Stories by category: Snowboarding


Luca Pandolfi charging in Griementz, Switzerland - Photo: Bjarne Salén

Where to Ski This Weekend – Deep Powder in the West!

After a couple of sunny days in the Alps, a new disturbance is hitting France and Switzerland today (Thursday)! Locally, some resorts are expecting up to half a meter today alone. The rest of the weekend will see lighter snowfall across the Alps, before it begins to clear from the west on Sunday. While Austria and the eastern parts of ...



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Another Snowboarding First!

After creating the worlds first glass snowboard last month, Dave Lee and the Signal crew are at it again with another world first. This month they’ve created the first ever 3D printed snowboard for their Every Third Thursday series. Yes that’s right, a 3D printed snowboard. Don’t ask me how it works, something about ...


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First Snowboard Descent on Aiguille du Gouter, Chamonix

No new lines in Chamonix? Pfffft! Local boys Laurent Dupré, Roch Malnuit, Davide Capozzi and Hervé Sanglard beg to differ. Taking advantage of exceptional snow conditions the crew took a day off from their day jobs to pin this sweet first snowboard descent of an 800 meter couloir descending the west face of the Aiguille du Gouter. Yes, ...


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Verbier Xtreme Rescheduled!

It’s showtime on the Bec Du Ross! The riders are gathering in Verbier as we speak for the final of the Freeride World Tour. But with a storm scheduled to hit the Verbier St. Bernard region on Saturday and into the following week, the organizers have made the tough decision to bring the contest forward a day. So whatever you have planned ...


Stefan Carlsson estimates the depth in Chamonix - Photo: Kalle Blomberg

Where to Ski This Weekend – Leftover Powder, Tons of It!

What a week it turned out to be! The southern and western Alps got some of the heaviest snows of the season with well over a meter in places like Serre Chevalier and Chamonix early this week. A lighter disturbance will top up the snow this weekend, and a few resorts could see as much as 30 cm on Saturday and Sunday. While Austria and the ...


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Praxmarerkarspitze: A Very Austrian Splitboard Adventure

Snowboarding’s recent splitboard revolution has made boarding remote peaks way more attractive. Sinking deep into the snow pack for hours on end with a snowboard on your back is a thing of the past. With one of the best snow seasons for years underway, Mitch Toelderer, his wife Bibi and fellow Austrian Max Zipser have been getting out ...