The Alex Hackel Interview

Photo credit: Emil Larsson Were one week away from having been out here for two months. The rough plan is that my shots will go towards another Bunch video. But how did someone from Boston get involved with a bunch of Swedish skiers? These guys were the Bunch, so it was ten Swedish people, Alex and his friends. I really admired their energy and their attitudes. We kept in touch and I developed better relationships with everybody....

January 29, 2019 · 4 min · 778 words · Megan Burns

X Games Men's Slopestyle Final Results, Recap and Highlights

Today saw the most popular ski event at X finally go down. Overall, did everyone give a shot to do too much? 6 having bailed out on his last hit on run one. Jesper Tjader stomped his run at the third time of asking and it was a wild one. He only scored 77.6, because of that grab presumably, but it was a crazy run. This is his year. ABM went a bit big and went down on his switch 6....

January 27, 2019 · 1 min · 87 words · Jennifer Evans

X Games Women's Big Air Final Results, Recap + Run Videos

Highlights: Mathilde Gremaud - Rightside bio 9 safety (36.00) run 4, switch left dub 10 safety (47.00) run 3 https://streamable.com/4lm5s https://streamable.com/lpww2 _ Maggie Voisin - left dub 12 safety (44.00) run 5 https://streamable.com/bifx2 Elena Gaskell - Right 9 tail (33.00) run 1, switch left 9 mute (33.00) run 5 https://streamable.com/spwmm https://streamable.com/4gs9z Kelly Sildaru - Sw left 10 mute (38.00) run 1, switch right 12 mute (41.0) run 5 https://streamable.com/l9663 https://streamable.com/pfd4y...

January 25, 2019 · 1 min · 148 words · Justin Perkins

X Games Women's Slopestyle Final Results, Highlights + Recap

With that came a fair few scratches with the exception of our dominant gold medal winner. Both Tess Ledeux and Giulia Tanno had some speed issues on the second jump. Kelly Sildaru then raised the bar to a massive 94 with her insane rail skiing and b2b switch 10s. She even knuckled the last jump a bit. Unfortunately, her rails were below par compared what the top 3 were throwing, leaving her fourth....

January 25, 2019 · 1 min · 125 words · Sandra Douglas

X Games Men's Slopestyle Elimantion Results, Recap + Highlights

The guys used them pretty creatively, which was cool to watch but it just seems odd. He stomped two new tricks for him, a dub 16 and a switch dub misty 14. Jesper immediately pushed him down into second with a 6 on and 16 and a 14 of his own. Nick Goepper went ham on the rails with a 2 on cont. 4 into a mirrored 2 on cont....

January 24, 2019 · 1 min · 117 words · Rachel Hansen

Aaron Blunk podcast

http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/8274233/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/ Aaron Blunk has been competing since he was 8 years old.

January 23, 2019 · 1 min · 12 words · Brittany Webster

1 Year In: Ullr Park Reports

Its been almost a year since I released my appUllrto the public. Over 1,500 people have downloaded the app and about 300 people have registered for an account. But reaching a critical mass of engaged users has been more of a challenge than I anticipated. As the one year milestone approaches, Ive been reflecting on the project. I still work on it almost every day. The biggest problem Ive been facing is whether the chicken or the egg comes first in terms of users....

January 22, 2019 · 2 min · 296 words · Nicholas Grant

Tecnica ZeroG Tour Pro- 9

Introduction The touring boot that can do it all. Everyone looks for it. It skips uphill on fairy dust. Downhill you’re transformed into Candide; ripping turns, straightlining chutes, producing instabangers. I’m a cynic. There’s no such thing. But every year we get closer. And theTecnica ZeroG Tour Prois a fairly massive step in that direction. How big a step? The ZeroG Tour Pro (ZGTP)weighs 1300g in size 26. It’s a claimed flex index of 130 (this is stiff!...

January 22, 2019 · 4 min · 808 words · Anthony Lewis

Freeride World Tour Hakuba: Men's Results + Replay

Today saw an interesting opening to the Freeride World Tour today in Hakuba, Japan. Today, however, it was the skiers throwing down in the air who reaped the rewards. Drew Tabke, Mickael Bimboes, and Aymar Navarro all fit into that category today. Mickael, in particular, had a lot of success last season charging unreasonably fast down faces. He did the same today and you could argue he deserved more today based on that history....

January 18, 2019 · 1 min · 112 words · Christopher Rodriguez

Kye Petersen to Compete as FWT19 Wildcard in Hakuba, Japan

For the 2019 Hakuba venue, Kye is making a welcomed appearance back on the tour as a wildcard. (That particular year J.P. Auclair took second and Sage Cattabriga-Alosa took third). He has an ability to combine big mountain terrain with playful and somewhat unbelievable park tricks. https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/921318/NUMINOUS---A-Ski-Film-Trailer Is there anything Kye Petersen cant do? He’ll definitely be one to watch on the FWT in a stacked line-up of stupidly talented skiers....

January 17, 2019 · 1 min · 103 words · Roberto Gallagher MD

Gear Review: TOBE Outerwear Fingo Jacket

Who is TOBE Outerwear?TOBE Outerwear is a brand that NS users might not be familiar with. He decided to create a solution to the problem and thus created the brand TOBE. Their signature monosuits can be spotted from miles away thanks to their bright color schemes. The new 2.0 collection goal is simple: durability, functionality and high-performance in the backcountry. The first time I wore the jacket I was actually in the high desert of Joshua Tree....

January 16, 2019 · 2 min · 328 words · Mason Carrillo

Josh Malczyk Podcast

His brands, Line and Full Tilt have achieved cult status and are arguably mainstream these days. Joshs path to his desk job involved a lot of skiing and a lot of working for free. 64:30: Inappropriate Questions with Jason Levinthal

January 14, 2019 · 1 min · 40 words · Wesley Williams

Faction Returns with Ultimate Freeride Comp, King of the Mountain @ Revelstoke

The premise is simple, to meld the worlds of freeriding and freestyle. As athletes have grown and drifted from their park riding days, skills have developed elsewhere in the mountains. This is the competition to determine who the most well rounded rider on the mountain is. Saturdaybegins with the Freeride day. Sunday, we take it to the park to try your luck on our custom slopestyle course. Your best score from both days will combine to crown the champion....

January 13, 2019 · 1 min · 92 words · Austin Gordon