The recent heavy snowfall in the western U.S. hasn’t been good news for everyone on the slopes, especially those involved in the Freeride World Tour at Squaw Valley. Unfortunately, after a successful first day of competition on the Silverado Face, a storm rolled in and made conditions on the elusive Tram Face too dicey [...]
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The Winter Dew Tour today announced the schedule of events for its final stop of the inaugural season, the Toyota Championship, held Feb. 19-22 at Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort in Truckee, Calif. The world’s top snowboard and freeski athletes, including Shaun White, Torah Bright and Simon Dumont, will compete for the coveted Dew [...]
In its twelfth year, the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix, Televised on NBC Sports and Versus, features some of the top riders in America vying for $300,000 in cash prizes at world class venues. In just over two weeks, the event will make its way to Lake Tahoe’s Boreal Mountain where you can witness top [...]
As if we needed any more motivation to go out and play in the snow this winter, January has been officially dubbed “Learn A Snow Sport” month. Resorts in over 20 states are offering special ski and snowboard packages as incentive to get your ass, and your friends’ asses out into the fresh air [...]
This Thursday marks the first day of Los Angeles’ awesome Ski Dazzle event. Already in its 45th year, the event will feature over 50 resorts & travel companies, over 20 retailers, and all sorts of other fun stuff including huge sales, free lift tickets and prizes.
I have to say, as a recent transplant from [...]
Today begins the sixth annual Stowe Mountain Film Festival, which showcases the latest and greatest ski/snowboard smut from around the globe. among the films featured in this year’s festival are Matchstick Production’s highly anticipated new film, CLAIM, a really boring and low-budget looking Telemark film called Harmless (it would probably be harmless not to watch this one) and 600″, a film that lets us relive the 600 inches of snowfall that Jackson Hole got last season while we in the Sierra Nevadas were riding brown snow and pine tar. Thanks for dredging up the bad memories you a-holes.
For all those bargain hunters out there, tomorrow marks the opening day of REI’s Winter Sale (Nov 21 – Dec 1). It’s finally time to put away that pair of Kombi gloves you’ve had since 1985 with each finger wrapped in duct tape, or maybe it’s the Nevica one-piece you’re holding onto. Regardless, [...]
Whether or not you made it to this year’s Icer Air competition at McCovey Cove, you can still participate in their “Freestyle” Contest that awards the winner a 2-night stay in Squaw Valley. Just put together a montage of your own highlights from the event, or you can go to the link below to [...]
Are you kidding me?!?! Wine tasting, beer tasting, rail jams, and gear sales…oh my! That’s right…next Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 1 & 2) come to the inaugural San Francisco Ski and Snowboard Festival at Fort Mason for the goods. Spend Saturday sipping wine and checking out the latest gear or head over [...]
This year’s Subaru Freeskiing Open makes its second stop this weekend at Squaw Valley. And just in case you’re making a concerted effort to avoid the crowds during the 3-day weekend, the North American Championships will be back at Kirkwood at the end of March…so keep your panties on. Here’s the schedule of [...]
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