Skiing & Snowboarding

Durability and style meet in Volcom’s new high-performance snowboard shell.

Adidas’s boost technology, originally developed for its running shoes, has made its way into snowboard boots — and it’s killer.

Ever dream of touching your nose to the snow on a toe-side turn?

These six snowboard boots cover everything from all-mountain to freestyle and are the best to hit snowboard shops this winter.

If you’re going to own one piece of ski equipment, it should be boots.

Are skiers weed-smoking yahoos, or athletes?

Taking on the backcountry is slashes and carves better than riding the lift.

From powder to park, these 11 snowboards stand alone as the best to hit your local snowboard shop for 2016.

Jesse Loomis builds snowboards by hand that harken back to the early days of snowboarding.

Heli-skiing in Western Canada is about as good as skiing gets.

Who says you can’t get good snow in the middle of April?

Interested in hunting down the wildest, farthest-flung mountains in search of unexplored lines and fresh powder? Try Kyrgyzstan.

Out in Jackson Holes back country, your gear better not let you down.

Snowboarding’s hottest trend is also its most hectic.

Most professional skiers are known for skiing down insane lines on big mountains.

Slovakian Milos Kmetko is old.

Nowadays, a single “all-mountain” ski can have a traditional camber in the center for packed snow speed and rocker in the tips and tails for incredible powder performance.

Baldface Lodge is the mecca for powder hounds with a passion for backcountry in its purest sense, boasting over 32,000 acres of unadulterated terrain and 500 inches of fresh throughout a typical season.

From the client evaluation to the material selection to the tedious labor, one thing’s clear: making custom skis requires patience and skill.

Nicolas Müller is one of the best snowboarders on the planet, but you won’t see him on the podium at the X Games or in highlight clips on SportsCenter.