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Rare Avalanche Releases at Michigan Ski Resort
The Midwest is definitely not known for avalanches, but a slide at Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort, Michigan happened on one of its trails over the weekend. “How big is Big Powderhorn?” the Instagram...
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Maddie Mastro Among Athletes Urging FIS to Consider $420 Million Investment
There’s little surprise when snowboarders and skiers push back against the International Ski and Snowboard Federation.The governing body has long been accused of being archaic, and has gotten a decent...
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Matchups Revealed for Natural Selection Duels 2025
The lineup for the Yeti Natural Selection Duels 2025 has been released, and we have some top-tier matchups from both the men and women's side of the competition.Eight men and four women have been...
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Nitro Announces New Step On Bindings
Nitro has been involved in Burton’s Step On program for a couple years now, but the Switzerland-based company is taking their collaboration with Burton a step further.Nitro will now make its own Step...
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Renovated North Carolina Ski Area Unveils Opening Date
It’s been a long time coming, but the newest ski area in North Carolina has finally announced an opening day.Hatley Pointe will drop its ropes on December 21, 2024.“We had our final lift walk through...
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Athlete Roster Revealed for Shaun White's Snow League
The Snow League will make its debut at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado in March of 2025, and Ayumu Hirano will be there. The 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the halfpipe leads the list of athletes...
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Study Finds Snowboarding to be Most Inclusive Winter Sport
It’s no secret that snowboarding has made great strides in making the sport more accessible and inclusive, but a recent survey from Snowsports Industries America, has dubbed it the most inclusive of...
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Chloe Kim Wins Qualifier Heading Into Grand Prix Finals
The 2024 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix kicked off December 18, 2024, with the snowboard halfpipe qualifiers running from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at Copper Mountain, and snowboarding fans are going to get to...
View Article5 Snowboarding YouTube Channels You Should Follow
There’s a whole lot of video content that gets unleashed to the general public at the start of every snowboarding season. Brands release their video projects, and so do the riders themselves. There’s...
View ArticleSwiss Snowboarder Sophie Hediger Has Died in an Avalanche
A 26-year-old member of Switzerland’s national team died in an avalanche on Monday.Sophie Hediger was caught in a slide in Arosa at a mountain resort. She had raced snowboard cross in the 2022 Winter...
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Pats Peak Christmas Week 2024 Conditions Report
There’s something happening right now that didn’t happen a whole lot last season: it’s snowing in New England.The flakes were flying from Rhode Island to Vermont, and everywhere in between on Saturday...
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Ayumu Hirano Leads the Way As Japan Takes 5 of 6 Podium Spots at Grand Prix
Friday, December 20, 2024 was a great day to be a professional Japanese rider at Copper Mountain, Colorado.Snowboarders from Japan took five of the six podium spots at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix...
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Top 5 Snowboarding Safety Tips You Should Know
So you’re ready to hit the slopes, but it’s been a little while (or perhaps not at all) since you’ve last strapped into a snowboard. Yes, you’re going to have fun, but you also want to come home in one...
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LJ Henriquez and Lily Dhawornvej Punch Ticket to Aspen at X Games Street Style
If there was one knock against the X Games Street Style it was that the course looked too small. X Games staff took notice, and they made sure this year’s course for the Street Style Pro contest at...
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The Midwest Mechanical Engineer Taking Street Snowboarding By Storm
"He’s an engineer, a really smart kid, and just films A-Grade beef."Those were the words Chris Grenier used to describe Sam Anderson’s video part on an early December episode of The Bomb Hole podcast....
View ArticleTrio of Bears Spotted Under Gondola at California Ski Resort
Another day on the slopes at Lake Tahoe, another bear sighting.Travel YouTuber Lisa Single posted a video of three bears – possibly a mother and two of her cubs – strolling through the snow at Heavenly...
View ArticleStratton Loans Snowmakers to Vermont Nonprofit Ski Hill
The holiday season is all about giving gifts, and the folks over at Stratton Resort decided to give a big one to a local nonprofit ski area.Stratton loaned Brattleboro Ski Hill two snowmakers to help...
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Colorado Avalanche Center Releases Early Season Data
An early season report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center has found that 12 backcountry skiers and riders have been caught in avalanches, three people have been buried, and just one person...
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Colorado Sheriff Warns of Increased Ski and Snowboard Thefts
In Colorado, stealing someone’s skis or snowboard is the equivalent of stealing someone’s horse in the old West, and law enforcement wants the general public to know.“It’s serious, and often a felony,...
View ArticleOlympian Hosts 'Ride With Nick' Day at Michigan Ski Area
Nick Baumgartner is a snowboarder, an Olympic gold medalist, and a dad, but before owning any of those titles, he was a Yooper.It’s a badge he’s still incredibly proud to wear. So much so, that he...
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Avalanches Claim Two Lives in Utah
Two splitboarders have died in Utah avalanches since December 28, 2024.The Utah Avalanche Center published two reports on December 31, 2024. Both detail separate slides that killed people in two...
View ArticleReview: Vans Hi-Standard Linerless DX Snowboard Boot
Intro: You know what they say: If you want stiff boots, just switch to skiing. Vans has always been an innovator when it comes to pushing the boundaries of what a snowboard boot can feel like and...
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California Snowboarder Found Dead at Ski Resort
A 72-year-old snowboarder died after going missing at an Idaho ski resort on Monday, December 30, 2024.Officials at Schweitzer told the Bonner County Daily Bee that the man was reported missing near...
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Review: Ortovox 3L Deep Shell Bib Pants
IntroIt can be tough to find the right pants for a splitboard tour. It can be tough to find a pant that can be used both in the backcountry and in-bounds at a resort. Ortovox's 3L Deep Shell Bib takes...
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Backcountry Snowboarder Rescued After Friend Left Him Behind
If you’re going splitboarding with your friend, here’s the one of the most important things to remember— don’t leave them behind.El Dorado County Search and Rescue helped a lost splitboarder in Nevada,...
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Mammoth Mountain to Host ThirtyTwo Brand Anniversary Event
One of the most core snowboard brands turns 30 years old this season, and the team is celebrating with a four-day event at Mammoth Mountain.ThirtyTwo will host its 30-year anniversary celebration from...
View ArticleSki Patrol Unions Condemn Vail Resorts in Letter
A week after ski patrollers at Park City Mountain Resort went on strike, unions from Breckenridge, Keystone, Crested Butte, and Park City have all penned a letter to Vail Resorts CEO Kirsten Lynch...
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Review: WNDR ALPINE Shepherd Tour
Intro:WNDR Alpine’s Shepherd Tour is the splitboard version of one of Time Magazine’s top inventions of the year. The award-winning snowboard, boasts a shape that is engineered for powder, but is...
View ArticleFlorian Fischer Has Died After Battling Cancer
Swiss snowboarder Florian Fischer has died after a battle with bone cancer.Fischer was just 24 years old. The Beyond Medals Instagram account paid tribute to him on the morning of January 6, 2025. “Our...
View ArticlePhenom Mia Brooks Takes Another World Cup Big Air Win in Austria
For the second time in as many months, Mia Brooks found herself atop the podium at another FIS World Cup Big Air contest.The 17-year-old from England held off Japanese riders Mari Fukada and Mom Suzuki...
View ArticleDelaware Officials Ask Snowboarders To Stay off Sand Dunes
Urban snowboarding is all about finding spots that no one else has hit before. That sometimes leads to disgruntled security guards, shop owners, and police officers. On Sunday, the Delaware Department...
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Another North Carolina Ski Area Gets a New Chairlift
Cataloochee Ski Area is getting a new chairlift.The mountain located about an hour of west of Asheville, North Carolina has purchased a new chairlift from Doppelmayr USA to replace the Omigosh double....
View ArticleHigh Winds Shut Alaskan Ski Resort Down After Power Outage
Is it possible to have too much winter weather? Alyeska Ski Resort Southeast of Anchorage, Alaska was forced to suspend operations Monday after a power outage.Intense winds and extreme weather led to...
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Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Removes Leaderboard in the Name of Safety
Sometimes a few people ruin the fun for the rest of us.Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Wyoming, announced in a recent letter from CEO Mary Kate Buckley that in an effort to prioritize safety, it would...
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The Park City Ski Patrol Strike Could Finally Be Over
An agreement has been reached between the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association and Park City Mountain.The tenative agreement awaits ratification by the union's bargaining committee with a vote...
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Sam Anderson and Sinister Films Crew Featured on Kansas City TV News
It’s pretty normal to see urban snowboarding in places like Ogden, Utah or Ottawa, Ontario, but Kansas City? That’s so rare, local TV news station KCTV got involved. View this post on Instagram A post...
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Snowboarder Rescued From Washington Backcountry After 30 Hours
A snowboarder who was separated from his partner in the backcountry on New Year’s Day was forced to spend the night in the Mount Baker snow before he was rescued by ski patrol.The snowboarder was...
View ArticleHere's How To Watch The Bomb Hole's Broadcast of the 2025 Laax Open
The Laax Open kicks off January 15, 2025, and some of the most influential voices in snowboarding will be on the broadcast.The Bomb Hole team has partnered with Red Bull for the second straight year to...
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Jamie Anderson Has Joined the Coal Headwear Team
The most decorated woman in X Games history has joined the Coal Headwear team. Jamie Anderson’s name has been in the headlines quite a bit in the last few months. She became a mother in 2023, with the...
View ArticleA Snowboard Rail Jam Will Go Off in South Carolina This Weekend
Charleston, South Carolina: a filming location for the Netflix show Outer Banks, the home of musician Darius Rucker, and the site for one of the hottest snowboarding rail jams in the southeast.No, that...
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West Virginia Resorts Are Having Their Best Season in Years
If you’re stormchasing on the East Coast, you should get yourself to West Virginia as soon as possible, because it's having the best snowboarding season in over a decade.Snowshoe Mountain has gotten...
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Kids Can Learn To Ride for Free at Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe
One of the biggest obstacles to growing as a snowboarder is the barrier of entry. It costs a lot to fall down and be cold all day. Wintersports, while amazing, aren't known for being easy to get...
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Red Bull Heavy Metal is Coming to Boston
Street snowboarding is coming back to Boston, and Zeb Powell is leading the charge.The top street contest in America will have not one, but two stops this year. Riders will head to City Hall Plaza –...
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Natural Selection Finals Will Air Live, Shaun White Has an Open Invite
There are quite a few changes coming to the Natural Selection Tour in the near future, but on the Mark My Bird podcast from Snowboarder Magazine alumni Tom Montessori and Mark Clavin, Travis Rice...
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Iouri "IPod" Podladtchikov Has Come Out of Retirement
Go ahead and call it a comeback. Iouri "I-Pod" Podladtchikov, the 2014 Olympic gold medalist who beat out Shaun White in halfpipe, will return to competitive snowboarding in an effort to make the 2026...
View ArticleZeb Powell Brings Pop Out Tour Back Home
You can always go home, and Zeb Powell is staying true to that advice.Zeb and Alex Caccamo’s 'Pop Out' has returned for the start of 2025. This year, the duo is taking it back to where it all began—...
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Alabama Ski Area Opens for First Time in Five Years
Alabama’s only ski area has opened for the first time in five years, thanks to a storm that has swept across the southeast. Snow hit everywhere in the south from Durham, North Carolina to Atlanta,...
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ThirtyTwo Adds Four New Riders to its Team
ThirtyTwo celebrated its 30th anniversary with a big weekend at Mammoth Mountain. That team grew by four by the end of the weekend.Benny Milam, Patrick Hofmann, Mike Liddle, and Danyale Patterson...
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Teenage Snowboarder Falls From Chairlift at Copper Mountain
An 18-year-old snowboarder fell from the American Flyer chairlift at Copper Mountain in early January.The Summit Daily reported that the fall happened as the snowboarder was getting ready to unload...
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The Snow League Secures $15 Million in Fundraising
The Snow League will debut in Aspen, Colorado in March. On January 14, 2025, the league announced its Series A funding round of $15 million.The round was led by Left Lane Capital. Existing investors...
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