WORDS — Erme CatinoPHOTOS — Frederick Marmsater A small bean grown in India. A most unlikely ingredient in a most unlikely place. Yet, Scarpa’s Green Manifesto brings us to the heart of Asia, the home of the castor bean—the newest material brands are utilizing in the quest to make ski gear manufacturing eco-friendly.  Over the past several

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Sammo Cohen, Michelle Parker, McKenna Peterson and Lucas Wachs head to AK.

In West Virginia, there’s plenty of ski culture to go around.

Both are students of their craft—insatiable consumers of ski media, pupils of freeriding’s roots and purveyors of its future.

Your inspiration for the week is here. Featuring only the mad dog himself, ‘Hustle & Motivate with Henrik Harlaut’ is exactly what it sounds like. Street skiing from around the globe and enough passion for the industry 10x over.

INTERVIEW — Samuel Taggart Born and raised in Hawaii, Ben Brough is a skater and a surfer at heart. A former team athlete for Volcom, Brough traveled the world competing in surf events as a teenager and, to his benefit, had the opportunity to visit museums and meet with artists as he worked to craft his

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Tom Wallisch dishes on Québec and the rich culture of its street skiing, architecture, and infamous features.

Join four members of the Faction Collective on a spring mission to momma Hood. Spring corn, booters, frisbee golf; what’s not to love?