Man Crosses the Pacific on a Standup Paddle Board San Francisco, California to Honolulu, Hawaii. The two places are 2,900 miles apart. A five-hour flight, or, to endurance athlete Antonio de la Rosa, a two and a half month paddle. On June 4th, de la Rosa set out from San Francisco on a paddleboard poised to cross the pacific and make it to Hawaii with the purpose of raising […] Surf Jack Conroy | September 2, 2019 0 Comments
Snow Droughts Projected to Continue to Increase in the United States This past decade has been a rocky one for skiers, both figuratively and literally. In 2012 we saw the beginning of what would become one of the worst snow droughts in modern history. California received historically low amounts of snow for almost 4 years in a row, wreaking havoc on wildlife, water supply, and its skiers. But this hasn’t just […] Jack Conroy | August 21, 2019 2 Comments
Street Skiing Legend L.J. Strenio to Work for NASA L.J. Strenio. You may know him from his 2017 X Games Real Ski segment that won him a Bronze medal and fan favorite, his appearances in Line Ski’s Traveling Circus, or from one of his awe-inspiring season edits. However, Strenio just recently put another impressive title to his name… Astronaut (well, sort of). Just about 10 years ago L.J. attended […] Brains Jack Conroy | August 16, 2019 0 Comments
New 6,000-Foot Vertical, 34-Mile Long Single Track Set to be Built in Colorado For the past 10 years, Colorado native Scott Winans has been hard at work trying to realize a dream. To be more specific, he and a small group of outdoor recreation advocates have been working in partnership with the community in Mesa County to clear 33.6 miles of single track from the top of Grand Mesa all the way down to […] Biking Jack Conroy | August 15, 2019 0 Comments
Is Heli-Hiking Worth It or Just a Gimmick? Heli-Hiking. That’s right folks. The Heli-skiing craze has now pushed its way into the summer months with this new phenomenon. The concept is quite simple and similar to that of Heli-Skiing and Heli-Biking. Put people in a helicopter, drop them off in a remote location to partake in an absurdly gorgeous hike, pick them up and take them back to a […] Jack Conroy | August 13, 2019 2 Comments
Lost New England Ski Areas… These days skiing is something that people in the United States look to the west coast to find the goods. With an abundance of snow, huge mountains and seemingly never-ending resorts to visit it’s easy to understand how it ended up this way. However, skiing in the States didn’t get its start in the Rockies, the Sierras or the Cascades. […] Industry News Jack Conroy | August 12, 2019 0 Comments
Breckenridge, CO is Planning to Install a New Lift on Peak 7 Breckenridge Ski Resort has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Forest Service to add a chairlift in order to increase accessibility to their intermediate terrain on Peak 7. If approved, the lift would take passengers from the middle of the intermediate Monte Cristo trail back up to. The top of Peak 7. This would cut down on lift lines and […] Industry News Jack Conroy | August 9, 2019 0 Comments
London Named the World’s First National Park City The city of London was recently named a National Park City. If this doesn’t sound like a familiar concept, that’s because it isn’t. London is the first city to ever be given this title. The brainchild of geography teacher Daniel Raven-Ellison, the National Park City Foundation is a nonprofit that aims to make cities greener, cleaner and wilder. Thus far, this […] Jack Conroy | August 2, 2019 0 Comments
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