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2022-06-09
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admin02
Check out this insane 6-minute descent by a guy named Rafa (and his camera man). Great skills and a reeeally nice FSR. I'm thinking it might...
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2022-06-09
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2022-06-02
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admin02
Shimano offers up more good content for their gravel series of bikes and components. The Art of Grind draws lines between the...
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admin02
2022-06-02
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2022-05-29
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Mara V
“Usufruct” is a word defined as “the right to enjoy and live off land that is not ours, barring the destruction or waste of its...
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Mara V
2022-05-29
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2022-05-26
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admin02
In this video, with ample product placement, the good people at Arc'teryx ask: "With Google Earth, Fatmaps, and GPS in the palm of...
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admin02
2022-05-26
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2022-05-22
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Mara V
A skier-triggered size 2 avalanche occurred in the Whistler area last Thursday on the West face of Mount Pattison. All 5 skiers on slope were...
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Mara V
2022-05-22
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2022-05-15
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Mara V
The fifth highest peak in the world has just been skied! American mountaineer Adrian Ballinger recorded a first ski descent of Makalu last Monday,...
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Mara V
2022-05-15
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2022-05-13
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Michelle B
Brette Harrington and Christina Lustenburger have achieved another impressive first descent: Polar Moon couloir in the remote...
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Michelle B
2022-05-13
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2022-05-10
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admin
May 10th has always been internally been celebrated as 5.10 day since the brand’s founding in 1985, which makes sense 5.10 = May 10th. In...
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2022-06-16
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2022-05-08
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Mara V
I wish it didn’t have to be so, but we are back to talking about trees.
The ongoing fight for the protection of the province’s old...
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Mara V
2022-05-08
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2022-05-06
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admin
The United States Ski Mountaineering Association (USA Skimo) named 31 athletes to its 2022-2023 National Team. The qualifying races included the...
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admin
2022-05-06
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2022-05-05
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admin02
DYNAFIT Managing Director and adventure athlete Benedikt Böhm goes for some more type A fun in this new video. He skis from sea to...
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admin02
2022-05-05
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2022-05-04
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admin
A new speed record has been set on the iconic Bugaboo to Rogers Ski Traverse of just 44 hours and 37 minutes by Kylee Toth, Emma...
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admin
2022-05-04
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2022-05-01
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Mara V
Winter isn’t lingering this spring. Safe to say, it’sabsolutely thriving.
Unfortunately, that also means there are still hazards out...
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Mara V
2022-05-01
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2022-04-30
Check out the latest film from Patagonia: Newtok, a powerful story of climate change and its impact on a native village in Alaska. The full film...
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2022-04-29
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Michelle B
A short film, narrated by climber Tom Livingstone, documents the first ascent of the northeast pillar of Tengkangpoche (6487m) in Nepal in the...
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Michelle B
2022-04-29
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2022-04-28
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admin02
Greg Hill and Will Gad get together and treat each other to an adventure. Greg is a ski mountaineer and Will is an ice climber—and they are...
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admin02
2022-04-28
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2022-04-24
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Mara V
In celebration of Earth Day on April 22nd, Rossignol released one of the world’s first recyclable skis, The Essential. The lineup is...
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Mara V
2022-04-24
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2022-04-23
Peak Skis, headquartered in western Montana, is attempting to revolutionize the ski industry with a new design approach - Keyhole Technology. By...
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2022-04-21
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admin02
Black Crows consistently offers good content and this is no exception. Mustafa's story of his roots as a soccer player, selected for the Swiss...
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admin02
2022-04-21
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2022-04-19
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admin
We’ve partnered up with 57hours to bring you this free one-hour webinar on sailing and skiing in Svalbard, Norway. Tune in to hear the...
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admin
2022-04-19
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2022-04-17
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Mara V
Sport, travel and adventure usually require gear purchases, travel expenses, training and free time. So, even though most of us try to structure...
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Mara V
2022-04-17
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2022-04-16
Check out this important safety message - especially if you are a Black Diamond or Pieps beacon owner (direct from Black Diamond):
"PIEPS...
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2022-04-16
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admin
Want to know what it’s like to ski at the edge of the world? Join this free one-hour webinar hosted by our partners at 57hours and hear from...
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admin
2022-04-16
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2022-04-15
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Michelle B
When dreaming of nailing those big, steep lines in complex terrain, timing is everything! Josh Smith of Avalanche Canada takes us through going...
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Michelle B
2022-04-15
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2022-04-14
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admin02
Riding Red is about a program in the Whistler BC area called the Indigenous Life Sport Academy (ILSA). Formerly known as the First Nations...
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2022-04-14
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