To be a backcountry snowboarder, you need a list of supplies that reads like the inventory list at an avalanche rescue station: truck, snowmobile, trailer, satellite phone, wilderness first aid kit. You need the right equipment and the ideal weather. Then there’s the risk of injury—the always-present reality of dying in the mountains. It seems safer and, frankly, cheaper to shred inside the perimeters of competitive snowboarding—but for 31-year-old Big Bear Lake, California, native Hana Beaman, there’s no comparing the two disciplines. “None of those big wins ever really got me as excited, as stoked, as … More
Introducing La Thuile Italy, the location that will host the 4th Enduro World Series race the 12th 13th of July 2014. From breathtaking alpine single tracks, to the historical mine trails in the woods, trough the undiscovered tracks of the Piccolo San Bernardo Pass together with some of the most influential enduro riders.
Snowboarder Danny Davis, who stated recently that winning X Games gold meant more to him than Olympic gold, came away with the medal he prizes most Sunday night when he won the Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe event at X Games Aspen 2014—in part because of who didn’t compete.
The legendary Shaun White, who had won the previous six X Games SuperPipe competitions at Aspen … More
If mountain bikers use saws and other tools, it’s often to create wood features in the forest. Julia Hofmann used them for a different reason, though: to finish her bachelor thesis. No, she didn’t assemble a series of wooden jumps and drops for school, but rather transformed a Series 2A Land Rover into her travelling bike caravan. Simply put, the German racer built her own dream vehicle, a two-wheeler’s four-wheeler that she’ll use to get to riding spots the world over. Below, she tells us the story of how it all came together … Video and more