:Salomon Freeski TV EP12 – Salomon Team Camp On this week’s episode we drop by the Salomon Team…...

January 4, 2012 · 1 min · 115 words · Ashley Wise

The Best Drink in Ski Country

It’s the Saint Ginger at the Blue River Bistro in Breckenridge. But the Saint Ginger includes some St. Germain and muddled cucumber. I’ve never seen a similar reaction. And then I ordered one for myself. Man, it’s good. A Saint Ginger will run you $11 and it’s worth every drop. As mentioned earlier, the food, and particularly brunch, is pretty amazing here. Definitely one of the best places in town....

January 4, 2012 · 1 min · 80 words · Amy Watson

Wednesdays with WHAAAT?

Video of Wallisch cruising a few days at DewTour and Park City.

January 4, 2012 · 1 min · 12 words · Matthew Smith