Matt Brennan, Author at SnowBrains

Ice Coast Kills Sh** | Upstate NY Crew Brings The Laughs, Mediocre Snowboarding

By their own admission, the Ice Coast Kills Sh*t crew features “Mediocre snowboarding, above average lifestyle.” One thing they ARE experts in is board maintenance! Established in the fall of 2009, they’ve released four full length videos. Their homegrown brand of riding is super entertaining…and they always feature a high level of jackassery. Check out the teaser from 2010’s Numskull and you’ll see exactly what […]

Laughs

Matt Brennan | December 19, 2017

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Kirkwood, CA Conditions Report : Variable

The drive from South Lake Tahoe out to Kirkwood, CA is so beautiful (see bonus photos at end) that you can’t help but feel super stoked when you get to this slice of “rare earth.” I was feeling the stoke, or in this case overstoke, when I hopped on Cornice Express for my first run. As I neared the top, I was greeted […]

Conditions Report

Matt Brennan | December 14, 2017

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Heavenly, CA Conditions Report : Hot Laps And Groomer Heaven

Alright guys, I’m gonna let you know up front…this conditions report does not contain any sweet lines, sick cliff drops or smooth backflips. I was not shredding pow and it was not “all time.” I was rockin groomers at Heavenly today and I was rockin em hard. For 12,000 vertical meters. They opened Stagecoach last week and hitting that up early is preferable to messing […]

Conditions Report

Matt Brennan | December 12, 2017

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Wingsuit Rodeo | This Is The Pinnacle Of Human Badassery

As if skydiving, BASE jumping and other parachute sports weren’t badass enough…they had to go and invent the wingsuit rodeo. Further proof that people are indeed awesome is not necessary, the verdict is in. A wingsuit rodeo is performed when a person rides the back of a flying wingsuit pilot. As seen in the above video, most are done while skydiving. As seen in the […]

Matt Brennan | December 7, 2017

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RIP Niels Tietze | Yosemite Accident Claims Life Of Prolific Climber

Rock and Ice is reporting that climber and all around badass, Niels Tietze, has died in a rappelling accident in Yosemite National Park on November 16th. He was only 31 years old, and the third son from the same family that perished at a young age. I had not heard of Niels before coming across the news of his death, and after reading […]

Climbing