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Outdoors Enthusiast. Freeskier. SKO BUFFS

Origins: Heli-Skiing

Arlberg, Austria heli-skiing

In this week’s edition of Origins, we will take a look at heli-skiing! Like many of us, I have yet to go heli-skiing in my life, but it is something on my bucket list. If you missed last week’s edition of Origins on Snowboarding, you can check it out here: Related: Origins: Snowboarding The most expensive side of an already […]

Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | October 21, 2020
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Two Fires Ignited Outside Boulder, CO This Weekend

Two new fires have erupted just north-east of Boulder, Colorado over the weekend. The larger of the two fires (Calwood Fire), which began on Saturday between the towns of Lyon and Jamestown, is now the largest fire in Boulder County history (currently 9,106 acres). The fire was quickly spotted by all in Boulder and the surrounding area by the massive […]

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Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | October 20, 2020
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VIDEO: ANTH. Releases Official Trailer for “BLISS”

“In his quest to improve his skiing, young french freeskier Lalo Rambaud joins friends for memorable sessions in Japan and his home resort. Childhood friend Nathan Saillet filmed and directed these moments of perseverance, friendship and true BLISS.” – Salomon Freeski Love seeing new faces on the scene! Can’t wait to see this movie. This short film will be released […]

Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | October 16, 2020
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Origins: Snowboarding

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In this week’s edition of Origins, we will take a long look at the history of snowboarding. If you missed last week’s Origins on U.S. Avalanche Mitigation you can check it out here: Related: Origins: U.S. Avalanche Mitigation The cousin of surfing and skateboarding, snowboarding molded the sport to a whole new medium, snow. Sliding down snow on one plank of […]

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Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | October 15, 2020
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CU Boulder To Resume In-Person Classes As Local COVID-19 Outbreaks Slow

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CU Boulder, among many other Universities, held in-person classes at the beginning of the school term. This quickly changed as the county of Boulder saw massive upticks in COVID-19 cases. The school was forced to move to remote learning only as they and the county assessed a better solution. Additionally, a controversial public health order was put in place banning […]

Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | October 14, 2020
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Origins: U.S. Avalanche Mitigation

Gazex, Remote-Controlled Avalanche Control

In this week’s edition of Origins, we will take a look into the history of how avalanches have been avoided in and out of ski resorts. If you missed last week’s Origins on the Freeride World Tour you can check it out here: Related: Origins: Freeride World Tour Avalanches are extremely dangerous and fatal events. Avoiding them at all costs is […]

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Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | October 9, 2020
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Origins: The Freeride World Tour

In this week’s edition of Origins, we will look deep into how the largest big mountain competition tour formed! If you missed last week’s edition on Ski Racing, you can find it here: Related: Origins: Ski Racing The Freeride World Tour (FWT) recently released their schedule and format for the 2021 competition season. Exciting news for all who were anxious […]

Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | October 2, 2020
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Freeride World Tour Announces 2021 Season

The Freeride World Tour is one of the biggest skiing and snowboarding slopestyle competitions of the year.

Snow has started to fall in parts of Europe and North America, and that means that winter is not far off. In a normal year, freeskiers also know that means the announcement of the Freeride World Tour. This was not a normal year, to say the least. There was a lot of mystery this year surrounding the tour and if […]

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Avatar photo Ryan Flynn | October 2, 2020
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