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A quick slideshow/video of a off-piste powder ski tour from Sonnekopf down to the little village of Langen in the Arlberg backcountry ski area in Austria, check out the high quality photos on www.torbensphotos.com

Yasuyuki Shimanuki gets some super dry waist deep Powder off Hanazono 2 in Niseko Japan. Niseko is off the Hook with the amount of powder it gets… They say it has the best lift accessible Backcountry Powder on the Globe Music DJ Bundi

* Johno’s Mountain Tips: Christmas stocking fillers, featuring pro rider Johno Verity * How to: Butter * Ski & snowboard news with this week’s guest host and Burton rider Jono Wood: o Highest recorded November temperatures in Switzerland o European competitions moving to the US because of worsening snow conditions o The Marmot basin records it’s highest November snowfall ever o How to guarantee a white Christmas * Freeskiing from 4FRNT rider Matt Sterbenz * Snowcast: weather & snow forecasts

www.skihanazono.com The Niseko area is known for some of the best off-piste powder skiing in the world. No other destination receives such consistently perfect powder. Niseko is a geographical magnet for weather systems delivering snow storms from the Siberian Peninsula and after filling with moisture on their way across the Sea of Japan these massive fronts collide and Hanazono in Niseko is the first place in their path dumping up to 16 metres of snow in a season… The water content of the snow is usually around 8% creating extremely light n fluffy powder snow…. Photography by http Skiier : Nicolas Cruz

www.skihanazono.com The Niseko area is known for some of the best off-piste powder skiing in the world. No other destination receives such consistently perfect powder. Niseko is a geographical magnet for weather systems delivering snow storms from the Siberian Peninsula and after filling with moisture on their way across the Sea of Japan these massive fronts collide and Hanazono in Niseko is the first place in their path dumping up to 16 metres of snow in a season… The water content of the snow is usually around 8% creating extremely light n fluffy powder snow…. Photography by http Skiier : Nicolas Cruz

www.skihanazono.com The Niseko area is known for some of the best off-piste powder skiing in the world. No other destination receives such consistently perfect powder. Niseko is a geographical magnet for weather systems delivering snow storms from the Siberian Peninsula and after filling with moisture on their way across the Sea of Japan these massive fronts collide and Hanazono in Niseko is the first place in their path dumping up to 16 metres of snow in a season… The water content of the snow is usually around 8% creating extremely light n fluffy powder snow…. Photography by http Skiier : Nicolas Cruz

www.skihanazono.com The Niseko area is known for some of the best off-piste powder skiing in the world. No other destination receives such consistently perfect powder. Niseko is a geographical magnet for weather systems delivering snow storms from the Siberian Peninsula and after filling with moisture on their way across the Sea of Japan these massive fronts collide and Hanazono in Niseko is the first place in their path dumping up to 16 metres of snow in a season… The water content of the snow is usually around 8% creating extremely light n fluffy powder snow…. Photography by http Skiier : Nicolas Cruz

I shot this video on our last day at Whistler, Jan 13th 2009, skiing down from the highest point on Blackcomb Mountain. The view was stunningly spectacular with the distant snow capped mountains reaching out of the clouds far below. I’m skiing behind Josh (yellow jacket) and Jes (red jacket) as we ski down from 7th Heaven to the Rendesvous restaurant and the Peak 2 Peak gondola. I’ve put this video through some cool stabilisation software which has taken out all the bumps and shakes and made it much more watchable. It also produces the blurring on the edges of the frame that you sometimes see. Awesome snow, beautiful alpine views and great skiing! What more could you ask for! Enjoy!

For two weeks, four of the world’s most talented female athletes on snow journeyed into British Columbia, Canada’s interior backcountry for a once in a lifetime experience: RED BULL BACKOUNTRY BOMBSHELLS. All the knee-deep powder action — from untouched lines to dangerous mini-avalanches — is right here in this podcast. Each athlete on the trip is a standout on her own – from KRISTI LESKINEN, recent winner of the Action Sports Award’s “Skier of the Year” and member of the fhm’s 2005 “Hot 100″ list, to world extreme skiing champion ANDREA BINNING. Lest we forget, X Games standout MARIE-FRANCE ROY and Swiss sweetheart ANNE-FLORE MARXER, who’s coming off a killer 2005 rookie season. Each girl on her own has a shelf full of trophies, honors galore and has contributed to the progression of women’s action sports. Together they dominated the British Columbia backcountry, hitting off-piste trails, ramping up the level of women’s riding and having a hell of a lot of fun while they did it. redbullusa.com

an ostrich skiing on ice. amazing