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The Winter X Games 17 rail features are sick, says Tom Wallisch

With Winter X Games 17 slopestyle practice underway at Aspen/Snowmass, the Twittersphere is blowing up with #XGames course chatter.

Tom Wallisch just tweeted this photo of the rail section. Not too shabby.

Holy cow! Sick rail features here at #Xgames! Check em out instagr.am/p/UzBDa8vapL/

— Tom Wallisch (@TWallisch) January 22, 2013

Stay tuned to Freeskier.com all week for breaking X Games news and stories.

This YoBeat “Skier Mating Ritual” parody video is almost hilarious

The lowbrow snowboarding website YoBeat released today a nature channel parody video outlining the “Skier Mating Ritual” in Real Skifi’s Episode 8. It’s really funny, but if they had hired John Symms to do the voice over (or at least write the script), it would’ve been hilarious.

See for yourself:

First look at the 2013 Winter X Games halfpipe at night

Aspen/Snowmass and ESPN lit up the famous superpipe on Buttermilk for the first time tonight. It’s looking as perfect as ever, silently awaiting the best in the world to put on the show. Stay tuned to Freeskier.com for all the behind-the-scenes and up-to-the-minute coverage of the 2013 Winter X Games, this week.

Snocru is giving away a trip to Utah on its Facebook page

Snocru is giving away a sweet prize pack right now on its Facebook page: Three-day, four-night trip for two to Salt Lake City including round trip airfare and a three-day Ski Salt Lake Super Pass valid at Alta, Brighton, Snowbird or Solitude. Get after it.

The Recon Tour aims to find top am skiers in the West

The Recon Tour, a three-stop am ski and snowboard event put on by Monster Army, will offer $50,000 in cash and prizes and a shot at being signed to the Monster Army team.

Registration is now open for the first two stops, with the third opening Feb. 1.

Here’s the Tour schedule:

Jan 12-13: Park City, UT
Jan. 26-27: Mountain High, CA
Mar. 2: Mammoth, CA

For more information and to register, go here.

Michelle Parker helps raise $17,000 for Sarah Burke Foundation

Last year, Michelle Parker and friends raised funds in Sarah Burke’s memory by selling “Believe in Sarah” and “Remember Sarah” stickers. Now that the Sarah Burke Foundation has officially launched, Michelle has written a check to the organization, to her word. She tweeted the following:

https://twitter.com/MyshellParker/status/289439436381491200

Michelle, Shreddy Times and Sticker Pack deserve serious respect for what they’ve done.

For more on the Sarah Burke Foundation, follow @SarahBurkeFDN on Twitter.

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It’s the best t-shirt evah! Check it out here: http://shop.freeskier.com/products/meow

Understanding your new GoPro

GoPro’s Abe Kislevitz recently published an article highlighting new features of the GoPro HD Hero 3:

“So you got a new GoPro HERO3 Black Edition! Luckily for you, GoPro has added about 137 different filming options so you’ll never really be sure if you’re using the right mode for the activity/film job. Hopefully I can break it down a bit and unshroud the mysteries of the modes. Keep in mind this is written for the slightly technologically inclined.”

Read the full article here.

FWT at Revelstoke postponed beyond January 8 on account of weather

Athletes and event organizers on site in Revelstoke for the first stop of the 2013 FWT will now play the waiting game… Stay tuned for more coverage of the event on freeskier.com.

http://twitter.com/freeridewtour/status/288336799045136385

Gus Kenworthy mistakenly poops in the cup for recent drug test

With freeskiing now a part of the Olympics, the USADA has been paying regular visits to athletes, making sure everyone is playing by the rules. Gus Kenworthy announced to the world via Twitter that after receiving a knock on the door this morning he mistakenly dropped a #2 into the urine sample cup. Surely the USADA representative was at a loss for words when Gus presented his specimen.

https://twitter.com/guskenworthy/status/288334305871155200