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  On The Ascent: Liz Daley

  October 23rd, 2012 | By mollybaker

  Liz Daley rips in La Parva, Chile, this past August. Photo by Adam Clark. If you’ve lived in Washington’s mountain communities, you’ve probably heard of Liz Daley. Born in Tacoma, Wash.,... Read More

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  Endless Winter - Skiing 108 Months In A Row And Counting

  October 22nd, 2012 | By Brennan Lagasse

  Like all good things it began with a simple dream: to make a ski season a ski year. As much as I’ve always enjoyed the change of seasons a little sign framed by skis in a friend's house has always... Read More

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  Preseason Training: 6 Ways To Survive The Fall

  September 26th, 2012 | By brodyleven

  Fall is a tough season to navigate, replete with movie premieres, gear swaps, and season passes to purchase. Preseason in the ski world means hitting rails without much snow, prolonging your first injury,... Read More

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  The Definition Of Late Season

  September 20th, 2012 | By brodyleven

  Photo by Brody Leven. Desperation breeds misery for committed skiers. The gaps in dark clouds close, though vaguely guised by a grey backdrop of those hiding higher. Snow falls unexpectedly and intermittently,... Read More

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  Grom Contest Interview: Reid Smith, Age 13

  August 3rd, 2012 | By adambroderick

  Reid Smith, a 13-year-old snowboarder from New Jersey, is this year's Overall Grom Contest snowboard champ. An edit of Smith's footage will play before every showing of The Dream Factory during this fall's... Read More

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  Grom Contest Interview: Sam Winship, Age 16

  July 31st, 2012 | By adambroderick

  Jackson Hole local and this year's Overall Grom Contest winning skier Sam Winship may be a young gun, but he's at the heels of the top dogs. Winship has won the opportunity to film with the TGR production... Read More

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  Interview: TGR Skier Erik Roner Stars In Nitro Circus 3D Movie

  July 30th, 2012 | By TetonGravityResearch

  Erik Roner has starred in Teton Gravity Research movies for almost a decade. For the past few years he’s been known in the ski world for his stand-out ski-BASE jumping segments in our films. His... Read More

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  Skiing And Surfing New Zealand’s South Island Part 1

  June 1st, 2012 | By Brennan Lagasse

  Go to New Zealand. You can surf, ski, mountain bike and climb in the same trip.Words and photos by Brennan Lagasse. The plan was simple. Why not rent a camper van, roll with the weather, loaded with gear... Read More

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  Skiing South America: Just Go

  May 28th, 2012 | By Ryan Dunfee

  Andres Labbozzetta boosts in the Cerro Catedral trees. Photo by Ryan Dunfee. It’s that time of year again. It’s when we watch the local snowpack fade away, taking with it the memories of the... Read More

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  Occupy! Alaska With TGR

  May 10th, 2012 | By Pete O

  Are ski movies scripted? There is a ton of planning and pre-production that goes into every ski film. At the beginning of the winter, a theme and a title are created, but as the peak of the season arrives,... Read More

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  Williams Peak Yurt Trip: Shredding The Sawtooths In Style

  April 25th, 2012 | By johnkaiser

  Skinning in to the Williams Peak Yurt in Idaho's Sawtooth Range. In early April, I skinned and snowboarded some classic lines in Idaho’s Sawtooth Range with 10 shred friends. We scored a last minute... Read More

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  Subspectrum: Unidentified Wavelengths In Nelson, B.C.

  April 24th, 2012 | By lindseyross

  The Hume Hotel, established in 1898, is a landmark in downtown Nelson, British Columbia.— Words and photos by Lindsey RossFor a month this winter, I had the unique opportunity to photograph with... Read More

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  AK Gloat Posts: How To Fight Back

  April 20th, 2012 | By Ryan Dunfee

  Even if you’ll never get this view, that doesn’t mean you can’t prevent others from enjoying it. Oh, April. Usually a glorious month stocked with empty late-season pow days, great stability,... Read More

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  Heli-Accessed Ski Touring Camp Opens Up New Chugach Terrain

  April 17th, 2012 | By Sam Petri

  Day breaks on the Points North touring camp in the Chugach Mountains near Cordova, Alaska. “In the end, to ski is to travel fast and free — free over untouched snow country. To be bound to... Read More

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  Ski Gangs Of Aspen

  April 16th, 2012 | By Greg Fitzsimmons

  This 8mm footage shows the Aspen scene in the 1970s. Drugs ran rampant and territorial rumbles were commonplace — Aspen in the 1970s was a gangland. It was a tableau of the Wild West where an eight... Read More

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  How Moment Does Skiing

  April 13th, 2012 | By Ryan Dunfee

  Moment Skis, based out of the anti-ski town of Reno, Nevada, since 2004, has been doing things a little bit differently for a while now. Most readily spotted by their signature square tips and tails, the... Read More

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  Made to Order: Wagner Custom Skis

  March 28th, 2012 | By Greg Fitzsimmons

  From the cold, dark, kelpy waters north of San Francisco down to the warm point breaks surrounding San Diego, salty surfboard shapers have been shaving fiberglass blanks into customized boards tailored... Read More

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  Winter's Wind Built On Passion, Love, And Soul

  March 12th, 2012 | By Sam Petri

  Matty “Moo” Herriger lives for the journey that winter brings. As a Teton Gravity Research cinematographer, each ski season he travels the world capturing the pinnacle of the sport: the hottest... Read More

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  Tahoe's First Serious Storm Of 2012 Delivers 60 Inches

  January 26th, 2012 | By Ryan Dunfee

  Andrew Albertson finds more than enough fresh to smile. Photo by Ryan Dunfee. While the forecast changed constantly and at times drove an already frustrated local population insane with pelting rains... Read More

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  Interview With Bryan Allegreto Of Tahoe Weather Discussion

  January 19th, 2012 | By Ryan Dunfee

  Bryan Allegreto has been studying snowstorms since he was a kid growing up in Ocean City, New Jersey. A widely respected amateur forecaster, Bryan has been predicting impending snowfalls as well as long-term... Read More

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  Jackson Hole Snowboarder Magazine's Final Party With Yelawolf, DJ Craze and El Gant

  January 15th, 2012 | By Sam Petri

  Jackson Hole Snowboarder Magazine has always done it real big. For the past seven years publisher Jesse Brown, art director Kristen Joy and advertising salesman Michael “Fudge” Bills have put... Read More

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