Snowboard

After the first episodes somehow tried to tie themselves together thematically, you now get a colorful bouquet of flowers, a bit of everything. We have a large-scale production worth seeing on offer, plus fresh vlogs from Italy, France and India, and finally we round things off with an in-house explanatory video, but see for yourself!

"ISPO is not dead, yet," I wrote last year. This is still true, but the patient is already in intensive care. More and more brands are starting to present their products outside of ISPO, which was also discussed here last year. The snowboard industry was once again a pioneer, as this trend now also seems to have arrived in the ski sector, as our ski article makes clear.

The Arcane Split from the French board brand Borealis, which has been on the snowboard market since 2013, was named "Big Mountain Splitboard of the year 2018" by Splitboard Magazine. Not only the award, but above all the performance-oriented yet eco-friendly design made me curious about the Arcane Split and the improvements that the splitboard world has seen in recent years.

Skis, snowboards and clothing, far removed from the motto "Shrink it and pink it": Coalition Snow is shaking up the ski industry and producing skis - by female skiers for female skiers.

"ISPO in Munich is of secondary importance for the snowboard industry. The pulse of the industry beats at the retailer trade fair (Shops 1st try) in Alpbachtal."

After some manufacturers launched the big "powder shape competition" last year, this trend is now entering its second season. In addition to well-known concepts (swallowtail), the trend among many manufacturers is towards short but wide boards, as K2 demonstrated last year.

Who hasn't always wanted to shape their own board? Your own pro model, so to speak! Exactly the shape you've always wanted for your board? The CLARK from YES Snowboards makes it possible! All you need is an idea and a jigsaw!

THE FOURTH PHASE is the third major film by and with Travis Rice - after "that's it that's all" from 2008 and "the art of flight" from 2011 - which have contributed greatly to Travis Rice's general, cross-industry fame.

We recently asked our readers to tell winter jokes as part of a competition. This suggestion was well received and we collected quite a few. We have compiled the results again for the sake of clarity and are now presenting them in a non-judgmental way and sorted by category.

If you translate the word "hovercraft" with a translation program, the suggested translations are hovercraft, aeroglider, ground effect aircraft and the like. In any case, a term that has to do with buoyancy and hovering just before flying. The Jones Hovercraft lives up to the promise of its name: it can't be brought down by any powder in the world.

Who doesn't know the longing for curves? This longing can be satisfied with the Korua Pencil splitboard in combination with the necessary amount of fresh snow. With its surf-inspired shape, the Korua Pencil is a quiver (second or third) splitboard that makes drawing curvy lines in deep snow a pleasure and also invites you to carve on the piste.

There was hardly a freeride qualifier podium last winter that Manuela Mandl, 28, wasn't on. With first places in Jasna, Nendaz, at the X-Override and in Roldal, among others, it's no surprise that she will be competing in the women's snowboard Freeride World Tour in 2017. We had a chat with Manu in the run-up to the event.