Mountain

Protect Our Winters: A Call to Arms

6 min read Nov 10, 2014

Chasing Epic: A Lifetime On Snow

1 min read Nov 10, 2014

On Being One of the First Competitive Women Snowboarders

7 min read Nov 10, 2014

A Mountain Life: On the Road with Burton

2 min read Nov 9, 2014

a snowboarder rides powder

5 Steps in Preparing for Powder Season

4 min read Nov 8, 2014

How Moms Will Save Snowboarding (Yep…Moms)

5 min read Nov 7, 2014

Nike Exits Snow: The Pros and Cons

4 min read Nov 7, 2014

Tracks: The Top of the World to the Deepest Backcountry

1 min read Nov 3, 2014

As orange-red November hardens into white-blue December, we’re smiling ear to ear at The Inertia. Because, now, we’re on the mountain, too. Photo: Laura Austin

Welcome to the Mountain

4 min read Nov 1, 2014

Apparently, though, spandex is also necessary when you're surf skiing (is that what this is called?) at Jaws. Chuck Patterson donned his tightest and whitest (with zebra stripes!), strapped on his ski boots, and picked up his ski poles (seems unnecessary, but I've never surf skied Jaws)

Spandex Skiing at Jaws

1 min read Oct 23, 2014

Once the powder depth hits a certain number of feet you, are required by alpine law to automatically grow a Spicoli hair-dooand wear Hawaiian print trunks. You also must throw random glove-covered shakas whenever possible.

Snow Surfing Is a Real Thing… and It’s Incredible!

1 min read Oct 21, 2014

Olympic Skier Julia Mancuso Charges Giant Cloudbreak

1 min read Oct 20, 2014

We go wild for impossible feats, and seemingly wilder when that impossibility is realized. And with each additional view, the business models of the GoPros and Red Bulls receive affirmation. It’s not too many shades away from torture porn.

Business & Media

Limitless: Viral Video Pushes Extreme Sports To Dangerous, Sometimes-Fatal Levels

6 min read Jan 23, 2014