The first stop of The Swatch Freeride World Tour by The Northface is a wrap, with Sammy Luebke taking the top spot for the men, followed by Sascha Hamm in second and Ludovic Guillot-Diat in third.

Besides shooting several days in the alps, Alaska has definitely been a trip of a lifetime.

The Waist Deep Media crew headed into the wild and windy forests of Stevens Pass to shred the best snow seen all year. Armed with a Canon 7D, 5D, and some GoPro Hero 3s the fun having was documented with stills and motion.

Some good old fashioned silly sliding with the man himself, Rusty Ockenden.

This is the 2014/15 Salomon catalog shoot at Saas-Fee. Featuring Jed Anderson, Josh Dirksen, Wolle Nyvelt, Bode Merrill, Chris Grenier, Louif Paradis, Annie Boulanger, Victor Daviet, Sylvain Bourbousson, and Jamie Nicholls.

Keala Cole, Isabella Gomez, Sarris Mccomb, Marcel Dulak & Todd Kirby win their respective categories at the Alpental stop of A-rob’s Banked Slalom series, benefitting A-Rob’s plant a seed project.

The 2014 Burton European Open presented by MINI came to an end today in Laax, where Swiss Ursina Haller and Iouri Podladtchikov won the 6 Star Halfpipe finals.

Another drop from the Shredbots: Torstein Horgmo and Per Iver are out on a pow day, having a blast!

The awesome thing about photos is that they take you back. I’ve been sitting here, reminiscing about the good times had, rad times witnessed; the temperature, the smell, everything. Photos have that power.

The Midwest is the place to be this week, as the biggest storm in years descends upon the region, leaving the rest of the country to sit quiet and dry.