A Conversation with Alex Hall: Competing, Filming, And Everything in Between I recently had the chance to speak with Alex Hall, one of the most decorated slopestyle skiers ever, about his life in and out of skiing. He is best known as “A-Hall” or “your favorite skier’s favorite skier.” Some of his accolades include an Olympic gold medal and eight X Games podiums, half of which were gold. Coming off yet […] Max Brownback | July 11, 2024 2 Comments
The 9 Greatest Female Freeskiers of All Time These lovely ladies probably shred harder than they you. Maude Raymond – A Montreal, Canada native who rides for Armada skis. She spends her winters in Mammoth Lakes, California, doing what she does best. Grete Eliassen – An American-Norwegian professional skier who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has won six medals at the Winter X Games in slopestyle, […] Martin Kuprianowicz | March 8, 2024 30 Comments
Winter X-Games Slopestyle Spotlight: Red Gerard, Tess Ledeux, and Rene Rinnekangas – Day 3 Recap Aspen X-Games has been off to a blazing hot start, and now the heat of day three is in full fruition. Day three featured some of the most sought after events of the entire weekend, including Men’s Ski SuperPipe and Women’s Snowboard Big Air, but spotlighting the takeover of the Slopestyle field seems especially important today as it took up […] Trip Report Jesse | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Winter X-Games at Aspen, CO, Recap Day 2 Day two at X-Games provided nonstop action from some of the heaviest hitters around the world. In addition to the competitors showing out, a much larger crowd showed up for the Saturday games, and unlike Friday, today was a warm, sunny day. Eileen Gu, one of the headlining athletes who is representing China, showed why she is the best female […] Industry News Jesse | January 28, 2024 0 Comments
Winter X-Games at Aspen, CO, Recap Day 1 After living in Colorado for seven years, I have finally made it to my first Winter X-Games in Aspen. Needless to say, it has exceeded all expectations so far and has been absolutely action-packed. All of the competing athletes seem fired up and genuinely excited to take on the challenges that await them including some events that are brand new […] Trip Report Jesse | January 27, 2024 1 Comment
2021 X-Games Schedule Announced (January 29th – 31st) This yearโs 2021 X-Games, hosted at Buttermilk Ski Area from January 29th-31st, has released its events schedule. The schedule is as follows: Friday, January 29th 2:00 โ 3:00PM ET: Womenโs Snowboard Slopestyle 4:00 โ 4:45PM ET: Womenโs Ski Big Air 8:00 โ 8:30PM ET: Snowboard Knuckle Huck 9:00 โ 10:00PM ET: Womenโs Ski SuperPipe 10:30 โ 12:30AM ET: Menโs Ski […] Industry News Liam Abbott | January 8, 2021 0 Comments
Why The X Games Are Not Going To Calgary Anymore After being announced in early 2019 that Calgary, Alberta would host the Winter X Games from 2020 until 2022, it has now been confirmed that the extreme sports event will not be held there anymore due to a lack of funding. Most people in Calgary were happy when officials said in March that the city had secured the exclusive rights […] Industry News Micho | November 7, 2019 1 Comment