Skier Dies Throwing Double Backflip Into Lake in Utah 23-year-old skier Matt Heffernan died while cliff jumping at Causey Dam, east of Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday. Matt was drifting on tubes with 2 friends through the reservoir and intermittently stopping jumping off cliffs on the edge of the lake. Matt had jumped off a cliff for the fifth time. He attempted a double backflip and landed in the water face first and did not return to the surface. Matt’s friends jumped in after him but we unable to […] Cliff Jumping SnowBrains | August 16, 2015 6 Comments
Markus Eder Heli Skiing Turnagain Arm Who Is Markus Eder? Markus is a 23 year old Italian who, apparently, rips! This preview for Matchstick Productions upcoming film Days of My Youth and snowcases Markus skiing in AK with Chugach Powder Guides out of Girdwood. Markus has what it takes to hold his own, throwing high speed 360’s down AK spine lines and launching off massive diving boards into bottomless gullies. Chaz Diamond | April 5, 2014 0 Comments
Mickael Bimboes Sends Rocky Cliff HUGE in Chamonix French rider Mickael Bimboes sending it deep during the Chamonix stop. Talk about butterfly inducing, holy sh*t drops, that shark pit at the bottom is looking VERY mean. If it werent for the slight backslap early in his run, he probably would have taken home the win for this stop. Instead, his run was only good enough for 3rd. SnowBrains | March 15, 2014 1 Comment
VIDEO: Skier Sends Unplanned Huge Cliff @ Telluride A guy was skiing at Telluride ski resort in Colorado and decided to follow some tracks down a nice, mellow powder field. The field abruptly ended up in an enormous cliff named “Blowhole.” This skier realizes his impending doom just before careening off the Blowhole cliff and lets out a barbaric yawp. […] SnowBrains | February 19, 2014 4 Comments
Mt. Bachelor Final Weekend Video | Powder, Tricks of Cliffs, Pond Skimming, & The Biggest Wall Ride Around Closing weekend at Mt. Bachelor featured over 20 inches of new snow as well as the Sammy Carlson Invitational. Bachelor had a great year ending up with 363” of snow, 186 days of operation, and 98 days of having the Summit open. Not bad for a year that ended up pretty miserable in most everywhere outside of the PNW. Tanner […] Miles Clark | June 20, 2013 3 Comments
Eric Roner Jumps Shane McConkey’s Snowmobile off 800-Foot Cliff skip to 3:40 for the snowmobile jump This snowmobile B.A.S.E. stunt is interesting in that in hasn’t been done before… as far as we know. It’s impressive to watch how long Eric is able to stay on the snowmobile in the air. It kicks way back on him, he’s able to hit the throttle, get the nose back down, hang […] SnowBrains | May 13, 2013 2 Comments