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• Vail Resorts Being Investigated for "Unlawful Business Practices"

  15-01-2025 23:06 via powder.com
  
  A law firm has opened an investigation of Vail Resorts on behalf of investors concerning potential "unlawful business practices," according to a press release published by Pomerantz Law Firm.On January 2, 2025, reports from Seeking Alpha, a crowd-sourced service that publishes news on financial markets, stated that shares in the ski resort conglomerate company had come under increased selling pressure. These reports came in the midst of a more than 200-person strike by employees of Vail-owned mo
  
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• Webcam Captures Talented Ski Patrollers Triggering Huge Avalanche

  15-01-2025 22:39 via powder.com
  
  Imagine this: you've just popped onto Solitude Mountain Resort's YouTube channel to check their webcams, see how busy the lift lines are, check the conditions, and so on, when something in the Honeycomb Canyon webcam catches your eye. It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a giant avalanche ripping down Honeycomb Canyon!On the morning of Tuesday, January 14, 2025, ski patrollers at Solitude, Utah released a massive slide while performing avalanche mitigation measures. The slide ripped dow
  
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• Vermont Is Suffering From a Case of Powder Fever

  15-01-2025 21:52 via powder.com
  
  While an unfortunate high-pressure system has arrived at some ski resorts out West, Vermont is enjoying a snowy start to the new year.From destinations like Killington to the cult classic Mad River Glen, the snow has been stacking up over the past week—plus, there’s more on the way.
  Here’s how a few of the major Vermont destinations are doing right now.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Jay Peak Resort (@jaypeakresort)
  Jay Peak ResortTotal snowfall in the past seven da
  
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• Kai Jones Talks Skiing on NBC News

  15-01-2025 18:51 via powder.com
  
  Freeskiing, unless it’s an Olympic year, doesn’t spend much time in the national media spotlight. We’re stoked about double corks and powder turns; news anchors aren’t so much.But wunderkind Kai Jones—and his new film Falling Into Place—recently attracted the attention of NBC News, who interviewed the rising star during a morning news segment about trailblazing members of Gen Z called Making WaveZ.See below.Produced in collaboration with Teton Gravity Research
  
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• Kai Jones Details 'Life-Changing' Incident That Left Him Wheelchair-Bound

  15-01-2025 18:51 via powder.com
  
  Freeskiing, unless it’s an Olympic year, doesn’t spend much time in the national media spotlight. We’re stoked about double corks and powder turns; news anchors aren’t so much.But wunderkind Kai Jones—and his new film Falling Into Place—recently attracted the attention of NBC News, who interviewed the rising star during a morning news segment about trailblazing members of Gen Z called Making WaveZ.See below.Produced in collaboration with Teton Gravity Research
  
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• Interview: The_Man_Within_The_Map

  15-01-2025 16:30 via nyskiblog.com
  I remember noticing The_Man_Within_The_Map as far back as 2020. I always liked his approach as much as his skiing. There’s an upbeat life force that shines through his content. The man himself — Shane O’Toole — had a solid following and then this season, he kind of exploded. After I saw him stand up to defend the honor of Thunder Ridge on Instagram, I wanted to hear what he had to say. Our interview with Shane O’Toole follows. —Harvey Editor » Read More
  
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• Multiple Skiers Make History at Swiss Backcountry Freestyle Competition

  15-01-2025 13:16 via powder.com
  
  Last Sunday, spurred by the talents of Astrid Cheylus and Mila De Le Rue, freeskiing took a big step forward during the 2025 Nendaz Backcountry Invitational.The event, held in Nendaz, Switzerland, combines big mountain powder skiing with backcountry freestyle. In plain English—the event organizers selected a rolling off-piste run, peppering it with handcrafted jumps and allowing athletes to show off their freeride and freestyle chops. Whoever can throw down the hardest wins.The day of the
  
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• Why Can't I Find High Performance Ski Boots for My Tiny Feet?

  15-01-2025 13:03 via powder.com
  
  On an average Saturday morning last week, I did the open-the-car-door-and-gear-up-parking-lot dance in the Mt. Bachelor parking lot.
  The driver of the car next to me was sitting in the front seat of his vehicle with the door ajar. I asked him if I would be in his way if I put my boots on with the door of my passenger side door open. He said no.As I buckled my second boot, he started his own open-the-car-door-and-gear-up-parking-lot next to me, and now stood near me, buckling his own bo
  
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• Dual BOA Ski Boots Are Here, Like It Or Not

  15-01-2025 12:47 via powder.com
  
  Love it or hate it, BOA is here to stay in ski boots. In fact, a handful of brands are getting rid of buckles entirely on some of the boots with the introduction of the new Dual BOA® Fit System. Yep, you read that right: two BOA dials. Don’t worry, buckle purists, you’ll still be able to find plenty of buckle-only boots in your favorite brands’ lineups.The system was first developed and seen on alpine racing boots, to enable the highest level racers to securely and comforta
  
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