Know Before You Go from Trent Meisenheimer on Vimeo. The collective avalanche safety programs throughout the US and Canada have put together one of the most comprehensive safety videos to date. The Know Before You Go series features pro athletes from across the snowsports industries and their breakdown on how to most effectively plan and […] Read more…
Skis.com would like to offer a tremendous congratulations to: Patrick Morse of Westminster, MA. Patrick has been selected as this year’s winner of the 3rd Annual Skisperience contest and will be headed to Park City, UT for the most awesome skiing experience. Read more…
Leading Outdoor Adventure Retailers Join Forces Summit Sports and Austin Canoe and Kayak announce merger enabling all-season offers, immediate expansion and future growth Bloomfield Hills, MI (January 26, 2016) – Specialty outdoor gear retailers, Summit Sports and Austin Canoe and Kayak (ACK) announce the merger of the two companies under Summit Sports LLC. The merger, […] Read more…
Have you seen the new Google Maps Street View of Mont Blanc? After a week of trying news coming from multiple avalanches in the Alps, it’s nice to see something shed a little positive light on the natural beauty and wonder that these majestic mountains carry. Google Map’s Street View offers complete 360 footage […] Read more…
Do your kid’s like to color? Draw? Ski? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you need to check out our kid’s ski design contest. With World Snow Day bringing more and more kids to the snow, Skis.com wanted to offer kids a chance to get some new gear and get excited […] Read more…
Check out this awesome tutorial from our friends over at Powder Magazine about how to make your ski pole a flask, aka the ultimate hack. Feel the quench, on the hill or off. PHOTO: Jim Guenther. Ski season is around the corner, and while everyone is going “gear crazy,” we’ve decided to make our gear […] Read more…
On January 3rd, YouTube user Itz Frenzy posted an astounding video after being stranded in a gondola at Kicking Horse Resort. All in all, 75 people were trapped after an unexpected electrical malfunction occurred on the Golden Eagle Express Gondola sometime around 3pm Sunday. All guests were evacuated successfully, and fortunately for us, Itz Frenzy […] Read more…
Happy new year everyone! To celebrate, let’s take a look back on some of our favorite and coolest skiing videos of 2015. Candide Thovex – Quattro Sure, we posted this video before, but we’re posting it again here because it’s just so cool. Skiing on grass, dirt and pretty much anything but snow. Epic. Eclipse […] Read more…
That’s a drone crashing just behind Marcel Hirscher just now in a World Cup night slalom in Italy. pic.twitter.com/b4oUxPLfff — Nick Zaccardi (@nzaccardi) December 22, 2015 Twitter is popping as a drone just crashed during a live World Cup Slalom event in Italy. Twitter user @ncaccardi posted an initial photo. Live footage recorded by user […] Read more…
With life, there is always death. However, sometimes it seems the latter comes too soon. On December 8, high profile environmentalist and founder of The North Face, Doug Tompkins, died in a kayaking accident in southern Chile. He was 72 years young. Throughout his life, Doug had many great achievements in the outdoor recreation industry, […] Read more…