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• Interview

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• Freeride World Tour
• Hakuba
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Hello Markus

A few words with Markus Eder

We caught up with current Freeride World Tour overall leader Markus Eder after his win at the FWT stop in Fieberbrunn, Austria...

By: Klaus Polzer March 12, 2019

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• People

• Aigre-Douce
• Crews
• France
• Pyrenees

Meet the crew

Crew: AIGRE-DOUCE

"Never land deep if you didn’t go to the bathroom before."

By: Charlotte Bartczak March 11, 2019

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• Opinion

• Alex Beaulieu-Marchand
• Josh Berman
• Kim Boberg
• LJ Strenio
• Pär "Peyben" Hägglund
• Phil Casabon
• Real Ski
• X Games

Who should have won?

X Games Real Ski: Athlete + Judge Reactions

"It will always be a debate on whose was the best video, but that’s how it should be."

By: Ethan Stone March 08, 2019

Stories

• Interview

• Arianna Tricomi
• Freeride Skiing
• Freeride World Tour
• Italy
• Projekt Pommes

Murderously charming

Dialogue: Arianna Tricomi

A friend of mine once described Arianna Tricomi as “the charging Italian who is murderously charming.” It’s a fitting...

By: Mark von Roy February 26, 2019

Stories

• Interview

• Arlberg
• Austria
• Avalanches
• Freeride Skiing
• Mammut
• Nadine Wallner

From the mag

Nadine Wallner: About Avalanches

Mammut Pro team rider, two-time Freeride World Champion and Arlberg native Nadine Wallner on a topic she knows well: avalanches.

By: Klaus Polzer February 19, 2019

Stories

• Travel

• Bosnia
• El.Makrell
• Freeride Skiing
• Interrail
• Romania
• Rosina Friedel
• Slovenia
• Street Skiing

All aboard

A different kind of ski trip: Eastern Europe via Train

El.Makrell is a ski crew based in Innsbruck currently on an unconventional ski trip: a four-week journey across Eastern Europe...

By: Rosina Friedel February 19, 2019

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• Culture

• Freeride Skiing
• From The Mag
• Powder Skiing
• Skicircus

From the mag

Hidden Gems | The Art of the Secret Stash

Fresh powder, and no one riding it? Does that even still exist?

By: Klaus Polzer February 12, 2019

Stories

• Culture

• Downdays
• Europe
• Ski Jobs
• Ski Journalism

Communicate stoke

Downdays Journalist Program: Join our Team!

Do you live, breathe and bleed skiing and want to work as a ski journalist? The Downdays Journalist Program could be your "in" to...

By: Downdays January 15, 2019

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• Interview

• Freeride World Qualifiers
• Freeride World Tour
• Germany
• Konsti Ottner
• On The Radar

On the radar

On The Radar: Konstantin Ottner

Konstantin Ottner first hit our radar in 2017, when he won a contest on our Instagram for an invite to the Scandinavian Big...

By: Ethan Stone January 08, 2019

Stories

• Scene

• Austria

Winter storm warning

It’s tits deep in Austria right now

Massive snowfall over the past week has brought upwards of 2 meters of fresh snow to many Austrian ski resorts. Powder skiers...

By: Ethan Stone January 07, 2019

Stories

• Scene

• Arianna Tricomi
• Downdays
• European Skier Of The Year
• Markus Eder

The 2018 European Skiers Of The Year are…

Find out who won the 2018 European Skier of the Year Poll, presented by Monster Energy.

By: Ethan Stone December 31, 2018

Stories

• Culture

• Downdays
• Downdays Magazine
• Innsbruck
• Ski Photography

10 Years of Freeskiing – Up For Grabs!

The 10 Years of Downdays photo exhibition, featuring a decade of awe-inspiring freeski photography, is open now in Kater Noster...

By: Klaus Polzer December 29, 2018