No Eileen, No Megan Oldham, let’s see how things shake out! Muriel Mohr, alternate #2 sent another perfect dub 10 - 82.66. The speed looks good and so does the jump. Shit’s gonna get wild here. Anni Karava, steeze legend dropped third, already with a bronze to her name from the weekend. Mengting Liu followed, another dub 12, safety, super flippy axis and stomped. 91.66 and the top spot with Mathilde and Tess to come....
On to the second ski event of the day, women’s street style. This set up is kind of weird, basically a one-hit wonder, live rankings and prelims yet again. The set up was kinda whack so I’m just gonna throw tricks at ya! Bella Bacon sent a HUGE disaster 270 off the takeoff of the DFD, huge. Eileen took it personally with a huge gap to wallride back 2 out....
Siver Voll with a butter on to front up front 2, Tucker big 2sev on cont 2. A Hall playing with the transfer to the dub kink, got a little hung up though. Evan on the blind up back 2 on one of the transfer rails. Siver is actually the cleanest out. A Hall uncharacteristically struggled to get his trick down in run 2 as well. T Fitz managed a front swap front 2 on the transfer rail....
Without further ado, let’s call this! Fanghui Li had a huge air to fakie, 3 way 720s and a squeezed in final hit. 85.00 would be the first score to content with. It was worth an 81.00 missed grabs and lost ‘tude would cost the score a little. Hannah Faulhaber - queen of amplitude - dropped next. 83.66 for now was enough for 2nd. Zoe opened things up with a huge 540, closed things out with a huge switch 720....
And apologies for getting this done in January, but for good reason… Fast forward to now. We have a second gen of the Reckoner 102, and K2 heard the sad stories. Shape/Flex/Construction: When compared to the old model, not much is notable in terms of shape and flex. The 24/25 keeps the same 134-102-127 with a casual hybrid camber-rocker profile from the old model. I didnt notice the weight difference, these are still incredibly nimble and agile....
Okay, I just about recovered from Women’s Knuckle Huck in time to start writing about this one. Torm went huge on run one and got bodied. Dani B was next to drop, coming in switch with a tailbutter 900. Juho did some silly shit on run one, with a flatland switch 360 to bio 900. Mikkel BK was next, nollie 3 to nollie 7. On Revolt 114s no less. A Hall, switch lincoln loop/polish donut bang out roll thing....
It’s that simple. That project with Victor brought me kind of to my mental limit, I think. Haha, and with the super tight crew we had we were just super freaking quick. We ended up hitting all the stuff pretty much without any warmup. That was super intense actually, Adrenaline overdose! In the movie, you talk about deciding between tricks or big lines. Now you cant say both or big tricks on big lines, but whats your priority for a shot?...
Freeride Guide Returns for 2025 Like the Freeride World Tour and Natural Selection? This is what we do. This is the only show that breaks down every detail, offering you more than just highlights. Curious why certain runs score higher than others? We analyze the judging criteria. Want to relive the most impressive runs and dramatic crashes? Weve got you covered. Interested in how weather and conditions shape each competition?...
Judging all of these awards is truly a journey at times. This year wasn’t like that. There weren’t a clear and obvious Newschoolers Skiers Of The Year. Instead, there was a wealth of absolute crushers with no demonstrable standouts. There were however, some big names who didn’t make the shortlist this time around. Let’s be clear about one thing here right from the off. These are the Newschoolers Skiers Of The Year....
Am I the only one who feels like time has flown by too damn fast? That following spring he would go on to win Superunknown XIII and fulfill the comment prophecy. Safe to say, there’s something in the Little Cottonwood Canyon water giving these guys bulletproof knees. Tabidaque - Noah Albaladejo and Magnus Graner A lesson in style from 2 of skiing’s illest. NS' collective mind was sent into a tailspin when this edit dropped....
What even is a ‘Breakthrough Skier’? We’ll it’s certainly a very difficult thing to define. Deciding who counts, is always pretty subjective with this kind of thing. Should Nick Martini have won SuperUnknown? Opinions differ to this day. In fact, the whole movie was a big step up but Jasper was the clear standout for us. Street bangers all day long but could she do it at a park shoot?...
It’s designed for the kind of skiing he likes, namely, technical rail skiing with unconventional tricks. As such, they are a soft, wide park ski with a very low swingweight. The first thing that I noticed when I unboxed these skis was the graphic. These changes give the skis a reduced swingweight, and hopefully, improved durability from the previous Blends. The second you get these in hand, you realize one thing....
FIS Freeskiing kicked off 2025 with a Big Air banger in Klagenfurt. Switch ‘butters’ featured heavily, but skis were, if we’re honest, rarely flexed. I wouldn’t want to be a judge, that’s for sure. Run two saw Anouk go switch bio 9 for 80 and the very provisional lead. Muriel Mohr’s dub 10 was enough however, only an 82 but still enough for now. Mathilde Gremaud had an uncharacteristic crash on a switch dub 10....
