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• How Powder Skis Have Changed Since the '90s

  28-07-2025 23:42 via powder.com
  
  Powder skiing is best described in superlatives. Words like deepest, lightest, fluffiest, or perhaps just the simplest descriptor best get thrown around like dice at a craps table. It's a testament to the otherworldly feeling provided by weightless and effortless powder turns, none of which would be possible without the right types of skis on our feet. Those skis, on the other hand, are best described by a single word that the ski industry has latched onto and absolutely run with: fat.But have p
  
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• Nearly $1.5 Million in Improvements Coming to Arizona Snowbowl

  28-07-2025 20:34 via powder.com
  
  Arizona Snowbowl, Arizona, is investing nearly $1.5 million in on-mountain improvements ahead of next winter, including upgraded snowmaking capabilities and new rental equipment.The snowmaking system upgrades are focused on intermediate terrain accessed by the Humphreys chairlift and, according to Arizona Snowbowl, will make for longer, more reliable ski seasons. Ski resorts across the U.S. rely on snowmaking to remain open through periods of low natural snowfall.Arizona Snowbowl’s staff i
  
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• Louise Ferguson Makes History at Red Bull Hardline Wales 2025

  28-07-2025 20:30 via powder.com
  
  Red Bull Hardline is one of the pinnacle events when it comes to downhill mountain biking. While still a race, Hardline goes beyond your usual World Cup race course by featuring massive jumps and drops. The event takes place twice a year—in Wales during the northern hemisphere's summer, and Tasmania during the southern hemisphere's warmer months.
  Hardline Wales took place on Sunday, July 27, 2025, and was quite possibly the most historic iteration of the event to date. For the first t
  
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• The 5 Wildest POV Ski Videos from GoPro's 'Line of the Winter' Competition

  28-07-2025 19:45 via powder.com
  
  What happens when you put cash on the line and ask skiers to submit their best POV footage?This was the basis for GoPro's yearly “Line of the Winter” competition, which has a simple premise. You put your GoPro on. You go and ski something crazy. Then, you send the footage to GoPro’s judges. They awarded monthly and overall winners based on athletic performance, video-capture quality, and overall WOW factor.Each winning line the judges selected is movie-part-worthy. These are fi
  
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• Burning Man Camp Needs Help To Bring Beloved Ski Slope Back in 2025

  28-07-2025 18:43 via powder.com
  
  The state of Nevada is one of the most mountainous in the United States.
  With over 30 peaks topping over 10,000 feet in elevation, there are seemingly endless opportunities for backcountry skiing exploration. A group of passionate Burning Man festival-goers, however, brings simulated snow-sliding to the desert floor of Black Rock City each year.What started in 2023 as a "learning experience" has become one of Burning Man's most unique camps. Dubbed 'Lake Lahontan Ski Resort' after Black Rock Cit
  
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• The Top 5 Cringiest Ski Ads From the 1980s

  28-07-2025 15:56 via powder.com
  
  Some of the fun of looking through old issues of POWDER is seeing all the things that have changed so much in skiing and some of the things that haven't! There are certainly some things in skiing that just wouldn't fly today, or rather, things that wouldn't fly as an advertisement in POWDER, but are still around and just as cringy. It's pretty easy to laugh at things like this and say, "Wow, that didn't age well," until you remember they're still happening, just less obviously. Maybe in ano
  
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