This mother from Chicago set aside her fear and ego for her son
I am a black woman who learned to downhill ski for the first time at 50. My husband, Mike, has been a downhill skier his entire life. Every winter, he would watch the falling snow and remark, “I could be skiing right now.” However, circumstances kept him from the slopes. Circumstances like being married to a non-skier.
Then, we adopted an eight-year-old. Eric is a doe-eyed, peanut butter-brown little boy. He is lithe and full of kinetic energy; an adrenaline chaser. He is happiest on the move … More
An expression session for the ages in Jackson Hole was the first step toward bringing snowboard icon Travis Rice’s vision to life: A world class big mountain competition series that combines freestyle tricks with freeriding artistry in Wyoming, British Columbia and Alaska.
On January 27th, 2020, Travis Rice unveiled plans for a new freeride competition tour at three landmark North American sites that aims to begin in January 2021. To tease what’s to come, this announcement was paired with a test event on Rice’s home mountain of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort that included twelve of the world’s top backcountry riders.
“Never a dull moment hanging out with Kyle Strait and Cam Zink. Pit bikes, slalom tracks, dirt jumps, air bags… there’s plenty going on. We had a couple days to kill down in Southern California so we paid a visit to Kyle’s “Strait Acres.” He’s getting ready for Crankworx Rotorua coming up in a couple weeks so we set up a jump into an airbag so he could practice some tricks for Speed And Style. I hadn’t done a frontflip in a couple years so it seemed like a good chance to give that a whirl. Bubba Warren and Luca Cometti join in on the fun” – Cam McCaul