Snowmobiles are polarizing machines. While many people dislike the noise they create, they are a powerful tool to access peaks when used responsibly. Travis Rice and Dan Adams put them to use in this video.
Reporting two trails and two chairlifts open, and a 12-inch base, images on the ski area’s social media show hordes of happy skiers making do with early-season conditions.
New service will film skiers and riders with autonomous drones, providing an aerial video perspective of popular runs.
In what may be the best deal in the history of real estate, an entire ski area in Idaho is for sale for less than the price of a condo.
Vonn really gets into her role, scolding skiers for going too fast in Vail’s base area in this silly video.
Flylow gloves are born from fire to keep your fingers warm.
Not what we expected. Not at all.
The S1+ hardware can fail, resulting in no signal transmission during an emergency situation, even as the unit appears to be powered on and functioning properly.
An after-market add-on for goggles, this device provides heads-up displays on speed, runs, and can even find your friends.
A gondola connection will create a Euro-scale ski area in California.
A glimpse at the life of a Gear Junkie.
State by state, the “Snowiest Ski Resorts” infographic charts the areas that gets the most snowfall.
The park gives girls and women a place of their own to jib, grind and grab.
Who you calling Slob? What, are you Mute? Fine, just bring me some Chicken Salad. (Yes, that just described a series of snowboarding tricks.)
This video may be “old” in Internet years, but the 2008 comedy is still hilarious. If you haven’t seen it (or even if you have), enjoy this classic.
Corduroy, synthetic fabrics, as well as a new kind of waterproof/breathable membrane make for outerwear unlike anything we’ve ever seen.
Skiing and riding are expensive sports, but there are a lot of ways to soften the financial blow. We offer 27 ways to save and hope you’ll share tips, too.
The third film from 10-time Big Mountain Rider of the Year Jeremy Jones won’t be released until fall 2014. For now, this trailer will have to do.
Think you don’t have choices when it comes to American-made skis and snowboards? Think again. We preview 14 rides that are just the tip of the domestic-made plank.
Parking meters, overpasses and stairways offer a group of talented athletes an off-piste urban playground in which to air it out.
Snowboarders will shred Minneapolis in October during the Downtown Throwdown, an urban competition on a man-made structure covered with chipped ice.
Homeschool Snowboarding touts performance before style with its base layers and outerwear. But any time you insert long johns with a rainbow-on-black motif it pretty much balances the equation.
GearJunkie is back from the Snow Industries Association Trade Show (SIA), in Denver last week. We’ve put together a few to-be-released items here that any self-respecting snow junkie needs to know about, and now.
Snowboard kingpin Jeremy Jones said he’s “bailed on machines,” including snowmobiles and helicopters. He now skins into the wilds on a split-board in search of powder and sick lines. Our writer recently interviewed Mr. Jones about gear, apparel, and his backcountry style.
He is a character in a video game and a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. He co-produced the mega-hit “Art of Flight.” And last month Travis Rice, age 29, won a first-of-its-kind competition in the B.C. backcountry he helped create, the Red Bull Supernatural. We caught up with Rice for a few questions.
Bizarre handmade snowboards created by Corey Smith are part art, part performance product made for shredding the deep white. For $500, you can buy one of these hand-shaped, hand-painted wooden boards from Smith’s Spring Break Snowboards upstart.
Our reporter spent three days at the SIA Snow Show in Denver this past weekend, a trade event where hundreds of companies exhibit new goods. Here is our second report from the show, a few items that caught this “snow junkie’s” eye.
Centuries ago, the first skiers slid and glided over flat land with the aid of a pole. Today, snowboarders at long last can join in for traversing horizontal snowy terrain.
Promising a Cyborg upgrade to your skiing experience, this snap-in system gives a tiny LCD display to reveal GPS data, real-time speed and altitude as well as other “dashboard” stats as you ski.
Burton’s $300 package includes a board, bindings, boots, a travel bag + a lesson and a lift ticket. Ideal for young kids who want to get into snowboarding.
A new collaboration by Adidas and Burton is a clean and classic outerwear and apparel line. It just may make you reconsider what “Adidas” as an acronym actually stands for.
No, thanks.
