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• Skier Gives Detailed Tips for How to Navigate Corbet's Couloir

  09-03-2023 23:30 via powder.com
  
  Corbet's Couloir is firmly solidified in freeskiing lore. The Couloir, located in Jackson Hole, WY, has hosted countless movie movements, seeing huge sends and reckless backflips. These days, most know it as the staging ground for The Kings and Queens of Corbet's, a competition involving relentless meat chucking.This begs the question, is Corbet's Couloir really that hard to ski? According to professional skier and Jackson local Owen Leeper, yes and no. In a recent TikTok upload, Owen offered ti
  
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• Freeskier Hikes 2 Hours for Epic 20 Seconds of Skiing

  09-03-2023 23:04 via powder.com
  
  If you're okay with making broad generalizations, you can categorize skiers into one of two camps: those who are cool with walking uphill and those who aren't. There are nuances here, of course. Some skiers spend most of their time on chairlifts. Others are obsessed with grueling multi-day backcountry tours. The great equalizer amongst those divided on human-powered skiing and lift-accessed skiing is, well, skiing—most of us are in it for the turns.Max Zimmermann, a Line Skis team rider, f
  
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• Powder Review: Moonlight Mountain Gear Cruiser Carbon Superlight

  09-03-2023 16:13 via powder.com
  
  In a nutshellIf you like light skis and earn a lot of human-powered pow turns, the Moonlight Cruiser 120 Carbon Superlight should absolutely be on your radar, but make sure you have the self-control to only take it out on days where it truly makes sense. The Batmobile has its place, but it’s a little impractical as a daily driver.
  Length Skied: 186 cmWeight: 1277, 1286 gStated Dimensions: 145-120-135 mmStated Sidecut: 26 mRecommended Mount Point: -10.5 cm, reviewed at -7.5 cmIntro When som
  
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• Powder Review: Salomon QST Echo 106

  09-03-2023 02:07 via powder.com
  
  In a nutshellThe QST 106 Echo is a modern touring ski, for modern skiers. It’s confident, playful, and delivers a shockingly stable ride that will work well for a wide range of skiers in a wide range of locations.Length Skied: 181 cmWeight: 1803 gStated Dimensions: 139-106-126 mmStated Sidecut: 19 mRecommended Mount Point: -8 cm for tech bindings, -9 cm for alpine bindings (skied at -8 cm)The Salomon QST 106 Echo is available at evo now.IntroSalomon’s QST 106 has quickly become a ben
  
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• Let’s Talk About Weight

  09-03-2023 01:27 via powder.com
  
  As more and more skiers experience the draw of backcountry skiing, the conversation about what your ski gear weighs, and why, has come to the forefront. So it’s time we touch on this topic, explain why we talk about ski (and boot, and binding) weight the way we do, and offer some recommendations for folks just starting to pay attention to what their gear weighs.UnitsThe first, most obvious question is how do you state your weights? On Powder.com, we will always use grams and kilograms. Yes
  
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• Powder Magazine's New Gear Editor

  09-03-2023 01:25 via powder.com
  
  My name is Cy Whitling and I’m a nerd who really likes skiing.Powder didn’t introduce me to skiing, I’ve got a promotional DVD that came as the prize in a large box of granola bars to thank for that. Instead, Powder taught me what skiing was all about. I vividly remember laying on the floor of a friend’s bedroom, Wolfmother blasting in my headphones, reading every single word on every single page of every single issue of Powder he kept stacked on his bedside table.Before
  
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• Skier Clips a Tree While Doing a Back Flip and His Response Is Priceless

  09-03-2023 01:17 via powder.com
  
  Trees are part of the deal when skiing. If you respect their space, they'll respect your space. While maintaining this equilibrium is usually easy, blind take-offs can complicate matters. That's the thing about trees: they're suspiciously adept at sneaking into landings when you least expect it. Crashing into powder feels great after backflipping a cliff. But crashing into a tree? Not so much.@isntdrake2, a certified Utah shredder, learned this lesson the hard way, as evidenced by his recent Tik
  
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• How Gear Reviews Work at Powder

  09-03-2023 01:17 via powder.com
  
  Opinions and impressions without context are worse than worthless! That’s been our mantra as we work to get Powder’s gear division back up and running. It’s easy to write about how a ski feels. But without context on how it compares to other similar skis, how you like to ski, where you were skiing, and what the conditions were, those words don’t hold any value.That’s why we’re committed to giving you the context for every review we publish, starting here.Objec
  
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• Watch: 4-Year-Old Attempts to Nail a Trick After Watching Freestyle Competitions

  09-03-2023 00:14 via powder.com
  
  When I was 4-years-old, I wasn't much of a skier. Or I assume I wasn't much of a skier, at least. Many of my vivid memories from that age involve tripping and falling on carpets, so avoiding crashing while skiing was probably too tall an order for me.Not all 4-year-olds are uncoordinated, though, as evidenced by @thatmountainlife's recent TikTok clip, which involves a talented grom named Adia. Check it out for yourself.@thatmountainlife 4-year-old skiing tricks Adia just finished watching some f
  
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