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15th Annual Powder Awards Breakdown and Cody Townsend Interview:

Thanks to the great people at Power Magazine & Snowbrains I was able to get an exclusive media invite to the annual Powder Awards this year. The event takes place once a year and in this honors the best of each and every discipline in free skiing. With free skiing changing and progressing so much every year the pow awards see something new and different win in each category, this yearThe event took place in downtown Salt Lake City on a busy Friday night, with some of the best skiers and companies in free skiing up for […]
Ryan Mulcahy |
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2014 South America Recap: Nevados de Chillan and Las Leñas

 I spent two months skiing in South America this summer, and it was fun! My trip took me to Nevados de Chillan for two weeks, Las Leñas for a month, and the Cordon del Plata for a week. I’ve been coming down here for nine years now, which makes me feel kind of old, but also very fortunate. The majority of these photos were taken by Moritz Morlok. Thanks Boyscout! I arrived in Santiago in the middle of August. Typically I head straight to Las Leñas, but things were looking a bit dry and warm there, so I decided to go south to Nevados de Chillan instead. I’ve been hearing good things about Nevados in recent years, and it seems to be the […]
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Lee Lyon |
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Skiing at Over 17,000-Feet in Argentina: The Super Canaleta

Dorian, dropping.

As the season came to a close in Las Leñas Argentina, Dorian Densmore, Alejo Sanchez and I decided we wanted to explore and ski something new. Here is what we got up to. Video (by Dorian) and trip report are below. Enjoy. If you’ve ever spent time in Mendoza, you’ve probably noticed some rather large, snow covered peaks not far from the city. This is the Cordon del Plata. We’ve all eyed runs from the city and dreamed about skiing up there, and decided it was finally time to do something about it. The highest peak and most enticing ski line seen from Mendoza is Cerro Plata (19,574ft), which towers more than 17,000 vertical feet above […]
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Lee Lyon |
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GEAR REVIEW – Patagonia Nano Puff Jacket

I get cold. Whether it’s winter, summer or somewhere in between seasons, I always have some form of insulation with me. For years I had a Patagonia Nano Puff pull over and it served me well. A super compressible, windproof primaloft sweater that weighed next to nothing and could fit in even the smallest of packs, I loved the Nano. But my beef was always with the fact that it did not have a full length zipper. When the Nano Puff Jacket came out a few years ago, my old pull over was still going strong but finally, this past summer, that old rag became just that – an old rag. So I ordered myself a full zip Nano Puff Jacket form EVO. […]
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D’Arcy McLeish |
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