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WHAT! Summer camps in Norway...

The snow conditions at the glacier of Folgefonna, Norway, are extreme this year. The snow has dumped and conditions couldn't be better for the coming summer and for WHAT! Summer Camp by Henrik Windstedt.

Five minutes with Marja Persson

Marja Persson and Aurelien Ducroz
Photo © C. Margot / Freeride World Tour. All rights reserved.

She's won the Verbier Xtreme, ranked 2nd in the 2009 Freeride World Tour, taken more than her share of hits in the line of duty and just took second at the Nissan Freeride Chamonix Mont-Blanc. And she can lift a snowmobile, sort of. Who is Marja Persson?

Freeride Map Raffle

Freeride Map Raffle

Freeride Maps are proper topographical maps (ie like Ordnance Survey) with skiing info laid over the top. We've used them in Zermatt and it gave us a fantastic idea of the area before going. Anyone looking to hike or tour would get loads of useful info from one of these. Anyway, on to the raffle...

 

Jumps: Beginner

Ski tricks: Jumps

 Taking those first steps to getting air

1 The classic resort: Cortina d’Ampezzo (Veneto region)

Where are the Dolomites?

It’s a famous town with famous people walking its famous streets.

Resort Check: Kaunertal, Austria

Kaunertal, Austria

We visited in the summer, read on for a first hand account of the trip or skip down to see the resort stats >>

A little Q+A with Marie-France Roy

Marie-France Roy stays positive

The guys at Rome SDS just sent over this little interview with Marie-France Roy following a nasty neck injury in Whistler. 

Resort Check Austria: Sölden v Diedamskopf

Herbi Thaler, back 1 over the hip in Diedamskopf.
Photo: Rudi Wyhlidal/QParks

The Austrians know how to build a jump. And their snowparks, for shape and  consistency, are some of the best in Europe

Buying snowboard boots, get the right fit

Vans Jamie Lynn

Getting the right boots is, without doubt, the single most important equipment purchase you can make

Snowboard Tricks: How to frontblunt Danish

Tom Guilmard takes us through the progression from Document Snowboard Magazine Issue 58, where we now step up to the frontblunt Danish, so that's spinning off the rail 270 for those of you who were wondering