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For some, it’s always been Armada Ornada An ode to Innsbruck by Manu Barnard Innsbruck Living | Core Shots: G-Mon aka Simon Geminiani Nendaz Backcountry Invitational: Watch the live show! Jérôme Caroli pushes freeride skiing and freeride biking in his movie “Combine” Spend the day with one of Austria’s finest, Lukas “Luki” Müllauer. We linked…

We asked, you answered. The 2025 European Skiers of the Year are… Mathilde crushed it on the contest circuit in 2025, getting on the podium in every World Cup slopestyle she entered—including a win in Stubai and third at the Laax Open. Most notably, she defended her World Championship title at Corvatsch—yet another feather in…

Hailing from the industrial end of France’s Maurienne Valley, better known for aluminium plants than X Games dreams, Mathis Roche hasn’t followed the typical French freestyle pathway. Self-managed trips, summers spent earning a living as a paragliding instructor, and the occasional night in a van to make a start list has been Matias’ path. Raised…

An ode to Innsbruck by Manu Barnard Innsbruck Living | Core Shots: G-Mon aka Simon Geminiani Nendaz Backcountry Invitational: Watch the live show! Jérôme Caroli pushes freeride skiing and freeride biking in his movie “Combine” Reaching the Peak | Anni Kärävä and Chris McCormick Armada’s two-year labour of love, Ornada fuses revolutionary skiing and artistic…

Innsbruck Living | Core Shots: G-Mon aka Simon Geminiani Nendaz Backcountry Invitational: Watch the live show! Jérôme Caroli pushes freeride skiing and freeride biking in his movie “Combine” Reaching the Peak | Anni Kärävä and Chris McCormick Reaching the Peak | Hunter Hess and Svea Irving Vicinity is a DIY film inspired by Innsbruck and…

It all comes down to this: Two women and two men have braved fierce competiton to reach the ESOTY finals. Who will walk away with the win? It’s all up to you. Scroll down to cast your vote in the European Skier of the Year finals. You may vote once for each head to head…

Eileen Gu becomes the most decorated freeskier in Olympic history winning gold in the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Halfpipe The final freeskiing event of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics was pushed back by two days due to the insane storm that has been burying much of the Alps. When the sun finally popped, on a…

There can be little doubt that ski halfpipe is one of the most physically punishing disciplines to be included in the Olympics. While other sports glide gracefully across the snow, halfpipe competitors careen between two seven-meter walls of pure ice. Landing three complete runs is a rarity, and crashing is always a scary proposition. This…

Atomic introduces another variant of its proven line of free-touring bindings, the Shift². The new Shift² 16 MN brings more to the table than just a higher max DIN setting, it’s a generally more rigid design and adds a few details that will be appreciated by everyone striving for the best downhill performance. Of course,…

Nendaz Backcountry Invitational: Watch the live show! Jérôme Caroli pushes freeride skiing and freeride biking in his movie “Combine” Reaching the Peak | Anni Kärävä and Chris McCormick Reaching the Peak | Hunter Hess and Svea Irving Sammy Carlson finds harmony in Alaska Spend a day of classic Innsbruck skiing between Nordkette and Patscherkofel with…