Rumors and talk have been floating around for some time now but it seems that it’s nearly official. China’s Anta Sports Products is leading a consortium to purchase Amer Sports for a reported 5.2 billion dollars this week. Amer Sports owns both ENVE and Mavic, as well as other active brands such as Arc’teryx, Salomon, Atomic, and Suunto … More
Last winter, Travis Rice and Chris Rasman went deep into Alaska’s Tordillo Mountains. Their trip coincided with about five feet of fresh snow — which was followed up by about 100 MPH winds.
This lead to long days of searching and even longer nights in the lodge, sipping exotic wines and contemplating fate or at least thinking about where, oh where, those pockets of good snow might be hiding.
By the end of it, Travis and Chris started to feel like truffle pigs — animals known for their acute ability to find rare objects or situations. You know, like geographical oddities and good snow.
UCI World Cup 2018 elite rookies Finn Iles and Kate Courtney, together with fellow riders Jolanda Neff, Loïc Bruni, Annika Langvad and Danny Hart discuss the importance of preparation and how the right approach can be a huge mental positive come race day, while coach Chris Kilmurray reveals the six P’s.