Articles by Twig
On the back of founding Simply. and producing their first project, The Art of Recreation, Sampo, and LDM return with the second part of their visual manifesto. This time, they explore the captivating beauty of powder, taking us on a journey from their local mountains in Switzerland to the serene...
For the first time in some years, the little corner of the Alps that's home to Zermatt (& Saas-Fee), the continent's summer skiing capitals, has had a good winter. Big storms and a cold, wet spring mean the snowpack is in better condition than it has been for some time and the result is banger...
Newschoolers was founded in 1999 and sold to corporate America in 2007. It has been surviving mergers and acquisitions ever since. And yet, twenty-five years later, we’re still here as a cornerstone of ski culture.
Our mission has always been to give skiing a home, and to continue to grow the...
Cover photo: Jesper Gronnemark
The fourth edition of Scandinavian Team Battle went down at CopenHill a week or so back, bigger and better than ever before. Copenhagen in the summertime is a pretty special place to be. Perhaps more famous for CPH Pro (skateboarding) and just being incredibly...
Nothing is quite like Unrailistic. The craziest rail features, the world's best rail skiers, and some total curveballs. It's a clever event too, it's pretty out there but unlike the invitational contests (Kimbo, SuperUnknown) and big bucks events (Nines etc), it really does translate to...
Ski: Line Vision 114
Reviewer height/weight: 5’9, 145lbs
Ski weights (per ski):
Length skied: 183
Actual length (with straight tape): 182.4
Dimensions: 139 - 113 - 132
Mounted: -4 cm from true center
Bindings: Salomon Shift2 13
Locations: Saas-Fee
Conditions skied: Blower, heavy pow...
Typically, when you read a trip article via a ski media publication, it’s a journey to some far-flung place involving a ton of planning, epic adventure, successes, failures, and death-defying feats. There’s a pressure to be unique, to go above and beyond, to scale mountains and eat fermented...
We are quietly proud of Bucket Clips and its growing presence in the freeski world. Rosina and Lui have been killing it in bringing this project together for the past two years, making a pretty seamless and entertaining movie entirely from community-sourced women's content, highlighting the...
Ski: Scott SEA 108
Reviewer height/weight: 5’9, 145lbs
Ski weights (per ski): 2040/2079g
Length skied: 184
Actual length (with straight tape): 182.5
Dimensions: 140 - 106 - 128
Mounted: -4 cm from the true center
Bindings: Armada Shift2 13
Locations: Saas-Fee
Conditions skied: Groomers...
Ski: Salomon Depart .01
Reviewer height/weight: 5’9, 145lbs
Ski weights (per ski): 1906g/2001g
Length skied: 180
Actual length (with straight tape): 178.5
Dimensions: 140 - 106 - 128
Mounted: -3.5 cm from true center
Bindings: Tyrolia Attack 17
Locations: Saas-Fee
Conditions skied...
Salomon is back in (post-?)freeskiing. That in itself is huge news. But the ski that launches today has to be easily the most teased, longest-developed that I can remember. I've been seeing Nico Vugnier around Switzerland on versions of this ski for what has to be at least five years. But it was...
Image: Arabian Business
In just over a week, there will be a 'landmark' Freeski Big Air event in Saudi Arabia. It hasn't exactly been all over the ski-dar but invitations have quietly been sent out to all the big names with the details of the event, which covers all expenses for athletes...
This time last season, I got on my soapbox and ranted like a crazy man before announcing a new series out of NS, Originals. And while you're still probably reading this on your phone, probably still addicted to Instagram or TikTok, and there's about an 80% chance you won't make it to the end of...
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1085572/VID-26311107-125446-068-MP4
Nobody does it quite like Bella Bacon. She exploded onto the scene in a few years back, winning Newschooler's Breakthrough Skier Award and stomping technical tricks with an inimitable style. What perhaps you don't know is that her most impressive skiing was done while suffering from a...
Ski: Line Optic 114
Reviewer height/weight: 5’9, 145lbs
Ski weights (per ski): 2348/2356g
Length skied: 186
Actual length (with straight tape): 185.8
Dimensions: 139-114-131
Mounted: -4 cm from true center
Bindings: Look Pivot 15 (CAST)
Locations: Alta, Jackson Hole, Sunshine Village...
Nobody does it quite like Bella Bacon. She exploded onto the scene in the past few years with technical tricks and an inimitable style. What perhaps you don't know is that much of her most impressive skiing was done while suffering from postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Without...
Ski: Line Bacon 108
Reviewer height/weight: 5’9, 145lbs
Ski weights (per ski):
Length skied: 184 & 178
Actual length (with straight tape): 184.1
Dimensions:
Mounted: -2.5 cm from true center
Bindings: Tyrolia Attack 17
Locations: Saas-Fee, Wolf Creek, Alta
Conditions skied: Park, crud...
This might be a series, it might be a one off… but given my median level of bitterness, the former seems more likely. This week’s subject: ski movies.
I’ve just spent seven days pretty much exclusively watching ski and snowboard films in order to judge for the High Five Festival, which led me...