The 5 Most Unique Ski and Snowboard Towns on The Planet When talking about the best places to ski and snowboard in, there’s a long list of factors to consider. It’s not always the ones with the most access, the most famous, or the highest elevation. To me, the best ski towns offer a plethora of things that skiers and snowboarders universally love. To start, it’s always helpful when they’re semi-affordable […] Brains Quintin Mills | June 21, 2023 1 Comment
The Top 10 Male Freeskiers of All-Time: The top male freeskiers of all-time. A tough list to make – both as a skier and an editor. Which factors come into being one of the best freeskiers of all time? Simple. Innovation, skill, drive, balls, style, impact, and the ability to take a damn hard crash. The people on the list below brought something to skiing that wasn’t there before. We thank them for everything they contributed to the past, present, and future of skiing. We miss those on this list who are no longer with us. 100-foot lincoln loops. He charges Alaska in a way that no one has before and no one has since. You can see the anger in his skiing. He unleashes it, harnesses it, and uses it to propel himself to speeds and heights […] SnowBrains | July 18, 2022 71 Comments
The SnowBrains Podcast #22 | Bjarne Salen – Filmer of “The Fifty” w/ Cody Townsend, Hardcore Ski Mountaineer, Adventurer, Philosopher Brought to you by Scott Sports & Alta Ski Area The SnowBrains Podcast is back! Last week we launched season two with an awesome conversation with Doug Stoup, and today we’re back with another new episode. Season two promises to be bigger and better, and we already have some fantastic guests lined up for your listening pleasure. Launched in October 2020, The […] Podcasts Podcast | November 10, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: A Chronological Playlist of Every Warren Miller Movie on YouTube Warren Miller fans rejoice! Reddit user u/DmitriyTokar has collated all his movies available on YouTube into a handy, chronological playlist. Related: VIDEO: Trailer Drops for ‘Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story’ Check out the playlist here, grab yourself a drink or two, press play, and sit back and watch some of the best ski movies ever made non-stop for the next […] SnowBrains | July 20, 2021 0 Comments
Video: Tom Wallisch and Sherpas Cinema show Imagination Have you ever mind skied your home town? I bet you have. I know I have, and so have a lot of the people I know. Now, thanks to Sherpas Cinema, JP Auclair’s innovative mind, and Tom Wallisch, I can see how it should be skied. The video above is my hometown of Nelson BC, being shredded in a way […] Ben Davies | November 1, 2017 0 Comments
Amer Sports Just Bought Armada Skis for $4.1 Million Amer Sports just bought Armada skis for $4.1 million. Salomon.Amer Sports already owns Atomic, Salomon, Wilson Sporting Goods, Arc’teryxr, and Suunto. “Armada was founded in 2002 by a group of professional skiers and the ski and snowboard photographer Chris O’Connell, with backing from British venture capitalists. Its founding team of owner-riders consisted of Tanner Hall, the late JP Auclair, JF Cusson, Julien […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 29, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mike Douglas “The Godfather of Freeskiing” Talks Adrenaline, Loss & Depression in the Ski World Ski pro & film director, Mike Douglas, knows a thing or two about loss in the ski world. He’s lost best mates Shane McConkey, JP Auclair and Sarah Burke in recent years alone. Here he talks with SnowsBest.com about the rush that keeps skiers on the edge and how to know when to walk away. SnowBrains | July 5, 2016 0 Comments
Remembering the Skiers We Lost by Outside Magazine There have been a lot of articles the past week about what’s been going on with our ski and snowboard heros and why they keep dying. Outside Magazine wrote our favoirite thus far. They basically say: We don’t know why our ski and snowboard heros keep dying, but they do keep dying.” Then they go on to write a great piece about each of the 5 different ski and snowboard heros from someone who knew them. To anybody who follows sports in the Outside world, freeskiing has emerged as a shockingly dangerous pursuit. Over the past decade, so many of the sport’s luminaries have perished in the mountains that in December […] SnowBrains | October 5, 2014 0 Comments