Nikita & Bonfire Snowboarding are stoked to announce the addition of Vicki Vasil to the team. Vicki will take on the role of Brand Manager, based out of Portland Oregon and working closely with design teams for both brands, and Nikita founder Heida Birgisdottir.

An edit Volcom filmer Pirmin Juffinger put together after some fun times in Oslo for The Arctic Challenge 2014.

Rumors, Tape 2 — Powder slashin’ and pillow poppin’ courtesy of Julia Baumgartner, Peter Walchhofer, Steve Grumser,Simon Pircher, Dominik Brunner, Michi Schatz and Thomas Horhager.

Hakuba, Japan. A ski town in Nagano known for powder. Every year hundreds of powder hunters head to Hakuba for the world famous “japow”. Doom/Love headed there for the first time to experience the famous snow first hand.

Full Part: Boris Buhler in “Mindset”

Springtime @ Crystal Ground – Snowpark Kleinwalsertal Kanzelwand / Fellhorn with Marco Rinke & Felix Georgii

Hash Heaven Films Park edit #2 — Always Black

Registration for the Junior Freeride World Championships at the Subaru WinterFest in Big Sky, MT will officially open on March 20, 2014, at 10am MST.

After a solid start to the week, with inches stacking up from East to West, the storms continue for New England, Oregon, Washington & the Northern Rockies.

To escape this winter’s snow drought, Alex Walch and Tom Tramnitz grabbed their fellow Zillertal Valley shred-head Georg Huber and jetted off to Hokkaido to get neck deep in powder and pillow lines. When they got there, they hired a guide by the name of Jin-san (Mr. Jin) who showed them a treasure trove of incredible spots. Snowboarding Japan’s Enchanted Powder Forests | Breaking Snow with Alex Walch & Tom Tramnitz, Ep. 3