Articles by Turner.
Photos: Rachel Bock
Shred optics and Slytech made waves a couple seasons back with the signing of Tom Wallisch, arguably the biggest name in freeskiing. Since then, they have been quietly improving and expanding their protection lineup, including Tom’s signature “Walnuts” series. We sat down...
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Right: Lab jacket, Compound pant | Left: Genius jacket, IQ pant
Right: Daphne jacket, Daisy pant | Left: Quantum jacket, Baker bib pants
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Dragon brings Advanced Projects lens technology to their offerings in 2016. Their lenses are polarized, photochromic and optimized to reduce strain on riders' eyes while also enhancing their vision.
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X1 and X1S
NFX
X2 above, X1s below
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Outdoor Tech makes products that you probably want. As one of the leading names in outdoor accessories, they're back with more rugged, creative designs in 2016.
Products!
Display rack!
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Turtle Shell
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Kodiak 2 Powerline
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Marshall goggles in front, Ace behind
Doom in front, with Marshall (bottom left) and Raider (top left)
Bravo | Ace
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Lib Tech brings magne-traction serrated edges to their 2016-17 ski line up. Highlights include the Megapow, designed in collaboration with Mt. Baker ski patrol.
Right to left: Megapow, UFO 115, UFO 100, Backwards
Left to right: Wreckreate 90, 100, 115
Wreckreate 90
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“For me, my livelihood has always been based in the outdoors.” Jay Starnino pushes back a little in his chair and looks at the table; “my happiness has always been based in the outdoors, and so much of that is the visual quality.” We’re seated near the back of the Last Drop, one of Revelstoke’s...
SBC Media filed for bankruptcy in July of last year. Suddenly, and for most of us, unexpectedly, a huge hole was blasted into the Canadian ski media landscape. Out of that shakeup, Jeff Schmuck and Travis Persaud have created something new and beautiful in Forecast Magazine. They’re doing good...
It is with no shortage of anticipation that we await the first ever Red Bull ReDirect competition, to be held in Quebec City on February 12th. Red Bull is known for funding and hosting creative competitions, from Play Streets to Foret Urbaine to the Cold Rush series.
JP’s ‘08 recap is worth...
Photos: Scott Nettleton
The Swatch Freeride World Tour kicks off next Saturday, in Andorra. The event will feature a live webcast and “an event village” for fans, with a live DJ and food and beverages, and an opening ceremony and everything. It will be quite the production; one of five FWT...
We were fifteen minutes into the drive when I asked what the purpose of this trip was. “Drinking,” Conor replied, turning back slightly from the steering wheel to address the question. It was just after dark on Friday evening and we were climbing through Rogers pass, heading for Kicking Horse...
We talk a lot about creativity on this website. Innovators are idolized, weirdness has a cult following. It’s one of my favourite aspects of skiing that alongside absolute heaters like the Faction Collective’s latest, there are kids and pros alike discovering new ways of throwing old tricks, and...
Kev was dejected yesterday. We skied 11 am till 3 in the afternoon and the snow was good. Park was popping, and it was soft in north bowl; the kind of skiing our friend Liv would term “yummy.” It wasn’t the conditions that were the bummer. No, it had something to do with the crumpled pages that...
The Bunch is not a single, clearly defined crew, they don’t fit the mould. “That’s not the important part” Par Hagglund explained to me. “It’s funny how people... every interview I’ve ever done is like ‘Who are in the bunch?’” That’s missing the point, he said. “It’s just: The Bunch. Weird...
2016 marks the 10th anniversary of the Deep Winter Photo Challenge. Over the next 72 hours, five photographers will compete for the $10,000 prize purse and the title of 2016 King or Queen of Storms. For the first time ever, the competitors will be shooting in Whistler Blackcomb's lift accessed...
Some ink has been spilled over the years on the subject of music in ski edits. To trace a loose progression: early film releases leaned heavily on punk rock and Swollen Members, before the era of edit skiing diversified the need for music to keep up with rapidly evolving styles of skiing...
The concept behind Andy Parry’s Tell a Friend Tour is pretty simple. In Andy’s own words, “the reason I want to do this is the original idea of creating something that supports the people who need to be supported in our industry.” That includes kids at East Coast hills who fly under skiing's...
12 months ago, I told my parents I was going to take the year off from school. I told them I needed to see the world. The whole thing was a long time coming, the final step in a drawn-out process that I just had to sack up and send. All the clever, pseudo-vagabond bullshit I had running around...