Have you been looking for a good avalanche book? You can stop searching because Tony Daffern’s Backcountry Avalanche Safety is absolutely the best one available. I read the book. Check what I think about it.

Interested in skiing the classic backcountry and off-piste runs? Check out our new Skiing Classic Backcountry Runs article series. In this first article we talk about Glacier Rond, one of the best known off-piste routes of Chamonix.

Damn! Russian Adventure of Freeride World Tour was postponed due to risky snow condition. Hopefully riders got a chance to enjoy very nice powder skiing. Check out also Glen Plake’s video reports straight from Russia!

Freeride World Tour season 3 begins in Sochi (Russia) and is followed by competitions in Chamonix (France), Squaw (USA) and Verbier (Switzerland). Crazy action guaranteed!

Overall ratingNo RatingsValue for moneyNo RatingsBeginnersNo RatingsExperiencedNo RatingsBackcountryNo RatingsSlopesNo RatingsThe 30-year-old Dan Loutrel runs Birdos, a small company in Andermatt producing skis of unmatched quality and appeal. Along with respected names such as Shane McConkey (RIP), Pete Turner and Stephan Drake, Birdos is among the chosen few that are suspected to have started the reverse [...]

A compilation of contest reports from our writes and a 26min TV highlight clip to top it off.

Our friend’s band is shown playing in a Salomon FreeskiTV episode along with a hairy crash & amazing recovery by Kaj Zachrisson..

Final results, Nissan Russian Adventure 2009
Ski Men: Sverre Liliequist (SWE)
Snowboard Men: Cyril Neri (SUI)
Ski Women: Jess Mc Millan (USA)
Snowboard Women: Aline Bock (GER)
Amazing kick off for the Freeride World Tour 2009 in Sochi
After the first day of competition with fresh snow and sunshine with an enthusiastic crowd, the 56 riders had a day to recuperate [...]

Marko has compiled a list of ski gear that’s essential for backcountry skiing.

Fred Syversen in an interview about his world record breaking 107 meter half-accidental cliff drop

The newest Nuit de la Glisse trailer is here!

If you are going to ski Chamonix this season, make sure to be there on February 21st and 22nd. That way you won’t miss Nissan Outdoor Games, which will bring the best extreme sports athletes to Chamonix. Nissan Outdoor Games has become THE event at the core of today’s action sports world, and guess what? [...]