Check out all the action from the Island Lake Lodge Photo Shoot-out in the video by Matt Westcott. See the riders and photographers in action, riding epic Island Lake terrain in search of the magic frozen moment.

Life is good! An orca whale just surfaced in between us and a desolate West Coast island. I am sitting on the deck of Taku, our Alaska Ferry vessel, looking out on mountains and ocean while reflecting back with my fiancée Tessa on our Alaska trip.

The Dominator goggle is a righteous tool for seeing your way through an overhead day on the hill or in the backcountry. Zeal Optics, straight out of Moab Utah, are a zealous bunch. Zeal, the Greek word for "extreme passion in the pursuit of what you do", is what these guys are ...

Sitting around a pile of burning crates, among friends, friends he has not seen the likes of for one year, Shane is relieved to finally be back in Whistler. It was one year ago exactly that he was banned from Canada after being caught with a pay stub at the border with no work ...

It has been a strange winter season for me, because now all my brother's little friends have grown into pro and semi-professional skiers. Being from Rossland you could always tell who was going to make something of themselves beyond Red Mountain racers and just like his ...

Based out of southern California and materializing like magic from collective mind signals bouncing from neuron to neuron in the TGR forums, PM Gear designs handmade skis created specifically for real skiers. For people whose lives and minds are consumed by skiing. I was lucky ...

The Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival again hosted something just for the girls- the If Ullr Was A Girl Competition. Held over 4 days, the competition brought together professional skiing and snowboarding icons and unknown amateurs to compete for a whopping $25,000. The ...

On Saturday April 19th, The North Face Canadian Ski Mountaineering Championships turned out to be the toughest race yet. But the difficult course and conditions did not deter a record number of competitors participating in all three races at this years’ 2008 National ...

The Cross Couloir on Mount of the Holy Cross is one of the most aesthetic and sought after ski lines in the state of Colorado. Skiing this famous and heavenly couloir in powder was a gift straight from the gods.