My career as a ski map painter spanned 35 years and resulted in hundreds of maps for more than 200 ski resorts covering 5 continents and a number of countries. Despite my retirement in late 2022, it was apparent that the demand for hand painted trail maps was still growing...

Ring-a-ding-ding. 🔔 Gabriel Medina

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Travel: Trillevallen, the Swedish ski resort that time forgot (in a good way)

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It's going to be a snowy end of March across many of Europe's ski regions and its already snowing, the best of it above 1800m. Here's Germany's Gerlinde Knoepfle this morning, open to May.

“Anti-clime: looking at perfect barrels backed by snowcapped mountains is the antithesis of the palm-fringed beach scenario,” says photographer Yassine “Yazzy” Ouhilal.

There's a tight window between skiing bulletproof ice and hot slush, and nailing it on your next backcountry ski tour requires being borderline obsessive about it. #SKI
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Philip Hughes’s well-travelled notebooks to visit The Pier Arts Centre in Stromness

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At a fraction of the cost to install and operate, these surface lifts serve curious beginners and seasoned lifers alike. #SKI skimag.com/culture/t-bar-…

.Pete Geall's 'West ~ A Cornish Surf Anthology' is a pleasingly old-skool (read: photocopied and bound by hand) short story collection which invites its readers to ‘step into the world of spirited local surf scene in West Cornwall’ caughtbytheriver.net/2024/03/west-a…

Austria's Amazing Arlberg... @stantonamarlberg yesterday (20cm/8' fresh) and today.

Snowboarding through trees: how a few bark sandwiches can turn you into a forest philosopher

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After a slow start, the Scot Freedom Series season picks up pace with 'The Maverick' Glencoe Mountain Resort

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Book review: Time and Tide: The Long, Long Life of Landscape, by Fiona Stafford

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That's one way to start the day. 🔥 #JohnJohnFlorence

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This is Hynd’s list, not ours, not yours. “Evolver” is an arch-informed breakdown of the present’s 100 (or thereabouts) most engrossing wave riders. Hit the link to read Derek Hynd’s ranking criteria. For the full list, pick up a copy of TSJ 33.1.

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Book review: Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature, edited by Durre Shahwar and Nasia Sarwar-Skuse

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If you only watch one thing today, make it Victor de Le Rue's winning run at the Freeride World Tour Georgia Pro

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