12.18.14

Wolf Creek in Trouble With OSHA and Forest Service Over Avalanche Death

Following the avalanche death of ski patroller Colin Sutton, who passed away last March in an area beyond the resort’s boundary, the Forest Service has filed several misdemeanor charges again Wolf Creek owner Davey Pitcher....

Sagan to Race Under the Watchful Eye of Julich

The wheelie-riding, ass-grabbing, sprint-winning, Slovakian missile Peter Sagan will be trained by the Tour de France podium finisher Bobby Julich. The pairing comes because both joined the Tinkof-Saxo team for 2015. Julich won Paris-Nice in...

The Amazing, But Dangerous Life Of An Avalanche Consultant

In the newest episode of Salomon Freeski TV, we get to follow Kevin Fogolin, an Avalanche Consultant up in British Columbia, as he throws bombs from helicopters and triggers some of the most spectacular avalanches...

Peace Park Shatters the Halfpipe Mold

Ok, so you need to overlook all the Mountain Dew and Burton product placement to really enjoy this “movie.” If you can do that, you have something worth watching. The Peace Park crew seems to...

LED Suits and Light Painted Mountains Make Afterglow The Season’s Brightest Ski Film

Just when we thought every trick in the book had been used up in the ski film industry, Sweetgrass Productions drops their teaser for Afterglow. This is three minutes of pure, creative skiing goodness. It’s...

Clown Intentionally Runs Over Cyclist in Santa Cruz

According to the SFGate.com, Jeremy Anecito, 28, clad in a rubber clown mask, apparently swerved across a road in Santa Cruz, California last week while purposely trying to hit a cyclist. Investigators said he was...

Ski Season Has Begun

It might be 100-plus degrees in SoCal, but ski season has officially begun in other parts of the country. Earlier this week a few lucky ski patrollers at Silverton Mountain in Colorado made powder turns...

Danny Macaskill’s New Skills Clinic; The Cyclocross(ish) Addition

On top of having mad, mad trial bike skills, Danny Macaskill apparently also has mad, mad sponsorship skills. His new video is packed with amazing scenery from Scotland’s Isle of Skye, a crazy hike-a-bike climb...

Alta Ski Area To Stay Skiers Only

A lawsuit brought by snowboarders seeking access to Alta Ski Area has been dismissed by a federal judge. In the suit, snowboarders argued they were being discriminated against and deserved protection under the 14th Amendment,...

Speedvagen Brings the Unicorn

The good folks at Speedvagen are at it again. This time with a Japanese inspired kit designed by Masashi ‘Ichico’ Ichifuru. The kit has dropped their signature number 11 and replaced it with a wild animal,...

Jens Voight Sets a New Hour Record

Jens Voight, 43, just road 205 laps around the Swiss National Velodrome to set a new hour record with 51.115 kilometers. Voight, who is famous for his saying “shut up legs,” went out fast and...

The Unfoggable Goggle

Abominable Labs is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund the F-BOM, a goggle that always eliminates fog. The technology works like the defroster in the rear window of your car. A thin-film transparent heater,...