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Were challenging them to find the sweetest powder in Quebec! Meanwhile, renowned freeskier JF Houle landed the challenging task of cherry-picking crews to submit ski videos. All entrants get to see their videos broadcast across the Illico web link too! Both are well-knowned in Quebec to dominate the national and international scene. They’re both accomplished powder skiers when Mother Nature permits. The Loners are a happy bunch with a common love for wilderness and adventure....

Team Norway has announced their team that will be competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and it’s pretty stacked. On both the men’s and women’s front we’re talking about some of the favourites to take home gold. https://www.instagram.com/p/BeVfvzrgJKg/ Johanne Killi & Tiril Christiansen are the women’s duo that will be looking to take home the top spots for Norway. Johanne & Tiril both podiumed twice this past winter, including at the most recent world cups in Snowmass and Mammoth, respectively....

The roster will definitely not disappoint. Men’s Slopestyle:Henrik Harlaut || Jesper Tjader || Oscar Wester || Oliwer Magnusson https://instagram.com/p/BeGVLijFUHq/ YES. Henrik, Jesper and Oscar are all officially on the Swedish freestyle team for the 2018 Olympics. Henrik has already dominated the competitions with some classic style and steeze. He’s been casually ripping around Andorra’s park - which actually got renamed in his honor. Jesper is another legend on Team Sweden....

Parker and skiing are another way we continue to explore new avenues." 686 have always made quality outerwear and this winters collection is the first to feature Parkers influence. On the sizing front, Im 59 and 145lbs and I got sent a medium. Oh and I actually found the GT so comfortable that Ive been wearing it on occasional park days. I assumed that would be all talk, I generally find outerwear to be much of a muchness....

Many of Spy Optic’s goggles are among favorites for Newschoolers members and pros alike. Whats In The Box:The Legacy is an oversized, spherical-lens style goggle. I come from a long line of people with large heads. Note that the images here are of my bud, Alex who is wearing a Smith Gage helmet. No goggle tan for me, but at least no one will comment on my creepy mustache. I could definitely see a difference in color and contrast when wearing the goggles....

Team Canada has officiallyannouncedwho will be representing the country in the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. At Sochi, Canada received three medals in the inaugural slopestyle and halfpipe competitions. Throughout the season all four of the skiers have been throwing down at the competitions with top finishes. Recently, at thepenultimateMammoth qualifier, Teal and Evan podiumed gold and bronze. Team Canada definitely has a chance at multiple podiums this Olympics. Dara Howell finished first and Kim Lamarre third at the slopestyle finals at Sochi....

The qualifiers have been a neck-to-neck race to earn FIS points and podium finishes for a shot at PyeongChang. This is both of their second Olympics so theyll have another shot to medal for Team USA. In the end it ended up going to Newschoolers sweetheart and favorite pick for the spot, Alex Hall. Right behind her to qualify in second is Devin Logan, who finished with silver in slopestyle at Sochi....

Safe to say then, the technical standard in finals was through the roof. Teal Harle always has some interesting rotations and today was no exception. Jesper Tjader did a ridiculous frontflip out of the cannon tube but he only scored mid-70s. ), right dub 12, left dub 14 (94.4) to take the lead. So many of the runs were so similar that it must have been crazy to judge this one....

Nick Goepper already had the nomination required for the team but for everyone else it was game on. McRae Williams: Same run as before but a cleaned up and slightly bigger version (90.2). McRae Williams: 3 for 3 on stomps but the same run again. With that, an incredibly fiercely fought campaign to qualify for the US Olympic Team comes to an end.

The fourth spot will be chosen at the coachs discretion. The mens qualifiers finally went off today after a couple days of delay due to wind conditions. The womens qualifiers are still postponed until January 21st due to more weather concerns. Alex Hall, Quinn Wolferman, Cody LaPlante and Gus Kenworthy did not make it to finals. Fear not - the US men skiers all have one last chance to qualify after the Mammoth Grand Prix....

Do you like skiing? Do you like powder? Do you like watching stupidly good athletes skiing in head high powder? You’re in luck! The Freeride World Tour is back for the 2018 season with the first stop in Hakuba, Japan. The competition level only gets higher every year and is now reaching ridiculous levels of talent. The world titles could be anyones this year. The competition weather window will be from January 20th-27th with live streaming on theFWT website....

These are the skiers that open and close ski movies, cover our walls, and stand on podiums. It’s impossible in most other sports. This begs the question, are professional skiers a dying breed? At their core, professional skiers are marketing assets. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bbz0e54F_fi/ Marketing spends are driven by the ability to prove a return on that investment. In other words, does the money a brand spend on promotion return as sales?...

Additionally, a fourth spot is available per coach’s discretion, totaling in 16 spots. Let’s take a look at the current line up, break it down, and give our predictions. It seems that Maggie Voisin will be taking a spot without a doubt. Unsurprisingly, Goepper stays atop the list as he continues to throw down great runs in the qualifiers. In our previous update, we predicted that McRae would bounce back after his fall at Dew Tour....