Articles by Twig
Planks Grassroots is back by popular demand for a second year, featuring both an event tour and a video contest. The events are a ton of fun with people traveling from all over the country to get involved. Drawing cues from TAFT the stops include both fun events for all and a contest element...
Cover photo: Bucholz/FIS
The first FIS Big Air of the season finished up in Cardrona, New Zealand earlier today after some inclement weather interfered with the schedule somewhat. There was mixed rider attendance with some big names making the trip, but many others opting out of a trip to New...
Cover Photo: Erik Olson
The summer park in Zermatt is fast becoming a ski institution, a summerly pilgrimage following the footsteps of Will Wesson, Sami Ortlieb and the rest of the Glacier Days crew. Each summer, the number of skiers and snowboarders making the trip grows - and with good...
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It's hard to believe that it's been 8 years since the HG Skis brand was founded, following four years of prototyping. It's always sad to see any ski brand go out of business, but given the quality of their movies year after year...
For at least a week now, rumours have been circulating that Tanner would be on the the receiving end of an FWT Wildcard, and the the news has finally been confirmed. Following in the footsteps of Candide and others, going from 'freeski' comp superstar to big mountain slayer, Tanner is set to...
All photos: Martin Axéll
Kimbo Sessions. There’s simply nothing like it. A sentiment perfectly illustrated by the riders’ welcome ‘meeting’, which coincided with Valborgsmässoafton, a celebration which has roots in Pagan traditions, and marks the end of long dark winter and the beginning of...
All photos: Mateusz Bocian
Zermatt. It conjures up images, first and foremost, of the Matterhorn, arguably the worlds most famous mountain, but also of champagne bars and fur coats. Until recently it was not a noted destination for destitute park rats trying to get a fix of rails and jumps. But...
It’s fair to say that ON3P has trodden a different path in the ski industry ever since their foundation on the forums of Newschoolers and TGR. There they listened to users’ ski wants and needs and figured out what other brands had been failing to produce. Then, rather than outsourcing production...
Last year's KimboSessions produced more banger edits than any competition I can remember since JOSS. I was lucky enough to spend most of the week out in Klappen, enjoying what is currently the closest thing skiing has to a Superpark shoot. The setup for this year is just starting to take shape...
As many a pro skier has figured out, Scandinavia is the place to be in the spring. For one thing, it's warm, slushy, fun and you can ski until way in to the evening... which means no need to wake up early, a big plus in my books at least. There are also countless dope events: Ski Or Die...
Mike Wilson is an athlete with elite ability and you can say he has "made it" in the world of action sports. You could also say that Mike didn’t achieve his full potential. Mike has always marched to the beat of his own drummer and while some athletes choose to be team players, Mike was more of...
Soldiers Big Air was one of the craziest events to watch of the season. The jump was huge and the innovative format required riders to have both tech and style tricks in their bags to progress. Ultimately Colin Wili took the win in the superfinal, finishing ahead of Oscar Wester, Max Moffat and...
Cover Photo: Christoffer Sjostrom/FWT
Despite some questionable light conditions, today saw another insane spectacle on the Bec Des Rosses. The whole Freeride World Tour is insane, that goes without saying, but there is still nothing that compares with what goes down in the final event of the...
Today sees the announcement of the first ever female SuperUnknown finalist: Rosina Friedel. I've seen Rosina's name pop up a few times in European projects over the years, most recently holding her own alongside the rest of the El Makrell crew on a trip to Georgia. So I was duly stoked to see...
As I said when announcing the semi-finalists, judging SuperUnknown is seriously hard. The difference between making finals and semi-finals is often only a hairs breadth. It might simply be a particularly stomped landing or one moment of crazy style/creativity that makes the difference. And those...
The final FIS Big Air of the season went down in Quebec this evening and the finals were suitably insane. The ladies contest was arguably a bit underwhelming, largely thanks to many of the big name riders opting out as a result of injuries and/or post-olympic hangovers. Only four ladies started...
Scandinavia is a crazy place. It's one of the most beautiful places on the planet, has some of the nicest, happiest people and if you drink the water, you are guaranteed at least a SuperUnknown semi-finalist slot. It's also indisputably becoming the place to be in April and May if you want to...
Judging SuperUnknown is hard... seriously hard. You have four times as many entries as there are semi/final slots and 95% of them are really good. The panel tasked with making the call includes the Level 1 crew, as well as NS staff and some of the OG riders. When the entries are all in, we work...
Sunny Italian skies greeted competitors for the final FIS World Cup of the season. Athletes had to endure some uncomfortable post run interviews but otherwise it was a good day in Seiser Alm. If you want to nitpick, there were clearly some speed issues with the last jump/jumps, especially on run...
Starting tomorrow (Friday 9th) the Soldiers 2K18 Big Air will be going down in the little known ski destination that is the Czech Republic. Just a couple of hours out of Prague is Daniel Hanka's home resort of Destné, which will be the setting for one of the more interesting Big Air spectacles...