Bill Ross

“Please don’t put up English signs!” the young American couple pleaded with me. We were enjoying some drinks after a backcoun...

A self-described delinquent youth who followed his dream to become a professional surfer now finds himself at the center of a...

I have to admit, I’m not entirely crazy about the, “He died doing what he loved,” narrative. If I was out in my kayak and a w...

Interview with Tomoki Fuse With Bill Ross Photos Courtesy of Kammui Tokyo native Tomoki Fuse left one of the world’s l...

It’s the start of the season. You can’t wait for enough snow to either cover up the rocks (if you’re in alpine areas) or bend...

Learn about the uniquely Japanese activity of sawanobori, navigating up rivers and waterfalls, in the Wakasa region of Fukui Prefecture.

We’re waiting in a rolling, forested landscape, not far from the Douwakan (Kurohime Fairy Tale Museum). Just to our west is M...

Daisuke Sasaki has made a name for himself in the world of big-mountain skiing.

You can’t miss them in their style-less camouflage clothes and olive helmets. Their straight white skis, fat white fiberglass poles with monster rings and leather-strap bindings holding in what looks like a light leather mountain boot.

In the year 1914, a lone man in a cabin in the woods—literally, a tiny shack in the Dalarna backcountry—sewed up a bunch of backp...

It was a typical season-opening day in Tateyama. Hundreds of skiers, boarders and climbers were out to get the first powder of th...

Travelers who can get beyond the name will find the mountains in western Fukushima filled with beautiful scenery, excellent ski r...