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Take it to the Streets: Unpacking the Origins of Urban Skiing

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“Skiing” brings to mind varied images for each person that hears the word. Some think of crisp corduroy and the feeling of carving high speed turns on a fresh morning groomer. Others envision steep powder fields, waiting to be carved into symmetrical sinusoidal waves as turns are linked down the face. Over the past few decades, though, more skiers have […]

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Morgan Stierman | January 13, 2026
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VIDEO: The Bunch – LOVE YOU TOO

“Unconditionally.” – The Bunch Skiers Alex Hackel Oliver Karlberg Pär Hägglund Magnus Granér Maximillam Smith Kim Boberg Leo Bergström Hugo Burvall Emil Granbom Anton Lindén Sakarias Majander Lucas Stål Madison Harald Hellström

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VIDEO: Urban Skiers Take on the Streets of Madrid After Historic Snowfall

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Top Five Cities in the World for Urban Skiing

Number Five: Denver, Colorado Some of the most legendary ski segments have been filmed in Denver, Colorado. These include segments from Tanner Hall’s new short film “Eternal” and Ahmet Dadali’s opening segment in Level 1‘s 2010 flick “Eye Trip.” Ahmet closes with a famous S-rail transfer in Denver that helped him win IF3’s (International Freeski Film Fest) Best Male Performance. […]

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Dominic Gawel | December 22, 2020
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VIDEO: Urban Skier Redefines What it Means to “Thread The Needle”

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Harald hellström (@hahahahahharald) We’ve all heard about “threading the needle” by just pointing it down some wickedly steep and narrow line and holding on for dear life.  But has it gone too far?  Just ask urban skier Harald hellström, who sent this insane, literal hole-in-the-wall on skis…

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VIDEO: Phil Casabon’s “Ensemble” (2020)

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VIDEO: FW20 Armada B-Dog Edgeless Ski

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VIDEO: Social Distancing Required Genius Camera Work for this Awesome Urban Skiing Video

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VIDEO: Finnish snowboarder pulls crazy stunt on roof

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VIDEO: ‘Brain Massage’ – Full Movie

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CopenHill, the Danish Ski Hill on the Roof of a Power Plant

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When you need to locate a new power plant close to downtown in order to meet climate change goals, how do you get people to accept its location? You could try putting a ski slope on its roof. The soon to be completed Amager Bakke power plant in Copenhagen, Denmark is a key component to the City’s plans to become […]

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Curtis Weller | April 2, 2019
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VIDEO: Urban Skiing, Skateboards, No Snow

Real Skifi,  Summer “Skiing Through Summer” The boys from Finland just can’t stop skiing. From the streets to skate parks, rails, stairs, forests, and lakes, they do it all. They make urban skiing look remarkably natural. “Real Skifi is a title under which a Finnish group of boys have produced ski videos since 2011. The crew is best known for […]

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LadyBrains | August 21, 2017
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Detroit Street Skier Gets Busted on Live Newscast

A skier being towed on the snowy roads of metro Detroit was pulled over after inadvertently appearing on a live local newscast, following the Superbowl on Sunday night. A winter storm has dumped over 1 and 1/2 feet on parts of Michigan, the most snow Detroit has seen since 1974. “When I first turned onto 10 Mile, I was like, ‘OK, we’re doing this’,” said Jacob Lachowski, the skier. Lachowski and two friends, all students at Lawrence Tech […]

ameliatraynor | February 6, 2015
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