Get Inspired! Steps: The Ride Greener Film and The Little Things Film
Written by Halina Torresan Steps: The Ride Greener Film With premieres throughout Europe and North America this month, Steps: The Ride Greener Film proposes its viewers with an alternative, more...
View ArticleConsumerism in Skiing and Snowboarding
Written by Colin Korst Skiing and snowboarding, in some circles, have become high-tech, high-fashion sports. Each new season, there are a plethora of new styles of clothing along with new technology to...
View ArticleGlisse Artiste
Written by Adam Fernley Brian Kennedy at Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC. Photo courtesy of Kay Cahill. Looking around in the mountains, all I see are ski-lines Every open face, down into the pines....
View ArticleBest of the MRA Blog 2013
Welcome to the New Year! Year 2014, that is. 2013 has been quite eventful for the Mountain Rider’s Alliance, here are some highlights: We have begun exploring a partnership with the Kenai Borough in...
View ArticleWaiting for Godot: Winter Has Yet To Arrive
Written by Sam Finch While record-breaking low temperatures are pummeling the Midwest and East, I thought I would warm up the weather discussions with a story about the West. I just returned from a...
View ArticleChasing Winter
Written by Abbi Ness On January 18, 2014, there are only 50” of that white stuff that we NEED in order to make the sport that we love a possibility (aka snow) at the base of Mt. Hood Meadows. It’s...
View ArticleShifting Ice & Changing Tides: A Greenland Voyage for the Environment
This week we get a behind the scenes look at an adventure of a lifetime called Shifting Ice and Changing Tides. This “human and wind-powered, female led expedition to the west coast of Greenland” aims...
View ArticleTake the Community Ski Survey – Win Some Great Prizes
Mountain Rider’s Alliance was founded in 2010 due to the growing concern that the ski industry was at a crossroads. While consolidation of ski resorts continues, smaller Mom and Pop, community ski...
View ArticleThe Nickolay Dodov Slopestyle Event: A Legacy That Lives On
Written by Colin Korst Two years ago, the outdoor sport community lost a phenomenal young individual. That person was Nickolay Dodov. He was heli-boarding in Haines, Alaska when he tragically died in...
View ArticleA Season In Review For The Peaks Project
We here at MRA have been following the efforts of The Peaks Project to get NYC youth on the slopes over the course of the 2013-2014 season. Last year we featured them in a Q&A about launching...
View ArticleDutchies Do Ski!
Written By: Julie Nieuwenhuys Sure it is unexpected, two Dutch ladies living in a country below sea level, being powder addicts. How else would you describe people who have more skis at home than...
View ArticleQ&A with Skismall.com
Skismall.com is a website solution for small ski areas that provides a responsive website template built specifically for ski areas, with an integrated solution for conditions, directions, events, and...
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