SOL REPUBLIC has introduced a headphone game-changer, a subtle set of ear buds that are designed to compliment an active lifestyle.

The first stop of Subaru Freeride Series'(SFS) four events, the Crested Butte edition of the SFS is set to go down Feb. 12-16, 2014. With a massive amount of fresh powder coating the steeps, Crested Butte is prepped to host an epic big mountain showdown.

Bear Mountain Resort drops another dose of Sunday In The Park, featuring Chris Mullins, Kody Williams, Mike Gray, Jake Schaible, Melissa Evans, Bob Abrams, Mamba, Brett Wilkinson, Quinn Dubois.

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A look back through Gabe Gibbs’ 2013 season, as he drops in on epic big mountain chutes before jibbing some small-town urban stairs. This edit is badass — see for yourself.

Though the Olympic Halfpipe contest is just a day away from kicking off in Sochi, the riders getting ready to compete have made it crystal clear that the pipe is not up-to-par. With temps reaching the upper 50s Monday in Sochi, pipe conditions are far from favorable, with ‘sugary’ snow and bumps littering the bottom of the pipe.

From Summit Vapor Productions via Vimeo: The Keystone Chronicles are back | Volcom Peanut Butter Rail Jam | Bluebird and Goodtimes | Shot and Cut

Full movie coming Fall 2014 feat. Brin Alexander, Keenan Filmer, Nick Elliott, Layne Treeter, Kai Ujejski, Q Talbot, Matt Butel, Eric Brown, Braedon Wheeler, Adam Franks and many other friends.

Before Protest team riders Miikka Hast and Jonas Hagström head towards the Alps they go for one more splitboarding tour in Northern Norway. The two Scandinavians get what they were hoping for: steep couloirs and great powder.

The Think Thank Almanac 2014 is underway! The planets have aligned, the high yield crops chosen, the charts consulted and our predictions for the future of snowboarding are forth coming and sure to be astute! Spins, slides, styles, fabrics, monsoons, slashes, nourishment, flips, pant size, barley refreshment, galaxies, pies, danger, friendship, manners, drought and the body’s humors will all be astrologically predicted to within a mouse’s whisker of pure certainty. Welcome to the Think Thank Almanac 2014, the original snowboarder’s almanac, useful with a pleasant degree of hammers.