Articles by iambusyskiing
Last winter old and new members of The Bunch came together to create a new film: color. The majority was filmed in the streets of Russia with short trips to Sweden and Japan as well. The crew of skiers includes a long list of heavy hitters - Pär “Peyben” Hägglund, Alex Hackel, Kim Boberg, Oliver...
Some of you may know me in real life, but most of you probably don’t. I am a big fan of the phrase ‘work hard, play hard,’ which has led me to some pretty interesting situations this winter, the bulk of which I spent freezing in Canada. However in March, after realizing I only had $120 in my...
Cover Photo by Alex Havey of Oliver Hoblitzelle, Jake Mageau and Sanch during filming X Games Realski.
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“I like my friends and I like making ski videos. That’s all there really is to it, that’s what makes me happy,” said Oliver Hoblitzelle, a Salt Lake City based videographer quickly making...
Once upon a time Revelstoke was just a small stop along the Trans-Canada Highway with an economy that depended on logging. Locals would ski at Powder Springs, a small but worthy area that would soon explode in terrain availability once the gondola was put in in 2007. The gondola opened up easy...
The time is finally upon us. A legend, a freeskiing icon and not to mention one of the illest gangsta skiers on the mountain might finally be making the comeback we’ve all been waiting for.
After a two year hiatus from the slopes, Simon Dumont was found in Utah shredding around on skis. The X...
In a small mountain town with overpowering levels of testosterone, it seems unlikely that a trio of three women skiers could not only find each other but then join forces to ski, sled and most importantly - huck their carcasses together.
A few years ago Emily Childs, Janelle Yip and Tonje...
What was intended to be a casual day of touring for Nick Goepper turned out to have an unexpected twist. While searching for powder in the backcountry of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Giray Dadali (better known as Ahmet’s brother), led an unknowing Goepper to the ever-elusive Chad’s Gap. It can be...
The third stop of the Freeride World Tour took place early in the morning in Fieberbrunn, Austria (extremely early if you’re on Pacific Standard Time) under blue skies and in perfect snow conditions. Despite a historically large snowpack, a couple of sharks were still swimmin’ in the water and...
Cover photo by Grant Whitty with Christian Shackelford
The battle between the multi-resort season passes might finally be coming to a halt. After non-stop additions of resort access to both the Ikon and Epic Pass for the past year, one Colorado resort has said ‘Enough is enough,’ to the pass...
All photos by Brent Benson. Find more of his work on his Instagram or Facebook.
Throughout the past twenty years, Chad’s Gap has become legendary within the ski community. But who is Chad? Where is the gap? Did ski patrol actually blow it up? Luckily, one particular photographer has the...
Professional skier and snowblade-enthusiast Cody Townsend has been making mountaineering headlines, but not for reasons he originally intended. In his quest to climb and ski all 50 lines chronicled in the book 'The Fifty Classic Descents of North America,' he has found himself in hot water after...
Cover photo by Jeremy Allen
For as long as there has been the sport of skiing in North America, there has been a pilgrimage of skiers to the true north of Canada. The limitless terrain produces and attracts some of the best skiers in the world - from Canadian legends such as Mike Douglas and JP...
Tanner Hall never fails to make a headline.
Back in May, it was announced he would be competing on the Freeride World Tour in a wildcard slot, but that same month Squaw pulled his pass for hiking the park. In October Tanner dropped his incredible film Here After but was also dropped from the...
Pemberton local Logan Pehota is slated to compete as a wildcard at Kicking Horse Resort in Golden, BC for the 2019 Freeride World Tour. The Ozone is a spectacular part of KH’s mountain with endless possibilities of lines. Last year, Logan stole the show at the same venue with a wildly impressive...
Kye Petersen is one of those skiers who continues to push the boundaries of what is deemed possible on a pair of skies. For the 2019 Hakuba venue, Kye is making a welcomed appearance back on the tour as a wildcard.
While the Canadian is generally known to be a more film-oriented skier, he has...
While many companies claim their products are extremely durable, my outerwear generally gets destroyed in one season - but this time I think I've met my match with the Fingo Jacket by TOBE Outerwear.
Who is TOBE Outerwear? TOBE Outerwear is a brand that NS users might not be familiar with. The...
The Freeride World Tour is back for another wild winter of backflips, big airs and scary steep venues. When should you be tuning in? Who should you be watching? Read more to find out.
2019 Freeride World Tour Venues:
Despite less-than-stellar weather conditions last season, the venues for...
On the 18th of February 2018 three skiers, Øystein Bråten, Nick Goepper and Alex Beaulieu-Marchand stood tall on the Olympic podium, with gold, silver and bronze medals around their respective necks. Though each skier represented a different nation, all three ride for a single brand: Völkl Skis...
Just a day after Alterra announced the addition Big Cottonwood Canyon ski resorts Solitude and Brighton, the company also revealed the addition of Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico. Taos is also included on the Mountain Collective Pass.
The Ikon Pass will include seven days with no blackouts while...
Alex Schlopy is here and ready for redemption. After a long hiatus, the skier recently announced that he is aiming to complete in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on the US Big Air Team, a new addition to the Olympics.
The Park City native has been long due for a comeback. In past competitions...