Powder Pirates, Update: The Plot Has Thickened

The internet is full of answers on how to get that program or this album. The pervasive attitude seems to be who cares? everyone does it, why should I pay that ridiculous price for something I can get for free? I am not here to try and argue the morality or immorality of downloading media and tools. I know that this debate is too big to have in this article or medium....

July 10, 2014 · 2 min · 397 words · Mark Alexander

Listen Up: It's Max Morello

How do you know when youre there? Its a question to ask any skier trying to make it pro. Youre out here skiing all winter, all summer if you might. You get shifts covered, you take courses online. You rearrange your life in pursuit of the vague goal of getting there. But how do you know where there is at all? It takes different shapes for different people. Hes come a long way from the hills he grew up on around Ottawa....

July 8, 2014 · 3 min · 565 words · Deborah Lopez

August's Evo MOTM: SDrvper

The good people at Evo have teamed up with NS to revamp the Member of the Month contest. Congrats to this month’s MOTM winner SDrvper for his awesome reviews!

July 7, 2014 · 1 min · 29 words · Joel Nguyen

Listen Up: It's Dom Laporte

They built the roof wrong, see? Theres gaps in the roof. They fucked up over there. Dom Laporte has been roofing for a number of years. Its what he does to make enough money to ski in the summer. He sees a lot; takes it in. Dom observes comings and goings in skiing and in life and he analyzes them with precision. Nollie Lip onPhoto: Ren Rob Hes in Whistler now, shredding under an unseasonably warm July sun....

July 3, 2014 · 3 min · 591 words · Deborah Lloyd

To Hood and Back Again

Its strange working for a website that does 98% of its activities online. There were too many of us to fit in the pro house so we ended up here. 5-Star Living // Photo: Jamie Walter I know this is a series about Mt. Every night guys like Noah Wallace, Ethan Stone, Joey Ciprari, and Jeff Curry would roll through. For us its no different. Every night theres something going on....

July 2, 2014 · 1 min · 124 words · Matthew Cox

So You Want To Work Park Crew?

My goal here is not to make you second guess yourself as much as to warn you. What some people think the park crew does. What the park crew actually does some days. Most of the major work is done after hours or on trails that are closed during the day. This is why people get the idea that the park crew doesn’t actually do anything. A lot of the real work goes down at night....

June 29, 2014 · 2 min · 371 words · Tricia Moody

Newschoolers Week at Windells's a Wrap

Photos: Jamie Walter Well thats it, thats all folks. But thats what next years are for, right? In the meantime theres nothing to do but reflect on the good times. And shit, were there ever some good times. Dom Laporte Switch 2 On The well of human weirdness runs deep in Newschoolers. That much is effectively a given. With minds like that running things, it was an easy transition into the world of Windells....

June 27, 2014 · 2 min · 265 words · Erica Johnson

GTNS(and the FINAL GTNS post!)

Here is my GTNS entry for my home mountain. I ski here at least 3 days a week. I know every trail, bump, side cut and stash like the back of my hand. Its where most of my friends and family ski most frequently, as most are season pass holders. Overall, we are probably more of a learners mountain than anything else. The mountain is made up mostly of blue/intermediate trails with a few handfuls of greens and blacks mixed in....

June 26, 2014 · 3 min · 579 words · Jeffrey Stanley

A Few Words With: Dion Newport on judging the Olympics/FWT

I got the chance to meet Dion last season at my first contest. He knows what he is talking about when it comes to skiing and is super friendly. How did you find the season? I certainly did have a hectic winter, a lot of fun and a lot of flights! I think I only had 5 days off for the entire northern hemisphere season. It was an eye opening season and some of my experiences were really humbling....

June 23, 2014 · 3 min · 473 words · Mr. David Branch

Windells-3 Gallery

The NS x Windells session is going off up here in Oregon. The weather is beautiful and the athletes are throwing down. Brent Whipple grabs safety out of a cannon rail at Windells. Stay tuned for more media from the entire NS content crew.

June 22, 2014 · 1 min · 44 words · Debra Weeks

CAMTREE Wonder-7 DSLR Stabilizer- From TheCineCity

Special Price $107 on Customers Demand! A very effective high-quality stabilizer for max. Weight of camera: 2kg/4lbs. Wonder-7 is robust and well-engineered. Handheld camera support unit designed to help you capture smooth, shake-free videos. The Camtree Wonder-7 employs a steel bush stabilizer gimbal which isolates the camera from incidental twisting wobbling motions. Optimized for filmmakers who has the maximum interest in portability without compromise! Professional-level camera stabilizer delivers all these key advantages:...

June 20, 2014 · 1 min · 168 words · Joseph Anderson

Catching up with Cassie Sharpe & Nikki Blackall

Cassie strung together nine back-to-back podiums in both slopestyle and halfpipe that included five wins. Both girls were a force to be reckoned with, and landed themselves spots on the National Team. It seems as though this only the beginning for these two as they carry their momentum forward. Nikki: I like to make my skiing look smooth. I would describe my skiing as smooth and floaty. Cassie:I’d like to think I flow, with every move being as deliberate as possible....

June 19, 2014 · 3 min · 571 words · Richard Martinez

Bleed Black- Jimbo Morgan and Tomahawk International

This is no exaggeration, his list of accomplishments runs far too long to include in just one article. Defying critics such as these has kept Jimbo true to skiing and true to his beliefs. Athletes, friends and family do not make up a team and supporters, but the Tomahawk International tribe. This tribe is represented in two simple words: Bleed Black. Simple they may be, yet they carry the weight of many....

June 18, 2014 · 15 min · 3058 words · Richard Steele