SKETCHFEST by LEGS OF STEEL

Reserve your spots now to avoid disappointment! 3 people make up a team. you could have anyone in your team, pro/am, all genders, all ages. Every team chooses a team name. IS THERE AN AGE LIMIT? HOW DO I ENTER? We will send out confirmation and additional info the following day. HOW MANY TEAMS CAN ENTER? Were limited to max. WHO SELECTS THE TEAMS? If your team is selected, you will be offered lift tickets and accommodation for the event!...

April 8, 2023 · 2 min · 224 words · Manuel Hunter

SKETCHFEST: The Return

Returning from a six-year hiatus, SKETCHFEST is an open team battle that consists of three different challenges. The Challenges: THE VOLTA MARIA CHALLENGE presented by MARKER bring your touring gear and show off your speed. THE SPIN TO WIN CHALLENGE the more spins the better! THE JUMPRAIL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS presented by VOLKL here its neck or nothing. In this two-hour jam session, youll fight not only for your team but for yourself....

April 6, 2023 · 1 min · 149 words · Jennifer Baker

Torin Yater-Wallace talks producing movies with Deviate, Filming street and pow, the current state and future of pipe skiing

Discussion with pro skier, 8x X Games medalist, Torin Yater-Wallace listen to the episode here join the patreon here Introduced to the world when he joined the Armada team at only 14, Torin quickly became one of the best skiers in the world with his unique style, deep bag of tricks and incredible results in halfpipe competitions. For close to ten years, Torin dominated the pipe competition scene with constant podiums in the worlds biggest events....

March 27, 2023 · 1 min · 191 words · Natalie Parker

Guohski March Melt Jam 2023

Mark your calendars!! There will be tons of prizes for everyone! March Melt Schedule & Info! It’s a long jam session!! 11am 12:30pm All categories open Jam Session! Lets have some fun! DM us@guohskior@k2skis.onon instagram if you have any questions This year’s setup! Last year’s event :) https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1067459/GUOHSKI-MARCH-MELT-RAIL-JAM-2022---Mt-St-Louis-Moonstone

March 20, 2023 · 1 min · 48 words · Michael Fields

FIS Slopestyle World Cup Tignes& Recap

Sarah Hoefflin also survived death with a dreaded switch takeoff tip catch to superman on the second jump. All perfection all steezy, 95 points and it was cool to see the judges seemingly reward style. Giulia Tanno slightly improved on her first run but it was just all a bit sketchy on the day. Mathilde cleaned up her run, greasing the switch two to forward and stomping her kfed with authority....

March 18, 2023 · 2 min · 254 words · Gina Baker

phaenom x NS seeding project? Read on.

My most recent meetings with the crew over there have all been about this new boot brand. My visits to the office tend to work out well for the NS community too. My most recent chat with the Head of Marketing, Tim, spawned the NS X phaenom seeding project. As a result of my chat with Tim, five members of the Newschoolers community will be among them. How does it work?...

March 10, 2023 · 1 min · 108 words · Jason Lawson

‘Till Next Time

Ive made the mistake of sayinggoodbye to NS before. If you want to talk about skiing, you’re able to publish your words on this website. Its simple, and its sort of magical. Maybe no one will listen. Maybe folks will disagree with you. But NS is a platform for anyone with the gumption to grab it. Write your articles, take your photos, spew your thoughts, and post them on NS....

March 9, 2023 · 1 min · 161 words · Kevin Rios

Snowboarding for Beginners

The pistes can be quite intimidating for a beginner snowboarder. There is a lot to think about, from the terminology, techniques and how theSnowboarding equipmentworks. But that is when you actually get on the mountain, what about everything leading up to this moment? Such as theSnowboard clothingyou need, the resort to choose and what to expect. In this post we are going to give you some insight in to snowboarding for beginners....

March 8, 2023 · 4 min · 694 words · Natalie Contreras

Pro Bowl Riding Session at Banff Sunshine Village

The PBR (Pro Bowl Riding) brings a unique and creative course to the Canadian Rockies. Skiers will have 3 days to learn, ride, and film on the private course. _ Format: Come shred, get some tricks and stack some clips. 10AM - 10:30AM: Riders Meeting on course. 10:30AM - 3:30PM: Open Jam. 3:30PM - 5PM: Apres at Trappers. 10PM - 2AM: Official Apres at High Rollers in Banff. Sunday, April 2...

March 6, 2023 · 1 min · 83 words · Christina Robertson

World Ski & Snowboard Festival Returns To Whistler-16th April

The World Ski & Snowboard Festivalis a legacy event in skiing & snowboarding. And the after parties were doubtless some of the all-time ski industry ragers. Although, if were looking at event history, its the Saudan Couloir Extreme thats the most traditional. First run in 1987, the Extreme pits skiers against a steep couloir, set with race gates. Level 1, Poorboyz, Hood Crew, Burrlapz & Big Picture. Media-focused events will also make a return, with both photo and video competitions planned....

March 6, 2023 · 1 min · 165 words · Ryan Allen

FIS World Championships| Results & Recap

She didn’t start whatever the reason. It was snowing pretty hard on slope and visibility looked awful. She justly took the first big score, 8. Meghan Oldham stomped a dub 10 mute and perhaps surprisingly scored higher than Sandra. Run 2 saw the speed drop off a cliff and it was hard to improve. Sandra Ei was almost the only one to to land, a 720. Tess went close but backslapped out of a switch dub 9....

March 4, 2023 · 1 min · 209 words · Ashley Turner

Leaning into the FOMO

I havent skied yet this week. But for now, I havent skied yet this week. Respond to this email. My partner has been out three days already this week. Overhead, blower, superlative after superlative comes to mind. I guess I ought to have FOMO. This winter though, Ive been coming to a kind of uneasy peace with my relationship with skiing. Ive mostly grown out of the frothy, aggressive, I NEED to ski right NOW!...

March 2, 2023 · 1 min · 209 words · Matthew Patton

Park Rat Joins Freeride World Tour @ Kicking Horse

So let’s set the scene. A baptism of fire courtesy of Twig. This was to be an entirely different box of cheese… and an eye-opener. Thank you Finn Bilous for being the bridge between worlds here. I got to work getting the lay of the land for the following day. The headlines were, youre gonna wake up fucking early and get ready to be cold. So thats exactly what I did....

March 2, 2023 · 1 min · 171 words · Jay Waller