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• Watch: Skier Sends Arapahoe Basin's East Wall On Snow Blades

  29-04-2023 14:00 via powder.com
  
  Snowblades are undergoing a significant revival across the country. That might be thanks to the Shane McConkey Foundation's annual Pain McShlonkey race at Palisades Tahoe, but who knows!Either way, we're here for it. Watch as skier Zach Ryan rips down extreme terrain on Arapahoe Basin, Colorado's famous East Wall on a pair of trust ski bladez from J Skis:Most people stick to groomers and small terrain park features when they're rockin' blades, but that seems to be beneath Ryan's skills.Ascending
  
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• Watch: Pro Skier Shocks Crowd With Mind-Bending Rail Trick

  29-04-2023 14:00 via powder.com
  
  Unrailistic, a unique slopestyle competition spearheaded by professional skier Jesper Tjäder and Red Bull, just wrapped up earlier this week. While we've already shared a few highlights from this event, which set loose a cadre of incredible skiers on a strangely amazing park setup, this one was too good not to share. Here's Alex Hall effortlessly sliding (and backswapping!) an absurdly long s-rail.There are a few takeaways here.First, Alex Hall is unstoppable. I don't know i
  
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• Look: Skier (Somehow) Lands On One Ski

  29-04-2023 13:00 via powder.com
  
  Sometimes, when you're skiing, everything goes wrong as you helplessly watch your ski inexplicably detach from your foot.For us mere mortals, that usually means crashing, but for pro skier Alec Henderson, a little slip-up is nothing but a minor setback. Here's a video of Henderson somehow landing a switch cork on one ski.I'm at a loss for words here.In the past, like many of you reading this, I've lost a ski on the takeoff of a jump or cliff. Unlike Henderson, though, when this happens, I resign
  
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