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By: Jamie Walter
Ski films have always been a staple part of the Newschool skiing movement. In the beginning - back when VHS tapes were still a thing - these movies released each fall, highlighting the best moments of the previous season just before the start of the next. They created ample...
By: Jamie Walter
This past weekend, news broke that A360 Media, LLC (recent acquirer of American Media, LLC) would be putting some of the biggest outdoor sport magazine titles under their umbrella on hold. Bike, Powder, Snowboarder, and Surfer magazine staff were notified on Friday, October 2nd...
Words by: Jamie Walter
If you came here expecting to watch Eric Pollard throw mind-blowing tricks and XL cliff hucks in a film that flips the script of what’s possible on skis, we have a spoiler for you. In the words of Pollard himself, “The kind of moves that usually get a big reaction from a...
Words by Jamie Walter
Photos courtesy of D-Structure
Freeskiing was a lot different back in the year 2000. The Salomon Teneighty twin tip had only been out for two years, a young Candide Thovex had just cleared Chad’s Gap for the first time, and the New Canadian Air Force was legitimizing a...
Words and Photos by Jamie Walter
Those that have grown up skiing the east have likely heard stories of the fabled Chic Choc Mountains of Quebec. These tales started when the East’s most adventurous skiers journeyed into the depths of the Gaspé Peninsula in search of this holy land - a place...
Words and All Photos: Jamie Walter
Every spring for as long as I can remember, Ski The East has invaded an east coast resort for their annual spring park shoot. From the legendary Meathead Films "Heat Harvests" at Sunday River back in the day, to the more recent tropical themed shoots at...
Words and Photos: Jamie Walter
Ahh, summer. A season I both love and hate. While months of sticky humid air, sweating, and constant sunscreen management drive me nuts, I was fortunate enough to make the dog days a little more tolerable this year. A two week trip out to Whistler, Canada was the...
Words and Photos: Jamie Walter
Mt. Hood is undoubtedly the mecca of spring and summer skiing in the United States. Each May, hundreds of die-hard skiers and park rats make the trek from around the globe to extend their ski season on the snowfields above Timberline Lodge. Last week, the K2...
Photos and Words: Jamie Walter
The winter of 2015-16 will be one I quickly forget. While the west coast enjoyed the benefits of El Nino (I'm happy for you guys, I really am), we saw more rain storms than snow storms out east, along with dismally thin base depths. There wasn't much to be stoked...
Tuesday, April 5th 2016
Turning the page on the iF3 Festival
It has been an amazing trip these past nine years since we first put the International Freeski Film Festival in 2007. We set out to create a true and unique independent film festival dedicated to seeking, recognizing and celebrating...
On Sunday, October 18th at 9am EST, Killington Mountain in Vermont became the first ski resort to open* in the nation, officially starting the 2015-16 ski season for all of North America. 24 hours later, Sunday River in Maine opened to the public, offering top to bottom skiing on Locke Mountain...
With winter just around the corner (today is the first day of fall, after all), Newschoolers is pleased to announce the start of the Photography Program for the winter of 2015-16. Members of the program were selected for their success posting photos last year, based on views and ratings. They...
Words and Photos by: Jamie Walter
The Inspired Movie Tour made its first American stop in Burlington, Vermont on September 15th, after two successful (and very different) premieres in Quebec City and Montreal. Having attended both of those, I was curious to see what the turnout and...
Words and Photos by: Jamie Walter
It’s been a while since I last shot a major freeskiing event. Turns out, when you work full time at a ski resort, you don’t often get the opportunity to attend events at other mountains. So when my boss nonchalantly asked me if I wanted to go to the Dumont Cup...
Thanks to all of you that expressed interest in participating in the NS Photographer Program. After going through the photo section of each interested member's profile and taking quality, as well as views, ratings, comments, and shares into consideration, we have narrowed down a list of 19...
Photographers of NS rejoice, we’re stoked to announce the return of the Newschoolers Photographer Program. This time, we’re going bigger and better than ever before.
The program is open to any and all members - you don’t have to be pumping out magazine cover-worthy shots left and right...
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Dale Talkington has become an online skiing sensation over the past few years. Known for his mindblowing edits and video parts, Dale continues to turn heads and make a name for himself in the industry. Raised in Vermont, the skier known as "The Worm" now calls Salt Lake City his home along with...
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Travelling Circus episode 6.1 the Cat Days of Summer
In the world of skiing videos, there exists big production films, documenting only the top pro skiers on terrain no average human will ever...
Words and Photos by: Jamie Walter
Like all good things in life, there is a time where they must unfortunately come to an end. For all in attendance at the West Coast Session at Windells Camp and Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood this past week, Thursday and Friday marked the conclusion of a...