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Cover Photo: Stefan Mahlknecht
After a week-long hiatus, The Weakend is back in business with the best of what skiing has had to offer this week. The SLVSH Cup Grandvalira is nearly over for 2017, with just the final remaining (on Tuesday). It's an epic end to an unpredictable tournament so...
Photos: Rachel Bock/SLVSH
Good news fellow NSers, you got another call right yesterday, bringing you up to 3 correct (out of 11). Tomorrow morning sees the last quarter final between local stylelord, Luka Melloni, and the scarily talented Austrian, Tom Ritsch.
Like the games that have gone...
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Mike Powell has been around the ski game for longer than most. He spent 16 years at...
An exciting season of the Freeride World Tour rounded out today in Verbier on the infamous Bec Des Rosses. At the beginning of the day, the men's title was particularly a subject of speculation with a three way tie for the lead between Kristopher Turdell, Loic Collombe-Patton and Leo Slemmet...
Cover Photo: Rachel Bock/SLVSH
The SLVSH Cup quarter finals continue tomorrow and so far the games have all been heaters. That looks set to continue in the penultimate match in the round, a clash of two guys who, when you look at the bracket, you'd think of as potential winners. Both Antti and...
Photos: Rachel Bock/SLVSH
Well NS, your first round prediction record was 2/8... which is not great. We go into the quarter finals tomorrow and the match ups are all looking difficult to call again. There are a couple of riding style clashes but they all look close ones on paper. The first...
This absolute bombshell dropped into my inbox this morning. Amer Sports (Salomon, Atomic) announced this morning their $4.1 million acquisition of Armada Skis (yes, you read that number right). More on this as the story unfolds.
Update: 14:15 (EST): Joerg at Prime Skiing (Joerga on NS) had a...
All photos: Rachel Bock/SLVSH
Newschoolers finally called a second match correctly yesterday, which is cause for celebration. As is the final matchup in the first round of the SLVSH Cup. It's a big one: Magnus Graner Vs Luka Melloni. There's a definite clash of styles on show and on paper...
Mike Powell is has been around the ski game for longer than most. He spent 16 years at K2 Sports, managing (ie attempting to stay in contact/deal with) some of the sport's biggest names, creating content and events such as the Back 9 and Kamp K2 and generally "worked his ass off for the love of...
Cover Photo: Stefan Mahlknecht (Click the name, follow this guy, he's killing it.)
After the drama of the week before, last week was something of a quiet one. SuperUnknown has been a daily source of entertainment and all the semi-finalists have now been released. There are some absolute bangers...
Congratulations Newschoolers! On Friday, the majority of you guessed the outcome of a SLVSH game correctly for the first time since these articles started. We're into week two of the SLVSH cup now and I imagine this one will be a bit of a shot in the dark for a lot of people. But check out the...
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Snowpark El Tarter is proving a hotspot for upsets this week and I'd be stunned if there's a perfect bracket at the end of this contest. Is anyone still at 100% so far? If so, let us know! Check out the teaser for tomorrow's game below and...
All photos: Rachel Bock/SLVSH
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The epic opening SLVSH Cup battle between Jonah Williams and Johan Berg went live earlier today. In the pre-game coverage you guys voted on who you thought was going to take the win, and a massive 75% voted for Jonah. Find out if you were...
Cover Photo: Stefan Mahlknecht
It's safe to say this has been a news-filled week thanks to FIS screw ups aplenty. I'm pretty sure you didn't miss this, but just in case: They essentially called their skiers worthless, then totally fucked up a contest putting said skiers at high risk of injury...
All photos: Rachel Bock/Slvsh
Welcome to our pre-game coverage of the Slvsh Cup Grandvalira 2017. It's no secret that Slvsh Cups have only been sporadically covered by the ski media world. The games themselves stand alone and are freely available, making your traditional recap style comp...
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It's safe to say James Woods is one of the nicest, most polite and respectful gentlemen you could ever hope to meet. So when he starts calling out your event organisation you need to stand up and take notice. And that's exactly what happened in the wake of this...
It became apparent upon booting up the FIS World Champs this morning that the slopestyle course was in brutal condition. You could hear how shitty the snow was and it didn't look like a great course anyway with weirdly matched takeoff and landing transitions. Wind was also causing some serious...
In the run-up to the pipe finals I'd heard about some speed issues resulting from fluctuating temperatures in Sierra Nevada but they didn't really materialise. The speed was there but the looker's right wall the pipe took out a bunch of guys. It's hard to tell if that was an issue with the pipe...
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This video posted earlier today shows FIS Race Director (and head honcho of FIS Freestyle) Joe Fitzgerald telling frustrated skiers at the World Championships that they "don't do anything"...
[Editor’s Note: Our review was conducted on the 16/17 Armada Al Dente, which is unchanged for 2017-18, except for the graphics].
The Roofbox is back for 2016-17, with one aim: No bullshit, in-depth ski reviews, by ski bums for ski bums. No sponsored athletes, no 'we took 3 runs at a ski test'...