Powder Mag is Done

[DaveTV]

I have cases of them in my attic, maybe they will be worth something someday of the silverfish don't git them.
Can someone post up the last "intro"?

[thefrush]

Definitely cool final issue. The Mag changed so many of our lives, it truly bums me out to see it gone. Loved all the letters from legends of the sport who's lives changed because of it.

We can discuss the changing of media, online influencers, instagram, etc. which are all legit trends that are reality of today, BUT I think the real story behind this, is one of corporate shenanigans, and likely tax related. Why would you buy 14 titles only to shut them all down within 6ish months. That doesn't just happen because of the internet... https://www.foliomag.com/american-me...rts-magazines/

Then to not even field or listen to offers for the titles from perspective buyers says its about more than declining profits for that title. They are taking a loss on the purchase to offset revenue somewhere else or some other sort of financial/tax engineering exercise. Sad...

I look forward to Powder 2.0! There's gotta be a way to make it happen!

Good post. Definitely changed my life. I distinctly remember picking up the 2000 photo annual at a grocery store in Truckee when I was a kid. I kept it for many years and was a subscriber until the end.

I think you're absolutely right as to the demise of these magazines.

As for 2.0, plenty of great options already available: Backcountry, Freeskier, Ascent Backcountry Journal, The Ski Journal, etc.

[evasive_MT]

Pocket Outdoor Media is rebooting a quarterly magazine with the main staff from Bike magazine. Not sure if anything similar might happen with the remnants of Powder.

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/former...oor-media.html

[Rednaked]

So glad this $hit mag has taken its rightful place on the heap of wokeful garbage.


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[Tri-Ungulate]

You sound pretty fucking butthurt about it. Sheesh.

[TransplantedFromRMNP]

Enjoying this one & sad to see the mag end. I’ll probably just keep w Ski Journal & pick up a subscription to Backcountry again, gotta brush up on those BC skills for the frange CF.


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[TransplantedFromRMNP]

I have cases of them in my attic, maybe they will be worth something someday of the silverfish don't git them.
Can someone post up the last "intro"?

Here you go Dave:




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[Westmeister]

Breakout always was better than Surfer or Surfing for those remember. Kind of like Couloir minus the editor.

[glademaster]

Weak intro for the final issue. Wow, what a disappointing way to wrap it up.

[TahoeJ]

Enjoying this one & sad to see the mag end. I’ll probably just keep w Ski Journal & pick up a subscription to Backcountry again, gotta brush up on those BC skills for the frange CF.


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Backcountry has been solid lately, especially since they changed their approach a year or two ago.

[~mikey b]

bullshit

just another pile of ads

[The SnowShow]

Back when this forum had TRs, those kicked the shit out of anything in print.

[Meadow Skipper]

^ Yep.

[TransplantedFromRMNP]

Let’s put some up this year then
Stoke the stoke
Maybe we could all use it


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[TahoeJ]

bullshit

just another pile of ads

Agree to disagree. They’ve done some great long form pieces of late. The one on the history of the Sierra was really well done, for example.

[concretejungle]

Back when this forum had TRs, those kicked the shit out of anything in print.

I memba.

[yeahman]

Agree to disagree. They’ve done some great long form pieces of late. The one on the history of the Sierra was really well done, for example.

Yeah, Backcountry has been excellent. I really like those in-depth articles about iconic bc ranges. And Biff, of course.

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[~mikey b]

ok I’ll take your word for it

[garyfromterrace]

Let’s put some up this year then
Stoke the stoke
Maybe we could all use it


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A(fucking)men brother. Though with the covids, there may be some dialing back on the aspirations, I for one intend on taking shitty pictures, ranting semi coherently about them and my friends and then posting them up. AMIRITE!

Go get some!!! (utilizing proper covid protocols and logical objectives).

[MMMSKI]

Maybe someone will pick up the publication and relaunch it

[Coño Frío]

^ Yep.

Yep, yep.

Historical TRs fed my fantasy’s of Taos/Santa Fe, which proved even better IRL.


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[TahoeJ]

Maybe someone will pick up the publication and relaunch it

People have tried. They won't sell it. This is a write down loss for tax purposes. Maybe next year they'll let the brand go, hopefully.

[MakersTeleMark]

Maybe someone will start "Blower".

[dufferdan]

I would usually buy 3 or 4 issues a year, typically the first of the season with gear reviews and a couple others. One usually ended up in my stocking at XMas.

Growing up in London, Southern Ontario, very flat land indeed where the local hill advertised 180’ of vertical but I think it was more like 100, Powder mag was a connection to bigger mountains and dreams of better turns ahead.

One article in particular kinda summed up the whole ski bum culture. I can’t recall who wrote it, but it was written by a guy who upped sticks and moved to Jackson to ski bum for a season and his challenges getting to know locals, the mountain, drinking and smoking too much and having a legendary winter. It was, to my mind at least, funny as hell and make me want to do the same.

My one trial at ski bumming was in Banff as I finished high school in Toronto in January. Got a seat on the train from Toronto and landed in Banff three days later. Horrid ride. Seat only. Any time I tried to sleep, the conductor would push my feet off the seat across from me.

Anyway, it was early 80’s and Banff was in the midst of a massive drought. No jobs at all. So I bussed to Kelowna and skied Big White for a week, then bussed to Vancouver, where my family had moved the previous summer. Got a job on the pipeline tank farm in Burnaby, and university....jobs, no ski bumming. But I always had an issue of Powder while at school in eastern Canada to keep me in contact with the real mountains.

Ski bum failure here, too much of a type A personality. But Powder always kept me connected, at least a bit.

RIP, until maybe resurrected.


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[Meadow Skipper]

Why am I still getting spam-ish email from Powder?