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What's In The WhiteWater?
Kids these days are... ...respectful, hardworking and skilled. At least that's what I thought as I yelled go, go, go as we ran out of light on the one day I shot with the Whitewater Jr freeride team. And on cue, they went off...
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Gaper Day 2013 Is Near - Bring It!
The best day of the ski season is rapidly approaching, and you better bring it. Yep you guessed it... the one, the only, the original.... Gaper Day Whistler. The phenomenon that was once a small posse of friends keepin' it unreal is now a National Holiday (in America apparently) celebrated by hundreds of awesome Whistler skiers, snowboarders and monoskiers.
Shooting Skeet with Dane Degruyter
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Across Canada from Thunder Bay, ON to Whistler, BC, the sleepy pretzels, easy conversation and incomparably grabbed grabs of the young Dane Degruyter and I have, for no less than three years, been attempting to create the text that follows. Scrupulously, we hurdled over our own ants and anxiousness to release the piece that had for one reason or another stunted itself.
Wide Eyed Wednesday's Are Back - Bushy, Big Mtns & More
"Summer" seems to be here, so we're back with our weekly "Wide Eyed Wednesday's" column, bringing you the best ski related news and eye-candy for you to feast on.
DIY Touring Boots
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A lot of companies are coming out with touring boots that are supposed to ski like the real thing these days. You hear from a lot of people that they just don't quite do what they are supposed to. A decent walk mode but not the rigidity of a true freeride boot. This comes down to crappy riveting hardware and a cuff that doesn't actually lock down. Yes, I know.
Blood, Sweat & Tears - The Real WSSF Whistler 2013
Disclaimer: if you want to know who won and lost in the contests themselves, this is not the article for you. This may not be the ESPN version of the WSSF, but it's not the same story as anyone else and the depiction is accurate.
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Shadows and Secret Shredders: The Unique Photography of Guillaume Le Guillou
As North Americans we’re used to a certain aesthetic in mountain photography. Moreover, we’re used to certain conventions when it comes to action shots and the ways in which we interact with mountains. But the ways people move through mountains all over the world vary according to the conditions, scope, and traditions of those particular mountains.
Pow, Sunshine & Big Airs - Mid WSSF Recap
Party in April, sleep in May, as the saying goes. Or is it ski tonnes of slackcountry pow in April, sleep in May. Either way, we're just over half way through the 2013 World Ski & Snowboard Festival in Whistler, and damn has it been a good time so far. (Top image by Stewart Medford. Click to expand)
Winner! Skier's Dream Set Up Gear Giveaway
After 10 years of freeskiing awesome-sauce, Doglotion.com is saying thanks by giving away the farm! Thanks to everyone who entered the Facebook contest. The contest is now closed.
Conquering Demons at McMurdo: An Exaggerated (Getting Shut Down) Shred Story
We came as few had done before us, four men, one sled, quadandeming 20 kms down a forest services road on a 23-year-old machine in isothermal snow. The crew consisted of myself (Night Terrors), my dentist (Mikael Kattovich), Kattovich’s dentist (Robertson Streetza), and Ballet Doug. For our parts, we’d all come to conquer personal demons.
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