Trip Report: Snowbird, UT | “Pipeline Couloir” Report from June 5, 2024 Yesterday was my last ski day of the Northern Hemisphere winter. Ski day #190. Ski day #463 of the past 546 days. I’ve been skiing 6 days per week for 17 months straight (78 weeks). I’m exhausted… 11,489′ American Fork Twin Peak, UT “Pipeline Couloir” Details Summit (actually a notch): 11,300′ Car: 7,900′ Vertical From Car: […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 6, 2024 1 Comment
Pro Surfer Kai Lenny Saved by Surf Helmet Extreme sports are defined by high speeds and/or high risk and usually are done outside of mainstream sports. Surfing may not be considered extreme by some but that depends on what and where you surf. When you’re surfing at Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, you get a sport with high risk due to the shallow, volcanic […] Samantha Gates | January 18, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: Snowbird, UT – “Pipeline Couloir” on July 21, 2023 Report from July 21, 2023 “Pipeline Couloir” at Snowbird, UT yesterday was a buck-wild adventure ski! Maybe the best adventure skiing I’ve ever had anywhere… Rockfalls, waterfalls, evil melted-out black bomb holes, second-thought-inducing steeps, convoluted/corrugated snow, violent pitch changes, unholy spine-chokes, a large rocky waterfall mid-chute, and more rocks-embedded-in-snow than you can shake a stick at. I actually removed about […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | July 24, 2023 2 Comments
Snowbird, UT, Report: Bodacious Baldy Bowl Report from Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Video, music, and snowboarding courtesy of Juan Peon Yesterday we skied Snowbird’s infamous Pipeline Couloir. But that was only the beginning. There’s a ton of snow and a ton of options at Snowbird right now, which is open for uphill access. Yesterday only left us hungry for more. Today we returned to ski Baldy […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | May 25, 2022 0 Comments
Snowbird, UT, Report: The Taunting “Pipeline Couloir” Report from Monday, May 23, 2022 High noon and hot, the corn window had just closed. I was skiing heavy but exciting slush in Snowbird’s taunting Pipeline Couloir—a line everyone sees but almost nobody skis. The top section was steep and got my blood pumping. My legs were already screaming a hundred feet down it. Pipeline Couloir – Snowbird, UT […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | May 23, 2022 2 Comments
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Pipeline to Cross Underneath Appalachian Trail After a strenuous and drawn-out legal battle, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of a pipeline company to construct a new 600-mile natural gas pipeline that would cross underneath the Appalachian Trail on federal land. Related: Get Paid to Drink Beer and Hike the Appalachian Trail NPR News reports that The 7-2 decision overturned one part of a lower court […] SnowBrains | June 17, 2020 0 Comments
Trip Report: Snowbird, UT – “Pipeline” Today, May 18th 2020, I strolled up Snowbird ski resort in Utah to ski a chute called “Pipeline”. I, like many others, have been staring at this chute for years, but it’s almost never open. “One of the more gawked at and obvious lines at Snowbird and the Wasatch, for that matter.” – Andrew McLean in “The Chuting Gallery“ “Pipeline” […] Trip Report Miles Clark | May 19, 2020 1 Comment
Whistler Blackcomb, B.C. Report: EPIC January + A Rainy Feb. Whistler just capped off one of the snowiest months in recent history. With over 400cm of the good stuff falling in the month of January alone, the base and snowpack have finally caught up to historical averages. So far, over 670cm or 265 inches of snow has fallen in the 2019/2020 season. Although the snowfall totals are catching […] Conditions Report Peter Craigen | February 4, 2020 8 Comments
Watch This Video: Pipeline, Hawaii Going Off From a Helicopter The North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii is the Alaska of surfing. Finally, they have helicopter footage to give a close glimpse of just what is going on out there on that wave. From this close up angle, you can really see how gnarly things are out there at […] Featured Video SwellBrains | January 7, 2014 0 Comments
Kelly Slater’s Winning Wave @ 2013 Pipe Masters From a Heli The helicopter that filmed this was a little remote control heli and it nailed this shot. This video is only 19 seconds long, but should still blow your mind. It shows us an angle we never get to see. Kelly Slater won the Billabong Pipe Masters for the 7th time this year and this was a great wave that he scored in the finals. This drop in was crazy steep. Likely one of the steepest take-offs made in Pipeline competition. Kelly Slater wins 2013 Billabong Pipeline Masters and is now a 7-time Pipeline master. Aerial shot of his winning wave during the […] Surf SwellBrains | December 19, 2013 0 Comments
Was Kelly Slater Robbed of a World Championship Title Yesterday? One of the most dramatic Pipe Masters surfing competitions ever went down last week on Oahu’s North Shore. The Finals happened yesterday and the conditions were big and beautiful. Kelly Slater and Mick Fanning (Australia) were competing for the World Championship Title. Kelly had to win […] Surf SwellBrains | December 15, 2013 0 Comments
Swell Saturdays: Full Throttle, High Performance Surfing | The Boy Who was Raised at Pipeline If this doesn’t get you fired up to surf or try surfing, nothing will. Just check out how hard and far John John can power slide after his cut backs. Just like skiing & riding, the better you get at it, the more fun you’ll have. John John Florence grew up on the in Hale’iwa, in an ocean-side house at […] Surf SnowBrains | May 18, 2013 1 Comment
Swell Saturday: San Francisco’s Ocean Beach Looking Like Hawaiian Pipeline, Winter 2013 {Every Saturday, we’re going to attempt to inspire you to get out and surf with a sharp Surf video that will speak to your heart. SwellBrains.com is coming soon…} San Francisco’s Ocean Beach generally has surf that’s a jumbled up mess of whitewater, sand, and foam. On rare occasions (mostly in the winter and fall) it shines bright and becomes […] Surf SnowBrains | April 13, 2013 5 Comments
Swell Saturdays: Kelly Slater Surfing the Hawaiian Pipeline in Super-Slow Motion Pipeline, North Shore Oahu, Hawaii, December 2012. {Every Saturday, we’re going to attempt to inspire you to get out and surf with a sharp Surf video that will speak to your heart. SwellBrains.com is coming soon…} Each Saturday, we’ll bring you a surfing video that won’t disappoint. The North Shore of Oahu is skiing’s equivalent of the Chugach Range in […] Surf Miles Clark | March 30, 2013 2 Comments
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