Check out the first episode of Inspired Media Concepts' Point of View series, featuring Tanner Hall skiing pipe in Park City, Utah.
Salomon announces the dates and locations of Jib Academy Season Six!
The Canadian Freestyle Ski Association has released a statement regarding Sarah Burke's condition following her halfpipe accident yesterday in Park City, Utah.
Watch the live webcast of the Revelstoke Freeride/Freeskiing World Tour Finals, which is happening right now!
The FD Wear 'Wants To Know What You Did This Summer...and Winter' contest has now closed. Check out the final 15 entries, and stay tuned for the announcement of the winners as the First Drop staff makes their picks!
Here's the latest episode of Downdays News, presented by Inspired Media Concepts, which features a full wrap-up of the European freeski scene including a look at Line Traveling Circus' Euro adventure.
Sarah Burke has been air lifted to a hospital in the Salt Lake City area after a fall at Utah's Park City Resort.
Our friends at Voleurz have put together a hilarious and bone cringing compilation of their best fails of 2011. And since nothing beats a good crash segment...enjoy!
Here's the latest episode of Ian Compton's The Weak, which features a 'Weak' at Carinthia Parks at Mount Snow, Vermont with Compton, New Intelligent Group's Evan Williams and friends!
Got the Monday blues? Cheer yourself up by checking out Episode 1 of Season 2 of Banks Gilberti's Adventures in Transitions on his brand new NSTV channel!
Listen to the first radio show of the year from Inspired Media Concepts, which is happening right now and features Tanner Hall and producer Geoff Stump as guests!
To promote avalanche awareness and provide basic education on snow safety, Mount Washington is hosting an Avalanche Awareness Day this Saturday, January 14th.
Skis.com & Snowboards.net to reimburse individuals with a gift certificate up to $50 for their lesson in honor of January's Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month.
Our friends at Street Nation are hosting a video contest on their Facebook page where you can win a free pair of Click's from 4FRNT and a B-Dog suit from Orage! Here's the details...
Due to high winds that created insufficient snow conditions in Vars-La Forêt Blanche, France, the Red Bull Linecatcher event has been cancelled.
Nimbus Independent proudly presents En Route Aether, which features a mash-up of footage of all four En Route webisodes from 2011.
Here's a video recap of the first stop of the Friday Night Jib Fights Rail Jam Series at Snowbasin, Utah.
I filmed a lot of urban skiing during december in Quebec, and I was about to go crazy, so I moved in Breck, Colorado. Now that I am here, I asked myself, how could it be easier to get some good shots and most of all, how to shoot a lot of urban without having a mental breakdown at some point.
The five golden rules of urban (by myself)
#1 Don't call your tricks?
?especially if you never hit the feature before. Some urban looks small and easy, but are much more harder in reality. So many time you will end up doing 270 out on a rail you were imagining yourself doing a 450 on tailpress pretzel 6 out. You are juste going to end up angry and disappointed.
#2 Be kind
to your filmer, photographer, wincher? Urban is a team sport.
#3 Choose your spot/comrade
You have to be realistic? some people are better then you in some kind of setup and vice-versa.
#4 Have a plan B, C, D, E, etc?
There is so many things that can go wrong in urban, that you should always prepare many plans to be productive, have more then one idea in mind.
#5 Not rely solely on mechanics
Winch, generator, spotlights? all those things can broke at any moment, so you should always carry a good ol banshee bungee/starter along with contingency plan.
I am riding mostly in Breck for the next 2 months and it will be really fun, but I feel like urban skiing will miss me a bit, this part of our sport is my favourite one to do after all I think, and it's definitely the funniest one to watch for me. Anyway, all I want to do now is a bit of park skiing and I am at the best location right now. Stay tuned, I should post a park edit soon enough.
Yan.
Here's a look at what went down on Day 1 of the Freeride World Tour/Freeskiing World Tour stop at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. *Updated with video!*
