Icelantic's Cody Potter had a scary incident this spring, the kind of spring incident that usually would keep a person off the hill until Fall. Not Cody, Cody is a beast. Check out his summer comeback edit.
I would not quite call it “playing hooky.” Yet there I was 4 hours from my adult responsibilities, two skis under my feet, trudging slowly uphill. While my dog Valentin reassured me this was the best decision I could ever make, I knew that most people in my pre-med program would never do this.
Stoked to see Icelantic athletes featured in this new Woodward Copper edit made by Andrew Mildenberger. Unveiled 3.1 with Cody Potter, Calvin Barrett, and Parker Norvell.
I returned to my hometown this season, Pinedale, Wyoming to host a girls freeride ski clinic for the local ski club with ages between 10 and 35. I loved going home to teach young girls who are learning to ski on the same little mountain I did as a kid.
Words by Rachel Croft:
It was hard to feel nervous standing in the start gate on day one of the Revelstoke 4* FWQ event. I had clicked into my new Nomad 125's for my competition run, but their predecessor, the Gypsies, were waiting in my ski bag, freshly mounted with tech bindings, itching to take me on an adventure in the breathtaking British Columbia backcountry. If I didn't qualify for finals day, I had plans to go touring with friends. I was almost hoping I'd fall.
The Nomad 95 is meant to suit a wide variety of skiers and is meant to do a whole lotta things. Here's how Icelantic athlete Zach Masi likes to use them.
New year's 2017 brought lots of snow to the west. Thiss first storm of the year was described as an "overachiever". Here's Icelantic athlete and team manager Scotty VerMerris getting amongst it at Alta on the new Nomad 125
It's dark, it's cold, it's been snowing for a while. Click. Click, click. Click. Click, click. The sounds of the tech bindings attaching my feet to the feather lite skis that will gingerly grip their way up the mountain. So light it's like they aren't even there. With grace and ease I kickturn my way up the mountain, the summit getting closer with each step. Surveying snow qualities and visualizing the best descent from the peak I notice the mountains not caring that I'm there. This is for me, I find meaning in this pursuit and flow state combination. Skins are peeled from my bases and the skis take on a new life! I am exactly where I want to BE.
