Articles by Twig
The Team Challenge is probably (hopefully) everyone's highlight of the Dew Tour, with riders from 6 of skiing's biggest brands competing in modified halfpipe, jumps and jibs. Torin YW ended up pulling double duty for Armada, riding both pipe and jumps but all the other teams fielded three...
Cover Photo: Giulia Tanno flying high. Shot by Rachel Bock
Eight women competed in the jump and jib sections that together make up the slopestyle element of Dew Tour this year and it was a heavy hitting field. Kelly Sildaru, Tess Ledeux, Maggie Voisin and more threw down hard in both sections...
Perhaps my biggest goal since joining Newschoolers (there are a couple of other big ones too), has been to make sure that all our gear coverage is honest, in-depth, and open to all brands, big or small. That is what we strive for with our Roofbox Reviews and our Editors' Picks, and I think we're...
Cover Photo: Chad Buchholz/Fis
Winter halfpipe season kicked off in Copper this week and for the most part, it was the usual suspects who made the finals cut bar one: Kelly Sildaru has gradually been moving into halfpipe, has quickly made her self a 'triple threat' as announcers are so fond...
Cover Photo: Ethan Stone
[Editor's Note: This review was conducted on the 2018-19 Armada EDollo, which is unchanged for 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 except for graphics.]
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Perhaps my biggest goal since joining Newschoolers (there are a couple of other big ones too), has been to make sure that all our gear coverage is honest, in-depth, and open to all brands, big or small. That is what we strive for with our Roofbox Reviews and our Editors' Picks, and I think we're...
All photos: David Malacrida/White Festival
The inaugural White Festival went down this weekend in France and nobody really knew what to expect. Going into the event, all anyone had seen were some CGI mockups, which definitely do not prepare you for what you see when you walk through the...
The White Festival is a 'world first' for an indoor event. As so many of you were at pains to point out when the event was announced, there have been indoor skiing events before. But none aimed to combine all the various freeski competition disciplines: slopestyle, halfpipe, and big air, along...
Cover Photo: Robin Lee
Wind back the clock the best part of a decade and, come summer, Saas Fee was the place to be. It’s definitely still a good training ground, but back then it was the undisputed best spot to be in summer with jumps rivaling those on any winter slopestyle course. With that...
[Editor's Note: This review was conducted on the 2018-19 Prodigy 1.0, which is unchanged for 2019-20 and 2020-21 except for graphics]
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Zig Zag is the Level 1 movie a lot of people have been asking for. The narration which defined the last couple of years has gone, and pure ski porn has returned. A number of old faces have returned too. Ahmet Dadali, Chris Logan, and Parker White make their first Level 1 appearances for several...
[Editor’s Note: Our review was conducted on the 18/19 Line Chronic, which is unchanged for 2021-22, except for the graphics].
Welcome back to Roofbox Reviews: Our no bullshit, in-depth ski reviews, by ski bums for ski bums. No sponsored athletes, no 'we took 3 runs at a ski test'. Brands send...
Photos: Like That Agency
The High Five Festival. It's a new type of hangover. It's also an insane festival of all things skiing (with a little snowboarding for good measure). Somehow, despite being based in Europe and having worked in 'the industry' for four or five years now, this is the first...
[Editor's note: Our review was conducted on the 2019 ARV 96, which is unchanged for 2020 except for graphics]
Welcome back to Roofbox Reviews for 2019: Our no bullshit, in-depth ski reviews, by ski bums for ski bums. No sponsored athletes, no 'we took 3 runs at a ski test'. Brands send us the...
[Editor’s Note: This review was conducted on the ‘17-18 Völkl Revolt, which is unchanged for ‘18-19, '19-20 and '20-21 except for the graphics.]
Ski: Völkl Revolt 95
Length skied: 173cm
Actual length (Tip-tail w/ straight tape): 172.8cm
Shape: 129-95-119
Measured weight (each ski)...
On The Come Up is a series in which we highlight up-and-coming skiers. Some of them you may recognize, but for many, the names won’t ring a bell. Either way, one thing’s for certain, you’re going to be hearing a lot more of these names in the near future.
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Cover Photo: Andrin pressing one...
The first episode of season 11 of Traveling Circus has just gone live over at lineskis.com and it's great to see the guys back at full weirdness. Throughout the series you'll learn about dinosaurs, find out why Revelstoke is a terrible place to go skiing and internally debate which of the crew...
[Editor's Note: This review was conducted on the 2018/19 ARV 106, which is unchanged for '19/20 except for graphically].
Welcome back to Roofbox Reviews for 2019: Our no bullshit, in-depth ski reviews, by ski bums for ski bums. No sponsored athletes, no 'we took 3 runs at a ski test'. Brands...
One of the major barriers to the expansion of skiing, and 'freeskiing' in particular, is the fact that so many of its greatest moments take place out of reach for all but the most intrepid. Be it remote backcountry jumps, late night street sessions or even contests in parks that even the skiing...