Articles by Kretzschmar
"This is what we do. This is who we are. This is no place for fun. This is Strictly Business."
Filmer Andrew Mildenberger along with rippers Ethan Swadburg, Pete "Egg" Koukov, Parker Norvell, Chance Contay, Benny Smith, and homies set out to film a crew movie last winter. Like most amateur...
Cover Photo: @eivindaanensen
You smell that shit? That's the smell of Opening Day, or maybe it's just me...anyways, resorts have opened up their white strips of death around the country for prime time rock skiing and the official opener for most of us is just a couple weeks away. Twig dropped...
Cover Photo: Gavin Rudy
Opening day is right around the corner and with exotic locales like the Bone Zone popping off last week, the mini edits were imminent and aplenty. If you’re still trying to figure out what skis to get, we just reviewed the redesigned Line Chronic but if you don’t need a...
Cover photo: Laura Obermeyer
The Bone Zone at Brighton is firing, snow is falling all over the West which means Opening Day is right around the corner. It looks like Wolf Creek will be first, they'll be spinning the lifts this Saturday (13th October) and A-Basin is sure to be close behind...
Snow is falling all over the western United States & Canada! People are earning their first turns of the year, SLVSH announced the Ruka vs The World Cup that is sure to yield a few of the best games we will ever see, and we dropped a Roofbox Review of the Faction Prodigy 4.0.
How was your...
Cover photo: Etienne Merel
The Faction Collective is back after a hiatus producing their full length film "This Is Home". Over the winter, they will be releasing a new 3 part series following the team around the world. From the mythical La Grave to the powhound paradise of British Columbia and...
King Dollo has announced yesterday that his two year movie project, The Regiment, will have its world premiere October 6th in Annecy, FR during the High Five Festival. Listen to his PSA below:
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The trailer for the movie will be dropping...
Cover Photo: Laura Obermeyer
The Weakend is back baby! After a summer filled with sorting out our 2019 Gear Guide, listening to Wabs blossoming rap career, and anxiously awaiting SLVSH dropping their first game of the year (still waiting), we’re ready for winter. Having just gotten back from...
With ski season right around the corner and most local shops getting their inventory in for the 2019 season, I wanted to talk about my favorite graphics for this year. Everyone knows the graphics are the most important part of your ski buying experience so I'll help you out a bit with my top 5...
Photos by Laura Obermeyer
The past couple of years, Level 1 had strayed from their trademark ski movie format by way of more trip focused sections and narration. Many of you weren't huge fans of the narration and it seems Level 1 have listened because Zig Zag was unadulterated, hardcore ski...
For the third year in a row, Jossi Wells has gathered an insane group of skiers and snowboarders for 5 days of fun in Cardrona, NZ. Complete with a rail jam, big air, halfpipe with rails, and a BBQ skate sesh it's a great way to finish off the winter down under.
The format for the big air was...
China really wants a piece of the winter sports pie it seems. After yesterday's announcement of a possible acquisition of Amer Sports by a Chinese constortium, it emerges that KOP Properties is building the world's largest indoor ski resort in Shanghai.
According to KOP's site, the Wintastar...
Ahmet Dadali knows -better than most- that to make it as a pro skier, coming from the East Coast, you have to have that one-track mind, the drive to push though the bs and make it happen for yourself. Ahmet and his 'I hate NY Crew', not only came form the East but helped shape the game in the...
Alterra is really gunning for Vail Resorts with their latest additions to the Ikon Pass: Brighton & Solitude resorts. According to the Ikon Pass site, this is what you can expect to get out of your Ikon Pass at these resorts:
Solitude Mountain: Unlimited access and no blackout dates.
Brighton...
Cover Photo: Credit: Scott Klumb @smkmedia Skier: Lupe Hagearty @lupe860
Another year, another winter forecast prediction courtesy of the good ol' Farmer's Almanac. While no one can ever accurately predict the forecast for the year, we can say that snow is going to fall in the United States &...
Cover photo: Meeks by Windells
Summer camp has been in full swing and that means content is coming out of every corner of the internet right now. Not blessed enough to be skiing right now? Get your fix here.
Windells
Windells has gone through four of their five sessions up on Palmer this...
After Snowboard Big Air was added in this year's Olympic games, skiers were wondering when our chance to spin & win for our countries would come along. It turns out 2022, in Beijing, is our answer.
In addition to Big Air Skiing finally being added to the Olympic games repertoire, the IOC is...
For the vast majority of you reading this, your local resort's season is done and dusted. You might not be able to afford camping in the lovely woods surrounding Mt. Hood or you aren't handy enough to build a backyard setup. If you're recovering from an injury or you just don't have much to do...
In 2011, Stage started the company to find their own niche in the massive goggle market by offering high quality, affordable, AND customizable goggles. Since then, they have expanded their offerings to sunglasses, ski & SUP accessories, among other products.
The Propnetic features 9 magnets...
"Let's fucking die tonight!"
Although death is a common theme at Ski or Die, don't think that these guys hope people snap their necks on the unforgiving High Jump or get obliterated on the well crafted Death Course. Carnage is expected and going balls to the wall is encouraged at Ski or Die if...