What’s Better on Skis? Speed or Air? My thoughts wandering afar, I glanced down. Yikes! I’m speeding again. I try to be as law abiding as possible. Sure, I don’t obey the speed limit very often, but I try to refrain from truly speeding. That is until this time every year. About the second week of October or so. Every year. It doesn’t happen on purpose. I can’t really explain it. Like salmon returning from the sea to spawn, it just happens. I start driving too fast. Given that it happens quite subconsciously, I can’t even chalk it up to trying to achieve some kind of cheap thrill. Something […] Featured Article Andy Hays | October 23, 2014 3 Comments
VIDEO: Skier Airs Into Avalanche @ Berthoud Pass, CO This video shows us a skier who airs into his an avalanche that he triggered at Berthoud Pass, Colorado. He was lucky as the avalanche was on the smaller side and he was able to stay on top. Please check the Colorado Avalanche Information Center website before heading out into the Colorado backcountry. I was caught in an avalanche on Saturday at Berthoud Pass. Poor decision [.,.] Avalanche SnowBrains | January 22, 2014 2 Comments
Swell Saturdays: The Biggest, Smoothest 360 in Surf Comp History Julian Wilsonโs amazing 10-point 360 that went down this past week in Portugal The 2013 Moche Rip Curl Pro at Supertubos in Portugal went off last week. ย Tubes, perfect skate ramps, and crazy airs abounded for the 34 best surfers on Earth. 22-year-old rookie Nat Young from Santa Cruz, California made it to the finals and got second place for […] Surf SwellBrains | October 19, 2013 0 Comments
Swell Saturdays: US Open of Surfing Highlight Video | Skate Ramp Airs @ Huntington Beach, CA To be brutally honest, the US Open of Surfing is often kind of a lowlight. ย There usually isnโt much swell and you find the best surfers in the world surfing very average everyday summer SoCal conditions. ย This year, the conditions were still โeverydayโ, but there was swell. ย Many set waves were head high and had the classic skate ramp form […] Surf SwellBrains | July 27, 2013 1 Comment