http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog wonders, where are the nail clippers when you need them? 60 en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 15:15:30 PDT webmaster@espn.go.com 143 82 http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5289279/back-under?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:11:58 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5289279/back-under?campaign=rss&source=unknown
[Ed's note: Don't miss the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh installments of our Unskied Lines series.]

Among the many objectives nominated for this series, only one gets skied an estimated five to 10 times per year, sometimes by commercially guided clients: the Grand Teton. ...]]> http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5284204/grand-teton?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:36:37 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5284204/grand-teton?campaign=rss&source=unknown
As the sun rises over the mountain peaks, it's another early morning. Dawn patrol to pick a line and get it dialed before dropping in. Helmet: Check. Gloves: Check. Flame retardant one-piece with fire proof underwear - Huh?

Today is a little different from average for Grete Eliassen. While most...]]> http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5274740/rubbing-racing?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:15:38 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5274740/rubbing-racing?campaign=rss&source=unknown http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5270291/look-bright-side?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:17:25 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5270291/look-bright-side?campaign=rss&source=unknown
As we reported recently, some significant changes are in store for Skiing Magazine. At the core it's a familiar media drama: Fewer ad sales and shifting consumer engagement patterns forced Bonnier, Skiing's parent company, to take a hard look at the bottom line, and in the end, they made the call to...]]> http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5267299/skiing-magazine-turns-page?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:19:51 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5267299/skiing-magazine-turns-page?campaign=rss&source=unknown http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5263899/olympic-pipe?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:20:41 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5263899/olympic-pipe?campaign=rss&source=unknown
You'd have had to slow your roll though, partner. Last summer, while your pupils were in the back of your forehead, Chris Turpin attempted a newschoolish triple flip to end a rowdy summer afternoon session at Momentum.

Less than...]]> http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5262809/triple-your-pleasure?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:22:41 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5262809/triple-your-pleasure?campaign=rss&source=unknown
Will a new Colorado bill change higher education as skiers know it? Ever since there have been ski bums, and ever since those ski bums' parents have cringed at the idea of their children working as lifties instead of getting a college education, there has been a need for what Colorado Mountain College...]]> http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5260684/ski-town-u?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:24:41 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5260684/ski-town-u?campaign=rss&source=unknown
ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) -- The International Ski Federation is proposing that ski halfpipe be added to the program for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

The FIS Congress agreed Friday to ask the International Olympic Committee to include ski halfpipe medal events for men and women at the Sochi Games in Russia.

Ski...]]> http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5253008/fis-seek-olympic-status-ski-halfpipe?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:27:12 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5253008/fis-seek-olympic-status-ski-halfpipe?campaign=rss&source=unknown
Intrepid freeskier Arne Backstrom, younger brother of Ingrid Backstrom, passed away on June 3 on Pisco Mountain in the Cordero Blanco region of Peru. Backstrom was on a ski mountaineering trip with Sweetgrass Productions when the accident took place. He was 29.

Full story »]]> http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5252577/arne-backstrom-1980-2010?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:28:04 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5252577/arne-backstrom-1980-2010?campaign=rss&source=unknown http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5252579/gus-graduates?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:29:46 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5252579/gus-graduates?campaign=rss&source=unknown http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5247789/let-go-ride-bikes?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:31:11 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5247789/let-go-ride-bikes?campaign=rss&source=unknown
When the snow melts in Mammoth, depression might set in as another epic winter of rapidly descending rock formations comes to a close. But to Mammoth natives like Chris Benchetler and his climbing mentor (and professional snowboarder, to boot) Lonnie Kauk, the fun is just getting started.

Climbing...]]> http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5244224/climbing-mammoth?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:33:21 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5244224/climbing-mammoth?campaign=rss&source=unknown
[Ed. note: First off, if you missed Seth's Backstories Gallery, check it out. Today we move on to Sage's. Sage, as most skiers know, packs more days into his season than almost anyone. When he isn't on the road, he's on the hill. And when he is on the road, which is often, he's usually on his way to...]]> http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5241991/the-backstories?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:35:05 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5241991/the-backstories?campaign=rss&source=unknown
Every year more and more snow videos come out with snowboarders and skiers sharing the same screen. The ski-shred combo videos have become so widespread, in fact, that snowboarders have taken notice of the trend, even though it has nothing to do with skateboarding.

When the Alaska snow film troupe...]]> http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5240199/bros-cons?campaign=rss&source=unknown Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:36:07 PDT http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/blog/_/post/5240199/bros-cons?campaign=rss&source=unknown