Behind the scenes of ESPN’s X Games Real Snow with Jaeger Bailey, Eiki Helgason, Dylan Thompson, Frank April, Dan Brisse, and Forest Bailey. The 2014 edition of Real Snow kicks off January 7, 2014, and we can tell you from experience that you won’t want to miss a beat.

2012/2013 edit. Filming around Salt Lake City and Brighton pow days.

Check out a prime edit of the Smith Optics crew ripping around Voss; Mario Kappeli, Simon Gruber, Johann Baisamy, Nutti Niemela & David Bertshinger Karg.

From BNGR.FI: Our first episode is about the pure joy of shredding when the season starts. Everybody is out there, building a whatever rideable obstacle

Well, there you have it folks, another year officially in the books. 2013 was pretty stellar here at Snowboard Mag, and we feel the need to pay homage to the top 10 stories we created this year, as determined by your views and likes. Soundtracks, video roundups, Ultra Natural victors, and next-level gear; take a quick trip back through the highlights of 2013.

The 3rd US Grand Prix — and 4th Olympic qualifier— is set to go down in Mammoth January 16-19, and Mammoth has just unveiled not only the contest schedule, but the concert line up set to complement the competition. The Olympic Snowboarding Team will be announced following the contest on January 19.

Rome Snowboards is dropping another round of their rad “Full Year” series, and in true Bjorn style, it looks like it’ll feature some next level boardin’. In the meantime, lean into this teaser and get stoked for things to come…

Watch as the guyz tear up Mountain High on 12/30/13. Blake Machus, Tyler Padfield, Brandon Doll, JD floen, Mike Cook, Donkey, Leigh Chang, and Sean DeGroff having the best time you can on snow.

Heading into the second week of January, it looks like the panhandle of Idaho, western Montana, Wyoming, and northern Colorado are sitting pretty on some powder. Northern Washington, though a bit dry in the next few days, could be hit with upwards of 6 inches a day starting on Wednesday, 1/8. More snow has been falling in the Northeast, with totals up towards 18″ in some very lucky areas. Read on to see what’s predicted for your region…

Burton is kicking off their Burton Mountain Festival, an on-snow tour that will hit eight resorts across the country. The tour, presented by MINI, will offer free snowboard demos, park contests, Riglet parks for kids, new women’s programs presented by BurtonGirls.com, and more.