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  • Gear Spotlight: Anon M6 Goggles

    Anon’s newest Magna-Tech offer succeeds three of the brand’s most popular goggles: the M3, WM3 and WM1. First things first, let’s dispel some confusion. The M4, M5 and the new M6 are all part of Anon’s Magna-Tech offer—what the brand claims to be the fastest lens change system on the market. While all of the…

  • The Story of WaveCel

    WaveCel isn’t just some expression, it’s a company and brand name. The company cares about security, specifically for our heads when exposed to potential danger in sports, work or whatever activity; it develops products that enhance security in helmets. Anon is the exclusive partner of WaveCel in snow sports which offers obvious benefits but also…

  • Birk Ruud wins Olympic Slopestyle gold on error filled afternoon

    The Norwegian slopestyle machine becomes Olympic Slopestyle Champion on the much debated Livigno course, squeezing out reigning champ Alex Hall and Luca Harrington. On Tuesday afternoon, under overcast skies, it was the turn of the men to battle it out for the first freeski medals of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. Conditions were tricky, with…

  • Birk Ruud wins Olympic Slopestyle gold on error filled afternoon

    The Norwegian slopestyle machine becomes Olympic Slopestyle Champion on the much debated Livigno course, squeezing out reigning champ Alex Hall and Luca Harrington. On Tuesday afternoon, under overcast skies, it was the turn of the men to battle it out for the first freeski medals of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. Conditions were tricky, with…

  • X OVER RIDE 2026: The Kitzsteinhorn freeride cult classic again hosts a FWT Challenger

    X OVER RIDE at Kitzsteinhorn is heading into its next spectacular round: In 2026, international top freeriders will once again battle it out on the Lakarschneid face for valuable points toward qualification for the Freeride World Tour 2027. As the third of six Challenger stops overall, X OVER RIDE at Kitzsteinhorn in the Zell am…

  • X OVER RIDE 2026: The Kitzsteinhorn freeride cult classic again hosts a FWT Challenger

    X OVER RIDE at Kitzsteinhorn is heading into its next spectacular round: In 2026, international top freeriders will once again battle it out on the Lakarschneid face for valuable points toward qualification for the Freeride World Tour 2027. As the third of six Challenger stops overall, X OVER RIDE at Kitzsteinhorn in the Zell am…

  • European Skier Of The Year 2025: The Quarterfinals

    Who killed it hardest in 2025? Cast your vote now in the 2025 European Skier Of The Year contest. Eight men and eight women have advanced to the ESOTY quarterfinals. It’s head to head from here on out! Quarterfinals voting is open until midnight Sunday, 15 February. You may vote once in each head-to-head battle.…

  • European Skier Of The Year 2025: The Quarterfinals

    Who killed it hardest in 2025? Cast your vote now in the 2025 European Skier Of The Year contest. Eight men and eight women have advanced to the ESOTY quarterfinals. It’s head to head from here on out! Quarterfinals voting is open until midnight Sunday, 15 February. You may vote once in each head-to-head battle.…

  • Mathilde Gremaud defends her Olympic slopestyle gold

    The first freeski medals at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics were handed out today on the slopestyle course in Livigno, where Swiss powerhouse Mathilde Gremaud beat Eileen Gu for a second time in what’s become something of an epic rivalry. The conditions were fine in Livigno today as eleven women (missing China’s Linshan Han, who qualified…

  • Olympic Freeskiing: What to know about Milano-Cortina 2026

    It’s upon us again: everyone’s favorite five-ringed circus. The Winter Olympics are back in town—this time in Milan, Cortina and spread across northern Italy—and they’ll be dominating the airwaves for the next few weeks. As it has been since 2014, freeskiing is represented at the Oympics with Slopestyle and Halfpipe, as well as in Big…