Video
'Yours Truly': Cole Richardson's Mid-Winter Love Letter
A good ski film delivers chills down the spine before the closing credits roll, but Yours Truly, the newest film from Arc’teryx and CK9 Studios, does it from the very first breath. A slow-mo crystalline snow explosion backlit by the...
Video
'YUP', New Sammy Carlson Film is the Reel Deal
Just when you thought ski movie season was winding down, half man, half human pogo stick Sammy Carlson decided it was time to relight the fire, dropping his newest film, "YUP", online this week for our viewing pleasure. From the...
Adventure
Few and Far
First published in issue 16.1 of The Ski Journal. Zigzagging along the eastern ridge of Store Kvittind in Norway’s Lofoten Islands, rock-hard granite and the Atlantic Ocean meet in abrupt beauty. It’s otherworldly and spectacular, cloaked in a vast white...
Video and Photo Feature
THIS IS THE MOTHERLOAD EPISODE 4
Before having kids, it’s easy to take for granted the amount of time available for skiing. In the fourth and final installment of the Arc’teryx web series, This is the Motherload, we see just how difficult it is making time...
Video and Photo Feature
This Is The Motherload Episode 3
Watching the first two episodes of the four-part Arc’teryx web series, This is the Motherload, it’s clear how adept pro skiers Tessa Treadway and Izzy Lynch are at motherhood. In episode three the pair, along with filmmaker Zoya Lynch, turn...
Culture
Smells Like Ski Spirit
This article first appeared in The Ski Journal Issue 15.4 High on the steeps above us, a skier catches an edge in the summer slush. He rag-dolls before belly sliding a good hundred feet, losing skis, poles and goggles along...
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This is the Motherload Episode 2
Motherhood may be the main theme of This is the Motherload, the four-part Arc’teryx web series following the lives of pro skiers Izzy Lynch and Tessa Treadway. But behind the scenes, sisterhood runs deep. For filmmaker Zoya Lynch, documenting her...
Gallerie
A Larger Purpose
This article first appeared in The Ski Journal Issue 15.3 CROUCHED on a ridge in Austria’s Zillertal Alps, photographer Jana Rogers observed the fading light in the snowcapped peaks The clouds had shifted allowing the sun to illuminate the rocky...
Video|Video and Photo Feature
This is the Motherload Episode 1
All the gear, snacks and diapers needed to give young kids a full day on the slopes weigh a ton, but the often-overlooked emotional load is even higher. That’s a different weight entirely, and a journey explored by pro skiers...
Yodel
Faith in the Highest
This article first appeared in The Ski Journal Issue 15.1 ABOUT THE SAME TIME that I saw my first cross atop the mountain, I experienced my first loss from an avalanche. It was before I was really a skier; I...
Profile
Jérémie Heitz
This article first appeared in The Ski Journal Issue 15.1 Standing atop the perfect pyramid of Ober Gabelhorn, 13,330 feet above sea level, Jérémie Heitz musters a shallow breath. The face looks steep—fall-off-the-Earth steep. A 55-five-degree pitch careening toward the...
Event
The Jordan Year | Seshup 2022
MOUNT BAKER’S SEASON SEND-OFF JUMP SESSION… Left: Community build session pre-liftoff. Right: Local ripper Liam Dean laying out a classic backy. The Mount Baker Seshup was brought to life by a few friends in 1999 as a jump session to...