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Recently, while out tromping around the neighborhood I noticed a new land-slide on this mountain with a Vermont State Quarter on it.  I think this is the slide's first Winter. And that got me thinking about really important questions, like: - At what elevation do deer turn into elk? - Why did the ... ...Read more

We went to Slovakia. We had a lot of fun. We skied some. We saw a lot of cool things. We met a lot of great people. The Curmudgeon (remember him from here and here?) made a movie. If you're in a hurry, the skiing starts at about 4:16. Thanks for watching! The ... ...Read more

Again. The Province of Québec. Again. We walked a LOT. We skied a little. Thanks for watching.

Two years ago while we were wandering around one summer day, we found a hole in the backbush. We were pretty sure it was the shortcut in the Stowe Derby we missed 4 years ago. Yesterday we finally got the courage up to go through the hole. With schuss gear. And some ... ...Read more

We're tired of the normal schuss lingo. Unless you live to do and say the exact same thing everyone else does, it's boring to hear everyone using the same words to describe their pointless (but no doubt enjoyable) endeavors in the mountains. "Skiing/boarding"? Meh... let's call them SCHUSSIN'! "Itinerary"? Yawn... ... ...Read more

How long has it been since you made schuss? Did you make schuss yesterday? Did you make schuss last week? Or maybe it might be that you plannnin' on making schuss today? Well just remember when you start making schuss: make it hard, long, soft... AND BE SCHUSSIN! Password: schussin ...And yes... at 20 seconds "I ... ...Read more

FamousInternetSnowboarder, Christian the Curmudgeon (AKA "Wayne"), checks in (once again) with a clip of teh sherd from this summer. If you want to check out some more longboarding check out this and that.

The rarest of May Flowers is upon us: the Nor'Easter. Burying all the other May Flowers (which, incidentally, look amazingly similar to the rarest of May flowers as seen above)... ...and bringing the May powzez... ...it's time to SCHUSS. EDIT (noon on Sunday 5/26): Now with video! EDIT 2 (7am on Monday 5/27): Here's a ... ...Read more

FamousInternetSnowboarder, Christian the Curmudgeon (AKA "Wayne"), checks in with a video TR of our trip to the north. Check in later for a photo-TR here on FIS.

We went out and schussed Nemo for an hour or so this morning. What a treat! We'll have more content later as we see what happens, but for now here's a quick POV from today. GIT SUM! Snow totals so far: WHITEFACE: 10" AND COUNTING!! Sugarbush: 2-5" Jay: 1+" Stowe: 4-6" Killington: 2" Magic: Dusting But the real ... ...Read more

We got out for a quick lap of some late GAPEril powder this morning: You need to get out there! Jay Peak Resort is spinning lifts tomorrow, and a serious upslope storm is overhead RIGHT NOW. MOVE UP to Jay and Schuss the East!

As we roll into spring 2012, here's the latest in our Local Film Series that features and promotes small, independent, non-commerical ski flicks. Why spend piles of dollars to go see a glorified commercial when there's "flickering-light-stoke" that's not trying to sell you anything, and which is available free from ... ...Read more

Allen and Sam check in with a week's worth of climbing and skiing on Shuksan during high pressure. Click the photo for more.

November in the PNW has shaped up very well. We have gone from skiing a few inches of fresh on the glaciers to skiing deep pow in all of our favorite spots. Going into december, even with a warm up we have a full blown base, let another great season ... ...Read more

Halloween Costumes, full size candy bars, and shot glasses are all now safely back in the closet until next year, it's time to start dreaming about winter. Luckily for ALL of us, friend of FIS, Adam Klein Productions, made just what the doctor ordered when he tossed together this great ... ...Read more

Just as Lionel's Winter Outlook is a big cue that the 2011/2012 East Coast ski season is about to put its tips up and get ready to schuss (the PNW and Utah seasons, of course, have already started), Chris Nelson, proprietor over at High Anxiety Films, has released his Fall ... ...Read more

A quick reminder on how life works, how numbers work, and how you get to smile. Click the picture or here to read Route 10sk8

Remember back in March when I posted about the Stowe Supershoot? Well, here's the slideshow that took home the bacon from the contest. The shots are 100% east coast. Enjoy! If you're a little confused about some of the shot selections (and the oddly brightly colored clothes on the telemark skier), ... ...Read more

In a long overdue sequel to last fall's Friday Film Zen here's a short, quick, and zen like video from the East Coast FIS Filming and Moving Pictures Ministry. Watch it, dream about the upcoming weekend's winter weather, and then get back to work... just one more day. (Note: Most filmography ... ...Read more

Here in the PNW part of the world it has been dumping. It just refuses to stop snowing. There has been 4-8 feet of snow in this system so far and there is snow forecasted through Saturday. The cooler temps we have been having lately have really allowed us to ... ...Read more

Sam and I had the chance to make some new friends at the Winchester Hut, then the next day we got to check Mount Larrabee off our list. Our route took us up a pre broken skin-track on the west face then down a couloir on the south face. We ... ...Read more

Here is the full video from our trip to Goat mountain. Brian, Tyler and I took advantage of one day of stable sunny powder. The hill delivered and everything went as well as it could have. We got in 3 laps and made the last lap in the fading alpenglow. ... ...Read more

This is a collection of powder skiing footage from before Christmas with some great high pressure skiing from around the new year. Everything takes place in the backcountry around the Mt. Baker Ski area. Destinations include Barometer Mtn., Mt. Shuksan, The Stone Man Couloir, and Ptarmigan Ridge. Here are some of ... ...Read more

Upon my return from India I found that I had a wealth of footage from the time we spent in Manali. I was however feeling a little burnt out on the whole thing which clearly showed in my initial edit. I then decided to put it off for a ... ...Read more

Allen, Brian, and I headed out to Skyline Ridge to see what this great first storm had left us! (Hint: it was white and there was a lot of it) Click the photo for more

Our good friend Chris Nelson over at HighAnxietyFilms just finished up his east coast ski movie "Stomping Grounds." Chris focuses his films on the incredible backcountry skiing that the east coast has to offer, and resists the temptation to succumb to covering park footage. Not that I have anything against ... ...Read more

Tired of static SPAM pictures that can only fudge the thrill of a true video? Well you're in luck! To send you off into the weekend on a high note, we've got two short and sweet bona fide videos to share. Attain your Zen, and then head off into the ... ...Read more

Life is hard when you live in Washington in the summer. Sometimes you have to get up early in August so that you can climb Mt. Baker, catch the corn cycle just right, and be home in time for dinner and a few beers.

Life is hard in the PNW. Sometimes you are sitting around at noon on a mid July Sunday trying to decide weather to go skiing or fishing... but wait! You can do both. About 20 mins from the car.

While some people have pulled out the kayak, dusted off the mountain bike, or pulled out the golf clubs, the FIS crew has been hard at work harvesting corn and the much more elusive April crop: powder. We were forced to endure mild sunny days and mild blizzards up on ... ...Read more

Too bad the best corn in the world is disappearing so fast.

Our friend Rebecca Byerly was working in Gulmarg making this video for Time Magazine while we were there. The video uses some of Allen's footage, as well as "B-roll" from the b4apres crew, and was edited by the b4apres guys. Enjoy! b4apres is making a movie on Kashmir to be released ... ...Read more

Here is an interview with Brian, Gulmarg's beloved snow safety director. He is quite a guy and has tackled the immense project of developing a snow safety plan for the huge ski resort while training a local ski patrol and maintaining a backcountry advisory.

We are wrapping up our time here in Gulmarg and getting ready to head to Manali for some touring before our unfortunate departure for the real world. We are in a strange Limbo between powder and corn season. The crazy thing about Gulmarg is that it has the same latitude ... ...Read more

Things have changed quite a bit here and a lot of options have opened up. There is now good skiing all the way to the low town. Even though the snow was extremely unstable in the alpine during the storm a combination of things ripping out and a compression of ... ...Read more

Things are rough here right now. The alpine snow is too unstable to ski, and the low elevation is short on cover. The avalanche in the video was bomb triggered inbounds. There have been other slides that sounded louder in the BC but none that we have been able to ... ...Read more

This past few days have been very kind to us. Even though the winds were not kind to many of our shots we still managed to find a few protected spots. Unfortunately the mountains did not get as much snow as the Champlain Valley but its kind of hard to ... ...Read more

Ben and I had a great day in the whites just before Christmas. I also got to play around with an awesome new toy. Click on the picture to see the full TR

Here is a quick POV from yesterday in one of our favorite spots. While the trails out there are icy and the inbounds woods are getting chopped up there is still plenty of untracked left for those willing to work for it.

There have been a few questions lately as to which POV camera I am using I wanted to clear those up and provide a little feedback. I am currently using the Viosport POV1 Wide Angle. More info about the camera can be found here. The Viosport is not the perfect camera. ... ...Read more

Here's the video from the TR if that's all your looking for. Otherwise why don't you read the full TR. As was mentioned over there though, this was one of the most unique days any of us have ever had. While Vermont baked all of November, early December brought monumental ... ...Read more

We worked hard at our favorite Mountain and got some great runs. As Greg said stay tuned for the full TR.

The first run is down star and the second is down goat. Two of the rockier trails, filled right in. Goat was especially fun with a few small airs and enough rocks to keep it interesting. The runs were from Saturday, there was plenty of fun skiing left on Sunday ... ...Read more

I finally broke out the POV on m third day of the year, October 13th. Sorry I didn't go to great lengths to edit it but I'm holding off for a few more hours of grass skiing footage to do the full edit. Watch for the part in the movie ... ...Read more

Well here it is, A highlight reel from the 2008-2009 season. 90 days of skiing and dozens of hours of footage edited down to 4 minutes. It will not only change your life but if you have an incurable disease it will cure it, then infect you with a lust ... ...Read more