Don't feed the trolls people!

Thanks! The funny thing is, Dan is such a good skier I always think he should be in front of the camera. Makes for a great person to ski and shoot with.

Went to SSV today. It was the lightest snow I've skied in quite a while. Ridiculous low density blower. The sort of snow that when you transitioned from groomer to pow you could barely feel a change...

FB Marketplace seems way more popular for gear than Kijiji nowadays. I've seen lots of junior length skis on there this season.

Got a couple laps in WW today. Was skiing well, nice to get back in there. Dive also skiing well.

I think the terrain and features that best showcase snowboarding at the top level are just different to the ones that best showcase skiing, and so holding both disciplines on the same venues is...

Three runs in and I'm left wondering if Goguen's completed skiing already. Made it look like a video game. Tenra keeps performing with clean and creative runs. Blake Marshall's threes are always so...

Got two laps through Dive this afternoon. Surprisingly good coverage through the guts. Rocks in all the usual spots. Mix of hard and soft slab. Some grabby sections, some softer turns. Galaxy and...

I would stick with the 180. I demo'd a pair a week or two ago in the 180 and it skied fairly short to me. FWIW I usually ski on older gen 188 Rustler 11s, 180 Rustler 10s, 180 Bonafides.

Nice! Red zone is so spicy. Did you know them as having particular names? I'm always curious how much informal names of such lines get reinvented or bastardised by different people over the years.

Haha, yeah, it looks so big right now. No Way Out is the line that goes skier's left above the really big cliff at the bottom of Starbucks. Exposed turns to a decent sized mandatory air to a not...

This post has has me craving a Dolomites ski trip so badly.

It was my obsession with your old video of RP that eventually led me to skiing it many years later. Thanks.

Would love to see some SC content. The amount of time I've spent staring at the lines in...

Skied Aemmer in great snow. Was amazing. Skied 3/4 at Moraine on a bullet proof rain crust. Most consistently scary day in the backcountry I've ever had. Dealing with the rockfall hazard on the way...

Please email this to Nicolas Hale-Woods.

Blake Marshall or Weitien Ho for me.

Fatality in Aemmer yesterday afternoon. RIP.

https://www.rmoutlook.com/lake-louise/skier-killed-in-lake-louise-backcountry-8171282

Just cancelled so now it becomes best two scores out of the next three to make the cut for the final two. Assuming all five go ahead of course.

I managed to get a few laps on the 102s in a 182. Really enjoyed them. Still very capable but a bit more forgiving and versatile than my Bonafides, especially in softer choppy snow. Will be a really...

Yep, bubble sixpack apparently.

Ostensibly true, but when you understand the realities of the high altitude environments in which she pursued her main objectives, was she actually engaging is less risky/reckless behaviour? I'm not...

Thank you! I doubt I’ll be skiing this season - the usually recommendation after resurfacing is 6-12 months before returning to impact sports as your bone needs to grow into the implants. I’ll see...

Yeah I’ve been super lucky in that regard - the two Calgary based surgeons who do them have both done 1000+ so I trusted I was in good hands for this option. I know of people who have traveled ...

I've been going through a very similar thing for the past few years and am currently laid up in bed following a hip resurfacing surgery last week.

For more years than I can remember I've had some...

Oh don’t worry, I’ll have opinions on those things too once we get more info!

Ah, that's annoying. 188-190 is right on the money for me on a ski like that. This change will make it that much harder for me to decide between the two longer lengths.

I’m missing the whole season so I was fully expecting to have to suffer through a record-snow-best-season-ever type deal. Pleasantly surprised by how patchy local conditions sound so far. Sorry. I’m...

I'd guess a Rustler update is more likely than a Bonafide/Cochise update. Blizzard tend to update a 'family' of skis every couple of years and the Bonafide/Cochise line got a significant revamp more...

I can help with F&F discounts at various hotels in Banff if you end up this way. Just PM me with notice.

I also think that's just a reflection of where skiing has gone. Ski around any resort with big mountain terrain and youth programmes and everyone from the kids to the coaches is tricking cliffs and...

There's always a risk of hitting rocks but it's inarguable that firmer conditions reduce already fine margins. You tend to fall further and faster on hard snow compared to deep pow. It's also...

I do wonder if his inability to keep up with the freestyle aspect that the younger crowd on the tour incorporates so well now actually pushes him towards even more extreme and risky big mountain...

My Achilles exploded two weeks ago, otherwise I would be keen.

Haha, yep, got some lovely shots in a few LL PC areas that day. Definitely a whole lot more interesting than the usual groomer and mellow pow marketing stuff.



Yeah it was super fun to get in...

Yeah I thought the same. I especially couldn't understand how Slemett placed higher than Gorak with that backslap three and loss of control.

Moga would be my pick - a similarly huge but less obvious air than Mael’s plus the high speed ski in to it was wild. Incredibly impressive.

Same - really interesting to see some POV shots in better snow conditions. Gnarly zone.

BAnd yeah, could have been scored higher but backslaps have been penalized hard for a good few years now...

Yeah it's hard to argue against that. I rewatched those two runs after I posted and Nichols' was definitely a lot tamer until his final section. I guess the unique line choices and trick combos like...

Agreed on that except for the fact that they then scored Gorak's backflip run higher than Jack Nichols' lincoln loop run which should have been the other way around IMO - Nichols' trick into that...

Yep, still there although we've had a change in ownership and I've changed roles a little. Haha, I wonder who you said that to? I don't think it was me although I could easily see myself giving a...

This is sick, second photo looks dreamy. Well played.

Fuck, I am so sorry to hear that. Fingers crossed for your surgery and recovery.

I could drive you out there if that would help.

Yeah it's going to be interesting to see the developments in the next few years, plus the new beginner's lift and new cut runs lower down on that side.



Yeah that's definitely the most annoying...

Apparently they've only done 1/5 of the glading they've been authorised to do in the area so it should get a little better in the next season or two. No idea on exact timelines for the rest of the...

I couldn't agree more. The OG Spur is my favourite ski - the best possible mix of a fat, stiff charger that is also easy to smear, pivot and jump turn on (Mine are +2 with detuned tis & tails). It...

I just reserved Lake for Monday and hopefully it comes through.

Nice! That looks tasty.

Haha, yeah when that place gets it it’s pretty special.

Only got one turn on camera today but it sums the morning up pretty well. Photo credit Will Lambert:

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32cms overnight of absolute blower at the Mighty Quay. Left Banff at 7:30ish, came across one other car on the access road, parked third row and then got one of the best inbound runs of my life after...