Sandboarding Takes Over Cape Town, South Africa No snow? How about sand? Sandboarding is taking over Cape Town, South Africa as the city’s next great extreme sport. It almost never snows in Cape Town, but that isn’t stopping adventurers from riding the local mountains. And by mountains, I mean sand dunes, huge, white, sand dunes. Cape Town, South Africa is located on he southern most tip of […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | August 25, 2020 0 Comments
Cody Townsend Has Lucky Escape as Rogue SUP Impales Windshield Just Inches From His Face Cody Townsend had a lucky escape while out driving over the holiday weekend. A SUP flew off a vehicle in front of him as he was traveling along SR-89 along the west shore of Lake Tahoe, embedding itself in his windshield just inches from his face. ATTN: If someone lost a SUP on the west shore of Lake Tahoe yesterday around […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 6, 2020 0 Comments
Entire Town Tries to Save 14-Foot Great White Shark on Cape Cod “I told my husband this morning that if he went surfing, he was going to get eaten by a shark. He told me I was crazy. We got to Whitecrest about an hour later and came upon a huge crowd of people working to save a 14′ male Great White that had beached itself. The shark was still alive but not thriving. Several beachgoers were pouring buckets of water over him (some using XtraTuf boots and sandcastle Surf SwellBrains | September 8, 2015 2 Comments
Investigating The Ski Town Housing Shortage It’s no secret: one of the ski industry’s biggest concerns is affordable workforce housing. It’s an epidemic that has plagued mountain towns since their inception. Although locals remain grateful to live in a place where vacationers flock and the wealthy come to play, mountain communities have faced their fair share of challenges over the years. Whether it be economic inequality, […] Brains Nick DeRiso | February 1, 2023 4 Comments
The Highest-Elevation Towns in the U.S. How high is too high to set up a town deep in the mountains? Several communities thrive above 10,000 feet above sea level, over 1/3 of the height of the highest peak on Earth, Mount Everest. Residents of these towns battle fierce winters, lower amounts of oxygen, tough driving conditions, and many other factors that can create significant issues on […] Brains Matt Scribner | November 17, 2022 9 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Kirkwood, CA – Admiration of the Sierra Crest I will never forget my first day at Kirkwood. There was a storm blowing in the night before continuing into the morning bringing feet of fresh snow. I pulled up to chain control in Hope Valley just 20 road miles south of Lake Tahoe. I stopped, rolled my window down, and asked how the road conditions were. The attendant stated […] Trip Report Brady James Kraabel | November 4, 2022 1 Comment
The 9 Greatest Ski Towns in the U.S. 9. Aspen, CO A list of top ski towns would never be complete without including Aspen. A ski-in, ski-out paradise that annually hosts the X games and has been associated with the ápres experience since as early as the 1930s, Aspen is truly a legendary place to spend a vacation. With four ski resorts located nearby and a luxury dining […] Industry News Matt Scribner | November 2, 2022 8 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Whitefish Mountain Resort, MT – A Hidden Skiing and Snowboarding Oasis If you want to escape the exorbitant prices of the big, corporately-owned mountains and experience exceptional winter sports, Whitefish Mountain Resort is the place to be. Located in the Northwest of the “Treasure state,” the resort’s peak is relatively low at 6,817 feet, but don’t let that low elevation fool you; the average snowfall is 320 inches over a five-year average, […] Oliver Lund | October 25, 2022 2 Comments
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