Articles by MattMasson
All Photos (unless stated) by Daniel Ronnback
Sammy Carlson doesn't need much introduction. For park-skiers; he has X Games medals in Slopestyle and Big Air. For those who prefer their features sculpted by nature; he dominated Real Ski Backcountry. And for movie-buffs; The Sammy C Project is...
Cover photo by Carlo Mion
The Gagnier dynasty is unmatched. The three brothers have each elevated skiing to a new level in their own unique way, starting in the streets. Then Charles set the competition world on fire, winning an X Games gold in the process. We recently spoke the youngest of the...
Cover photo: Alric Ljunghager
We all have a favorite skier, our favorite skiers have favorite skiers. Alex Hall has a pretty unique boast: in an interview last year, Jason Arens told us that Hall is his favorite skier to judge. You can see why. Hall has a different approach to his tricks and he...
Cover photo: Jeremy Pancras
Torin Yater-Wallace was born the same year as the inaugural X Games. He may have already had an XGames medal when he was just 15-years-of-age, but his life hasn’t exactly been a fairytale. He’s been out since December 2018 with the latest in a string of horrific...
Armada is much more than a group of incredible skiers. The new Joint Efforts campaign strives to give an insider’s view of the entire AR family and the personalities and culture that driveArmada.
“Our goal withJoint Efforts was to highlight the breadth of individuals that contribute to Armada...
Cover photo: Zipline Poles
David Wise has multiple gold medals at both the Olympics and the XGames, he even holds a controversial World Record. This is something of a different interview in that we started it off at Audi Nines last April with the plan of publishing around now, but the day...
All Photos by Joe Cadieux
Alex Beaulieu-Marchand started this season, as he means to go on, with a medal at XGames Norway. Last winter was slightly different and more personal. NS caught up with ABM at Audi Nines last April to explain why.
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We're in Austria in April, the season's winding...
Photo credit: WNDR Alpine
Pep Fujas is a personal ski hero of mine, so I was already excited to interview him. Then, just a couple of weeks ago, he hit the ski-headlines shocking us all by leaving K2 for Matt Sterbenz’s new brand WNDR Alpine. So when interview time came around, we had plenty...
Jyosei is the Japanese word for woman. JYOSEI is a short film about eight women’s month-long trip to Japan last year. Australian skier, Maddie Jones, took six other female skiers and one filmer/editor, Laura Obermeyer, to Japan for a month of skiing street and –because it’s Japan—they had to...
Cover Photo: Elias flying high above the castle. Credit: David Malacrida
Audi Nines wrapped up on Saturday in Sölden, Austria. A pretty relaxed format made for an eventful contest, there were plenty of highs, a particularly nasty injury, and an incredible guest appearance. You can see the best...
Opinions have been flying around since David Wise set a new world record this week. He aired 11.7 meters (38 feet 4 inches) out of a quarterpipe at the Audi Nines, in Austria.
The contention comes with the design of the feature and how Wise set this new record. Because he took off from a...
Markus Eder has followed the well-trodden path from the park to big-mountain. Nowadays he's making a strong case for being called the most versatile skier on the planet. He competed in slopestyle at Sochi, yet just won the Freeride World Tour. And just to show he hasn’t forgotten his park roots...
Cover photo: Ian Maddox, All others (unless stated) John Bishop
Back in the day, the majority of comp skiers were also video skiers and, for the most part, it worked the other way around. In 2019, most skiers specialise. But Henrik Harlaut’s never really been one to follow trends, and he has...
Cover Photo: Men Ski FWT 2019 Overall podium 1. Eder 2. Turdell 3. Sleet
Two Italian skiers took the overall Freeride World Tour titles in Verbier this weekend.
Men’s overall leader, and favorite to claim the title, Markus Eder completed the Italian double by winning the FWT 2019 men ski. He...
Speaking at the face check, of the Bec des Rosses, the the day before the final stop of the FWT 2019. Current leader and favourite to take the ski men title: Markus Eder, says he'd love to crown a special year on the tour by taking the overall title in Verbier.
"I really, really, really want to...
Cover Photo: Dan Villaire
Tanner won't be attending the finale of his debut season on the FWT. As one of the busiest guys in skiing, fitting in the whole tour was always going to be a challenge, and having flown back to the US after the penultimate event in Andorra, he's had to make a decision...
Cover photo credit: Amy, Jackson Hole
Things have gone nuts for Trevor Kennison since his, world-famous, launch down Corbet's Couloir. He won the Riders Choice Award at the King's and Queen's of Corbet's 2019 and clips of him flying off cliffs have been seen worldwide. Earlier this month we...
Dan Hanka’s new project –Cruise’n’Roll– is “a mixture between good ol’ Smelly Socks edits and a video blog.” Known for his unique rock 'n' roll style, Dan is taking things up a notch with his new web series.
Photo: Lucas Kuehn
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The Czech skier loves everything Rock’n’Roll and US classic...
All photos: Josh Bishop
We caught B-Dog on a rest day, during the filming of his insane 2019 entry for Real Ski. Chilling out at home, in Shawinigan, Quebec, Phil talks about developing his pro model with Armada, his movie En Particulier and even his love for quinoa…
Like many youngsters...
Cover photo credit: Will Wesson
Freeskiing is still relatively unknown in Russia and at the same time, what Russian freeskiing there is flies under most people's radars. But there's a new brand coming out of the scene, Twoowt Skis, and we wanted to find out more. So, we hit up team rider Andrey...