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…
Longtime adventure athlete and filmmaker Jimmy Chin survived an avalanche. He recently sat down with Vice Sports to talk about living through it. As avid athletes, we all consider the dangers, like an avalanche, when venturing into the unknown, but rarely consider the reality behind them. A couple years back I spent some time mountaineering […] Read more…
Let’s take a moment to appreciate the Ski Patrol Rescue Dogs watching out for us everyday we go riding. Skiers and snowboarders love snow. So do dogs. When you hit the slopes out West this winter, you may notice Man’s Best Friend riding the lifts, cruising around piggy-back on snowmobiles, running behind a skier, or […] Read more…
@willwiss This is snow porn at its finest and a must follow on Instagram. Alpine vistas and steep AK spins – these are the shots that make your mind wander. A master of his trade, Will Wissman captures the essence of skiing with deep powder turns and places that are worthy of any skiers bucket […] 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…