Articles by iang

It had probably been 10 years since I’d last seen a ‘big budget’ ski film, excluding Level 1’s seasonal offerings. This wasn’t necessarily an intentional choice. Rather, instead of shelling out cash to see the newest MSP or TGR film, I’d been comfortably sustaining myself on the growing...

Neon green with splashes of red. Motorcycles, palm trees, ski masks. The K2 logo resting confidently behind crosshairs. My first pair of twins, the 2008 Juvy. Manufactured during a time some would call the ‘golden age’ of freeskiing, the Juvy had plenty of company in the adult twin-tip market...

Cover Image: All helmeted up with nowhere to go. Before you say anything, yes, I know, the horse is already dead. Or, quite close, at the very least. The moment it flinches another thread appears on Newschoolers titled with the question, should you wear a helmet???? And the horse sighs...

Cover photo: Rearview mountains. Recently, when describing the pandemic, I caught myself stating the classic COVID phrase: it’s been a weird year. The word weird does little to encapsulate everything that happened in 2020, although its indescriptiveness is telling, a reminder that despite our...

Cover photo: Late night fuel stop. The road trip has held a particular fascination in the American imagination ever since the advent of the consumer automobile. Hunter S. Thompson sped towards Las Vegas with a crowd of hallucinatory bats in tow. Christopher McCandless hauled himself into the...

COVER PHOTO: Sea-To-Sky Highway, en-route to Whistler, B.C., one of Vail's subsidiary resorts Sequestered below the guests who can afford the exorbitantly high food costs, in the brown bag area, sits the core skier. Either dining on french fries pilfered from an unfinished meal, or a cup of...

Cover: Carter makes a low angle slash at Lolo Pass, Montana In 7th grade I played basketball for my middle school’s team. During that season I shot for 100%, which might sound impressive, especially given that I was 5’6” at the time, with the coordination of a puppy who hasn’t quite grown into...

I was raised on ski movie premieres. And, if you’re anything like me, a 20 something who for at least a brief window had aspirations of going pro, you probably were too. I saw the launch of WE, a Poor Boyz Productions film, at the Neptune theatre in Seattle back in 2012. It feels weird writing...