Top Snowboard Athletes Urge Action as Roadless Rule Faces Repeal, Threatening the United States’ Prime Backcountry Ski Terrain The U.S. Department of Agriculture is moving to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a landmark 2001 policy that protects roughly 45 million acres of national forest across 37 states. Conservation groups and athletes warn the rollback would open prized backcountry terrain to logging, road construction, and development—and the public has until Friday, September 19, to weigh in. Related: USDA […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | September 16, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Papsura | Peak of Evil | Patagonia Films Tucked deep in the Indian Himalaya is a 21,165-foot behemoth called the Peak of Evil, the face is split by a line so perfect and massive it pushed the skills of even the most renowned ski mountaineers. Papsura: Peak of Evil follows professional snowboarders Nick Russell and Jerry Mark from California’s Sierra Nevada to this remote corner of the world’s […] Backcountry SnowBrains | January 23, 2025 0 Comments
[VIDEO] ‘Octopus’ – Splitboarding 8 Couloirs in 24 Hours in Chamonix with Nick Russell and Pica Herry Jones Pro Team rider Julien ‘Pica’ Herry finds a unique Chamonix adventure in “Octopus,” a film that follows Pica and friends (Laurent Bibollet, Nick Russell, and Manu Gross) as they climb and ride eight couloirs in a single push. With a passion for linking up terrain in creative ways, the crew goes dawn-to-dark on the Aiguille de la Glière, riding […] Backcountry SnowBrains | January 21, 2025 0 Comments
The People of Petran, Turkey, Have Been Snowboarding for Roughly 300 Years [arve url="https://vimeo.com/186450193"] SnowBrains | July 19, 2022 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
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