Chloe Kim has spent more than a decade at the top of her sport, redefining what progression in women's snowboarding looks like. With two Olympic golds and one silver, three World Championship titles, and eight X Games medals, Kim is in a league of her own in halfpipe snowboarding.
The ongoing Sunday night into Monday storm across the central Andes keeps producing mainly upper-mountain snow through Monday before tapering out by Tuesday morning, April 21. A realistic near-term outcome is about 16-20 cm at Las Leñas, 9-11 cm at Valle Nevado, and lighter 5-8 cm amounts around El Colorado, La Parva, and Portillo.
The Silverlode Express Lift, built in 1996, is known for having long lines, servicing many popular runs and being the closest lift to the Quicksilver Gondola. The new proposal aims to upgrade it from a six-chair to an express eight-chair lift, increasing uphill capacity from 3,000 to 3,600 skiers per hour.
Pit Viper's Magic Magnet system makes lens changes easy, even with gloves on. Goepper rotates between just two: a blackout lens for daytime sessions and a clear lens for nighttime. With an ultrawide field of view, the BN5000 delivers sharper spatial awareness at full throttle, and the bold flames on the grippy strap don't hurt either. "They make you go faster," he jokes, "and they keep your head nice and warm on those cold days."
The parking lot pulsed with bass-heavy playlists and breakfast cocktails. Ski boots clicked alongside trail runners; bikes leaned against tailgates next to rock skis. Spring in the Northwest is less about conditions and more about community-and the stoke was high.
Round 1 of SnowBrains' 2026 March Madness Ski Resort Edition saw 32 matchups featuring some of the best ski resorts from across North America. Over 65,000 votes were cast by SnowBrains followers across social media platforms to help decide what the best ski resort in North America is.
The Tahoe edition of the Ski Super Sessions will premiere on March 17 exclusively on RedBull TV. Four men and four women from all over the world will compete at Palisades Tahoe for the collaborative and creative freestyle session.
Day two of X-Games was a nice show, with three different sports to watch. Yep, Snowmobiling is back. Several events got postponed because of how much snow fell overnight and throughout the day, so it was a bit chaotic at times, scrambling from one event to another, but I will never complain about snow falling, and it made for an active day. Celebrities, including Justin Bieber, Gunna, Johnny Knoxville, Alvin Kamara, and Alex Bregman, showed up to X-Games today to participate in the fun.
Pushing limits drives snowboarding, but protection has to keep pace. Athlete safety has always been personal to me. At The Snow League, we're always looking for ways to better support athletes at the highest level. Piloting Crash Patch was one way we encouraged our athletes to make smart decisions in the moment.
The Winter X Games are much more than just a weekend of skiing, snowboarding, and snowmobiling competitions. It is an entire production that takes an army to plan, implement, and execute. From the athletes to media and TV production, to security, medical staff, and physically building/maintaining each of the courses, there is so much that goes into the making of X Games. The 25th annual Aspen Winter X Games is officially wrapped, and across 18 unique disciplines, 54 medals have been awarded.
Going full throttle off Mainline and making it look this effortless is truly something to behold: "This one is a lot scarier sitting in the sitski getting ready to drop than looking over the edge scoping it beforehand. Such a low POV on that thing, I felt like I was gonna launch into space!" -Jay Rawe Jay rode away clean and was a cool customer as he reached his friends who were filming from below.
With only 14 days until the XXV Olympic Winter Games commence on February 6 it is time to start looking at the highlights of the Olympic calendar. There will be a total of 116 medal events at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games. We have highlighted some of the favorite events for the two weeks, with a focus on Alpine and Freestyle skiing events. We will highlight Snowboard and Nordic events in a separate post to keep it visually digestible for readersa LOT is going on!
Tense altercation from an undisclosed European slope where a skier confronted a snowboarder and threatened physical violence after getting sprayed with snow by the snowboarder while standing in the middle of the slope. Much can be made about ski resort etiquette when it comes to guests pulling up and taking breaks in the middle of runs and it is not conclusive that the snowboarder's actions were punitive against the much frowned upon behavior.
The first ever FIS Freeride World Championships went off yesterday, squeezing almost all of the competitors into a tight weather window on the Basser Negre face at Ordino Arcalis in Andorra. More than a couple of feet of new snow led to a significant weather delay at the start of the event, and hid many of the smaller rocks throughout the steep, technical face, which would plague competitors for most of the event.
