Last winter Europe was basking in its best snow season since social networks began. My friends’ timelines were abuzz with updates and images chronicling the ridiculous amount of snow falling in the Alps. All of which would have been fine if I wasn’t heading to the usually snowsure state of Colorado for 10 days, where it was having its “worst” winter for a decade.
It hadn’t snowed for two weeks and nothing was forecast for the duration of my stay. Landing under a starry sky in Durango – after a short internal hop from Denver – my planned powder quest was looking like  … More
Do skiing and culture mix? Rarely. In 1834 the French novelist Balzac wrote about it in his novel Séraphîta, but the kit was rudimentary to say the least. (“Seraphitus threw his weight upon his right heel, arresting the plank – six and a half feet long and narrow as the foot of a child – which was fastened to his boot by a double thong of leather.”)
A century later another Frenchman, Jean-Paul Sartre, ventured to the slopes of   … More
Some audio/visual splendor of Ashbury bros shredding in the snowy southern regions of California that BEEF put together for us.
Featuring Jordan Small, Erik Leon, Chad Tarbell, Brandon Hobush, Justin Fronius, Brett Wilkinson, Ian Dodds, Richie Conklin, Jeremy Estorga, with cameos from CASTRO, Robert Toste, Deadlung, Laurent-Nicolas Paquin, Louif Paradis, Harrison Gordon, Mike Hakker, Lance Hakker, Chris Brewster, Johnny Miller, Jake OE, Cole Linzmeyer, Joe Sexton, Jake Kuzyk, Durrel Williams, and Oliver Dixon.
Mike Hornbeck, Ben Moxham, Brady Perron, and Corey Stanton bring you the second installment of the Meltdown Series, “Meltdown South” a short film shot this past July and August in Valle Nevado and Termas de Chilan, Chile. Traveling alongside Evolve Chile, watch as the crew explores the sidecountry of Nevados de Chilan, skate the streets of Santiago, and ride the parks of Valle Nevado and El Colorado. Aside from all of the action, Meltdown South paints a picture of the beautiful culture and rich history of Chile, through its people and its places both metropolitan and far off the grid.