WATCH: 1996 U.S. Extreme Skiing Championships This video of the 1996 Red Bull U.S. Extreme Skiing Championships, with commentary from Rod Elisha and Sandy Santucci, is the best thing you will see today. The event took place on some of North America’s steepest in-bounds terrain, at Crested Butte, Colorado, and features legendary skiers including Shane McConkey and Wendy Fisher. The ’96 Championships were hosted by Budweiser […] Featured Video Jesse | August 10, 2021 1 Comment
NASA: Extreme Winter Weather Causes U.S. Blackouts This article first appeared on the NASA Earth Observatory website A potent arctic weather system chilled much of the United States with frigid weather in mid-February 2021, shattering low-temperature records in the middle of the country. The extreme cold combined with several snow and ice storms to leave millions of people without power. Texas was hit particularly hard. According to […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 17, 2021 0 Comments
Crested Butte, CO Report: Soft Snow, Cliffs, and Party Laps Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from January 30, 2021 Crested Butte, CO – The Butte finally broke 100″ of snowfall for the season and the mountain is skiing well with plenty of soft snow. The mountain has just about every run open outside of the extremes. Today was an epic day with the Western Freeride Team. We […] Conditions Report Dominic Gawel | February 1, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: The Canyon Flipper – Brendan Fairclough’s POV From Red Bull Rampage 2019 [arve url="https://youtu.be/jFN8FtM0rPA"] CycleBrains | November 1, 2019 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO Conditions Report: Chalky, Rocky and Steep With 135 of 145 runs now open, Arapahoe Basin is almost 100%. Some of the only terrain left closed is the East Wall, which typically doesn’t open until late winter anyways. Snowpack for the region is currently sitting at 111% of average.Coverage is good, allowing most of the resort to remain open. With little-to-no recent snowfall since Christmas, conditions have […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | January 6, 2019 3 Comments
Canada’s Extreme IKONic Road Trip The IKON pass allows you to hit up some of the best snow and most extreme skiing in Canada! Included in this year’s IKON Pass are Revelstoke Mountain Resort and Ski Big 3 (Banff Sunshine, Lake Louise Ski Resort and Mt. Norquay). Revelstoke Mountain Resort is known for big snowfall and big terrain features while Ski Big 3 provides steep, technical terrain. For some […] Featured Article Kim Vinet | November 10, 2018 0 Comments
Thousands Stranded in Zermatt as Resort Cut-Off for Second Time in Two Weeks by Heavy Snowfall Thousands of tourists are stuck in the Swiss ski resort of Zermatt as it was cut off by heavy snowfall for the second time in as many weeks, reports the Evening Standard. Heavy snowfall and risk of avalanches left 13,000 people trapped in Zermatt just two weeks ago. Swiss authorities closed ski slopes, hiking trails, cable cars, roads and train services […] Weather Steven Agar | January 23, 2018 0 Comments
IMAGES: Huge Avalanche Buries Road Under Seven Meters of Snow After Once in a Lifetime Snowstorm in the Alps Unbelievable photos of a tunnel of snow towering above people and vehicles on a road that was buried by a massive avalanche show the current danger levels in the French Alps after “once-in-generation” snowfalls this week, reports The Local. The snowslide blocked the road between Bessans and the village of Bonneval-sur-Arc in the Savoie district on Tuesday and left the 250 […] Avalanche Steven Agar | January 12, 2018 0 Comments
Extreme Wind Blowing Chairs with Riders Vertical: NEW FOOTAGE If you’ve recovered from watching the video that emerged last week of the extreme winds in the Alps blowing chairs, a new video has emerged that is, if possible, even more frightening! Can you imagine what is going through those skiers minds? Weather Steven Agar | January 11, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Extreme Wind Blowing Chairs with Riders Vertical in the Alps Sport Harry – Montafon Heute wars ein bisschen windig erwin prommegger Although winter storm Eleanor is dumping feet upon feet of snow on lucky skiers in Europe, the downside is the insane winds and chaos that she’s also bringing with her. For those guests that complain when resorts close lifts due to high winds, check out the video […] Weather Steven Agar | January 4, 2018 3 Comments
Congratulations to Coen Bennie-Faull Winner of The Buller X Big Mountain Event, Australia After waiting all season for conditions to align perfectly event organisers of the ‘Buller X‘ extreme freeride event finally gave the green light for the competition to go ahead. This event operates much like big wave surfing competitions, such as the Quiksilver Eddie Aikau memorial event do, conditions have to align perfectly for the event to go ahead, Once competitors received the […] Industry News Caitlin Perry | September 27, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: Verbier Freeride World Tour Highlights & Crashes The best skiers and riders in the world charging on one of the world’s best venues: the Bec de Rosses in Verbier, Switzerland. This highlight/crash reel shows us the best of what went down this year in Verbier. All the best Xtreme Verbier Ski and snowboard memories featuring Loïc Collomb-Patton, Ralph Backstrom, Matilda Rapaport, Emilien Badoux, Jonathan Charlet, Kevin Guri, Reine Barkered, Drew Tabke, Sascha Hamm, Lorraine Huber,Ian Borgeson, Silas Chickering-Ayers, Xavier De Le Rue, […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2014 0 Comments
VIDEO | Wingsuit Flying Over Skiers America is the land of the free, but in Europe you are free to fly your wingsuit over skiers. Who is more free? Who knows. But this is pretty much insane and a great way to get all the adrenaline junkies on the same page. Right around 1:40 one of the wingsuit pilots goes for, what I can only assume is the equivalent of a wingsuit hand drag! I think this is a first, definitely haven’t seen wingsuit flying over skiers and paragliders. SnowBrains | March 13, 2014 1 Comment
Chamonix, France Conditions Report Video | June 1-13th & It’s Still GOOD “ ‘The winter that just won’t stop.’ — June 1-13, 2013 I am wearing a tank-top and shorts, thinking about taking a swim. It is hard to believe that just a few days ago I was shaking my arms trying to unfreeze my hands,wishing that I had a down jacket and some hot tea. Summer and the green valley are […] SnowBrains | June 20, 2013 1 Comment
Chamonix Conditions Report: Late May Powder & Face-shots in Cosmiques Couloir words and video by Nate Wallace The end of May in Chamonix continued to deliver conditions that have not been seen in most people’s lifetime. Instead of going to sunny beaches to tan and look at half naked beautiful people, the hardcore snow addicts just kept skiing. After first being skied in a storm this spring by Andreas Fransson, the […] SnowBrains | June 6, 2013 2 Comments
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