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Professional skier and snowblade-enthusiast Cody Townsend has been making mountaineering headlines, but not for reasons he originally intended. The line in question? Terminal Cancer Couloir in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. Despite theentire blog postby Faye, Townsend is skeptical that the duo dropped in from the top. Any good snowblade mountaineer knows that was a partial descent, he said. Faye, a self-proclaimed professional snowblader, was not amused. The big mountain snowblade community is built upon a strong code of ethics and values, he said....

Here is my unprofessional review on the TWOOWT Makro Skis. So, here is my unprofessional review on the TWOOWT Makros. Just some photos from the website: Specs I didn’t even need to write anything, excellent. Characteristics of the Ski Pop: Ok, so I was super impressed by the pop. I hit a bump at some point while skiing, and on the landing I sprung upwards. Like, I didnt have to do anything, the skis just kinda popped on their own....

http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/8573216/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/ Gnarly Charley Ager is one of the biggest mysteries in skiing. As fast as Charleys career evolved, it disappeared in the same speed. Charley walked away from skiing and into some personal issues and injury that we discuss on the podcast. The good news is, this story has a happy ending and Charley Ager is alive.

For this reason, Golden has become a freeride capital, offering perfect terrain for big mountain competitions. It was more of a How do we create an on-mountain party? A little off-the-cuff from a normal freeride event, said Jordan. The vision was to make it an event that was as equally entertaining for spectators as athletes. Photos courtesy of Jordan Petrovics. Every year it was the best place to be, added Jordan....

It was really huge in Russia back in the day, and even pretty known internationally. Life Steeze was certainly most people on this site’s introduction to Freeskiing in Russia. Short answer: no. But freeskiing is still tiny in Russia, compared to Europe and North America. They arrived before Andrey was directly involved were pretty traditional skis in their respective areas. Im sure itll grow even more this season! He arrived in Austria with fresh skis for me and a lot of hype about the future....

It helps that the PC pipe looked perfectly shaped, unlike the last couple of years at X Games. Birk did go 5th though, out of nowhere. Cassie Sharpe put down a 91.40, with the same run as her first, just slightly less clean. That score still would have had her winning the contest though. Cassie Sharpe couldn’t topple her on the final run of the day, leaving Kelly the world champ....

There was also little practice on the jumps prior to the event, because of weather conditions. Jonas Hunziker pulled up on the first jump because of no speed. Nick Goepper stomped b2b dub 10s to post the first score in the 80s and lead after run 1. Birk Ruud then took the second spot with a solid run in what was a good patch of weather. Then Nick Goepper came up short, announcing the return of the wind....

With it, came extremely cold temperatures that altered the snow conditions and most likely the live-stream as well. She estimates there might have been 3 or 4 turns in her run. Americans Pollard andHazel Josie Birnbaumtook Gold and Bronze whileArianna Tricomitook silver. Ski Boss charged all the way down the wind lip before launching a massive 360. The stream-gods seemed to smile on us as Ski Boss’s stream was lag-free....

Cover photo: FIS The FIS World Championships Slopestyle final takes place on Wednesday. This will be another opportunity to see the new FIS Slopestyle judging system. That way, they have something to build on and its not something that surprises them. Thats intermingled with a 40% overall score, thats still the same as usual. Its hard to get away from Oh an 89. Thats good, I may have won the contest but why wasnt it a 93?...

http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/8495897/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/000000/ Chris Booth is positioned to light the ski world on fire again with his new gig at Awayco. And when I say again…. once upon a time, this former X-Games level athlete put skiing in the rear view mirror–to practice law. After a few years, he wasn’t happy, quit the law firm, and jumped into the world of brand building as the Commercial Director of Black Crows. He killed it and instead of enjoying the fruits of his labor, he walked away for something he sees as the future of ski, snowboard, surf and…....

ABM then stomped a triple 12 safety to narrowly pip him with 91.25 (proper corks too). ABM backed up a great first run score with a switch triple 14 bow and arrow for 92.00. Tess Ledeux immediately answered with a perfect left dub 12 mute, scoring a huge 94.5. Julia Krass also put in a solid showing, setting her up well for later runs. Isabel Atkin put down a clean right 9 tail for 81....

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They’ve also introduced the BDOG Edgeless a soft BDog without the steel edges. Last but not least, the VJJ is back to the women’s line. Their most notable changes are in the Eric Pollard Collection. The Mordecai and Magnum Opus have been discontinued and replaced with the Outline, an all-new powder ski. The Sir Francis Bacon has been redesigned, now with a 107mm waist. In the Freeride category, they have added the Vision Collection....