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    The Great Saga Outerwear Robbery

    In December 2017, Saga Outerwear had a huge part of their 2018 inventory stolen. Saga’s co-founder/CEO, Andy Mallett tells us how he first heard the shocking news: “We spend about a year building our fall/winter collection. Last year we had just finished production, all the goods had shipped...
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    Chinese consortium’s takeover of Amer Sports nears completion

    The Finnish company that bought Armada in 2017, Amer Sports, are themselves on the brink of being taken over by a consortium led by China’s Anta Sports. The offer values Armada’s parent company at $5.23 billion. The consortium includes several Chinese private equity firms. They say that, if...
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    The Mike Hornbeck Interview

    After a weekend of watching the superstars at the Dew Tour in Breckenridge, we sit down with “normal guy” Mike Hornbeck, to talk about being a different sort of pro. Born and raised in Michigan, Mike Hornbeck was like many kids. He clicked into his first pair of skis in Kindergarten. Skiing...
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    The Jason Arens Interview

    Credit: Aiden Ulrich Jason Arens is one of skiing’s top judges, but first and foremost, he’s a skier. The Tahoe native tells us how most ski judges still ride the courses themselves. As a skier Jason has competed and was part of the Good Enough crew with Khai Krepela and Pete Arneson. I know...
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    The Tom Wallisch Interview

    Cover photo: Clayton Boyd (@_ClaytonBoyd_) Tom Wallisch has come a long way since winning Superunknown IV back in 2007. The “King of Afterbang” has just kept on innovating in the 12 years since that game-changing video. He sits down, for an extended interview, to talk about everything from...
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    The Magnus Granér Interview

    We chatted to a very relaxed Magnus Graner, who is chilling in Austria having skied at the inaugural White Festival in Albertville, France. The 25-year-old Swede took the ski world by storm, winning Level 1’s SuperUnknown. He has since gone on to make waves in the ski industry. After winning X...
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    Grouse Mountain: 25 Years Of Terrain Parks

    All photos courtesy of Grouse Mountain The world was a simpler place in 1994: the X Games weren’t even a thing yet, Henrik Harlaut was a couple of years from grade school and the Lion King was the movie of the year. 1994 was also the year that Grouse Mountain opened their first terrain park...
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    The Daniel Hanka Interview

    Cover photo credit: Lukyn Wagneter Dan learned to ski at his home resort of Deštné –where he now hosts the Soldiers Big Air Event—it’s where he learned how to stand on a pair of skis and go down a hill. But another sport actually opened his eyes to what could be possible on skis: “I started...
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    The Jake Mageau Interview

    Cover Photo: Christian Raguse Jake Mageau, or Mista Mango as he's otherwise known, is celebrated first and foremost for his unique way of having fun on his skis. But most don't know that much about him and I had so many questions: why did such a creative skier choose halfpipe? How did someone...
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    The Will Wesson Interview

    Cover photo: Erik Olson (left) and Andrey Anufriev (right). The life-span of most things on the internet can be measured in nanoseconds. In a world of Instagram, memes, and Youtubers, longevity is rare. With that in mind, LINE Travelling Circus is in its 11th year and still keeping us...
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    The Woodsy Interview

    The UK is famous for a lot of things: James Bond, drinking tea, the Beatles, the Queen… It would be a long list before you thought of skiing, that was until James ‘Woodsy’ Woods burst onto the scene. He won five consecutive British national championships in slopestyle between 2007 and 2011...
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    The Parker White Interview

    Parker White had a pretty carefree childhood, growing up in the town of Dorset, Vermont. Both of his parents are skiers and fully-supported his decision to move to Mammoth, at the age of 16, to follow his dream of spending his winters clicked in to a pair of skis. Medals at X Games and Red Bull...
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    The Tanner Hall Interview

    Cover Photo: Dan Villaire Skiing is subjective. We all have our favourite skiers for different reasons. But facts are facts and you can’t argue with Tanner Hall’s record-haul of eleven Winter X Games ski medals and 15 years of major ski movie appearances. Whatever you think of his persona, Ski...
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    The Jacob Wester Interview

    All photos courtesy of Sofia Sjöberg Jacob Wester has skied Big Air, Slopestyle and Superpipe competitions all over the world. He medalled at the X Games in2009. He had some classic segments in MSP movies. The ex-Big Air-specialist now spends his winters in Chamonix and most summers on a...
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    The Lucas Stål Madison Interview

    [Editor's Note: Welcome to our interview series for '18-19. We have a great line up of pros and up-and-comers and these are going to be coming at you every Tuesday. Enjoy and please let us know what you think. - Twig] _ Cover Photo: Martin Axell Whether it’s winning Superunknown in 2012...
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    Skiing before I could walk!

    Hi Newschoolers. My name's Matt and I grew up in Switzerland, France, Germany and England. I used to be qualified to teach skiing, windsurfing and sailing. In 2010, I had an accident so had to stop. I went back to university in England and last week I submitted my final bit of work of my...
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    FIS park and pipe World Cup 2017/18

    are the Winter Olympics in 2018 replacing the world cup next year?
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    Nagano 98 N64

    Does anyone know about Nagano 98 on the Nintendo 64? I have an old n64 so I had a go at Nagano. Doing the 7 sport championship, the bobsled always ruins my chances of winning! I just want to know how to get a good start? Ive googled it but no luck! Cheers!
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    Any advice?

    Hi my names Matt, my parents are British but i grew up in Paris, Dusseldorf and Geneva. so i grew up skiing a lot, mainly in Chamonix. But when i was 18 i did a season in British Columbia and got my instructor ticket (and park and pipe) i never worked as an instructor but i spent most winters...
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