Lars Lewen's indoctrination into the world of Men's Skier X was sudden. And the results couldn't have been better for the 27-year-old from Stockholm, Sweden.
Candide Thovex might not have wings - but that doesn't mean the Frenchman can't fly. It's a feat those in attendance during this year's Winter X Games VII Ski SuperPipe final witnessed firsthand.
Canadian Jonny Law overcame low visibility on a steep North Baldy and a field of the world's best freeskiers to claim the 2003 Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Nationals title at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort. Ingrid Backstrom of Squaw Valley, Calif., took top honors in the women's field with a score of 72.6.
The 3rd annual POWDER to the People Tour will be charging the highways this winter on a two month mission to deliver the stoke and tap into the vibe at ski towns across the West. Check out the schedule and make plans to meet the tour!
Hall, as he has done twice before, conquered the mountain with a near-perfect final run that culminated with a huge air to capture Gold in Ski Slopestyle in front of 7,500 people.
A letter from the first American to win the 'big one'--the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbuhel--since Bud Werner in 1959. It was Rahlves' second World Cup downhill win of the season.
After storms tracked north of Utah last week, delivering over four feet of snow to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Snowbird finally received the goods with almost three feet in two days.
The ASG (Primedia's Action Sports Group) announces a multi-media partnership with X-Dance, the world's leading action sports film festival: a mind-blowing celebration of our culture, film, music and video games.
Action Sports Festival Rocks the House!
After a weather day forced the U.S. Freeskiing Nationals Skiercross into Saturday, Reggie Crist and Aleisha Cline found their way through the gloom to take their respective titles. The big mountain finals conclude today.
The first stop on the IFSA World Tour set the pace for challenging conditions this week at stop #2, the U.S. Freeskiing Nationals at Snowbird.
Snowboard legend Craig Kelly was killed this past Monday in an avalanche along with six other skiers, in the Revelstoke area of British Columbia...
In less than two weeks, the largest collection of skiers, filmmakers, and industry icons will converge in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Snow Sports Industries of America tradeshow, for the 3rd Annual POWDER Magazine Reader Poll and Video Awards. Vote in our polls and let your voice be heard--before the awards are announced.
Check out the press release from Tecnica: After months of on again off again negotiations, Tecnica has finalized an agreement to purchase Nordica ski boots from the Benetton Sports Group for an undisclosed price.
Cut lines with pros, POWDER editors, and top ski photographers. Here's your chance to rip Jackson's fabled terrain in ways you've only dreamed.
A team of four women skied and snowboarded a record 30 Snowbird Trams Tuesday logging a team total of 348,000 vertical feet and 75 miles, beating the Jackson Hole team by a scant 324 vertical feet.
In an ultimately successful stunt last week, Ski Utah members led a team of snowsports journalists on an all-out assault of the seven Salt Lake City-area resorts: Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, Solitude, The Canyons, Deer Valley, and Park City Mountain Resort.
In what could begin a great rivalry in skiing, four Snowbird athletes riding the Snowbird tram will race four Jackson Hole athletes riding the Jackson Hole tram in a head-to-head, most-vertical-skied-in-a-day-wins competition next Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003.
Mammoth Mountain January Midweek Madness Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in January. (January 7-30, 2003)
French rule the roost at Boarderweek Val Thorens Winter X Games slopestyle qualifier.
If any area needed the recent storms raging across the West, it was the drought-stricken Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. Whistler got the goods.
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has received enough snow to open their legendary upper mountain providing over 3400 vertical feet of terrain by the weekend.
Boyd Easley wins the Winter X Games superpipe qualifier in Val Thorens, France. Thomas Rinfret and Henrik Winstedt also secure spots. Moseley receives wild card invitation.
After 24 hours, 63 laps, 205,821 vertical feet (62,748 meters) Casey Puckett of Aspen, Colorado, won the men's division in the 14th Annual Audi 24 Hours of Aspen walking away with the $10,000 first prize. Winning the women's division was Aleisha Cline of Canada, claiming victory by 38 seconds over Aspen local Asia Jenkins.
J.T. Holmes, a full-time student and skier, doesn't have a lot of disposable income to donate to charities. Instead, he and other high-profile skiers, like Jonny Moseley and Darian Boyle, are contributing to a meaningful cause by donating their skiing talents and personalities to the Duke Peterson Scholarship Memorial Ski Day.