Backcountry Snowboarding

Myoko Backcountry Ski School (MBSS) began with a bunch of locals who simply liked going into the mountains. It is now in its 22nd...

‘It’s the snow, stupid.’ Just ask the Baron. When people (usually the snow-addled locals) ask, “Why do you live in Myoko?” I ofte...

Snowboarding is cyclical. In the mid-1960s, Sherman Poppen came up with the Snurfer; it was a board with a rope attached to the n...

It is deathly silent, the snow seems to absorb every sound, and we marching without saying a word through waist deep snow. The wi...

Stuff you gotta have... (Don’t) Break a leg!Sorel Caribou Boots Don’t miss out on the ski season because you wore the wrong boo...

Skiing in Canada may conjure images of popular resorts such as Whistler or those in the Canadian Rockies, or perhaps heli-skiing ...

NEW RELEASE Teton Gravity Research presents LOST AND FOUND The new DVD from Teton tells the story of the 2007 season as seen thro...

Although the Japanese snowsport scene has yet to really hit the big-time, there’s a large—and growing—number of people outside Ja...