Four U.S. Ski Stars Punch Early Tickets to 2026 Olympics The Stifel U.S. Ski Team is thrilled to announce the first four athletes to qualify for the 2026 Olympic team: two from the Stifel U.S. Freeski Team and two from the Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team. 2022 Olympic gold medalist Alex Hall qualified for slopestyle and big air and two-time Olympic medalist Alex Ferreira qualified in halfpipe. 2022 Olympic silver […] Olympics SnowBrains | June 11, 2025 0 Comments
FIS Rejects $420 Million Media Investment, Athletes Want FIS to Reconsider The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) recently received a proposal from CVC Capital Partners on November 30, according to an article by Fast Company. The proposal, titled “Project Snow,” offered an approximately $420 million investment in exchange for a 20% shareholding in the commercial rights to FIS’s snowboarding and skiing. This offer was rejected by the Federation days later in […] Industry News Quinn Brophy | December 21, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] ‘Restless’ – An Alex Hall Portrait by The Faction Collective Portraits: Short Film Series – The Faction Collective Restless. It’s the word that would come to define Alex Hall’s career. The first episode of the Portraits short film series, ‘Restless’ blends adrenaline-pumping freeskiing action with an intimate look at the extraordinary skiing career of Alex Hall, a.k.a. A-Hall, the Utah-based Faction athlete and Olympic Gold medalist. Related: A Conversation with […] SnowBrains | November 26, 2024 0 Comments
U.S. Ski & Snowboard Announces 24/25 Season U.S. Freeski Team U.S. Ski & Snowboard officially announced the 36 athletes who have accepted their nominations and will join the Stifel U.S. Freeski Team for the 2024-25 season. These nominations are based on predetermined selection criteria. Related: A Conversation With Alex Hall: Competing, Filming, And Everything in Between Two-time Olympic medalist and 2023-24 overall Crystal Globe winner Alex Ferreira leads the charge […] Industry News Press Release | September 16, 2024 0 Comments
A Conversation with Alex Hall: Competing, Filming, And Everything in Between I recently had the chance to speak with Alex Hall, one of the most decorated slopestyle skiers ever, about his life in and out of skiing. He is best known as “A-Hall” or “your favorite skier’s favorite skier.” Some of his accolades include an Olympic gold medal and eight X Games podiums, half of which were gold. Coming off yet […] Max Brownback | July 11, 2024 2 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
[VIDEO] Alex Hall Wins at FIS World Cup Big Air Event in Beijing, China Adding to America’s successful wintersports weekend in FIS World Cup events is Freestyle skier Alex Hall, who won the Big Air event at Beijing, China, on Friday. Related: Successful FIS World Cup Cross-Country Weekend for Team USA in Gällivare, Sweden, with a 1st and 3rd Place for the American Women The American skier had qualified for the Final on Thursday, […] Featured Video Julia Schneemann | December 5, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Alex Hall Spends the Afternoon Jibbing at Mammoth Mountain, CA View this post on Instagram A post shared by Downdays (@downdays_eu) With this drop, the rumors are confirmed: Alex Hall does more tricks in a single afternoon than most of us will do in a lifetime. Related: [VIDEO] Alex Hall Goes to the Future | Lands Double Cork 2160 to Take X Games Gold Sick edit… SnowBrains | June 7, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Watch Alex Hall and Nick Goepper Take Gold and Silver For Team USA in Men’s Freeski Slopestyle https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1493783129902837761 Team USA’s Alex Hall stomped a massive first run in the first round of the men’s freeski slopestyle at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics that all but ended the competition before it had even begun yesterday. “It definitely was the best slopestyle run I’ve ever done, mainly because it embodied everything I love about skiing and how I approach […] Olympics SnowBrains | February 16, 2022 0 Comments
[OLYMPICS] Team USA’s Alex Hall Qualifies for Skiing Big Air Finals Alexander Hall, a 23-year-old from Park City, Utah, representing Team USA, is making a name for himself in the Big Air Competition this Olympics. After landing five full rotations, an 1800 on his first run this Olympics, he just qualified for finals, which will take place this Wednesday, February 9th. Related: [VIDEO] Alex Hall Goes to the Future | Lands […] Olympics Aunika Skogen | February 7, 2022 0 Comments
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X Games Real Ski 2021 Results X Games Real Ski 2021 has concluded, and all of the results are in. Every skier and filmer in the competition worked tirelessly through the beginning of ski season to make a 90-second video. This was the first year that urban and backcountry shots were allowed, allowing riders to showcase their skills in each area. X Games judged each video, […] Featured Video Dominic Gawel | March 2, 2021 1 Comment
X Games Real Ski 2021 Videos Are Live The X Games Real Ski videos went off this year, as they always do. There are several firsts in this contest. The first woman to compete in a Real Ski event, Taylor Lundquist, absolutely slayed and set the bar high. This was also the first year without requiring that every shot had to be filmed in the streets, so there […] Industry News Dominic Gawel | February 24, 2021 0 Comments
Press Release: Faction Announces New Collab with Stance Socks Faction Skis is excited to announce a new collab with Stance Socks, featuring the breathtaking artistry of Kengo Kimura — across both the Faction Prodigy 2.0 Stance Collab Ski & the Stance Faction Spirit Sock, made of 100% Merino wool for the utmost comfort and zero stink. The product just dropped TODAY. The Faction x Stance Collab Pack features: • […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 22, 2019 0 Comments