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Snowsports include all forms of skiing, snowboarding, and an ever increasing progression of offshoots and hybrids such as jibbing (riding urban features such as benches or rails, adopted from skateboarding) and speedracing.

While much of skiing and snowboarding takes place in designated ski areas or resorts, backcountry or sidecountry (sometimes known as slackcountry) skiing / snowboarding is closer to the roots of skiing, literally using skis and / or a combination of snowshoes or a spiltboard setup as a method of travel, of traversing terrain.

Advances in technology, equipment, and the incorporation of sky sports skills such as paragliding and B.A.S.E. jumping, have pushed modern skiing and snowboarding into a realm that previously existed only in people’s imaginations: literally flying down mountains, launching off cliffs hundreds of feet tall, and soaring over valleys and glacial features.

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I was stoked for my first time snowboarding in over seven years.
Henry Munter is gearing up for the heli season with his team.
The sun set as we skied down the Boissons glacier under the north face of Mont Blanc.
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I just got back from the best ski trip of my entire life.
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Champion freeskier Drew Tabke is off to a solid start to the season.
Roger Strong conquers the ski run that almost killed him.
Dylan Siggers and Jake Teuton score deep snow in Rogers Pass, BC.
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The first time I strapped on a snowboard was in 1989.
Skiing powder before Halloween in Fernie with Dylan Siggers.
Matador Ambassador Griffin Post drops some of his personal favorites.
Notes from an impromptu ski mission in northwest India.