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Here's an edit from last April when Tony Pavlantos, Zach Clanton, Neil Provo, Ian Provo, Cody Booth, Aspen Rain Weaver, and Zach Mills were all glacier camping outside of Haines Alaska. When Tony Pavlantos...

Intro to Splitboarding Retreat Coaches/Guides Iris Lazzareschi, Allison Lightcap January 28-31 The experiences that come from combining a passion for snowboarding with a human powered element quenches...

Trent Weisenheimer and Craig Gordon of the Utah Avalanche Center were out making observations in the Uinta's yesterday. When the pair were climbing a ridge they remotely triggered a lare scale slide. Luckily...

Sure, many of us would rather watch a shred flick, or be out shredding ourselves but don't minimize the value of avalanche safety education. Avalanche education is a perishable skill so it's important that we...

After the release of Mont Blanc: The Land of Toys, we were curious how Furberg Snowboards team rider Davide Capozzi operates, and manages risk on the tallest mountain in the Alps. How has living near Mt...

After the much acclaimed release of the Magneto and Afterburner, Spark R&D took them back to the drawing board to make a great binding even better. This year Spark replaced the Tesla Magneto and...

Our friend and amazing photographer Zack Clanton is living many people's dream. His years seem to be spent living in AK, flying in bush planes, glacier camping, shredding, climbing and traveling to places like...

In the spring of 2015, we began another pursuit for big lines and wild fish. Once again, our direction was north to Alaska, just as it was 3 years ago on our first trip to capture steelhead and spines. Since...

Mark your calendars and gather your crew, the sixth annual Canuck Splitfest is a month away. This years event features an open door BBQ at the Trapper Snowboards factory, free splitboard demos, presentations...

Here is the last and final episode of The Middle/Path Project. From the instant we get out of bed, turn the heat up, turn the lights on, throw our phone on the charger, switch on the computer or tv, we are...

It's amazing to think about the role Mount Blanc has played in forming skiers, snowboarders, and mountaineers over the years. Luca Rolli did a wonderful job in capturing the love that riders past, and present...

James Buehler of the Wild Wild Wasatch crew dropped his sweet season edit. Get ready to get excited about shreding! This is my first season edit!! Hope you like it! Heres a little back story on the...

Last season Niklas and Nives Hollsten set out for their annual pilgrimage to chase pow. Lucky for us, Nives spent a good amount of time documenting their amazing four month road trip. Follow along as Niklas,...

Let me introduce myself – my name is Dan Ventura and I’m the Marketing Manager at Spark R&D. I’m relatively new here and over the last few months I’ve been enjoying getting to know everyone at the...

Gone are the days of having to skin without tail clips or having to install your own. New for the 15/16 season, Voilé skins now include tail clips which utilize their tried and true Voilé straps. While you...

"Beyond Boarding is a crew of snowboarders out of BC that truly inspire. From shredding full winters with no fossil fuel consumption, to helping the less fortunate in third world countries, these guys are...

Flo Orley and a small crew of snowboarders make out to explore one of the youngest parts of our planet. The island in the North Atlantic is a capricious witch‘s cauldron, in which you constantly feel the...