Staying connected on the mountain can always be a challenge. Somedays it seems like sheer luck brings you back together at the end of the day. Between spotty cell service, trying not to lose your phone as you dig it out of your pocket and keeping track of your kids, a day on the hill […]
If you like to shred everything aggressively, from park to groomers to backcountry, looking for every hit to spin off and cliff to huck, Arbor’s Hemlock Bindings are for you. They’re strong and light, super sensitive to your every movement but burly enough to handle even your heaviest slashes and drops. Arbor is known for […]
Bajio’s Vega sunglasses are your personal windshields to a wide, rowdy world. Let’s start with what Bajia is known for – the water. And yes, I’ve tested these on bright sunny days staring at the sea. But I’ve also worn them hiking high snowy peaks, driving through bright whiteout days, and running trails. The Bajio […]
With the GORE-TEX Stretch Dispatch Bib, 686 has doubled down on decades of making shred gear by blending it with the most cutting-edge tech on the market. It’s like that kid who’s been ripping for years finally jumped to being the star of the gram videos everybody’s sharing. It’s got sleek OG style with protection […]
The Nidecker Kita Hybrid is a power-driving, ankle saving sleek and powerful boot. I’m talking locks in the foot, disperses every flex to your board, and helps you boot up the pack with the strength of somebody who never skips leg day. That is to say it’s a super-boot. Made for hard shredding and exploration […]
ALTA, WY – In a northeast corner of Wyoming in a magical place known as Wydaho sits a glorious pow-filled resort called Grand Targhee. While the ‘Ghee may live in the shadow of its Teton neighbor Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, make no mistake – this mountain is a diamond. The snow at Targhee is usually […]
At this point, I didn’t think anything in splitboard gear could surprise me as much as the Karakoram Nomad Splitboard Binding did. But hey, it’s an infant sport where innovation and constant reinvention is the name of the game. And while Karakoram is almost as old as the scene itself, they’re new to me and […]
Never Summer has been making boards and experimenting with cambers for, like, forever, and thee Never Summer Proto Splitboard shows how all that research has landed them with a high-performance shape that will blow your damn mind. I’ve played on some camber blends, some reverse cambers, fusion rocker, some directionals, many of them on Never […]
The Jones Shralpinist Jacket strikes hard, strikes fast, and gives your body all the mercy (unlike the Cobra Kai). This is a jacket that stands out and blends in; that adapts to everything but yields nothing; a jacket with the right amount of features whether shralping the backcountry or inbounds (or in my case both). […]
Jeremy Jones has summited more epic peaks than you could summit in your wildest dreams, from Cali to the Tetons to AK to the Karakoram, so it makes sense that his company would roll out the Jones Talon Poles. The Jones Talon is made for touring up, and splitting down when you want those poles, […]