How To: Ski Spines at Full Throttle This POV video is the kind of POV that we actually still like to watch. Todd Ligare is charging spines in Alaska as hard as he can and it looks like pure joy. Many of us just wanna ski spines and pillows for the rest of our lives. Reality is much different. Very few of us get to ski spines […] SnowBrains | July 25, 2013 1 Comment
Changing the Airline Industry | Virgin Airlines Cali – AK So you want to go to Alaska, I mean who doesn’t? Summer or winter, it is arguably one of the best places on earth when the weather cooperates. Big mountain lines in the Chugach in the winter, and jumbo-tron salmon out of the Kenai in the summer, whats not to like? Well if you like AK in the summer, Virgin […] Jesse Cassidy | July 19, 2013 3 Comments
Glacier Wave Surfing in Alaska “It was the closest I’ve ever come to death. I wanted to go home after the first day” “I was up to my neck in water, looking up at this 90-meter tall glacier, waiting for the ice to break off and hoping that it’ll fall straight into the water — because if it falls flat you’ll be squashed under it.” […] Surf SwellBrains | July 12, 2013 3 Comments
Pebble Mine Alaska | The Case For and Against For years now a proposed mining project on the Alaskan Peninsula about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage has been causing quite a stir. The project known as Pebble Mine is a proposed mineral exploration that aims at extracting porphyry copper, gold, and molybdenum in what would become one of largest open pit mines in the world. The proposed mine would […] Featured Article Jesse Cassidy | July 10, 2013 5 Comments
VIDEO: Sage Going Off in Alaska on Atomic Automatics in 2013 Sage Cattibriga-Alosa has been in ski movies for the past 10 years. He’s been in ski movies for the past 10 years for these very simple reasons 1. He’s always smooth. 2. He can handle any type of terrain. 3. He keeps his bag of tricks up to date. 4. He nearly lands everything. 5. He never gets hurt. […] SnowBrains | June 26, 2013 2 Comments
Amazing AK Video from Chopo Diaz and Drew Tabke This edit is the first in a series created by South American skiing sensation Chopo Diaz, current FWT Champion Drew Tabke, and their buddy/cameraman Claudio Vicuña. The good people at The North Face helped send these relatively unsung heros of freeskiing to the final frontier ok AK to do some camping and shredding sans helicopters. I like the way they build up […] Daryn Edmunds | May 31, 2013 1 Comment
Points North Heli 2013 Season Wrap-Up & Photo Tour | Cordova, Alaska words by Kevin & Jessica Quinn, photos by PNH It’s always a nice feeling to sit back and reflect on the great memories that an Alaska heli season has once again provided. Points North Heli-Adventures‘ 2013 season (our 15th season) has come to an end and it’s time to look back. The season started off with unbelievable snow and sunny skies. It […] Points North Heli | May 22, 2013 3 Comments
Can We Defend the Risks We Take in the Mountains? | Adventure Journal Article: “In Defense of Taking Risks” Earlier this week, we posted an article by the New York Times titled “Is Living the Dream Worth The Risk?” The article was spurred by the 2012 avalanche death of Alaska helicopter ski guide Rob Liberman in Haines, AK while on the job. The article highlights the risk some people take and the hardships felt by their families when the risks […] SnowBrains | May 17, 2013 5 Comments
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