VIDEO: Charging Dream Spines in Alaska in 2015 Sven Kueenle comes to Haines, AK to film with Red Bull Media House for their movie “Passenger”, this is a video compilation of Sven’s best shots. Keenan Grady | January 12, 2016 0 Comments
Nothing But Spines in Whistler: Peter Wentz’s Spine POV Peter Wentz is a good buddy of mine from Squaw and Bariloche who is now the SnowBrains Whistler reporter. The kid can shred and knows where the good terrain in the Whistler area lives. Last winter, he got the chance at a few spectacular spine skiing days via motorsled and helicopter up in Whistler. This is what he saw. SnowBrains | October 10, 2015 0 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Backcountry Report: The Big Lines of “Alaskita” Little Alaska is my favorite line in Bariloche. It’s not too bad of a hike, the views are stunning, and the terrain is intense. Avalanche terrain management is priority number one here. The upper spines are subject to wind loading. The middle convex rollovers are textbook avalanche start zones and the lower chutes would flush you extremely hard if anything came down. This zone is only to be played with when stability confidence is high. The wind really hammered the Catedral massif two nights ago – pressing the snow down, scouring some zones, and filling in others. Little Alaska is very prone to wind and wind loading. The last time I […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 8, 2014 10 Comments
New Travis Rice/Brain Farm Film Announced Travis Rice and the Brain Farm crew know a few things about making movies. Their previous collaborations alongside Red Bull Media House have produced the iconic snowboard films That’s It, That’s All and Art of FLIGHT. A week ago they made the official announcement, they are at it again, and this time they have the technology. […] Movie Trailer SnowBrains | March 13, 2014 0 Comments
Japan Report: Pillows + Pillows January in Japan this year was special. We got snow, we got sun, we got pillows. The most interesting features here are spines that have pillows. We’ve coined them pillowspines. Every sunny day initiates a search for more pillowspines. Every snowy day is a search for pillows in the trees. Powder is the norm, pillows are the highlights. February has begun with rain, cold temps, and brutally hard snow for […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 5, 2014 1 Comment
頑張って – Photographic Reflections of Japanese Spine-Pillows 頑張って = Ganbatte = “Do Your Best” Spines and pillows: two of the more desired features in skiing. They come together in one of the most profound and sought after zones. The terrifyingly joyful minutes between top and bottom provide years of living, learning, and experience. At the bottom, you’re too breathless to shout, too exhausted to feel elated, too surprised you’re alive to be excited. Religious, out of body, life changing, orgasmic. Love outweighs fear. We find ourselves sprinting up the skintrack to ski these prolific lines. […] Featured Article Zach Paley | January 27, 2014 2 Comments
The Gift of Sun in Japan in January: Photos & Video In Japan, in January, it’s supposed to snow and snow a lot. They usually get about 300 inches in January. Not this year. This year, we’ve been in a cycle of snow then sun then snow then sun in place of the usual snow everyday. This year’s cycle has been great for getting up high and skiing some of the more exciting lines in the area. The X-factor has been the avy conditions. We’ve backed off of […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 22, 2014 0 Comments
January in Japan Conditions Report = Spines & Pillows January is the time to be in Japan. It snows and it snow and it snows. Except for this January. This January we actually got a few sunny days in the beginning of January and we hit the road and found what we were looking for: great terrain covered in snow. That’s what we’re all looking for, right? […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 9, 2014 7 Comments