Half way to a 100

Yesterday we celebrated my moms 50th birthday! Kept it pretty simple, had some of the closest relatives over and ate s b...

David Michalove is AWESOME!

David Michalove is awesome! He's a recent Facebook friend of Surface skis and was kind enough to do a mini intervie...[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/84/14/8414.jpeg[/IMG]

The Rockies Revisited

  15 years ago I walked past morraine lake on my way to climb a super cool pillar, on my way there I recall looking up the 3/5 couloir. At the time I was not a ski mountaineer and did not think about skiing it. I did enjoy the beauty of the zone but had no idea of the ski potential of this area. Last fall, Tracey and I came here to celebrate our first year of marriage, at this point I did look up and wish to explore higher up the couloir and around the mountain tops. The area is so beautiful that it was on our Twenty dollar bill in the 80's. Anyhow yesterday was the day that I finally explored the mountains surrounding the lake. At 1:50 am I awoke and I was driving by 2:07. I met up with the golden crew, Jon Walsh, Isaac Kaminsk and Mark Hartley. From there we drove to Lake Louise and up to Morraine Lake. By 5 am my time, or 6 am mountain time we were off. The couloir is huge over 3300ft or 1000m from the fan to the top. We all skinned and booted quickly knowing that we had a huge day ahead for ourselves. 3 hours later and we were at the top. A quick bite to eat and we skied down and around to the south sides of Quadra and mt-Fay. We booted up a couloir to get onto the north side and then we were looking up this wicked north facing line. I was pretty psyched to be there so I led the charge up the couloir, up and up I booted till finally I passed of the lead to Jon, he swam his way up to the sub summit. We followed and each of us progressively exposed more blue ice under the snow. The glacier was not far below the snow, 50 cm of snow lay on it. Standing on the peak we were all pretty excited to ski, it was a beautiful line and had lots of nice may powder on it. We shredded down, watching out for our sloughs; as the snow was moving quickly and would easily knock you off your feet. Great run, and then we toured back around to the south side of Mt-Fay. We skinned a little and then ended up boot packing to the summit, right up the south face. Summit of Fay was great and we heaed to the top of the north line. I knew a friend of mine had just been there so I was suprised to see that they had not skied it from the top. We wondered why, but we rappeled in and clicked into our skis. Isaac skied first and soon enough he understood why they had not skied. The glacial ice was much closer to the surface and Isaac side slipped a lot of the snow off, I followed and removed what was left and then left Jon and Mark above the blue. They deemed it "unskiable" and set up an achor and rappeled down. We all enjoyed the line and skied over to the hut. A nice break in the CAC hut and then we skied the 3/5 couloir. Wicked steep powder turns for the first 1000, runneled hard turns for the next 1000 ft and then spring corn for the last thousand.  So great to finally visit this area.  You can't quite see the Mt-Fay line in this photo, it is hidden behind that mountain. Awesome adventure.

Ketchum Air

Level 1 Productions enjoys massive transfer gap in Sun Valley, Idaho.

TGR goes 3D

The 3D Experiment by Todd Jones originally posted at tetongravity Thursday May 13th, 2010 Stevens Pass, Washington James Cameron has predicted that 3D will replace 2D as the standard, mainstream format for film, television and online content in less than 25 years. Cameron says, “Creating only good 3D content will be critical to swelling the market as bad experiences [...][IMG][/IMG]

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What's in the Fridge?

That is a great question asked by Mr. Joel "Jah Raven" Whalen. What is in the fridge? Apparently this is what is lurki...

Land Your Triple

With all the buzz about triples going around, what better time to find out that Mammoth Mountain will soon play host to a huge bag jump, all for the f...

POLAR Bears, Blunts, and Gunnies: Jeff Kiesel 2010

In his own words, the most prolific polar bear in all of skiing tells the tale of his adventures through the winter mont...[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/83/50/8350.jpeg[/IMG]

The Notorious xx

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NVC 9.0

A whole bunch o' wedding announcements went out in the mail yesterday!

MANDATORY SKI BREAK: Surface Office

We spent our lunch break out of the Surface office boot packing around Alta, spinning interesting laps and skiing some...[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/83/18/8318.png[/IMG]

Crossover Sensation

Sammy Carlson slays Snowboarder Superpark, snags salutes from shreds.

Popes Peak

My Brother ,Adrian, is a country music video producer and is in the process of making a Christmas special. Part of the special is that the singers get to do winteresque things and one of the activities is backcountry skiing. Adrian asked me if I would not mind starring in his show and of course I said I would help out. So I found myself at Sunshine "guiding" these singers. It was pretty fun and a good break from my ordinary days. Since I was in the Rockies I did a great day tour and had some really good spring skiing. Aaron met me at West Louise and we headed up towards Popes Peak; an area neither of us had ever visited. We had dreams of going up the couloir on the right but lots of sun had the upper slopes warming up and we headed up climbers left and ended up skiing beside our friends tracks. Cody and Isaac had been out here three days ago and we ended up repeating exactly what they had done. Two great runs up high and then we started heading out. Then instead we deemed the couloir worth trying and started skinning up towards it. As we got closer it was obvious that the slopes had sloughed enough times down the couloir and the snow was terrible. So we pulled skins and headed out. Super cool zone directly off the highway and one I had never explored. Exploration and good spring powder= no complaints.

Congraduations!

Five years ago, graduation seemed impossibly far off. But that, just, happened… and it’s on to the next best thing. Thanks to everyone who has been a part of this awesome ride. I am blessed to have met many wonderful people in the past five years, and thanks to you, I have had the time [...]

Through the Lens - Big D

by Jordan Holmes originally posted on pinkbike Freeride Entertainment changed the way the world looked at Mountain Biking. Since day one, Freeride Entertainment has been documenting the envelope being pushed by the riders, and keeping the overall experience fresh. New World Disorder showed us a side of Mountain Biking that not many other people showcased, which [...][IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/82/85/8285.jpeg[/IMG]

Bacon

Meet BaconHe's really ugly but kinda cuteHe loves the outdoorsHe hates being picked up!!!!!!

'MERICA Durtschi 2010

I spent the 2010 winter season shredding the cottonwood canyons and local terrain parks in the area. When I wasn?t at Pa...[IMG]http://images.newschoolers.com/images/17/00/00/82/73/8273.jpeg[/IMG]

Three of a Kind

The way Ingrid Backstrom tells the story, it was only a matter of time until the snowriding world discovered what she'd known all her life -- that her...

On The Rebrowned

When Bobby "Board of Education vs." Brown had his season cut short by a back injury in March, skiing collectively hushed and wondered what lay in stor...