We're just midway through November, yet we're rolling out our December issue for you to read online, for free. Why? Why not?!

This issue is packed with a stellar Epics gallery, our 2012 competition preview, a piece entitled Heros—tracing today's top name skiers' hereos, to the previous generation, and so forth—a Portillo adventure, a kick-ass article on the Red Bull Cold Rush, our annual Movie Guide, a Dane Tudor profile and much more.