In episode two, we meet professional snowboarder and cinematographer, Seth Huot, to discuss the relationship between filmer and rider. We learn how the two have become codependent on one another in the attempt to capture the perfect shot. Watch as Pat and Seth venture to Quebec City for some epic urban riding.
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Heading into the men’s ski slopestyle final in Sochi on Thursday afternoon, all four American skiers looked primed to dominate the field. Joss Christensen had topped the pack in the qualifying round, with Nick Goepper and Gus Kenworthy cracking the top five and Bobby Brown bringing up the rear.
Who knew a qualifier could be so prescient?
Team America made history tonight. In a clean sweep secured almost entirely with first runs … More
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A couple of weeks ago we took two weeks out of an amazing Ontario winter to travel to a country we knew next to nothing about. It turned out to be a really good decision as we got to experience summer like weather in the city of Sofia, deep snow at Pamporovo Mountain Resort, and the very mellow attitude of locals towards snowboarding in cities. Having no expectations going into the trip we couldn’t be more happy with the time we got to spend with the Stinky Socks and Ninja Squad family. We can’t thank them enough for all of their hospitality and can guarantee we will be seeing them again in the future.
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Telluride, Colorado, with its steeps, backcountry access, and lack of a halfpipe, is better known for breeding mountaineers than park skiers. But for 22-year-old Gus Kenworthy, who snagged the third spot on the men’s Olympic slopestyle ski team for the USA—and was just a few points away from a spot on the halfpipe team, too—growing up in that southern Colorado hub of big-mountain skiing has made him creative, unafraid, and ready to step up to Sochi.
Kenworthy is, by the numbers, the most well-rounded freeskier on the planet. He’s won … More
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