Highlights from Mammoth Mountain, CA’s EPIC 618-Inch, 270-Day 2016/17 Season [Sponsored By Mammoth Mountain] With only 12 DAYS left before Mammoth Mountain’s opening day, the folks here at SnowBrains are hyped for the lifts to start running again; however, we are also feeling a little nostalgia for the absurdity that was Mammoth’s two-hundred and seventy-day season last year. The 16/17 season at Mammoth Mountain in Mammoth Lakes, CA began on November […] Industry News Lindsay Hayden | October 31, 2017 0 Comments
This Year’s Winter Stoke Films Are Ready To Show You What It Really Means To Shred Like A Girl Yeah, Yeah, Yeah….everyone loves to see Johnny Collinson, Ian McIntosh, and JT Holmes throw it off of a cliff, but there’s something infinitely more interesting about watching a LADY SHREDDER do the same thing. Could this be why action sports media companies, like Teton Gravity Research, Matchstick Productions, and Warren Miller Entertainment, decided to beef up on the female presence […] Industry News Lindsay Hayden | October 10, 2017 1 Comment
Startup Alert: PoleClinometer “The Ski Pole Inclinometer Sticker” PoleClinometer should be your new best friend when skiing the backcountry. With New Zealand coming off of a high avalanche danger season and September snow hitting the U.S. hard, the time has never been better to get familiar with some avalanche safety tools that could save your life. PoleClinometer is a sticker kit you put on your ski pole that […] Avalanche Lindsay Hayden | September 26, 2017 0 Comments
Gearing Up For Winter: Avalanche Safety Training As winter approaches most of us are dreaming of fluffy pow pillows, backcountry couloirs, and shot skis galore, but I bet the one thing that hasn’t been at the forefront of your thoughts is signing up for an avalanche safety class. For a long time, I thought that avalanche safety tips from my trusted lifties would be enough. However, with […] Avalanche Lindsay Hayden | September 11, 2017 0 Comments
10 Vanity Plates Only Ski Bums Would Have Ever play the license plate game near a mountain town? Yes? Then you’ve probably already seen some Grade A ski bum vanity plates roaming the open roads on the hunt for snow. A witty plate always gets a good laugh, and in a mountain town if the plate makes any reference to skiing then you have spotted a true ski […] Industry News Lindsay Hayden | August 28, 2017 2 Comments
What’s The Consensus On Skiing With Music? Long lives the music versus no music debate within the skiing community. The majority of my friends can’t click into their bindings without first plugging into their music; however, I know a few outliers that say listening to music while skiing dilutes the feeling of being one with nature. I remain on the fence regarding this issue. Most days I […] Industry News Lindsay Hayden | August 22, 2017 1 Comment
Rollerblading: A License To Badass or 90’s Fad? This past spring while fighting off the no-snow blues, I was scrolling through my Instagram feed full of pow day TBT’s and skimming contents when suddenly a glowing post stuck out among the rest…A video of industry badass, Sierra Quitiquit, charging down a boardwalk on a pair of rollerblades. Instantly, I caught the blading bug. So with a leap of […] Industry News Lindsay Hayden | August 21, 2017 2 Comments
Can You Ski Mad River Glen? Mad River Glen’s famous “Ski It If You Can” stickers can be spotted on the bumpers, laptops, helmets, and water bottles of skiers all across the country. These stickers serve as somewhat of a status symbol among the East Coast skiing community, as Mad River has some of the most challenging terrain in the region. Located in Fayston, Vermont, this […] Industry News Lindsay Hayden | August 15, 2017 1 Comment
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