Top 10 Park Skis of 2014 Park skis are an big piece of any park oriented human’s quiver. If you love park, you’ve gotta have a park ski and an all mountain ski. What’s great is that there is a blurring of this line. One of our guys here at SnowBrains uses his all mountain ski in the park as well. One less ski to carry around with ya. What do you think about this list? Any skis missing from here that you trust in the park? To read the full reviews of the ski below, just hit the links: […] SnowBrains | October 18, 2013 1 Comment
Top 10 All Mountain Skis of 2014 Freeskier Magazine has ranked the top 10 All Mountain Skis for 2014. They go through an extensive testing process with many skiers testing to come up with these rankings. To learn more about their testing proceedure, please visit: Freeskier Ski Testing Procedure An All Mountain ski is a key piece of gear. You’ve got to have an All Mountain ski. Here at SnowBrains, we believe that you can get almost everything done with […] SnowBrains | October 10, 2013 3 Comments
2014 Rahlves Banzai Tour Schedule: Kirkwood, Squaw, Alpine, Sugar Bowl Truckee, Calif. (Sept 11, 2013) – Rahlves’ Banzai Tour presented by Bank of the West is back. The 2014 Rahlves’ Banzai Tour stops at four Lake Tahoe resorts next winter—Feb. 8 through Mar. 16 at Kirkwood Mountain Resort, Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows, and finishing with the Finals and Super Final at Sugar Bowl Resort. “There is no other race like this in the world,” says Daron Rahlves, former World Champion, X-Games Champ, 4-time Olympian, Sugar Bowl Resort ambassador, […] SnowBrains | September 18, 2013 2 Comments
2014 USA Olympic Freeskiing Athlete Nominees Announced | Halfpipe & Slopestyle Freeskiing in Sochi The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia will feature Slopestyle and Halfpipe skiing for the first time. This is a huge turnaround as only snowboarding was given to privilege before. The USA has a fierce freeskiing squad that will have a few favorites to win it all. Tahoe skier David Wise from Reno, Nevada is a clear favorite to bring home […] Olympics SnowBrains | August 7, 2013 1 Comment
USA Winter Weather Forecast for 2014 from WeatherAdvance.com Last week we posted NOAA’s winter weather forecast for 2013/14. NOAA is basically forecasting a near average winter for precipitation in the USA for 2013/14. They did forecast some temperature variation from average but overall their graphs weren’t easy to read nor very remarkable. WeatherAdvance.com has put together their own brand of 2014 winter weather forecast for the USA and […] Weather SnowBrains | August 6, 2013 14 Comments
Legs of Steel Trailer “LOST” | Big Lines, Big Tricks the skiing starts at 1:15 This year’s Legs of Steel movie is called “LOST” and the flick truly looks to have it all. Big AK spines, urban, backcountry booters, big tricks off natural terrain, pillows, park, and powder. What else do you need? Legs of Steel generally has an overall park feel to their movies, but this year is looking […] Movie Trailer SnowBrains | June 12, 2013 1 Comment
Russians Stockpiling Snow Now for 2014 Winter Olympics | 2 Test Events Canceled Due to Low Snow in 2013 “We think it’s unlikely that there will be 2 mild winters in a row. Even if this winter is without snow and mild, we’ll still have 450,000 cubic meters, which, of course, is enough.” – Mikail Tiguskin, snow saving operations manager The Russians have begun stockpiling snow for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. They’ve already stored 450,000 cubic meters […] Olympics SnowBrains | June 4, 2013 4 Comments
2014 Freeride World Tour Stops Announced | Revelstoke & Kirkwood N. American Stops The Freeride World Tour is the only tour in town now that it has merged with the Freeskiing World Tour. Skiing now has a definitive World Tour with a definitive champion, Drew Tabke. Drew won the overall tour last year with wins in Revelstoke & Fieberbrunn. Drew is an American kid who has been competing on the Freeskiing World Tour for […] SnowBrains | May 30, 2013 2 Comments