When Thea Kopala Rhøme and Lisen Strøm set off for a four-day traverse of Loppa, an Arctic peninsula in northern Norway, they knew they would be entirely alone. The northernmost county in Finnmark, Loppa is only accessible by boat, with...
Fortune has many definitions. To Hadley Hammer, it’s not monetary, but measured by moments and friendships and windows into new cultures—everything that professional skiing has given her these past 13 years. Hammer just announced her retirement from professional skiing, using...
Adrien Grabinski is not in it for the clicks. The 25-year-old ski patrol director at Shames Mountain in Terrace, BC is about as dedicated to the sport as anyone could be—whether he’s plowing the Shames parking lot at 6 a.m....
“The sound of small giggles and awkward fidgeting echoed around the room of my grandmother’s nursing home. Silence had never felt so loud as my obaachan (Japanese for grandma) and I sat down for lunch with the other octa- and...
A palpable buzz of excitement spread through the room as we crammed into a full house at the Royal in Nelson, BC. “Circle of Madness,” Markus Eder and Victor de Le Rue’s 2024 film chronicling their spring in Haines, AK,...
For most of Nat Segal’s life, her definition of professional skiing was always pushing harder, further, faster. From competing in moguls in her home country of Australia to living in Chamonix, France and Verbier, Switzerland to pursue freeride skiing, pushing...
Skiing is filled with contrast—fast and powerful turns, slow, thoughtful movements. In “Consonance,” Erin Spong seeks a balance. “Harmony or agreement among components,” is the official definition of “consonance,” which the Pocatello, ID-based skier explores in this five-minute film. Blending...
Many of us have a small ski hill that’s near and dear to our heart. For Terrace, BC locals, that place is Shames Mountain. Tucked away far north in BC’s Coast Range, Shames is like taking a trip back through...
Megan McJames first dreamed of going to the Olympic Games when she was 8 years old. She started skiing at age 2, and joined the Park City Ski Team at age 8. In 2010, her dream became a reality when...
Dripping in skimo gear and heavily skeptical, Klaus Kloutman takes on Snoqualmonix, WA with a serious dose of French attitude. In Folkrm Poles’ 8-minute mockumentary, Kloutman doesn’t hold back as he gallivants around Alpental, WA, Borat-style, spreading his opinions on...
“Blue Hour” is like hopping right into Amie Engerbretson’s brain. The four-minute short, narrated by the skier herself, explores the beauty and complexity of life’s in-between moments. No matter what the internet suggests, the life of a professional skier is...
Horse-accessed ski lines are not something you see every day. But for Amy Jane David, it’s the ultimate way to combine the world she came from with the world she lives in. “The Way Back” chronicles David, Tatum Monod and...