Saudi Arabia Hosts Skiing and Snowboarding Big Air Competition The winter sports world just witnessed the inaugural Snowblast KSA Cup. A skiing and snowboarding big air competition held in none other than Saudi Arabia? That’s right, the skiing and snowboarding world might be heading down the road of LIV golf and Saudi Super League soccer. The event was held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. A massive scaffolding […] Industry News Seth Tuuri | March 8, 2024 0 Comments
World Ski & Snowboard Tours, Explained: The Winter Dew Tour Part Three – The Winter Dew Tour Welcome to part three of our five-part series looking at the world’s best ski and snowboard tours. Our goal in this series is to take a look beyond traditional alpine racing and bring to you some of the most inspired competitive freeride skiing and riding happening today. Part One: World Ski & Snowboard […] Industry News Ryan Kime | March 8, 2024 0 Comments
X Games Aspen, CO, 2024 Report: A Fan’s Perspective Report from January 27-28, 2024 The X Games The Aspen airport is located steps from the base of Buttermilk Mountain where the X games are held. Although this weekend is pricy, so many fans not within driving distance fly into Denver and make the four hour drive. We left early Saturday to get into town and take a few laps […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | January 30, 2024 0 Comments
Winter X-Games at Aspen, CO, Recap Day 2 Day two at X-Games provided nonstop action from some of the heaviest hitters around the world. In addition to the competitors showing out, a much larger crowd showed up for the Saturday games, and unlike Friday, today was a warm, sunny day. Eileen Gu, one of the headlining athletes who is representing China, showed why she is the best female […] Industry News Jesse | January 28, 2024 0 Comments
2023 Red Bull Unrailistic Skiing Event The first Red Bull Unrailistic skiing event is scheduled for today and tomorrow (April 26th and 27th) and is being held in the famous ski town of Åre, Sweden. It is two days of events with competitors hitting a slope-style-designed course with some never seen features and ski edits that freeski legend Jesper Tjäder created. Scoring according to the […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | April 26, 2023 2 Comments
Freeski Update: FIS Freestyle Season 22/23 Kicks Off This Week With Big Air in Switzerland While eyes of the alpine community are turned to Sölden, Austria, this weekend, just a couple of mountain ranges to the west, in Chur, Switzerland, the Freestylers are kicking off their season with a Big Air event on Friday. The Freestyle category under FIS, the International Ski Federation, consists of six very unique disciplines: Ski/Boarder-Cross Moguls (Duals and Singles) Big Air […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 19, 2022 2 Comments
How to Be More Creative: In Life and on Skis Three ways to harness creativity based off of neurological research by Dr. David Eagleman, a neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author: 1. Try new things 2. Push boundaries 3. Don’t be afraid of failure Trying new things increases the connections between neurons in your brain and provides perspective, according to studies done by Eagleman. Now apply this to your skiing. […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | August 16, 2019 1 Comment
VIDEO: Watch the Powder Award Nominees for ‘Best Male Performance’ and ‘Best Female Performance’ Check out the four nominees for the Best Male Performance category of the 19th Annual Powder Awards. Tanner Hall, Henrik Harlaut, Tof Henry, and Parker White duke it out for the top spot. You might also like: VIDEO: Watch the Powder Nominees for ‘Best Air’ and ‘Best Powder’ Annual Awards Check out the four nominees for the Best Female Performance category […] Featured Video SnowBrains | December 14, 2018 0 Comments