Three Years Gone, But NEVER forgotten R.I.P Sarah Burke Three years ago today 1/19/2012 the world lost a great person and skiing lost yet another bright light. Sarah Burke died after a crash in the super pipe while training it Utah. She sustained a dramatic head injury, even with a helmet, and latter died in the hospital. She is without a […] Featured Article Ryan Mulcahy | January 19, 2015 4 Comments
One of Those Days 2 | by Candide Thovex Do you remember Candide Thovex’s “One of These Days” from a couple of years ago. You know, where Candide basically throws down a helmet cam video that showed us all what it would be like to be the best skier in the world? What it would be like to be in a skiing video game? Then he jumps over a cop car and gets “arrested?” Ya, that one! Well, Candide just put up another one of these called […] Featured Video Ryan Mulcahy | January 15, 2015 1 Comment
No Place quite like Taos New Mexico After doing reports and skiing amazing powder at Jackson Hole, Grand Targhee, and Alta, I felt that Taos would be a good throw back to appreciate where I come from. It was the day after Christmas and the report was showing 10in of overnight snow at Taos. I headed there with my brother, a legend in his own mind, and local legend, Todd Stewart. I knew the combination of great snow, good people, and an epic mountain would add up to the perfect day.the Blake Family, who owned the ski mountain since its inception in 1955, sold the entire mountain to billionaire Louis Beacon. Within in the first year, Mr. Beacon began a renaissance of sorts, installing a summer bike park and remodeling the base and village. Conditions Report Ryan Mulcahy | January 5, 2015 4 Comments
Grand Targhee, WY: North America’s Secret Powder Stash A good friend of mine and ski partner grew up skiing Grand Targhee and throughout our friendship over the past two years he always spoke of how consistently great and deep the snow was at the Wyoming resort. He told stories of epic powder stashes and this selectable cliff band that no other resort could offer. After all the talk we finally put together a trip and timing could not have been better, currently based on my research Wyoming has the deepest snow pack in the united states and thus offering the best resort skiing, the cascades are not too far behind either but the Tetons were the ticket. Conditions Report Ryan Mulcahy | December 27, 2014 1 Comment
15th Annual Powder Awards Breakdown and Cody Townsend Interview: Thanks to the great people at Power Magazine & Snowbrains I was able to get an exclusive media invite to the annual Powder Awards this year. The event takes place once a year and in this honors the best of each and every discipline in free skiing. With free skiing changing and progressing so much every year the pow awards see something new and different win in each category, this yearThe event took place in downtown Salt Lake City on a busy Friday night, with some of the best skiers and companies in free skiing up for […] Ryan Mulcahy | December 8, 2014 0 Comments
California Surfers Win Landmark Case Against Billionaire for Martins Beach Access Today history was made when some local Northern California surfers along with the help from the nonprofit group SurfRider won a land mark case. In this the group was able to legally gain access toMartin’s Beach near Half Moon Bay CA. This is a very popular and famous spot for surfing, fishing, and sightseeing. Surfers have been surfing this spot for years and it provides a great swell on a […] Surf Ryan Mulcahy | September 28, 2014 0 Comments
Is This the Biggest Breakthrough in Avalanche Technology Yet? | AvaTech: Avatech is a new company that has developed a digital snow probe used to help analyze snow conditions and give real time feed back to help predict and understand avalanches. This new digital probe is said to be the future of avalanche forecasting and also will give a better and […] Avalanche Ryan Mulcahy | September 16, 2014 0 Comments
Salkantay Trail ~ Machu Picchu, Peru Trip Report & Photo Tour: As I left the great surf and awesome culture of Lima I knew that I the next 5 days or so would be challenging, rewarding and overall a great experience. I set forth to Cuzco Peru the jumping off point for the Salkantay trail. Many people know and have heard of the Inca trail to Machu Picchu but doing some research and talking with people locals it was brought to my attention that is […] Trip Report Ryan Mulcahy | August 14, 2014 1 Comment