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• Travel

• Downdays Magazine
• Japan
• Nicky Keefer
• The Coterie

Far East, Far Out – Part 1 (Downdays – February Issue, 2016)

Go to Japan, they said. You'll ski deep pow, they said. A feature from our February 2016 magazine issue chasing the secrets of...

By: Ethan Stone September 19, 2016

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• Culture

• Basti Huber
• Freeride Skiing
• Innsbruck
• Karwendel
• Lechtal
• Powder Skiing
• Simon Abt
• Ski Touring
• Stubai

Free Touring: The New Freedom (Downdays – February Issue, 2016)

New equipment has enabled freeriders to access classic ski touring terrain, while ski tourers are suddenly able to descend the...

By: September 19, 2016

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• Culture

• Downdays Magazine
• Scroggin
• Basti Huber
• Spray

Scroggin – A Comprehensive Guide (Downdays – February Issue, 2016)

A term used in Australia and New Zealand for trail mix

By: admin September 14, 2016

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• Opinion

• World Cup
• Big Air
• Ahmet Dadali
• Henrik Harlaut
• Alex Hall
• Kai Mahler
• Will Wesson
• Lucas Stål-Madison
• Lisa Zimmermann
• Emma Dahlström
• Luca Schuler
• Andri Ragettli
• Jacob Wester
• Noah Morrison

Skiers sound off on World Cup Big Air

I think it’s cool. There haven’t been many Big Airs, now there’s a lot more, and that’s cool

By: admin September 14, 2016

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• Other

• Ski Passes
• Vail Resorts
• Whistler Blackcomb

Vail Resorts to buy Whistler Blackcomb for $1 billion and change

(Image: Whistler Blackcomb Facebook) Today Vail Resorts, Inc., one of the world’s largest ski-resort chain operators, announced...

By: admin August 08, 2016

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• Scene

• B&E Invitational
• Corvatsch
• Freeride World Tour
• La Clusaz
• Laax Open
• Nine Knights
• Nine Queens
• SFR Tour
• Tom Wallisch
• West Coast Session
• World Record
• Xtreme Verbier

The Downdays 2015/16 Season Review (Part 3)

Whew! We’ve reached the third and final installment of our 2015/16 Season Review. If you missed them, here are links for Part 1...

By: admin August 01, 2016

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• People

• Avalanches
• Chile
• Matilda Rapaport
• Ski In Peace

Ski In Peace, Mathilda Rapaport

As we reported yesterday, Swedish freerider Mathilda Rapaport was skiing and filming in the Farellones region near Santiago,...

By: admin July 19, 2016

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• People

• Avalanches
• Chile
• Matilda Rapaport

Mathilda Rapaport in a coma after avalanche in Chile

According to aftonbladet.se and Unofficial Networks,  Swedish freerider Mathilda Rapaport was caught in an avalanche on...

By: admin July 18, 2016

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• Culture

• Andorra
• Candide Thovex
• Oslo
• X Games

The Downdays 2015/16 Season Review (Part 2)

Powder in Europe, Freeride World Tour, Winter X Games in Aspen and Oslo: our 2015/16 season review continues with Part 2.

By: admin July 18, 2016

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• Culture

• Emma Dahlström
• Jules Bonnaire
• Karl Fostvedt
• Summer Skiing

What do pro skiers do during the summertime? Part 5

Crazy Karl (photo by Brita Sigourney) For the last four years in a row I have traveled to Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua,...

By: admin July 04, 2016

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• People

• Fabian Bösch
• Summer Skiing

What do pro skiers do during the summertime? Part 4

Fabian Boesch “In June I will be at home in Engelberg most of the time, mountain biking, skateboarding, hiking and trying to...

By: admin June 27, 2016

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• People

• David Bonneville
• Johanne Killi
• Lucas Stål-Madison
• Summer Skiing

What do pro skiers do during the summertime? Part 3

David Bonneville “I’ll go skiing in Les 2 Alpes, Tignes or Saas-Fee, and besides that I’m working with my father at his...

By: admin June 20, 2016