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Neon green with splashes of red. Motorcycles, palm trees, ski masks. The K2 logo resting confidently behind crosshairs. My first pair of twins, the 2008 Juvy. But, years after the golden age, twin-tips seem to be wavering slightly in popularity, why? In the 1997-1998 season, Salmon dropped the 1080, the first mass-market twin-tip ski for the newschool movement. Inspired by the bi-directional capabilities of the snowboard, the 1080 allowed riders to take off and land switch....

Real Skifi are known for their creativity on skis, but this is some next-level sh*t! The more you watch it, the more it blows your mind. In this project, we had to use our creativity differently from what were used to. Obviously, you were inspired by Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, but did you understand the movies plot? Were still scratching our heads. Haha, I will admit that I may have googled “Tenet explained” after watching it!...

In this episode, we talk to David Zorko the General Manager of Newschoolers. We wrap everything up with viewer questions at the end which can be submitted on our Instagram @TwoPlankerPod. Link to the episode: https://anchor.fm/twoplankerpodcast/episodes/Ep--12-David-Zorko---General-Manager-of-Newschoolers-evu37g Link to our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twoplankerpod/

The Ikon Pass crew sat down with Amie to discuss her journey from lil ripper to professional athlete. Get locked-in as we discuss gratitude, community, and what keeps her moving in the mountains. – So, give us the quick hits. Born and raised in Northern California, Ive lived in Truckee since I was about 5 years old. Luckily, that means that the landscape of Squaw Valley has always been my home mountain....

SuperUnknown is back, with a modified approach to accommodate for challenges presented by the ongoing global pandemic. The pandemic has undoubtedly thrown a wrench in the tradition of spring park shoots. Fortunately, the compromise of an all American and Canadian crew made it possible for this year. It was still an insane week with some crazy skiing, even without our overseas friends. If you know any ladies that you think would be a good fit, tell them to enter!...

I was doing too much. By the time winter break ran out and I was headed back west, we were dating. (and in fact, 2 and a half years later we still are!) On one beautiful February pow day in the Grand Mesa backcountry, I hit a tree. To make a long story short I was practically bedridden for 2 weeks as symptoms would not let up. However, something happened that I had never really experienced....

Meaning : he is really smart and great at explaining sciency stuff Discussion with pro skier, engineer and entrepreneur Giray Dadali Super interesting discussion with Giray Dadali where we talked about a 1000 subjects including growing up in western New york, growing up skiing moguls at a small hill, being influenced by legends like David Crichton, The east coast scene in the 2000’s, filming with Meathead Films, moving to Utah at 18, Competing in all types of events, dealing with gnarly injuries, getting an engineering degree while pursuing skiing, working on the behind the scenes with J skis and 4FRNT and starting his own business, Daymaker touring....

So, I found a $100 pair of skis on Craigslist and finished the season on those. Note that I drilled the holes about an inch past the end of the cracked ABS. Once I had the ABS off, I cleaned out all of the fractured wood splinters. Git-Rot wicks into wood, and the more porous the wood is, the more Git-Rot can soak in. Since Git-Rot will continue to soak into the wood, I stayed and watched it for about 20 minutes....

On top of that, I couldnt cork or spin more than a 5. I landed cork 5s 7s 9s, switch cork 5s 7s, and misty 7. I want to start with rails. Rails you have to keep alive and have to practice a lot. Something that helped for me was hiking. On top of this, practice both ways. So if you land natural kfed, try unnatural. This way you get a lot more comfortable spinning and swapping both ways....

Disclaimer: This piece deals with adult themes (no shit). Also, youre on the internet, so I sure hope youre using discretion regardless. Skinning, and well, the other kind of skinning, share a lot of principles. So here we go. Look for enthusiastic consent, and communicate with anyone who is less than enthusiastic. Thats their call, and everyone else needs to respect it. The second part of this is that sexually, consent needs to be continued....

This year saw a landmark in Newschoolers 21+ year history and it involved a whole lot of skiing. For the first time, we ran our own ski test featuring the best of 21-22 product. We also requested forward mounting points, so we could ski them how we would ski them ourselves. And how you, our members would likely ride them. We sent the all-mountain skis on the infamous Delirium Dive at Sunshine to test their performance in steep terrain....

Cover Image: All helmeted up with nowhere to go. Before you say anything, yes, I know, the horse is already dead. Or, quite close, at the very least. And the horse sighs, desperately wishing the flogging would just end. Pinpointing the first historical usage of the ski helmet is a little tricky, although its catalyst is clear. Sertorellis death instigated change. Once helmetless racers donned various forms of leather helmets, which remained the standard for many years....

It was simply too big for some of the younger riders who compete at this level. But the story actually started before the Big Air. “During qualification, the weather got really bad, so we only had one hour of practice. Because some skiers had done their first run, they agreed to do it for the second run. It was so sketchy. Honestly, it was just dangerous. Not just the girls, this is about the boys as well....