• I Left the Mountains—Does That Mean I'm Not a Skier Anymore?

    I Left the Mountains—Does That Mean I'm Not a Skier Anymore?
    Within a few weeks of arriving in San Francisco, I backed into a car. I stepped outside, but before I could assess the damage, a shout erupted from across the street. It came from a big man standing next to a motorcycle who, not-so-politely informed me that if I hit his car—which was nowhere to be seen, by the way—he would knock me out. Welcome to the city, I guess. I had dreaded the move. For decades, I’d lived in places that made a mountain-adjacent lifestyle easy.
  • Meet The Man Behind HOTLAPS— Your Favorite Skier's Favorite Filmer

    Meet The Man Behind HOTLAPS— Your Favorite Skier's Favorite Filmer
    If you’re clued into skiing, you may have seen the footage.
    A skier tears through the terrain park. A camera operator, who only appears on screen as a blotchy patch of shadow, is close behind. Snow splatters the lens. Then, the skier goes airborne. The point of view chases, sometimes coming within inches of the twirling subject.
    Thanks to the 29-year-old Andrew Gayda, who releases ski videos under his filmmaking call-sign HOTLAPS, we’re as close to the action as you can get.For the p

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