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[VIDEO] Woolly the Mammoth Lands First-Ever Ski Backflip in Mascot Costume at Mammoth Mountain, CA

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In an unexpected moment of pure stoke, Mammoth Mountain’s iconic mascot, Woolly, stomped a flawless backflip on skis this week, marking what is believed to be the first-ever successful ski backflip performed by a mascot in full costume. The historic moment happened under clear skies on a perfectly built 10-foot park kicker in Mammoth’s Unbound terrain park. Witnesses say Woolly […]

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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Backflips Off The Tram Building & Mainline Pocket | Big Hucks Off “The Drifter” & “Smooth Air”

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Report from March 18, 2025 When you’re old, you need a plan. And a friend. Or, better yet, a friend with a plan. I had local legend Aaron Fox guiding me yesterday and he had a plan. There are so many options on a sunny powder day at Palisades… You can get overwhelmed. You can easily make the wrong call. […]

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Miles Clark | March 19, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: 360s, Backflips, & 720s in the Sun-Splashed Terrain Park With Simonas From Lithuania

Report from February 21, 2025 After skiing backcountry for the past 6 days, it felt like it was time to ski the resort. Specifically the terrain park. I started the day doing laps on the Aretu chairlift and hitting the park each run. I started just hitting one of the 2 big jumps then evolved to hitting them both. The […]

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Miles Clark | February 22, 2025
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: “Smooth Air” Redemption + The Biggest Backflip I’ve Thrown Since 2019

Report from March 26, 2024 Yesterday was a big day for us at Palisades Tahoe, CA. We rolled onto the mountain a little late because we weren’t expecting anything special. Then we got to Granite Chief and realized the peak hadn’t opened the previous day. Noah Gaffney, Kaz, Zeb, and Scott Gaffney were up there filming for Blizzard. They said […]

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Miles Clark | March 27, 2024
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: I Do Not Recommend Throwing Backflips 3 Days After Dislocating Your Shoulder, But That’s What Happened Yesterday…

Report from February 21, 2024 Three days ago, I dislocated my left shoulder. I got it back in within three minutes. I didn’t hurt much, and I seem to have recovered quickly. After taking 2 days off, I decided to go ski a couple of mellow laps today. KT held wet but fun snow. The snow on Headwall was a […]

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Miles Clark | February 22, 2024
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Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: Forcing It Hard in the Terrain Park With 20mph Winds, Frigid Temps, Cloudy Skies, & Powder Skis

Report from February 12 & 13, 2024 On Tuesday, Connery & Fox & Josh Gold got weird in the terrain park at Palisades Tahoe, CA. I was too tired to even ski that day. I tried to ski and tried to jump but it wasn’t working. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Connery Lundin (@c0nnery) I went […]

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Miles Clark | February 14, 2024
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Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: Wind-Buff Powder Day on KT-22 With No One Around

Report from February 7, 2024 Got up and out on KT-22 at 9am. No lines. Dead Tree. Wasn’t great. I was hoping the big wind of the morning would have blown things in better. Dead Tree skied poorly with old frozen hummocks of snow between wind-blown patches. I went home after one run. Brandon came over and chilled with me […]

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Miles Clark | February 7, 2024
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Palisades Tahoe, CA, Report: Granite Chief Powder, Backflips, Cliff Hucks, & Big Crashes on Legendary Lines

Report from February 6, 2024 Today was yet another powder day at Palisades Tahoe, CA. Ski day #56 (#361 since Dec 8, 2022). We got first tram and raced for Granite Chief. The Andy Hays & Nate Kush went for Glory Rock right under the chair and neither quite pulled it off. Nate lost his helmet cam… Owen Leeper and […]

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Miles Clark | February 6, 2024
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Alta, UT Report: Backflips, Backslaps, & Sunny West Buffler Laps

Report from January 18, 2023 I rolled up to Alta ski area, UT at about 10am on Thursday. It didn’t snow overnight but the wind had been ripping when I left at 5:30pm the day before. As I walked through the parking lot I wondered if there’d been enough wind to buff things out. A local skier ripped a 26m […]

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Miles Clark | January 20, 2024
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[VIDEO] 3 Backflips in Utah For The End of the “300” Project

Report from December 6, 2023 Yesterday I met up with Noah Gaffney & Jack at Alta with one goal in mind: backflips. I really wanted to land a backflip in the last days of this project. Yesterday was ski day #304 – the second to last day of the project. My cut-off is December 8, 2023. Noah was a gem […]

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Alta, UT, Report: Backflips, Double Drops, and Powder With Noah Gaffney

Report from December 5, 2023 Alta Ski Area, Utah, via chairlift for the first time this season today. Ski day #303 of the 300 project (the cut-off is imminent: Dec 8). Alta is full of snow. They’ve already seen 117″ of snowfall this season. There isn’t a ton of snow in Utah yet this year, however, Alta is doing pretty […]

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Miles Clark | December 5, 2023
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Mammoth, CA Report: D-Spin 720ºs, Backflips, 360ºs, Wall-Rides, Box Spins, & A Vicious Crash

Report from May 22, 2023 Brought to you by Mammoth Mountain Today was a wild one at the Mammoth Unbound Terrain Park. I woke up today planning to meet up with my buddy Inti from Bariloche, Argentina and ski a few park laps. I’m still exhausted today from skiing these great lines last week: Pinner Couloir Pete’s Dream Wineglass Couloir Mt. […]

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Miles Clark | May 23, 2023
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Trevor Kennison, World’s First Double Backflip on a Sit-Ski

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Trevor Kennison continues to push the limits and rewrite what is possible to do on a sit-ski. In 2014, Kennison was an avid snowboarder – until he suffered a life-changing injury on Vail Pass. Kennison hit a jump and accidentally started rotating forward, not wanting to land on his head, he tucked forward and landed on his lower back. The […]

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Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Powder & Backflips Above Stunning Lake Tahoe

Report from March 3, 2023 Yesterday was the last powder day of the monstrous 12-foot snow cycle here in Tahoe. Why the last day you say? Mostly because a 4-6 foot storm is forecast to hit Tahoe hard Saturday – Monday… We got out early, found no other humans, and skied shady, high quality powder. The views of Lake Tahoe […]

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Miles Clark | March 5, 2023
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Palisades Tahoe, CA Report: Backflips, Hard Falls, KT-22 Powder, & The Wolfpack…

Report from January 11, 2023 Brought to you by Palisades Tahoe We showed up early and waited for KT yesterday morning. Skies were cloudy and snowy. On our first run KT east was closed so I went west and made the bad decision to follow Bevan in the Alternate Chutes, which always slide, and they had slid… View this post on […]

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Miles Clark | January 12, 2023
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[VIDEO] Pro-Skier Escapes Avalanche With Backflip Off Cliff

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[VIDEO] SnowBrains 2020/21 Alaska Highlights: Helicopters, Spines, Powder, & Backflips

We spent the entire month of April 2021 skiing in Alaska, traveling around, chasing snow and good times. This was our 13th ski trip to Alaska (damn we’re getting old…). Within 12-hours of landing in Anchorage, we were flying in a helicopter with Triple Point Expeditions skiing some of the highest quality powder we’ve ever laid into in Alaska. After […]

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Miles Clark | November 1, 2021
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[VIDEO] SnowBrains’ 2020/21 Squaw Valley/Palisades Tahoe, CA Highlights: The Fingers, Smooth Air, Granite Chief Peak

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[VIDEO] SnowBrains’ 2020/21 Teton Range, WY Highlights: 172″ of Snow in February 2021…

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We spent the bulk of our season in Jackson, Wyoming skiing the Teton Range in the 2020/21 season. We made it up there for opening day in November, stayed for all of the 172″ February, and left with a huge smile on our faces on March 1st when spring hit hot and hard and it was time to move on. […]

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Miles Clark | October 19, 2021
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Squaw Valley, CA Report: 20″ in 2-Days, The Fingers, Backflips, 360s

Brought to you by Squaw Alpine Report from March 10, 2021 Yesterday, I woke up at 3:15am, drove to the Ruby Mountains, NV, skied the wild walled Terminal Cancer Couloir, drove to Squaw Valley, CA, skied a few laps on KT, and did a 24-hour fast (maybe that last part wasn’t the smartest idea for that day…). I came here […]

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Miles Clark | March 11, 2021
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