Thanks to “verbier61″ in TGR forums I found this pretty cool new alpine touring (prototype) item.
Almost every major manufacturer is offering an AT boot these days. So, this shouldn’t be big news. However, Dalbello boots have a certain cult following (as do Full Tilt boots too) – they’re kind of the descendants of the legendary [...]

$80,000 for a heli-ski season pass. A bit too expensive for us, but maybe not for some others

Heading to Dubai? Remember to take your skis or board with you because you can go skiing in Dubai. Believe it or not, it is possible to ski and ride snowboard in one of the warmest countries in the world. The United Arab Emirates have developed the world’s largest indoor ski resort ever made. It [...]

Fred Syversen’s unintentional 107 meter drop has raised quite a lot of discussion lately. Perhaps even too much? (Remember that these kinds of events are not the “real face” of skiing anyway.)  Still it seems that the most hair-raising moments of skiing/snowboarding are those that draw the attention of the masses. That is pretty obvious though: even [...]

Fred Syversen’s unofficial world record on cliff dropping has been under discussion for about a year. Rumors said that Norwegian freeskier Fred Syversen had accidentally dropped more than anyone ever before. Many of us didn’t believe this because there was no evidence. Just words.
Fred Syversen and his 107 meters unintentional world record cliff jump
Now it is [...]

Aspen/Snowmass opened Thanksgiving Day. Aspen Mountain has limited runs open with top-to-bottom skiing, 3,267 feet of vertical, while Snowmass has nearly 100 acres and limited runs with 2,100 feet of vertical. Aspen Mountain opened with four trails and 48 acres of skiing all of it at the top of the hill with 1,100 feet of [...]

Finally, we got some snow here. At least for the few days…the sad truth is that the 15 days forecast shows + degrees (Celsius) for the whole period. So, we had a taste of winter for a short time. The two previous winters have been exceptionally warm here and I guess this one won’t break [...]

Freeride World Tour, the biggest freeride contest in the world, is soon starting with qualifiers. Riders for the Freeride World Tour are going to be qualified in the following nine independent freeride events.

1. THE NORTH FACE MASTERS SNOWBIRD (USA), 30 January – 2 February, snowboard only, sister events of the Nissan Tram Face – Squaw [...]

Heliskiing season in Sweden has started. Arctic Elements, managed by Mattias Cöster, operates heliskiing trips to the best backcountries of Sweden. Heliskiing in Sweden sounds pretty interesting, especially when looking at the pictures in the website of Arctic Elements. There seem to be a number of very nice mountain faces and couloirs, and what’s best, [...]

Wally skis are something I knew nothing about before yesterday. Although it might sound strange carbon fiber based luxury yachtes have something to do with skis and mountain sports. I am not much interested in yatches, so may be that’s the reason why I never had heard of Wally skis. Anyhow, as Wally makes also [...]

I just discovered a really interesting video in Lou’s Wildsnow blog. It’s about filming STEEP, one of the coolest ski movies ever filmed. STEEP was released already on 2007, but this interview of the producers of STEEP gives an interesting view to the film and big mountain skiing in general.

There are few short clips of [...]

Hublot All Black Ski is a new ski model developed by a Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot. Geneva based Hublot joined with Swiss manufacturer Zai in order to develop the exclusive Hublot All Black Ski model. Hublot All Black Ski are stylish skis targeted to those who want to differ from the masses.

Hublot All Black Ski [...]