Articles by Newschoolers
Words by Emma Renly
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...
Words by Matt Masson
That’s how Mike Hornbeck described Armada’s athlete summit, which took place last winter at the HQ in Utah, following a couple of challenging years.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/909354/This-is-Armada--Team-Manifesto-_
Armada is a company close to many...
Eric Iberg grew up in Edina, MN, but there was no cake-eating in his life. It was all about skiing and baseball...and baseball didn't work out. This legendary filmmaker is also a true ski historian. He’s a creative who’s also a people person that used film-making as his launch into the ski...
After months of discussion on both Newschoolers and TGR forums, with members of both having experienced sheared pins/broken toe pieces on their Marker Kingpins, Marker has issued a recall of certain Kingpin models from the 2017/2018 lineup.
Full press release:
"Based on the results of...
We'll make this quick and easy: would you cop this light pink, Cam'ron inspired coaches jacket or nah?
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Hey you! Help us decide what to make this Fall for our merch program by taking this short survey. We're looking to expand our offering and put a new twist on favorites from last year like the Dad hats & coaches jacket. Thanks for helping us make the merch the best we can!
Written by: Matt Kretzschmar
The VTDigger has reported that Jay Peak will be going up for sale and the question is; will Vail snatch up yet another resort to add to it's ever growing empire? Michael Goldberg, the court appointed receiver in the EB-5 fraud case that involved Miami businessman...
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Every year, creatives from all over Finland gather to present their work at the Peaks Festival in various categories. This year, Matti Räty, who has spearheaded the design for Ski or Die from the beginning, accepted a Silver Award in what he...
Earlier today, the X Games Norway jump played host to Men's Qualification. 8 guys had to compete for just 2 spots, with the other 6 finalists pre-qualified. The guys who made it, Alex Hall and Birk Ruud, killed it and fully deserved their spots but other guys, Oscar Wester for one, slayed and...
The finals on the ski side of X Games Norway kicked off today with Women's Big Air. A field of 7 ladies took to the sunny skies above Oslo courtesy of a striking scaffolding behemoth. With Big Air as the only ski event and no qualifying on the women's side, everything came down to 3 jumps...
Having known the guys for a long time, we at Newschoolers.com approached Pit Viper to see if we could weasel some sweet Larry Enticer money out of their bank account. Turns out, cash was the easy part. The trouble was getting their drunk marketing “team” to agree on a what a paid article should...
Cover: Hayden Wright. All photos - Daniel Milchev/Red Bull Content Pool
The Summit Daily is reporting that, as a result of a crash at the Copper Mountain Slopesoakers Pond Skimming Event, skier Hayden Wright, 26, has been charged with misdemeanor assault. Since the incident resulted in the...
Nine Knights, Nine Queens, Nine Royals and now just Nines. Every single one of them has been an insane spectacle and this year was no different. Audi Nines bestowed upon us the most insane course build of the year, in a year where the Olympic slope course looked difficult to beat, and went on to...
Cover photo: Ilanna Barkusky
The World Ski & Snowboard Festival in Whistler hosted another insane big air this year. The women's lineup consisted of Sofia Tchernetsky, Elena Gaskell, Yuki Tsubota, & Nikki Blackall. The Men were as follows: Max Moffatt, Matt Wilcox, Philippe Langevin, Teal...
Press Release
The story of the season is set and continues to unfold. It’s been one of epic storms and deep powder days in Whistler, and as we continue to get amongst it and enjoy every day on the slopes, we begin to prepare for the season-ending celebration that’s going to send it off with a...
The 4th Annual JP Memorial (JPM4) will be held once again in Whistler Blackcomb, April 11- 13, 2018. JP was not only one of the greatest skiers to ever live, he also gave back to the mountain community by starting the non-profit organization, Alpine Initiatives.
Alpine Initiatives takes this...
Newschool skiing broke down the stale and competitively confined world of moguls and “conventional” freestyle. Skiers like The 3 Phils and JP Auclair were rebels fighting to ski their own way. Now, FIS has crept back into the picture, attempting to suck the life out of the movement these skiers...
For this year, the Jamboree ski and snowboard video contest (formerly the Stairsmasters) has been given a facelift and is now Unmarked presented by Vidéotron, an online contest with a focus on backcountry adventure and powder instead of urban action. Four crews of skiers ventured off the beaten...
Seemingly perfect conditions and good course in Aspen for X Games 2018 led to an insane slope final this afternoon. Click the links to watch the top 3 runs.
Run 1 Highlights:
Only Henrik had a clean run but there were some pretty crazy lines being attempted.
- Out of the gates Andri Ragettli...
After a frankly bonkers men's big air last night, today saw the ladies take their turn on the big booter at Aspen. Instead of the primetime slot under the lights, the ladies were sending under sunny skies at lunctime. Unfortunately 4 of the 8 riders were injured or pulled out of big air for...