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Words: Ethan Stone This coming May, the West Coast Session will return to Mt. 2007: The Beginning The first-ever West Coast Session went down in April of 2007. Luckily for me, Timberline Lodge on Mt. It was the perfect fit. It would have been well over 150 feet. Other first-year highlights included the visit of the Theory-3 Media crew. A tasty Muffin courtesy of Mr. Garrett Russell. We expanded this year to include the two other ski resorts on Mt....

Words by Eliane Marcoux & Jeff Schmuck Photos by Pierre Morel Earlier this week, a brand new and highly unique event, the Vars Tournament, officially began in Vars, France. This highly unique multi-day event consists of five invited riders (Phil Casabon, Henrik Harlaut, Torin Yater-Wallace, Gus Kenworthy and Sam Favret) and three wild cards squaring off against one another in an international head-to-head tournament with a S.K.A.T.E-style format in park, urban and backcountry spots....

Who could say no to this opportunity? Not a bad place to be working. Of course, that’s not to say that it was all fun and games. But this feature definitely topped all that have come before. Left: Schneestern boss Dirk Scheumann doin' work. Right: our enthusiastic South Tyrolean head shaper Bernie. This is how those clean vertical walls get cut. Austrian snowcat operators have a unique way of decorating the cabins of their machines....

This revolutionary technology gave opportunity to anyone willing to obtain and utilize this cutting edge knowledge. Any success for the small team was like fuel to the fire. Nick doesnt stop talking about this for the next 5 minutes. Pat continues to produce with the best of the Northeast through the years. Above, Shane McFalls works closely to document sessions with photography and film. “Pat takes the best picture in the game,” Shane says....

Early morning sun hitting the Monashee Mountians while gassing up in Revelstoke Friday morning before heading over to Golden. Kicking Horse is known for it’s chutes: This is the inbounds terrain at Kicking Horse. If you like chutes and cliffs of all sizes with clean landings, you might like it here. Luke bootpacking up to the first ridge of the day known as ‘Ozone’. Luke dropping into one of the chutes off Ozone....

Plus, I wanted to go skiing in France. Turns out that the X Games in Tignes is all that, and a bag of baguettes. Here’s the full scoop. Tignes 2100 and Val Claret. You get the idea. Though not as well-known as the Aspen X Games, the Tignes event has a flair all its own. “Everyone’s always coming up and asking for a picture or an autograph. Having people being so stoked on skiing is pretty cool....

Interview by Dylan Anderson Seeing that you are a wizard, what house were you sorted into at Hogwarts? I was never that big into Harry Potter. Photo by Nashoba Valley Terrain Parks Funniest Windells camper story? Kids peeing themselves in the dinner line for Saga stuff. I like doing rodeos. I like watching all the crazy dub and trips going on. I like to see how crazy tricks have become over the last 10 years....

This meant that it was harder for the competitor’s to throw down. (Hopefully the weather will hold up) Women’s Ski Sopestyle has been postponed until tomorrow 3pm CET. After a competitive second round which saw Chris Benchetler and Sean Petit leave the competition. It was down to Wiley Miller and Sammy Carlson for the title. With two unbelievable edits, the judges rulled Sammy Carlson the winner.

A few weeks ago, we proudly announced the launch of the NS Journalist Program and NS Photographer Program, and asked you to apply for your chance to be a part of it. Each program will be run in a similar manner to the NSTV Producer Program, where members of the NS Journalist Program will be paid for articles they write and post on the site on a per view basis, while members of the NS Photographer Program will be paid for photos they upload to the site on a per view basis....

The Queens were all smiles, stoked to have such perfect conditions to hit the incredible jump. Zuzička Stromkova. “I am super stoked to land the tricks that I did,” said Lisa. “It’s so special to have a Big Air event just for girls. Being able to session the jump and hang out with the girls all week is just amazing.” Camillia Berra from Switzerland rounded off the podium with a huge double frontflip and a smooth rodeo 720....

It opened many doors to new opportunities and new friends." Mike Kvackay - 2012 Intern Contest Winner Mike’s video from last year. Winning this contest will open all kinds of ski industry doors for you if you play your cards right. Camp of Champions filmers have progressed from camp filmers to all kinds of big things. Heres your chance to become the latest person to discover their future at The Camp of Champions....

The Queens of international freeskiing have been slaying it amongst the picturesque peaks of Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis in Tyrol, Austria. Photo by Christoph Schoech Zuzana Stromkova. The busy schedule has not phased the Queens one bit as they continuously push the limit during every session. We hope to see you there.