Stories by Ride Utah

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stories by Ride Utah

Health + Fitness

The North Face Masters: Part 3 - Finals

by Ride Utah

It was an hour before dropping and I had to stomp three cliffs and a hip jump before calling it a day. I reminded myself it’s just another day riding. It just happens to be a day filled with pros, cameras and huge cliffs.

Health + Fitness

The North Face Masters: Part 2 - Qualifiers

by Ride Utah

The North Face Masters started five years ago to allow the sport of big mountain riding a wider audience with a spectator-friendly vibe, while also allowing riders the ability to free-ride the mountain as snowboarders always have.

Health + Fitness

The North Face Masters: Part 1 - Anticipation

by Ride Utah

Back in February, I returned from a disappointing showing at The North Face Masters at Crystal Mountain. Fortunately I get another crack at the the competition in my home state. The comp starts tomorrow at Snowbird, can't wait.

Health + Fitness

Come on Utah Powder, toora ta loo rye aye!

by Ride Utah

After completing the backcountry introductory class in February, I was waiting for the opportunity to get out into the great wide-open and ride some fresh lines. With the perfect storm of March 17 – 19, Brighton Ski Resort received 35” of new snow prompting shredders to get out and ski some amazing, fluffy face shots.

Health + Fitness

Brighton's Natural Terrain Powder Park

by Ride Utah

And since it is a leap year we found ourselves leaping into chutes and off cliffs to our delight in the 16” total of new that had come in the last 48 hours. Book you flight now and call in sick, because Utah is getting ILL!

“I’m Totally Getting Banked this Weekend”

Avalanche Awareness Introductory Course

by Ride Utah

Brighton's Backcountry 101 class provides the basic essentials from instruction on decision making, using the UAC (Utah Avalanche Forecast Center) forecasts, route selection and safe travel practices, partner rescue techniques and more.

Health + Fitness

The North Face Masters: Part 3 - Disqualification

by Ride Utah

"The most important thing to dropping cliffs is knowing that the snow is good. It needs to be soft and the cliff should have a steep landing with no rocks in it. Jumping a big cliff with a flat landing means that you're most likely going to feel some pain and you're an idiot. You don't need much speed for most cliffs, so make sure you don't overshoot it. Landing is the most difficult part, and I mostly ride pow boards with a short tail so I can have my body weight centered almost forward. Lastly, don't lean back."

Health + Fitness

The North Face Masters: Part 2 - Inspection

by Ride Utah

Ride Utah staffer, Josh Scheuerman, prepares for the North Face Masters series at age 33. Armed with a huge beard and ambition to give it his best, here's to wishing Josh success at the Masters. Josh weights in on the approaching comp.

Health + Fitness

The North Face Masters: Part 1 - Preparation

by Ride Utah

With a 100-inch base and endless backcountry terrain ready to be ridden, Crystal Mountain in Washington state is set to host stop one of The North Face Masters of Snowboarding

Snow + Weather

Pillow Talk In Utah's Backcountry

by Ride Utah

The old adage, ‘when it rains it pours’ can be flipped when it snows in Utah to read, ‘when it snows it dumps!’ With 4’ of accumulation in five days and another 12” – 14” on the way tonight, January is shaping up to be a record-breaking month in snow totals. The “million dollar storm” as it’s been referred to hit late Wednesday and will continue with a series of storms until next weekend.

Cabin Fever

by Ride Utah

Cabin fever is defined by “a state characterized by anxiety, restlessness, and boredom, arising from a prolonged stay in a remote or confined place.” Although our backyard of the Wasatch Front is a little bigger than a confined place, there were stress signs clearly visible in the faces of those on the mountains for the last month.

Video

X-Dance Action Sports Film Festival. (Not just another film festival)

by Ride Utah

For one insane week each winter, the worlds’ top action sport filmmakers and athletes, along with cutting–edge bands and DJs and key figures from the entertainment industry, gather in Salt Lake City, Utah, to celebrate action sports culture at the annual X-Dance Action Sports Film Festival.