Articles by Twig
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The Newschoolers Awards are back for 2023, celebrating the best of what went down in 2022, from individual stunts to banger ski movies. It was a tricky year to be a judge, with a huge number of projects...
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of world cup winner, Newschoolers member, and standout human, Kyle Smaine. Kyle was shooting backcountry in Japan with Mountain Gazette, in a crew of three including Grant Gunderson and Adam Ü. Full details of the incident can be found here...
Yesterday's men's slopestyle final certainly had some highlights, but it was severely curtailed by the weather. Today, brighter skies shone above Aspen and we got our first taste of the slopestyle course in daylight. There was some leftover snow from the night before but the course was running...
X Games is the big one (at least 3 years out of 4). So in a sense, it's a relief that the biggest show of the year is independent of most of the other comps, if perhaps even more commercialized. One thing is for sure though, X Games build the biggest, wildest setups of the year, and this year...
Ski: Dynastar MFree 108
Reviewer height/weight: 5’9, 145lbs
Ski weights (per ski): 2213/2227g
Length skied: 182
Actual length (with straight tape): 181.6
Dimensions: 138-108-128
Mounted: -4.5 cm from true center
Bindings: Tyrolia Attack 17
Locations: Saas-Fee, Jeizinen
Conditions skied...
It was a weird day today, with sun and blue skies all morning, but snow descending on the slopestyle course in Laax just for finals. It was, not to put a fine point on it, fucking freezing too, so conditions were tricky, to say the least. The course in Laax offered a unique final feature and...
Cover photo: Markus Eder capping
The third annual Nendaz Backcountry Invitational went down today and, with the exception of it being ‘I’m still wondering when my genitals will reappear’ cold, it was an absolute banger of an event once again. Seriously, this might be the best ‘competition’ out...
Bucket Clips is back for 22-23, the second year of this mixtape highlighting the ripping women of the freeski world. With a definite shortage of exposure on the movie front, Bucket Clips is a product of the wonderful minds of Rosina Friedel & Ludwig Hagelstein, with a little help from...
Cover photo: Bucholz/FIS
Stunt ditch is still alive and well in Copper, despite them being pulled from resorts left, right, and center. Today saw a banger contest under blue skies, with the lead changing all over the place. The ladies and men threw down in equal measure and got the season off...
Cover photo: Bucholz/FIS
It was sick to see a FIS Big Air go down on a real mountain. That's almost a ridiculous statement to have to make but mostly it's scaffolding and ice these days. Conditions looked prime at Copper, even though it was cold as fuck, and both lineups of finalists threw...
Today sees an announcement that has, with hindsight at least, been inevitable for some time. FIS and Freeride World Tour have 'joined forces' according to today's press release The release goes on to clarify that FIS has 'acquired' all FWT properties and will therefore own the tour as of this...
Switzerland in spring is hard to beat. Insane terrain, slushy snow, and warm weather down in the valleys. That’s where Remco Kayser and Anttu Oikonnen found themselves towards the end of last season, alongside Nick Meilleur and Corey Grant on the media side. They were shooting for Board The...
I've known Laurent for a while. I've lived in Switzerland for many years now and he, of course, is a local. We run into each other now and again, randomly and intentionally, to ski and at industry events. I've even enjoyed a conversation in broken French with his mother at the dinner table at...
Ski: Dynastar MFree 99 2023
Reviewer height/weight: 5’9, 145lbs
Ski weights (per ski): 1991/1999g
Length skied: 179
Actual length (with straight tape): 177.8
Dimensions: 128-99-120
Mounted: -2.5 cm from true center
Bindings: Tyrolia Attack 17
Locations: Sunshine Village, Zermatt...
Ski: Dynastar MFree 99 2023
Reviewer height/weight: 5’9, 145lbs
Ski weights (per ski): 1991/1999g
Length skied: 179
Actual length (with straight tape): 177.8
Dimensions: 128-99-120
Mounted: -2.5 cm from true center
Bindings: Tyrolia Attack 17
Locations: Sunshine Village, Zermatt...
Ski: Dynastar MFree 99 2023
Reviewer height/weight: 5’9, 145lbs
Ski weights (per ski): 1991/1999g
Length skied: 179
Actual length (with straight tape): 177.8
Dimensions: 128-99-120
Mounted: -2.5 cm from true center
Bindings: Tyrolia Attack 17
Locations: Sunshine Village, Zermatt...
Ski: Dynastar MFree 99 2023
Reviewer height/weight: 5’9, 145lbs
Ski weights (per ski): 1991/1999g
Length skied: 179
Actual length (with straight tape): 177.8
Dimensions: 128-99-120
Mounted: -2.5 cm from true center
Bindings: Tyrolia Attack 17
Locations: Sunshine Village, Zermatt...
Cover photo: Phil Mckenzie & Andrew Mildenburger
It’s safe to say there has been a lot of great ski content this fall. There have been movies and shorts to the point where all even the biggest of ski fans could be forgiven for becoming a little jaded. I’ve loved the influx of content, and...
Cover photo: FIS/Kielpinski
Almost a month after Big Air lifted the lid on the 22/23 comp season in Chur, Switzerland, slopestyle returned this morning in Stubai, Austria. Despite a terrible start to the season in Europe, the parks have been firing on the Austrian glacier for weeks now, which...