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• Isa Santoire: The Skier Who Lost Everything And Became A Professional Climber

  30-06-2023 23:15 via powder.com
  
  How would you react if all your ski gear was stolen? Would you rebuild your stash bit by bit and try to back on the slopes as soon as possible? Or put skiing on the back-burner, and pursue a new life?Isabelle Santoire, Arc'Teryx ambassador and IFMGA Mountain Guide took the latter route, trading skiing for climbing and mountaineering. Watch this video from Arc'Teryx to learn more about her inspiring story.It's difficult to put myself in Isabelle's shoes. She was born in Quebec, Canada, and was tr
  
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• Whistler Shines Light On Essential Behind-The-Scenes Employee

  30-06-2023 22:41 via powder.com
  
  The in-bounds skiing experience doesn't run on lift infrastructure alone -- it's also maintained by the countless behind-the-scenes employees tasked with keeping resort operations, from ticketing to restaurants, operating smoothly.Christina Brown, the general manager of Blackcomb, British Columbia's Christine's restaurant, is one of those unsung heroes. Learn her story by watching the video below.I love stories like these. The lifties, patrollers, food service workers, etc... deserve all the pra
  
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• Travis Rice Carves A Stellar Big Mountain Line In Alaska

  30-06-2023 20:11 via powder.com
  
  Skiing has Candide Thovex, and snowboarding has Travis Rice. While they use different tools to paint lines across the snow, they're both generation-defining talents.Watch as Travis Rice lays down a run for the books in Alaska this past season.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Travis Rice (@travisrice)
  This clip was filmed while Travis Rice and professional surfer Kai Lenny shredded together in Alaska last season. It seems the trip was fruitful.Check out the entire trip recap at this li
  
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• Josh Daiek Is So Good That Even His Mistakes Are Fun To Watch

  30-06-2023 19:48 via powder.com
  
  Professional big mountain skier Josh Daiek was on an absolute tear last season, putting down countless high-consequence lines in California's Sierra Nevada range.Watch as Daiek miraculously recovers after a minor miscalculation.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Salomon Freeski (@salomonfreeski)
  Talk about catlike reflexes! The last time I under-rotated a backflip like that, I did what any other mere mortal would do and, y'know, ate it. But I'm not sure I'd consider Daiek a mere mortal.
  
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• Photos Taken One Year Apart Show Stark Difference In Ski Resort's Snowpack

  30-06-2023 19:29 via powder.com
  
  The snow gods giveth, and the snow gods taketh. That's the way it is. And this spring and early summer, at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, British Columbia, the snow gods seemed to be in more of a taketh mood. The resort uploaded photos yesterday showing the dramatic difference in snowpack between this season and last. Spring temperatures are a fickle beast, either preserving or rapidly melting alpine snow. It looks like Kicking Horse experienced the latter this spring and early summer.It's inter
  
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• Major New York Ski Resort Announces New High-Speed Chairlift

  30-06-2023 18:35 via powder.com
  
  Big news out of Whiteface Mountain, NY this morning. The resort has just announced that they're building a new lift that will open this season.Named 'The Notch', the lift is intended to connect Bear Den Mountain and Legacy Lodge. Check out the announcement with a concept map below:We're excited to announce the addition of "The Notch," a new detachable quad. The Notch will better connect Bear Den Mountain to Legacy Lodge, bringing skiers and riders to more beginner and intermediate terrain, while
  
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• Drone Footage Shows There's Still Plenty Of Snow Left For July 4th Skiing In Tahoe

  30-06-2023 18:27 via powder.com
  
  Palisades Tahoe, California's closing weekend festivities -- aptly called Freedom Fest -- are upon us. Starting today, June 30th, the Alpine side of the resort is open to skiers until July 4th for a season send-off.Check out the still-consistent snowpack below.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Palisades Tahoe (@palisadestahoe)
  While Alpine is open to skiers today, Freedom Fest properly starts tomorrow, July 1st, with various live musical acts taking over the Alpine Deck in the afternoo
  
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• Crowd Anxiously Waits To See If Skier Is Okay After Big Slam

  30-06-2023 18:18 via powder.com
  
  Mammoth Mountain, California will be open through at least late-July thanks to an all-time record snow season. The fantastic late-season conditions are bringing everybody who's anybody out to the mountain for summer laps.Watch Sean Walker goes huge but slams hard into the deck of a quarter pipe feature at Mammoth Mountain:@bigairaaron123 How big did @Sean Walker go ?#skiing #fyp #ski #4u #skiingclips #foryourpage #foru #foryou #skitok #skiingtiktok♬ Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O'Hara) - Daniel
  
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• Rad Dads Ski North America's Tallest Sand Dune

  30-06-2023 18:03 via powder.com
  
  Bruneau Dune State Park, Idaho is home to North America's largest free-standing sand dune. At 470-feet tall, the dune is a perfect place for sandboarding and sand skiing.Check out the video below in which Cam Good Times and friends use ski boards for a day of fun at Bruneau Dunes:Cam Good Times: "Join me as I take on this sand monster once again, and bring some skillful friends along for the ride! Check out my friend Matt’s channel! @PointBeing"That looked like a solid day of good-hearted
  
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• Killington Still Holding On To One Tiny Sliver Of Snow

  30-06-2023 17:48 via powder.com
  
  Killington, VT was the last ski resort to close on the east coast when they spun the Superstar Express on June 1st, 2023.As seen in the video below, there's still a tiny sliver of snow that's yet to melt on Killington's iconic Superstar trail. Check out the video with hilarious narration from Tim Robinson's 'I Think You Should Leave':@killingtonresort ❄️❄️❄️ Still hanging on…#Beast365 #Killington #Superstar #ThankASnowmaker♬ You Sure About T
  
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• Review: blackcrows Draco Freebird

  30-06-2023 14:30 via powder.com
  
  The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.In a nutshellThe new blackcrows Draco Freebird brings some exciting levity to the brand’s touring range. It’s fun and playful without sacrificing too much dependability in variable snow.Length Skied: 181 cmWeight: 1845 gStated Dimensions: 138-110-126 mmStated Sidecut: 21 mRecommended Mount Point: -5 cm The blackcrows Draco Freeb
  
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• The German Ski Hill Made From 35-Million Tons Of Mining Waste

  30-06-2023 14:13 via powder.com
  
  When you think of skiing in Europe, a few countries immediately come to mind: Austria, France, Italy, and Switzerland to name a few.Germany has its fair share of traditional snowy ski resorts, but one resort in Bavaria sets it apart from the rest- Monte Kaolino.The mountain is made of 35 million tons of sand that was leftover waste from a nearby mine. Rather than trucking the waste away, a 1960s businessman turned the slope into a ski hill.Check out the video by YouTube legend Tom Scott below:To
  
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• Oregon Skier Scores 23rd Consecutive Month On Snow

  30-06-2023 13:33 via powder.com
  
  There's an ever-growing movement in skiing and snowboarding to stack up consecutive months on snow. More than just a pickup line at the bar, consecutive months of skiing is a badge of honor touted by western skiers that weighs heavy in social currency.The video below shows @itsmufassaa hiking Oregon's Mt. Bachelor to earn her 23rd consecutive month skiing. Check it out:@itsmufassaa Turns all year round bby ⛷️ #skiing #summerskiing #skitok #skigirl #bikiniskiing #backcountryskii
  
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• Gen Z Skier Reacts To A Matchstick Productions Classic "The Hedonist" (1994)

  30-06-2023 13:13 via powder.com
  
  I have a confession: I'm a lifelong skier and fledgling ski journalist, but I don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of winter sports history. I know, I know. I need to get my act together.My eyes glaze over when grizzled ski bums 10, 20, or 30 years my senior start talking about their glory days. I'd love to participate in the conversation, but my naturally accumulated awareness of ski culture starts sometime in the mid-2000s -- anything before that is void, occasionally illuminated by old s
  
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• Out Of Control Skier Plows Into On-Mountain Restaurant Seating

  30-06-2023 00:40 via powder.com
  
  Ski videos, for better or worse, don't make my jaw drop very often. It's the curse of constantly writing about and watching skiing -- eventually, you get a bit desensitized to it all.But this video, this video right here, gobsmacked me. It's got it all. Excitement, carnage (I use that superlatively, no one was actually hurt, to my knowledge), and the always important element of surprise. I won't spoil it for you any further. Watch below.Kid turned himself into a human cruise missile.Imagine you'
  
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